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The Washington times., 1921-03-22

DEATH" Willard answered. but l.
it's very Important that i keep In
sight of that car we just passed.
Then / knew that willard had
seen. All of sudden it&cane over
me. - 1t did not take long for the
truth to penetrate my understand
ing. Willard had seen Juanita with
Alvarez. And he was trailing them.
He was jealous! The wretch!
He was so interested in that other
girl that he'd risk breaking my neck
to get her away from another man
or even just to find out where she
was going with another man. OF
course, he didn't think i knew. He
had thought | was so frightened
that | hadn't sAen who was in that
other. car,
By the time we got almost to my
home ] was getting furious. The
more l thought about things the
ing a lot.
I'll hate to leave you 10 alb
ruptly like this. Edy." Willard said,
when he was helping me out OF the
car. And he trieu to kiss me. But
] pushed him aside. "Ill see you
tomorrow night
"Oh, you will, will your" ask ed.
'I--Fm awfully sorry, willard, but
II can't see you tomorrow even
ing. 1 have an appointments
engagement with Sir. Alvarez"
BREAKING POINT.
alvarez" he echoed. Then he
seemed to reconsider. 'Of course,
i can't ask you not 10 so with him.
Edith. It's part OF our scheme,
isn't IL? But | do hate to see you
running around with such a rotter."
"He isn't "A rotter," | answered.
II know he wouldn't leave mo
like you're leaving me. Toto"
had reached the breaking point.
! simply couldn't Keep the tears
back any longer. They poured.
And Willard--as he said in the face
OF a woman's tears what can a
mere man do--he sat me right down
on the steps and ne sat right down
beside me and put an arm around
me- and said:
alvarez be damned Then he
added: Pardon my language. Edy.
But lin sick and tired OF this
whole wretched business. I-4you
don't know how IL hurts me to have
you believe all those things about
MEETINGS that are not so. II you
would only just let yourself know
that don't care about anybody but
you. Can't you. Edy-for my sake,
and for--for your couDiry's sake?"
know, of course, that there was
no occasion for laughter. But the melo-
dramatic sound of Wizards words
coupled perhaps with the fas that
l was nervous to the point OF hys-
terra. CAUSED me to laugh out loud.
Everybody stand while we sing
The Star Spangled Banner. I
teased. him. Honestly, Willard"
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When a Girl Marries
A Story OF
EARLY welded LIFE
By ANN LISLE.
VIRGINIA and were finishing

VIRGINIA and were finishing
M an early breakfast when
Hedgwig announced that Lyons
Lyons was waiting with the car.
please tell him I'll be ready In
fifteen minutes. He's much earlier
than I expected him to be-" re-
piled.
"It's just like our dear, reliable
old Tony to make sure the cars
ahead of schedule. so you won't
have to worry for a second" com
mented Virginia.
But when Lyons was driving me
up to town q little later / found
shed put the wrong Interpretation
on the situation. Turning in the
drivers seat. Lyons spoke to me.
respectfully:
81 made bold to drive out good
and early. ma 'am-seein' as how
my Bertha came out to Dreamwold
last night. and kinder figgered on
getting a little chance to visit with
her In case you wasn't ready"
Il hope you had nice little
visit" 1 replied.
Nom, can't say as how 1 did.
She had one Of her taptrums, and
tantrums is rare with my Bertha.
A sweeter tempered woman than
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Is Marriage ri a
Success?
Is 1T A GREAT PIECE OF woRKs


To Twenty-Four: Good things
come to those who wait.
My dear girl. to say, that you are
lonesome is alright, but to be
desperately looking for a husband
is fine for a story book. not for real
life. o.
Nave you ever stopped to think
what advancement you would make
in life IL you were married? Would
you feel that you had done a great
piece of work by so doing"
In your case, 1t Is best to join a
girls club, learn to dance II you
can, Just enough so as you can get
along at a party where there Will
be ornaments which we call men. |
am sure you will become acquainted
with some, and ! am certain you
will meet a man who will be con-
genial. He may not come up TO
your mark. but don't be too
particular. Use your judgment.
The girls who try to be good and
respectable do not always get left.
Think of girls who married not for
love, but for a man. How do they
turn out? That is the reason there
is q question "Is Marriage sue
cess?" / am sure you are good and
respectable, as all people should be-
but keep on being so whether you
find a man or not.i 1t Is better to
wait FIVE years than to be sorry
twenty-five. -
NINETEEN-YEAR- BROTHER.
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.BIRTHRIGHT.
a Fascinating Romance of Society In Which q
Poor Rich Girl Sponsors a ),
i Rich Poor Girl.

, light. and could see the protecting
look she loved on his face =
You're $3.50 decent, Pat" he
said. II wonder IL I've been right
to hold you SO all these years?"
But / wanted to be heidi" she
reminded him. "Why, Sid." she
added. tenderly, shave you got the
blues tonight?"
Horribly" he answered gloom
lily. II feel as IL I'd make such a
botch Of life. and of yours! II !
had 1t all to do over again, I'd
take you with me to Paris, Pat
We might have starved but we
wouldn't have minded IT,"
mo. we wouldn't. have minded
it," she echoed. And suddenly the
autumn evening seemed sad and
bleak and hopeless to her.
Now We talk Of more waiting!"
he said, bitterly.
1.-The lastw A sigh followed the
brave words. There was little
silence. &.
you think we ought to do it?"
he said: ending it.
Il am beginning to think so, Sidw
And for a moment they stood
looking at each other keehly, tre-
mendous things unsaid between
them. Once her breast rose on
quick breath, as If she would add
something to what she had said,
but the sentence died unborn. They
had waited a long time. and fresh
waiting was ahead. There was
nothing to say.
"REMINISCENCES.
Suddenly Patricia found herself
close to tears. Her eyes were fll-
ing, her mouth unsteady. She gave
him a quick pressure OF small
gloved hands. and a shaken smile.
The gate clicked. and the doorway
of the boarding house showed her
slender figure for Second, sill
houetted against a faint hall light.
Then the door closed
In the warm and odorous hall the
girl hesitated. Dinner. with a
great clicking of plates, was in
progress below stairs. But Pa
.tricia was not hungry, and she
slowly and wearily climbed the two
flights to her own room.
1t was small room, shabby and
crowded. The walls wore vague,
fowery paper. the curtains were
, limp. There was a wide couch with
a Bagdad tapestry over 1t, a rocking
chair, and a washstand half hidden
by stenciled burlap screen. A
large bureau was wedged in beside
the bed and the wall; a hinged gas
bracket could be moved to light the
mirror, or the book of a person ly-
ing In bed. Under the window was
big trunk. covered with a steamer
rug; and in this trunk were papers,
silver. forks and spoons, old jewelry
and odd bits of lace-all that was
left to the daughter of Colonel
Alexander 1ngoldsby Chesebrough,
and Marie Louise Page, his wife.
Sometimes the lonely occupant OF.
this room opened the trunk. and
filled her lap with daguerreotypes
and old letters. with carQ-cases of
filigree silver. and necklaces of Jet
and gold. She would unroll the
heavy, fringed brocade that had
been her mothers wedding gown,
she would sigh over the ivory glove
box from the Orient. and the Doul-
ton teacups.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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PERFECTLY PROPER.
DEAR BEATRICE FAIRFAX:


May / ask you for your kind ad-
I. Upon securing seats at a show
vice upon the following questions:
or moving picture house. and hav-
ing to pass row of persons in
order to obtain your seats, is it
proper for the young man to enter
the row first and have the lady
follow, or should the lady enter
first?
2. When girl is acquainted with
a young man for about four months
and has been going out with him.
does it seem too forward or i'm
proper for the girl to call this
young man up at his home and in
vite him to go with her to an af-
fair to which she alone has been
invited and has been ssk ed to bring
a friend? IN DOUBT.
You first question. no doubt. has
puzzled many others. II is proper for
the young lady to enter the row
first. even though she break her
neck stumbling over umbrellas or
canes or various other articles
which may be laid on the floor.
Custom and convention say she
must
1t is perfectly proper fer you to
call the young man up, toll him of
the Invitation, and ask him IL he
would like to go, and add that YOU
would like to have him go with
YOU.
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Prize Cake
Recipes
Washington's Best Sub
mitted in Times Cake
Contest. Clip Them.

MARBLED TILDEN CAKE.
~ pound butter.
cups Of pulverized sugar.
eggs.
/ cup of milk.
PA cups of -four.
~ cup of cornstarch
tablespoons of cocoa, dissolved
in little hot water.
teaspoons of baking powder.
Vanilla to flavor. l
Cream butter and sugar until
creamy, beat into this the eggs, one
at. a time, beating good and hard,
then add milk, next the flour. corn
starch and baking powder, well sifted
together, and vanilla; then take the
dissolved cocoa and water, with
part of the batter, and mix together
and put into the CREASED pan a layer
of the white batter and marble each
layer with the dark batter until all
the batter Is used, and bake in
moderate oven one hour,
The icing is made by taking the
juice of one lemon with one cup
of 4 X sugar mixed well together.
Mrs. NJ. Behrman, 713 E street
northeast.
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80 :$ $ The Washington Times Magazine Page C
The Hundred Dollar Question
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS:
Edith Livingston, a demobilized war.
ha With Grace akn .na hs5 Bob nIms GswortS ysu1s
married couple. finds employment as sec
retary to Eustibo Alvarez, Mexican oil
sise SnEy ''s
He pays her much attention, gives her
a $500 gold note. after she has discov-
cred him and Japanese studying map.
and takes her to lunch.
She. discoyers her sweetheart, willard
Saunders. dining with "a Spanish girl:
Edith, becomes suspicious as to what Is
going on in the office. She is satisfied
that no oil stock 10 being sold, but she
cannot guess what her mysterious EN-
ployer's real business ID.
Her employer. after paying her many
compliments and swearing her to the ut
most secrecy aa to what transpires In the
office. Expresses desire to be introduced
to her sweetheart, which amazes her. /
,Teass 70 Edith that he is mo,
there is no cause for Jealousy. He tells
Edith her employer will bear watching
s"i. and asks her to Spy on Alvarez She re-
through her employers desk she nnds a
picture of the same Spanish girl with
whom she saw her sweetheart dining.
Later she Is further surprised by a re-
quest from her sweetheart that she in
troduce him to her employer BY means
OF piece Of carbon paper which she Sc
gets copy Of cryptic telegram her
employer sent to someone In Mexico.
When she telephones her sweetheart about
her employers mysterious conduct Will
lard knows more about 1t than she cam
tell him,
Don't ever do that again, Edith"
he said in most stentorian tones.
you almost made me wreck the
car. We just missed that other
10 r. hraa
But l was hardly listening. ~
], was scared. was not afraid of
running into that other car. 1t
already had passed. But IL was
scared to death that the couple in
that other car had seen us. Willard,
i knew. had been so intent on
avoiding an accident that he hadn't
noticed. But my heart had al
most stopped beating when / had
looked into the front of that other
car-the car which my thoughtless
act had caused to Craze our own
and saw Mr.. Alvarez, and sitting
beside him--Juanita.
I'll neNr know how lived
through the rest of that ride. 1t
didn't last so terribly much longer.
willard turned around at the near
est corner, and we started back to-
ward home. He seemed terribly I'M
nerved by the accident. .,
II don't see why you have to drive
like a fire engine" l said, as he
turned and started back down Six
teenth street at break-neck speed.
welt isn't a case of life and
death--our getting home within the
next two minutes. is it," ] asked.
with veiled sarcasm.
1T isn't exactly a case OF life and
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81 suppose you're right. Edy," be
answered to my disappointment. i
had been happy when he said j
couldn't go with Mr.. Alvarez any
more. 1 like mastery man, al
though you perhaps wouldn't think
II. And 1t had hurt my feelings
that Willard was willing to let me
work for Mr.. Alvarez and go around
with him when he thought he was
all kinds of crook. And now he
was backing down. But Irit
shows how terribly much 1 trust
you. Edy." he added. "the fact that
l am willing to let you go with him.
do you" / put the question
hoping against hope that willard
would register indignant protest,
do you trust me enough. willard.
to let me go with Mr. Alvarez to-
morrow night to "a roadhouse out
on the Marlboro road
ITO BE COntinued Tomorrow)
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Advice to
Lovelorn (.
By Beatrice Fairfax.

LACKS MENTAL PRoMPTITUDE
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
The question that / wish to ask
cannot be applied to love.
am young man Of nineteen.
From my point of view. my mind Is
profound in one sense. yet / cannot
apply my talent in everyday life,
When q question is asked / feel
confident that / can answer II, but
even so my courage fails me.
lack mental promptitude.
Can you offer any suggestions
that might, enable me to overcome
this weakness? A. l..
I believe 1t is not mental promp-
titude you lack. I'll wager you are
shy and bashful The best way 10
overcome shynes Is to mingle with
people and talk to them. ALLY yrur-
self with social activities " hich are
alive. and make an effort TO talk.
The beginning will be easier II you
can talk to some one of kindred in
terest. ~
Make your brain rule your emo
tions. 1t can be done with little
effort. When you feel that flush of
bashfulness coming over you, keep
your mind on what you are think
ing about or talking about Prac-
tics will make perfect Supreme
interest in q subject will help you
out.
Practice in quick thinking may be.
obtained by taking the psychoiog.-'
csl tests made by the army. Get
a set of these and try to answer cor
rectly the questions asked in the
specified time or in shorter time.
Puzzles which require quick think
ing also are good practice.
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GO AS FAR AS
YOU LIKE

A large number of persons
who are evidently reading this
rameless serial with avidity, and
intend submitting titles. have
asked the question. How many
titles may / submit?"
In the beginning il was an
nounced that there will be no
rules or restrictions: everybody
except employees OF The Wash
lngton Times will be eligible to
compete for the 500 reward"
Therefore. each person may
submit as many titles as he or
she cares to-write.
A hundred or more titles have
already been submitted. Many
of them are wonderful. but
they don't mean anything" be-
cause the story is not yet finish
ed. Titles should not be sent in
until the last installment of the
serial has been printed.
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HAS A MODEL HUSBAND.

would like to answer Mrs. +.
J. p.
Model husbands are decidedly
not impossible. Il have one. lie is
clean both inside and out, having
been a professional and amateur
athlete for the last ten years, and
an ardent physical culturist now.
have never known him to lie,
but many times q lie would have
helped him, and he is considerate
of women, elderly people, and chill
dren: in fact, he is most boys hero.
His motto is. Play the game fair,
give everybody c:ean break, and
as he lives up to it he is not prone
to cheat MRS. H. T.. II.
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her never lived--but, get her riled
and--whoopee. she can say mouth
fun" ,ft fa~ -, 4
I'm sorry you irritsted her.
Lyons. Still. you'll be able to make
II up before long. For day or two
at least I'll be staying In town.
After that my plans depend on my
fathers. But imagine wen re-
turn to Dreamwold before Mr.. Nor
reys gets back and requires the
car he's so generously loaned U.S."
NON-cOMMITTAL.
II didnE~ frritate---" began
, Lyons Then his~tone changed to
-one of respectful yet keen shrewd-
ness. "If.you stay in town. ma'sm.
1 suppose you'd be- sendin' for He'd
wig to open the apartment"
For a moment 1t was ! who was
tongue to reprgve Lyons for imper-
tinence. 1b
I'm not likely to open my apart :
ment, Lyons" l said quietly and in
a tone of dismissal that procured
for me the silence I craved.
Left to myself. sank back among
the luxurious cushions OF Tony's
car and gave myself over to con-
sidering my problems. What !
was driving to meet couldn't
know. Father Andrews telegram
had been noncomnJfal, but it was
. at least half likely that l was on
the verge of a plunge into a situa-
tion which might disgrace Neal.
wasn't mentally At to cope with
Meals problems. His duty to him
self and his 'rightful attitude re-
garding, Phoebe eluded me. or
course. these weren't my problems.
But thinking of them kept me from
dwelling too bitterly on my separa-
tion from. Jim.
Never before had my need Of
Father Andrew been SO sore as 1t
was now. when perhaps couldn't
call ,on him for help. And il !
found myself cut off from asking
his aid and advice, to whom could
turn?- -.
STOPPED OLD MAN.
THE same ugly possibility which
threatened to cut me off from
Father Andrew would eliminate
Neal as q confidant. Once upon a
time / might have. thought 1 could
go to Lane Cosby for help. That
was out of the question now.
1t was just twenty-five minutes
past ten when we got to the sta
tion, so, observing carefully just
where Lyons barked the car,
rushed in to the bulletin board to
make sure of the time when the
train would arrive. as well as the
gate from. which the passengers
would come out.
The ten-thirty-fve was reported
on time and due on Track 19. l
hurried across the station ald
found place where / could peer
down the dark tunnel beyond the
gate. Presently a stream Of peo-
pie began pouring out. For mo-
ment or two i watched them idly.
Then my attention focused with
something like a jerk.
Up the long runway / saw Father
Andrew ploddi ng. After a Sminute
he got to the gata~stself and stood
there, peering about expectantly.
At his side was a stopped old man.
My heart began thudding like
/. .trip-hammer. | knew-knew be-
.yond the possibility of a mercitul
doubt! This must be the father |
hadn't seen. since I was a miserable
little half-starved child.
Ito BE Continued ThursdayD
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Hats Made OF
HairClOth
By Rita StuyYesant.

TOR between seasons wear there
are some decidedly smart hats
fashioned OF haircloth, candy
cloth and satin combinations. There
IL happy anticipation of spring in
the new arrivals, with their dainty
bits of floral trimming and colorful
silks. Turbans, tams and sailor
shapes run close rivalry, and II ~
left to individual taste to select a
becoming model
An unusual hat Is created from
haircloth in a cross-bar color. Jade
green. with a darker stripe. is
d!nped into close turban. with
wings" OF the material frayed at
tho endsJ This model is also shown
in rose. blue and lavender piaAis.
Satin tam effects are featured and
extremely youthful because of their
soft lines. Dark-brown satin en-
broidered in tan wool motif de-
velops a. snartly conservative hat
for early spring.
Hats OF this kind are very simple
to make. A shallow crown Of crino-
line is covered by a large circle OF
satin, and the front Is caught to
the shape by an embroidered motif.
The satin is then lightly draped to
either side to form wings.
Small hats with )either sailor or
turn-down brims are well liked in
all black and flower trimmed, al
though a colorful facing IL artisti-
cally chosen will lend charm. Tan
faille silk goes nicely with black
satin and deep rose shades are fat
tering, too. Long mesh wells, bor-
dered al, the bottom. generally ac-
company the /mall hats.
Candy cloth, too. is the medium
chosen through which many smart
hats express their beauty, and II
promises to be popular in the mil
lincry world during the coming
months.
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What Has Gone Before.

Patricia Chesebrough. lovely daughter
OF an old, impoverished family. 10 forced
to make her own way, in the world. She
n4s the entree into society her relatives
stsnd for culture, wealth and exclusive
ness. Into the city come the Pamers-
nobodies-made millionaires by a patent
madeleine concoction. The father dies.
leaving a rheumatic widow, a young.
virile son, and, q = daughter away q.
school. Mrs. Palmer asks Patricia to
call at The Castle" and her son, Dan.
Offers her &300 a month to act as IL
brarian. but really(to see that they enter
society, and $4,000 II Pansy marries
the, right man. Patricia, secretly en-
gagged to Sidney Hutchison, a poor artist
decides at first to scorn then to con-
slider the offer.
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Its all right, Edy," he said.
And / couldn't to save my life tell
by the tone of his voice whether
he was hurt or not go ahead
and laugh. I'd rather see you
laugh than cry any day."
Now. don't be an old silly" |
said. leaning over and giving him
the first voluntary kiss he'd got
ten from me in days. ''I-when
,you'rcswith me. Willard, l can feel
that you love me. But when j
think about that other glrl-oh,
willard, do wish this whole hor-
rible business was over, and We
We"
you will marry me. won't you,
Edy?" he asked. mistaking the
trend OF my words. Just as soon
as this thing is finished, Wen get
married and"
OBJECTS TO ALVAREZ.
won't promise. willard" said
II doni want to promise anything
as long as.-with my nerves like
they are. And-and besides. Will
lard" y teased further. "lt would
be foolish to become engaged TO a
man wasn't going to marry right
away. Because if l were engaged
to you | couldn't go with Mr.. AL
vareZ-"
"You shan't go with him any
way he burst out. IL won't
have, it--It isn't right. Edith. to
have you. seen around with a man
like Alvarez"
why. how absurd" l laughed.
How ridiculous, Willard. II
don't go around with Mr. Alvarez
how am l 10 get all that incrjminat-
ting information" ! simulated
austere seriousness--'and how"
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FRUIT CANDY.\

. Grind together in a meat grinder:
] 1b. fine raisfns
! ID. dates. stoned carefully
] lb. figs, cut in strips. to grind
easier
ID. almonds, blanched
lb. walnut kernels
lb. cocoanut, grated
Form into balls and roll in pow
dered sugar. These candies Keep
for weeks if carefully locked ur.
and are healthy. They are much
cheaper than the bought candies
and at Christmas time the eating
of these Snd similar candies does
no harm.--Mrs. Percy Duvall.
Copyright, 1920, by Mrs. Percy Duvall,
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For a Scratch

Scratches on dark oak furniture
may be greatly improved in, ap-
pearance by carefully painting the
scar with iodine. using as many
coats as necessary to produce the
desired depth OF color. When this
Is dry go over the whole piece of
furniture with good furniture
polish.
The Washington times., 1921-03-22

IL silk stockings are washed be-
fore they are worn they last much
longer. Washing softens the weave
and makes 1t. more pliable. thus
ohviating the tendency that even
good stockings have to form lad
ders
The Washington times., 1921-03-22

Cooking
JELLIED CHICKEN,

Dress, clean and cut up a fowl.
place in stew pan with two slices
of onion, cover with boiling water
and COOK slowly until the meat falls
from the bones. When half cooke ed
add tablespoonful salt. Remove
the chicken. reduce the stock by
further boiling, until it is near two
-cupfuls. Strain and skim off all
fat. Add one tablespoonful of gela-
tine soaked in four tablespoonfuls
water. Decorate a mould with
parsley and hard-boiled eggs. Pack
in the chicken meatepour the stock
over it, place in a cold place until
firm. When served garnish with
lettuce leaves-and use mayonnaise
dressing.--Mrs. Samuel Tayman.
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Ito He Co.tinued Tomorrow.