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that woman had cried, out. tremu-
lousiy. with one hand on his hair
and her brooding eyes fixed on his
own slightly absshed eyes.
ThSt woman had been ms oyv.
mother. his own mother to whom
they had been neither lust nor gen.
erous. And his smile hardened with
his heart as he looked up again at
the sound OF Augusta Kirkner's
voice. ri. - -
but we won't be interfering with
you, owen, as much as you imag-
ine.' she was saying, Before the
middle OF the week we1l be away
again, 80 you'll have your freedom,
after all. And by the time we're
back you'll be feeling more at home.
She rose from her chair and crossed
the room with that qualified dignity
OF a woman OF importance who has
conceded ground TO her enemy. by
the way, we're lunching at Sherry's
tomorrow with the Roubetskois.
They are people who might prove
very helpful to you. So 1 hope you
will be able to'join u.s.,
Why Not Clubss E,
1t had been very, casually an
nounced. that luncheon. at Sherry,s.
But even before he caught Char
lotte's anxious eye he knew that it
involved both challenge and a test
Still again he sensed some silent
pleading for a suspension of judg-
ment.
'I'll be very glad to-" he said.
He forced a smile as he spoke,
though it annoyed him unreason-
ably to notice that the girl across
the room was watching him with
the quick, expectancy Of a circus
dog when the trainer slaps a pol
ished bootleg with his whip. That
flash of annoyance did. not escape
the older woman, though she mis-
read it's meaning.
"By the way. Owen, what clubs
2 do you belong TOP she inquired;
with a matter~of-factness that was
not without its delicately chasten-
ing cruelty.
None" retorted Storrow, puzzled
by the sudden invocatory look from
the girl on the far side of the studio.
Then what clubs do you propose
to get in touch with?" asked the
older woman with, slightly elevated
eyebrows:
(To be continued Monday
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur 'strinser
published by Arrangement with Interns
tional Feature Service, 1nc.)
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LOSING GULF STREAM
" WOULD MEAN CALAMITY TO MANY LANDS

; of this arises simply from the striv-
ing after easy notoriety. Only the
most recently produced and novel
notions have any meaning for minds
that are incapable of penetrating
into and developing the riches Of old
and well-seasoned ideas.
In this way the Gulf Stream has
been turned into a mere legend,
and that in face of the fact that no
really observant person can cross
the ATLANTIC Ocean, or take notice
of the climatic peculiarities of Eu-
rope, without seeing the plainest in
dications of the play of influences
which are satisfactorily explained
only by the Gulf Stream.
In one sentence the theory of
the climatic action of the Gulf
Stream is that 1t conveys a vast
quantity Of heated water from the
equatorial and tropical regions far
northward, the warm water, after
emerging from the Gulf of Mexico,
passing up along the southeastern
coast of the United States, gradu-
ally trending more eastward and
spreading out in a fan.like form
branches, one of which finds its
way north of the British Isles,
while the other turns southwark
off the coasts of France and Spain.
Water is a wonderful storer Of heat,
and this surface current, or stream,
or drift, or whatever one may
choose to call 1t, is like a trade
route for the conveyance of higher
temperatures to what, without such
aid, would be relatively frigid
regions.
1t was long ago. pointed out that
the same phenomenon is repeated
around the shores of the Pacific.
The great japanese current carries
remnant of tropical warmth as
far as the western coasts of North
America. Without that current
there can be no doubt the climate
of our most northerly Pacific coast
states would be less genial than
1t is. %
On the other hand, II is the cold
Labrador current" forcing it's way
down between our northeastern
shore and the Gulf Stream, that
turns New England noses red,
imparts the Yankee twang, and
makes Mount Washington an al
most Alpine peak for half the year.
1t has been mathematically dem
onstrated that one consequence OF
a west.to-east rotation Of the globe
must be that all moving objects,
including water and air, have a
tendency to shift toward the right
of their initial course anywhere in
the northern hemisphere, and to.
ward the left anywhere in the
southern hemisphere.
We can see this in the eastward
turning of the Gudf Stream as II
moves northward, and likewise in
the westward tendency of the Lab
rador Current as Il travels south
ward, hugging the, New England
coast. SO, every motion of the
earth, sometimes in the most un.
expected ways, has an influence
upon the state OF things on it's sur.
face, and we may truly say that
this would become very differ.
ent world to live in II II simply
stopped rotating on its axis,
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When a GirlNarries, Ann Lisle s Popular Serial

Isn't there some little thing
you've overlooked? Isn't there
some commission can carry out
for you, Carlotta?"
Would you-let Anthony know"
asked Carlotta in a strangled voice.
perhaps it's all right for me to
want a little-kindness- him
now"
1 yearned to call her q poor dear
and to take her in my arms. But
/ couldn't rush past the bounds
set by her pride. II her love for
Tony is hopeless I won't hurt her
by taking the tininest step beyond
the barriers of her reticence.
"I1l telegraph Tony at once" I
said. "If the message reaches him
you'll hear from him tomorrow.
But he may be travelling now. His
own office may not be able to To-
cate him."
But at my words she raised her
haggard face and stared at me.
Hes my friend because he feels
that 1 once stood by Betty Win
ston and because he knows I'd al
ways stand by you," she whispered.
Hes a wonderful friend to both
Of u.s." 1 agreed with no particular
emphasis. And to Virginia Dal-
ton. But we're married women.
We don't need him. sometimes
think Tony must have that aching
sense of not belonging to anyone
special-that sense of not matter
ing which you described to me a
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The Rhyn,ing
>Optinlist
BY Aline Michaelis.

HH, when a man is much in love
he has a sort of blindness, he
swears his sweetheart is a
dove, whatever her unkindness. He
talks about her golden hair (she has
peroxide tresses) and dwells upon
her artless air (she wears Partisan
dresses). With ladies', too, It's Just
the same; unwon, her loves n won
der, but versed in matrimony's
gsme, she tells him: GO to thun-
der! Yes, once the shackles are
secure upon Friend Hubby's ankles,
he hears the truth, unvarnished,
pure, however much 1t rankles. AL
gernon once made such hit with
love.lorn Anastasia she thought that
all he did was II, but now her words
umaze you. Time was, she held him
up as great to all her friends and
cousins, but now she does not hesi-
tate to name his faults by dozens, he
finds he sometimes sips his tea, she
claims his ears are floppy: he often
slurs his final "g' and keeps his
clothing sloppy. Alas! It ever has
been thus; in courtship all Is charm.
ing, but after marriage folks can
fuss with ease that's most alarming.
So II might be wiser way n we re.
versed our wooing, and courted as
In covenants day and later did the
cooling,
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AdUice to the
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Falling in Love.
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
For the past four months I
have been going about with a young
man. When we started going out
he told me II was for a god time
only. although he thought every
fellow should marry some time. I
felt the incest kind of friendship at
first, but am becoming very inter-
ested, as he treats me with such re-
spect and is so kind to me. 1 do
not want to be unhappy over this
and am trying to decide II It is best
to refuse his invitations II am
twenty-nine and he la thirty-three.
He Ia very popular. I am not
pretty, but neat and stylish, also L
have a better education than he.
I IFE doesn't offer many written
guarantees. II you see enough
of the young man he may grow
fond OF you. IL you put him out
of your life you're bound to lose
him. Don't try to force matters.
But make up your mind that IL
this doesn't work out to your sat
isfaction you'll be grateful for
what you've had, and not go
whimpering about because you
didn't get all you hoped for. Busy
folks haven't time for broken
hearts,
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while ago. II may give him deep
comfort and satisfaction to feel that
you'll turn to him in your trouble"
"Oh-Anne," cried Carlotta.
Then her self-control snapped and
she flung out her arms in a gesture
of surrender and crumpled on the
Chaise lounge in her room, burying
herself in the pillows and giving
way to racking, tearing sobs which
shook her whole body. For a few
moments l let her be, then / knelt
at her side. put my arms about her
and drew her. close. Strong, sturdy
Carlotta-Carlotta of the flamboyant
clothes and the breezy manner
seemed now like a child who had
been hurt almost more than il could
understand or endure.
After a few moments she stirred,
smiled at me wistfully and MUIR
INJURED:
won't agonize like this again,
Anne. l know-things aren't any
too easy for you. / won't bother
you with my hurts. I'm just little
more lonesome for the dear old gen.
tleman who loved me than 1 know
how to endure like a decent hui
man."
IF I don't see you to the door
you'll forgive me?" she asked,
without stirring. This is going to
be your home, Anne. You'll get
into the habit of finding your way
about alone"
"of course" replied as cheerily
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about im'perooving our time, ,tsed
Ma. My deer old dad newer vast
ed a hour that 1 know of, sed Ma.
.she newer overlooked any bets,
that old gink, sed Pa.
What do you meen. Jest what
do you meen? sed Ma. Ma was
looking at Pa like she looks at the
butcher wen he brings the rong
kind Of bacon.
mean that you're father had n
vary acktive mind, sed Pa. He
newer was at n loss.
That is better, sed Ma. Quite
often you have made Remarks,
sed Ma, that wud maik me think
you are trying to B-littel my father.
If Mater ever made a Nobelman,
she made one the day she made
my father.
Yure father must of felt kind of
swelled up to have the saim birth
day as a Nobelman, sed Pa.
/ do not believe we will continue
this talk, sed Ma, Wen you git
one of those streeks & think yo,I
are witty, sed Ma, & droll, & hu-
merus, then II is time for me to
treet you with silent contemp, sed
Ma.
You may be as silent as YOU
want to be, sed Pa, 1t will be o. X.
with me.
Sumtimes growed UP peepul
wastes a lot Of time talking & not
saying nothing.
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By Ann Lisle.

~ ARLOTTA, bravely facing the
fact that her fathers death
leaves her alone in the world.
is a wistful figure. 1 know too
much about loneliness to dream
Of refusing her plea that I. make
arrangements at once to come and
stay with her.
60 back to the office this af-
ter many years. But tomorrow I'll
have plenty to do-though fathers
house is in order and has been for
many years. But tomorrow I'll
want you-Ill need you. So please
arrange matters at the office this
afternoon. Do your packing this
evening-and then come home pre-
pared to stay"
You mustn't have dinner alone"
Il began. "Ill come here from
the office and go over to the hotel
tonight for my packing"
And wear yourself out for
me?" demanded Carlotta. IT
should say not. I'll hang tight to
you when once I get you here
so you'd better enjoy your brief
freedom tonight. Jeanie and Pat
will have dinner with me.
couldn't be alone"
Agreeing. to her plan, I started
off, turning In the doorway to
repeat the question I'd put to her
several times.
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The Story of an Ambitious Young Sculp-
tor Who Goes to New York to Win
His Way to Fortune.

and -might as well be crossed. IT
can't even waste time on II. I've
work TO do. To reach those ends
I've got TO have life studies. I've
got 10 draw and model from the
nude. II that Is going TO involve
situations that are cramping. that
are embarrassing. the only thing
for me to do is TO move back to
quarters where I'll find freedom
the freedom I've got TO have"
She looked up quickly. at the
quick note of passion in that ulti-
matum of his. She was a woman
who seldom encountered opposition
and even less frequently counten-
anced 1t. Then she drew herself
together, with an effort.
my last promise to your mother,
Owen, was that I'd always help
you II / could. And / think I can
help you, for Notwithstanding my
loss of many liberties. I still have
a small amount of influence In this
city. So don't jump too youthfully
at snap judgments. I have no In
tention of interfering with what
you feel to be your life work. And
II you need women without clothes
on, for that work. by all means.
do what the other artists have to
do-only please keep them strictly
to your studio.
That. Storrow was prompted to
retort, was the trouble with ones
own family-they refused to real
ize that one ever grew up, that
one ever had a mind and a mission
of ones own. But one glance
across the studio at Charlotte's
face prompted him to sudden ST.
;lence. On that face he once more
saw what was, almost a look of
pleading. She was imploring him,
he felt, for patience. for the en-
durance of that, apparently, which
she herself has so often endured.
Yet the next moment his men,
ory had flashed back to the woman
of The Alwyn Arms. He pictured
her as she had sat halfdressed on
a trunk-top, abstractedly pulling on
g. pair of thin silk stockings.
Then his thoughts flashed still
deeper back into the past, as
thoughts have the habit of doing,
and he saw still another woman
an older and gentier-eyed woman.
: sitting on a broken marble bench
above the misty blue of Lake Erie.
boy, boy, I want you to be good"
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as I could. And it seems like
home already"
Then / went out-trying to per-
suade myself that / was happy at
the thought of giving up nv inde-
pendence and privacy and coming
to live with Carlotta in this big,
gloomy old house of hers.
l drove at once to Haldane's.
There / found Carl Booth all SYM
pathy when l told him Of Carlotta's
loss.
And you're going to stand by"
he said. You would. You might
straighten things out now so you
can give the rest Of the week to the
poor girl who's counting on you.
Oh-and as you won't be in Satur-
day I'll just make an order for your
salary. No back-talk, lady. I'm the
editor"
You're the original brick"' I
smiled. And the original wizard as
we'll"
Then I set about attending to my
work with a light heart. For now
i could settle my bills and leave
the hotel without any ugly balance
of debt to humiliate me.
In the midst of my fury of work
there suddenly came sharp rap at
the door. There was something so
imperative in the summons that I
flew to answer 1t with humping
heart and a premonition of trouble.
l threw open the door and there
stood Jeanie.
CTo BE Continued Tuesday,
The Washington times., 1921-10-22
The Story of an Ambitious Young Sculptor Who Goes to New
,ag York Hoping to Win His Way to Fortune in "A
EE E - That City IL. %5%.>i .>E',., n

that he already knew life much bet
ter than these women imagined.
these sheltered and shrouded wom-
en- whose lives were ruled by rite.
His eye followed Charlotte Kirkner
as she crossed the studio. as though
announcing her withdrawal from a
discussion which was proving dis
tasteful TO her.
A wave Of impatience swept
through him as he stared after her.
impatience at her reserves and re-
licences. her conventional 'shynesses
and her swift changes OF color pre-
texts, he told himself. he knew her
better than she knew herself. For
now he understood women. He
knew even her minutest line of body,
under it's undissimulating screen Of
clothing.
There was no longer any mys-
terry sabout that body. There was
no longer the alurement Of knowl.
edge denied. Her little poses and
evasions of sex were almost an ir-
ritation to him. They were tribal
affections and impostures, as hollow
as the veil Of harems. as transparent
as the obortive bride-flights OF the
Chippewas.
I'm a woman Of the world, Owen"
Agusta Kirkner was saying to him.
you may think I'm narrow. but the
one thing I like to see is results.
And can't help wondering II you'll
get results enough to make IT worth
while for what you'll have to pay
for this sort of thing"
Plain Conversation.
What" he demanded. will
have to pay"
1T seems to me you'll have to
pay the natural mans natural re-
spect for women. No. don't mis-
judge me. / know that all art is
noble enough, when it's big art.
But 1 also know something about
the studio set that frets about it's
fringes. I've seen them. both In
Paris and here at home. And you
can't get mixed up in that slack
Bohemian set without losing more
than you imagine. II you do. you'll
surely find yourself out Of It, out Of
life, out Of the center of things-the
things that count"
Storrow laughed. But It was a
.mirthless laugh.
well. it's like war" he protested.
1--WE got to take my chance in that.
But since form happens to be my
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ment apd had vanished from the
studio to walk the streets for
countless miles. leaving a dollar
bin in one OF the sadly worn shoes
OF that sadly puzzled young
"And IL will be impossible for
you to do your work without hav.
ing those women, come here?" his
thoughtful-eyed hostess was de-
manding OF him.
"All artists seem to use them"
he said with a perhaps unnecessary
assumption OF the world-weary. no
phistication, followed by a pregnant
enough glance up over his shoulder
towards a print Of Titan's Sacred
and Profane Love-" Augusta Kirk
ner and her daughter both followed
the line of his gaze. They both stood
for a moment In silence regarding
the bodily splendor of that half
reclining figure gazing 80 tran
GULLY out on a world where youth
wthered and passed away and
beauty itself vanished in tears In
time. '7
Conquered by Art.
The immemorial loveliness of :he
figure seemed to tranquilize them,
to touch them-into humility which
neither Of them attempted to artic-
ulate. The older woman, in fact.
crossed to a. chair and sat down in
it, with sigh.
I've been in the Borghese, Of
course" she admitted, with her gaze
now fastened on owen Storrow, and
arriving at the conclusion: without
being conscious of it, that this youth
was much more attractive than any
thing he might ever be able to cut
out of wax or mould out of clay. Il
know the Louvre. and I've always
known that such women were used,
of course. But I've never thought
of you. owen, as mixed up with this
sort of thing"
why not?" he demanded, de-
pressed by the prospect of those
obsolete and futile old problems
which it now seemed so foolish. to
revive.
II suppose it's because you're
not Titan or a Zoloagua, or even
an Epstein. You see, you're 50
young" ,,.I|s.
That" retorted Storrow, ''is a
sin which time may possibly cor
rect"
He was thinking, as he spoke,
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Garrett p. Serviss.
ANCALE, France, Oct. 21.-The
influence of the surface move

influence of the surface move
ments Of the sea over the cli-
mates Of lands is brought strongly
sinto evidence. for the visitor to CEN
strAl and northwestern France. Here.
Sin places from five to eight or nine
kdegrees north of the latitude of New
{ York, that Is to say as far from
sthe tropics as Canada and Labrador,
she may see palm trees flourishing in
5public and sometimes In private
sgrounds and gardens.
{ But destroy the Gulf Stream"
sand a climatic blight would fall upon
gall Of these now favored lands. Yet
ssome persons, even scientists, nave
sspoken of the Gulf Stream as II 1t
swere a myth. But that is what al
ways happens with scientific theo-
sries, even the most irrefragable of
sthem. The time is sure to come
swhen some iconoclast will arise and
make havoc with the axe Of destruc-
tive criticism.-
/ The delight of the iconoclastic
type Of mind, whether 1t deals with
shistory, politics, art or science, is
ssimply to smash things, and the
solder and more popular the things
tare the deeper the Joy Of annihilat-
ting them. The rule seems to be:
k.'Whatever has been believed in the
spast is wrong, and the longer 1t has
been believed the less truth there
as in 1t. So, down with It," Much
The Washington times., 1921-10-22

NATURES best germicide is
fresh air, and 1t is one Of
the best of tonics. Let it
be remembered that the body it.
self is to a great extent made up of
the essential constituents of air
oxygen and nitrogen. In order to
replenish the body's store Of these
vital elements every living-room
should be well ventilated and much
time spent in the open air. 1t will
readily be seen that fresh air is
quite as essential as food.
When cold weather comes, too
many people have a tendency to
close windows. II ventilation is
properly regulated drafts and chills
can be avoided. The free admis-
sion of fresh air dilutes a contami-
mated atmosphere and destroys the
germs of disease.
During the winter months, especial
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NEED OF GOOD AIR
1T is ONE OF THE BEST OF TONICS
Rv Rrce Rplden NJ ID. respiratory infection

ly when respiratory infections flour.
ish, proper ventilation will prevent
much illness and will insure greater
comfort as well as health. If there
is a lack of fresh air in offices and
factories and homes. germs will
grow and reproduce at far greater
rate, with corresponding increase Of
the chance of infection, for along
with the multiplication of disease
producing organisms will go a les
sening of the inmates vitality.
Just as plants will not thrive in
doors where there is overheating
and lack Of freely circulating and
fresh air, so human being living and
Working in similar circumstances
will not be vigorous. Children and
young adults are especially suscept-
ible to such pernicious conditions.
The debility so often noted in the
spring is to a large extent due TO the
continued sapping of vitality in this
manner during the winter months.
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N Arthur. Stringer, q
Wsll-known Novelist and Author
aG cauntrxuid. Rspu,.tion.

M OF Sountrywioo NoPuteo'
E<ku, HOPE to-" Storrow said with
4 sudden constraint, once more
conscious OF the perflous COM
: preston which was cheating him OF
the very air his timber wolf life
! demanded. And his instructive pas
sion for elbow room, for untram-
melled freedom of movement,
prompted him to add: But I may
shave some trouble, of course, about
getting models over here"
Models" demanded Augusta
Kirkner. What kind of models?"
The kind I'll always need for
my work." Storrow explained with
lla suavity which would have been
.recognized as dangerous by only
those who knew him well, figure
models"
Figure models?" repeated Au-
gusta Kirkner. The actual mean
ing of the words seemed to be en-
tering very slowly through to her
'consciouspess, You don't mean
women--women who make money
out iof their nakedness.
The Only Way.
"They wouldn't be of much use
TO me-" said Storrow, with a ten
dency to exalt in her slowly grow
!. ing horror-unless they were
naked" 49,
II he spoke with a calmness that
bordered slightly on flippancy, his
feelings were, more profoundly in
volved than he pretended. He
could remember only too wildly.
lin fact, at the trepidation at the en-
gagement of his first figure model.
He had known none of the ordinary
art students life-class initiation
into such things. and keen as he
was to correct his modelling in
THAT, ~of an Indian girls back. he
had been a very unhappy young
man as that first model came to
him one morning in Montreal and
quietly suggested that she could
3undress behind his screen.
He had stood listening to those
sounds Of unrobing, wincing at
the sight of lingerie flung care
lessly up across the screen top.
Then his courage had fai led him.
He had called out that he had re-
membered an overlooked engage
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to which she was prosecuting still
ardent youth.
II have to express myself" he
stubbornly and somewhat listlessly
contended.
well, IL you must do that, why
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This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary OF the birth, in 1911, Of
Franz List, Hungarian composer and pianist AS
performer, he has never been excelled friend Of
struggling genius he was beloved. He died in 1885,