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The Washington times., 1921-02-23
WHY DISCUSS PUBLICLY PAST
ACQUAINTANCEs

Nights ago l CHANGED upon an
item TITLED Men Are Such Liars"
Endorsed by a nom de plume OF
"Not A Washington Girl"
Unconsciously. Miss mot A wash
ington Girl" you have tossed your
glove into the ring and displayed
the true attitude and temperament
of the lady of this fast flying"
decade. You ridiculed the con-
servative ways of your former
blond friend, acclaiming him to
be of no value to you other than
the purchase OF an occasional thea
ter ticket. Also that you just could
not sit in the parlor and converse
with him. First, your argument
only tends to lead one to believe
that milady OF the age Is not salts
fed with an occasional purchase of
a theater ticket, but desires money.
real money, to be squandered for
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
By Dr. VIM. A. McKeever.

rh spriSntly sisters' hNihs !"
a very humble household with
- parents scarcely able to fur
nish the bare necessities, hold
council among themselves and de-
eide to make a drive for business.
Venture number one. The Oldest
girl, aged eighteen. secured a posi-
tion as clerk. The position netted
little money, but self-reliance,
often more of an asset for young
person than money.
Venture number two. The six
voted to mortgage the little home
in order to raise the money neces-
sary to start the eldest In business
as a miiIiner. The patrons came
in fast. In three years the mortgage
was paid Off, the little shop was
well stocked and several hundred
dollars had been turned into the
family budget
Venture number three. IT was
now decided to place the second
sister in the modest store while
the head of the "firm" should try
her art as a travelling saleslady. A
popular high grade line of women's
wear was carried. Again the ven
ture succeeded and the chief re-
ports: II found / could sell goods
as wei. as a man, that people VIII
always respect you II you arc re-
spectacle. that business will meet
you half way IL you go yoIr half
first that men everywhere VIII
show perfect courtesy to woman
il she acts as though she expected
such treatment"
Adventure number four. Ten
years have elapsed. The younger
sisters are all following their able
leader except one, who Is happily
married. The eldest Is earning $500
per month and expenses on the road; ;
a fine home for the family and two
other dwellings have all been paid
for with the earnings OF the group;
there is a good auto in the garage
for use of the members, and you
have guessed it.
The head" Of the irm is to be
married soon to one of the finest
men in a city of a half million
people.
simply luck" heard one of my
girl readers says pure nerve" ex-
plains another. Nothing of the kind.
Merely self-reiiance. Business will
meet you half way II you will go
your half first"Sthat seems to be
the secret of the remarkably sue
cessful girl career outlined above.
Positive, decisive, determined, she
started out and kept going. Every
move was a venture. She risked
herself while other girls stood aside
in wonder, and, beginning with
nothing, she finished with decidedly
something.
And now, you unhappy girl, take
this lesson to your own heart Get
out and get at something. 1t Is not
the place or the price-it is you in
action at something that is merely
honest. To succeed at something.
though It be the plainest and
humblest work in all the world
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Reviews of Late Books

The Macmillan Company is offer
ing a prize of 500 for the best
rhymed review of THE Outline of
History" by II. q. Wells, received
before s p. M, March 4, 1921, at their
office, 81 Fifth avenue, New York.
The terms are as follows:
Cd Reviews must be rhymed; not
more than so lines or 500 words.
(2) Reviews must be typewrit-
ten on one side of the sheet
(s) Reviews must incorporate
these three critical opinions:
To read this book Is in itself a
liberal education.--The Nation.
The most successful book of n
great many seasons-Chicago Even
ing Post.
This IL indeed q transcendant
work.-New Republic.
The Judges OF the reviews will be
Arthur II. Maurice, former editor OF
the Bookman, and Marguerite Will
kinson,
At a literary luncheon given re-
Gently In San Francisco. Captain
woodside, n retired Belfast skipper,
made the charge that Joseph Conrad
was not a practical seaman because,
In his story, "The Nigger OF the
Narcissus," he had the boat remain
on her beams end for a day and a
half without shifting cargo,
Robert Cortes Holiday, who was
present at the table, tells the story
in his new book Men and
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Court Has
Patrons

"There are regular courtgoers
just like there are habitual theater-
goers," said the bluecoat attendant
at the criminal courts. I'VE have
a certain clientele. made up of
people who enjoy coming here to
see the misery and joys of others.
just as much as the theater-
goer loves to see life moving on
the stage.
But the courtgoer really has
the best of II, you know. What
they see in court here is real life,
while that on the stage is only
make believe. We have faces we
learn to look for. and they are
with us each day, always waiting
to see the sorrows and gladness
which the law may cause"
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Men Enroll
ForCooking

Twenty students, garbed in
aprons of the butcher type sup
piled by the girl domestic art
students, started work recently in
tho Pennsylvania State College
kitchen Iaboratories, heretofore oo-
cupied exclusively by women. They
are enrolled in the special cookery
class for men. new course which
IL being given by the home eco
nomics department,
Tho course In aimed particularly
toward the selection and prepara-
tion of foods for camping parties.
Many OF the men, however, have
expressed desire to obtain n
more general knowledge OF every
day cooking. Two hours OF kitchen
practice and one hour lecture will
be the weekly program More than
eighty applications have been re-
ceived for admission to the class.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
(~Proxies," a Cosmopolitan Produc-
tions film based on the story by
Frank r Adams, will be released
as q Paramount Picture)
Screen Version Novelixed-
! By Jane Mclean.
7 rs q generally accepted axiom
that plenty Of money spells

Y rs q generally accepted axiom
that plenty of money spells
success and that success gives
an indfnable assurance not other"
wise obtAinable.
Mr.. John Slower. ex-warden OF
the States biggest prison. politician
and contractor. had known the
time when he would have given
month of life for crust OF bread.
The possession OF money. at that
time a win o. the wisp, was appar-
emily unattainable. Nevertheless,
he set himself on the trail and his
rise had been so rapid that even
he was astonished.
From force OF habit his ambi-
tion had been centered in the one
idea, ''Get rich quick"; the fortu-
nate acquaintance OF an ex-bank
wrecker had given him few hints
on the acquisition OF easy money.
In return for small prison favors,
and he had evolved a money-get-
ting system of his own. one which
kept strictly within the letter OF.
the law, whose servant he was.
II was evident that man OF
means of his type could not be
content Will tuC haiio" p'sS'D'i
ties OF a prison. Stover's convict
friend and he, himself. departed.
the one by discharge. the other by
resignation. A wave OF relief
swept over the corridors where the
-warden's quick tread had been
the terror OF the inmates. Stoyer
had been impartially hard with all
except those financially criminal
on a large scale.
After a few years his name had
become a power in politics, chiefly
because he devoted himself to that
and nothing else. Big enterprises
having dealings with the city found
Il to their advantage to see Slower
first.
But he was not satisfied. 1t was
all very well to meet this million
aire and that one in his private Of
nce. 1t gave him a certain degree
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
PROXIES,
This Unusual Story Has Been Made Into An
Equally Unusual Motion Picture by Cos
/ mopoltan Productions Under the Di-
rection of George d. Baker.

OF pleasure to be seen at a down
town eating club with WELL
known broker, but he never sot
any further. He was never In
vited to the homes and men who
used them, and he never met their
wives and daughters.
AS TO MARRIAGE
1t came across Slower now and
then that he was q lucky man never
10 have married; he imagined the
girl he would have picked out In his
impressionable youth might have
failed to measure up to the speci-
mems he had seen at the opera on
gala nights.
The rainbow stretched away. and
Slower had his eye on the farthest
horizon. IL was that which induced
him to buy quietly into tho big tool
works run under the shrewd man
agement OF Christopher Darley
business man. art connoisseur, and
everything that Slower was not.
Mr.. Slower proceeded quietly, as
was his custom: he purchased a
little here and a little there until
he possessed enough shares to re-
quest a seat on the directorate.
O., Having advanced this step. he
tried to make himself persona grata
to Darley by agreeing with that
eentleman's ideas. barley took
this as a matter OF course, and
Slower WINGED inwardly and bided
his time.
1t came in the proposal of an ac-
quisitive combine to absorb Dariey's
plant at a very large sum payable
in cash and stock in the new or
ganization. Mr.. barley gave a de-
cided mo" and thought the scheme
was at an end: he had reckoned
without Slower.
That gentleman, attired in exact
ly proper raiment and carrying with
him an increase on the offer already
made. decided to call on Mr.. Darley
at his home rather than at his Of
flee.
He paused few minutes before
the heavy wrought iron doors to
take a survey Of the mansion, the
like Of which he hoped one day to
own. So far he had never set foot
in 1t; and he was not sure now that
he would get farther than the vesti-
bule.
He was admitted by a punctilious
butler, young. alert immaculate,
who looked at Mr.. Slower and ex-
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
French Rate
Increases

Vital statistics show that the
birth rate increased in France In
1920. At Marseilles. for the flrst
time In years the number of births
greatly exceeded the number of
deaths. At Chalon-sur-Saone, tho
total OF births for tho year was
$50 and that OF deaths $40 only,
whereas. the figures for 1919 had
been, births 400 and deaths 571. In
Touion the number OF births ex-
ceedod by 1iS that OF deaths, some
thing that has not happened for
thirty years. From Orleans salts
factory lgures have also been COM
muuicated, and Mt Dieppe the num-
ber OF births exceeded by so per
cent the number of deaths.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
RUN ITS COURSE.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a mother. but at the present
time puzzled, so am asking your
advice.
have a son. who was just seven
teen years of age, and a very good
boy in every respect. He is clever
and very nice looking. He Is
senior. and will graduate from high
school in June, after which 1 am
in hopes of sending him to college.
Here of late, my plans have sort
of been shattered, and ] am greatly
disappointed. He has taken UP, and
fallen in love-" with a girl. She
Is young. and, OF course, he Is en-
tirely too young to "fall in love"
yet. but II is 30. They go out quite
a lot, and go every place together.
She is a very sweet girl, and have
nothing against her only that they
are too young to think of love. She
is always on his mind and 1 am
afraid he will soon forget his
studies. What would you advise
me to do?
AN ANXIOUS MOTHER
Let this first experience in puppy
love run it's course. Be thankful
that she Is a nice girl II he Is as
clever as you think l believe he Will
not stay In love permanently. He
thinks he is serious. No doubt, you
did, too. in your frst love affair.
l would still plan on sending him
to college, and talk to him about
IL, but don't nag him.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
TaffetaS for
Spring Wear
By Rita Stuyvesant.

y
TAFFETAs have again cor'
into prominence, and in bla'',, ,
= navy, gray, tan and rust v
with each other for first place in
the wardrobe.
One shop shows an adorable
dress. with a long. tight. basqip
effect, and the roundest, puffife
short sleeves. The full skirt /
hung by velvet ribbons Of a slight
ly darker shade, and each ribbon :,
headed by a wheel of taffeta deftl
twisted. This Frenchy little fro !
Is also shown in gray with old blu.
trimming.
For those women who like lon
loose lines there Is a chemise mod
in silver-colored taffeta, with side
panels faced in watermelon pink
crepe. The blouse and panels arr
prettiiy embroidered in two tones
of gray silk with a bit of pink t.
between. A broad girdle of the ma
terial lined with pink is drape,
low about the hips. The sleeves
are elbow length and the skirt, too
is short. This same model is also
featured with French blue trim
mings.
Black taffeta with white crystal
beads creates a charmingly simple
frock for spring. This frock has
the loose chemise lines and is
deeply bordered with the beadwork.
There is a string girdle of the ma.
terial looping itself about the hips.
The neck is square and the sleeves
brief.
Navy and gray is a favorite com
bination for spring. and is especi-
ally good-looking in taffeta. One
clever dress fashions a foundation
of navy and then uses side tunics
and over bodice of gray silk. The
ovev-dress Is touched here and
there by silk motifs of navy and
there Is a smart two-tone girdle.
One smart shop is displaying
some attractive little street dresses
in a lovely shade of tan silk. Mod
els with tight bodices and full-fare
skirts run close rival to long-lined
loose affairs, and occasionally bit
of henGa velvet beauties the color
ing.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Advice to
LovelOrn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
MISS FAIRFAX: /:

DEAh MlSS fAlhtAh.
I am a young nurse of twenty
three and have assisted a we'll
known doctor fourteen years my
senior in many of his cases. His
attitude toward me has been some
what Of a lover. ! have displayed
affection for him.
After much nagging on the part
OF my friends because I was going
about with this doctor, ] md that
my love for him is not what 1t used
to be, but I haven't the heart to re-
fuse him because of his great love
for me. BLUE-EYES.
why do you listen to naggers
and allow them to influence you?
II you love this man and he is
worthy of your love. what care you
what the world may say? You are
the one to live with him, and not
the world. A nurse of twenty-three
should have a mind of her own.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23

had been transported back to the
prison.
Hello. Peter" he said, trying TO
be affable, but showing he knew
his man. $50 you're here. chr
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
NO REASON.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Is II proper to give presents to
house-warming7 BLUE EYES.
There is no reason that l know
OF why presents should not be
given, IL the guests desire to give
them.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23

pressed by q slight motion OF sur
prise his amazement at seeing him.
Nor was Slower himself less sur
prised as he entered the great
foyer. 1t was almost as ehouPt he
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Self Reliance a Big Asset

that is what you need to give you
the first dash of self.reliance and
perhaps the first thrill OF happiness
you have known In months.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23

One Of the Oldest games In America Is lacrosse ID ors
AAtsd vita zSiKas Tks rea2ez esee thf "hsxssh
way" French named II lacrosse, which retains
was played among the Abongnes from earliest times
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
BUTTERFLIES, EGG-LEss, MIX
LESS CAKE.

Put in a saucepan
2 cups brown sugar.
IN cups water.
2 cups raisins.
I-3 cup crisco, or shortening.
u nutmeg grated.
4 teaspoonful cinnamon.
1 teaspoonful cloves.
A pinch of salt.
Boil together for three minutes.
Cool and add 1 teaspoonful soda
dissolved in hot water, IN cups
-four, in which has been sifted 1
teaspoonful baking powder. Bake
80 OF 40 minutes.
Copyright, 1920. by Mr., Percy Duvall
The Washington times., 1921-02-23

here's my card: tel him IT'S i'm
portant."
The butler took the card and de-
parted, followed by the eyes of
Slower. who saw in this chance
The Washington times., 1921-02-23
Maryland
Cooking
Recipes From the Mel
wood Cook
Book.
(Ckp them out and paSts them
IN your scr0p book.
LEMON FILLING FOR ANY CAKE

SLmoN rlLLlNG tOh AMI CAhE'
Beat
1 egg, add
1 cup sugar and beat well.
2b tablespoonfuls corn starch,
grated rind and juice of two
lemons.
I tablespoonful butter.
Cook until thick, stirring con-
stantly.-Mrs. Fred Binger.
DOVER HOUSE MUSH BREAD.
To each cup of meal one cup of
boiling water or milk and water,
or all milk, and one teaspoonful
salt, one tablespoonful, or more If
you wish, of fat, melted in the pan
in which the mush bread is to be
baked.
Directions for mixing. Scald the
meal and salt with the milk. or
water, but ii must be boiling hard
when 1t is poured over the meal
and salt. Use a wire egg beater
to mix as II let's almost no air into
the hot mush and so does not cool
the mass, which must be kept as
hot as possible Have the fat melt
ed in the pan In which the bread
is to be baked and pour in the
batter. Bake for fifteen or twenty
minutes. II is best not to have the
batter more than three-quarters of
an inch deep In the pan.
Do not use soda or baking pow
der in corn bread, 1t is never neces-
sary. All that is necessary is for
everything to be ready before, you
begin to mix the bread, and to
keep the ingredients at boiling
point from the time they are mixed
until the pan Is placed in the oven.
Mrs. Percy Duval1.
The Washington times., 1921-02-23

This /. the anniversary death. 1870 OF Robert
Fulton the inventor Of the steamboat whose Cermont BY
making successful trip the Hudson started the Of
navigation by steam propelled vessels
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
Famous CObblestOnes Of
 Brest Being Replaced

Brest, France, April 1.-The cob blestone roadways of the quayS here are being repaired Veteran cobb1e- stones that felt the tread of new ar- mics from a new land or bore upon them the weight of prisoners from the country beyond the Rhine as they worked and watched these same new armies disembark, are passing into, the discard. Long and well they have srved their time giving place to new CT and younger ones which are being laid by men as old as the service of those others.
 Not much sentiment about a cob bleStone think the old men of BreSt as they dig them up and toss them and less worn ones, yet back in Amer ica. the cobblestones of Brest will 1in- ger long in the memory of almost D. OO0,e00 men. The cobb1estones of Brest offered to countless men of the new American armies their first march the soil of France. What oughboy will ever forget them as descending from steamer with heavy pack and rife he stumbled and c1at- first of French soil to be beneath his feet, so were they the last as with victory in his kit, with the n'sId of the Argonne still on his shoes. he slipped g1eefuIly over them to the waiting transport and home.
 Worn smooth by army trucks and the tranping men the old stones have done their bit. The only echo of those other days that has come to them has been in the trucks of the American Red Cross, which continues still to roll from cargo boat to warehouse carrying supplies that the people of Europe might live.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
CONFER ON INJUNCTION.

Attorney David s. Day and Attor- ney Thomas NJ Cu11inan reached no definite decision after their confer ence on the matter of injunctions against the city holding up the pay ment of $300,000 owed to various concerns for work and materials. Neither would venture a statement last evening.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
SEEKS DIVORCE.

Helen A. Crofoot, Stamford, has filed a suit for divorce from George H. Crofoot, formerly of Stamford now believed located in Wilmington, Del, charging non-support- She claims a court order for support and damages of S2,soO. They were mar ried June 5, 1902.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
TO WELCOME RICCI.

The Chamber of Commerce is mak- ing plans to have the organization well represented at the welcome to the Italian Ambassador, VIttorio Ro- 1andi-Ricci when he visits Bridgeport next Wednesday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
WOMEN'S FINE LISLE

Stockings, very dressy and durable, high spliced heel and double sole. This is a regular 50c value.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

Ottawa House of Commons defeat ed motion recommending adoption of reciprocity agreement between Can ada and United States, signed in Washington. January. 1911.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

William F. "Pussyfoot' Johnson says because of the success prohibi- ton proved in this country, the en- tire world will be as dry as the pro- verbal Sahara in a. few years. of Commons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

Secretary of Treasury Mellon an- nounced that within a few days the Treasury Department will formally announce an offering of farm loan bonds to the extent of $40, ,00O,000, at per cent. at par.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15
FLASHES

American stea mship West Arrow. leaving New York for Hamburg, had on board 744 milch cows and three pedigreed bulls consigned to German
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

The combined farmers emergency tariff and anti-dunping bill is beind considered by Congress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

than ss. One large mill reduced it's | quotations from ss.20 to s7.9o.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

New York Assembly passed lit eracy test for voters. The measure wi:ll be submitted to referendum next
 fall
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

dairymen as a gift from a dairy com pany of Chicago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

For the first time since 1914 Min neapolis patent four has sold for less
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-15

@ "s~*o@~" work pants f" the to" bh h Co., Caan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-26
TW0 Minutes of Optimism
The Salesman
By HERMAN j. STITCH


in his dspng
a II know
his
life would be like
Islands They solitary salesman
tatcs 8 full Of them
the of salesman his
commodity of the highest products
TWEEN
possible Without him. all
might
prvle o a the pleasure
manhood
lie independn-Qui self Most
his blood
sawoman and will
weighed
backbone initiative resourcefune
ability, knowledge
and
line
a yoke
II think of the best initiate who
in him
realize full
of
Of
usually tickle
like
home with the why the biggest rewards business frequently
selling flying
keep comfort by the standard of dollars and
and sales
selling
much to learn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-26
Unpleasant | Impressions

ORANGES took Clarissa into the
L Eray-erameled bedroom and stood
~ IN n way women have while ClariaSa
funed nv her hair before the mirror and
drew dminutive powder puff over her
retrOusSe nose Frances who we "N-
serving her closely. felt that Clarissa
was rot the type of woman to whom
other women would ever mean much.
Clarissa was too Eittenish. too arch ;
another woman would see through her
n moment. but man could very
easily he fooled by such methods.
When IN" two women Joined tho men
In thu living room Frances liked Jim
Harlowe Immediately. He was bluff ana
hearty and yet very hoSish With him
Clari!Sa played sort OF game. She
wanted to Great" tie impression tina,
Jim adored her. in fact, that she was
rresistihle to All men, and sh" sue
reedod very we'll
When Jim said. We've heard a great
lcaI about YOU, Mrs. Page. II must
he wonderful TO have talent like
yours" Clarissa said quickly:
Put ! should think It would be a
f"rrihle TAX on YOU. Imagine having
/ 10 do so much work every day whether
YOU feel like writing or not. | think
! I'll let Jim do all the work for our fam
| ily"
Now Frances was not used 10 any.
! thing but admiration and praise and
| she had grown to expect II. This taking
, or granted of her talent, in fact, al
most depIorIng the fact that she had
| such II thing. was something new. TIC
| 'rako il worse. Jerry was actually smil-
| ing at this remark OF Clarissa' S
/ Smil,ng Frances WAS suddenly furious