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Although there isn't . speck OF
truth In IL. I'm quite sure that
Grace and Bob think that's one rea-
son I came to Washington-becau
Willard was here. And I'm not so
sure that Willard doesTt think 80
himself. Men are so ash ninety con-
ceited at times. e..
Willard will be homo tomorrow.
Just now and for the past three
weeks he's beon away with his Sem
ator. / say his Senator" because
wiilard's his secretary. you know
stumping for Harding or for Cox.
I'm not quite sure which. And that
doesn't particularly ufatter.
What does matter 10 this:
WHAT ME WILL DO.
When willard gets home and nnds
that I'm still walking the streets OF
Washington looking for work. he's
going to get up in the air. And
when willard gets up in the AIR.
something happens.
First he'll insist that marry him
and settle down in that little apart
ment he says he can rent from a
friend of his out on r street. and
forget about any kind of work that
hasn't to do with washing dishes
and making beds and cooking waf-
fes. willard just adores wanlesc
Frequently he and ! and Grace ana
Bob 20 down to the Washington on
Sunday morning and have breakfast
1ust for the waffles we get there.
But I digress.
AsI was saying, nrst Willard will
insist that / join him in little jour
ney down to the court house and ask
Colonel Kroll for one OF those per
mits" he hands out, and then DO
fox trot down the aisle and let him
put a gold band on my hnger while
/ promise to love. honor and obey
to say nothing of cooking his meals
and keeping his socks mended.
And l, well, / don't want goio
band on my finger. l want some
thing platinum and diamond stud
ded. And / can't say that I'm quite
ready to settle down to that COOK
ing and mending business
Next, after I've told Willard all
this in 30 many ."cold. cruel" words
that's when he'll 60 up in the air.
And that's when something Will
happen.
What will happen-the way
dope 1t out in my experienced cram
ium-is that willard will write q
long sob story home to mother about
her poor daughter being alone and
unprotected in a cold and heartless
world, and walking the soles on her
French vamps looking for work.
And mother'll write or wire Grace
and tell her to send me home. And
Grace, / know she love me, the old
dear, but sometimes I feel that she'd
be terribly glad to get rid Of the re-
sponsibility of me-wsuld send me
home.
TEARS WILL ROLL.
And l don't want to go home. l
love Washington. Why. sometimes
when / think about leaving II l
can't keep the tears from rolling
down my cheeks and messing up my
dollar-a-box rouge. When I think
that never again will I dance at 81
Marks or at Wardman Park. and
that never again win l ride through
Rock Creek Park and see all the
animals and the green trees and
the funny little fords over the
creek-why. I. well, wonder II life
would be worth while.
II I marry Willard i could stay In
Washington. I'd have to stay here
part of the time, anyway. And
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ping that coin when Grace entered
What on earth are you doing.
Edy?" she asked. Not brooding.
I hope"
/ fumbled the coin in my hand,
preparatory to tossing II. when
you came in, Grace" / said. Il was
just on the verge of deciding the
fate of a-to myself at least-most
important person"
"Meaning?' Grace led in her own
quiet way.
Meaning" as spoke Tipped
the coin into the air, and when IL
came down / put my hand over II
for a second while.I finished speak
ing. Meaning that by the flip of
that coin, Grace, have I sealed my
fate. Meaning. to be more explicit,
that I'm tired-darned tired, IL you
don't mind--of tramping the streets
like the poor orphan in the paper
back novel looking for work. And
meaning still further" as i spoke
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BOOKS

ZIZrS CAREER By Evelyn Van Buren.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany.
~Zixrs Career Is something Of q
literary novelty and will be read BY
half q dozen different readers with
a. many varying opinions, perhaps,
n to Its merits. Undeniably, II
possesses \ certain charm and, as
the books cover so aptly puts II,
cit In original in conception and in
dfvidual in treatment"
''Zixi," short for Zephyr. Is a
young girl who is reared by her
grandparents, while her mother. a
woman of youth and beauty. is
forced to sock the higher attitudes
Of the West for her health. On the
read to recovery, her letters indi-
cate q constant and mysterious in
crease in prosperity, although her
reports as to the source OF this sre
particularly vague.
Finally. she sends for Zizi, the
elder of her two daughters, and ar
rivinp the girl finds that the mother
has married again, although she
has failed to inform the new hus-
band that she is the mother OF two
children. She decides to train Zizi
for the stage, and the girl under
goes q course of study. while the
mother sealously guards the secret.
Succeeding Incidents are just as
unusual, leading to an unlooked-for
climax. But whatever opinion the
casual reader may have as to the
books merits, he will agree that the
story certainly holds the interest
throughout. and. after all. what
more can one Aakf
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Luxury or
Evil

Is smoking in a theater a luxury
to be enjoyed In the most desirable
and expensive seats or IL II
necessary evil to be tolerated only
in top balconies and the cheaper
locations?
Theaters which permit smoking
have their own systems OF deciding
this custom. In some playhouses
license to burn the weed II obtained
only in the choicest seats, and the
smoker pays extra for the privilege.
In other theaters OF equal class the
Rest seats are forbidden grourN for
the smoker. He is relegated to
the roof or undesirable sections OF
the balconies.
whether smoking In q luxury, or
an evil In the theater or neighDor-
hood movie seems To depend largely
on the sentiment of the community
and clientle OF the house as In
terpreted by the management
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Advice to
LovelOrn
FOR "BLUE EYES,
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

"Blue Eyes" must not take the
doctor fourteen years her senior
too seriously. If his love for her
Is so great, why does he not
marry her! or is he already mar
ried?
i once was a young nurse twen-
ty-three and worked with a doctor
sixteen years my senior whose at
titude toward me was somewhat"
that of a lover. Every evening he
took me to dinner with him, to
the theater and nearly every mo-
ment that was not in the office
was spent with him.
My friends nagged, but his love
for me was so great he would not
release me and could not hurt
him by leaving him. Over Eve
years. stuck to him only to learn
in the end that he held me because
his patients liked me and because
my staying solved the getting
another nurse.
Remember. dear child. this doc
tor has probably trained you to be
of valuable assistance to him. and
he does not care for the difficult
task of breaking in a new nurse.
Men are selfish! You will never
be twenty-three again with your
hopeful vision and present oppor-
tunities, but above all remember
THAT action speaks louder than
words"
II he loves you he will act II
you are only one of many he as
sumes that wonderful attitude to-
wards, he will find way OF
squirming out the present situa-
tion, for men are clever. and you
will probably be shocked to find
he has someone just as young and
attractive ready to step into your
place.
ONE WHO HAS SEEN MANY
THINGS.
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then Slower. putting on his cigar.
said casually; "Pve won out. Oar
ley, but As I said before I'm not
going to take an unfair advantage
unless you force me. Now IL you
want to bargain I've left . way
open"
WILL TAKE MEDICINE.
"Dsrley looked up. -And that
"Your daughter"
The words seemed to stun the
older man. who rose from his chair
and with blazing eyes demanded
what Slower meant
''See here, you needn't get sxcitsd
I'm not asking for anything out Of
reason, am L? Look at this thing
calmly. barley. I'm a rich man. I've
made my own way, I1l\be governor
of this State before I'm done, I've set
my heart on getting In with the right
people and / want to marry right"
Good God, man! Don't you know
my daughters engagedy"
81 know that. but she isn't mar
ried. is she? Engagements have
been broken before now, and what
does she want to marry little
runt like that for?"
III epitS W tuc Va
the proposal. barley felt the humor
of II. He might as well play the
good sport and bow to the inevita-
BILE without robbing himself of his
own self-respect.
my dear Mr.. Slower" he said.
"I appreciate the honor you do me
and my daughter by your offer, but
I couldn't think of debating to her
whom she should marry: she's done
that for herself already. I'm afraid
you wouldn't stand much of .
show"
"You refuse then" said Slower.
absolutely! Vote your proxies
and 20 the limit. I'll take my medi-
cine. That's my answer. Mr.. Slower.
and the quicker you take yourself
out of my house the better I'll be
pleased"
What Mr.. Slower was about to
say will never be recorded, for at
that moment the impeccable butler
entered and with a slight bow to
his employer. delivered a message.
Miss Darley. sir. wishes me to
ask you to request Mr.. Slower to
remain"
"Ah. with pleasure" Slower
grinned. Sorry to butt in. but az
long as Niss Darley insists I'll go
back with you"
barley lnoked at Peter with ILL
concealed surprise, but the buffers
face was impassive.
To He ContinueA Monday.
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<<D EATH gave Sheldon backr'
repeated after Evvy with
- a stunned feeling that she

<<N EATH gave Sheldon backT
Irepeated after Envy with
- q stunned feeling that she
wasn't entirely sane.
Her sudden warm smile reas-
sured me even before she spoke.
"If he'd gone on living he might
have gone on being the man I'd
made him I'd un-made him. don't
you sec that. Amer
Yea I see." replied doubtfuIly.
ANY blunder he made--any tragic
blunder he almost persuaded some
one else TO mako--as my fault. my
doing. You have to Judge me. not
the others- ] drove them over the
precipice.~
-You seem like another Ev~y." I
murmured-
Then don't you see how death
gave him back to met" asked Envy
quietly. "It's his actual living pres
ence that's changing me. His love
survived everything. HIS spirit
survives everything. too"
Then you couldn't want to pun
ish any one--to revenge yourself on
any one7 oh. forgive me for say
ing what I once thoughtp cried.
shamed by the quick look of hurt
In Evvys eyes. What meant was
that / wished you'd write Val and
tell her how gentle and kind your.
feelings are"
wal knows returned Envy.
That was all settled between us
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SwEETBREADS

When buying sweetbreads. insist
on having the best Cook in enough
water to cover. to which add a little
salt. When the sweetbreads are
cooked, remove the skin that COW
ers .hem and they are ready to COM
bine with whatever you have in
tended to use.
Sweetbreads and peas are hne for
q luncheon or as a course.
Drain the peas. fresh or canned:
II the latter, use the best Belgian
peas. They are better than the
French peas and are not colored ar
tifcially. Place the sweetbreads in
a copper pan, in which they are to
be served. A rich white sauce or
cream sauce Is made, and the peas
are added to the sauce. The whole
is poured over the sweetbreads and
fine crumbs over all, just a busting
of the crumbs. Place in the oven
lust long enough to brown the
crumbs. This browning may be
omitted II a white dish Is desired.
In this case sprinkle minced pars-
ley over the dish and keep in the
oven in order to have II hot until
the minute to send It to the table.
Sweetbreads with crabmeat and
mushrooms IL a very rich and elab-
crate dish, but there Is nothing
more delicious.
1 pit Of the best possible crab
meat.
1 ID. OF fresh mushrooms. or two
boxes IL they are canned.
2 sweetbreads, cooked as above.
! pt of cream.
The mushrooms. II fresh, must be
cleaned and cooked in butter and a
tablespoonful of water until tender.
II the canned mushroom is used,
use the liquor in the can. Boil these
canned mushrooms until there Is al
most no liquor left in the vessel
In this way the mushrooms are hot
This is the only reason for cooking
them. There must be no stirring
after the ingredients are placed In
the casserole with the crabmeat, but
each ingredient must be HOT when
1t is added to the others
Put the cream In the casserole
hrst As soon as that Is hot add the
sweetbreads, cut in dice. Then the
mushrooms, disposing them over the
sweetbreads evenly. Rub a table,
% spoonful OF flour and fresh butter
together and. using a silver fork.
thicken the cream. and at the same
time cover the sweetbreads and
mushrooms with the sauce. Add
salt and pepper as Il Is being stir
red. Lastly, add the crabmeat,
which must be busted with pepper
and salt before II In added. Try to
keep the pieces OF crabmeat as
large as possible. The whole should
be we'll busted with paprika before
serving. In the old days a glass OF
sherry was added to the cream at
the last mlnute.-Mrs. Percy Du-
vail.
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When a Girl Marries
+. A Story of
EARLY Welded LIFE
By ANN LISLE.

before she went away with her man.
For Lane Ia her man"
, Her eyes were nxed on mine
with a look OF anxiety and warning.
Lane Is her man." I repeated.
tncredulous despite my declaration
that wasn't sitting In Judgment
Yes" repeated Envy with con-
viction. Val has my tragic fault
OF wanting what she can't have
I'm trying to believe you. Evvy."
"Oh. IL ID truei IL was true even
when she nirted with Jim because
he was yours. Even when sho
thought she cared for my poor
Shelly just because he was mine.
I've been that kind Of tragic fool
too. So know. So many women
make the same biunder and pay
terribly. I'm paying-and Shelly
paid. SO what good will IL do for
Val to suffer any more?"
''She couldn't get OF scott free
no matter how much I wanted
that Shed paid already. Paid
terribly. Why should Val pay any
more. Amer"
well. she won't" Il replied
calmly. "Since you don't demand
your pound of flesh, she's through
paying. You'll never say a word
of all this 10 a living soul Nei-
ther will !. That promise Is what
you're waiting for. isn't itT'
WAITING FOR COURAGE.
Envy shook her head and took
my hands in hers with a tender
ness / hadn't ever before dreamed
could be hers.
mo. Anne, that's not what I'm
waiting for. l knew you'd never
say a word OF all this tangle we
can't ever hope fully to UNDER
stand. What I'm waiting for II
the courage to say something to
you"
what could you be afraid to
say-after this?" I asked.
Something that may hurt you
/ know how / used to hurt you.
l used to try. That you don't hate
me for 1t shows what a big woman
you are. I've just found you and
your friendship. Anne. / can't bear
TO lose you again. And yet
Il don't think we could ever stop
being friends now" broke In
But what can you have to say
that will hurt me? I'm SO outside
all this"
You're inside what have to
say. In IL terribly. It's about
Val and her happiness. When we
were talking about her-about our
tragedy-she showed ne something
she'd been wearing even on that
awful day. 1t was something she
never went without. Her tails
man. l think she'd have been true
to it even II fate hadn't saved her.
1t was Lanes first present to her.
Anne. An octagon gold piece. I
saw its mate in your hand today.
If Lane could give that away
Her voice trailed Off and we sat
staring at each other, wondering
what the end of that sentence must
be.
To BE Continued Tuesday.
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OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE.
Is Marriage
A Success?
MRS. LADY TEMPER

Having read your very sad story II
reminds me very much OF an occurrences
which happened in my boyhood days.
and I certainly agree with your hus-
band, and / think the only trouble Is,
he doesn't give you enough Of the
switch.
think a woman should be pun
ished for bad temper the same as
bad child, for no man can have a
home unless he is master of his own
house. / am not upholding a man
in any of his wrongdoing. but IL he
does right there should be no out
burst of rage and temper. and
will say he has adopted the right
course and should continue, and J
bet you will be a different woman
IL you really love your husband.
TREAT THEM ROUGH.
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REFUSE TO CHANGE.

In reference to the letter signed
III. III. c., the attitude which you
have taken is perfectly right. You
have probably had an understand
ing with your husband before mar
riage which he Is not living up to.
do not have much faith In
divorce but you should have .
straight heart to heart talk to him.
and make him see things In the
light a broad-minded man should.
as II really don't make any differ
enoe what religion we belong to.
just as long as we all worship the
same God.
II he is too narrow-minded to see
this, then he doesn't deserve a wife
like you. DO not mlsunderstand
me, and try to make him change
his religion. but let him know that
you refuse to change yours.
c. A. X, JR-
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rather than go home. i believe ia
almost be willing to marry Willard
and try to get along on his twenty
four hundred a year.
was sitting in my room ruminat-
ing thusly, when Grace knocked and
came in. 1t was the afternoon of
the morning on which / didn't get
that job-which may be a funny
way of expressing it-but you know
what I mean. 1t was the afternoon
of the same day of the morning on
which I had come home tired and
had received the little lecture from
Grace. That also may sound COM
plicated, but 1 can't do much with
words and phrases. Just don't seem
to be able to make 'em behave.
When Grace knocked and came in
I had just opened my pocketbook
and taken therefrcm a quarter, one
Of the few coins, which remained
therein.
And / was on the verge of flip
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NO SPANKING FOR HER.

To the letter signed Lady
Temper. Your temper is not un-
usual. as there are lots of people
that cannot control their temper.
but I do not approve of the spank
ing method, as It is far too un-
human for your age. But IL you
will follow these instructions H.
may help n good deal. The next
time you have a tantrum, mold
both your wrists under cold water,
and you will find that in a few
minutes you will be your good
natured self again. G. A. K, Jr.
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BOILED ICING.

One cup granulated sugar, enough
water to moisten. boil and add tiny
pinch butter, l teaspoon vinegar;
when begins to boil add u teaspoon
cream of tartar, boil together until
threads, then pour over very stiffiy
beaten white of egg, beat until stiff;
enough to spread; add flavoring
while beating.-Mrs. c. G. Forney,
Va
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Prize Cake
Recipes
SPONGE CAKE.

Five eggs. cup granulated sugar.
cup of flour (siffedD. 1 tea
spoon baking powder. Break eggs
egg beater for fifteen minutes, then
fold in flour. bake forty minutes
In rather slow oven.
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I looked down. and prepared to
raise my hand where it lay over
my fate. "that IL this most precious
two-bits has come down tails /
go home. And IL it's come down
'heads,' 1 marry willard. and--and
-"
rT@S @HEADs.-
1t was then that something In me
seemed to snap. l hadn't realized
how tired i was. I'd been trying
to kid myself into thinking that L
wasn't taking things so seriously.
But / had been. The strain I'd
been under for the past few weeks
had told. And as ] raised my hand
from the coin, and gave one look
at the head" which faced me,
fell into Grace's arms, and sobbed-
l started to say like a baby-but
on second thought, I'll amend it
like a darned fool"
To be continued Monday.
The Washington times., 1921-03-05

Business pre- misses in London have
on an average, more than doubled
in rent since the war.
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GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.

i cup butter, cups granulated
sugar. 3h cups -four. measured
before sifting), cup milk. dissolve
one teaspoonful soda and 2 cream
of tartar, in the milk.) eggs.
Cream the butter and sugar to-
gether--add the well-beaten yolks,
then the milk with the soda and
cream of tartar-then the -four and
last the stiffly beaten whites Of
the eggs.
This quantity will make four
layers. Bake in a hot oven
ICING.
Juice of 3 oranges. LIZ pounds
xxx sugar decorate any way to
suit the maker.-Mae Violet Petty.
1891 o street northwest.
OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE.
1 pound OF butter. 1 pound of
-four. pound Of sugar. 10 eggs, 1
teaspoon of lemon essense. Bake
one houf.-Mrs. william Laird
Dunlop. jr.. Hammond Court.
The Washington times., 1921-03-05
Maryland
Cooking
Recipes From the Mel.
wood Cook
Book.

(CHp them out and paste the,n
In your scrap book
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ZrZrS CAREER By Evelyn Van Buren,.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrili Com
The Washington times., 1921-03-05
IT'S SHEADs.-

To be continued Monday
Arizona republican., 1921-04-07
ALLEGED F0RGER'
 ADMITS KILLING. JOSEPH ELWE[L
Republican A. p. Leased wIrel

BUFFALO, N. T.. April 6.-Roy Harris, arrested tonight on charge of forgery, signed a statement to the effect that he and another man killed Joseph B. Elwell in New York last June.
 Harris says that he and friend, William Duncan, were accosted on the street by a chauffeur they knew. who told them he had a woman pas senger who might pay them well for a job. They got in and drove about with the woman, who said her name was Mrs Fairchild. She promised them $5000 to kill Elwell, and gave them $50 each on account, the state ment declares. The next morning she. met them and drove them to Elwelrs home on West Seventieth street, where she let them in with key. Harris alleged Duncan shot Elwell. The woman, he said, gave them $450 each and promised the rest of the money later Harris says he never got any more and suspects his pal double crossed" him. He fled the
 city when the tragedy excited such widespread interest.
 The man had been staying al a ho- 1 tel here with his wife since Tuesday.
 An acquaintance tipped the local po-
 lice that he was wanted in Ontario l for alleged forgery and he was ar
 rested. As he was being brought into | the station he said:
 That check thing was all settled.
 know what you want me for. It is l the Elwell murder"
 Then, without much prompting, he 1 dictated statement and signed 1t.
 NEW YORK, April 6.-Police head quarters here was notified tonight of | the arrest of Roy Harris in Buffalo
 and his alleged confession that he
 took part in the murder of Joseph B. | Elwell here last June, but official
 comment was withheld pending the receipt of further details.
 | So far as known, the name of Mrs | Fairchild, mentioned in the alleged confession. has never been brought 1 into the case before.
 From outward appearances. the murder of Elwell has remained tC date an impenetrable mystery. He was found by his housekeeper slumped in a chair in the reception hall of his home, on the morning O June II. He was still breathing, bu his head had been pierced by large caliber bullet. He died a few hour: