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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

length stopped them by saying, THAT will do now;
where did you that anyhow? And this is what
got in reply "y That high school topic from
THE LITERARY DIGEST this week. had forgotten reading
in letter ago THE DIGEST is used as text
in several thousand high throughout the United States
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

China, Armenia, and elsewhere.
1t seemed strange to hear them
quote fact after fact, and opinions
of this or that authority which I
hadn't read anywhere. I began to
be afraid they would ask me some
question I couldn't answer. AT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31
Harold Bell Wright, the Author, Tells the Reason:


"To attempt gain anything like clear view OF the
worlds activities through the fogs of prejudice and the clouds
Of senterest that hang always about the local newspaper
hopeless task For who would look with unob-
strcted vision upon the moving wodforces that make tor
against the welfare of human kind The Literary Dgest
is a mountain peak in a clear sky
because The Literary Digest gives me an uncouded
vie. Of the worlds dongs because it places me in an
atmosphere above prejudice and local efineres because
it separates for the grain of the worlds thought from
the chaff Of idle words and cleans from the dirt OF
sensationaisn appreciate and enjoy it. 1t is Godsend
to all who feel that they have work do that requires
clear thnknsn-HAROLD BELL WRIGHT, Author of The
Shepherd Of the HiNs 'Hclen of the Old House ETC.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

weeks LITERARY DIGEST describing it reads like The
Arabian Nights" hid discontinue with polite is
that sol"
table, yesterday, of the children began
discussing the question why quantities of corn must be
burned as fuel America starving in Russia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

Manhattan Island and the CITY OF Ne"
York six miles longer and to construct
the most wonderful model city in the
world on this new land. Never heard
of it. Pipe dream!' replied. "Oh. no;
Congress has passed the bill, and the
President has signed it. Plans are al
ready being drawn. The article in last
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

GLOW did you settle the matter T"
"Why, yes, it did seem like deadlock
between my wife and me, but the adj
yertisement of this car in last weeks
LITERARY DIGEST was so convincing,
we agreed, as soon as we read it, that
this was our choice. It's getting to be
rather a habit with us. you know,
to find answers to things in THE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31

wonderful SUBSTITUTE eggs making I
heard little exclamation of dsrnay and few broken
sentences before she hung the
In minute trouble all up Mrs Page
1 that egg powder, because it hasn't
egg all. She ought to read the article in
my LITERARY DIGEST this week telling all about such
things My LITERARY DIGESTl She seemed to take
granted that have THE DIGEST. l was ashamed
to tell Everybody have it except
us" OF course couldn't a thing At the
time couldn't deny having THE LITERARY DIGEST
in most of the homes had visited.
Election day started early from the house to vote My
neighbor getting out his 1t was a beauty l
thought YOU couldn't decide get" remarked
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31
The MherDa Something Happened
Mowh1 Going to Make
q Wide Open GWSs

Wife is fond of visiting and
has a good many friends among
nice people. Lately they have
been talking a lot about canning
and drying fruits and vegetables,
and about new methods of home
economy. heard her telling some
over the phone the other day alb
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Nsxs 'S''': Y P1h <. etxPsZByppNl7i 5!I,{!2s!' !Z'y1pl7i

NEW YORK. March IA page
from the diary Of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up betimes and to. see my
wife's picture. which is mighty like;
and SO away to A. Terhune's to
breakfast and was holpen thrice to
cakes Of wheat with a sirrup. And
A. played finely on the lutte and l
ragged him about writing SO much
fiction that few had a chance now
adays.
Never before have i seen the Jer-
sey Palisades with such beauty and
I was under a spell walking down
the Drive; but, Lord! to turn from
the rivers fresh breezes to the smell
Of the petrol Wagons. ] have come
lately to the belief that i cannot
work of mornings and do I con-
tinue in II / deserve to be undone.
Putting in at c. Phelps Cushing's s
place at Lincoln Square. j found
tthe men Galloway, Station and the
Spanish gentleman, Rodriguez. play
ing at poker but spurned entreaties
to Join them. having no luck soever
at the game. Yet IL was a brave
temptation.
All the afternoon casting my ac-
counts and reading a little In
Who's who! Mistress E. came but
she doth smoke SO many of the
paper cigarettes that / am begin
ming TO feel ill toward her and she
talks nothing save scandalous gos-
sip.
In the evening to see "Heartbreak
House." no doubt nobly writ, but
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
FEATURES, FICTION
Watch Ti.e HeraId orowI

women make bleak marriages via
the patient suitors who have bees
|courting them for years ana years
and whom they have not the cour
age 10 refuse at last
Never was there . mdfe miztskes
ideal OF beauty. Newer. cruene1
kfndness. No human being can az
another . greater wrong than %
marry him OF her for pity. IL
only An fction that, Sentiments
Tommy can camouhage his feelines
and hide his WEAKNESS well enough
TO deceive the wife or husband q
his or her bosom-4nfo thinking thn
SKINNED milk affection is the cresu
Of devotion.
So a man or woman is justified u
renegeing In the love game whenev<
they fnd out that have ceased u
hold trumps. IL is better 20 be cali
ed a gutter than TO be an unlovinl
husband OF wife But it's a gresa
game. this game Of hearts. IL yot
don't weaken.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14

ence OF one of whose society We had
thought we could never weary.
We have fallen out of love as In
expiicabiy as we fell in love. and
we know not why in either case.
The man or woman we loved has
not been changed n 10 We who
have changed, and we can no more
go back to that other self that low
ed, and admired. and was satisfied,
than we can 60 back into thescrsdle
again.
A false sense of honor. and q
misguided pity and tenderness have
made thousands Of men and women
go on and marry the men and wom-
en- and men that they had outgrown
and ceased to love, because they
felt that in such cases the fault was
theirs, and that they should be the
sacrifice. So men. with death in
their hearts. come back and lead TO
the altar girls they got engaged 70
before they went forth to seek their
fortunes in the wide world. and
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
The Missing Symptom?
Can you solve this mystery

DR.. Mayhem smiled at the glass
which lay on the noor, apparently
as 1t had fallen from the: fingers or
the dead woman, whose body
leaned grotesquely. over the arm of
the chair. Several drops Of the
LIQUID remained in it.: Then with .
puzzled frown he made re-exam-
ination Of the body, while Harvey
Hunt stood by attentively,, with
their host, Simon Smohl, The wom-
an had been dead fve hours.
The other members of the house
party, with horror-stricken faces,
were grouped in the doorway and
the hall beyond.
Finally the physician arose.
Yes" he said with what struck
the criminal Investigator as unnec-
essary emphasis. ..ft / Is a particu-
larly virulent poison. Mrs. Jayson
probably was, dead before the glass
touched the floor. I suppose she
got itNfrom your dark room, Simon.
She would have had the opportunity
this evening when we were all
down there fussing around"
Mrs. Jayson's body had been dis
covered by Ethel Nordon. The dash
ing young widow had retired TO her
room aarly. pleading a headache
as an excuse from the bridge table.
Six hours later the game had broken
up and the guests had aseended to
their rooms. Several of them were
In the upper hall at the moment,
and DR.. Mayhem. who. 1t was sus-
pected. had more than a profess
sional interest in Mrs, Jayson's in
disposition. had wondered aloud
whether she were feeling better,
and Miss Nordon promptly had vol
unteered to ind out. while DR.. May
hew stood chatting with Harvey
Hunt BY the head Of the stairs.
Miss Nordon knocked, and when
no answer came, opened the door
and entered. A second later her
piercing screams rang through the
halls and the two men, followed
quickly by the Others rushed into
the room.
Two hours later, when the au-
thorfties had been notined ana
things arranged in the death room,
Harvey Hunt at last found himself
ealone with the doctor. Only the
haggard look about the latter's
eyes showed that the dead woman
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Scout Council
Selects 1921
Committees

At meeting Of the executive
committee Of the District of CO.
lumbia Council OF the Boy
SCOUTS at the University Club
Saturday. Huston Thompson.
president of the council, an
nounced the following committee
appointments for the coming
year:
Organization Committee-James
T. Lloyd. chairman; +. T.. Mat
thes, Claude woodward, James
l. Lee. orville B. Drown.
Finance Committee - orville
B. Drown. chairman: Thomas
Bradley, Charles i. corby. 4. Lee
Jones, Colin II. Livingstone,
Charles +. Roberts. Arthur ].
May. H. L. Rust and John Dolph.
Camping Committee-Dr. Paul
Bartsch. chairman; James !. Lee,
j. H. Hanna, Rush Marshall.
Paul Sleman. orvillle Drown.
Court of Honor - Henry p.
Blair. chairman; e. Lee Jones.
Myron w. whitney, DR.. Walter
Merrill. Dr. Paul Bartsch. r. s.
Erlandson, DIR. Camp Stanley.
John Helmus. Fred Pearce.
George Sudworth, L. L. Lee, II.
l.. Rust, jr.. and c. v. Johnson
Publicity Committee - Isaac
Cans. chairman; Newbold Noyes.
]. Leo Kolb.
Band Committee - Myron w.
Whitney. chairman: Isaac Cans.
william Knowles Cooper.
Sea Scouting-Admiral Benson.
chairman.
Civic Affairs-M. o. Chance.
chairman.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
p rotIlyDixs Ad

she turns a mans devition into a
press agency for herself and capi-
taiizes his love for revenue.
Yet we hsve all seen that kind of
thing done scores Of times. We
have seen a splendid man break his
alabaster box at the feet Of some
greedy and grasping girl who had
not soul enough even to SAVIOR the
incense that was offered her. Still
less did she have conscience enough
and sympathy enough to stop his
sscrince Of the best he had to
give.
She had no Intention of marrying
the man. yet she let him waste on
her all the treasure of his youth
and romance, all Of his power to
love purely and passionately and
deeply, any woman. because IL fiat
tered her vanity to be SO adored
and to have one more in her string
of admirers.
Also, he could be reckoned as a
gilt-edged asset in the way OF Lres-
ents, and theater tickets, and rides
and as an ever-present help in
times of trouble about getting to
and from places. when no other
cavalier WAS available. And for
this small gain. innumerable swomen n
have robbed men of their peace and
happiness, and their faith in the
whole feminine sex
OF course. the woman may say
that she told the man that she
didn't love him and wouldn't marry
him. but while her lips said mo.
her eyes said yes" and she framed
her refusal in such a way that hope
still lived on, and in this way shs
kept the man hanging on. spendine
his time and money upon her, anc
wasting the treasure of his affec'
tion upon her until she was ready
60 marry someone else.
There Is no more despicable thing
no crueller thing. than for men anC
women to play with the hearts o.
those who love them, yet in com
mon fairness to these philandereri
we must admit that. sometimes thu
harm they do is unintentional.
Love is a thing over which WI
have no control. We cannot maxi
ourselves love, any more than W.
can make ourselves cease from low
ing. Nor can we, heat up a luke
warm affection into a burning. siz
zling passion. And this is equal,
true of men and women.
We change. God knows how an'
why. but suddenly we realize tina
a footstep that thrilled US thrills vi
no more. that the little ways of al
individual allure us no more. tina
we are bored to tears at the pres
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Last Rites T01sorr0lD
For Dr.. Joseph johnson.

Funeral services for DR.. Joseph
'Veoer johnson. rs years old, prom
inent Washington physician, who
aled AZ MS home in Cherrydale, Va.
saturday night. win be he'd from
the residence Of his son, Or. Loren
.. 7. johnson. 21os Sixteenth street
northwest. at . o'clock Tomorrow
atternoon. Interment will be In
ROCK Creek Cemetery. 4
HThe nonorary pali-bearers will be
Rudolph Kaufman. John Barrett. A.
e. Yapes, Col. c. Drain. DR.. George
N. Kober. and DR.. George K.
Vaughan. The active psil- bearers
Will be Or. r. r. Adams. DR.. W. NJ.
Bartcn< Dr. Ralph Hamilton, DR..
Walter wells. DR.. e. B. Behrend.
and d. 4ohn Moran.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
YOUTHFUL POET
DISPLAYS SKILL

The third peen Of Erwein
Faust. n years old. Of Brent
, school, to be published In
these columns appears this
morning. TIE work Of this
youthful verse writer In above
average. Faust In LEADING the
way for other students Of the
District who have skili In
composing poetry. II you
have some talent In this line
or. In writing short stories or
drawing cartoons, send yeur
productions In. All articles
must be signed and the name,
age. school and address Of the
contributor given.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
THE LOVE GAME.

A man says:
I'VE all admit that the man 10 q
cad whose attentions to . girl are
without Intentions. who takes up
her time and monopolizss her soci-
ETY. without ever asking her'to mar
ry him. But what about the girl
who plays with the heart Of an hon
est man who Is lin love with her
who lets him fetch and carry Tor
her, who encourages him to spend
his money on her. and who keeps
him dangling on, year after year
while she waits for a better catch
to come alongT !
She also il q cad. but the feminine
cheat in the game Of hearts Is never
quite SO despicable as the male. be-
cause the cards are all stacked
against her. and that makes some
small excuse for her taking what
advantage she can.
No man can realize how terribly
the matrimonial odds are against "a
woman, because, convention does
not permit her to frankly seek her
mate. She can't go out in the oper
and pick out a man she likes and
ask him to be her husband. She's
got to do the thing stealthily, and
by hook or crook. and often by re-
sorting to tactics that are repug-
nant to her. and this has made her
feel that anything Is fair In love
and the war of the sexes.
Now. one of the things that near
iy all women know Is that men are
like sheep: they follow the leader
about a woman They admire the
women that other men admire
They go to see the girl that othcI
men go to see. They want to mar
ry the girl that other men want t.
marry. That Is the reason a girl !:
either a belle or q wall flower, foi
to her that hath beaux other beau,
shall be added even more abund'
ahtly, and from her that hath moi
shall be taken away even the onS
solitary one that she hath. 1t Il
this prediction of men for wor
shipping in a crowd that makes
women bind every man they can t.
them. in order to have a come-or
for the man they really want. Ane
sometimes II infiicts a cruel fate OF
the bellwether.
/ am not urging this as justifica'
tion for a girl playing with an hon
est heart, but after all seif-preser.
walton is the first law Of nature.
Certainly a woman Is selfish Il
| the core. and has a lump of ice IN
her bosom instead of heart wher
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Deductions ofHarvey Hunt
By Philip Francis NewIan.

The name aMrs. Sadie Jones,o
was all the police were able to
learn Of the woman found dead
I'm her apartment ROOM. she
had. been brutalfy bruised and
choked to death. The man in
the adjoining rosn aais heghad
heard heavy footsteps previsus
to q wenan's scream the night
before, leading the police to be-
lieve q man had committed the
crime. A few brown fur hairs
found near the body was the
only clue. The boudeir lamp
was snashed, apparently. by de-
align. ~.
But Hunt, sitter looking over
the scene, told the headsukrters
detective the description Of the
man for whom they should lock
and that IN the third noof froat
roen Of the ebuilainE opposite
they would And . man whs was
uaaoubteaiy . criminal, an en-
eny Of the murderer, and Snail
~ q coward How did Hunt
dope II outf Read His expla-
nation bellows
No. IS.
TN THE case of "The unknown
! Woman" Harvey Hunt reasoned
as follows:
The man who murdered her was
well known to her because she wa.
In great fear of him, a fact indi.
Gated by the suppressed scream she
gave when she saw him. He wa,
a powerful man, because he hat
her to death with one hand
as Indicated by the intensity OF the
bruises around toward the back Of
her neck just where the thumb anC
fingers of a large hand would reach
He was probably q heavily built
man because he was 50 powerful
had such large hands, and, a. the
man In the neighborhood apartment
had testified. a heavy step.
, He was man OF quick decision
and action because. he had smashed
the electric candles on the boudoil
table. when for some reason he die
not want. them burning; but no
always q clear thinker, or he wouls
have seen the mistake in this AMI
would have switched them of in
stead.
From the position Of this table III
relation to the window in the op
posite wall, Harvey Hunt argue,
that his only objection to then
must have lain in the knowledg,
that they constituted q signal
Probably the woman had Just turne,
them on. and had apprised him o
the fact to frighten,him away. Tn,
recipient of. the signal must hav
been q man. for woman would no
be looking to another woman fo
prearranged help In such q situn
tion- He was probably . coward
because he did not come to her res.
cue. and probably himself in feal
of the police or he would have com,
forward in accusation of TIA mur
Hunt sAd ouisiey indeed found
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
MONDAY, MARCH "a, Is2I.

MONDAY, MARCH II. Isz1.
This should be an exceedingly
lucky day. according to astrolory.
for kindly stars hold sway. Saturn,
Mas and the sun are all in benefc
aspect.
Speculation in real estate should
be- fortunate under this planetary
goyernment, and the seers foretell
an unusual interest in home buy
Ing.
Rsacfionary Influences that tend
toward stability and adherence to
safe precedents are now strongly
apparent in the rule of-the planets.
These viii AFFECT persons who ex-
ercise authority In government af-
fairs and viii be apparent in cer-
tam educational institutions.
Mars give promise Of success to
persons who make use of financial
power or material forces.
High place for q soldier 10 fore
sh1dowed and he may make many
enemies when he assumes author
ity.
me Sun smiles today on govern
meat odicisls. capitalists and an
who hold the destinies Of the people
within their grasp.
Persons whose bfrthdate. Il, q
have the augury Of . prosperous
ye9r In which new enterprises win
nosrish and old ones will increase
ID value. Those who are employed
win benefit.
Children born on this day will
probably be very successful in life
These subjects Of Pisces have Nep-
tune for theif principal ruling
pleese
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14

had been any more to him than
mere patient.
"And now, DOCTOR" said the GRIM
inal investigator. tell me your sus-
picions."
YES" replied Mayhem wearily.
It wanted to talk to you, but not
until the others were out of the
road. Hunt, Mrs. Jayson shows no
symptoms of having taken that
poison. and / can find no cause of
her death. The nearest / can come
to- 1t, upon superficial observation,
Is sufocation. There. are no marks
Of violence on the body" Y
You'll pardon my mentioning II,
doctor. but under the circumstances
and in view of the fact that you
probably knew Mrs. Jayson better
than any of .us-could you suggest
any one here tonight who might
have Q motiveT" Mayhem did, for
he buried his face in his hands, and
for some moments failed to master
his emotions.
There's no help for it, Hunt.
Much as I'd like to protect Alice
Jayson's name from notoriety,
can't in conscience become an ac-
cessory, by my silence, to her muir
der-but I don't see how-she had
sno opportunity mean Ethel Nor
don. had the misfortune to fall
under her wiles before I found it
out Nobody who knows her cas-
ually suspects, but the woman is
positively without conscience, vi
cious, selfish and predatory. Neither
Alice nor I would have come here
had we known she was to be one Of
Smohfs guests. I don't know YET
whether 1t is myself or my position
that she desires. but-well, know
she had a passionate desire to see
Alice out of the way. But I don't
see how she could have had an op-
poftunity to- poison Alice. You
were standing there in the hall
with me. You know she was not in
the room but an instant. There
would not even have been tima for
ner to hand Alice the glass before
she screamed and We rushed in. I
don't understand It."
+ Did You ever hear of the Thaagir'
asked Hunt
but can you Agure ont what the
epty pofson glass had ito do with
TIE erine. and how Mrs. Jayson was
9aIleds
The answer Will appear tomorrow.
tos1ynsht, issi..sy Pubic Ledger co.,
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Blanks Out Soon.

Entry blanks for the annual
indoor municipal playground
track meet will not be sent out
until the latter part of this week.
Frank Z. Kirk. director of boys
athletics, said yesterday. The
blanks will not have to be signed
before the latter part of the
month. allowing more time than
originally announced in these
columns.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
SHORT STORIES OF
FAMOUS PEOPLE

Louise's father was a minister
in Pittsburgh and Louise always
participated in the church ac-
tivities.
Best of all she liked to sing
in the choir and when she was
IA years old she was permitted
to sing in a cantata. A small
solo part was given her and she
sang SO beautifully that her
father was told her voice held
great possibilities and should be
cultivated.
After years Of study Louise
Homer won great fame as the
leading contralto of the Metro
politan Opera Company.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
The Storm at Sea.
tBy Erwein Faust. 1: years old,
Brent SchooLD

tBy Erwefn Faust. 4: years old,
Brent schoelJ
The sea is mystic, deep aud dark,
Home of monster fish and shark.
Ten fdthom deep IL is serene
Though on its surface q storm
doth scream.
Cctdeed and fishes, big aud zrcc,
Liye their Hves in the rolling sea,
On high promontory the dash and
roar
Tell of the SEQ and land at por.
But at the lo1V level and sandy
beach
Land aud SEQ ore eaIm IN peace.
Ba. achen q fo1o appears and a
storm does come
The battle of the elements strikes
the beholders dumb.
The 1pisd does scream and 'sl,yiek
Los''ing to fury the oeea" once so
had after the Lightning flashes
There come most rendfng crashes.
And philc the. elements shrek and
roar
The rain does from the black
clouds pour.
Bst after o 1phile the sun peeps
through
To behold the 1vveekogc the storm
did styezp.
The 1cind dies do1rn to a soothing
byee-e
And the sea dgdin takes things at
A high school student who is
studying ancient history has
asked IL Babe Ruth is q de-
scendant Of Homer.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Today's Great Person

March 14-Your birthdayf
James Bogardus, an Ameri-
can engineer and inventor, who
was the Arst to erect an iron
building In the United states.
The structure was put MP In
New York, N. Y. During bis
life he Invented numerous use-
full mechanical devices. Born
Friday, March II, 1900, In Cats
kill, n. Y. Died Monday, April
Is, 1874.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
Daily Hard Knot.

Take one-siSth of a tomato,
two-ninths of an artichoke, one
fifth of an onion, one-sixth of a
radish. and one-seventh of a
cabbage. Mix carefully, and an
other vegetable will be produced.
(Answer to last one. Moon
light.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-14

such a man. The woman was q
member of a robber band led by
Whitley" Blaine. but he had de-
serted the gang with a certain
amount Of loot to work with this
other man. Dan Lewick, and had
feared Just such visit from Blaine.
Lewick impaired this Information
after Hunt and ouigley had put
him through the third degree" ana
Lewick's testimony, combined with
other evidence gathered later. sent
Whitley" Blaine to the electric
chair.