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The Washington times., 1921-12-22

I'll have someone to look after me
that's what worryin' Ma"
ooh, see." John Bascom's eyes
surveyed her face. but he saw there
nothing that was hard or evil. :
Essie's Wild Plea.
A sudden thought came whirling
over her: hope leaped out OF her
eyes. "Oh. mister. would you make
believe you were Joe-it wouldn't
be 80 really. but If you couid--h
you'd just let Ma see you--yould you
do that? You won't ever meet me
again-but she wouldn't know, ana
it'd make her happy, would you.
Mister, would you do that?'
And that was how young Mr..
Bascom, saying nothing Of his own
thoughts, went with Essie up the
long stairs to the flat where little
Ma was gasping in pain. while JIM
mic waited. hopeless, for the arrival
of the man he felt sure nothing
would bring.
At last steps-someone was coming;
Essie opened the door joyfully. as
though she had brought the gift
of life to the dying woman, Ma.
he's come; Joe's come"
"Ioe's come; oh, I'm glad
The man followed the girl, won
dering, to the small bedroom-only
a step off the living room and
looked at the mother on the he'd
fighting the fight for life with
Jimmie by her side trying to keep
back his tears.
80 you're joe" little Ma gasped.
I'm 50 glad-oh. I'm SO glad, and
you're big and strong. just the
way her father was-just as
thought you'd be, Joe-youm look
out for Essie."
The young man leaned over and
took her hand. Don't you worry
any more, Ma" he said tenderiy.
I'll look after Essie-dont You
worry"
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
BY Arthur Stringer
Well-KnOwn Author and Novelist OF
Countrywide Reputation.

"heso hsSpusaesohh.
TyHE last thing which Storrow lift
ed out was the package of let
tiers tied together with q
cherry-colored ribbon. He had re-
sponded. without being conscious of
1t, to some law of dramatic climax
which prompted him to defer what
promised to prove the vital move
ment until the end.
He remembered, as he united the
tightly knotted ribbon with the feel.
ing that he was opening a door on
the past, how a great dramatist had
once proclaimed the future to be
the only past entered by another
door. Yet he was unnaturally calm
as he crossed that threshold from
which he felt he might turn away
strangely altered man. He even
prided himself on his self-control,
though his quickened breathing
stood an Acknowledgement of the
tax which that control was impos-
ing upon him.
Then he stopped breathing alto
gether, for the first letter which
he unfolded and inspected began
with the pregnant words MY Be-
loved wild-Bird."
He read 1t through until he came
to the signature, which was the one
word Alan" He read them all,
page by page. every impetuous and
passionate line, every endearing
dimunitive, every acknowledgment
of immense and abandoned love.
After that, that, there was no more
doubt.
Carefully he re-reaad an allusion
to the painting of THE Rainy Morn
Ing" an alusion which implied u
had been done before a lovers quar-
rel with Torrie. 1t left no question
as to Torrie herself being the model
for that canvas. Yet this discovery
came to him now with small sense
of shock. 1t was merely one voice
in a droning choir of accusation.
And he read don, harvesting mis-
grim sheaves Of knowledge, stopping
only once, with a convulsive twitch-
ing of the body. when he happened
on a ragged-edged sheet of note
paper in Tories own writing, a
sheet apparently sent back 10 her
in moment of reproof.
Tories Word.
"Oh, My Own, my Belovedest
Own, Who is All Nine" she had
written In her sharp-angled script,
though in this instance much less
cramped and dpointed than usual
Il feel today that it's glorious to
be womani It's glorious, glori-
GUS to be loved, to know that you
are In a mans thoughts, to remem.
Der that you control him, even
when he Is away from your touch,
to remember, too, that he Is long
ing for you, no matter how far he
goes, you, just you, nobody in all
the wide, wide world 'dbut you! And
it's glorious to feel yourself in his
arms, and his eyes drinking the
depths of yours, when he's with you
again, hungry for you, eager Cor
you, aching for youl
Yes, dear, it's glorious to be a
woman-to be a woman in love
and a woman beloved"
Storrow sat for q full moment
without moving after reading this
for the second time. Then he do
librately restored the sheet to Its
place and just as deliberately went
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
THE STORY so FAR.

Essie irxasong, q lovely flower OF the
East Side. works In the biatsky sweat
port their siiing mother. These condi-
tiops are a. bad spiritually as they are
physically. and Essie seeks another Joo'
She becomes acquainted with Lulu rope,
an usher at q theater. Lulu gets Essie
latter meet. 10. Uliman, . young tickle,
Spectator. Essie tells her mother and
Jimmie about him but he steadily Keeps
away from Essie's fanny. In his bust
ness. as ticket Spectator ne sells seats
wealthy former sutton of Mrs. Birdsong.
Again Essie invites Joe to dinner. but
again he disappoints her and her family
him she doesn't ever want to see him
again. At home. Mrs. Birdsong has q
new heart seizure, worrying over Essie's
delayed home-co7tnH.
c.Just Aroand the Corner made
into motion pictures, scenario and
direction by Frances Marion. 10 .
Cosmopolitan production, released
- . Paramount pictureJ
Screen Version Nopelizsd.
By JANE Mclean.
4 ND Jimmie. what would he say?
~ He would blame her for 1t all.
Essie stumbled over the
blocks of ice that piled the center
Of the street-now slipping. now
falling - disregarding her hurts,
only faced with the awful thought
Of her dying mother and the i'm
possibility of fulfilling her last wish.
Joe, the man she had counted
ON to take care of Essie when she
was gone-the man she had pic
tured as 80 big and strong and ca.
pable-was q mere travesty. with
not one redeeming virtue.
Essie breathless, painting weak.
cold. stumbled. again and again
ana wavered out of sheer exhaus-
fion close to her own door-saw
the electric lights suddenly grow
dark and felt herself sinking down
into blackness.
The unfortunate person who de-
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
Uuman

Essie Birdsong looked at the kind
eyes and burst into tears.
"Oh, It's my mother--she's dying,
an Joe wouldn't come-an' she
thinks so much Of him The in
coherent words came flooding out
and the man listened and wondered
II the girls reason were affected.
Eyes, yes,~ he said soothingly but
you'll freeze to death here" He
The Washington times., 1921-12-22

from falling. Her eyes were closed.
her body was limp. Poor little
girl" said John. looking around for
a policeman, and then something in
Essie's face brought back an i'm
preston. something familiar. For
moment he could not place it; then
he remembered.
The girls face was the likeness
of that photograph his father had
The Washington times., 1921-12-22

took off his ulster and wrapped
1t about her. Now. where do you
live. I'll take you home"
Il can't go back without Joe,"
she cried, Mas dyin' and she's
got to see Joe-you see she thinks
I'm In love with Joe and he's in
love with me-she thinks Joe will
marry me, and when she's gone,
The Washington times., 1921-12-22

shown him. She must be the daugh-
teer of Jennie Birdsong.
Essie opened her eyes and stared
with the bewildered gaze of the
person coming back to the world
out of the blank forgetfulness.
Its all right, little girl" said
John Bascom. you tainted. but it's
all right now, I've got you-too
bad, what's the natter"
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
Ho,ss-nsods, bot Has Ne
Equal for Coughs

dependable cough medicine. Eae-
LIZ prepared, and saves abou6 a,
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
BY Ann Isle.

Whsse Newspaper Serials Have Won
Big, Popular Success.
A T my last meeting with Mabel
N Storrs ia given her grave Of
Tense by WoundinG her in her
The Washington times., 1921-12-22
A STANDARD
FOR GIRLS
BY w.. A. McKeevery

A FIFTEEN-YEAR.oLD high
school girl: daughter OF a
- popular minister, leader OF
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15

passage OF nfoist.n ea-rt-r~
apply stucco- directly to the brick face,
without the expense of "furring" and
lathins. Inside. plaster can be applied
directly to the wallis. Mr. Andrew
states.
"As cheap as the h uildinc that
nurns In first cost. Va the manner
whereby the writer describes this ho,
low wall construction. He estimates
that for tho same structure. a six-
room bungalow 2sxto feet. lumber for
the walls would cost 1901. while the
hollow brick would cost &li35S. Thcke
figures are for material alone.
NIT. knpalie. in constructing the first
hollow brick wall structure in Pueblo
probably the first In the state. Is
Keeping careful cost sheet apriics hi.
to local conditions. and comparing
each item with the cost for solid cor
struction. He stated Friday that he
estimates the saving at approximately
20 per cent.
When brick houses can he built as
cheaply as wooden ones. Pueblo should
take advantage of the opportunity and
start the move toward the badly
needed revival of home building, real
estate men declare. 1t is a chance for
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15

that the site of the well about TO start
is on the Apex of tho structure and
chances for big production are prac-
tically assured.
An auto trip to the Nutusl's 2.aoo-
acre holdings. title guaranteed by
the 4. s. government, is an interest
ing and delightful ride. The proper
~ IS on the main highway TO tho
newly opened Red Canon Park which
Us lust six miles beyond and further
in the mountains the highway passes
directly thru the Mutual holdings
General Manager Adam Griesemor
who vs. constantly on the ground. re-
ports that during the past week the
property has been visited by man,
oil experts. and all express them.
selves firmly in the belief that wher
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15

diately adjoining Mutual property on
tho south are most encouraging. and
big things are looked for from tho
Mutual itself soon after the big bit
commences to hit the ground. With
oil structure to be the center Of the
dome
Practically all tho equipment is on
the ground and In position, and tho
finishing touches needed to start
drilling will be completed In few
days.
The Is !. inch casing is now on the
way here from the east. and will be
hauled to the Mutual property from
Florence. Since the recent strike ad
| joining Mutual ground has been made
| all interests are now centered in the
latter property. Oil geologists agree
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15
In Justice Court

Assault and battery on the person
of his wife. was the charge on which
Nern n. Anon was arraiEned before
Justice of the Peace Corscn Yesterday
afternoon; he said the charge was
false. He was taken to the county
Jail to wait for hts trial on May Is.
at 10 in the forenoon.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15
Mutual Oil Outlook
Continues Very Brigh,

AZ time passes and tho time for
drill starting on the Mutual Oil and
Development property draws near.
the officers and stockholders become
more encouraged over the ultimate
success of the venture.
Late reports from territory imme-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15

Pueblo to make a SHOWING and start
something in Colorado.
Reports from Los Angeles state that
the new method is taking building by
storm.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15

the big bore" gets down Mutual.
which ia emphaticalW n Pueblo
enterprise will be a boomer, and
that tho drill Will head direct ,oyv.n Il
lake OF oil probably 2.4oo feet
down. At least that is the distance
| decided on to go
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
UNDER BRITISH
PAW WITH SUBS
CUT,FRENCHS SAY
Cannot Depend for Safety on
EngIand's Good Will,
Senator Asserts.
by International News Service.

PARIS, Dec. 29.-"All nations will
understand that Frances safety can
not depend entirely on England's
good will" said Senator Gustave
Dekerguezec, writing in the Matin
today upon Frances stand for 10000
tons Of submarines in the Washing
ton conference.
Recalling the Paris peace confer
ence, the senator declared that Brit
ain had there attempted to prevent
France from possessing an adequate
amount Of submarine tonnage. He
added:
Failing at Paris, the British now
opposc the United States and France
at Washington. But we cannot con-
sent to the sacrifice of our naval
defense.
II am one OF those who consider
our representatives wrong in request
ing 300, 900 tons of capital ships.
sub ratio would appear to be for
offensive only. Frances naval pro.
gram is remuneration of offensive
plans with either submarines or
cruisers France stands for liberty
and a defensive ratio which would
secure our coasts and communica-
lions with our colonies"
Newspapers printed violent anti
British outbursts. An example was
a statement by M. Laubeuf, famous
French inventor, who claimed the
British were trying to hold French
colonial sessions at the mercy of
England.
IF we tre not permitted to build
submarines we can only retain our
colonies so long as Britain allows w
to do So" said NJ. Laubeuf. "A, ].
Balfour said in Washington that n
big fleet Of submarines MAINTAINED
by France would menace England.
We can only reply that a big fleet
Of British cruisers would menace
France.
France needs 10000 tons of sub
marines, In fact, to defend her
coasts. Even IL we renounced the
naval program and disarmed at sea,
France would again be taxed with
imperialism. But the organ of i'm.
perialsm is the heavy cruiser. Sup.
press the cruiser and the submersible
will automatically be suppressed"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
MODERN WOMAN
OLD ASEvE, SAYS
ENGLISH WRITER
w. L. George, Master Of Femin-
ism, Declares Man Manufac-
lures Her Mysteries.

NEW YORK, Dec. "a woman
best career is a man. There II no such
thing as a modern woman. Woman is
always old and always new. Eve DON
ned the Zig leaf because of vanity, not
because of modesty. The best way to
tame wild women is to give them more
opportunity to be wild. Woman Is not
| mysterious. Man simply has not both.
| cred to understand her. Woman Is q
| natural lawbreaker. H. G. Wells was
| right when he said there never has
been a Mrs. Grundy. Grundy Is a
bachelor, and the majority Of his
friends are men,"
Here for U. s. Tour.
w. L. George, English novelist and
| so expert in feminism that he Is even
supposed to know why women buy
cigars for their husbands Christmas,
expressed these ideas yesterday after.
| noon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel as the
opening shots in the barrage Of COM
| ment he expects to loose on American
audiences during a four-month lee.
ture tour. His first lecture on this
second American tour will be given at
the Selwyn Theater January 8.
The title Of the new George lecture
will be THE Intelligence Of Women"
He admitted yesterday that the title
might be ambiguous and agreed that
for the sake of clarity 1t might have
been well for him to add to his title
the phrase III any,"
So great was the crush Of report
ers seeking to learn from the Eng
lish sage how women got that way
that Mr.. George received them in
the stock exchange room Of the
hotel.
Briefly outlining his new lecture,
Mr.. George said woman's mentality
is muoh the same as mans it's chief
differences being due more to train.
Ing than instinct.
Community Nurseries.
He predicted that the modern
freedom Of women would result in
| small homes served by community
nurseries. kitchens and other do.
nestle necessities. The perfect wife
of the future, he said, will make II
her business to be only perfect
wife and engage experts for house
keeping, nursing and other household
duties This will be true, he be.
lieves, because women have found
mat they cannot successfully be
good wives and expert domestic serv-
ants at the same time
Mr.. George closed the interview
by asking the reporters to inform
any book critics they might meet in
any Of the low resorts of the town
that by criticizing his Ursula Trent"
ore severely than they had any
OF his previous books, they have
made the book his greatest financial
success. Mr.. George is accompanied
by his bride Of a few months. His
first wife died at Houston. Tex.
during his visit to this country last
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
AIR SERVICE IS
ORGANIZED IN
/ FIVE DIVISIONS
Mai. Cen. Patrick Gives Ap.
prevail to Plans-Department
Chiefs Announced.

Reorganization Of the army air
service into five distinct operating
divisions has just been completed, fol-
lowing approval by Maj. Gen. Mason
NJ. Patrick on December /, 1t was an
nounced today.
The five divisions are personnel. in
formation, training and war plans,
supply, and engineering. The office
of the chief Of air service includes the
assistant chief and the executive Of
flee. Subordinate to the executive Of
flee are the finance and medical Sec
tons. the legal adviser. and the di-
rector of aircraft production. The
orders and files section is under i'm
mediate supervision of the chief clerk.
The personnel division is composed
OF the officers, enlisted, and civilian
sections. The information division
comprises the library section, spe-
cial section. and reproduction section.
Five sections comprise the training
and war plans division: Schools. tact
tcal units, reserve officers training
corps, national guard and officers re-
served; war plans, and anyways. The
supply division includes the property
requirements section, the procurement
section, and the material disposal and
salvage section. The engineering d.
vision, ocated at McCook Field, with
= technical representative in Wash
ington, Is composed of the following
sections: Planning, technical, factory.
flying, procurement, supply, patents,
and military.
The following assignment of officers
is announced today: Executive, Major
Walter II. Frank; assistant executive,
Major Hubert r. Harmon; chief of
personnel division, Major Rush b.
Lincoln. chief Of information division,
Major Horace B. Hickam; chief Of
training and war plans division, Lieut..
Col. James e. Fechet; chief Of supply
division. Lieut.. Col. William E. Gill
more; chief of engineering division.
Major Thurman II. Bane: chef of ii.
nance section and budget officer,
Major Jenner Y. Chisum, and chief of
medical section, Col. Albert E. TRULY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
EXECUTION Of
JOHN N HENRY
To BE DELAYED
District Attorney to Request
Court to Defer Action-Youth
Believed Mentally Defective.

The execution Of John McHenry,
twenty-two-year- slayer Of Detec-
tive Sergeant James Armstrong, will
not take place on January 6, as
scheduled. District Attorney Peyton
Gordon today announced that he
would request Chief Justice Mccoy to
defer execution until the Department
OF Justice has taken action on an
application for a Communication Of
sentence.
Attorneys Hawken and Havell, ap-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
"Papes Cold Compound Breaks any Cold in Few Hours

Instant relief! Don't stay stuffed
up. Quit blowing and snuffling! A
dose Of ''Pape's Cold Compound"
taken every two hours until three
aoses are taken usually breaks any
cold right up.
The first dose opens clogged-up
nostrils and air passages of head.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

pearing for McHenry. recently sub
mitted data to the Department of
Justice in which they sought to show
that McHenry is mentally defective.
An appeal has also been made to
President Harding for Communication
Of sentence.
last month by the Court Of Appeals.
which affirmed the verdict Of the
lower court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

stops nose running; relieves head.
ache, dizziness, feverishness. sneezing
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and
costs only a few cents at drug stores.
1t acts without assistance. Tastes
nice. Contains no quinine. Insist
upon Pape's-Advertise
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

had claimed exemption from war serv-
ice as a Class 5 registrant, the judge
refused his final papers. Thomas A.
Beer, whose good character was
vouched for by several witnesses, Jared
better.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
ex-Presbyterian Moderator Dies

WABASH, Ind. Dec. 29.-Dr.
Charles Little. pastor of the Wabash
Presbyterian Church for fifty years
and former moderator OF the Presby.
terrain Church of the United States
OF America, died at bis home here
yesterday. He was seventy-eight
years old
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
BEER MADE A CITIZEN;
WINE, A STACKER, DENIED

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-Beer and Wine
applied for American citizenship in
court here yesterday, and the former
was admitted. judge Dubuque pre-
siding, drew the line at Wine.
When il was found that Louis Wine
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-01-28
POINTS OUT HUSBANDS DUTY
Writer Insists No Man May Stand In
the Light Of His Wife's Domes-
tic Ambitions

puzzled husband" writes us that
he is sorely tried by his wife's ambi-
ton to bake the family bread, and
other things. His domestic affection
and spirit of chivalry will not permit
him to tell his wife the truth-that
the bread is almost as heavy as a paw
ing stone and quite as indigestible. So
he goes to work every morning with
heavy heart and an even heavier
stomach, and is bedeviled with gripes
and abdominal pains all day, Greene
nj. Farley writes In the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Not only that, but his wife is a con-
slant reader of domestic science de-
partments and she uses him as an ex-
pertinent station. This last week, he
says, he had biscuits that would do for
slnkers on fish line and an angel
cake that could not be differentiated
from old putty. The heartrending fea-
ture Is that she asks him with
bright smile how he likes II all, and he
cannot find 1t in his breast to tell the
truth about 1t; so he lies frankly and
Fundamentally.
All this is getting on his nerves and
on his stomach and on his conscience.
In the course of a little time he
feels his life insurance is going to be
due.
Should he tell her the truth, or
should he suffer in silence and let her
go ahead and collect the life insur-
ance?
If life is worth anything to him he
might conclude to tell her the truth
and let her go ahead and procure her
divorce. She might find second hus-
band with a cast-irOn digestive appa-
ratus and the present husband ought
not to stand in the way Of his wife's
career rs domestic scientist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-01-28
SHRINES BEYOND ALL PRICE
United States Has Many That Are In
expressIbIy Dear to the Hearts
Of the People.

This old Plymouth church belongs
to the noble dead, to the living only
as trustees, but by way Of preemi-
hence it belongs to the generations
that are as yet unborn. Civilization
Journeys forward partly on books,
partly upon the memorial days Of great
men, who are builders Of the state,
upon organized laws and finally upon
historic buildings.
No one can fully value the influence
of the Temple I'm Jerusalem upon the
Hebrew state. In like manner the
Parthenon was like an invisible teach
err, whose strong hands shaped the
plastic soul Of the Greek race. There
are half dozen buildings in Great
Britain, including Westminster abbey
and st. Paul's, and to take those
buildings out Of England's life would
be like taking the intellect out Of
mans body.
The people of the United States have
but q brief history, only three ecu
turtles, but they have Independence
hall, Mount Vernon, that shaft ut Get
tysburg, Faneuil hall, Old South
church, Lincoln's house and shrine at
Springfield, and old Plymouth church,
priceless shrines for the American peO-
ple.-Newell Dwight Hills.