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The Washington times., 1920-08-24
When q Girl Marries
An Interesting Story of
EARLY Welded LIFE
By Ann Lisle
An Interesting Story of
BY Ann Lisle.

TOR time after Phoebe depart
ed for the luncheon TO which
Val had neglected to invite
me. wandered about restlessly
trying to find something with which
to occupy myself. But the day
stretched ahead blank and empty.
1 was delighted when the phone
rang. Answering IL gave me somC-
thing to do, even II l got there
only TO be told mo one on the line
now" That didn't happen, how
ever. Instead Pats voice came over
the wire.
"Anne. will you drop everything
you're doing and meet me for
lunchr He asked so anxiously that
ordinarily I'd have scquiesced at
once, but now my raw Feelings
made me parley with him.
Cant you get anyone elseT is
that why you ask me to lunch at
the eleventh hour?
"Come now. Alanna. what's ruff
fed the fine plummage OF you?"
coaxed Pat at his most Irish. ITS
not the eleventh hour. but the
lunch hour-just one. I've been
waiting for young Neal to get out
OF the office 80 ! could call you.
knowing how the lad adores you,
/ was sure he'd Insist on being in
vited too. and / wanted to see you
alone. viii you be blaming me for
that?"
WAITING FOR SIGNATURE.
OF course / went.
/ found Pat striding up and down
the restaurant corridor, looking
startlingly haggard, almost i'll. His
eyes seemed deeper set than ever
and the lines about his mouth were
rugged. / made no comment, suf-
fering him to greet me in common
place fashion and lead me to the
table he had selected.
That things were sadly amiss
with Pat / gathered from the fact
that instead OF ordering with the
easy grace so characteristic of him,
he asked me uneasily what ] wanted
and didn't seem able to make up
his mind about his food. At last we
got the needed preliminaries out Of
the way, and as we settled back to
wait for our order, Pat burst out
doggedly:
"Anne, something's got TO be
done about that Harrison place. ]
can't have it like this much longer.
The transfers all made-only wait
ing for her signature. Some ones
got to bring her to her senses.
YES" i inquired. politely. "And
who?'
Pats eyes twinkled. l liked him
for the understanding grin in the
midst of his own personal solem-
nifty.
Meaning you don't fancy the
job?" he asked.
Meaning I'm not up to it," I be-
gan, and then my blood froze in my
veins and my voice stuck in my
throat, for marching into the res
taurant with the everpresent Shell
ron il her wake came no less than
Virginia.
Perhaps if she'd seen us as she
came in she wouldn't have carried
the thing through so scornfully. But
the maitre d'hotel himself was es-
corting her to a place and he seated
her diagonally across from us, so
that directly she was seated Nir-
ginia must see us One quick,
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
Do You KnOW That

. running alongside Scottish football
ground, causing so great a concus-
sion that the players were thrown
to the ground.
Nine thousand boys for training
to become teachers are required
each year to maintain the supply.
A German mission house built in
700 A. D. is claimed to be the oldest
building since inhabited in tho
world.
An organ said to have been used
by Handel while composing the
Messiah" was recently sold for
$4,000.
For every $50 places for domes-
tic servants, the registry office
keepers in France say there are
only ten servants available.
This years shortage of flies is
said to be due partly to motor gar
ages replacing stables with their,
dangerous manure heaps.
Girls between fourteen and six
teen years of age who are in do
mestic service come under the new
system of continuation education.
Gas fires or central heating in
our homes would result in a great
economy of building, since prac-
tically no chimneys would be re-
Quired.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
(Continued from Yesterday

-oh. Did you think / lost them
last night, steve?"
Didn't your"
Her voice was very sweet, but
there was in IL a hint of hidden
laughter.
mo" he said shortly
"Oh. Then you really were In
your right senses last night?' she
inquired.
Certainly. Were your"
well, for a little while / seemed
10 have lost the power OF thinking.
But after that | was intensely, con-
sciously. deeply interested and
profoundly curious" He could hear
her laughing.
/ manded.
About your state OF mind. Jim.
The situation was such a novelty,
too. / was trying to comprehend
, it-trying to consider what a girl
should do in such a curious emer-
>gency."
Emergency" he repeated
Certainly. Do you fancy I'm ac-
customed to such novelties as you
introduced me to last night?"
What do you think about them
now?"
I'm slightly ashamed of us both.
We were rather silly, you know"
"You were not" he interrupted
dryly.
as that a tribute or a reproach?"
came her gay voice over the wire.
81 don't know quite how to take IT,"
CIRCUMsPECT AND EMOTIONLEsS,
"Reassure yourself Steve. You
were most circumspect and emo
tionless-"
Jim! That is brutal and untrue!
i was not circumspect!"
"You were the other, then"
"What a perfectly cruel and out
unhappy, now. And all day I've
been 80 absolutely happy in think
ing Of what happened"
"Is that true?" he asked in an
altered voice.
"Of course it's true
You just said you were
ashamed"
Il was. very, very slightly; but
I've been too happy to be. very
much ashamed!
You darling -"
oh! The gentleman bestows
praise Such a kind gentleman to
perceive merit and confer his dis
tinguished approval. Any girl
ought to endeavour to earn further
marks OF consideration and ap-
plausc from so gracious a gentle
man"
steve, you tormenting little
wretch, can't you be serious with
mc?"
II am she said, laughing. Tell
ne what you've been doing today?"
Hunting for lodgings. What
have you been doing?"
Watching Helen make a study
Of horse out in the covered court.
Then we had tea. Then Oswald
dropped in and played the piano
divinely. as he always does. Then
Helen and / started to dress for
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
LoWly Bread
For the Girl
BY DR.. VIM. A. McKeever.

wv HAT are you doing to teach
w your girl patience. forbear-
ance and humility? By
what means are you laying a solid
foundation for that later and often
long period OF strain and inner
turmoil which practically every
noble mother of man must endure" ."
If you merely sweeten the grow ing
career of your girl with perfect
ease and shield her from every
form of privation and inner pain,
how may she hope to sweeten her
later career by surmounting the
perplexities that must surely come
to her?
have just talked with a middle
aged woman who has spent ten
precious years struggling to learn
her lessons of humility. And she is
a crushed and downcast woman to-
day chiefly because her mother
failed early to appreciate the value
of humble bread as a diet for the
soul of child and as permanent
leaven for the adult life to follow.
During all her girlhood this woe
begone woman slipped nothing but
sweets. She never knew want or
a care or ever had to endure a hard
trial. 1t was late to bed and late
to rise and leave that for the maid
and honey on everything. Conse-
quently her adult personality pos
sessed no strong fiber. no force OF
resistance to the onslaughts of the
cold world. no driving power with
which to push ahead and achieve
ones own happy place in spite OF
the Indifference and resistance from
without.
HUMBLE FARE STRENGTHENS.
No matter how wealthy. no mat
ter how much surrounded with
friends and protectors, there comes
a period in every good woman's
career when she can be sustained
and satisfied only by the force of
her own spiritual strength, devel-
oped in early years through her
share OF the trial and error and
shock which is necessary for grow
ing girls.
Therefore. see that your girl
does a fixed share of the common
housework; provide that she spend
a few long, tedious hours mending
her own clothes: dismiss tho home
helpers for fortnight occasionally
and make use of the extra work as
character DnllOlnS, numDle Drcan
Tor your daughter: make assurance
that this happy child is learning to
sit back and take her turn, is
learning to go without some of the
things which her selfish young ma
ture craves--is learning frequently
how to sacrifice a part Of her
pleasure and treasure as an anti
dote to the suffering and Illness of
others.
To remain quietly at home and
AWAY from the whirl and excite
mcnt of society; to eat in moders-
tion; to perform quiet. sacrifcial
deeds: to help relieve someone's
want and suffering; TO attend un
usually to the preservation Of the
health and sacrcdness of tho body,
to reflect on the deeper meaning of
EternIty-this Is a portion OF that
humble fare necessary for your
girl and which should be thought
of as tho souls bread OF life. Break
this spiritual bread with her now
and then and thus impart to her an
inner strength and superbncss
which will help to mako her adult
years glorious and triumphant over
the worlds most trying ordeals.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
How Devil Fish Are Caught.

Dcvilfsh Weighing up to 200
pounds arc sometimes caught by
tho Japanese. In tho water they
are caught in Jars. lowered to the
bottom, which the octpus enters.
thinking them a good retreat from
which to catch his food.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
This Day in Our History.

This was day of anxiety in
the young republic of 1914, then
engaged in its second conflict
with England. The war had
reached the stage of the British
capture of Washington. which
was burned by the enemy.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

II a recipe calls for the hard
boiled yolk of an egg, it is not neces-
sary to boil the egg, white and all.
Instead. try separating the yolk
from the white and poaching the
yolk hard in salted water. The raw
white can then be used for other
purpOSes.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

close shaves they all had cover
there" Rcd Cross nurses appeal
TO the captain too-maybe part of
his interest at Walter Reed is be-
cause there arc so many rosy
checked and attractive girls wear
ing the Rcd Cross-who can tell?
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Put three or more peach stones
from uncooked peaches in the pan
with the meat to make tender a
piece of tough meat. Raw stones
may be obtained in the summer
and dried to be used in the winter.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Mend mattings with raffia, as ii
is very strong and may be bought
to match almost any kind of mat
ting.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Grease the bottom of granite or
tin pots before placing over fire and
the black will wash off easily.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

A delicious summer breakfast is
shortcae made out of fruited and
buttered baking powder biscuit
crust.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Leftover coffee grounds, slightly
moistened, make a fine dust down
for sweeping floors. They are
clean and will not stain.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
Cactus Grows 40 Feet.

Yn the hot Mexican deserts speci-
mems of cactus have been known to
reach thirty or forty feet in height.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

To get the full value out Of sugar
needed for a beverage, the sugar
should be dissolved in a little hot
water. Let cool and then add to
the cold liquid and you will be
surprised how much less sugar is
needed this way than If the sugar
in it's undissolved state had been
added to the beverage.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Rub new tinware well with lard
and heat it thoroughly in the oven.
Tinware treated thus will never
rust.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

To prevent dinner candles from
running down the sides, paint with
water colors or varnish with plain
shellaC.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Ripo tomatoes will peel easily IT,
without cutting the skin, you go
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Instead of wrapping linen in blue
paper to keep from turning yellow,
paint the inside Of linen closet with
blue enamel.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Fat in which sausage has been
fried may be used for sauteing fish,
and no disagreeable odor or taste
will be detected.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

Serving dishes with compartments
are excellent for outdoor meals.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

When regilding or vanishing
picture frames. hold a small piece
OF blotting paper against the glass
and paint from inside. In this way
no gilt will daub the glass.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24
Household SUGGESTIONS

over the entire tomato as though
you were going to scrape it.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

scornful glance and then. fussing
audibly about the draft. Virginia
changed places with Sheldon so that
she sat with her back to US. That
she should turn away like this and
yet remain in the restaurant must
have seemed a deadly insult to Pat.
He changed color, but made no com
mcnt.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

running alongside Scottish football
ground, causing so great a concus-
sion that the players were thrown
to the ground.
The Washington times., 1920-08-24

WV HAT are you doing to teach
" your girl patience. forbear-
anCe and humility? BY
The Washington times., 1920-08-24


are excellent for outdoor meals.
Grease the bottom OF granite or
tin pots before placing over fire and
the black will wash off easily.
Mend mattings with rafria, as IL
is very strong and may be bought
to match almost any kind of mat
ting.
A delicious summer breakfast is
shortcae made out of fruited and
buttered baking powder biscuit
crust.
Rub new tinware we'll with lard
and heat it thoroughly in the oven.
Tinware treated thus will never
rust
To prevent dinner candles from
running down the sides, paint with
water colors or varnish with plain
shellac.
Fat in which sausage has been
fried may be used for sauteing fish,
and no disagreeable odor or taste
viii be detected.
Instead of wrapping linen in blue
paper to keep from turning yellow,
paint the inside of linen closet with
blue enamel.
Leftover coffee grounds, slightly
moistencd, make a fine dust down
for sweeping floors. They are
clean and will not stain.
Ripc tomatoes will peel easily IL,
without cutting the skin, you go
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
FATHER GETS
FOUR CHILDREN
Case Of Harriet Malone Against Harry
Malone Was Dismissed Yester-
day and Minors Remanded
to Parents Custody.

! The case of Harriet Malone against
Harry Malone, which was tried in the
district court Thursday and Friday,
was dismissed yesterday afternoon at
$3.50, and the four minor children re-
manded into the custody of their faith
err
/ This decision was made by the
court after an almost continuous two
days session of the suit with many
witnesses testifying for both the plain
tiff and the defendant. The plaintiff
took the stand Thursday morning and
the defendant testified Friday after
noon.
In making the decision, Judge Craig
said that the older children were not
to be censured for doing what they
believed to be best for the good of
and the benefit Of the younger chill
dren.
While, as he said, conditions were
not ideal, they were not such as would
warrant any court taking the children
from their natural guardian.
Judge Craig cautioned Mr. Malone
to avoid using profane language. He
also told him that under no circum-
stances was he to burden the young
girl of fourteen with the care of the
family. She is young girl OF deli
cate health and such a burden must
not be imposed on her.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
Son Of Samuel Ryan Curtis Was Promi.
nent Engineer in Early Days of
Colorado City and Laid Out
Town Site.
DIED IN FLORIDA, AGE 50
He Was Member of His Fathers
staff During Civil War and After
Leaving Denver Went to
Omaha to Live.

Col. s. S. Curtis, former resident Oi
keokuk and son or The late General
Samuel Ryan Curtis, notice OF whose
death was published couple OF days
ago in The Gate City, was born liz
McConnellsville, Ohio, in 1888. He
went to Colorado during the early
days of the gold rush and became as
ISOLATED with d. IL Moffat, builder OF
the Denver and Rio Grande. To
gether with him. Colonel Curtis help
ed lay out the site Of Denver, and at
one time he was en- eighth owner Of
the town lot site. Curtis street in the
western city is named for him.
The following obituary notice is
taken from an Omaha paper which
was received by James b. Diver:
Colonel S. S., Curtis, 80 years old
and a resident of Omaha for more
than thirty-fiye years, died yesterday
at Palm Beach, Florida, where he had
been spending the winter with his
daughter, Lynn Curtis. Colonel Cur
It's had been failing in health for q
number of years and for the past three
years had devoted his life to travel.
He was born at McConnellsyille,
Ohio. in 1888, and was the son of Ma
jor General Samuel Ryan Curtis, on
whose staff he served as brevet col
Cnel during the civil war. In 1858 he
went to Aurora, Colo, during a gold
rush, and was later made postmaster.
When the city of Denver was found
ed he moved there, where in 1861 he
had the honor of receiving the first
commission issued by Abraham Lin
coin. 1t was commission appointing
him as postmaster Of Denver.
In 1853 he got leave of absence to
go to war, but after the war returned
to his home in Keokuk and from there
came to Omaha. Curtis street in Den
yer is named for him.
In Omaha he engaged in the real
estate business and it waS here that
he raised his family, His wife died
in Omaha Mr.. Curtis Is survived by
two daughters, Miss Lynn Curtis and
Mrs. E. d. Byrd Of New York. He was
a member of the Loyal Legion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
MAIL,
ON SPECIAL
Burlington Earns Gratitude Of Local
Business Men for Resumption Of
Practice to Get important
Mail Here on Time.

keokuk business houses are feeling
that there is considerable merit in the
change from government ownership
of railroads to private ownership.
The mail from the east, the largest
batch of mail for local business houses
which has been arriving a number OF
hours late all winter, was brought
down from Burlington this week on a
special train, when it was found that
the train from Minneapolis was to be
several hours late.
Passengers and mail were brought
to Keokuk Thursday on the special
which was made UP at Burlington.
This used to be the practice of the
Burlington when the Rock Island
trains were an hour late into Burling-
ton. .
When the government took over the
roads. however, this practice ceased.
and the local business houses were
forcd to wait for tbs important mail
of the day. Some times it was not
distributed until the middle of the af-
ternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
FEW APPLICANTS
FOR POSITIONS
Civil Service Commission Invites
Special Attention to Fact That
Examinations viii Be Held
over Again. . ..

The civil service commission in
ivites special attention to the fact
that in examinations held recently in
a number Of cities throughout the
country, for laboratory assistants,
navy department., for physicians,
Panama canal service, for teachers,
Indian service, and for calculating
machine operator, applicants were
not secured in the number desired,
and that these examinations will
again be held on March II and March
81, respectively.
Persons interested in these or other
examinations should apply to the sec
rotary of the u S. civil service board
at the local posbofiice for detailed
Information and application blanks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
Mr.. Bryan as an Entertainer.

Jay E. House, in the Philadelphia
Public Ledger: We have not always
been kind to Mr. Bryan, having on
three different occasions cast vote
for his opponent. But to US Mr.. Bryan
has ever been a source of joy. He
has never ceased to entertain and
anuse. With the fetch of public
ownership of utilities discredited in
the mind of every hard-headed citi.
zen, Mr.. Bryan puts it in his platform
preparatory to ramming it down the
throat Of the democratic party. With
most Of those who play to it enter.
tainment Of the public is labor.
iously acquired faculty. With Mr.
Bryan it is a gift.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
BLAZE NEAR
IN THE EAST
Situation Is SO Tense That Il Would
Take Little to Fire It, "Y"
Secretary Seems to


"One false move and the whole
far east may be ablaze."
This is salient sentence in a LET.
ter written by l. S. Brcckman, sec.
rotary of the Y. M C. A. in japan.
to G. e. Durgee, local "Y" secretary.
Mr.. Brockman is in touch with the
big men of the east and his state.
ments are considered as authorize.
tive.
A conference Of secretaries from,
Korea, China and Siberia was held
in Japan in January and the situation
discussed. The days were filled with
conferences which were attended by
some of the biggest men of the far
east. Baron Shibusawa, who helped
raise money for the American United
War Work fund, was present at one
conference.
At another conference General
Hibiki, whom Mr.. Durgee met in Lon
don, was present, along with other
notables. The attitude Of the church,
the possibilities of changed stand.
ards due to the war, were questions
discussed.
There is unity in the far eastern
situation that has not been true be-
fore, Mr.. Brockman says.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-06
'59TH G. A. e.
IS IOWA,S OWN
Opportunity 10 Offered tor Training
in Automobne Branches Of
Mechanics and IN some
Other Subjects.

The tnfty-ninth artillery regiment
coast artillery corps, has been airo
Cateu ~ iowa. This as the regiiaen
where the LAen trola the same stais
VIII be brought together they
choose to Decpme one OF tns
i "heavies" of the MOTORIZED artillery
The Fifty ninth artillery, Z. A. C.. :
I0was own. Iowa "hcayieS. Joil
the Iowa regiment and you viii al
ways tind a friend from the ''oio
home town."
There is no better opportunity
Afforded BY any branch OF the 6e1V
ice for advancement and education
than the heavy motorized artillery
A vocational and educational train
| ing center has been established at
the camp in the Thirty-tirst artillery
brigade of which the Fifty-ninth artil-
iery regiment is part, and every
man in the brigade DESTROYS Of pre-
pairing himself for the keen compete
ltion of civilian life is given the op-
porrunity to receive individual con-
isideration from skilled instructors.
Instruction is given ia the follow
ing courses: Telephones, telegraphy,
radio topograph, surveying. and
courses for chaufeurs and autOmo-
bile mechanics, tractor drivers, ma
chine shop work and painters.
The Fifty-ninth regiment is a regi-
ment with history and a glorious
record. This regiment was organized
at Fort Hamilton, N. Y, in the win
ter Of 1918 and sailed for France in
the spring. Participated in action
against the enemy in the two major
hn "a, iol
and the Argoune-Meuse operations.
After the war the great majority OF
the men and officers composing the
war department recognizing the value
and efficient work Of the heavy mo-
bile artillery, Immediately took steps
to keep alive this regiment, together
with several other tractor artillery
regiments.
Camp Lewis, Washington, the ideal
army camp OF the great northwest is
now the home of this historic old
Fifty ninth. Camp Lewis is located in
the most beautiful and scenic spot
of Washington state. 1t is on Amer
lean lake, visited every summer by
thousands of tourists. It is only sew
enteen miles from Tacoma and
oiy iupld WueTS the men Iluu every
form Of amusement and pleasure.
Transportation to and from the city
by either railroad, street car or
buses.
The Fifty-ninth artillery, c. A. c.,
is motorized regiment and equipped
with the eight-inch howitzers All
guns are tractor drawn; being drawn
by the SIS h. p. catapiller tractors.
All personnel and material pertain
ing to the regiment is moved by
motors.
In the regiment there is the am
munition train of F. w. D. trucks,
the artillery repair train Of motor
repair shops, and motor repair trail
,ers. 1t has the most complete and
best equipped machine shop Of the
present time. Every modern machine
of the latest artillery OF the great
war is with the regiment