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The Washington times., 1921-07-13
Chance For All Girls
BE 4 FINE. RADIANT, FEMININE SOUL.
By w. A. McKeever

First get a place to work-kitch-
en-, dining-room. restaurant, sewing
clerking, or what not; anything
that is respectable. Thus you will
at once secure self-respect.
Second, resolve to do your WORK
superbly. No matter how plain the
task put your mind and soul into
II, and IL will return unto you an
abundance of blessings-the good
will of all around you, the favor
able attention of your employers
and some kind OF promotion.
Third. be a genial friend of those
about you. especially some other
girl who may be discouraged Help
her to emulate you. to be strong.
clean and courageous. Every time
you give yourself thus freely in
service of another the Lord of Life
fills you with tenfold of spiritual
strength and insight
This blessing, this knowledge Of
your own inner goodness, gives you
delightful sense of superiority
over the trouble and turmoil that
weigh upon the weaker souls around
you.
Fourth. save a little money every
week you are employed for further
ing your education. for looking
about, for the establishing OF a
small Independent income to sup
plement your salary.
Fifth, watch out for a life mate
Your thoughts will lead you here,
as they have done elsewhere. Pre-
pare yourself in body, mind and
spirit for the right kind Of soul
companion. Visualize him, think
respect to his coming. And 10! he
will come to abide with you, thus
confirming again for you the great
law of the Creative Spirit.
Be a fine, radiant feminine soul
my girl
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NY young girl friend, why do
M YOU shrink before the hard
AVA conditions that may sur
round your life7 BY your own
Denomination and effort you may
become superior to the us
which beset your path, and you
may weave them into careT,
that is an Inspiration to those OF
your class and a glory unto your
own soul.
A motherless girl of sixteen
seven years ago, was waiting on
tables at a hotel, when n VISION
came to her as suggested ABOVE
She continued with the hotel work
part time for four years ana thus
paid her way through high school'
After being graduated with credit
she went TO teach in a country
school. The money earned mere
enabled her to spend a year In
college and to be promoted TO
town school at $40 per month
Now the board of edu cation Is
renewing her contract at $l55 per
month.
But here is the thing that viii
surprise you, my naughty girl
friend. The young school teacher
is not yet too proud to work. she
is spending month OF the sum-
mer back at the old dining room
appointment, and all in further
ance of her purpose of becoming
n graduate Of one of the big uni
versities three years hence. She
will have as a reward OF her ef-
fort both position and honor.
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AdUice to
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax
WHICH SHALL SHE CHOOsEf

~ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am twenty-five, we'll ac-
quainted with two young
men. The time has arrived when
/ must decide between them.
One has temper, is very de-
cisive, has not enough money to
support wife comfortably, and Is
a steady worker. at one time he
had very bad habits. but sincere
efforts that l made to reform him
have been successful. Ills one aim
is to see me happy, regardless of
the effect on him. l think | love
him, but hesitate on account of his
financial condition.
The other young man has a pleas
ing personality. is ambitious, has
very few bad habits. but a will and
a way Of his own, at times. when he
delights in making others miser-
able.
Both these young men are OF diff
ferent religions than /. The first,
however, is willing to accept my
views, while the second is preju-
diced
My folks object to both. for one
reason or another, and therefore |
cannot seek advice from them.
PUZZLED.
Evidently you are not in love
that Is, in love deeply enough TO
call II such in the true sense. Nv
advice would be for you to wait
until there is no doubt in your
heart as to which OF these men you
want to marry,
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to think things over. lie got
piece of lead pipe out of the cellar
and he went straight to the mans
rooms and waited till the man
came in. didn't know at the time.
And / kept writing and telephon-
ing; but the man kept out of the
way.
"One day / met him face to face
in the street, but he just hurried
by and pretended not to see me.
There was some mystery about 1t.
Ny husband did something awful TO
him. And he nearly died OF 1T. And
he couldn't bring an action against
my husband. because it would in
volve my name and because he was
ashamed to.
Hurt Each Other.
But my husband and ] never
really got back to first prime pies:
we'd each hurt the other too much.
And / fell in Jove again, and my
husband was bored and tired by
that time. and he let me go. He
furnished grounds and let me have
our little boy for my regulations
sake and paid big alimony. But
he warned me what would happen.
He said that big stiiff you're crazy
about is notorious. He doesn't want
to marry you. See?. He was right.
First, he couldn't be married till
he'd rounded up some business in
! the West; then 1t was because his
aunt who was dying didn't believe
in divorces and he was afraid she'd
change her will. But he fooled me.
/ trusted him absolutely.
When / found out that I'd been
fooled. it wasn't the being fooled
that hurt most; but thinking about
my husband. and how I'd hurt him
and ruined him. just because I was
vain and ruthless and couldn't stay
put
I'd have given anything in Gods
world to go back to him: but I'd
been fooled to the limit and couldn't
even ask. Then he died. And that
was the end of the alimony and
everything. His brother offered
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who Occupies a Unique Position In thet
Writing World as Authority on
the Problems of Life.

who Occupies .maae .nthnri,y on "'
the Problems of Life.
EkDo you think the woman of
today cares anything at
~ all for simple pleasures
and simple folks?" asks Roy. rs
she in any way to be compared
with the mothers who baked and
sewed and kept large families in
order and didn't want to spend
their days running to the movies
and playing bridge?
IF you were young fellow
earning SIS dollars week,
wouldn't you fight shy OF mar
riage when you knew in the bot
tom Of your heart that the chances
are all against getting a girl
who'll take any interest In help
ing you save and build up a
future?'
Now I've a notion that the girl
of today Is just as deserving OF
the devotion and loyalty of man
as was her mother or her grand
mother. but she's afraid to be the
simple, honey creature her for
bears were for fear the jazz-mad
youth of today will pass her by.
Here's the other side of the slate
shown by letter from Elinor.
She writes:
What chance has the quiet. un-
pretentious girl who dresses SIM
pie and doesn't make up or wear
her dresses to her knees and
vivid drug store complexion? In
competition with the dressed-up
dolls she can't hope to be a belle
at a dance, of course. That goes
without saying. But when shc
isn't invited to theatre or dinner
or given any consideration py
men, what is there for her to do
but lower her standards little
in order to get her share Of youth
and enjoyment
Men don't care for the hne
qualities their fathers were looking
for SO. do you condemn the girl
who tries to meet the popular de-
mand and to make herself attrac-
tive according to the best-or worst
modern standards?"
These letters and the dozens like
them which come to me make me
sadly wonder II youth today isn't
building up the most elaborate set
OF misund er standings ever con-
ceived by the human mind. Girls
-sink men like cheapness and OBJ
vIous lure and the easy appeal to
the senses. So they lower their
standards and cater to the least
worthy qualities in man.
Men grow accustomed to having
their senses stimulated and their
mind neglected. The path of least
resistance Is easy to take and the
laziness which results doesn't
make for ambition or striving. SO
men accept the gay little flirt and
the daring coquette and get used
to having their Jaded appetites
whetted. And they come near for
getting that they have minds and
souls in addition to emotions.
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The Woman of Today
BY Beatrice Fairfax

But when your average hard
headed citizen goes to business, he
isn't mass of emotions. And
when he comes to seeking a life
partner THE WORTH WHILE
man recognizes that he wants
something more than an alluring
creature. And then he looks
around. And he finds the sort OF
women everywhere who have been
created by his lazy emotionalism
and ready response to the sex ap-
peal.
It's true that the fine girl isn't
besieged at dances as the gayly-
caparisoned, striking creature often
Is. But when it comes to a life
partnership men bring efficiency
and common sense to bear on the
situation.
Your unstable citizen, with his
tango hound characteristics,
may marry as lightly as he
dances. But who wants him for
a life partner?
And the idealistic, fine man
stops and thinks before he takes
the matrimonial plunge" II boys
and girls would stop and work
out the logical meaning of mar
riage and the durable satisfac-
tions of life, wonder II girls
wouldn't automatically stop
cheapening themselves to attract.
and II men wouldn't rapidly ad-
just themselves to what they
really want instead OF accepting
the tinsel they've accustomed
themselves to.
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Dramatic Story of Devoted Husband Who Discove
His Wife is in Love With Another Man and
Battles to Keep Her Love

heart out thinking Of the good
times they were having and what
bad luck I'd rad.
But one of the men used to
drop In to see me real often, l
didn't mind him. He never seem
ed to notice that i wasn't looking
my best. He was full Of fun ana
would always make me laugh.
First thing / knew l was thinking
about that man oftener Shan about
my own husband. And / read some
books we had in the house about
the great loves of history. It
seemed to me beautiful for a mar
ried woman to have a lover who
wasn't a lover. but just a spiritual
affinity"
II guess good many women
have that idea" Manners inter-
rupted.
Grander Than Truth.
"All women at some time or
other. ] know a girl whose ideal
OF happiness was to get married
first and find a real mate after
ward. Silly fools! After my BABY
was born my husband got into
some things that kept him from
home more than ever. He not only
had to go to town every day and
stay late, but he had to make ions
trips to other cities.
1--WE had more and more money
to spend. but l had more and more
time to kill And the man hung around
more and more. He made me think
/ was neglected and unhappy be-
fore I'd ever thought of such
thing. Then he said he was max
ing me conspicuous by our all the
time being seen together. And
after that i used to meet him in
town and we'd have lunch at quiet
places where we weren't likely to
see people we knew.
And sometimes, just to prove
to myself that ! didn't give a darn
what other people thought, I'd GO
to his rooms for tea. ! was just
an imprudent little fool, nothing
worse. Well. my husband found
out and cut UP something awful
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FOR LOVE - =
An Absorbing
Romance

, mind except to get away: to put dis
tance between herself and Philip:
but she ran on and out OF the gate
and down the road until, breathless
and worn out. she had TO stop. A
sudden dread of the Highway House
and everything to do with II over
whelmed her. She had looked for
ward to so much happiness within
it's walls. and the few days that she
had spent there had seemed like
an eternity of desolation.
Presently she went on again
blindly sobbing as she went. 1t
was unconsciously that her feet
carried her towards her fathers
house. She went rouni the garden
to a side door which she knew
was generally unfastened. AS she
reached IL il was oper.ed from in
side and Peter came cut.
he did not see his sister. but she
called his name family as he would
have passed her.
He pulled up shortly.
Eva! Good heavens" he gropeI
through the darkness and found her
hand, drawing it through his arm.
81 was thinking ABOUT you" 10
said: and now there was a sort os
self-consciousness in his voice. II
want to tell you something-you so
seldom come over ." He seemed
struck by her silence. He bent
towards her, trying to see her face.
'Is anything the matter?" he
asked quickly.
'N-no . but l wanted to see
you, too, Peter. why cont you eve'
come over to us7'
He laughed rather constrained .
II never feel st home with the
Winterdicks," fc said candidly.
They're too grand for me Oh,
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- =. .By RUBY N. A YRES

. know Philips all right-I've moth
ing against him, but-well, / don.
think he cares very much about
me-"
ITS just ina ginatIrn."
"Is it He huncned his shout
ders. Perhaps IL IS. Anyway. |
always feel out OF. things over
there"
"You might come-lf only for my
sake"
He gave her hand squeeze.
Poor old Bonnie"'
Her lips quivered. "Why do yoI
say that?" she asked. She tried TO
laugh. Most people are busy envy
ing me-"
"Are they?"
A subtle note in hts voice sent
little thrill of APPREHENSION through
her heart; she drew her hand awav.
Peter, what Gre you thinking?
why did you say l was poor?"
81 didn't mean it--I don't know
why l said It, Don't let's argue"
He almost sounded as II he were
trying to change the subject. I've
got something to tell 'you-sone-
thing-very-imp ....
Yes" She was only half listen
ing, her thoughts were in a whirl.
Did Peter guess that her marriage
had been such a tragedy?
What is it?" she asked with an
effort. t.,''' '''.'''.
Peter cleared his throat vigorous
ly. 'Tts-I dare. say you'll laugh
! know I'm young. but I'm not too
young to know my own mind ."
"Peterr She knew what was
coming now, and there was a little
note of distress In her voice. '.'''..
Peter took instant offense. III
you're going to preach I'm going
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me a little allowance on condition
that I'd give up my little boy to
him, change my name. and lie dead
so far as the family was concerned.
I'm just a typical case"
Having told her career Mrs. Her
riot became infatuated with the
subject, and embelllished 1t with
many details and comments. And
she tried, of course. naming no
names, to draw a parallel between
herself and Diana Manners.
1--WE women" she concluded. al
ways end by learning our lesson;
but most always it's too late to be
any practical. good. Do you think
II had my chance over again that
l wouldn't stick? Nine times out
of ten it's the women like me. wom-
en- that men don't marry tuniess
they are drunk, who would make
the most faithful wives. We've
learned the beauty and value OF
faithfulness."
Manners looked at his watch. 1t
was already 6 o'clock.
"The gentlemen in the other
taxi he thought, "haye had . long
wait"
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BOBBIE AND HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

nA & Ma & me has been llv-
ing up to the lake the last
few days, there is a littel
bit of town thare & Pa sed
Wife, sed Pa, have noshun
for to pitch out tent here for the
rest Of our material lifes, sed Pa.
Not on yure material life, sed
Ma.
Do you meen that the lure of
the city calls to your sed Pa.
Thare is no lure about it. sed
Ma, but / want to spend part of
my time ware l can see the nice
stoars. sed Ma, & the luvly thee
ters & shops. sed Ma.
had hoaped that you wud be
willing to nessel close TO Matters
hart from now on, sed Pa.
l wud nessel there longer than
you wud. sed Ma. About the sec
ond week neer to Matters hart,
sed Ma, you wud be talking
the trane & spending yure time
in the city, leeving Bobbie &
to heer the crickets singing to
thare mates, sed Ma, e. the bull
frog chirping to his Finnity, sed
Ma.
Bull frogs doant chirp, sed Pa,
thay croke, sed Pa, q l doant
blame them for croking II thay
have many affinitys, sed Pa.
Affinitys only maiks trubbel.
That is why l wud fame be away
from all them seems of skandil &
law suites & skeeming, sed Pa.
As the CRATE Boston poet, o'Riley,
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<T DID ask him."
you asked him s
Philips voice was furious.


Eva stood still. She felt'as II she
were at the end of her tether. II
was agony to be with Philip and
keep up the pretense; she could
hardly believe that II was her own
voice speaking as she broke out:
II am not going to be ordered
about by you. l am not going to be
dictated to as to my choice of
friends. / haven't bothered you-I
never ask what you do. or who you
spend your time with. I've kept my
share of the bargain, and you've no
right to expect anything more.
to object to your allowing Calligan
or any other man to. make love to
you. II I'd known this be-
fore he left the house ."
"How dare you!" Eva was trem-
bling all over, her hands were
clenched: she felt as II she could
have struck him; to add insult to
injury like this. He was not con-
the quick once, but must needs
strike again.
Her voice rose in passionate trem-
bling.
IF you ever dare to say a thing
like that to me again" she said
sobbingly, I'll leave you and never
come back again as long as
live -" Her voice broke, and
she turned and ran blindly from
him into the darkness.
There was no intention in her
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& so from the roar & bussel,
From the trofys of mart & stage
l wud fly to the woods low russell
& the meddow's kindly page.
1t sounds fine. sed Ma, but you
wuddent stick. You wud pine
away among the pines. sed Ma.
| wud like to try IL for a spell,
speashully this hot spell, sed Pa.
How butiful is the greenwood sed
Pa. doant blaim Mister Robin
hood for hanging out in the green
wood with his merry men, sed Pa.
That was the life.
Things has changed since Mister
Robinhood's days, sed Ma. In them
days men liked the simpel things
of life. Now they all think of maik-
ing mummy & winning politickal
pour. etc. Eeven you. sed Ma, sigh
at times to be President. / have
herd you say so. sed Ma.
There mite be worser Presidents,
sed Pa.
Thare mite, sed Ma. Thare are
sum terribul fatheads in this wurld
in wich we live in. sed Ma.
| like that, sed Pa.
am glad you like 1t. deerest, sed
Ma. Maybe. sed Ma, II you will
show me that you RELY luv Natur
moar than you luv the throngs In
the city, I will consent to living
out here g. we can send Bobbie to
town to school.
About one moar yeer OF skool g.
] will know as much as you & Ps,
sed.
Heer our angel child, sed Pa. He
Is siitt!ng moar like me every day.
sed Pa. guess Pa sed that to
maik Ma feel good. but I wud
rather be like Ma.
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back. / thought you would be sym
pathetic at least-mother made an
awful scene when ! told her-she
never liked Kitty
But. Peter-yoIfre so young
she's much older than you are"
Pooh Just a year or two. and
I'm sure she doesn't look IL. Any
way. I'm engaged to her, and
Eva gave a cry of protest. She
can't love you--it's just because she
thinks we've got money oh.
Peter"
Peter drew a hard breath. IF
anybody but you had said that I'd
never forgive it," he said quietly.
you may call me a boy-perhaps
1 am to you-but / love Kitty. and
I'm going TO marry her. / thought
you didn't like her. / suppose it's
Just because she's so pretty
Peter"
Sorry. Bonnie-I didn't mean
that, dear l know you're not jeal-
Gus and paltry Ike that"
There were tears in Eva's eyes.
Though for weeks she had seen
how attentive Peter had been to
Kitty she had never thought it
could come to this.
You'll never be happy with
her" she said half crying. why.
Peter" she tried to laugh-'it's
only a little while ago that you
were asking me IL shelf she
was engaged to Philip. Don't you
remember"
she could have been II she'd
liked" Peter said quickly without
thinking. He asked her and she
la
Pm sorry. 1 never meant to tell
you, but you made me-"
To BE Continued Tomorrow
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ANECDOTES OF FAMOUS

plagiarism from Washington Irv-
ing's Tales OF a Traveller which
in his younger days he had read
with much delight, was absolutely
glaring; the skeleton was obtained
from Poe, the parrot from Robin
son Crusoc' and the stockade from
Marryats Masternan Ready The
audience was so delighted with the
hrst performance that they begged
for more; and so II became a con-
tinued narrative for ma0v 80.
moons. He had partly completed
writing the story when the vuItor
of magazine called Young Folks
Paper urged him to finish IL for
publication. The bargain was made
and X. l.. s. sent the story with the
nursery map to the magazine. 1t
was printed without Illustrations
and attracted no attention.
More than year later, when
r. L. S. was looking through some
OF his manuscripts with view to
turning one of them into a little
much-need money, he picked up
Treasure Island and. deciding that
he still liked II, sent the manu-
script to Cassell & Co. the pub
fishers, who accepted 1t. But a
tragedy happened. The story had
been written to the map; in fact,
the map was the chief element in
the plot: but the map had disap-
peared. SO they had to go over
the whole book and tabulate and
arrange all the illusions. and then
with pair OF compasses to draw a
map to suit the facts.
The task was accomplished; but.
as r. l.. S. whimsically remarked.
II killed his liking for the book.
which he valued chiefly for the well
come sum II brought him when he
eorely needed money"
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By Gouverneur Morris
Author of ~His Daughter" "Wheh
ny ship Comes In" "The Seven
Darlings." and Other
Notable Fiction.

<<T d rather die" There was n
pang of sudden hopeless
u grief in Manners yoice.
when a man loves his wife,"
said Mrs. Herriot, "he is all kinds
of a fool to let her divorce him. He
ought not to for her sake"
"But suppose the mans wife is
desperately in love with some one
else?"
"Oh, that! said Mrs. Herriot
skeptically.
In theory Manners would have
stood torture sooner than discuss
intimate family affairs with light
woman. and already he felt that he
had said too much, and at the same
time he was curious to know just
what the point of view Of a woman
like Mrs. Herriot would be. With a
sudden burst Of confidence she en-
lightened him.
Men" she said, always want to
know how the woman they're with
nrst happened TO go wrong. women
are always prepared to answer that
question. Sometimes they say one
thing, sometimes another. That's
because it's always easy to make up
something grander than the truth.
THE most notorious woman likes
to believe that she would have been
okeh IL she hadn't had such bad
luck that nobody could possibly
make head against It, Would you
like 1t IL l told you about me?
You've never asked or even hinted.
] think I'd like to tell you"
"What-ons thing or the other?".
You know better. The truth.
Knowing the truth from the
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X was not too proud of having
written Treasure Island" He
used to grumble that so much Of
his reputation rested on a book for
boys that. he declared, cost him
less labor and contained less origi-
nality and more unconscious plagi-
arism than anything else he ever
wrote.
Once he told how he camo to
write It. His conndant was W. z.
Clarke. head of the Anglican mis-
sion at Apia, who retells the story
in the Yale Review.
Stevenson" he says. was on
visit to his fathers home near Bal
moral Castle. in Scotland. The
weather was bad. and he and his
schoolboy stepson. Lloyd Osbourne,
were confined to the house. To
amuse the boy. 'R. L. S. drew pic
lures in pen and ink, which the
boy colored from a box of paints.
They pinned the pictures on the
nursery wall, and when the boys
friends assembled in the after
moons, r. l.. s., playing the part of
Snowman. improvised story to
suit each picture. An island ng-
ured in one of the yarns, so r. l..
S. drew a map out. carefully elabo-
rating an outline OF the bays and
the harbors.
THE story of Treasure Island
was all woven around the map. T..
l.. 5. declared that his unconscious