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The Washington times., 1921-03-09
Is Marriage q
Success?
NO REAL LOVE.

VIII some reader please tell me
why good husbands get such mean
wives and good women get such
bad husbands? 1t seems to me there
is no real love these days. i have
met some grand men. and some
know / could have cared for. But
they never called over the third
time, unless they could do as they
pleased, but. thank goodness, every
girl won't allow that My people
tell me to marry So-and-so. He
can give me a nice home, but that
seems like l would be selling my
self to him.
why is it a man doesn't want
girl that knows how to cook. sew,
and do all kinds OF housework Tor
a wife, but will marry one that
can't make a decent bed? There
are plenty OF girls that can enjoy
themselves more at home in the
evenings than they can running the
streets l think any man can nno
pleasure at home, when 1t is Kept
clean and neat, and a wife can do
IT without working herself to death.
don't expect to marry a duke
or a king, but do want nice man
that isn't afraid to do hispart l
would like to marry for love, but
guess / will take home, or would
II pay to wait a, while longer?
MOUNTA1NEER.
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and tried to make me promise that
/ wouldn't go out with Mr.. Alvarez
while he was away. But a kiss can
mean a lot of things. And you can
take IL from me the one / gave
willard on that fateful evening
didn't spell II love you"
And as for my promising not to
go out with Mr.. Alvarez again.
Well. / not only refused point blank
to make any such promise. but
filed demurrer. l informed Will
lard, without mincing words, that
/ was a girl not only of independent
thought but of independent actions.
And I think / made II plain to
him that he needn't stick around
like a piece of adhesive plaster.
A LITTLE TOO HAsTY.
He said he was leaving town at
midnight. And then he had the
nerve to stay over another day and
not let me know! And he had the
nerve to take that other girl out to
dinner, when he pretends to care
for me!
As said before. maybe I'd never
have known about 1t. Certainly he
didn't intend for me to. But truth
will out, you know. And SO will
duplicity.
/ was feeling lonely the follow
Ing evening-down in the depths
The Washington times., 1921-03-09
The Washington Times Magazine Page -
-HE time has come to repeat

|" HE time has come to repeat
the, warning-"Kil flies, and
- begin at once" During ev-
cry month Of the winter just passed.
ffes have been emerging from their
hiding holes in garrets. cellars,
barns. outhouses and other places of
refuge. thus giving visual proof
that they arc able to survive the
winter months and to come out, full
armed for mischief. In the earliest
spring sunshine
Nothing 10 altogether bad, and
fiies do some good. But the ratio
of the good to the evil that they
do ID certainly as low ~ 1 to 10.
About all that can be said for
them 10 that they are scavengers.
But their services in that way are
unnecessary, because the refuse
that they dispose Of can be better
disposed of otherwise.
The fly that so famfliarly sits
on your knee and delicately poi
ishes its head and wings will poi
son your food and kill your child
The Washington times., 1921-03-09
Prize Cake
Recipes
Washington's Best Sub
mitted in Times Cake
Contest. Clip Them.
HARRISBURG CAKE.

HARRISBURG CAKE
& eggs.
cups sugar.
cup boiling milk.
2 cups nour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
Beat eggs and sugar 20 minutes
Sift hour and baking powder three
timeA Flavor with vanilla
ICING
cup OF sugar.
n cup Of milk
square chocolate.
Boil until 1t forms Q soft ball
when dropped in cold water. Re-
move from fire, add small lump Of
butter. 2 teaspoons of marshmal
low, 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat
until thick enough to spread.-Mrs.
N. II. Reever. 1919 d street north
east.
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YES, AND AGAIN, YES.
rAP MISS FAIRFAX:

I have known a young man at
least four months, and he seems to
be right fond of me. He Is going to
give me one of his pictures. Would
Il be proper to accept it7 He ask
ed me for one.
Would II be all right for me TO
write to him, he Is going to leave
the city. LITTLE BLoNDf.
II you would like to have his
picture, OF course. accept IL Alss
write to him. IL you care to-
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|WhOKnOWS?

To Magazine Editor:
Perhaps this will help some of
your readers: To keep lettuce
fresh and sweet. wrap in damp
cheese cloth and put in cool place.
VIII some one tell me how to keep
lemons from getting hard--Mrs-
Mae Acker, 522 Irving street
northwest.
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STICK TO STUDIES.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am attending a local university.
I am twenty and am from New
Hampshire. Every one tells me
am handsome, so / suppose l am.
have large brown eyes. dark black
curly hair and a very bright COM
plexion. 1 have met many girls,
but at present ! am in love with a
beautiful blonde of sixteen. We
are thinking about getting married.
! don't know what to do, whether to
leave school or not. am sure that
IL / would let this girl go I'd never
get one like her. She is not bit
fresh and entertains me lovely a.
her home. / don't want to ask
mas advice. What would you do IL
you were in my place.
HEARTBROKEN ]. Nee.
Exactly what ma would tell you.
Stick to your studies, sonnie. Plenty
o. time for the girls. One so hand
some should never have any trouble
in finding a girl.
The Washington times., 1921-03-09
Power of Thrift

A person who saves $40 week
for fifty years and invests II, with
the resultant interest, will be worth
no less than 100000 at the end OF
that period. The power of com
pound interest nsns0 largely In
IT, ts1al
The Washington times., 1921-03-09
HES JUST A CAD.

DEAR MISS FAlRFAA:
A young fellow of twenty-three
years has been calling on me twice
a week for the past few months. He
showed me that he cared for mo
and naturally I also showed that 1
cared a good bit for him. Now that
he has made me care for him. he
says he has been deceiving me In
every way. I, guess he IL one OF
those kind that see how far a girl
The Washington times., 1921-03-09

The most distinguished society OIL
intellectually in France Is that Oh
the French Academy.
The Washington times., 1921-03-09
| Maryland
Cooking
Recipes From the Mel
wood Cook
Book.

(Clsp tho,n oSt and paste them
In yovr scrop book
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
"SHIMMY BUILDING"
IS NAME APPLIED TO
CHICAGO STRUCTURE

Chicago, May 15.-"The city
with the ornamental front door"
is the newest sobriquet pinned on
Chicago. 1t dates largely from the
erection, athwart the new Michi-
gan boulevard link" bridge. of a
great, ornamental white office
building Of thirty-five stories, nick
named because of it's eccentric
lines and unequal-angled appear
ance, the 'shimmy' building.
The "shimmy building is the
keystone in the arch of the city's
ornamental front door" Visible
for many miles, both from the
harbor and from north, south and
west, it marks the conveyance of
the Chicago river. the water gate
way to Chicago where Fort Dear
born once stood, and the famous
boulevard that now connects the
north and south sides of the city.
Fifty thousand automobiles, it is
conservatively estimated. pass the
"shimmy building" daily. 1t is not
to be wondered, then that the plans
of the Chicago plan commission
undertake to make this spot, favor
ed by traffic of land and water, the
municipal beauty spot of the world.
Establishment Of the bridgeheads,
with treatment in historical style,
is the first step authorized in this
development. Identification of the
surrounding property and of the
river itself will follow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
FIRE"

The cry of Fire" in a crowded theater can re-
suit in the deaths of scores of people.
And the cry of Insolvency" in bank can
result in the ruin of thousands 'of people.
An example of the danger of such madness was
furnished in the reports Wednesday night,
when Dallas national bank for six hours stood
off run of frenzied depostors.
Fortunately, the good of Dallas's bust
ness men and the loyalty of another bank, which
deposited 100000, saved the day, and when the
books were closed in the evening, the days de-
posts exceeded the Withdrawals by 1900 600 If
the bank had paid for it, 1t could have received
better advertising, the Dallas Clearing House
ISOLATION and the Eleventh District federal re-
serve bank giving it statements of confidence.
How, when or where the rumors of the banks
impending insolvency started not known
Wednesday night, but grand jury is investigating
The culprits ought to be given the limit of the law
if it can be shown that they acted through malice.
If the reports started from ignorance the man
or the men who responsible for them should
be publicly branded as numskulls who do not know
the A B of business
He who needlessly assas the solvency of q.
bank is the natural enemy of every depositor in
that bank.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
SCHOLARS--AND MEN.
fFrom the Philadelphia Public IL

(From the Philadelphia Public Ledger)
When Cecil Rhodes founded his famous schol-
arshps at oxford he stipulated that the men VINO
gained them were to be leaders not merely IN a
rank list but among their fellows. They must be
scholars and athletes too. They must be men OF
commanding influence and personal force.
Most schools have discovered the fallacy oil
assuming that high stand in the classroom as
sures professional eminence. A recent study by
Raymond Walters, of Lehigh University, OF the
careers of engineers shows that trained en-
gineers have done much better than those who
have not had the technical schooling and the foun-
dation of theory. But in educational insttu-
ton today less stress is laid on mere knowledge
and retentive memory than character.
We find Harvard's faculty giving Minnesota
junior, wounded veteran of the war, the hlBh
honor of of its chief scholarships, not for
scholastic excellence merely but for the qualities
that go to make up the composite of an all-round
man. This scholarship created in the name
of an admired and beloved football captain of a
few years ago. 1t was designed to emphasize the
characteristics that Francis Burr possessed 1t was
meant for the most like him in these en-
gaging particulars
Scholars of old, bent and worn with the lore of
classic tome and lonely mid night research would
have been scornful the award OF academic
distinction to any but a bookworm. Today we
know that a man prepared to face the world needs
more than what he found in print and learned by
rote at school We are prepared to bestoW schoas-
tic distinctions accordingly,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16

SONS are not good to eat, though
COWS do eat buttercups, | be-
lieve"
Well, If they aren't good to
eat, III take one to wear in my
buttonhole," chartered the Mon
key, "Ill take this big, pink
flower, and wear it when l go to
see the Blue Nosed Baboon," and
he reached forth his paw to take
he May Rose.
Look out!" cried Uncle Wig
gily.
"Pooh! You can't stop me from
taking a flower that way" sneer-
ed the Monkey. He made a grab
for the rose, but, a moment later,
he loudly howled with pain.
ooh, I'm stuck full of pins!
Pm stuck fun of needless" cried
the Monkey, as he felt the thorns
of the rose. "Oh, what did you
do to me, Uncle Wiggily?"
You did it to YOURSELF" an
swered the bunny gentleman as
the Monkey dropped the May
Rose and ran away. II thought
you knew that most roses had
LnOfnS, ana MT. LOnSearS laugh
ed at the funny faces the Mon
key made. Then Uncle Wiggily
picked up the May Rose, being
careful to use a leaf so the
thorns wouldn't stick his paws,
and Nurse Jane said her bouquet
was just beautiful.
SO if the egg heater doesn't
try to pick peaches off the Christ
mas tree to put in the rag dolls
stocking, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the porch
swing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
A MODERN CATO.

Our excellent friend, Hon. b. S. Rodey, has
clipped from the Journal recent story written
by the editor Of this paper, describing trip to the
modern little city of Clovis. Mr. Rodey mails this
clipping to with this comment:
And a letter like this written by Carl
Magee, on a trip like the one he describes
and not single word about the gravest and
most important question before the people
that is the lack of direct primary law!"
few years the following story was told
concerning an inveterate booster of an Oklahoma
town:
The booster while visiting a neighborng city
dropped into undertaking chapel, quite by ac-
cdent, where a simple funeral service was being
held over the body of unknown who had
died.
The undertaken asked if there was any one
the stranger or the certainty of death. After a
one has any remarks to make about the deceased
would like to make a few observations about
Tulsa"
Our friend Rodey is always ready to make a
few observations abou direct primary law.
His purpose is probably the that of
Cato OF ancient Rome, who began and closed every
speech upon whatever subject, with the words,
Carthage must be destroyed"
History records the fact that Carthage was
destroyed. Perhaps Mr. Rodey will succeed as well
in arousing public sentiment We hope so.
The Journal believes in the direct primary 1t
also believes that two and two make four. How
ever, not allow ourselves to be forced into
including either statement in every article, with
out regard to its pertinency
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
FL t?AS0ANS MAY BUILD
COUNTRY CLUB ON 1.-THE
ISLAND" IN RIO GRANDE
tBy The Associated Press.)

ri PasO, Tex. May I5.-Three
miles from the heart of FL Paso is
a strip of land containing 500 acres
known as the island" Although
because of q change in the course
of the Rio Grande the land is in
Mexican territory. it is on the
American side of the river.
Land on "the island" is cheap
and the place is close to paved
highway Hence, thirsty residents
Of Ell Paso have started a company
to form a country club to be built
on "the island" They claim that
it will have good surroundings and
that there would be no restrictions
on liquid refreshments. Juarez be-
ing close and the island" being
Mexican territory,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16

aren't you out a bit early,
Miss Rose?"
YES" was the answer, CT
should blossom in June, which
is next month, but 1 could not
wait, SO l blossomed in May, l am
a May rose"
"And I'm very glad" said I'm
Gle Wiggily. For you are one of
the most lovely flowers, though
violets and dandeions are nice,
too. Nurse Jane will put you all
together in a vase, and set you on
the table where you will fill the
bungalow with perfume"
The May Rose lifted her pink
head in delight at hearing this,
and Uncle Wiggily was just plac-
ing the lovely flower among the
others he had gathered, when,
all of a sudden, the bad old nose
pulling Monkey jumped down out
of tree, and caught Uncle Wig
gily by the coat tails.
Hold on! Where are you go
ing?" asked the Monkey in very
impolite tones.
why" answered the bunny, 81
was going back to Nurse Jane
with these flowers"
What flowers?" asked the
Monkey, looking sharply at I'M
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
ny HUSBAND ANDLz
Jane Phelps
.Eane Phelps

they entertained so deliberately
that l salved my conscience for
negleCting Helen by saying to my
self she could not afford to keep
up. Yet l knew very well walter
could afford as much as could
Tom. For even if his salary was
not so large, they had no children
and Helen did all her own work
except the laundry, while Tom
had five to feed, and four to dress
besides Norah's wages. But Helen
and Walter We're plain, practical
ly uneducated people, while all
of Toms friends were college
men, and society women, That
l was in the same class as Helen
made no difference. / was ambi-
tious, and Toms friends were
mine.
Carol Blackjack Presumes.
Now that there were no bills to
worry me | could be my natural
self with Tom. We We're very
happy at this time, at least 1 was,
and Tom appeared to be. The
children were we'll and | had no
trouble with them. My allowance
covered my expenses now that l
was caught up-though how long
it would do so was a question, so
there was nothing for Tom to
find fault about, or to cause us
to quarrel.
There was only one thing which
annoyed me us spring drew near
and that was Carol Blacklock's
actions. Several times he had said
things / neither understood nor
liked, and once he had taken me
in his arms and kissed me, but [
had forgiven him when he prom
ised not to do it again, and had
flattered me by saying l looked
so sweet he couldn't resist it.
Neither he nor l had ever mem
toned my debt to him. 1 had
gone on buying what l wished
at Callmans. and as before they
had sent the bills minus the
dreaded ''please remit" of the
other people--with whom l dealt
when / kept them waiting.
He spent more and more of his
time with me, and finally Tom
noticed and objected in a mild
way
OTIS a pity Blackjack hasn't
anything better to do than to
hang around drinking tea with
married women" he said once.
"a very innocent amusement"
I had replied.
Eyes, for a time, perhaps" and
the subject had been dropped.
Vivian too spoke of him to me
one day:
BE careful or you'll break
Carols heart! I have never known
him to be quite so persistent"
II am sure | shall never break
his or any other. mans heart. L
suppose L am old fashioned, but
Mapped to be fond of my
husband" 1 had laughingly re-
piled.
"It's good thing he's not
jealous" she had returned. II
should think he would be. Carol
Blackjack is a very fascinating
man"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16

Me and pop was taking a
wawk and tawking, especially me,
and we started to go past q man
with a wooden leg and accor-
deem, and he was playing the ac-
cordeen as if hadent had meny
lessins how to play, me saying to
pop, Hay pop, if / gave that man
cent would that be a act of
charity?
Most certeny, sed pop.
Well gosh, G, pop, I ony got
one cent a cent all got, l sed.
That would make the act of
charity all the greater, sed pop.
Well then [ think / will, l
sed.
WITCH I did, and the man
stopped playing the accordeen
and put the cent in his pockit,
saying, Thank you kindly, and
started to play the accordeen
agen, and me and pop kepp on
wawking, pop saying, Well, you've
done a CRATE act of charity, you
have given your intire fortune to
the poor, do you feel better or
verse?
Verse, l sed. WITCH I did, on
accordin of me not even having a
cent, and pop sed, Well Jest to
show you that bred thrown upon
the waiter shall retern to you
| will retern your money 2 fold,
in other verbs heers 2 cents in
sted of one.
Wich he gave them to me, me
thinking, G., herray. And we kepp
on Wawking till we started to go
back, and wen we started to go
past the one legged man with the
accordeen agen l had a good ideer
how to get cents insted of 2,
saying, Hay pop, l think III give
him my intire fortune agen.
WITCH l did, giving him the 2
cents and he took it saying Thank
you kindly, as if that was the
ony anser he knew, and me and
pop kepp on wawking without
pop saying enything about giving
me 4 cents insted of the 2 to
prove about the bred coming
back, and after a vile I sed, I
gave him my intire fortune agen,
pop and feel verse agen.
The Lord lOveth cheerful fiv-
err, iXpect your reward in hev-
vim, sed pop.
Me thinking, Aw heck.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
Bedtim g Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGITY AND THE
MAY ROSE.
BY Howard q, Garis,

Uncle Wiggily Longears, the
bunny rabbit gentleman, hoped
out on the porch Of his hollow
stump bungalow, and. looking
over to the woods and fields, sang
this little song:
April showers
Bring May flowers
Making gay and
Pleasant hours"
every true, Uncle Wiggily, very
true" spoke the voice of Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat
lady housekeeper, land if had
a few of those same May flowers.
which you say the April showers
bring, / would put them in vase
on the dining room table, and
then | would sing if l We're able. :
"Why?" asked the bunny gem
tleman, twinkling his pink nose
Just a teeny-weeny bit to one
side to see how it would look
that way.
"Why?" repeated Nurse Jane.
"Why, 1 want the May flowers SO
the dining room table will look
pretty when the animal ladies
come to visit me this afternoon,
Uncle Wiggily. They are coming
to help me sew for the poor
folk of Woodland"
"Then I'll hop off and get you
some flowers" said Mr.. Long
ears. 1--WE want the bungalow to
look pretty"
Taking his rcd. white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch out OF
the china closet, Uncle Wiggily
hoped over the fields and through
the woods, gathering many May
flowers in his paws.
This is quite a bouquet for
Nurse Jane" said the rabbit gem
tleman to himself, and then, all
of sudden, he saw a beautiful
rose growing on bush not far
from the path.
"Oh, may I pick you, Miss
Rose?" asked the bunny gentle
man. Nurse Jane, Fuzzy WuzzS
would like to have you in the
vase with other flowers for the
animal ladies to see"
oh, yes, pick me, by al
means" answered the lovely flow
er. "But be careful you dom
stick your paws on my thorns
Better take a piece of grape
vine leaf to wrap around my
stem"
So Uncle Wiggily did this. the
leaf keeping the .prickers from
sticking him. And as he srnellet
the rose. the bunny asked;
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-16
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
CHAPTER CXXYIT..

CHAPTER CXXVII..
Don't try-in words" he said
as the boy left the office.
ooh, but l must thank you"
I exclaimed. The touch of the crisp
notes in my hand made me feel
that l had a new lease on life,
that now l should get everything
straightened out, and Tom would
not be cross with me any more.
"You shall, some day." he said
with a meaning utterly lost on
me at the time. Then he opened
the door and bowed me out after
saying that he would come up
for a cup of tea the next after
noon.
How light and gay I felt as
hurried from one place to another
and paid the bills which could
not be put off longer without
Tom finding out about them.
Heloise' bill was considerably les
sened by the commissions coming
to me because of Vivian Morton's
extravagant orders. But much to
NV disgust Madame informed me
that she was going to discontinue
her habit of giving commissions.
That the times were such she
couldn't afford to do so longer.
My six hundred dollars was
nearly gone and | had not paid
Callman. He won't dun me, l
thought, 50 I'll not try to give
him anything, but Will buy ana
pay for some things ! had want
ed, but had not dared purchase,
as they We're luXuries could DO
without. An elaborate pale pink
silk tea gown, and silk under
wear, daintily trimmed with. lace
I never thought that the tea
gown was inappropriate to wear
in our simple surroundings, nor
that it was so perishable that
few times wearing would finish
it. 1t was lovely and becoming
That was all l thought of.
Old Friends for New.
For the first time since / came
home | went to sleep without
worrying about what l should do
if Tom found out how badly in
debt l was. That l owed Carol
Blackjack eight hundred dollars
with no possible way to pay 1t
never troubled me. He had said
| could have all the time l want
ed to pay it in, and I had taken
him at his word. l still believed
that it was only a matter of
short time when Tom would be
wealthy; and 1 could have any
thing l wanted as did Claire
Henderson, and Vivian Morton,
When that time came I would
pay my debt to Carol, and
planned too how I would. give
him the interest. The same as
the bank paid, then he would
lose nothing because of his kind
ness to me.
saw very little Of Helen and
Walter. We had been up there
once since l returned, and had
had them down to cards and
chatting dish party. But our
friends now We're all so wealthy;