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MR.. SEAL FELT A LITTLE ASHAMED
Mrs. silky Seal said to Mr.. SILKY Seal: ~of

snky slky Seal: "oh pghaw!" Then she
yawned
"why2" said Mr.. silky Seal to his wife,
Because"
"Humph!" said Mr. Silky Seal
Mrs. Seal got mad Then tced
her cheeks YOU'RE the andeandngss person
she said "You don't bit whether I'm
Mr. sorry little "Are you lonely my
he asked. What should you like to DOR
Il hardly know myself answered Frightening
tired diving catching fish swallowing
you tell story about circus you used to
be in ("
Mr. Seal said Ahem!" barked put
and crossed his nppers before
pected Mrs Seal exactly what did uneasy
When the let all the pad
died home along the fast ppers
had let it out his fen DIS that wonderful
places with music and people and lights and real thrills He had
boosted that he learned to beat drum balance ball his
stick lighted torch; and Of tricks
But when he decided settle the whole
thing from his WIFE He knew hd want to 80 knew much
He said "Ahem!" third time trying to think
Copyright, 1921, NJ. E. Az
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OF A BRIDE.
WATERS TAKE TOLL.
(coDyrlsht, 1920.l

"Can It be-she?" could not
shape my rivals name.
did not need to. The same
dread was in my husbands mind,
"But she never loses her head in
emergencies" ! insisted. unless
there's man around to be i'm.
pressed. by her helplessness!"
Bob, regarding my remark as in
bad taste, shrugged his shoulders.
Yesterday Katherine called ms
on the phone several times. eVad.
ed her." he said. II tried to keep
my promise to you, dear. Finally
she sent word that the affair was
one Of life or death. talked with
her.
katherine pfoned that she had
read the confession Of the men who
mailed tho German gems to South
America. Jane, you remember that
their confession duplicates a wom-
an? Well, Katherine feared that
our visits to the cellar had been oh.
served by the plotters. Now that
the gems are lost to them forever,
Katherine was afraid that, as part
of their revenge, her name would
be dragged into the affair!"
Il think she feared more than
that, Bob!"
What, then?"
Bob, firmly believe that she
unlocked the closet and released
the taxi.chaufteur!"
My husbands astonishment ex.
ploded in prolonged whistle. He
shook his head with decision.
Bob, you said yourself that you
believe she wanted the jewels for
her own, that she was wild about
them-like child. Ithink she de.
cided that. since she couldn't have
the entire loot, she'd take any piece
she could get, and so she bargained
with the taxi.thief. But the scheme
failed, She only succeeded in set.
tin gin motion the power which
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but unbounded youth, high cpirits
and knowledge that they must
provide Tor themselves somehow.
II IS Impossible for girls OF good
families With parents TO protect
them 70 understand what such
girls have % lace.
It was "a the seSpnins and IN the
home where they rooned, two and
three In each bedroom. there WIS
no paFlor OF living room where the
girls could take their company.
The houae was situated somewhat
on the beaten track and Il was
quite dark The street light. II
there was one, was not on duty.
stepped lipon tile yeranda little
frightened It seeined 50 very still
not even q star I noticed. helped
out with tiny rlimner / rang
the bell. Still no sound Then I
heard footsteps and before the door
was opened some one inside push
ed a button and the yefanda hight
flashed on. Well There sat sew
en- couples occupying sescn chairs.
The girls-and every last one Of
them was under is; never blinkcd
ed even an eyelasli Some Of thcm
never even looked mp why aoms
OF those boyswith their arms wrap.
ped quite contantedly ahout these
girls, didn't seem 10 know exist.
ed. One az the girls I noticed.
wore small blue bedroom slippers
which tapped hack and forth TO
the tune Of the music IA her heari.
Oh they were perfectly satisfied.
Don't you think II Is high time
those girls and others like them
had a place TO live where there was
a parlor In charge Of a symra'
thetic, understandings natron,
There are entirely Too many homes
without parlors these days,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
'CHILIl LETTUCE.

LucItwarm water may be used
for washing vegetables. For root
vegetables, especially, slightly
warm water Is satisfactory.
Lettuce even may be washed
through the first water at q tepid
temperature. The last water should
be cold in order to chill the leaves
thoroughly.
Menu for Tomorrow.
Breakfast - Barley cooked with
dates, cream, hot biscuits. marina.
lade, coffee.
Luncheon-Dried lima beans IN
cream, beet salad. cheese crackers,
cocoa,
Dlnner-Rolled flank Of beef,
mashed potatoes. canned corn,
pickles, rhubarb pie, coffee.
My Own Recipes.
Barley requires long cooking.
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Causes Vary.

Your wrinkles may come from va
rious causes. Perhaps your skin is
very fine and thin, then wrinkles
will come easily. Perhaps you are
very nervous, or perhaps your skin
is too dry.
ANY OF these causes can be, to q
certain extent, corrected.
II your skin is too dry, you
should DO particularly careful about
its bathing. In the evening you
should use lukewarm water, LAYING
It Thoroughly and Ii the morning
use cold water, for this Sc stimu.
lating. Pay particular attention
to the forehead where the wrinkles
first are seen-spray the skin there
with cold water in the evening aft.
er the bath or use cold congresses
II the gentler treatment does not
bring results.
An alcohol or vinegar lotion con.
tanning alum, borax or tannin is
good for the wrinkled parts. This
should be used in the morning, but
IL your skin Is dry be sure that you
use q good cream after Il.
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simply says. MY hour came. and i
went down. rnlAsorry can't help
itnow. I'm gone irIesoeahiy But
for pity sale help tfa yonng wcn,
en- In this city who have no home,
no education. nothing 10 fan back
upon but the men.T This Girl came
10 a certain woman in this city
last week and che asked her to give
70 the Y. W. G. A. soh, give some.
thing she crisd-.'I can't give. /
can barely live as It Island for
my sake, for the sake OF other
women like me, give some money
70 help the cause Rlong!" The WON.
an she came TO didn't have q great
deal OF money, but she gave every
cent she could lay her hands
uponi
Isn't It a story to wiring your
hearty Doesn't 1t make you won.
der what we're coming to anyway
when girls are permitted through
such conditions to lose the best
thing in all the world to them, their
womanhood? Why, the men have
never needed ayr like the women
have. Men can always manage
somehow! And this Is why so
many good friends have given SO
generously TO the Y. W. @. A. This
morning the women had $500 over
the amount they asked for. They
feel they can use every dollar.
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Evening Chat
N pAy,s Name.

a. H. g d ~
7 They told me q story on satur.
day and since that time Il has been
burning in my mind like q slow,
Observation-Disclosures fire. No
doubt there are many Of you who
don't know that a little band Of big
hearted women in this city-lnclud-
in ga few wonderful men were The
real sails behind the Y. W. q. A.
ship. OF course l don't intend to
leave out the men, even Il they did
say at the final dinner last Fri.
day that Il the women made mis-.
takes about their Y. W. @. A. the
men were simply goin' 10 let 'em
face the music alone! You know
really, you missed a lot when you
didn't get the opportunity TO see
the women's faces and hear their
'Rhs" and "0hs" and shruss, fol.
lowing this remark. Why, honest.
~, some Of those men Infatuated
the women weren't capable Of man.
aging anything In a business.lile
way and for q moment or two pan
demonirlm resulted. And I'll bet
the women this morning are saying
under their sleeves: well, you Just
wait and watch usl"
But ] want YOU to have my story.
And I'm praying silently ! may tell
1t to you right, tell It to you SO you
will understand. The way you tell
"a story means so infinitely much.
There Is q young woman in this
city who says she Is "irrevocably
lost" Perhaps q great many Of
you believe that when a woman
goes down and under, she no longer
has a heart or a soul. ! have never
believed this. Very likely she has
become hardened and bitter, very
often vulgar through contact with
, the lowest things IN life-but some.
where hidden beneath the layers OF
sin there Is a heart which at times
beats strangely. The girl !
speak OF is not very old and they
tell me she once begged for the
opportunity here In Fairmont to
come and live with a certain won.
an and go to school and learn to be
worth whlle-before her downfall.
She tried hard to find a place to
live where she would come In con.
tact with good things. For she hao
ambition and a love for the beau.
tiful stirring within her. She could
neither find a home where they
would take her in, penniless as she
was, nor a place to live that was
even halfway decent, on the wages
she earned. The factory was tbs
only answer to her deep desire 70
make something out OF herself.
Think OF It! She had little educa.
ton and no way Of learning. She
couldn't persuade a single woman
to take her In and let her go to
school-she had TO live somehow
So she went into q factory and
when she came home at night she
went UP to her dingy little room in
a cheap boarding house and be
cause she had no place to 60 eve
nings, not even to the woman's de-
partment Of the "Y' because even
It didn't exist then. and because
she longed terribly for amusement,
for distraction OF. some sort--be-
cause her heart, then soft and
young and easily persuaded. was
filled constantly with longing for
something she could never hope 70
have. her hour OF temptation came
and found her an easy victim.
! She doeFn't excuse herself. She
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after all, had boarded the car and
gone about her business.


officer" said the commissioner
to Dan, II have sent for you to sub.
stitute reprimand for dismissal.
You conducted yourself In that al
fair with Assemblyman Burtis In an
extraordinary and violent manner;
do you realize !t?"
eyes, SIR" replied Dan, as he
stood at attention.
"And you are hereby reprimand.
ed-do you realize that?"
Eyes, SIR"
"very well; that's done with. And
now, by joye, | want to thank you
from the bottom of my heart for
what you did In behalf OF my
daughter!"
"Your daugh-!" The lismay in
Dams face was as comic to the
commissioner as the cause Of It
was tragic to the young policeman.
1t meant that his dream had gone
to smash. He even quite forgot to
thank the commissioner for his
coat Of whitewash.
Exactly. 1t was Miss HiggInson
that Burtis ran into. Edna goes
down to her settlement house as
regularly as a stenographer to her
job-apd always on street car.
She's a terrible little nut-her
mother can't get her to dress right
even. Ed says she has no business
to wear better clothes than the
girls she's working among-full OF
all sorts Of notions about equality
and that kind of thing. But she's
the best little sport in the world
and, privately, I'm damned glad you
smashed Burtis. Shake hands
and report back in the morning"
Eyes, sir" said Dan, mechanical.
ly. But he was listening to the fall
OF the ruins OF hfs castle. He buy
coats for the daughter Of Commits.
sioner Higginson, indeed! Why,
the girl was rich-a swell!
"Ry the way, Travers'-the com.
missioner seemed to have almost
forgotten it-"Miss HiggInson told
me to ask you to call on her this
evening. She wants to thank you
and l think maybe she'll tell you,
like she did me, what a perfectly
splendid soak In the eye that sec
ond- one was-the one that gave
Burtis the sinner"
Eyes, SIR was all Dan Travers
could articulate. But all the way
uptown his head was ringing with
one wonderful, hopeful word
Equality"
Copyright, 1921, W the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
FOR POTATOES

Do you find when cooking pota.
toes, that they go to pieces on the
outside and have a "boneb In the
center2 Then you are, cooking them
to rapidly. Use a slower fire. The
same applies in bekins-let your
oven be too hot and your potatoes
will lose much Of their flavor and
not be well baked.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
ARE WRINKLES YOUR EEARq

You noticed, when you glanced
into your mirror this morning that
few wrinkles have already de.
veloped around your eyes and
mouth.
And since you are still In your
twenties you dislike carrying a set
Of wrinkles to the office with you
every day-though you must &C.
knowledge that you haven't time
for long sessions with the beauty
speeialIat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
SEEN IN TIE SHOPS
By Dixie NORTH.

With the advent OF May and the
opening Of the Country club season
It Is time to see II You don't need
a new tennis racket or some golf
balls or, II you play baseball, a new
baseball bat, ball or mitt. The sea.
son promises to be an ideal one for
all such sports. Anticipating the
opening CT the sport season the
Acme Book store has put In a
splendid supply Of raekets, golf
balls, baseball bats, gloves and 9th.
or paraphernalia necessary to these
sports. They carry the well known
Spalding and Write & Ditson lines.
Gotham Gold Stripe silk hosiery
guaranteed not to run, was a ti6d
Of mine at osgood's. A stripe OF
gold ingenionsly placed near the
hem prevents the run. They can
be had In black, brown, white or
sand and in three days time can be
had to match any costume. They.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02

Every woman has occasion to
use dark silk frock in her spring
and summer wardrobe. The one
shown Is made Of heavy navy blue
silk crepe with Bertha effect col
lar and the lower skirt faced un-
derneath With carmine color satin
which shows In circles as illus
trated. These circles are first hem
stitched and when cut through the
hemstitchlng picot-edged circle
results, leaving an opening through
which the red satin underneath
shows.
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FOR WARM DAYS

The warm days when you'll want
that cooling dish are at hand. What
10 better than lemon sherbet? This
is an easy way to make lt-take one
quart Of milk, l LIZ cups sugar, Juice
of three lemons. Mix Juice and su.
gar, stirring constantly while slow
" adding milk which is very cold
Freeze and serve.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
NORWEGIAN CHEESE

You'll like Norwegian cheese,
although perhaps you have never
heard Of It, To each cup OF cottage
cheese add one dessertspoon Of fine
ly chopped onino, sprinkle with eel
cry seed and make into little balls.
Serve on lettuce with salad dress
inr
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Tho Home Without a Rarler.
Now that we're on the subject, let
me tell you another story, Not long
agoft visited a home where several
girls lived-girls who work all day
young women who come here
from other cities with little educa-
ton and perhaps little Of anything
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
ECONOMY

II you are in a hurry or your po.
tatoes are very small, cook them
with the skins on and then press
through q potato ricer. The skins
will stay on top and not a particle
Of the potato VIII be wasted.
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caused the bombing Of your chemi.
cal plant"
Bob did not reply. made my
point clearer:
"she was terrifIed-she believed
you'd discover the truth, Bob!"
You're crazy, Janie!"
There was no sense in arguing,
but to myself I said that Katherine
had been crazy about Bob; that she
would be disgraced In his eyes II
her name were connected with the
escape from the closet; also, she
perceived from Bob's attitude TO-
ward her, his refusal to call on her,
thatshe would have to give him up
to me. Apparently. he had given
her upi A woman has no yower TO
recall a man who has decided 70 do
that.
Katherine was not clever girl.
She was a beauty with the mind OF
a 12.year.old, she was a moron, one
of the brainless type which has al.
ways ruled man to his harm.
well, it's easy to find out the
truth" Bob exclaimed. "I'll call
her up-you can talk to her, Jane"
Daddy came in and interrupted
the phone call.
Bob, go over to the Millers and
see what's happened" he said.
They're in trouble. Find out what
ITO Be contlnued.)
Copyright, 1921, N. E. AZ
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SUMMER coATs

Long loose coats Of tafteta are to
be worn much this summer. Many
Of them have thin mualin Innings
and are usually quite bright in color
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
Feather BAGS

The feather bags which one sees
ostrich agaiu!-are lovely with
fluffy afternoon gowns and may be
had In beautiful tones.
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Sis E,R MAR US KIT CHEN
ecoRyraigh1t 1870. n \ =. ~

but Is ons Of the most easily d.
gested cereals. Il should be we'll
cooked the night before, the dates
added and allowed to cook an hour
In the morning before breakfast.
Beet Salad.
'Beets, Bermuda onion. shredded
lettuce, French dressing.
Cook bsets and cut III slices. Cut
onion in very thin slices. Arrange
slices Of beets and onion on a beo
of shredded lettuce. Pour over
French dressing, A grating Of
horseradiSh may be put on alter
nate slices OF beet.
Cheese Crackers.
SSoda crackers, York State cheese,
currant Jelly.
Put cheese through ricer onto
crackers. Put half a teaspoonful
of currant jelly in the center. Put
in hot oven for 2 or 3 minutes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02

are full fashioned The sink to the
top sell for any $Siwhile the sllh
to the knee sell for s2.b0. This line
of hosiery was put In recently by
osgoods and they find Il difficult
to supply the trade, ospophiar have
they become. one gifi told me she
had worn two pairs siz month";.
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II cook breakfast In electric cook.
ing devices, right on my dining Ia.
BILE while my husband reads me the
news" said very progressive
young women Of this city II use.
she said, when I want toast, ba
con, eggs and coffee. a colnblna.
ton. electric toaster and grill and
a percolator. II I'VE want waffles.
/ make the most delicious ones ON
my electric waffle IRON The food
cooked this way ist excellent, too.
/ got these fixtures At thu store
Of the Fairmont Electric Service
Co. on Monroe street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-24

pesred with the public again inuuiring
Tor attractive issues nc the prevailing
level OF quotations. While there is not
disposition to bid up for accommoda- :
tion Mt this time, still the demand Is
what may be characterized as decidedly
healthy.
AS money is not likely to be needed
IN any excessively lnrRe amounts for In :
dustrial purposes In the immediate
future, II Is apparent that funds will
seek employment In the most lucrative
channels, and at the moment the most
logical medium is that Of the purchase
OF high grade securities"
Interesting Coffee Statistics
Statistics which became known during
the last week are Of the greatest i'm {.
portance to the future Of the copper in :
dustry. For instance, Il was learned
suthoritatively that the actual surplus
OOO, 900 pounds In September. and
during the last fve months the decrease
IN the stocks has been almost FAC, 900, =
600 pounds. These figures are larger
than many have estimated.
On October last the Geological Sur
vey estimated the stocks Of copper, In
this country at 406 900 tons, or $40,
0O0, 900 pounds. OF this amount 200,
600 tons, or 400 .OOo, 900 pounds, were
financed through the Copper Export
Association. and considerable tonnage
has been earmarked for shipment tc
Europe on orders for future deliveries.
Allowing for these, there cannot be
much more than 200 900 tons, or 400,
900, 900 pounds, which must be taken
care OF and handled by the producers
| themselves. The metal financed by the
Export Association is being liquidated
now. 80 that the position Of the pro
ducers Is better than Il has been at any
time since the armistice was signed tire,
years ago.
Commodity Prices Low
The National City Bank In an article
points out that In nearly all the i'm =
portant commodities which we import,
or export. the prices are far below
those Of year ago, and In many in
stances approximate the pre-war level
The article shows that the total mum
Der of pounds imported and exported
differed but slightly from that Of year
ago in 100 principal articles, fifty OF
imports, while the value of the fifty
imported articles shows a decline rof GC
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GOSSIP OF
THE STREET

A. xs, the case the previous week,
.bc chief interest In the stock market
so,inq last week centered in the oil
stncts' those representing American
Generations having risen considerably,
srestins a larger following In this group
.hsn at any time since the oil boom
Ghicb eliminated more than year
md one half ago. II was said that q
real public following had been accnmu-
,sHnr In American oil stocks and there
are more people at this time taxing
builishly regarding the oils than TOT q
long time past.
Houston OIL was spoken Of as likely
a, experience an upward movement OF
many points, while Pacific OIL, White
hi. Caddo, Sinclair, Cosden, etc., All
Tere in popular demand. Some O. the
,eadins brokerage houses OF the street
sre recommending the purchase OF the
oi,s on the assumption many OF them
All enioy an upward movement Of as
much as 100 points within the next
wear and a half.
Will. talk Of this kind appears O
u.,,. tsr. fetched at the moment, Il will
=. recailed that in the past such moves
S.vs taken place, and Il 10 argued that
tbey car, again repeat past history.
Rroah Bond Market Looked For
"In my opinion we are on the eve
aa biz, broad and higher bond mar.
let," said the head Of a large invest
n,nt house, "and with every indicnti ton
~ easier money and with the llkeli-
hood Of O comparatively small amount
nf new securities put on the market,
tho underlying conditions are such as
70 lend considerable confidence in the
outlook. l do not believe the offerings
n new securities will be in such vol
ume az TO bring about any, depression
in the trade. In fact the indications
now are that II will be just the oppo-
sIte. and that money will grow ensier
Instead Of firmer, which must neces.
sarily mean higher prices In the bond
market.
'There is an excellent demand at the
moment for nearly all classes Of invest
roent securities, the uneasiness Of a
fortnight ago having completely disap-
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LowpoN srock MArKsr
Ole Quiet and Easlor---lndustrIa's
siuooIsh---ioro Rails FIsbby

London, Oct. 24.--Reports regarding
the movements Of ex Emperor Charles,
and nervousness about the result OF the
conference on Ireland, had an unfavor e
able effect on sentiment in the stock
exchange today. Generally, the markets
lacked stability. The oil group was
quiet and easier. Shell Transport and
Trading was 4 3.16, Mexican Eagle
3 lie and Royal Dutch 32h. The
Hungarian news led TO weakness IN
French loans and the gilt edge section
wavered, although changes were mar
row.
The industrial division was sluggish,
but was maintained. Hudson's Bay was
& 7-18. Kaf3rs were listlees, with al.
terations unimportant. Rubber shares
we're steady and unchanged.
In sympathy with New York ex-
ch inge, dollar descriptions we're steady.
Home rails were Habvy, but trading was
professional. Argentine rails seesawed
within fractional limits.
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Prices Heavy on Paris eourse

Paris. Oct. 2t.-Prices wero heavy on III
RourSe today. Three per cent rentrR, 3
franco 25 crn,im.s; exchange on London
- francs q? centinrcEi per cent loan. 5
frames - centimes The dollar was quoie'
ut i3 francs 81 centimes.