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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20

Poor Old Paw.
 Willie-Paw?
 Paw-Yes, my son, what is it?
 Willie--Is a letter of credit capi tai letter?
 Paw-You get to bed, young man. You are getting too flip for your age!
 Whats the Fare to Knoxville? Don't get excited, men! Just form in line and be patient? We have good news for you! Iva Quarti lives in Knoxville, Tenn. Oh, Joy! The time has come to think of hooks
 And lines and bait; And hunt up shady, babbling brooks Where big bass wait. Does your wife know how to cook?" asked the Old Timer.
 "She is a graduate of a cooking school" said MT. Newlywed, proudly
 Well" said the Old Timer 'T hope she'll pan out wel!"
 Good Dope!
 When you are coming home from a hooch-and-home-brew party with friend it is we'll to hold tight to your friends arm and remember that State motto of Kentucky. United We Stand, Divided We Fall!"
 Strange! The ice man is a funny guy, In fact, he often makes me aigh; For, while he always makes me pay, know he gives his ice weigh.
 Ouch!
 What is a long time loan" asked the Old Fogy.
 Well there's that book you bor- rowed from me about four years ago, for instance replied the Crouch. Firms Is Firms No wonder a certain grocery store in Klondyke,. Ohio, is always crowd ed with women. I. N. T.ce runs the place. Wuff! The man in the moon I can't resist, He is a cheerful guy, by jings! know he must be an optiIni3t, He's always making light of things. His Motto We were interviewing the candi. date who was running for office. "And what is your fayorite mot toT we asked. "'Put Yourself In His Place." re- piled the Candidate. Names Is Names | Coy Swindle lives in HOltville, Cal Our Daily Special | Luck Favors Those Who Do Not Depend On It.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20
Ooof!

Does your wife know how to cook?" asked the Old Timer.
 "She is graduate of a cooking school" said MT. Newlywed, proudly.
 Well" said the Old Timer. T hope she'll pan out well!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20

Oh, Joy! The time has come to think of hooks And lines and bait; And hunt up shady, babbling brooks Where big bass wait
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20

Good Dope!
 When you are coming home from a hooch-and-home-b brew party with a friend it is we'll to hold tight to your State motto of Kentucky. United We Stand, Divided We Fall!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20

What's the Fare to Knoxville?
 Don't get excited, men! Just form in line and be patient? We have good news for you! Iva Quarti lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20
strange!

The ice man is a funny guy,
 In fact, he often makes me aigh; For, while he always makes me pay, I know he gives his ice weigh.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-20

Our Daily Special Luck Favors Those Who Do Not Depend On It.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
COURAGE TO THINK


all the temptations Of conser-
vatism, she finds the courage to 60
out into a new world with the man
she loves. He takes her to pow
erty. to conditions bordering on the
uncivilized. But in the midst Of
superstition and hatred and ugli-
ness. she finds the flowers Of his
country blooming and her own
nature satisfied because she was
true to the love which would not
let her rest.
or course, only q brave, strong
woman can go to the extremes Of
the story's heroine. But the world
Is filled with terror-stricken rabbit
souls lacking the courage to meet
any Of the big issues of life and Of
their own natures for fear Of what
people will say.
The girl who covers her face
with cheap makeup and brazens 4;
out in the clean sunlight fearless!
ly because all the other girls she
knows are painting their faces to
caricatures Of nature, would probably
not have the courage to 60
to work on q farm until her cheeks
glowed with real color. That isn't
done in her set.
The man who sits up half the
night gambling with his reckless
companions wouldn't dare tell the
boys that he couldn't meet them
because he's going to night school
to study and advance himself In
the world. That would rouse a guf!
faw among his ambitionless COM
panions. ",
The woman who drifts into a
loveless marriage with some nerer.
do-well who IL accepted in her So
cial group would probably not dare
to acknowledge her love for q man
Of greater attachments who happened
to eat with his knife. Nor would It
occur to her that manners can easily
be mendedrbut character il a thing
that can't be artificially produced.
To be happy and honest we need
only have standards Of our own and
have them high and fine and strung
enough to oppose the silly catchwcrd
Of an unthinking group to which we
happen to belong.
The courage to think and to tind
what you want Of life and then to
take II honestly would solve many
OF our problems. But IL Is easier
to drift with the group than II In
to rise above Il.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

you q few things about q man who
is supposed to be drug-mad.'
That's how II goes. But who Ia
NJ. 8. and who's r. G.. and what
can they tell me about q man
who's supposed to~be drug-mad'-
Dick West, in other words. This
says he's ready to quit" ass
Are you sure you're residing It
correctly" asked in a strangled
voice.
Certain sure, Babbs. Who are
M. 8. and X. CT"
m. s. is Mabel Storrs, the young
woman in charge OF Jim's office,
or at least I suppose So" replied.
Maybe she can tell us who r. c.
is. I'll try to locate her at once.
It's Sunday, you know. and / may
have a hard time reaching her."
TN go to Dad Lee at once. Then
after an early lunch, III hurry
right out to Miss Storrs' house."
IAN right, Babbs-that's fine.
And suppose at four or five you
drop in at Jeanie's and come home
here with Phoebe and me for tea.
Suit your"
"If I've finished the other things
in time" I replied evasively.
"Oh, Wen walt till Six" promised
Neal, 'or@ seven. Wait as long a.
we have to. So don't rush."
Go Be Continued Tuesday,
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

escaping. Just as I was opening my
lips TO tell kim not to bother about
the anonymous letter.. he forestallsd
me:
IT'S in a pigeonhole OF my desk
third from the left. Maybe yon
might as well read it--and then tear
II up. Guess II / weren't still %
done up, j wouldn't be raising such
a huliabloo over few lines Of
script"
Following directions. / rummaged
in the third pigeonhole from The
left until 1 found letter in a large
thick envelope which looked as II
II might once have held a wedding
invitation. Upon Neal informing me
that this was the letter he'd direc-
ted me to find l pulled open the en-
velope and extracted its contents.
"If you and a lady related to you
are looking for information about q
man who seems to like lodging you.
why don't you look for the woman
in the case? Either NJ. s. or r. c.
may tell you a few things about q
well that is dried up. Tell NJ. 8. to
let go. Her ex-sweetheart is ready
to quit. I'll say So"
This refers to Dick West-I'n
wager" cried; land it's something
about Jim's oil wells"
THAT isn't how read it, he pro-
tested. Give 1t to me a second,
will you, Babbs. Here's how Z
made that second sentence"
And Neal read:
EITHER NJ. s. or r. c. may tell
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
BY Ann Lisle.
'FTER Neal had made his de-

A FTER Neal had made his de-
~ mand that I tell him all I
knew Of Dick Vests part
In eur affairs, We sat In silence
for q minute or two. I could hear
Meals wrist watch ticking behind
me where his arm was flung along
the couch.
Neal" said at last pleadingly,
I'm more tired than you can guess
Of fighting this thing out alone.
But Jim asked me to--keep II all
to myself. I have to keep faith
with him-even II Il costs me the
love OF everyone in the family. 4
can't think what It would be to
lose your loye. lad-but maybe I'm
going to find out" I bowed my
head, afraid to look at my brothers
darkening face.
You're q brave girl. Babbs. A
little bit. Of all right. And I'd trust
you to fight West and the hordes
Of Satan, too. II you had to for the
man you love. So go II on your
own as long as you feel that's the
right thing to do-and when you
get ready to holler for Neal, he'll
be within calling distance even II
he's about four States away on the
map OF our country"
Meal. you're breaking some news
to me. Come, out with Il, lad!
Are you planning any-radical
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

Delightful Romance in Which Beautiful Girl Makes
Supreme Sacrifice For the Talented Young
Man She Loves.

Now a. he swung along under the
high stars he was thinking OF these
things. And he felt that he had not
tried her enough. had MT really
exerted himself--that women who
are fools require closer watching
than clever ones; that he codld have
overcome her scruples with any real
effort and saved her from giving
him the slip and sowing a wind In
Reno which already had become
enough OF breeze to bother him.
With Mary Ledwith, for a while,
he might be able to distract his
mind from this recent obsession
tormenting him. To overcome her
would interest him; and he had no
doubt IL could be done--for she was
a little fool---silly enough to slap the
world in the face and brave public
opinion at Reno. Mott was not
necessary to marry such q woman.
She might think so, but II wasn't.
He had behaved unwisely, too.
Why should he not have gone to see
her when she returned? by doing
80. and acting cleveriy. he could
have avoided trouble with his aunt
and also these annoying newspaper
paragraphs.
Also he could have avoided the
scene with Ledwith--and the abort.d
reconciliation just now with streisa,
where he had stood staring at the
apparition Of Mary Ledwith as lost
souls stand transfixed before the
pallid shades Of those whom they
have destroyed.
At his lodge-sate q halloween
ing dog fawned on him and he
kicked II aside. The bruised crca-
ture fled. and Sprowl turned In at
his gates and walked slowly ND the
cypress-bordered drive.
He thought II oil out that night.
studied Il carefully. What he needed
was distraction from the present
torment. Mary Ledwith could give
that to him. What q fool she had
been ever to imagine that she could
be anything more than his tempo
rary mistress.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Published BY arrangement with Intss.
national Feature servios Inc
tcspyrighf ~ Robert W. chambsn&S
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

But also every physical sense
In him was now fully, aroused
the siivery star-dusk, the scent Of
lilies, q slender woman within
arms reach--this woman who had
once been 30 nearly his--who was
stili rightfully his.--these circum.
stances were arousing him once
more to q temerity which his bet.
ter sense warned him 10 subdue.
Yet II he could only get nearer TO
her--if he could once get her into
his arms--overwheim her with tho
storm OF passon rising 90 swiftly
within him. almost choaking him
so that his voice and limbs
already trembied in its furious
A Disregarded Warning.
"strelsa--I love you'll For Gods
sake show me some mercyr' he
stammered. 81 come to you half
crazed by the solitude to which your
anger has consigned me. cannot
endure it, need you'll want you
II ask for your compassion"
"Hush!" she pleaded. hastily re-
treating before him through the
snowy banks of rockets. II have
asked you not to speak to me that
way! ! ask you to go--to 50 now!
--because-"
"wiil you listen to me? VIII you
wait q moment? I am only trying
TO tell you that love you. dear"
He almost caught her. but she
sprang aside. frightened. still re-
treating before him. -
IT cannot 60 until you listen to
me! he said thickiy, trampling
through the flowers to intercept her.
You've got to listen!--do you hear?"
She had almost reached the ter
race; the shadowy veranda opened
widely beyond.
There are people nerei Don't you
understand" she said once more in
a choking voice; but he only ad-
yanced, and she fell back before him
to the very edge of the porch lattice.
Now listen to mer' he said BE-
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
;bsorbng Story Of Hearts and High Society by thu
Master Hand Of the Most Gifted Living
Writer of Fiction.

came upon her moving about In the
dusky garden, 30 intent on inspect
ing her flowers that he was within q
pace Of her before she turned her
head and saw him.
"Strelsa." he said. can we not be
friends again? / ask no more than
that" rHt
Too surprised and annoyed to
reply, strelsa merely gazed at
Sprowi. And because. for the first
time in his life, perhaps, he really
felt every word he uttered. hsspoke
now with a certain simplicity and
self.controi that sounded unusual to
her ears-so noticsably unlike what
she knew Of him that II commanded
her unwilling attention.
For his objectionable brutality
and violence he asked forgiveness,
promising to serve her faithfully
and in friendship for the privilege
Of attempting to win back her re-
spect and regard. He asked only
that. .s~. e.. .
He said that he scarcely knew
what to do with his life without
the hope OF recovering her respect
and esteem: he asked for a beggar's
chance, begged for 1t with q candor
and naivette almost boyish so
directly to the point tended every
instinct in him TO recover through
caution and patience what he had
lost through carelessness and q
violence which still astonishsd him.
The Bermuda lilies were in bloom
and Strelsa stood near them. listen.
ing to him, touching the tall stalks
absently at intervals. And while she
listened she became more conscious
still OF the great change in herself,
Of her altered attitude toward no
much in life that once had seemed
to her important. After he had
ceased she still stood pensively
among the lilies. gray eyes brood
ing. At length. looking up. she said
very quietly;
"why do you care for my friend
ship. Langly? am not ths kind
OF woman you think me-not even
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
When a GirlMarries, Ann Isle s Popular Serial

You witohr' Neal flung back.
I'm planning something. but IL
isn't very radical. I'm going home
for a fortnight or so at the end of
the week"
ITO Father Andrew? That's
great. And OF course Dick West
won't trouble you while you're out
there"
Maybe so-maybe no." inter
posed Neal drily.
I What do you mean?" I asked.
You sound as II you knew some
thing. Has any report of Dick
West come from our part of the
country"
II got an anonymous letter.
replied Neal. II don't know what
II means. I'm not sure II means
anything. 1t may not refer to West
at ALL"
Let me see It," said idly.
IT couldn't do that"
There was a breathless quality to
Neale voice. His eyes avoided mine.
His Ace crimsoned.
Let me see IT, repeated firmly.
1T isn't fair to play with my feelings
at q time like this. It's downright
cruel" a. .
Neal sat in thought for a mo-
ment. As he hunched down and
screwed up his forhead in concen-
tration, decided that he was still
too much the invalid to be troubled
over anything ! could aid him in
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

tween his teeth. II love you and
I'll never give you Up"
BE siientr she whispered fierceiy.
II tell you what you say 10 indecent,
revolving! n there were man here
he'd kill you! DO you understand"
AZ the Same instant his eyes be.
came fixed on figure In white
which took shadowy shape on the
dark veranda, rising and coming
slowly forward.
Ghost.like NJ Il was, he knew Il
instantly. stood rooted In his tracks
while strelsa stole away from him
through the star.lit gloom. farther.
farther. slipping forever from him
now--he knew that as he stood there
staring like damned man upon that
other dim shape In the darkness
beyond. " IN
1t was his first glimpse Of her
since her return from Reno. And
now. unbidden. memories half
strangied were in fun resurrection.
gasping in his ears Of things that
had been--of forgotten passion. OF
pleasure promised; and. because
never tasted. II had been the true
and only pleasure for such q man
a. he-the pleasure OF anticipation.
But the world had never and win
never believe that Only he. and the
phantom there In the dusk before
him. knew II to be true.
The Old Folly.
Slightly reeling he turned away
In the darkness. In his haunted
ears sounded young wifss voice.
promising, caressins; through and
through him shot a thrill OF the
old excitement, the old desire, urE-
ing him again toward belated con-
summation. -a ..
And again the old irnpatience
seized him, the old ruthIessness, the
old anger at finding her weak in
every way except one. the old con-
tempt which had turned to sullen
amusement when she wrote Rim that
she had gone TO Reno and that they
must wait for their happiness until
the courts decreed II legal. J..
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
HOW TO LAUNDER
HOUSEKEEPER

thoroughly washed in water to
which a few soap flakes or a little
soap jelly has been added. 1t is
not advisable to boil silk lingerie.
However, for sanitary reasons, silk
should be soaked in a solution of
boracic acid before II is washed. An
hour or more of soaking should be
allowed for. RS ~, I.#
y Handkerchiefs, whether OF silk
or cotton. should be soaked in a
strong solution of boracic acid be,
fore being Numbered.
Where 1t Is possible dry in the
open air. Where this is not posi-.
BILE wiring out as much water as
possible and then wrap the arti-
Gle In thick Turkish towel. Press
and then hang over back of a chair
by the open window IL the weather
Is clear SO that as much fresh air as
possible may flow through the gar.
ment. nv. -
So many young women are wear.
ing the pretty lace and net vests
and collar and cuff sets thar a
word here concerning tine lauader.
ing OF them may NOT be out OF
place. The handmade blouse of soft
handkerchief linen also has the habit
Of either being too stiff when starch
is used or Is not stiff enough when
no starch In used.
After washing these articles with
the soap solution and thoroughly
rinsing, a little bit of well-stirred.in
bluing may be- added to the last
water. A white bowl Ia best TO use
in preparing the blue water To
give the stiffness so desirable In new
bits of net and lace and fine shirt.
waists add level tablespoon OF
borax---NOT boracic acid-to the
bluing water. When you iron these
things so dear TO the heart Of every
woman you viii be delighted with
the crispness the article win assume.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

the kind once thought myself.
To me friendship 10 no light thing
either to ask for or to give. II
means more to me than Il once did:
and give II very. seldom, and spar
ingly, and 20 very. very few. But
toward everybody am gently dis
posed-because. I am much happier
than ever have been in all my life.
's' II not my good win sufficient
for any possible relations between
you and msf"
"Then you are no longer angry
with met" U.s..
Mono longer angry"
"Can we be friends again? Can
you really forgive me. Strelsa?"
A Direct Rebuff. ~,
'whyLyes. I could do that
But Langly. whac have you and I
IN common as o basis for friend
ship? What have we ever had In
commoh?' Except when we en-
oountered each aher by hazard.
why should we ever. meet. at ALP
you have, not pardoned me,
Strelsa," he said patiently.
Does that really make any diff
ferenc to your It doesn't to me.
1t Is only because never think of
you that It would be an effort to
forgive you. I'll make that effort
IL you wish, but really, Langiy,
never think Of you at ALL"
III. that II true. let me be with
you sometimes. strelsa," he said In
Q low. voice.
"why?
. Because L. am .wretchediy IN.
happy. And I care for you-mors
than you realize"
She said seriously: '''You have
no right to speak that way to me,
Langi y"
Gould you ever again give me
the right to say love your"
A quick flush of displeasure
touched her. cheeks; he saw It in
the dusk Of the garden, and mis-.
took u utterly:
"Strelsa--listen 10 me dear!
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


Why do men want to kiss every
girl they go out with? How can
they do it-kiss any girl at ali,
let her be good, bad or indifferent?
Just to try and find one who
values his kisses / have started
making dates with different ones,
on a bet that can't find two out
Of fifty who will not want q good
night kiss. pick out twenty five
with whom I am to make q date
and the one with whom I am bet
ting picks the other twenty-five.
/ have already been out with ten
OF the ones picked out by the
other party and all out of the ten
insisted on kissing me. I value my
kisses too much to throw them
away on any Tom, Dick or Harry
that comes along.
Miss Fairfax, do you think that
l will win my bet or do you think
the other person will win7
CONTESTANT.
If you have set your heart on
winning your bet, Of course youIl
do 30. 1t lies within the>power Of
every woman to tempt the man.
This you probably do just to see
II he viii ask for kiss. Would
he ask for one II you did not en-.
courage him in the asking7 OF
course, II a man believes a girl
wants a goodnight kiss, he'll be
sport enough to be accommodat-
ing, even II he had no keen desire
for the kiss. So there you are.
am sure a great many OF my
readers would like to know where
you two girls have found the fifty
unattached kissable males. The
task OF going out with each one
must be an artuous one.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
NO FALSE FACES
NOT WANTED IN THE SCHOOL ROOM

God gave you the natural ele-
ments OF beautiful face IL you
will only Use few simple meas
ures to make it such. First Of all.
battle your face every morning in
tepid water. using mild soap. Then
apply . dash Of cold water, about as
cold as you would have It for drink
ing purpose. Follow this with
a thorough massage, pressing
through the towel with the balls
of the fingers till the skin seems
to touch the bone. Include the
forehead and the eye sockets in
this rubbing.
Thus, you will give the face a
rudy glow and a full fresh appear.
ance. The same morning treat
ment Of the entire body is won.
derfuliy invigorating and should
be worth an average OF ten per cent
increase in your school grades. Con.
tinue this facial massage for a week
or two. using a little powder to
smooth 1t off, and you will soon be-
come proud Of your improved ap-
pearance.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08

SSNALSE eyebrows, lip sticks
and rouge are forbidden
in this high school. Girls
appearing In classrooms or assem-
bly, with painted faces will be asked
. to remove the extra complexion
Thus the girls OF aLhfeh school
OF 1000 were somewhat startled at
the fail opening b. OF the foregoing
notice glaring at than from con-
spicuous place In the corridor Of
the building.
- 1T is all right for q high school
girl to powder her nose a bit, like
wise her face, II It II shiny" said
the principal and the author OF the
ban, but the girl who paints makes
herself liable to ridicule. We have
decided to call off the rouge"
The principal u entirely right.
No girl Of the high school age
need have a complexion to be asham-
ed of. II her face IL below par she
needs therapeutic treatment, not
rouge. And. now, TO the face-paint-
ing school girl herself want to suK.
gest a few methods.
The Washington times., 1921-10-08
FOR THE LTGH.
By LOrettO C.. Lynch
THE unthinking often heap un

"HE unthinling often heap un-
just criticism upon women Of
small income who indulge in
silk lingerie. Yet the average work.
ing woman IL not nearly 30 given to
would have US believe. Women buy
silk things for one reason, because.
they are easy to launder. &
A girl who must do her own little
light housekeeping asks me to help
her In her laundry problem. What
shall she buy? How shall she go
about laundering some of the things
that go to make up her scant little
wardrobe 30 that she may appear
neat and clean7 @
She tells me there IL running
water in her room and the luxury
of electric current. To this girl I'd
say. Buy one Of those grass and
bamboo shirtwaist boxes in which
to keep your laundry equipment
when not In use. Obtain an iron
ing board that may easily FIT into
your box. Cover the board with
several thicknesses of heavy ma
terial and then carefully stretch
over II a piece Of strong muslin"
Obtain a gallon cook pot with
cover to be used when you must
boil your laundry. and, OF course,
use, II for nothing else. II a gallon
size y too large, a smaller one
will do.
A box OF soap flakes or a lar OF
soap jelly made by dissolving a bar
OF good white soap In a quart OF
boiling water should be among the
laundry equipment. At least 6 cents
worth Of borax, similar amount of
boracic acid, cake Of solid biuing.
some trail papers, and the best cleo.
trio iron you can afford to buy
should be on hand.
Cotton may be boiled after n m