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The Washington times., 1921-10-08
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Romance.

An Authority on the Problems OF
Love and Romance.
'TKY HAT would the neighbors
" say? How would the
. " girls like him? What
would my friends think II I wore my
oil suits again this winter? Wouldn't
the bunch at the office laugh II L
6ut what is the use Of going on?
Most folks have list Of bug-a-
boos which are coming instantly to
mind as they read. For almost
all Of us permit ourselves to be
easiaved by q fear that someone
who doesn't understand viii criti-
c.ss as for doing something we
rally wish to do.
The fear Of ridicule is probably
~ old as the first man who tried
to strike fire from flint or do some
thing a bit different from the pro-
csdure Of his neighbors. Some
times it's q healthy fear and serves
70 keep us from doing idiotic things
which we might be silly enough
10 venture II we didn't sense how
other folks would criticize us. But
often 1t 10 weak and handicapping
snobbery and it's with that form
Of social fear I'm going to deal
now.
A recent novel which has won
treat favor in England and our
own country tells the story of an
English woman of q house which
las gone from prosperity to de-
Jay. The heroine finds herself i'm.
peilsd by love for q man who fits
none Of the standards OF her mid.
,ile-class conservative village.
The man lis stroIling player Of
an allen race. He 10 inarticulate.
ignorant Of most Of the things her
;itodgy, world requires. ! But she
owes him. She II alone In the
World and her youth IL slipping
away. And finally, in the face OF
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
TO BE YOUNG
AT FIFTY
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

10y DItCC DChuCih, We IL
VoU have reached the age Of
City. or thereabouts. and your
digestion, breathing and heart
action have not been impaired.
What can be done to maintain such
q desirable state AZ one grows still
older? E ...
In the first place let Il be under
stood that one must not give his
physical machinery the hard usage
Of youth. Strains must be lightened,
systematic exercise Of q reasonable
sort must be kept up and reckless
feeding must be avoided.
Many persons as they grow older
tend to become stouter and disin-
clined to take proper exercise.
Regular exercise Ia one Of the most
important factors. however, making
for continued good health. The
heart, particularly. suffers from In
activity. Then should periods Of
activity he suddenly entered upon
for one reason or another the heart
reacts abnormaliy to the strain.
Regular exercise keeps the heart
strong and able to meet adequately
occasional excessive demands.
Exercise not only maintains the
circulatory tone. but II also helps
nightly to prevent the development
OF pendulous abdomen. A great
girth is not conducive to long hfe.
A good rule IL to see to II that the
eirth does not exceed the chest
measurement.
A considerable portion of the
waking hours must be spent upon
the feet, which enables the vital
organs to perform their functions
properly. A sedentary life makes
for corpulence, and corpulence spells
III health and q shortened life.
At this age one must also guard
against chilling when one y d.
tiGued.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
BY Robert w. Chambers.
whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternational Fame.

-Nft080 INOvCi1 kN8NO VVA sNsA--
ternational Fame.
nv HEN Langly Sprowl sent his
footman and the car for her;
= and drew Lord DanlSmere
out OF the grab-bag, to his in
Unite annoyance. Worse. Dankmere
mad struck him with an impact 30
terrific that it had knocked him
ser seless across the table in a pri-
vafs dining room Of the Cafe Cam
margue. where he presently woke
up with q most amazing eye to find
the terrified proprietor and staff
pisying Samaritan.
In various papers annoying par
Aeraphs concerning him had be-
san TO. appear-hints Of how mat
tors stood between him and Mary
Lsdwith. ugly innuendo. yelled ru-
rnefs OF the breach between him and
his aunt consequent upon his IN
tea,abie position vis-a-vis Mrs. Led
with.
Ever Moving. -. .
Until Dankmere had inconveni-
eneed his features he had walked
downtown to his office every day.
lAnk. long-legged. sleek head held
erect, hatchet-face pointed straight
in 'front.' Of him. his restless eyes en-
countering everybody's but seeing
noaody unless directly saluted.
Now. his right eye rivaling a
thander-cloud in tints, he drove one
OF his racing cars as fast as he
d.:sd. swinging through Westches-
te: or scurrying about Long Island.
OCCASIONALLY he went aboard the Yu-
q i. but burning restlessness kept
Ia n moving; and at last he return
81 to South Linden in a cold but
dondiy rage, determined to win back
~. chances which he supposed he
i. d thrown away In the very proud
:. oment Of victory.
strslca Leeds had now taken UP
ksr abode in her quaint little
hsuse; he learned that immediately.
sad that evening he went over and
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have not slept since our quarrel. I
must have been stark mad to say
and do what 1 did. - Don't
leave me! Don't go! 1 beg you
to listen a moment
She had started to move away
from him and his first forward
step broke = blossom from its stalk
where II hung white In the dark.
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II ask you to CO." she said under
her breath. There are people
here-on the veranda"-
Every sence within him told him
to co. pretending resignation.
That was his policy. He had come
here for martydc.n. cuirassed In
patience. Every atom of common
sense warned him 90 go.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
Naming Mt. EUerest.

Mt. EVEREST is almost the only one of the great
Az Hmalayan peaks that has not native Indian
name It has been the custom to adhere to the native
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
Singer by Montgomery
This Day in History.

THIS Is the anniversary of the revolt of the crew of
Columbus, in 1892, when his terrified sailors
threatened to throw the great navigator overheard
Four days later the New World was discovered.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
Wit and Wisdom

Probably a girl never begins to
care for q man until she tells him
she hates him. NJ.
Why have so many people that
faculty Of finding out things that
are none of their business?
No matter how good a buffer a
man may be he has to give in when
his money gives out.
You can. make a temporary angel
Of the average woman by compll-
menting her on her youthful appear
ance.
The terra Gotta locks of the girl
with wealthy father become au-
burn or golden a. she sfows older,
but the red-headed boy remains red
headed to the end q the chapter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
PREACHERS ON THE GRAND
JURY.

COMMENTING on news item
from Apericus stating that three
preachers were drawn on the grand
jury here, the Thomasville Times
Enterprise says: "There is no way
for the minister to get so sure and
certain a line on certain tendencies
and habits as to be on the grand
jury where all matters great and
small are threshed out, either on one
form or another.
"Men who have served in that ca
pacity are often amazed at the appar-
ent desire of.some people to prosecute
some other person, of the prejudice
of the spleen and then Of the wilful
disobelience of many laws by those,
who would be expected to be law
abiding. 1t will doubtless prove an
eye-opener to these learned gentle
men to find out what the troubles
OF. the county are and to what extent
they will be carried. There is no
education so certain and sure as to
serve in that capacity in the average
county, at least as far as discovering
the quality as we'll as the quantity
of lawlessness that pervades the ay-
erage community"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
Condo

justice of the peace, and j. w. Cobb
has sent in his application for the
vacancy.
George Britt, we'll known man
here, after an absence of eight years,
is visiting Americas, accompanied by
Mrs. Britt. He says that he is on his
way to Washington to assist Judge
Crisp.
j. F. Clark has a curious historical
memento in the shape of a medal
to his father, William G. Clark, of
a South Carolina regiment, for val
liant services in the Mexican war.
The embossed surface is we'll defin-
ed, and the medal is excellently well
preserved
Work is progressing on the new
Jail, which is rapidly nearly compile
ton, and promises to be one of the
most imposing structures in the state,
possibly the handsomest. 1t will cost
$25, 900, and will be splendidly ar
ranged, being a monument to the
architectural skill of the builder, Mr..
Norman.
The library is favorite place for
literary pleasure, and every day it
is crowded with young folks in search
of the latest periodicals and maya
zines.
Mrs. H. c. Story will entertain a
number of select friends on Wed.
nesday night at her home here.
A bicycle tournament is the latest
craze here, and there are a sufficient
number of good bicyclists in Ameri-
Gus to make the sport an enjoyable
one for the public.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
Ii HUNG CHANG.

I'D you ever have to grit your
teeth, in polite circles, to keep
from telling some one exactly what
you thought of him?
Did you ever stop to think what
commotion there would be in
Americas if everybody spoke their
real thoughts instead of salving each
other?
Civilization turns us into turtles.
We live in hard shells, solitary, keep
ing most of our real thoughts to our
selves. When the turtle head emerg-
es from the shell, it usually engages
es in artificial, masked conversation.
II you are too plain about saying
what you think, you are apt to be
jailed, fired or ostracized. Observ-
ing which, most of us are wary, con-
forming to a social code based on
deception and secrecy.
The most remarkable visitor that
ever came to America was Lii Hung
Change, Chinese diplomat.
When he toured our country in
1896, he was 70 years old, mysterious
and inscrutable. What especially de-
lighted and dumbfcunded Americans
was that LII Hung Chang "made no
bones" in talking. He said exactly
what he thought.
Introduced to woman of proni-
'nence, he saked: "How old are you?
DO you quarrel with your husband?
is your bad temper to blame? What
makes those wrinkles in your face?"
To rich man he was apt to say !:
How much money are you worth?
Did you get it by working for it, or
did some one else earn it for your"
This bluntness, and an uncertain
ty as to whether or not he was kid
ding US, made Ii Hung Chang SEN
sation when he toured America 25
years ago. He asked his bland ques-
tons with child-like simplicity that
made them inoffensive.
You would think that man of
LII Hung Changes bluntness would
not get very far in life without be-
ing forcibly sidetracked.
Not so. He was financial sue
cess personally, combining diplomatic
genius with Rockefeller business sa-
gacity.
AS public character, he was a
still greater success. He had the
clairvoyant gift of looking for into
the future. So did John Hay, then
our secretary. of state. Together
they originated, in September, 1899,
"the open door" policy for China.
You are hearing a lot about that
policy now, and troubles that have
risen because it was not lived up to.
The Chinese at the arms-limitation
conference are having hard shedding.
That's because they lack great lead
ed like LII Hung Chang, Too bad, too,
that Ii Hung Chang is not living to
tell the conference what the rest of
US are only thinking.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
CONFESSIONS
OF A MOVIE
STAR
CHAPTER xxx
JIMMY SAVES ME FROM
FLAMES,

1 DOSE did not leave until she had
AZ handed me her latest trove of
studio gossip.
"All the girls are doing up their
hair as you do yours" she an
nounced. "That's test Of your pop
ularity, honey! It's well to be pop
ular nowadays, and to be able to
prove it. The movie theaters are
closing in lots of towns. Henry says
the producing end is slowing down
in consequence. But as long as you
can keep the fans doing up their
coiffures like yours, you'll hold your
job. You'll eat when some of US are
starving"
DEMONSTRATING
IF you ask mel never save a
penny! Neither does Hcnry!"
) | was sympathetic but minus a
vocabulary to fit the situation. | was
| thinking how grateful | ought to. be
to Motherdear, who had advised a
certain budget for me. From the be-
ginnig of my contract, certain fix
+, ed portion of my salary had gone
into my savings account every pay
day.
/ Rose knew, it appeared.
you'll be all right, honey, even if
you don't work for year. Your
Motherdear has a long head. Your
know that. Henry says the boys
were talking about it the other day.
They said she must have Scotch an
cestors."
"Whom do you mean by 'the
boys'''
Coleridge and Cissy." Rose low
cred her voice. "Honey-let an old
woman advise you. When man like
Cissy Sheldon gets sentimental, go
little slow, dearie! Go a little
sloww
Rose left me to mediate upon this
advice. AS usual, she had been none
too clear. Was she suggesting that
Cissy was wooing me on account of
my earning powers? My pride had
received a big bump. Gould IL De
possible that Cissy or any other man
would make love to me because
had handsome savings account?
My bad day ended worse than il
began.
A fire set was to be shot. Moth
erdear came to the studios as usual
when scene is dangerous.
That day something went wrong
with the current which runs the
draft fans. I was supposed to be
surrounded by flames and it turned
out that | actually was. The draft
through which was supposed tc
exit failed to materialize. Motherdear
from her point of view, failed to see
my danger.
A little flame caught one corner
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of my chiffon neglfgee. A thrill OF
terrors shook me. The director, un-
aware of what had happened, cried;
"Bien! Bien!
And then Dick rushed through the
flames and I ran into his arms cry
ing:
Jimmy! Jimmye
When l regained consciousness, !
was in my dressing room. Said
Motherdear:
"Your hair wasn't singed parti-
Gle, little girl. There isn't a red
spot on you. / must thank the new
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
EDITORIAL

Again rcverting to pecans in this
section, the Fort Gaines Georgian
rises to remark: "a Doughert,'
county man says his eighty-acre pc
can orchard has Melted him $48,000
this year. Six hundred dollars per
acre is few cents more profit than
the average acre of cotton and pea
nuts in Clay county yielded in 1921"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
CREAM CLEARS A
STUFFED-UP HEAD
Instantly Opens Every Air
Passage-Clears Throat

If your nostrils are ciogged and your
head is stuffed because of nasty catarrh
or cold, apply little pure, antiseptic
cream into your nostrils. 1t penetrates
through every air passage, soothing and
healing swollen, inflamed membranes
and you get instant relief.
Try this. Get small bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm at any drug store. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; your
head is clear; no more hawking or
snuffling. Count fifty. All the stuff
ness, dryness, struggling for breath is
gone. You feel fine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
THURSDAY. DECEMBER I. lezr,s

man."
1.-THE new mani" Motherdear had
not recognized Jimmy in his make.
up.
"He threw his coat over your head
and shoulders. He went home With
his arm bandaged."
Then we wept together. The most
experienced movie stars are badly
scorched, once in while, when thew
play with fire.
Ito be continued.)
Only five more months before one.
piece bathing suits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

From the Times-Recorder Deem
Der l, 1909
THE special hearing in the old Bank
of Americas case, to distribute
certain money in the hands of the
receiver of the bank, will take place
tomorrow. The hearing was to have
taken place last Friday, but was post
poned, and it is expected that either
Judge Seabrook or Judge Spence will
preside tomorrow, Judge Littlejohn
being disqualified.
The greatest oratorical contest ever
waged in Americas will take place
at the city hall Friday evening, 10,
when half score of bright pupils,
representing the public schools of
Sumter, Schley, Marion and Macon
counties, will meet here and make
the rafters ring with their eloquence.
After a hearing Miss Ethel Markette,
of Sumter, and Frank Zimmerman,
of Plains, were selected to represent
our county in the debate.
The Americas chapter, Daughters
Of the Confederacy, are arranging a
| very delightful entertainment for
Friday next. when the ladies will pre-
sent at the opera house the beaut-
full comedy, "Who is to Win him?"
Fifteen of Americas most charming
young matrons and fair maidens will
take part in the play. The proceeds
! will go toward the fund being raised
by the local chapter.
This is the last Sunday before the
assembling of the South Georgia con-
ference and the last upon which
many ministers will fill their pres
ent pulpits. Rev. George W. Ma
thews, pastor of the First Methodist
church, Rev. A. Read, of the Ameri
Gus district, and Rev. I. |. Nease, of
East Americas, will attend the SEES
tsions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
DENTAL NOTICE

DR.. E. E. Parsons. Office Hours
from 8 A. M. to P. M. Upstairs,
Commercial Warehouse BUILDING.
Will give you good service. Painless
Extracting or No Charge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Bring your old Furs, have them
cleaned and remodeled by expert
furrier, at Ellinor Tillman's Milf
nerv store.-30-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Tmes-Recorder Deem
Der /, 1879
Walter Wheatley has forwarded
Gov. Northen hi sresignation of the
office of notary public ex-officio
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

Thanksgiving Day, No paper pub
llshed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

nuts IN Siay county ylelue0 In lSZl.
Not everyone torgets the tense
days of 1917-1s, when our boys were
fighting the Germans, and we had
to cope with the enemy within our
own ranks here at home. The 0cala,
Fla.,, Star remembers and has this to
say: Zone of Tom Watson's mar
tyrs was a conscientious objector,
who according to Watson, was bay
oneted for refusing to obey orders.
The incident took place in August,
1918, while the said DIRECTORS regi-
ments was moving to go into action
in.the ST. Mihiel campaign. In August,
1918, 1t was the consensus of Amer
lean opinion that conscientious OBJ
jectors' deserved to be bayoneted.
We can't see any reason why that
opinion should be changed"
Friends of j. I. Hatcher of Adrian
state that he gathered 15 bales off
IL. acres this season by keeping a
flock Of 20 guineas in his field all
the year, the Dublin Courier Herald
informs us. The guineas destroyed
the weevils, and kept the insects in
check. Keeping the guineas in the
cotton field was done by having of
fresh drinking water in the far cor
ners of the field, where the guineas
soon learned they could find water,
and they covered the field thoroughly,
going from one water supply to the
other, several times daily.
South Georgia in Nut ShelP' is
the department heading in the Val
dosta Times. Some of the pecan
shells this season. would cover a
share Of South Georgia, at any rate.
sea
hooks like international compIica-
tiors have set in.
"After Christmas, what?" asks a
trade journal. See dad; he knows.
Auto lights and not drivers should
be lit after dark.
Rockefeller is taking up skating,
but wont cut much ice.
When q hen lays nickel egg she
has 9 right to cackle.
e DR.. Bishop says exercise will kill
all germs. The trouble is in getting
the little things to exercise.
A man often takes a girl for an
angel because she dresses like one.
While new dances may not
broaden the feet they often thicken
the head.
About as much paper is being
wasted in discussing the German
marks as in printing the things.
n Among our most prominent miss
ing people are several mail robbers.
One trouble with corn for fuel is
you can't eat coal
About all you can do with nickel
is pay the preacher on Sunday.
This sdisarming means a good deal
if a square deal; if not, new deal
Most evening gowns seem next to
nothing.
A ST. Louis man finds talking bees.
We saw spelling bee once.
A lengthy dispatch says the Prince
Of Wales walked a mile alone. He is
only 27.
Those collecting bootlegger income
tax mustn't take it out in trade.
It's strange, this love shortage
and SO much love is being made.
Worst thing about punctures is
one never stays close to garage.
People who jump at conclusions
get the wrong ones.
1t must be great to be SO rich
you don't have to pay your bills.
\ Not that we favor Ruth, but it
Z looks 1iks Lands knows "A good
man is hard TO fine.g
as]aastpn i luIl of E,ea<s and so<
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

1t must be great to be SO rich
you don't have to pay your bills.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Not that we favor Ruth, but i'll
looks liks Lands knows "A good
man is hard to fine.9
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

About as much paper is being
wasted in discussing the German
marks as in printing the things.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

One trouble with corn for fuel is
you can't eat coal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Among our most prominent miss
ing people are several mail robbers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

About all you can do with nickel
is pay the preacher on Sunday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Worst thing about punctures il
one never stays close to garage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

This sdisarming means a good deal
if a square deal; if not, new deal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

People who jump at conclusions
get the wrong ones.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

While new dances may not
broaden the feet they often thicken
the head.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Most evening gowns seem next to
nothing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

A st. Louis man finds talking bees
We saw spelling bee once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

A lengthy dispatch says the Prince
Of Wales walked mile alone. He is
only 81.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

It's strange, this love shortage
and SO much love is being made.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

Those collecting bootlegger income
tax mustn't take it out in trade.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

A man often takes a girl for an
angel because she dresses like one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

South Georgia in Nut ShelP' is
the department heading in the Val
dosta Times. Some of the pecan
shells this season. would cover a
share of South Georgia, at any rate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

hooks like international complica-
tions have set in.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-01

DOSE did not leave until she had
handed me her latest trove of
The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1921-02-11
BLACKBURN

Mi.s Reha Fast II Shady Grove
spent ihs vesk end tho guest n her
sister, Mrs. % J McCouuell
Mr and Mr. Harvey lnvey and
daughter E,alyu. spent Sunday the
quests IL hsr father. e. U NtUoun.
,Il and family
Mis- Bonnie and R.,a Hopkins
spent lev days last week with
their brother. " " Hopkins and
family
Little Misses Ola and Elric Boy,
were sunday callers At the home oI
little Miss Allie May Mcconnell
Miss Rcha Mcconnell has been Wis
iiinr her sister. MIR Maude lower
the past few days
Mr. Flora Stembridgr and sou
Repcy spent one day last wesk III