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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-23
America in the Making
RIGOROUS. UNREFINED. PIONEER ENVIRONMENT
ED. PIONEER ENVIRONM
BY DIR. VIM. A. Mckeever -

place your son in position Of
success and honor2 Such course
appears un-American.
One thing we may confidently ex-
pect. 1t will prove the making of
many a young man who has been
going to the dogs on easy money
and dissipation. Short crops, short
rauons and low wages mean a big
crop of virile young Americans.
The fifty young foreigners are
winning. They are marked in
stances OF America in the making:
not because OF race or blood, but
because of the stern pressure of
necessity which surrounds their lives.
No pampering or coddling; no dad
to pay lavishly for polite parties
and all night Joy rides; not dressed
up and padded situations to give one
an appearance OF worth and success
when he has nothing of the kind in
him.
These young newcomers work
long hours, eat simple food, sleep on
hard beds. save q part of their
wages, and recite evenings, and
dream of better things to come.
They have a conviction that they
can and must succeed by their own
efforts.
Another favorable impression one
receives from the young foreigners
in this night school is the clear eye
and the radiant countenance. They
seem hit slender and lean. That
Is, they are probably In ideal physi-
cal condition for doing a big days
work and for resisting fatigue and
disease. They thus present a strik-
ing contrast to our big nd-cheeked
softies who are overloaded with milk
cells and spend the day In idleness.
1t Ia not race or breed or caste,
but rather condition. which has
made America the great nation 1t
is today. II Is the essence OF a rig
orous, unrefined, pioneer environ
. ment into which the masses of our
growing youth have incidentally
been thrown for the achievement
Of their own careers,
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Mrs. Hicks RcIieved
BY Four Eatonics

81 have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me Of sour stomach.
! recommend It to everybody" says
Mrs. q. p. Hicks.
II stomach Is not digesting your
food; II you have sourness, bloating,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eatonic viii remove the
cause by taking mp and carrying Out
the acidity and gases, bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why
suffer stomach troubled Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health7 An Eatonic taken after each
meal willprevent discomfortsnd pain.
Make the test today and see how
quickly this wonderful reheGy acts.
IL cumes In handy tablet form Garry
Il With you. A big box costs only .
txiAe vilh your druggist's guarantees.
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A Story Replete With Dramatic Epi-
sodes and Conflicting Passions
Made Into a Motion Picture

dead in her bathtub with her wrists
almost severed. Lois. her colored
maid. was the one TO find her, and
she ran right down to my flat and
banged on the door till got up and
opened ii. / got Headquarters on
the phone and then l ran upstairs
Only Martha's face showed, and, of
course, the water looked like pure
blood. She looked like a white mask
that some one had laid on .
red sofa Where, | ask you.
does any one find the courage 10 use
q zzor?
They were both very much shock
by the letter. Martha, II seemed,
had posed more than once for Man.
ners years ago. She had been an in
dependent sort, with a good deal Of
natural dignity.
II cocuId no more cut myself. 3"
exclaimed Mrs. Herriot. "T'd raths
sit still till doomosday and I,s
ten to my heart breaking like ice in
spring. How would you kill your
self II you got the bee in your bon
net7'
oh said Manners, II have it
all nicely and comfortably arranged.
I'd go to my house in the country
when the weather is around zero
I'd put on the suit / was married
in. When it gets to be almost bed.
time, swallow enough morphine
to make me comatose. I'd open all
the windows in the room where I
used to sleep, Id lie down on the
bed without any covering on me,
l cross my right ankle over my left,
! fold my hands on my breast, and
nobody knows whether the NOR
phine killed me or whether / froze
to death"
Where would you get the NOR
phine?" she asked.
Go Re Continued Monday,
Copyright, 1919. international Mass-
zine Go.
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BY Ann Isle.
Whose Present Serial Has Won
Nationwide Success.

((r WON'T go on stumbling
around In the dark" re-
- repeated, jumping up from
nv chair and slipping out OF the
house gown I'd been wearing.
In a frenzy of motion / began
dressing for the street. My appoint
ment with Envy wasn't till O'Clock.
and Il was no more than 10 now.
But rushed through my prepare
lions as II l hadn't a minute to
spare. / dared not sit quiet any
longer. I couldn't afford to yield to
the loneliness and the longing Tor
Jim against which I'd fought for 30
many weeks and which 4 must go
on enduring and enduring even
though the suspense and tho learn
ing almost drove me mad.
"Baagra Amer 1 said severely to
my own haggard. wide-eyed image
in the glass.
you can't 60 around looking I'M
happy and sorry for yourself, be-
cause then Pat or Neal or even
Tom Mason would be perfectly
capable Of butting right in, wheth-
err or not you forbid it. First
thing you know, one of them VIII
be trotting off after Jim. So, my
girl, you've simply got to grin and
bear 1t alone"
ventured a sickly grin to match
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were complaining that you had not
made me happy. You saw those
geese?''
And forthwith, talking very quiet
ly. he told her something OF their
habits; how they love but one. How
sometimes the survivor Of mating
mourns his mate for nearly a CEN
fury. He told her how certain gan.
ders have kept flying into the guns
until they were at last killed. and
how certain observers believe that
such birds actually committed sui
side.
Mon Behave Like Geese.
"Once in q WHILE" he said, ~you
find men who are geese enough to
behave--like geese. II you haven't
made me happy it's because am one
Of those men. The wild
goose had lost his mate, my dear,
and his life IL all mourning"
She was profoundly touched. And
they walked In silence to where they
had left the canoe.
You tried the impossible" he
said. after he had padded a little
way. with the utmost good nature,
tact and charm nf had been a stick
or q stone you would have succeed.
ed. But you were up against a wild
goose"
Mail was waiting for them at the
house, and among Mrs. Herriot' g
letters was one from Miss LeNeuf
telling Of a mutual friends suicide.
The man with whom the mutual
friend had lived for some years
had gone suddenly mad over a per.
fectiy respectable girl of good fam.
lily and married her at the end of a
short engagement.
Miss LeNeuf wrote: Martha
seemed to take the thing quiet
enough. She said Vic had settled a
lot OF money on her and done the
square thing all round The
next day, my dear. they found her
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~ HILIP had seen her again;
II seemed now that he had
- opIv lived for this meeting.

~ HIP had seen her again;
H., r.. had
IL seeineu Low .,ia ,aat;nS
ohiy hNeu ioi
She had been glad to see him' ne
knev as he recalled her frank
"o'us
Il don't know what u Is aoou'
Won. hut YOU always make me feel
-, v,...ad NTH nvseIf"
pe',Id not hear to remember
49,, rtaf IN her face and the
the sriet ,his wife ~ little more
pasnos ontb u,akinp her home
tn ,.,i,h taar.
s'Sme, msu,r hr,,te after au7
49,. ~ their friendship
-, - ,ha trua cbaracter
pnnueo nu E,,,a nod mar.
OF tnis h'""
r leu - hon.st ond c.refuI
s ,hs nasf revealed no
Iesearen NJ, IN Phi,i,n.s life that
lnclasns .,,s, en- snsn,n,nn thst he
wou,9 ny,,nS 90 CIV seaman
"oulu po ~ in % .,
Wna' Th III. on,ad ne enswsr
then! on,ion
10 ,ne - ,,tt,. air ~ .e,f.
Ihe,e was asn't Eva when she
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A Dramatic Story of a Devoted Hus-
band Who Discovers His Wife Is
In Love With Another Man

"It'n be lots nicer. too" she said.
for me-
OF course, it WILL" he laughed.
"whiskey is nothing but esotism In
liquid form. I'll be good"
And few days later. thirsty but
temporarily reformed Manners. hav-
Ing completed his arrangements,
drove away with her In the racing
car, and they settled down to an au-
tumn of simple living. hard work
and somewhat complicated love-mak-
ing. As Mrs. Harriet wrote to her
most intimate woman friend. Miss
Violet LeNeuf. Making love with
man who loves his work better than
you and another lady better than
his work is very complicated. :"
She corersponded most methodical-
ly with Miss LeNeuf. at this time,
and certain passages from her let
ters are not without value In elab~
Grating the character Of the man
with whom she was living.
A Herd Of Nymphs.
40 Yes, my dear, stark!
and on one foot till the sweat ran
off me. Frank only casts cold and
calculating glance my way once In
q while. but come out fine in some
of the sketches. He pulls me out
long and scrunches me up till look
thicker. And he makes any number
of pretty faces out of the simple lit
tie mug that God gave me.
That's so when dozens Of me
go gallivanting round the new
grill that he's fixing, the beaux
monde won't recognize little Her
riott. I'm a herd Of nymphs being
chased by q pack Of fawns and
satyrs.
Prank said that at first when
ran, 1 wosgied and didn't look
as IL was really trying to get
away. So one day he catches up
a garter snake, and you should
have seen little Herriot beat 1t, and
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you should have heard her yell.
Frank laughed till / thought he'd
die. You should see the sketch in
which I take cover. It's the best
yet.
Prank made me run around the
tennis court until 1 was ready TO
burst, and then he made me hide
in q bunch of Virginia creepcr.
When the things done, you'll look
and see nothing cut the leaves
at first; then you'll pipe . bright
and terrified pair Of lamps ann
then you'll see all me scrunchcd
down flat and blowing like q por-
uoisA 80
Thanks for the compliment I
would make a good wife, but I
never will. not for this dear boy.
I couldn't bore him into looking
bored. or tease him into saying
anything rude or cutting II I gave
my life to 1t. I'd like him to beat
me almost. and then make up for
1t. But he's the other way. He's
80 steadily kind and thoughtful
and unselfish that it just can't be
any trouble to him. SO there's no
virtue in it.
In the Country.
"The things that trouble him are
SO big that little things like burnt
potatoes don't matter a biz.
OF course it's the trouble he had
with his wife. and not having his
little girl. I stopped long ago try
ing to worm the story out OF him.
But you don't live with a man as
his wife without learning some OF
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cyone in the cluster called the
Pleiades.
The suggestion that AIcyone was
the center of the universe was based
upon the erroneous belief that the
phenomena of stellar proper mo-
tons pointed to that star as the
gravitational center Of the whole
stellar system. This has been dis
proved. and astronomers have found
no star that could be regarded as
the hub of the universe.
Undoubtedly there is somewhere
a center OF gravity of all the stars
and other heavenly bodies, hut only
a rough guess could be made as to
Its actual location, and IL found IL
would probably not be occupied by
anybody. 1t would be simply a .nath-
emaucally ascertained point. shift
ing In position with the varying con-
figuratons of the moving stars.
III point could be found that
occupied the gravitational center of
the universe IL would be the uni
versal bottom rather than the uni
versal top. We call il down from
any point on the earth's surface
toward its center OF gravity, be.
cause IL Is in that direction that
all bodies fall. A Pacific islander
and Congo negro falling simulta.
neousiy to the center of the earth
would meet feet to feet. Both would
go downward through moving in
exactly opposed directions.
In like manner II Is down from
the planets to the sun. and IL the
earth and Mars when on opposite
sides of the sun should suddenly
lose the orbital motion they would
bath fall down to the sun. and meet
there at the bottom OF their fall.
And. II there were a common center
Of the whole universe, it's direction
would be downward for all the stars
on all sides alike.
Such facts emphasize the rcla,
tvity OF the terms down and up"
They also emphasize the phycho-
logical origin Of the common idea
of the location Of heaven. That idea
is based simply on the assumed ON.
position OF heavenly and earthy
things. Because everything that is
manifcstly "of the earth earthy"
falls toward the earth the direction
OF gravity Is instinctively regarded
as the unheaveniy way, the road
that leads from instead Of to celes-
tial bliss.
All gross objects 60 downward to-
ward the ground and bury them
selves In the ground; all things Of
light and ethereal nature, on the
Other hand. are observed to rise
against the direction, OF gravity.
and to aspire skyward-the sky then
must indicate the location OF
heaven, the final home Of the spirit
dfsenthralled from earthly clogs
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|ADVICETOTHE|
LOVELORN
Beatrice Fairfax
TELL HIM THE TRUTH.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- AM nineteen years old and have
been keeping company ten
months with a young man SIX
years my senior. We both cared
for one another from the start
Now this young man Is quite
settled and also very serious and
only wishes a girl he chooses to be
the same When we frst met /
lied to him, telling him 1 was
twenty-one years old, which he be-
lievcd. Now my birthday Is close
at hand and i fear he will soon
nnd out the truth, IL he hasn't
already. as l am beginning to feel
worried over his actions; yet can
not give in and explain. When we
flrst met he always spoke OF marry
ing. Christmas he gave me an
engagement ring, but never men
toned any Intentions OF marrying.
Don't you think ] should f,nd out
his real intentions as long as
wear his ring? 1 wouldn't like to
waste any more OF his time than
mine and yet I am at loss as to
how I could start the subject with
out him thinking 1 am anxious to
marry. as l really am not in a
hurry, but would like to know II
he changed his mind since he gave
me the ring. ANXIOUS.
Tell him the truth at once. What
kind of marriage do you think
yours will be II you haven't the
courage to undo silly untruth?
All the barriers between you are Of
your own building start over on
a basis OF fair play and honesty.
why should man give a girl an
engagement ring except because he
wishes to marry her? But IL you're
pretty and self-centered and un-
truthful and absorbed in your own
pride, how can you hope to hold
any mans lover
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THE RHYMING
| OPTIMIST
By Aline Michaelis
I'd Rath~.

We never known farmer yet
that got 30 awful rich; some
u farmers know a lot of debt and
mortgages and SIGH. They all can
tell you what it means to some
times face defeat when bugs cavort
among the beans and weevil gets tho
wheat. They all have seen the toll
OF days wiped out by sudden storm
or withered by the suns hot rays,
and yeti love to farm. So far's
/ know, no millionaire has ever made
his cash by hitching up an old bay
mare or feeding cows bran mash;
we buy no Villas outside Rome, we
own no snow-white yachts like
chaps who strike It rich at Nome or
other lovely spots. We don't import
our cars from France. out where
we farmers live, but when we ride
we take a chance within our humble
fliv. Perhaps my pace is pretty slow.
but still there Is a charm in taking
all LIES roads at low and living on
a farm; in watching for the apple
buds, In Harvesting old Bill. in wear
ing common, homely buds. in taking
corn to mill. It's good to go the
round OF toll, Of duties to be done.
just living brother to the soil and
kin to wind and sun. / know it's
not the road to wealth nor yet the
way to fame; but 1t can bring men
JOY and health, content and honest
name. Oh, he whose aims are proud
and high would laugh at me with
scorn, and yet It's good to see the
sky, all rose and gold at morn, and
when the sheep and horses sleep
and all the birds are still, it's good
to watch the moonlight creep above
the eastern hill. It's good to fight
for seeds you sow against the drouth
or sleet: though some believe that
EARNINGS slow. / say II can't be
beat
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Professor in the University Of Kan.
sas and = Well-known Educator.
FIFTY youths and young men
All recent arrivals from a

sas and . Well-known Educator.
rIFTY youths and young men
All recent arrivals from a
- score Of foreign lands.
All struggling with hard econom-
ic conditions, for measer hveli-
hood.
All pouring over primers and
first readers in a night school
learning the language OF their
new homeland
All eager to learn, flushed with
enthusiasm. and radiant with hops
OF the future.
Here we have the heroic stuff
out of which America is constantly
being created and recreated. Why
cannot our native boys be induced
to attack life's common problems
with such marked earnestness? Do
they lack the necessary motive. the
right challenge, the proper condi-
tons for inspiration?
Must we look to these green
young Poles, Russians. Bohemians,
Italians, and the rest of the for
eign born for the larger contribu-
tons to the making Of a creator
American
Fathers and mothers Of the So
called better Glasgow Of the
comfortable incomes. the commod-
Gus homes and the pleasures Of an
easy existence--are you bringing
up a pampered boy to fatten off
the productions of these faithful
and conscientious foreigners, by
some trick of social and economic
advantage
Are you depending upon your
money, your social distinction or
your political influence finally TO
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FOR LOVE By A kuny M
Ayres

"I hope you're going to eat a big
dinner, because i am"
He made an effort to fall in with
her mood.
And how is New York looking"
he asked.
Beautiful! / believe I shall like
living there after all. We might
move in as soon as your mother
comes back, don't you think? It's
all ready--except your smoking
ROOM"
And did you choose the carpet?"
Mol meant to--hut ." She
sounded rather surprised at herself;
she had intended going on to the
stores when Calligan came, but his
presence had made her forget about
it.
"But-what?" Philip asked.
She laughed little self-con-
sciously.
Mr.. Calligan came in. He thought
we were settled there already. 1 was
so surprised to see him."
"Calligany' Philip flushed; so this
was the meaning of her cheerful
ness.
Yes" She seemed quite un-
bands manner. He took me out to
tea 1t was 50 nice, seeing him
again. told him he would have to
come to the fiat a great deal when
we move in.
Ibid you show him over it?"
Philips voice was dangerously quiet
She shook her head.
"Oh. no! 1 didn't think about 1t.
We had tea, and then he saw me
off,"
There was a little silence.
HE didn't say anything about
coming down here, l suppose?"
Philip said then.
mo, he didn't. but 1 told him 1
hoped he would" She broke off,
struck by something in her hus-
bands eyes as for flashing mo-
ment they met hers.
He lowered them again almost i'm
mediately, but Eva had seen their
passionate anger, and her heart
began to race with a sudden wild
hope.
Was he jealous--and Of Calligan?
Was he really jealous?
IL so, then perhaps-perhaps he
was not quite no Indifferent to her,
after all.
The thought took her breath away.
She trembled from head to foot as
she sat there.
An unworthy Irritation just as a
means to an end had never occurred
to her until now. She had liked Cal
ligan simply and unaffectedly be-
cause he SO obviously liked her and
sought her company, but now
sudden mad hope flashed through
her mind.
II she could make Philip jealousl
She loved him 30 much that she
never considered Calligan in her cal
culations or had thought to spare
for the tragedy such thing might
bring into his life.
Philip was her world. She adored
himl Tho further they grew apart
the more she longed for his love.
And now II seemed as II she had
Inadvertently been shown the way
in which to gain her desire.
She sat staring before her with
wide. excited eyes; her lips were a
little parted--she looked like AN
eager child who has been shown
some wonderful toy and half prom
ised It's possession.
Philip, watching his wife, put
a very different construction on
the tremulous hope that suddenly
flushed her face when the thought
came to her that Philip was per-
haps Jealous.
He had never seen her 80 gay and
animated since their marriage, and
the thought that a chance meeting
with Calligan should have brought
such a change turned his blood to
fire.
Go Be Continued Monday
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Do You Know That

Platinum Is nearly four times dearer
than gold
A man never knows a woman till
he finds her out
The collecting Of ~mascots,- to
guard against any and every form
OF bad luck. Is spreading in popu-'
larity.
watercress and ,parsnips are good
blood purifiers.
Seventy-five per cent OF the nickel
OF the world comes from Canadian
mines.
High heels are claimed by one ex-
pert to give relief I'm cases of weak or
oyArstrainAd feat
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BY Gcuverneur Morris
AathOr Of "His Daughter" "When
NJ ship Comes In" "The sever
DariingA.s and Other
Notable Fiction.

<<r oOK here, you nice little
person." he said, II have
heavy alimony to pay and
II don't get busy III not be able
to pay It. 1 know a house that !
can get for few months; the barn
is studio. It's in lovely autumn
country. There are no neishoors
How would you like THAR"
..Oh-but, Frank" she said. I'D
love it."
You'll pose for me, so won't
have to bother about models. l
have the refusal of the grill IN
the new Casoapedia. I'll sign
on for it. It's whole big lot
Of money-nymphs and autumn
laughing and screaming and taxi
mig cover-and Pan hunting with
a pack OF fawns-hunting meth
odically and cruelty like blood
hounds. In the preliminary
sketches you'll be all the nymphs
Now that's a bargain. is
it?"
''Of course, it's bargain"
well, then, smile and forgive me
about not staying here tonight, and
give me kiss"
AS they neared the city she said
something to him that was not easy
to say.
"If you are going to put this big
Job over. Frank" she said. hadn't
you better climb on the wagon
eyes," he said, Il must"
She slid her arm under his and
pressed 1t gently.
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Who's Who in ''The Wild Goose

FRANK MANNERS, an artist, deeply in love with
his charming wife
DIANA MANNERS, beautiful young woman, who
falls in love with
OGDEN FEM, young chap, who makes secret
of his affection and to whom
PETER MANNERS, cousin of Frank, who also
once loved Diana, appeals to prevent break.
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MRS. HERRIOTT, woman-a about town, who helps
Frank to get divorce to free Diana
ROBERT HASTINGS, husband Of Mary, devoted
more to money making than to homemaking.
MARY HASTINGS, his wife, and friend Of Frank
and Diana.
TAM, the little daughter of Diana and Frank, who
adores her father.
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<<r OOK here, you nice little
person." he said, Il have
heavy alimony to pay and