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The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Right Kind of Tools
GIVE THEM GOOD CARE?

No matter how carefully the
housekeeper plans her daily, weekly
and semi-annual housecleaninR, II
cannot be done easily and quickly
without suitable cleaning tools and
materials. II they are kept to-
gether in one place, time. bother
and nerve strength are saved. II
they are given good care. money 10
saved.
The ideal arrangement is to have
a complete set stored in orderly
fashion In convenient, well-venti-
lated closet. Whether a few or
many kinds are needed, II is eco-
nomical to buy well-made. durable
tools and keep them in good condi-
tion and grouped together. II pos
sible, 1t is well to have on each
floor a supply of some OF the things
most constantly used.
GIVE TOOLS GOOD CARE.
AS far as possible, cleaning tools
should be put away clean and ready
for use. Brooms, brushes and mops
should be hung BY strings or screw
eyes fastened to the handles SO that
the weight does not rest on the
sweepers also should be set SO
that the weight does not come on
the brushes.
The hair and lint which accumu-
late in brushes, especially in carpet
sweepers, may be taken out with an
old buttonhook, q coarse comb or
old scissors. Corn brooms may be
washed in hot sospsuds, but care
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

must be taken not to let the water
rust the wires which hold the
straws to the handle.
Bristle brushes may be washed
with lukewarm water and a little
ammonia (three teaspoons dilute
ammonia to the quartz or borax
tone teaspoon to the quartz and
then rinsed in clear water. Water
is likely to injure the back of q
brush and to loosen the cement by
which the bristles are held in place
in the less expensive makes. The
brush, therefore, should not be COW
cred with water, but should be
washed by sousing the bristles back
and forth in shallow water; II
should be dried with the bristIes
down or with the weight resting
on the side of the brush. The dry
ing should be done quickly, but>not
in an intense heat. Drying in sun
shine whitens light bristles. The
weighted bristle brush used in pol
ishing floors should be washed oc-
casionahy to prevent the accumu-
lation OF dirt and wax from dark
eninG the wood.
RENEWING OILED MOPs.
Mops may be washed in hot suds
anu Ttuscu IN CIedT. not water, tney
should hs quickly dried. Dry mops
may bc oiled or oiled mops renewed
by pouring a few drops of light 'lu-
bricating oil or any good floor oil
into an old dish or a tin box and
setting the mop on this for a day or
two; or the mop may be sprinkled
with a little oil and allowed to
stand until the oil spreads through
the strings.
The initial cost of implements Of
good quality may be a trifle
greater than those of poorer grade,
but substantial ones generally give
longer and better service and are
more economical in the end. Be-
fore buying an especially expen-
sive cleaning device or one used
only occasionally. such questions as
the following should be considered:
VIII 1t be used enough to justify
the cost How much care in clean
ing and storing will II require?
Will it really save time and energy?
Will 1t make some especially dis
agreeable task less unpleasant? A
few well-chosen implements give
better service and require less care
than a large collection bought hap
hazard.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

NV Jh1 the buttons on men s coat
w sleeves? A tailor in Kan
City explains it this way:
Buttons on coat sleeves are
strangely linked with the improve
ment in mans personal hygiene.
Years agp as you'll remember, men
trotted around all dolled up in silk
pants and fluffy waists that would
make women's styles of this day
and age look mossbacked.
'On each mans sleeve was a long
lace cuff that flopped about in
much the same fashion as the flap
per's unbuckled gaIoshes do now on
a rainy day. Obviously such cuffs
often interfered with the courtier's
salaams. and so some court tailors
had the happy idea of putting but
tons on the sleeves to button the
cuffs back when said Beau Brum-
mel took off his coat" so to speak.
Another version is that the sold
diers of a certain old king in Eng
land were furnished with new uni
forms with beautiful lace cuffs and
were the pride of their monarch's
heart until one sad day he caught a
sentry using the cuff as hand
kerchief, He Immediately issued
orders to have metal buttons put
on the cuffs so that forgctful war
riors would scratch their noses IL
they attempted such a maneuver.
I'm time the lace cuffs went out
of style. but they forgot to take
the buttons off and so they remain
today as useless as the popular no.
ton of uselessness of the vermi-
form appendix"
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Twinkle on
Clear Nights

Why the stars twinkle more in
tensely on clear. cold windy nights
than at other times is well ex-
planned by DR.. Norris Russell, pro-
fessor of astronomy at Prlnceton
University. in describing for the
Scientific American Monthly the
method OF measuring the diameter
of stars.
''The astronomer pecrlng through
the telescope has to look through
ffty turbulent miles Of the earths
atmosphere. Even under the best
conditions the rays of light which
enter his telescope nave been more
or less deviated in their courses by
refraction in passing from one layer
of air to another, and In con-
sequence the diffraction pattern OF
disk and rings, which can be SO
clearly and beautifully shown in
the laboratory. oscillates, trembles
and is more or less confused and
distorted. Under more ordinary
and worse conditions of seeing the
image Is more disturbed and dances
about, coming only occasionally to
rest, and II Is during these favor
able intervals alone that close pairs
of stars can be seen double.
ION many nights, indeed, when
the sky is cloudless,> but the air
windy, and full of streaks of vary
ing density and temperature (the
airmans 'bumps) the stars twinkle
furiously, and their telescopic
images are SO blurred that accurate
observation of any sort is impos-
sible."
The Washington times., 1921-03-28


and bodily health is sub-
jcct to which more and more
attention is being given.
The influence of mental conditions
over the state of the body is not so
easily traced. The patient fire.
ouently never guesscs that worry
is causing the tiredness which he
feels dragging hi1, down. He may
know thSt sudden mental shock
may result in fainting At. but he
probably does not know that his
function Of digestion may be i'm
paired as much as 20 per cent IL
he attempts to eat while in a mood
Of intense anger.
He knows that sorrow brings
tears, that excitement sets the heart
beating rapidly. but he may not
know that~a prolonged period of
worry lasting from day to day can
drain as much energy from his body
as manual labor performed over the
same length OF time.
Worry often banishes sleep and
il also int tetferes with digestion.
Any profound emotion will retard
the digestive process and preoccu--
patton can neutralize hunger: that
Is to say. periods of intense men
tai concentration can make one for
get that one has not eaten.
FOOD that one likes is much more
easily digested than food one has
come to dislike. Here the mental
influence Is apparent. Hence the
error in forcing young children to
cat food which they manifestly dis
like. Chewing enthusiasts" make
the same mistake. Having heard
about the value of thorough masti-
cation. they will chew their food
so thoroughly that they lose the
enjoyment OF eating and thus deE
feat their own object.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
What Has Gone Before.

Patricia Chesebrough. lovely daughter
Of an old. Impoverished family. 10 forced
20 make her own way in the world she
has the entree into society, her relatives
Itsnd for culture, wealth and exclusive
ness. Into the city come the Palmers-
nobodies-made millionaires by patent
medicine concoction. The father dies.
virile son. and q daughter away at
school Mrs Palmer asks Patricia to
call at '"rhe Castle, and her son Dan
bluntly states the position of the family
as outsiders who want to get in. He
offers her $500 month to act as IL
brarian, but really to see that they enter
society. and s25, 900 II Pansy marries tho
right man. Patricia long engaged TO
Sidney Hutchinson, an artist. decides to
accept the offer.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Have Eating
Friends

You can have only one kind OF
friends in Washington, says an ANA
teur sociologist, who has come to
the city to live and who has a little
fiat and a wife to tend 1t. You have
"eating friends" or you have none
at all, he declares.
There was a time" the amateur
sociologist said. when Washing
ton men had two kinds of friends,
eating and drinking. Now they
have lost their drinking friends.
wonder how many people have
dropped out of each others lives
\ because they no longer meet before
the bar?
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
All Changed
Now

There was time when girls
would never be seen in a cigar store,
even though their purchases were
obviously being made for a male
relative.
That is all changed now. Not only
have many of the so-called weaker
sex taken to the use of the weed,
but they are often seen in the act
of choosing their cigarettes them
selves from the tobacconnists' cases.
II have twenty-five regular wom-
en- customers who come in here and
buy their own smokes now" said a
dealer the other day. "It wasn't
very long ago that they all used to
send in a boy or a friend to buy
for them Yes. sir: they don't seem
at all shy about coming in here any
more"
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

Monument looked outlined there
against clear sky, when all of a
sudden out OF a much clearer sky
l heard a gruff voice demand:
where's that Mexican. Alvarez? ~
/ turned suddenly. And I'll admit
that was one. time l was almost
scared out of my skin. I saw a
man standing just inside the door
way. He was about six and a half
feet tall-maybe taller. And he
wore cowboy clothes, and a big
sombrero hat, and he had red
bandana handkerchief around his
neck. And-this is what really
scared me-he had his hand on his
hip pocket and l could see that it
wrapped around the handle of a
big revolver.
To he Continued Tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

FRUIT LAYER CAKE.
3 eggs.
2 cupfuls sugar.
3s cup butter.
/ cup milk.
3 cups floor
/ teaspoonful soda.
. teaspoonfuls cream OF tartar.
l tablespoonful molasses.
. tablespoonfuls brandy
u tablespoonful cloves.
] teaspoonful cinnamon.
n teaspoonful allspice.
"A pound citron, sliced thin
] cupful raisins.
Flour the fruit with 4 cupful
flour. Beat the butter and sugar
together, add the milk and -four,
the soda and cream tartar. Divide
this batter in two parts. Add to one
part the beaten whites of the eggs,
to the other part the beaten yolks,
the molasses, spices and fruits,
well Toured, as directed.
This may be baked in two or four
layers, but it should be arranged
after baking so that one layer Is
dark and the next one light, the
dark layer being at the bottom.
White iciAg should be on the top
and sides, as well as between the
layers.-Mrs. r. Irving Bowie.
Copyright, 1920, by Mrs. Percy Duvall)
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
SYNOPSIS:


Edith Livingston. . demobiiized war
worker, making her home In Washington
with Grace and Bob Ellsworth. young
married couple, hnds employment as sec,
retary to Eustibo Alvarez, a Mexican oil
stock promoter, in dingy little office on
a side street in the National Capital
He pays her much attention. gives her
. $500 gold note. after she has discov-
cred him and q Japanese studying q map,
and takes her to- lunch.
She discovers her sweetheart, willard
Saunders. dining with q Spanhh girl.
She is Jealous OF the Spanish girl and
her sweetheart is Jealous Of her employer.
Edith becomes suspicious as TO what Is
that no oil stock is being sold. but she
cannot guess what her mysterious en-
ployer's real business is
compliments and swearing her to the ut
most secrecy as to what transpires in the
Office, expresses q desire to be introduced
to her sweetheart. which amazes her.
Willard swears to Edith that he is not
In love with the Spanish girl and that
there Is no cause for jealousy. He tells
and asks her to SPY on Alvarez. She re-
luctantly consents While rumma ging
through her employers desk she nnds Q
picture of the same Spanish girl with
whom she saw her sweetheart dining
Later she is further surprised by . re-
quest from her sweetheart that she in
OF piece OF carbon paper which she Sc
gets copy OF a cryptic teletram her
employer sent to someone In Mexico.
When she telephones her sweetheart about
her employers mysterious conduct, Will
lard knows more about IL than she can
tell him.
And I'm not so sure / would have,
except that I knew willard was
right behind us in his car.
Can you imagine?
I'd thought he didn't cara I'd
thought he was willing to risk me
alone with a man whom he'd de-
clared to be a crook. And then /
you'll never know the sense of Sc
curity that came over me when we
stopped in front OF that roadhouse
and 1 saw Willard's car out in
front. And you'll never know how
safe 1 felt when we were in that
little private dining room and
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Before Storing EN-

The tailor tells me that one of the
greatest advantages of pressing is
that 1T kills any hidden moth eggs.
Clothes are safe IL carefully put
away after being well pressed.-In
April Good Housekeeping.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Advice to
Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
DO SOMETHING ELSE.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am in love with a good-looking
boy He comes to see me and
when he goes home, he will say,
Il will see you tomorrow night"
When the time comes he never
shows UP until the night after. So
] am asking you what to do.
love this boy dearly and it hurts
me when he acts like this.
LOVE EMMA.
Manage to have a few engage
ments in succession and tell the
young man that he will not see you
the next night, because you are do
ing something else. If he realizes
he Is not SO necessary to your
happiness, he may wake up.
Anyway. since you are not en-
gagged to the young man, you surely
do not want him to take up all
your time.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Prize Cake
Recipes
Washington's Best Sub
mitted in Times Cake
Contest-Clip Them.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE.

ANGEL FOOD CAKE.
Whites of ten eggs.
Pinch Of salt added to eggs to
hurry beating.)
* cup of granulated sugar.
cup, of -four.
Sift -four thin; measure and sift
-four three times. Beat the whites
about half and add one half tea
spoonful cream of tartar, then beat
whites until they will stand OF their
own weight; add sugar. then hour.
folding in carefully: flavor. Bake
So minutes; when cold ice.-Mrs. NJ.
S. Leissler, $40 South Capitol street.
MARYLAND BUTTER SCOTCH.
eggs
cups flour
cup butter and lard (equal parts)
cups sugar
/ cup milk
level teaspoons baking powder
Vanilla to taste.
Cream yolk of eggs, butter and
lard till light; add milk, flour and
baking powder and flavor. (Sift
flour and baking powder together.)
Beat white of eggs till light and
add to mixture. Make three large
layers or four small layers. Bake in
moderate oven.
ICING.
pound brown sugar
u cup milk
Butter size of egg
Boil until balls in cold water:
beat until light; add flavor (vanila)
to taste.-Nrs. w. c. Stauffer, 1918
North Carolina avenue southeast.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
DEFYING CUSTOM.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


Please advise me whether you
think IL proper IL / 60 away on a
vacation with a.young man for a
few weeks. / have known this
young man about six months and
he has always treated me with
respect. NJ M. S.
or course you can't go away on
vacation with young man.
How can you be so foolish as to
think of flying in the face of Gus
tom in this way. The rules OF the
game of living say that you must
be chaperoned when leaving town
with a man, and those rules are
based on common sense and
knowledge of the dangerous COM
plications that would arise IL a
girl could do what you so naively
plan.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Maryland
Cooking
Recipes From the Mel
wood Cook
Book.

fCiip then out and paste thsss
4 your scTop bookI
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Why Do They
Do It?

w yHY the buttons on mems coat
w sleeves? A tailor in Kan
City explains it this way:
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
The Mind and
the Body
BY Brico Belden, M. y.

r HE connection between mental
and bodily health is a SUBJ
jcct to which more and more
oi La. i1n., L.. hi
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

through with this business we
won't need any five hundred dollar
gold lien notes. We're going TO
have enough to get married and
settle down and live happy ever
after. as they say in the story
books"
Marble Hill press., 1921-12-08
matters were Essr

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O. ma am F' De asked p"lltcly
Yes" she said cmpAaualy
We'll DC replied w.'h laa.n
I'm sorry ba' rs % happens ohts.t
g. the sglrN Il srcr; 50 80 aTv q...s
Marble Hill press., 1921-12-08

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no covering '"F h'F --.y wounds some Gay her
sld'> "t. -..>''A WIT" 'h' brightness ": heaven
~ ra'."a''. size VIII p" "a'.'" ua' aa".n'ra .th"
hFl'' "m'h- Tor IL" bridegroom.
Inc i'. .i"'H' part "i t.> j. NFl''.a. - course,
IN "Fr.'a. !WasrrH. Sr Herbert NaWle. 'h" lrit.
lNh i.-a .NHH.Ss.uH'E ra.~ The situation 'H plain
EhsIN. "aa says, M bis report 2" parliament.
"Iha"t".up"a and unletpwpusa'"a faI"-..H" las
p">>....'s ~ far NOR" prn-p"f',! 'aun OBJ" stand
ara attained '"i"Tr u" war
An Ia.rN.u"S .utur" = i.e CONCERN o. ha!' III"
world. Christian, Jew and M's.rg So 10 Ia.es-
Marble Hill press., 1921-12-08


uaH'. wherever possible 10 apply tty Turkish laays
y" which 'h' i""r." are accustomed Changes arc
mao" only When ih,s ar. .r..-u.a-....r I'D.
'.'t.! j. '~''''#H. o. .asI r.,rrrEuru bar there
: point Nher" efficiency aay h,num, mras,irs
IL" .aAsrT oi passing That point d. farys.-,t
The maHy faiths uaa ser's uh.ch aua lu the
hetl Land their ur.s.a ur fh,.r inspiration ar"
tF'' {" maintain their "u.lrrs aud pastors .a3 70
practice their cults without .'t ~ aHlrau.r In
10" controversies ihat occasionally arise n,larou
'"y" IL" i"ar5 - o." administration has arru
strictly (" maintain thr status quo
Nevertheless, native Christians and M1>'ru, src
appealing t" th" British government not 'a pgt
.at' effect the ha.fuur declaration. h,,ua>.. hey
say The Iunis's wish "ta ,,Ict ana d.spus.,s. the
Arab {. pulutIuU ut IH.rStlU,. IU, N4.tu.r Dec.
.Aratl"n. issued In November lal7 approve, The
establishment, IA Palestine ~ % national h.mr tur
the Jewish people" ana states that TIE BRUSH GOV.
e'"'"'" WI use u''f h"N' r"''H'"Ts {" 'a.ii'
'H'' '''' onI''I WINE al 'i' Sai"" TINE T'>'r'tHs
/" an h"H.J'"'Sh communities ihriF tIH rNI and
FeIs''ls rth''.
Inc ""''''S assure ''e H"u'' peoples 'hHi ih'F
!'Hi' are s'"Hha'rNN. '1T f"..J 10 regard O. III"
Arabs a' }" f't"'u {" Is" eur lF'''""s Is e''"r
ana s'Fa'Sht'pF"HfA s"ld pf chain "fiHuann.
president ~ MS hdhf'>' (" We l""ih ZIONIST
'"hA''>' recently "''" al '"'''""'. tie declares.
l"F'h'F""r'.
we intend 10 abatc no jot " the rights guar
antr"d Us by the Baituur declaration. aud rrrug
milton N that fact by a." Arab. Is an essential
preliminary to the establishment ~ satisfactory
relations between Jew and Arab Their temporary
refusal t. reDuGuiL" that fact cuWpois us tu give
thought tp the means by which can best safe.
guard our Nishub against aggression Srirpr,~
lection is an elemental duty But we proclaim
most solemny and uucqUi'orally that We have
in our own hearts no though; Of aggression No 90.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-03

packed and the prayer meeting had
to be Cancelled. Before starting the
lectures, had been warned that the
boys in the town INDUCED in the pleas
ant pastime of hurting stones and 9th
er missiles at the speaker if they did
not like him, but this did not prom
Use so bad after our experience at Mo
berry, where some of the crazy miners
began firing off pistols. However,
spoke with one eye and. kept the 9th
er on the boys. I followed my usual
custom in small places of giving a
series of moral" talks first, follow
ed by Question Box and Catechism,
before the main lecture. When I be-
gan my lecture l heard a noise be-
| meath the stage that sounded to me
like the bleating of goats. had seen
some of the boys leaving the hall and
thought they were making the noise
| to annoy me. l commented upon il
and the people laughed, but I later
learned that the noise did come from
real live goats. The Town Hall was
built up several feet from the ground
and as the hall is not used constant.
ly, the goats and also the razor backs
of the community make the space be.
meath the ground and stageway their
rendezvous. On the succeeding even,
ings, however, the hogs and goats
were forced to find another meeting
place. In spite of adverse predictions
the mission proved highly successful
About one hundred non-C Catholics turn
ed out each night and showed their in
terest in the mission by placing many
questions in the box. l had sent a
large package of literature ahead Gov
ering the points touched upon by the
lectures, as we'll as the Question Box
Plain Facts, and Faith of Our Fathers
and these books and papers were
eagerly sought by people who know
will read and study them. During
the mission, several Catholics declar
ed themselves and went to the Sac
raments. l had said Mass at Sc
quatchie several times and did moi
even know that these Catholics lived
there.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-03
OF MORE THAN LOCAL IMPORT
ANCE,

The other day in Cleveland a Ro-
man Catholic Bishop died. This might
seem of interest to comparatively
limited circle, but for the important
facts Illuminated by the event, says
the Little Falls Daily Transcript.
The bishop was Irish but born in
America When he died there rose
to do him reverence the leading Prot
estant ministers of the city, including
the Episcopal bishop of the cores
ponding diocese; the heads of the
Jewish churches, the superintendent
of the public schools, the president
of a great Protestant university, the
chairman of the local community
chest and the president of the local
welfare federation. Each of these
men spoke with affection and respect
of the dead man. They had come in
frequent contact with him in civic
and religious affairs. They had found
nothing to fear, nothing to hinder CO.
operation for the public good in his
faith and ancestry, nor he in theirs.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-03
BECAUSE HE'S A MAN.

A guard at Chicago beach put
out and saved two fool young men who
had ventured against protest on a
canoe race with the lake too rough
for ordinary row boats. He saved
them, but a correspondent of a Chi
cago paper writes to ask why he
should have risked his life for men
who knew the silly chance they were
taking. Were they worth it?
Probably they weren't worth it. We
don't know what the life guards rea-
sons we're. Experience shows that
| the type of man who acts in such a
crisis hasn't dabbled very deep in the
philosophy of whether a life is worth
saving. There seems to be something
| in him which makes him take the
chance instinctively. It. is not ques
ton of the person he tries to save;
it is a question of the kind of man
he is himself. If he doesn't make the
effort, at no matter what risk, he
won't be on good terms with himself
thereafter. And because he is thai
kind of man people admire and praise
him.