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The Washington times., 1920-11-20
THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY. BY Har- .
old MacGrath. New York: Doubleday.
Page a Co.

THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY. BY Har-
old MacGrath. New York: Doubleday,
Page d Co.
Harold MacGrath has long pos
sessed the knack of telling a story in
fashion to hold the reader in per-
petual wonder over what will happen
next, and 1.-THE Drums OF Jeopardy"
is one more in a long list OF novels
of this type. Bolshevik conspirators
a mysterious young man Of princely
bearing, a girl Of provocative tempera-
ment, and a globe-trotting Secret Serv-
ice man with penchant for rare jewels
furnish the characters for IN en-
crossing story which moves from
climax to climax with the swiftness
of light refracted from the Drums"
themselves, the Drums" being not
musical Instruments, but pair of
rubies of inestimable valu
Action finds relief in the love story
OF the heroine and the unknown Of
princely mien. and in the occasional
interludes in which Mr.. MacGrath
sermonizes OF Reds" Bolshevists,
and other such evils
THE EMPEROR OF ELAN. by II. q.
Dwight. New York: Doubleday, Page
& Co.
"The Emperor OF Elan" is a
series OF stories by II. G. Dwight
which. like his STEAMBOAT Nights" is
permeated with the atmosphere OF
the orient. The mysterious EN-
peror" in his barge pulled by rowers
silent as galley slaves under the
blistering Persian sun, the German
trader, and the Englishman, are
woven into tale charged with the
fascination OF the Fast
Whether the story's setting Is Con-
stantinople or New York. Venice or
Alaska, Persia or Norway, there Is
always flavor OF the Orient. it's
fatalism and its lure.
CAPTAIN MACEDOINES DAUGHTER.
ny william Melee. New York: Double
day, Page Co.
The latest book by the author OF
"Casuals OF the Sea" and "Aliens' In
marked by the same excellence OF the
style, portrayal of character, and
story interest OF his previous books.
The scenes are laid In the Aegean
Sea, where a Captain Macedonia at
tcmpts to inveig'e n couple OF sailors
into investing their earnings In very
questionable enterprise, using lie
young daughter as "A lure.
with artful touch Mr.. McFee pre-
sents two sets OF characters Of widely
VARYING personalities the ono honert
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
DID YOU MARRY
FOR THESE REASONS.

Here are q few OF the ways in
which a marriage can be a failure:
Did you marry for money, title
or position?
Did you marry to keep some
body else from marrying that per-
son?
Did you pretend that you loved
the person you married so as to
have them sacrifice their all for
you, and then marry to keep down
a scandal. when you really loved
someone else?
Did you marry because the per-
son had a beautiful figure. lovely
hair. dreamy eyes, dainty feet or
dimpled knees?
Did you marry to let people see
that you could win the person you
married"
Did you marry because all OF
your friends married and left you
alone, thereby you decided TO rush
into matrimony?
Did YOU marry TO get a home
and a companion without thinking
about the person with whom you
had to live"
Did you marry TO spite your
parents?
lf anybody marrleS with only inc
above thoughts I'm mind their mar
risge is bound to be failure.
on the other hand marriage
can be successful only when the
parties are morally, spiritually and
socially At. When they marry be-
cause God has called them together
by that internal feeling and out
ward sign, love. such persons will
stick to each other through thick
and thin.
Ir the divorce courts would close,
and people would use brains in
choosing their companions, and
settling their family troubles. their
lives would be happier. o. s.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
What They
Say About Us

Mr.. Arnold Benefits discovery
that woman loses her charm at
thirty. and that from the point OF
view or her power to captiyate man
the average woman who has com
pleted her third decade may as we'll
look upon herself as dead, is one
which does not stir me. says a write
in London Daily News. IT Is not n
discovery which Is going to set thu
Thames on fire.
At thirty the modern woman only
begins to live.
Far from losing her sex weapons.
as Mr.. Arnold Bennett badly puts
II. the woman of thirty just begins
to assimilate the art OF how to use
them most effectively. Her natural
charm IL enhanced by culture.
knowledge Of the world and Of men.
OF now to make the best of her
many attributes, and the realiza-
ton of her power.
THE VICTIM OF THE VAMPs
The charm Of many a girl OF
eighteen to twenty is lost by her
inability to make the most OF 1t.
AS a general rule 1t may be taken
that at eighteen a girl allows her
self to be fascinated. while at thir-
ty 1t is she who fascinates man.
In Victorian days. perhaps, the
average woman OF thirty was some
thing Of back number. II she was
married she settled down compla-
Gently to her role OF matron, wore
bonnets out Of doors. and limited
her interests in life to keeping rer
house tidy and looking after the
comfort of her husband and her
children.
SINGLE HELPFCLNESS.
II she remained single she settled
down to old-maidhood and a life of
dependence upon her relations. who.
quite as a matter of fact, treated
her as kind of governess, house
keeper. nurse and household help
rolled into one. .,,,.,.
or course, 1t has been widely,ar-
gued that q single woman loses her
power to charm sooner than q mar
ried one This, also, as far as moo
ern conditions are concerned. ven
ture to dispute.
l know very fascinating "giri"
of forty who, after counting her ad-
mirers by the score for years, has
just made an exceptionally good
marriage. She has calmly and with
out effort snatched her prize from
the eager clutches Of several match
making mothers with pretty and &C
complished young daughters.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
BELIEVES HE Is
Lucky.

LUCKY.
After reading letter by =. 4. IL. I
could not help thinking how lucky
I am. ] married n girl just the OPP
posite of his. She is a good, little
homebody. makes all of the Globes
for our two children. always has
dinner ready when l arrive in the
evening. We have been married
over ten years and enjoy each
others company now as we'll as we
did when first married.
The trouble with most men Is that
they think women are like a street
car: After you catch II you have II.
II some of them would treat their
wives half as good as they did their
sweethearts when they were court
ing them there would be more hap
plness in married life. do not
mean this for the kind OF woman
. &. A. X. has
My wife and myself give and take.
Neither tries TO be boss. II she Is
well, expect her to do the house.
work. But IL she Is i'll. do not
hesitate to do the cooking and
housework. Before I married her
| WAS wild. but by kind treatment
from her I have settled down and
seldom go any place without hcr
land am not henpecked, either).
The whole thing Is that we under
stand each other and do not get
mad and pout over things. II we
have q little fuss, we are both ready
to make up in about fifteen min
utes and both happy again.
But, boys, don't get married be-
cause think so well of It, Because
I don't believe that one man in fifty
IL able to get a little wife that
would suit him as well as mine does
me, G. IL
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
B. INSIDE OF THE CUP Wis WSs1 O.; CHURCHILL ;nS nn
Gay Ribbons
BY Rita Stuyvesant.


The woman with artistic eye can
add much charm TO her tricks BY
the right selection OF a ribbon
girdle, sash or vest, and the rib
bons that are now on display: 90
gorgeous. 30 striking, others so Sc
Tenely beautiful, and the lovely
melting pastel shades 30 youthful!
one gown OF rich taupe shade is
heavily beaded with a dominant
note In the sash that swathes the
hips and hangs In one straight
panel OF the left hip. The sash Is
OF "A gorgeous burnt orange shade.
softly melting into "a brick-red and
the ribbon of water silk" The
ribbon is the shade that Is attrac-
tive without being glazing.
ANY navy tricotine or serge Elton
suit would look we'll with a sash OF
striped ribbon. and there are any
number Of these patterns for sale
at the big shops.
And, OF course, you have noticed
the chic air given to the dainty
wolfe and georgette blouses by
bit OF narrow ribbon huttering at
the neck and wrists. Attractive IL
a blouse OF smoke grey with a VIVID
fame ribbon and the dainty blouse
OF peach georgette tied in tiny
French blue Ribbon
who could dance "without ribbon
and fine lace and old-time q S;e?"
One frock OF fine lace, founced sew
.ral times for the occasion, owes
it's distinction TO girdle or tur-
auois blue ribbon lavishly embroid-
cred In silver thread. The girdle
il crushed around the waist and
has I'VE ribbons suspended from II
that float when one dances. This
ribbon is six inches broad and
falls to the knees, where 1t IL
fringed.
When you are looking over your
wardrobe this winter and want to
add a new note here or bit OF gay
color, do not overlook the possibii-
tiles Of ribbon.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
A Daily Recipe
PINWHEELS.

Two cups flour.
Two teaspoons baking pow der.
One teaspoon salt.
One teaspoon cinnamon.
One tablespoon shortening.
One tablespoon melted butter
substitute.
Onc-half cup brown sugar.
One-third cup milk.
slit the -four, baking powder
and salt into bowl; add the
shortening and rub in very
lightly; add the cold milk slowly,
Just enough to hold together.
place on Toured board, roll out
one-third inch thick; brush with
'he melted butter substitute and
sprinkle with the brown sugar
and cinnamon; roll the same as
Jelly roll and cut into one-inch
pieces.
Place on bakepan (cut aide
DOWN which has been well
brushed with fat and bake
twenty TO twenty-five minutes
In a moderate oven. Remove at
once.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20

ners lady and Biddy OGrady are
alike under their skin"
am married for the second time
TO n man who was also married be-
fore. My first attempt was an ut
ter failure. At times l feel morti-
fed to think 1t ever happened. Ny
husbands first wife was the kind
who would wear furs II the last
dollar was more than gone. Now
we are together and often wonder
why IL wasn't years ago. Some
good reason we know nothing OF.
no doubt. l am going to keep him.
I want my honeymoon to last until
death do us part" and wish l could
advise some OF these silly girls that
men want real women-let them be
sixteen or sixty.
Smile, learn to sew a button on
and cook a good dinner.
NORTH.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Write frankly, briefly and truhfuly your views on
the problem, SIS Marriage Success? If you think it not
altogether success do not fail suggest what you think
the remedy WHAT is the trouble, and what could be
DONE Write in your opinions, experiences and suggestions
Write frankly and feariesy-your confidence will be
speced No names of writers published except with the
writer's consent Use only side of the paper
Address your contributions to
MARRIAGE EDITOR,
The Washington Times
Washington, d e.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
This Day in History.

This is the anniversary of the
birth of Peregrine White, in
1920, aboard the Mayfiower.
He was the first white child
born in New England and lived
to good old age. He died in
1904.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
True LOVE OR
EDUCATION ESSENTIAL.

II n my belief that the family
physician has laid before him more
intimate facts regarding domestic
troubles than any one else--that Is
to say, In his practice he encount-
era more than any one else real in
timacy with human nature. People.
~ necessity. pour into his cars tho
The Washington times., 1920-11-20

II all took only a minuts-astupe-
Tying minute for me. when l re-
coveredu rushed for bicarbonate OF
soda and powered IL heavily across
Walls burned hands.
Then Impressions came thick and
fast.
Phoebe sobbing In Meals arms.
Uncle Ned's phoning for a doctor.
Father Andrew ministering to
Dana willoughby. who had tainted.
while good little Lacy nestled in
Aunt Aollie's arms. wiDcing with
pain and not daring e. cry because
the tears scalded her burns to
agony.
Lane bubbling over Val.
Shelly-who had done nothing
though he had been next to Lacy
sat huddled In his chair covering
away from the burning scorn In
Nars eyes.
Somebody had better carry Lacy
into my room and put her in bed"
said Val In strangled voice.
She was breaking the strained
silence that had fallen on all Of us
after the accident which might
have terminated fatally for poor,
little Lacy Willoughby but for Va
lerie's prompt and heroic action.
"Why not you?" she demanded
suddenly IF Smelly, who still sat
covering away In the paralysis OF
fear which had overtaken him with
Dana's first terrified scream. you
carry her To my room"
He looked at her with something
like dumb horror and then stag
gered TO his feet and stopped to
lift the girl, TO whom we were all
ministering with the deepest pity.
Don't touch me! You'd have let
me die" screamed Lacy. with a
passion of hysterical strength that
seemed superhuman.
Don't touch her! Don't go near
her" echoed Dana. with the most
desperate hatred In her voice.
Shelly turned, faced the burning
scorn OF Vals eyes again. skunk
away and sank down on n chair
across the room. He sat there, with
his head sunk IN his shaking hands
until the end the sad business.
No one spoke to him. No one went
near him.
AUNT MOLLIE IN CHARGE.
Don't move the child" whisper
ed Aunt Mollie. "She's better off
Just where she is--until We take
her home with U.s." So we didn't
carry Lacy from. the room. and
there she sat till the doctor came.
He found that Lacy's masses OF
soft brown hair must be cut away.
Beyond this loss and an ugly burn
across one cheek and temple she
was not injured.
But Walls looking, puffy
white hands were crimson and
,tained now. While the doctor
dressed the burns site sat silent and
Ter face was inscrutable.
"Now you won't leave me. You
ant" Val flung out at Lane in
udien triumph.
Again her eyes brushed their way
unseeing across Sheldon's detected
figure. Her look was full OF scorn.
but ! sensed something else-a sort
OF reluctant shame.
How long will my wife's hands
be bandaged?" asked Lane, who
was lowering over her like n moth
er over a baby.
"a day or two at the outside,
thanks to the wise person who got
the bicarbonate OF soda working so
promptly" said the doctor.
Lane rushed over and began
pumping my hand.
"Val was a heroine" he de-
claimed, excitedly. And this little
girl was a brick. Well get you a
nurse for a few days. Val-honey.
andy the time I'm ready to
travel. you'll be all right"
The bitterness OF Walls mouth
was unbelievable. She looked as II
she had tasted dead sea fruit.
But Dana Willoughby came out
of her faint to go into Mysteries.
"I'll have to cut my hair. too"
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
The Great Winter Constel.
lations.

The evening sky is now adorned
in the eastern half by the ad-
vance OF Taurus. with the glitter
ing Plelades, Orion and Gemini,
and the twins Castor and Pollux.
while by half past 3 Sirius, the
Dog star, may be seen above the
horizon.
The Washington times., 1920-11-20
By Winston Churchill,
Crisis,- and Many Other Novels
of World Wide PssLtcity-

OF World wide Psssseity~
IT HERE were long silences when
the medium OF communication.
tenuous at best, seemed TO
snap, and the two sat gazing at
each other as from mountain peaks.
across impossible valleys.
With all the will In the world,
their souls lost touch, thoagh the
sense in the clergyman OF the
others vague yearning for human
companionship was never absent.
II was this yearning that attracted
Holder, who found IL In deep
pathos.
After one OF these intervals OF
silence. Eldon Parr looked up from
his claret
II congratulate you. Holder. on
the stand you took in regard TO
Constable's daughter" he said.
II didn't suppose II was known,
answered the rector. In surprise.
Constable told me. i have rea-
son to believe that he doesn't SYM
pathize with his wife in her atti-
tude on this matter. It's pulled
him down--you've noticed that he
looks badlyT'
Eyes" said the rector. He did
not care TO discuss the affair; he
had hoped II would not become
known; and he Stunned the con-
CALCULATIONS Of Gordon Atterbury.
which in such case would be inevi-
table. And in spite of the convic-
tion that he had done his duty, thu
memory of his talk with Mrs. Con-
stable never failed to make him UNI
comfortable. .-
Evaporation crept into Mr.. PARIS
voice.
II can't think what's got into
women in these times-at Mrs. Con-
stables age they ought to know
better. Nothing restraints them.
They have reached a point where
they don't even respect the church.
And when that happens, it is seri-
Gus indeed. The church is the gov
ernor on our social engine, and 1t Is
supposed to impose restraint upon
the lawless."
PARR TOO EMPHATIC.
Holder could not refrain from
smiling little at the bankers con-
ception.
doesn't that reduce the church
somewhere to the level of the police
force?" he asked.
Not at ALL" said Eldon Parrr.
whose feelings seemed to be rising.
Il am sorry for Constable. He feels
the shame of this thing keenly, and
he ought to go away for a while to
one of these quiet resorts. | offered
him my car. Sometimes ] think
that women have no morals. At any
rate. this modern notion of giving
them their liberty is sheer folly.
Look what they have done with it!
instead OF remaining at home.
where they belong, they are going
out into the world and turning it
,opsy-turvy. And II man doesn't
let them have a free hand they get
:, divorce and marry some idiot who
will" a.. ). ...-..
Mr.. Parr pushed back his chair
and rose abruptly. starting for the
door. The rector followed him, for
clbly struck Ivy the unusual bitter
ness in his tone.
IF l. have spoken strongly, it is
because l feel strongly" he said in
u strange, thickened voice. Holder,
The mirror., 1920-01-15

q weekly paper published in the Minnesota
State Prison founded in 1887 by the prisoners and
intellectual the prs
OF the
to disseminate penologfca information dspeng
which has been the bar sinister fallen
mans sef.redempton.
The mirror., 1920-01-15

death rate for the United States of 25 per 1000.
DR.. Rockwell Of the Equitable Life says: No pro-
bem of greater importance than this epidemic has yet
occurred in the annals of life insurance.
"The experience of one of the largest fraternal
orders illustrates the effect that this epidemic having
on all life insurance organizations 1t has experienced
an average increase death claims amounting about
800 per cent monthly Its normal death claims were
about ST 100000 per month, while in November of
1918 the death claims were increased to $2,258,250,
and in December the death claims amounted to S.,
541 200, and in January of 1919 $3,235,0OO, max
ing an excess over the normal rate during the four
months of $428OO0O Such experience is enough
to alarm only the society affected but the facts
are so startling that all insurance organizations
deeply interested in whatever will prevent
the spread of this terrible disease. Actuares estimate
that influenza and pneumonia have caused increase
in the liabilities of insurance organizations of this
country, up to December IS, 1918, of $1OO0OO0O0."
Selected.
The mirror., 1920-01-15
Might of Men

When ship like the Titanic strikes an iceberg
we are reminded of the impotence of man pitted
against the might of nature And this is good for us
But there is another side the picture. In 1900
mighty hurricane almost destroyed Galveston Texas
taking toll of 5000 lives The city neither gave up
trying to be city disregarded the warning. 1t
went to work and built seawall five miles long, The
other day hurricane that of two decades
ago swept the region. For time there was two or
three feet of water of Galvestons streets and
that was all. The mind of man and the work of man
had averted the power of do harm. Of such
exploits is capable, says Milwaukee Journal
For five years we have dwelt only on its power to
work devastation the millions of lives and mighty
sums devoted to destruction. We turn our thoughts
to what do and find this great thing that Gal
weston accomplished with little $2,000,000-a city
saved at the cost of less than hour of war to the
nation. Shall we choose mans destruction or his abil-
ty to build up the standard of the future?-
Exchange.
The mirror., 1920-01-15
Our Colleges

What will be the effect of the war on our colleges
is question that yet be fully answered. but it
is a matter of profound Importance. The registration
in the higher institutions of learning in the United
States is almost four hundred thousand. 1t is mere
justice the students that they have studied
understood and been impressed by the mighty events
of the last few years. Multtudes of them volunteered
for service All through their lives their experience
in the war, the opinions they have formed and the
hold they have got public affairs will make them
prominent in the communities where they are to live
But it is not of the effect of the the young
men now in college that we wish to speak The in
stitutions themselves will be made over if they have
not already been made over The early colleges
chiefly fitting schools for the learned professions The
course of study mostly classical No doubt it
narrow but it was adapted to its purpose When COM
and manufacturing got ahead of agriculture,
change had come. The colleges adapted themselves
to the order, and for many years more students
have been fitting themselves for positions in business
science than for medicine, law or the ministry.
Another change seems inevitable. In some
way there must be partial return to the original mis-
sion of the college. The country needs greatly en-
larged body of of the broadest culture who shall
become leaders the learned professions and in public
service. They should be better instructed of higher
as farseeing, than the of any former time.
The country looks to the colleges the only
that provide such
There signs that the colleges the duty and
going accept it. New especially designed
train for public service appear in the lists The
college that does offer instruction in international
law will be no better than third rate. Journalism,
and the historical economic and social education
sental to competent journalism, will have much
greater attention Incidentally, since the has
taught us that there is reasonable mean between
mitarism and unpreparedness, the young will
have their bodies trained and their minds broadened
by military drill and science and the country will be
assured of safety against attack from without
The colleges have been the moral security of the
naon the hope of its cvizationth recruiting ground
for its public service Let hope that they will be in
the future all that they have been in the past
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