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The Washington times., 1920-11-08
The Newest
Handbag
By Rita Stuyvesant.

~ nee again fashion has de-
creed the handbag Of bright
colors: so il you have some
bits of velvet or an old velvet hat
rip it up and steam out the ma
terial that had covered the crown.
Then cut 1t in two long strips about
five inches wide and eight inches
long. Then look through your
scrapbag and find a piece OF har-
monizing or contrasting, material of
almost equal weight and cut n strip
three inches wide and sixteen inches
long, or two strips the same width
and eight inches long each.
The bag is ready to be stitched
together by placing one strip of the
velvet on top: join below it the
contrasting strip, then another
strip of velvet below that. Sew up
both sides of the bag. leaving an
opening Of about four inches at ne
top sides.
II you have used the siXteen-inch
strip of contrasting material M
will need only to seam the velvet
on the sides, carrying completely
around through the centre the sand
WICKED strip, and joining the one
seat at the other side.
The bag is lined very simply by
making another bag Of soft silk or
satin. turning ii inside out and in
sorting it into the velvet outer bag.
1t, too, Is left open on each side of
the top and stitched to the outer
bag with fine silk stitches. Bone
handles in a pretty shade are set
at the top, the material folded
through the handle and hemmed.
AS the hemming progresses the
easement shirs itself over the ham
dies; leaving a dainty and conve-
nient opening at the. top. Colored
braid or a row OF fancy stitches in
soft floss or metal thread may out
line the strip at the center of the
bag and the openings on either side
Of the top.
One bag made up this way was
fashioned Of Chinese blue velvet
with a strip of rose and old blue
tapestry running through the CEN
ter. Then dull gold braid, in a very
narrow width, outlined the tapestry
Insert and the rose silk lining
where 1t was Joined to the outer
bag at the side openings. A rose
and blue silk tassel hung graceful
ly from each corner of the bottom.
Another pretty bag was made OF
black satin, with two narrow strips
of silver ribbon running through the
center. a brilliant Jade green lining
adding to its smartness.
If you are ingenious and have a
scrapbag you ought, indeed, to be
able to single out some of the more
harmonious bits of silk and fashion
some delightful handbags.
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suit for divorce which, OF course,
was fought in every way possible
by him and his crooked attorney.
During these two years following
our separation, he had accumulated
considerable money from the Illicit
sale of whisky. Disgraceful as il
may seem. ii is fact. neverthe-
less. the (honorable?D authorities
Of the town where he then lived
knew what he was doing. In fact.
the chief of police was getting his
drinks and a small percentage of
the profits-enough to keep him
or course. he had friends, focks
OF them. while !. struggling alon,
to make an honest living for my
child this child) and myself. dis
covered that l had no friends. ]
lost the house that l had worked
and sacrificed to pay for, but Sc
cured my freedom and the custody
of our child. now eight years old.
and everything in the world to me,
in fact. all / have to live for.
My greatest grief now Is that
I am not financially able to give
the little fellow all the advantages
wish him to have. I was forced
to place him in a home, as / had
no. relatives or friends to care for
him while I earned our living. He
gets as good training as 1t is pos
sible for any institution to give
child, but II breaks my heart be-
cause he Is denied the happy care
The Washington times., 1920-11-08

THE SURPRISES OF LIFE. BY Georges
Clemenceau. Translated by Grace Han
New York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
To his fellow-countrymen Georges
Clemenceau Is as much the writer.
the editor OF "L'Homme Enchaine,"
as he Is the statesman. the Tiger
of France" taking the reins when
the horses threaten to run wild In
the face Of the Teuton horde. For
forty years. however, he has been
a writer for his fellow-countrymen.
sending thrilling. burning mes
sages for them to read in their
offices. by their work-benches, at
their fresides. 1t was Georges
Ciemenceau. the writer. who became
Georges Clemenceau, the statesman.
when all was dark in France and
sheer mental strength was needed
to mold Frenchmen into one mass
for the defense OF La Patrie.
Last year Clemenceau's novel.
The Strongest" was translated into
English. 1t met with instant re-
Spouse on the part OF Americans,
who. greatly to their surprise.
learned that the French statesman
was also a writer of parts. THE
Surprises Of Life" a collection OF
short stories, Is the second transla-
ton offered to the American read
ing public and II should meet with
the same cordial reception rendered
THE Strongest" Americans have
suddenly discovered that Clemenceau'
IL as brilliant q writer as he Is a
statesman and that his place among
the Forty Immortals, which is al
most certain within the year, will
be earned.
The Surprise of Life" Ia rem
iniscent Of boyhood days passed in
the provinces where the real France
lies. Travellers visiting Paris. or
Marseflles, or Lyons, or Bordeaux,
and going no further. miss the
real France which lies over the
next hill. Tho real Frenchman Ia
the small town man" OF the United
states. France being that sort OF
a country. THE Surprises OF Life"
deals wholly with tho small town
man." therefore, the real French
man. the real Frenchwomsn.
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free home life which every child
should have.
do not regret any sacrifice l
have made for my child l love him
NOR" than anything on earth ana
would go through HI for him. but
il does seem SO unjust that woman
must bear all the burden while the
man, in most cases. shirks all re-
sponsibility; and society, knowing
this, accepts him just the same.
while the woman is either frowned
upon or is an object Of pity. 1t IS
cruelty inhuman aud unjust.
Perhaps mans remorse comes
in later years. / doubt it. To my
way of thinking n man who will
fully fails to provide for his own
flesh and blood is guilty OF a crime
worse than cold -blooded murder,
and has much TO be remorscful FOR.
Despite the fact that l must
work day anA night part Of the
time) to make an honest living for
myself and child. my heart being
virtually eaten out with loneliness,
in a third floor back room or
Washington rooming house. i thank
God that am free from the tyran-
ny of such n vile leper as he Is.
I often feel that l am the loneliest
woman in all the world and can't
help thinking of what might have
been.
My greatest ambition has always
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
SOCIETY CRUELTY
lNHUMAN AND UNJUST.

Marriage should be a success and
is l believe, when the man and
woman are properly mated, but
alas. how few there are who really
ever meet their true mates!
My one marriage was a tottai and
absolute failure for this very rea-
son: The man / married was not
my equal, socially, mentally, or
morally. / was married at the ma
ture ca age of eighteen. an orphan
girl, as pure as the day / was born,
just graduated from a female board
Ing school, where / had spent most
OF my teens. I had had very little
association with men and knew
practically nothing about them.
However. this man, was unusually
handsome. OF q wonderful physique.
a swell dresser. and smooth talker.
/ became, I suppose. infatuated with
him. thought / loved him, and per-
haps l did and might have contin-
ued to do SO IL he had proven to be
the right kind Of man. But, on the
contrary. he proved, to be as I'M
scrupulous, cruel and heartless as
he was handsome. and soon
learned the ever sad lesson OF "All
No man or woman ever really
know each other as they are until
after they are married and descend
to the bare facts of life. know
nothing whatever of my husbands
family, but soon found out when
we went to live in the house with
his mother. which Is always a mis-
take.
was as kind to her as I could
be; l have never been unkind to
anyone, but she was trouble
maker and lost no time in laying a
solid foundation for ours. She hated
me from the beginning, because I
was not of her caliber. She and
her two daughters were unre-
fined, INSCRIPTIONS. untruthful. and
crooked" as could be. She carried
falsehoods to my husband. who pre-
tended to believe them and lined up
with her in combined force to
abuse me.
1t Is useless to mention what I
suffered during those two years
that we spent In the house with
his mother.
However. after two years Of this
torture she moved away to another
State and I hoped and prayed that
we might then live in peace, but
to my bitter disappointment this
was not the case.
Soon after my baby was born.
went to work to please him. and
help pay for q home. This was not
necessary a. he made good money.
but always I had so longed for .
home OF my own. This only gave
him more to spend. and he gambled.
drank and spent much OF his time
with women Of questionable char
acter. He became more and moro
disrespectful and unkind to me and
his child. Still I worked on and en-
dured this torture for seven years,
always hoping for better. Why7
For the sake of our child. just as
many another woman has sacrificed
the best years of her life for tho
sake Of the little opes who are In
no way responsible for their own
existence.
Finally the separation came and
II was then that I learned that tho
little homo had struggled 30 hard
to pay for. was not mine at all. but
the contract was drawn by a rss-
cally attorney In such a way that
the place really belonged to his
mother.
After two years separation I nied
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
MASKING
What The Times Readers
Think.
SHE WILL ALSO
USE HATPIN.

SHE WILL ALSO go
USE HATPIN.
In Thursdays issue ! read q let
ter that moves me to write an
humble line. refer to the letter
under Washing" I have. never
told any one but my husband. for
fear OF being thought conceited
about my appearance. But l have
had the same experience as Bah
cite" often, and I must say 1t is
the most virulent form of "mash-
ing" have ever come in contact
with.
am a young woman. married.
with two small children. and my
husband works at night except one
week in each month. when he has
day duty. He has often kept the
children for me to enable me to
go to a movie show. Sometimes I
60 with a girl friend, but / go alone
il no one is on hand. because ! en-
Joy and need the little recreation
it affords me. But I have had my
evenings pleasure spoiled by these
Washers SO often that ! dread going
alone, and ! do not hesitate to say
If ], ever encounter one again 1
shalt use the hatpin to aid me
in my rights, as "Babette" did.
A POLlCEMAN'S WIFE.
The Washington times., 1920-11-08

DOYOuThink
Straight?

"a straight line Is the shortest
distance between two points" Every
high-schooi boy learns to repeat
this axiom. IL more Of them learned
to think II, we would have . greater
supply of executive ability. For In
these short ten words. embodied In
every geometry book. IL concealed
the big secret to success that most
OF us spend all our lives trying to
md.
Thinking In straight lines Is the
secret OF thinking successfully.
After the plan Ia made the execu-
ton is easy. SO In planning depart
ment systems or In passing judg-
ment upon systems that others have
planned. the first and big step Is TO
apply to every move that we make
the philosophy that Is embodied In
this often-repeated and often-for-
gotten axiom. 80.
Let me call attention frst to the
fact that this axiom presupposes
two points: Before you can draw
your straight line you must know
definitely and accurately where
these two points are. You must
know your starting point and the
objective that you wish to reach.
Many people attempt to draw their
paths of progress without knowing
definitely from where they start or
to where they want to go. That 10
why so many personal and business
progress lines are zigzag. spifais
and iabyrinths that do not get any
where.-John Van Deventer In IN
dustrial Management"
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
is MARRIAGE A SUCCESS?

been for home, a real NOME.
Woman was created for the home
and as a helpmeet for man, ana l
could have made a real nome hao
i married the right-one. AS IL was
I tried to be a good wife 10. inc
man | was married to. but ne was
not capable Of approaching a reai
woman. Amy man of his type Is
always happier with woman OF
his own class and character.
realize now that my greatest
mistake was in going to work alter
marriage, but was so anxious 10
have a home all our own ana
thought he would appreciate me
more II helped him financially.
but il Is a mistake. always has
been, always will be.
ANY able-bodieed man who does
not provide a home and decent
living for his wife and children Qf
there are any. and there certain
~ should be) should be confined
10 labor on a rock pile with a ball
and chain for the rest Of his natural
life.
1t is all right for women to be
in the business world. No doubt
they are just as capable as men.
but let those who aspire to such
a career remain out Of matrimony.
Much unhappiness and sorrow
would be eliminated
In the particular office where
am employed now I know OF wild
ows and single women with de-
pendents who recently lost their
jobs. while married women. no more
capable. whose husbands were earn
ing sufficient to provide for them.
were allowed to remain. Most OF
the husbands Of these women. am
sure, would be far happier at the
end OF a days toll to find at home
a smiling. cheerful wife, a we'll
cooked, palatable dinner, cozy.
comfortable place to read the eve
ming paper and smoke IL he chose.
than the tired out, irritable woman
(who precedes him home by about
five minutes) an untidy house, no
supper and a sink full OF dirty
dishes. Ye gods. what a life!
After all Of my unfortunate ex-
perience, I do not believe marriage
a failure II you get the right one.
the one God intended for you. And
then, II each does his part toward
keeping the contract, there can be-
no marital happiness without true
love-rather love. faith and trust,
but love Is the greatest.
A LONELY HEART.
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able to buy suitable clothing, OF
simply carelessiy neglect to send
him. Here. also. Is . fruitful fielo
for social service.
A certain amount OF retardation
Is wholly the fault of the school.
II may be the result Of poor teach
ing or q badly arranged curriculum
The location OF the school may be
to blame, as IL 10 hard for chill
dren to travel long distances over
bad roads in severe winter weather.
This IL one of the strong argu-
ments for consolidated schools to
which the children could be trans
ported and where they could re-
ceive q better grade OF instruc-
tion at the hands OF better teach
ers In a more suitable school build
ing.
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OF the fact that ne was painstah'hs
and methodical In his duties ana
that MS sermons were orthooox IN
the sense that they were extremely
non-committai, was all that hoo-
der knew about him Tor many
months. ne never doubted now
ever the mans sincerity ana 10Y
atty.
BUT McCrae had a peculiar enect
on him, and as time went on MS
conviction deepened that MS assist
ant was watching him. Inc tact
that this tacit criticism ala not
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
Not a Cheap
Worker

Cheapness Is not q quality OF the
new industrial woman-skin and
executive ability can never De
cheap. The woman who Is awak-
ened to the new opportunities
opened to her by her own exer-
tiohs in the last FIVE years has one
clearly defined attitude toward the
question of her wage-that II must
not be fixed according to sex-that
sex has no more to do with 1t than
the color of her hair. She see]at
last and she will insist more and
more as she develops her newly
realized powers that her wage FOL.
lows her occupation, her skill and
her output. 1t Is feature OF the
matter which the employer must
face.-Ida NJ Tarbell in Industrial
Management"
The Washington times., 1920-11-08

The Growing Child.
Retardation. -
KEEP HIM WE'LL
u. s. Public Health Service.
u. s. Public Health Service.

Retardation 10 that condition or .
state In which q ehi'd finds him
self when he fails to be promoted
to the next higher class In school.
He IL then known As a repeater"
and some children repeat" . grade
two or more times.
In every school system there 10 a
certain percentage OF retardation.
IL the system Ii good. from .
hygienic and educational stand
point the amount will be compare
lively small; IL II Is bad. there will
be a much larger amount Of re-
tardation.
The cost to the State Of repeat
ing the educational effort for the
same child one. two or more times.
throughout the country, amounts to
millions OF dollars each year.
To the parent II means the loss
OF one or more year, of the chlid's
time. either at home or as q produc-
tive agent elsewhere. When there
L. poverty In the homo. or there IL
great difficulty. as at present, In
securing efficient help. retardstion
Is no trifling matter.
In the country the difficulty In
securing help Is such that any farm
er would naturally resent conditions
that kept his boy In school longer
than should be necessary to secure
an education.
KEEN MORTIFICATION.
To many children the failure to
advance with the class to which
they belong Is a source OF keen
modification. and the repetition Of
the same work has q deadening ef-
feet Such children are apt to lose
interest and ambition. and the eff
feet on their character Is very det-
rimentaL
The causes Of retardation may
be found In the child, In the school.
or in the home; may be mental VI
physical. and may be unavoidable
or preventable. II a child Is
actually of deficient mentality, re-
tardation will inevitably show it
self sooner or later. The only
thing that can be done In such q
case is to place the child in .
special class or institution where
he will receive such training as
VIII tit him for any work which he
Is capable OF doing.
However. many children are re-
tarded who are quite normal men,
tally. The child with defective
vision or hearing Is very apt to
fall behind his class because he
fails to see or hear many things
which the other children learn
through sight or hearing.
CAUSES.
II he has INSTRUCTED breathing
due to adenoids, the sluggishness
and inability to concentrate his at
tention may be partly responsible
for his failure to make satisfactory
progress.
Defective teeth may possibly re-
act on his health and frequently
do keep him home because Of
toothache. In many cases malnu-
triton may be one of the causes
of retardation.
Much retardation Is due to poor
attendance The child may stay out
of schoel<because of his own illness
or that Of some other member of
his family A considerable amount
of this might be prevented with
proper health supervision and good
social or nursing service.
Again. the child may stay home
from school because his parents
wish to use his services. or are un-
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
WERE YOU A
MAsk-wEARERf

There are mask wearers before
marriage among women as among
men, and while they do not oil drive
their husbands to suicide, they
often drive them to the verge OF In
sanity or to the divorce court. In
stead Of the heaven to which he
looked forward from the other side
of the altar. many an unfortunate
man has found his marriage only a
passport to hell. Tho girl who
seemed an angel, . paragon OF all
the virtues. when he was counting
her, removes her mask after mar
riage, and shows the real woman
the very opposite of all he had be-
lieved her to be.---Orison SWEET Mar
den In the New Success Magazine.
The Washington times., 1920-11-08
HOW TO KEEP THE
CHILD WELL.

The Washington Times has
arranged with the u. s. Pub
lie Health Service to answer
all questions submitted by its
readers in regard to the health
Of the child.
Address.
Child Health Editor,
The Washington Times,
Washington, d. c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-01

Mason City Globe Gazette: Intense
Indignation is manifested against the
newspapers by politicians who fail to
get their support
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-01
CHEAP SKATES.

America would like to have further partlen-
ears concerning the seven hundred Vlsltors tha'
accepted the lavish hospitality OF the oalnt Del
nard monastery and departed leaving '"o ~
lars and fifty cents in the collection box IL -
said that most of them arrived at the hosplce IN
costly motor cars. and that many were Amerl-
can and English The national honor Is at
stake. That is not the way Of Americans. There
NAV be something wrong in the story Ever!
schoolboy knows Of the Saint Bernard l1onas-
terry and knows that all in a position to pay Ior
what they receive are expected to drop an Oh
fering in the collection box On the mountain
passes there are provisions without any Gus
todians but the donations are nearly always
more than sufficient to cover the expense OF
what is used Can it be that there we're Crooks
in the party and that the box was robbed
Either that or the monks had the privilege or
entertaining no less than seven hundred OF the
cheapest skates that ever assembled at gwen
spot on the earth s crust.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-01
A VOICE THAT IS STILLED.

Mr.. BRYAN, as is well known, delights in talk
tlng. He is tenperamentaly loquacious, viva
,sious outgoing and few things are more dis
:;ressing to him than situations which impose
t;aciturnity upon him 1t is in public speaking
10 whoever will hear that he appears to best adj
syantase He is congenitally garrulous, volu-
Bile linguacouS, and he would fam be speaking
now save for the fact that all the topics he would
naturally discuss as a party man are taboo and
must be let alone He cannot talk sense about
the league Of nations without appearing to at
tack the president He cannot discourse on pro-
titeering. for if the administration is not re-
sponsible for it, who is? He cannot talk about
prohibition without appearing to rebuke the
PRESIDENT who asked congress to put the coun-
try on a beer and light wine basis and without
LAYING - nself open to a charge of knitting Gov
ernor OK, who was nominated as the noistest
candidate the San Francisco convention could
find Therefore he has padlocked his lips. But
he can write as prohibitiOnist hence he urges
people who look to him for leading to disregard
political affiliations and party names far as
congressional contests are concerned. The
swets - he tells his followers, have not the least
regard for party lines and more should the
f'drys'' Both the national candidates. as he
points out have left to congress as the normal
minded believe they should the matter Of lib
eralizing the Volstead law; and both of them
basely decline to pledge themselves to veto such
more rational law as may be passed. Hence