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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-06
A STIRRING ROMANCE
BY Arthur Stringer.

though the interest on what they
borrow on them amounts to per
cent a month when 1t comes to the
question of the pawn shop"
Its just occurred to me that
I've never given you a jewel In
your Iife," he explained.
You don't need to-" Torrie re-
piled. ,r..
And why not?"
II guess I've got about all 1 care
for" was her reply.
he retorted.
1--WE been ashamed to-" was her
counter-retort.
Are they so magnificent"
mo; but they'd seem incongru-
ous," was her none too tranquiliz-
ing reply. Storrow wheeled about
In his chair, with a darker impulse
creeping across the horizon of con-
sciorsness.
Would you mind letting me see
them" he said with an assumption
of nonchalance.
whats the user" was Tories
lazily intoned Interrogation Bot
after he had repeated the request
she slowly crossed the room to whore
her steel-bound theatrical trunk stood
against the wall. She lifted the lid
of this, and from a canvas-covered
compartment made to receive IL took
out a japanned tin makeup box.
Then from behind the leather back
ing of a small square hand-mirror
she extracted a key.
An odor, a slightly stale and heavy
odor Of cosmetics, floated up from
the trunk as the STOPPING woman
lifted out first one and then another
of the wide canvas-covered trays.
From the very bottom Of that cham
Der Of faded perfumes and memories
she took out a second tin makeup
box wrapped in O towel blotched
with sanguinary-looking stains OF
lip-rouge. She carried this box to \
chair and sat with II on her knees
as she unlocked 1t.
Storrow caught sight of a faded
package of papers, a photograph or
two, and what looked like a bun1le
Of letters tied together with a cher
ry-colored ribbon. From under these
Torrie lifted out small chamois
bag, very soiled. She closed the
makeup box, thrust 1t behind her,
and, having united the bag. emptied
it on her lap.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1890. by Arthur strinser.
(Published by Arrangement With Inter
national Feature Service 1nc.)
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When q Girl Murries
AN INTERESTING STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE

this I've got to say. meaning no
lack of respect at all. And 1 ask
your permission in advance to
come out with the whole thing"
go on. Bertha" / said quietly.
felt sure that 1t would be dis.
tasteful to me to listen to the rest
of Bertha's story. AS far as Vir-
ginia was concerned. / could hardly
bear The thought of getting at her
viewpoint and Gctions in this way.
We'll, aam. Mrs. Dalton was
crazy. Oh, she didn't rear up and
ramp around like some folks that
call themselves ladies would have
done. She just froze to ice and
said. indeed and was / in the habit
of permitting marauders to come
upon the place where / was work
ing and never make any report of
It. She doesn't know 1t was Lyons
in the garage. That Is the one
thing that Hedwig wasn't wise to.
''She just thinks it was most
likely the man that was sneaking
around under the drawing room
windows early in the evening and
that / knew something about him.
I could have cleared 1t up with a
word or so. But / didn't dare.
'Twould most likely have cost you
too much and maybe then whom
Mr.. Norrys comes back Lyons
would have been out of a place"
You were quite right, Bertha" I
asserted In level tones. You acted
with loyalty to your husband and
me and acted with common sense.
I've no complaint or comment. The
next thing is to take care OF YOU
/ have it.. Wait here n moment"
On the words, 1 dashed up to Car
lotta's room. A light under the
door told me that she was up, and 30
I knocked timidly. She came out at
once-paler than ever, in a long
black chiffon negligee over which
her loosened hair fell in a cascade
of flame. rHTl
"Is there anything I can do for
YOU, Anne, dear?" she cried charac-
teristically, reading some need in
my face.
"Carlotta, the woman downstairs
is an ex-maid of mine. Her life Is
complicated by many things II
wouldn't be fair to her to explain.
/ did something out at Dreamwold
which Virginia considers high
handed and worse-but 1t was for
Jim. Bertha was involved. She
didn't defend herself and Jeanne
sent her packing without a refer
ence. There are reasons why II
won't be easy for Bertha to get
other place. wondered"
"If we could make a place for
here here?" Carlotta broke in, with
her here?" Carlotta broke in, with
is more natural than that you
should open your home to the faith
full servant who has stood by you?
Even II Zabele were no intolerably
impudent, we could make a place
for this Bertha of yours. It's your
home, too, Anne.
TO BE Continued Thursday
Copyright, 1871. King Feature Syndicate,
o. = Inn.
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BY Ann Isle
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
Big Popular Success.

wv HEN Bertha revealed that
" Hedwig had discovered us
on that long-ago morning
OF Dreamwold, my mind formed one
of those sudden "flashbacks" which
sometimes surges up from memory
in vivid form.
Clearly / saw myself awaiting all
night in the ice-cold garage for
Lyons to return from driving away
with the man who had skulked
under our drawing room windows
the man 1 was fairly sure must be
Dick West. i saw myself hiding
in the house at dawn watching the
garage from which I'd fled when
discovered that Lyons wasn't re-
turning alone. Then came Bertha
with her revelations that the man
accompanying Lyons was Slim"
barrow, her husbands pal In the
old days of thievery. j heard my
own words ringing out as they had
done on that morning at Dream
void:
Bertha, I'm going straight down
to the garage and face those two
men. I'll let Slim Darrow realize
that Lyons has one friend who
trusts him in spite OF appearances.
and in turn I'll expect Lyons to
stand by-my husband"
With my mouth and throat very
dry, l put a question to Bertha:
Ibid you lose your place-be-
cause of Hedwig's-revelation
Bertha stared at me, fairly blink
ing in establishment.
"It's me you're asking about"
she gasped.
There's yourself, ma'am, asking
your pardon for making so bold,
cried Bertha again on the note OF
mounting hysteria. And I meant
only the best. But I couldn't give
my Lyons away for you-and l
couldn't give you away for any
one else. Moreover, 1 didn't know
what you'd want told and what
kept silent. So / shut, my mouth
and said nothing at all, ma'am.'
THAT was quite right" ] agreed.
"Only / am sorry 1t cost you your
place and sent you packing without
a reference. OF course / can make
that part right
Listen to me, ma am" implored
Bertha. This is hard for me to
tell, seeing that I've always had
respect for the quality and never
took up none with carrying tales
by way of back-stairs gossip. Not
that / think you'd be the one to
listen to servants tattle-tattle. But
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, WHAT ABOUT
YOUR HAND
BY w. A. McKeever-

A BOY of seventeen has just
~ come to me for character
analysis, asking for sugges
tons as to what might prove to be
his best promise of a successful ca
reer. And here was the situation.
An examination of his head showed
normal development. That is. he
was an intelligent high-school sen.
Tor, keeping up with his classes and
making satisfactory book grades.
An examination of his heart
showed very satisfactory progress.
That Is, he manifested q reasonable
sympathy for the well-being o.
others, so far as he understood
them.
An examination Of his hand
showed retardation. This member
was soft, plump and beautiful In
outline, but indicated low develop
ment. There was no evidence Of &C.
quired skill. or manual intelligence.
In this department Of his lite our
gentle subject was a weakling in
comparison with. say, the average
intelligent seventeen-year-old farm
youth.
Now. what about your hand and
its cunning, my smooth young city
ITlenQl DOeb IL SnOW HHeo Oh OeVel-
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steering wheel about the only man.
ual practice in which your hand Is
skilled?
How about working in a box fac.
tory, freight house, a lumber yard,
a planning mill or a carpenter shop2
Could your right hand show any in
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Does your right hand know how
to swing a pick, to grasp a hoe, to
hold the pillow handles, to drive
team, to milk a COW. to plant and
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The typical labor1ng man harbors
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fellow who never had to sweat for a
dollar.
The workman in any big plant will
know in ten minutes whether the
New Boss Is one who has worked
his way up from their own ranks or
has come into the place through a
soft pull or inheritance from the
pampered, fine fingered fraternity.
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Advice to the
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax
A Sense of Humor.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-five and en-
ployed by . law firm. earning q
good salary. have been en-
gagged since last January. expect
ing to be married next June.
Every time call at my fan
GEES home her people either
abuse or insult me. This has
been aggravating me and / am
on the verge Of a nervous break
down and under a doctors care
at present. They have no reason
whatsoever for doing this and
every time call their attention
to the fact they laugh and take
1t as a joke. Perhaps It is be-
cause they are in good financial
circumstances and vice versa,
~ the subject has been thrown
MP to me several times.
Shall I break my engagement
on account of the family's actions
and leave the girl love?
ANN.
HOW about cultivating a sense
= of humor? 1t occurs to me
that might see you through the
situation your sensitiveness and
are creating for you.
these people mean no
idea of being jovial
and entertaining Is to joke some
one. They may be thick-skinned
and, without wanting to be mali
cious at all. wonder why you can't
take their clumsy humor in good
part. Try tossing back their nom
sense with feeling that 1t Ia nom
you're playing a game
with folks who are a bit childish
..... ..
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Read the Serial Here and Watch for
the Motion Picture Soon To Be
Shown at Leading Theaters.

an anxious moment. These. u all
the clothes got" she said.
''Oh. 1t amt the clothes; it's the
way you do your hair. I tell you;
let me fix you up-it won't take
long and then wou can come round
with me and see the Boss tomorrow
you'll make a hit when j get
through with you"
"Oh, would you. Lulu! Would you
really take all that trouble? Amt
she kind, Ma. Come along with me.
Lulu-what1l you have. Lulu?"
The First Step.
First off-you got . curtin
iron?"
Sure" said Essie. running off to
fetch 1t.
'Sit down." said the masterful
Lulu, and III heat this over the
gas-say. I'll make a real lady OF
you"
Mrs. Birdsong's suggestion thai
they retire to the bedroom was
grudgingly complied with. and IL
that seclusion Essie seated herseli
on the one chair the room boastet
and Lulu. having heated the iror
proceeded to rearrange ESTES woi
derful hair into a mass Of unsight
humps and ridges. every now an
then standing off to survey he
handiwork.
Say. you'll be the beauty Of tn
theater when 1 get through wi;
YOU" she confided in her raspir
voice. "all the fellows WIN be 'faliiI
In love with YOU"
do you think so?" asked
credulous Essie.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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BY Arthur Stringer,


<(OAN we afford lit" queried
Storrow, looking up from
his typewriter, for only
the night before they had taken
up the matter of expenditure
and her husband had awakened to
the disturbing fact that he had been
living beyond his income. He had
remembered the even more disturb
ing fact that she had once protested
that he would find her an expensive
luxury.
II we can't stand that" retorted
Torrie, I'VE may as well give up
Give up what?" asked Storrow.
trying to keep the note OF alarm
out Of his voice.
Torrie shrugged a shoulder as she
walked to the window.
Give up pretending to be civil
ized," she replied with an obvious
effort at moderation. But her cool
look Of disdain, as he sat staring at
her with distracted eyes, did not
scape him.
yes. 1 think we'd better have a
telephoi put It," he acknowledged
quietly. as he turned back to his
work.
A Celebration.
Surely your book will bring you
in something" ventured Torrie.
touched by afterthought into fleet
ing moment of remo\se.
1T ought at least to pay for a
phone" acknowledged Storrow.
with his attention already directed
toward the page througfT~with II by
"Will you be through with 1t by
a week from tomorrow" he heard
her asking.
"Yes-with luck" he answered.
Why?"
Torrie slowly struck a match and
lighted a cigarette.
Because that happens to be my
birthday, o lord and master. and
Matte Crowder's just warned me
the bunch are going to spring
surprise party on us. VIII you
mind?"
He felt that there was yelled
note of mockery in her meekness.
But 1t was so vieled that II left him
touched with doubt.
OF course, 1 won't mind" he pro-
tested, i" SO long as 1 can be one
of the party. And when this thing
IL cleared away, Torrie, Wen have
more chance Of getting a little fun
out of life. And, speaking of that,
let's go over to the Della Robbia
Room=at the Vanderbilt for dinner
tonight"
But Torrie shook her head.
II couldn't enjoy It,"
why not?" he demanded.
THE answer is just one word,
Owen, clothes!
This seemed to puzzle him.
why, the last time we were there
you enjoyed 1t. And you looked
pretty good to me-"
Torrie sat on the wide window
sill, viewing him with meditative
eyes.
II may have pretended to enjoy
1t, but / didn't. 1 don't think you
realize, Owen, what clothes mean
to q woman"
In the matter of keeping her
warm?" suggested Storrow, with
an ironical Observation-Disclosures which
Torrfe decided to ignore.
That may be all right for the
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Storrow sat confronting this cold
ly enunciated truth. wondering IL
men, after all, were destined for ever
to misjudge women, were prompted
eternally to attribute to them over
visionary, ideals.
But those Rialto ladies, as / re-
member EN-" he reminded his
wife, usually wear a diamond or
two about the size of salt-cellar."-
Yes. and not more than one in
ten of them the real thing! That's
the pathetic part of 1t, the never
ending need of pretense. And it's
Just as pathetic when they are real,
once you Understand what they've
gone without and given up to keep
that solitary stone.
For stage people, you see. have
a childish belief that diamonds are
always a good investment, even
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THE hours are all right-you get
out at eleven or So"
TITS night work." cried the
mother. "Oh. Essie, I can't bear to
think Of my. little girl working at
night when she ought to be here
with me-"
Essie's answer to this protest was
a flood of tears. IAN right, that's
the way I get a chance and you.
won't let me take it. Likes not III
never get another" She turned
away to weep while her mother
stood sorrowfuIly uncertain what to
do.
Miss Lulu Pope bestowed dis
gusted glance on the trim little lady.
"If ia known that" she said, ia
never have bothered; / thought
Essie'd jump at the place. Well !
guess amt appreciated here"
Don't gor' cried the girl. seized
with a fear that her job would van
tsh with the perfumed Lulu. oh'
Ma, you don't mean it do your
Maybe I'm too old-fashioned. ad'
mitted her mother. Maybe
don't realize that girls nowadays are
a good deal freer than they used to
be; I'm sorry. my dear-I suppose
It's all right and Jimmie will keep
his eye on things"
sure It's all right" Lulu assured
her, but Of course you got to go
there looking swell. I amt making
no comparisons. but you got to fix
yourself up a little more. Essie."
The reiterated assertion that she
needed to look different gave Essie
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-06
PREMATURE
OLD AGE
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

~ REMATURE old age is be-
lieved to be due to early de-
generation Of certain glands
Of the body, notably the thyroid.
but premature old looks is another
matter-in large part a matter OF
habits. ,-...a
For example. not drinking enough
water Is one of the faulty habits
which makes people look old before
they should. Many women win
drink a cup OF tea or coffee for
breakfast and then drink but little
thereafter because Of a fear that
water causes fairness.
By drinking water between meals
any tendency to obesity will be
avoided, while at the same time the
tissues Of the face win not lack the
necessary amount of fluids which
make the countenance look human,
instead Of lean. haggard. wrinked
and shrivelled.
The lined faces Of many young
women are frequently due to such
lack OF water. Their poor COM
plexions are due to poisonous prod
ucts which are not washed out be-
cause Of the lack of fluids. Their
worried looks are due to nervous
tensions because Of the deleterious
effects of the same poisonous prod
ucts upon the nervous system.
Gray hair appearing premature
", and falling of the hair, are often
due to the poor condition Of the
scalp, along with the rest OF the
skin. owing to the deprivation OF
water.
Another faulty habit causing pre-
mature old looks in young women
Is smoking, which produces Its
effects very rapidly. The effects Of
smoking are much more deleterious
to women than to men!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-06
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DO You Knc
That

Switzerland Is electrifying
railways to save importing Goa.
The silkworm moth has been c
tivated for more than 1000 year
Traces of many diseases still r
valent have been found in mt
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A book printed in b43 differ
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A town Of. 200 buildings in
United 8 ates has been moved b
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Of mining operations.
Wooden ships purchased from
American Shipping Board are 2
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An Engrossing Film Drama, Based on
One of FANNIE HURSTS Unique
Stories of New YOrk's East Side.

In motion pictures do 1t just so;
she turned to Mrs. Birdsong and
condescended
IT do like your Essie, Mrs. Bird
song-say. amt that a bird Of a
name though-where'd you get IT."
Little Ma reminded her without
asperity that her husband had given
1t to her. but Lulu went on much
like a photograph record
"Well. heard all sorts Of names,
but this one beats me. amt 1t grand
here. 30 honey"
Now there was nothing very grand
about the golden oak dining chairs
and the square table with the rickety
legs; to be sure, the tablecloth was
white and the napkins were spotless.
for Lulu had happened in just as
the family was preparing for dinner;
there was q picture Of the Stag at
Bay" over the gingerbread mantel,
a relic of New England days. and
this excited Lulu's secret contempt.
She withstood the inspection of
Jimmie, who appeared from the
bedroom, and then waiting for a
lull in the conversation she whis-
pered to Essie: 10
Say, how'd you like a job?"
How'd like It," echoed the de-
lighted Essie, ASK me something
easy-do you mean it?" ...
"Betcher life--workin' in the thea
ter ushering same as me-"
Essie's eyes were shining-to
work in a theater and to work near
Lulu seemed q combination Of cir
'cumstances too good to be wholly
believable.
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The Wine of Life

woman you're writing about there"
she said, with a head-nod towards
his manuscript. But the city wom-
an doesn't wear clothes to keep
warm. She wears clothes to make
herself attractive and show that
she's in the style. And that word
style. my dear. is the biggest word
in the American language. 1t stands
for the biggest force in all our
world.
The things you men think are
so big. the things you call hunger
and religion and honor and love.
aren't even able to stand up beside
1t. In the long run. The right sort
of clothes can give US women a
glory we can't even get out of love.
Knowing were properly dressed
can give us a peace OF soul we can't
get out of religion"
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The Progress of the Story
I'm to Date.

Essie Birdsong, a lovely flower OF the
East Side, is compelled to spend her
her brother, Jimmie. support their all
Ing neither. She 10 able to keep her
blooming health In spite Of the condt-
tions in which she spends her life. be-
cause of the excellent food her mother
cooks for the family and the abundance
Of fresh air she gets going to and from
her work. These conditions are as bad
Jimmie feels the necessity of keeping
watch for his sisters good. And the
mother watched for her return homo
amorous eyes upon Essie and one day
etops her as she leaves the shop. He
makes advances to the girl. and she
fights him off until Jimmie opportunity
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"Oh. that's all right. Lulu re-
piled with a sniff. 1T amt got no
use for fresh kids, anyhow"
Ma" called the birl, "Lulu's got
me a job-how much did you say
II was?
Eight dollars a week to start"