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The Washington times., 1920-08-21

There was a time when the neigh
bors of DR.. Robert Grimshaw on
Washington Heights. New York.
looked askance upon his schemes
for making that community Man
hattan's hilltop Utopia but since
yesterday noon they have been be-
hind him-to a woman. His VIC
tory is the more remarkable be-
cause he is the man who announced
a few years ago that woman was
an utter failure and the cause of
most of the ridiculous inefficiency
Of America.
DIR. Grimshaw won the day, not
only against the skepticism of his
neighbors, but against the green
grocers of the neighborhood, and he
won il with mere corporaPs
guard of sandwich men. 1t was
three weeks ago that Or. Grimshaw,
mechanical engineer of note and a
member of the faculty of the Col
lege of the City of New York, pro-
nounced his ultimatum.
Prices were much higher at the
stores near his home than the alti-
tude of Washington Heights war
ranted. He served notice on deal
ers, particularly on dealers in
fruits and vegetables, that prices
must come down. II they failed to
come down. said DR.. Grimshaw, he
would bring them down.
DIR. Robert Grimshaw said moth
ing whatever. When three weeks
had expired yesterday and he noted
the same wide margin between
wholesale prices and those which
his grocer-neighbors pasted above
their tomatoes, potatoes, green corn,
cucumbers. lettuce and so forth, DR..
Grimshaw crooked his little finger
and eight sandwich men sprang
to do his bidding.
Pannoplied in the accouterments
of their trade, they were reviewed
by pr. Robert Grimshaw, who in
scribed upon them, fore and aft, the
wholesale prices of tomatoes, pota-
toes, green corn, cucumbers, lettuce
and so forth. Thus armed, he sent
them forth, to battle silently for his
cause.
PRICES BEGIN TO TUMBLE.
All the morning the valiant mcr-
cenaries trudged up one side OF
Broadway, down the other, across
17Tth. street. up st. Nicholas ave-
nue. to 1S1st street, down the other
sids Of the avenue to 17Tth street and
back to Broadway. Housewives out
for their morning marketing read
that tomatoes that were labeled
20 cents in all the stores round
about were to be had at wholesale
for cents or less.
They saw similar contrasts in the
other prices quoted by the grocers
and Haunted by the plodding sand
wich men, and they told the grocers
what they thought about 1t. BY noon
the groocrs' prices were wavering
and falling on all sides. BY early
afternoon many OF them had been
divided by four or five. Dr. Grim
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
When O. Girl Marries
An Interesting Story of
EARLY Welded LIFE
BY Ann Lisle.

TOWARD noon on the day after
our excursion TO inspect the
L estate Tom Mason wanted to
buy. Phoebe ran in for a visit.
"I've heaps to tell you" she ex-
claimed. as we settled down cozily
on my living room couch like a pair
OF boarding school girls stealing an
after-lights-out visit.
some such dark secret as what a
darling my brother Neal is," l said
gaily.
This produced an astonishing ef-
feet on Phoebe. Her face darkened
TO an uncomfortable crimson. and
her eyes dulled over while her point
ed chin set stubborning.
Don't talk about Neal. / can't
bear IL today. He's so set" she
cried explosively. Virginia Is max
ing life unendurable for me and
Neal won't do a thing about it. 1t
makes me-almost hate him, though
i love him So"
Come now, dear" ventured,
plunging in where perhaps angels
might have feared 10 tread. Isn't
that precisely what you've come to
talk over with mey
What do you mean to insinuate?"
demanded Phoebe, giving her head
a Harrison toss.
KEEN UNDERSTANDING.
"You'd planned to start with our
good times yesterday, and how at
.tentively Tom was to Irma Warren.
and how lovely Hidden Brook Is, and
how remark able II is that some one
is putting the Harrison Place In
order. and how loyal Irma Warren
was in her insistehce on going home
to dine with her uncle and
Smiling and almost out of breath
and ammunition, i stopped and gave
Phoebe's hand a quick little squeeze
before / went on, after we'd gone
over all that, you were going 10
get around to what is nearer and
dearer to both of us"
Indeed" said Phoebe rather top
Ioftically "and since you know just
what I'd planned to say, why don't
you say il for me-"
as that fair. DEAR" / asked.
Are you telling me I've been tact
less and presumptuous? Aren't we
sisters after all?'
Then Phoebe softened and was
an eager child again instead OF the
icy Harrison grande dame she
pt'oIhNS nv" "HN
then.
"I'u tell You. Anne" she muir
INJURED. Everything. Virginia is
driving me mad. She goes around
the house like an injured saint
stately and aloof. She talks as
little as she can and has the cold
est expression in her eyes when
she has to look at me. You'd think
she was poor, pale, helpless
ghost. But there's iron and steel
underneath. Yet i can't put my
finger on her or pin her down to
anything"
YES, dear; 1 can picture that.
But what of it,"
WORTH TIME AND PATIENCE.
What of it?" asked Phoebe in
dignantly. when am / going to
discuss my wedding with her?
Does she think I'm going to wait
almost three years till I'm twenty
one? Does any one think that!
Living with a silent, gliding ghost
is bad enough. \But when 1t has
power to stand between you and
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Cemetery in Genoa
Finest in the World.

The most beautiful cemetery In
existence is said to be the Stag
lieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy.
where the marvels OF marble mold
ed by the artists astound visitors.
Likenesses of the departed are
shown in poses with expressions
that make them almost lifelike.
Barring the approach to the main
entrance, which was laid out in 1874
by Rasasco, are three double bronze
gates. Passing through these one
comes to high terrace, on the edge
of which is a huge arch that sculp-
tors have made famous.
Moving onward in a grove made
OF white columns of marble and q
canopy of stone shields the price
less slabs from wind and weather.
Narrow steps lead to the upper gal
leries, the rotunda of which is in
black marble.
Families fortunate enough to be
represented in this cemetery have
statues made of them in life, and
from these sculptors prepare the
grave monuments. Thus over a
mothers grave is a statue of her
daughter dropping roses, another
daughter as an angel with n trum-
pet, pointing her mother to heaven.
and three sons kneeling at the open
entrance to the sepulchre.
Another group scene depicts the
family around the bedside of
dying daughter, with the express
sions and even the dress of the day
so truly depicted as to amaze the
visitor.
There arc many such groups Of
masterpieces of art that contribute
to the fame of Staglieno.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
1HE WASHINGTON ~IiMEs MAGAZINE PAGE. ~
bath Seems
Lost Word

VRAJSE. Serbia.-There was a
time In Vrajne when the people in
cluded whatever the Serbian word
for bath may be In their everyday
vocabularies and not infrequently
suited the action TO the word. but
that was hundreds OF years ago.
Today II is with difficulty that the
ENJOYS or the American Red Cross
at Vrajne are teaching the people
the practical meaning OF the word.
And yet of all the towns in
Serbia. Vrajne Is the one which
should be most familiar with baths
and bathing, for II Is the home OF
the biggest and oldest Turkish bath
establishment in the country The
ancient baths were built in the six
teenth century by the Turks them
selves, who then ruled the country.
They are housed in an ancient stone
structure with a red tile roof.
The water, in the days when the
baths were operating. flowed into
huge watts above primitive under
ground furnaces from spring
whose crystal stream. now re-
leased. still bubbles through the
vaulted cellars OF the ancient estab-
lishment. The steam from the watts
was led to the hot rooms above
through channels cut in the solid
rock walls OF the building, for in
the days when the Vrajne baths
were constructed there was no such
thing as an iron or lead pipe in all
OF Serbia
Today the Vrajne baths are de-
serted. Bathing is a ritual OF which
the city's. population has known
nothing for generations The youth
OF the town are learning the art
from the Red Cross workers feeding
and caring for the children of the
poor. but the elders still look on the
regular ablution of the body as
troublesome superfiuity. and the
ancient baths OF Vrajne may crum-
BILE into ruins ere the subterranean
steam watts boil and bubble again.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21

green's and potatoes one day and
lend itself to slicing cold, of frying
with eggs. or in a dozen different
ways. The bone will help to make
delicious bean soup. A piece OF
corned beef also has possibilities.
A freezer of ice-cream or water
ices may be made on Saturday and
packed right into the refrigerator,
pail and all, for the Sunday treat.
When you are purchasing a freezer,
select one that will At into your re-
frigerator. This is a great saving
in ice when it comes TO packing 1t
over night.
REST AND PLAY.
One young wife who was not en-
numbered by family told me that
she used the afternoons of her first
year as a wife TO learn to sew. She
did this during her leisure, and en-
joyed doing it. Now that she has
a family, she is able to dress them
we'll on little money because she
was wise enough to invest her
leisure in learning to sew.
But the average housewife nedes
the extra maps and little periods of
rest which leisure time affords. She
man. And upon her health and
strength so much depends.
But she must create this leisure
for herself She must plan her
work carefully and then use every
endeavor to work her plan. Use
common sense. 1t makes very little
difference in the great scheme of
things whether the neighbors criti-
else you because you are dressing
your children in simple, need-not-
be-ironed crepe instead of beruffled
fine things that take hours to iron.
But what does make a difference in
the great scheme is whether you
have sufficient leisure time to rest,
or perhaps to play with your little
ones and come to know their vir-
tues and their faults.
Create leisure hours for yourself,
especially during the heated season.
You will be so glad OF il when the
cooler days come back.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
The Restless Sex
A Romantic Film Drama With
MARION DA VIES
BY Robert w. Chambers.
By Robert w. Chambers.

rious as he drew her into his
arms.
She was very silent, t,). listen
ing 10 his impetuous. broken avow-
al-sunerjng his close embrace, his
lips on her eyes and mouth and
throat once more. The enormous
novelty OF IL preoccupied her; the
Intense interest in his state OF mind.
Her curiosity held her spellpound.
too, and unresponsive but fasci-
mated.
her lovely head resting on his
shoulder, sometimes with eyes
closed. sometimes watching him,
meeting his eyes with a faint
smile.
Contact with him no longer
frightened her. Her mind was
, clear. busy with this enormous
novelty. searching for the reason
OF 1t. striving to understand his
passion which she shyly recognized
with an odd feeling OF pride and
tenderness, but to which there was
nothing in her that responded
nothing more than tender loyalty
and the old love she had always
given him.
The gray tranquility OF her eyes,
virginia. and clear-the pulseless
quiet of the girl chilled him.
"You don't love me. Steve, do
your"
"Not-as you-wish me to-"
Cant your"
81 don't know"
"Is there any chance"
She looked out across the studio,
considering, and her gray eyes
grew vague and remote.
"I don't know. Jim
think that something has been left
out of me. Whatever it is.
l don't know how to love-fall in
love-as you wish me to. l don't
know how to go about it. Per-
haps it's because I've never
\ thought about it. It's never oc-
cupied my mind"
"Then." he burst out, "how in
Gods name did you ever come to
marry
HER MARRIAGE A PUZZLE.
She looked up at him gravely:
THAT is very different" she said.
"Then you are in love with him"
II told you that he fascinates
me-"
'Is it love?" he asked violently.
IL don't know"
"You must know! You've got
mind!'
'It doesn't explain what I feel
for him. l can't put it into words
He drew her roughly to him.
bent over her, looked into her eyes,
and kissed her lips again and
again.
cant you love me. Steve? Can't
you?" he stammered.
"I-want to. l wish l did-the
way you want me to-"
"Will you try?"
~ don't know how to try
DO your lips on mine mean
nothing to you?"
Yes. You are so dear.
=. / am wonderfully contented-
and not afraid"
After a moment she released her
self, laughed, and sat up, adjusting
her hair with one hand and rest
ing against his shoulder.
Ito BE Continued Mondayo
1917. 1918. by the international
Magazine Company
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Why Pluck a
ChiLdGreen?
By DR.. VIM. A. McKeever,

A T the age Of five a small, puny
"A boy was started in at the
public school, two years too
young. At the age of sixteen he
finished the high school smart in
book memory but without assimi-
lative knowledge of the subject
matter and without any reliable
choice as to the next step. The
parents picked a college and sent
the son through the course, which
he completed with high percentage
grades, but again with no reflective
purpose of a life career based on
the course of study pursued.
Not yet twenty-one, this young
victim of r-advanced book
training is now moping about home
and hanging his head in shame of
possessing no definite interest in a
career. What is the matter? The
disturbed father has just brought
the case to me for analysis and ad-
vice. And my answer Is ready and
easy The boy has been plucked
too green all along the way.
7 LESSONS MUST BE FELT.
have watched this critical error
of over advancement of the pupil
for many Years, and have seen
many young men and young women
driven nearly to despair because of
the fault of being forced mechan-
ically through course of study
before there was sufficient growth
from within to respond intelligently
and emotionally to the lessons i'm
parted. For a lesson is not learned
IL it is simply memorized. 1t<must
be felt. 1t is not mastered through
mere routine, perusal and recita-
ton. 1t must become assmilated
through the interest and self-ex.
preston of the learner.
In the instance cited above,
though a college graduate, the
youth is still a mere boy with only
the green passing interest in the
course completed. and he is there
fore deeply perplexed about
career. My criticism is that this
young man must simply wait for
life to ripen and for a career motive
to spring up from within. The time
will most certainly come-one, two,
three years hence-when suddenly a
clear vision of a calling will most
probably spring into his mind and
thrill him through and through.
MAKE USE OF VACATIONS.
No girl should finish a college course
under 'twenty-oAe to twenty-three;
no boy should finish under twenty
three to twenty-five. Not only
should they go slower than the ordi-
nary parents. are willing to permit
them, but they should make contin-
uous use OF the vacations and other
times out CT school to apply and as
simulate through practice the les
sons learned along the way. often
one OF the puniest specimens l meet
in whole days journey is the col
lege graduate who knows nothing
except the pale lessons he has
memorized from books.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21

4 Richard Smith Whaley,
Democrat, of Charleston, s. Z.
He's an expert at golf, and is
cronie of Speaker Gillet and sew
eral other good players among the
House members, and is always IN
demand on the golf course. HIS
really pet game, however, is foot
ball. He used to be one of the
best players in the team at the
University of Virginia, and later
was football coach. He has big
car and is good driver. He keeps
up fine apartment, and they tell
me that not long ago his butler
left, and he is concocting many
dainty dishes himself. So this is
the psychic moment, girls. He is
a lawyer by profession, and an
Episcopalian. He is one Of the
leading Democrats in the House.
His age is very uncertain. He
won't tell it, and no one seems to
know it. However, he's plenty
young to be candidate for matri-
mony, but he declares that he will
never live at Congress Hall when
he is married. SO IL any young
miss has this idea in mind, she
might as well become resigned 70
keeping house. He prefers a girl
Of the Episcopaliaa faith, although
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Long Skirts Banned
As Germ Carriers.

Long skirts must not return be-
cause they are menace TO the
public health. Such is the warning
issued by the leading medical au-
thorities of England. following the
announcement that Paris Is about
to launch once more the long trail
ing skirts of twenty years ago.
In their protest the medicos re-
call that in 1000 the Vienna board
of health displayed posters in the
public parks and gardens directing
women who visited them to hold
up their skirts IL they trailed along
the ground.
The notice also stated that public
Enclosures were devoted to the use
OF persons desiring to escape the
dust OF the streets, and the authori-
ties therefore forbade the sweeping
OF dust there into heaps by trail
ing skirts.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Why We Gape.

There are two unfailing signs Of
fatigue, mental and physical when
the mind In tired people gape, and
when the body is tired they fidget.
There Is an idea that gaping is
catching" but this. it Is said. is
only true II many people are tired
together.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
The Age of the
Mariners Compass

The mariners compass was used
in Europe in the twelfth century.
and there are indications that it
was used in China at least 1000
years before. The compass is sup
posed to have been invented by
Flavio Gioja, of Italy.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
25 Skeletons of Spanish
Treasure Crew Unearthed,

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.-Twenty.
five skeletons have been found four
teen miles south of here. A spanish
treasure ship was sunk in the early
forties near this place. The skele-
tons are believed to be those of the
crew.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
How One Man Lovered
Cost of Living

shaw called off his sandwich men.
He was modestly elated.
"Others in other districts" he
said, "can and should do just what
l have done in Washington Heights.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21

he might consider a Christian
Scientist or Spiritualist. He
wouldn't object 10 a good "ouija
board" operator. -
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Ab0Ue All, Be
Feminine
Bv Ella Vincent
By Ella Vincent.

F you are a girl, by all means be
feminine, both in your dress
and in your ways. Girls who
try to APE" man by wearing his
collars. his hats and his alleged
blase look will always be a drug in
the matrimonial market
After all, what is il that attracts
man toward one of the opposite
sex? In the seclusion of the palm
court or under the softening eye of
the harvest moon he may tell her
that it is her eyes, her hair or her
alluring smile. But at the bottom
OF 1t all the attraction arises out of
the fact that the girl Is essentially
feminine in herself. A man cannot
be charmed by girl who derides
her femininity, and as to falling in
love or anything so ridiculous, why.
II is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of the proverbial
needle.
MEN DISLIKE PUBLICITY.
man would shrink from being
seen about with an obviously swag-
8ering girl. She attracts far too
much attention, and men, as a rule,
do not like publicity-especiall
when there is woman concerned.
The girl, poor dear, is pleased to be
fattered with the attention paid her,
and either ignores or does not see
the fact that the interest centered
in her is that of curiosity to see
what she will do next.
You wouldn't take such a girl to
dance! Fancy sitting out with a
girl whose hair is cut short. whose
collar outdoes your own for stiff
ness and whose tie never graced
the window of a milliner. Can your
imagine timidly reaching for her
hand and being greeted with:
"Oh, cut out the heart business
and give me a cigarette! | haven't
had one for at least ten minutesw
wOMAN's CHARM.
No! or course you can't, be-
cause, in the first place, you would
never take the aforementioned girl
to tho dance, and in the second you
wouldn't dream of holding her
hand.
It's n pity! What a dull place
this old world would be without
Dur womenfolk just as they really
are. Somehow they seem to make
the skies seem bluer, the sun more
brilliant, and the flowers brighter,
though all are dull in comparison
with womt1's charm. And yet
few are disposed to forsake it all
for a fad!
Some girls might look upon the
mannishly pretentious girl as a sort
of hcro-pioneer of yet another
phase OF woman's emancipation
But the man has no use for it. 1t
has no attraction for him, and
rather does he deplore this travesty
of womans greatest charm-her
femininity!
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Leap Year Opportunities
M4COngress
3y Edith Mcdowell Wise
Copyright, 1920.D

Copyright. 1e2Oo
A WHALE of a good fellow
~ is what every one calls
\ Richard Smith Whaley,
The Washington times., 1920-08-21

TOWARD noon on the day after
our excursion to inspect the
estate Tom Mason wanted to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-03
Personal Points

Mrs. Lillian Olsen and son Elmer
Of ISIS Seventh avenue have left
to spend the winter mohths with
their daughter and sister, Mrl. ".
L Garrison, ct Santa Rosa. Calil
Mrs. Garrison w1s formerly Miss
Grace Olsen Of Rock Island. Mrs.
Olsen and Elmer Olsen were accom-
panied BY Charles Wolstencroft Of
z618 Sevent havenue.
DR.. A. B. Zimmerman has return
Cd to Chicago after . visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Rimmer-
man, 1908 Second avenue.
DR.. c. Bernhard returned yester-
day from Omaha, Neb., where he
has been visiting his daughter. Mrs.
A. Sohalek. After a short stay at
Rock Island he will go south to
Hammond. La, to his daughter, Mrs.
D. E. Snider, and later ON 60, via
the Panama Canal. to Los Angeles,
where his third daughter, Mrs
Woodwork Clum, formerly of Dav-
export, is now living. The doctor
will always claim Rock Island
where he has lived since April, 1869
as his home and if any of his old
friends wish to communicate with
him. DR.. J. w. Lane, who occupies
the doctors former Office at the
Peoples National bank building
will always know his address. The
Daily Argus will keep him posted
with the news at Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Harris of 271t
Fifth avenue, are the parents Of q
son born Nov. 30.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-03
INVITE UBLlC
70 mEET|DcON
CITY PLANNING


Representatives Of every civic,
s..ts,nsi ana socia, orsanization IN
pccr Tel.nd and surrounding cities
viii he inyited to take pert in the
Atsruss,on Of A city planning
nrotect At an omen meeting to be
held I'm the early bart OF January.
nsedsion IA hold this session was
rearhed A. the regular meeting Of
the Rock island city planning COM
missjon held last evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-03
CHAMBER WILL
/ BACK 0NE-FUND
DRIVEN 1921


The board of directors Of the
Rock Island Chamber Of Commerce
at . special melting this noon went
On record III favor Of . one-fund
campaign for financing the city's
welfare and charitable organi1a-
tons during the year 1891, and
adopted a resolution whereby the
chamber agrees to sponsor the
drive.
A board Of trustees, recommend
ed by the public formu Of the Cham
Der of Commerce and composed >oi
T. A. Murphy, Phil Mitchell, F. c.
Denkmann, H. s. Cable and w. H,
Dart, was approved by the direc-
tors and was empowered to deter
mine the amount to be raised and
the appropriation of the fund
among the various organizations.
Secretary Otto F. Hildebrandt
was instructed to inform every or
ganization which desires to secure
an appropriation from the fund. to
prepare a budget for 1921 and sub
NIT it to the board of trustees or
| or before Dec. 20. The trustees will
have full power to determine the
amount each organization 10 to re.
, ceive from the fund.
No date was set for the drive, bu,
in all probability it will not be un'
til some time after first of mex
year.