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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-01
THE MILL
GAINS
BY GOING

and not by
standing still" An
idle dollar doesn't
increase one pen
ny, but five idle
dollars make the
first payment on a
Preferred Share,
and that will go to
work and increase
at the rate of 8
per cent annually.
Come in and let us
tell you how to put
idle dollars to
work right here in
this Community.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-01
HUGH MURPHY

TIIITI VI ITlTTT 7
County Judge
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
INVISIBLE DIVORCE.

Have hesitated to give my views
on married life as i know that ]
will be criticised the same as
have criticised so many of the let
ters myself My wife reads the
letters and thinks they all are
crazy for writing such stun.
I am globe trotter, having
Travelled since / was fifteen years
of age, alone. and am now at the
turning point age in a mans life,
thirty. Have been to the Orient.
South America, Cuba, Canada and
Travelled extensively in the United
two years in Japan. l met. fell in
love. and married woman who has
one of the noblest hearts that God
ever made. Married eight months
and the war broke out and / en-
listed.
One year after coming back we
had a baby come to us and things
were moving good. I was at last
working and making a good living.
I am at present making a little
better than $4,000 a month and
getting compensation from the Gov
ernment.
Now comes the queer part. We
have yet to have our first misunder-
standing. Life in this house goes
along like a song and know that
my wife thinks more OF me every
day. She never once thinks that I
am tired OF this married life and I
hope that she never f1nds II out,
Would not do anything In the
world to hurt her IL I could help
IT.
Last summer i met a young lady
in this town who was married. We
met under rather peculiar circum-
stances and after telling me her
ried. To make long story short,
our friendship soon grew into some
thing more which neither of us
could seem to help and to make IL
all the worse. she divorced her hus-
band and wanted me to do the same
with my wife. But 1 cannot do II
as I cannot hurt her in any way
and ] have every reason to believe
that II would nearly kill her if
thing like that happened.
give her everything. / respect
her more than any woman l have
ever known. She has a maid and
/ am making life as easy for her as
] can. Trying to atone for the
things that | do that she knows
nothing about. She deserves to be
set upon a pedestal as an example
to all the world. Is marriage
success7 MOI Always one of the
two is dissatisfied with something
and may be living the life of de-
ceit that I am. making the wife
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
BOOKS

1t was said recently that MA
Asquith received for her recolleo. ].
tons something like f13,ooo, ort
$4,000. and this estimate has been
disposed Of as an early, IL not q
premature calculation, and the
statement made that Mrs. Asquith's
monetary compensation has been.
two or three times as great as the
amount first named.
Margot" is in high spirits about
IL. She has sent a handsome piece
or plate to her publisher, and m
iar from having made any impres-
sion on her. the recent flood OF
criticism Is simply imputed in the
Asquith household to party motives
and literary jealousy. So the mis-
giyings of the ex-Premier and his
sons appear to have been in great
measure overruled, and the sec
ono volumes, when they appear!
viii be all the livelier because
they come nearer to date.
Kathleen Norris has succumbed to-
the cinema and will go to Culverf
Slty 10 learn the fundamentals Of
screen writing upon her return from,
Arthur Ransome has written AMI
other book on Russia, called THE
crisis in Russia" announced foH
Immediate publication by B. WI
Huebsch.
sherwood Anderson, author OF
Poor White" s(Huebsch). has writ J
ten slices of his own life into his,
books. What education he got was
picked up in barrooms, stores and,
} In the street He has been a manu-T
1acturer, soldier in the Spanish
war and an advertiser. AS a new
mode of expression he turned tor
painting. without any previouss
training-salable pictures, too, ac-s
cording to accounts from the exhi-s
oition held in Chicago last winter
he Is contemplating visit to-
Europe, and 1t will be interesting
to note what effect a trip abroad,
Will have upon such a strictly tn-s
digenous writer.
Beauty and Mary Blair" q novel
or American adolescence, has justI
been issued by Houghton MiffIfnf
Company. The author, Ethel M
Kelly, was the original of the nc-f
ton editor in one of Theodore
Dreiser's recent short stories. 4
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
When a Girl Marriesq
sa.s A Story of
EARLY welded LIFE
BY ANN LISIE.


was swinging open the door ana
ciambertng In At my side,
"Hyland will be here in half 4
mo-" he pipcd In his queer. this
Then. AZ turned sagerly t.
watch for Father Andrew, / noticed
. man lounging near the hotel en-
trance. He was thin and shabby
and wore = plaid cap pulled low
over his eyes. Bat ears stood OUT
In wide hares on either side Of the,
cap. He was staring intently e
our car. smiling crookedly and -Jat-c
Ting down something on his cufR.
At that moment Father Andrew's
1ovial voice hailed us, and thef1.
Lyons did another astonishinw
thing. Without awaiting orders hS,
threw in the clutch and the cas
sailed on down. the street. At the
corner he turned and made for the
avenue. Not until we had traversed
half a dozen crosstown blocks aid
he turn and ask respectfully:
anywhere special you want To-,
90. Mrs. Harrison? NJ
You know the points of interest,
Tor an hour or two of sightseeing,
LyonsT, / replied. something in hisI
strained. intent expression prevent.
ing me from reproyins him for the
way he had trsnscended orders.
Yes, Mrs. Harrison. Thank yov.|
ma'atn.' he replied.
But as we spun up the avenue
i noticed that the droop OF dejec-
uon never left Lyons shoulder,
and ! wondered what Connection
there could be between him and
the bat-eared man.
We'll, here we are, we three A.
coxy as you please" said Dad Lee.
settling back among the cushions
Of the car with an air OF rreat sst-.
isfaction. "And now to make sure
don't start out with no-any
handicap from my loving daughter.
suppose you tell her, Hyland, how IL
was that sacrificed myself all
these years for her an her mo ;hsr."
AN UGLY THING.
Perhaps you'd better tell her
yourself when you're alone" sug-i
gested Father Andrew gently. -
NO! You go ahead; we Amt
neisner OF us keen for the sob
stun. chirped my father.
wife desertion is an ugly thing,
baoosie dear" said Father Andrew
Sentiy, seeking to read my thoughts
ana answer them. But before we
apply that name to your fathers
disappearing all those years ar6s
we must be sure we understand
Just why he acted as he did. Yos1
can make up your mind that whSal
q man goes OF to the ends of the
earth and leaves his wife it's foe;
reason almost beyond other peo-
pies UNDERSTANDING"
gasped. n
(Ts De- Osntinued TuevA.yA Il
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
BETTER THAN CAlOMH.
Thousands Have Discovered
d.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are q Harmless Substitute

Dr. Edwuds' Olive Tablets- The sub
sfituie iu czlomel-are a mild but sure
Iaxaeive, and their effect on the liver 10
1hmost Instantaneous These little olive
eoj0ed tablets are tn result Of DR..
Edwsrds' determination not to treat
Everand bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the
eood that calunel does, but have no
6ad after e6ecta They don't injue the
teeth lilee strong hquids or calomel.
T'hey take hold Of the trouble and
Cmckly correct II. Why cure the liver
st tie expense Of the teeth? Calomel
somefimss playa havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. II Is best not to
taIce czlomA. Let Dr.. Edwards Olive
1ah,efs take its place.
: Headaches, "dullness" and that lazy
fcslng come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
011vs Tablets when you feel log" and
s'kaavy. They clear" clo0ded brain
co6 rerkw"the soihA l5e and 3oe.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
.oOff Ward
Ill Health
~ DRICE DELDEN. M. d.

~ VERHEATED living quarters
can be the direct cause of
pneumonia, and this disease
takes an average OF a little over
one out of every eight people. Too
much heat can be the cause of
pneumonia, and heat without mois-
ture Ii especially likely to cause
serious troubles.
The chief reason for the danger
in lack OF moisture in the atmos-
phere of living quarters Is that
when we leave a dry, hot room
which has lowered our vitality and
70 out OF sdoors into q normally
moist atmosphere we are exposed
suddenly to what might be called a
change OF climate, and are likely to
catch cold or to contract some
serious infection such as pneu-
monia-
Living continuously in a hot and
dry house weakens resistance and
causes permanent injury to the
glands Of the respiratory tract.
Under these circumstances the
membranes of the nose and throat
are exposed to an evaporating
process and the mucous glands are
worked overtime. In the attempt to
keep these membranes moist with
a resulting tendency to affections
of the nose and throat such as ca
tarrh, and to hardened and devital-
ixed membranes, which have be-
come unable to resist disease germs
which como into contact with them.
Not only is the respiratory tract
lied membranes, which have be-
comes weakened and the victim Of
an arid home climate may become
anemic.
One way Of increasing the rela-
tive humidity is 10 have a furnace
with a water reservoir which min
giles moisture with heat. IL the
house is heated with radiators, the
best way to moisten the air Is to
place a pan OF hot water on top OF
each radiator. Water should also
be placed upon gas or oil stoves.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26

that sounded sufficiently sophisti-
Gated.
mo fun drinking alone" he
laughed. And the subject wasn't
referred to again. Not between Mr.
Alvarez and me, that 10.
1t was referred to the following
morning, believe. 1 overheard
Mr.. Alvarez and Orhi talking In
their private office.
You find out mach,- Ochi asked
and I could hear through q crack
in the door.
Not a damned thing" Alvarez
answered. "She-if l coIld have
II. she'd taken drink or two I'm
sure she'd have told. But size
wouldn't take thing-not a
damned drop"
OF course / couldn't be certain
that Mr.. Alvarez referred to ne.
But I-somehow back in my head
there's beginning to grow a sus-
picion that perhaps willard has
been right in the things he has
said.
A TOOL.
And I'm beginning to wonder IL
he isn't trying to use me for q tool
to fnd out things about Willard.
just as willard Is trying to use me
for a tool to discover things about
Mr.. Alvarez
And the funny thing is that I
don't know q blessed thing about
either-nothing definite. that 10. that
I could lay my hands on.
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-EkK n Y husbands out of town
N just now. So many bust
ness mon are away. He's
gone, too" I tossed on in . manner
I tried to make sound entirely
casual. t
I didn't feel. however. that I'd
taken care of the threatened situa-
tion. ia tried to lump Jim's ab-
sence in with Tony's' and Meals,
but ! was afraid II didn't rims true
and ! wasn't yet prepared to alibi
my husband convincingly. So was
grateful for the nearness of Tony's
car and the diversion afforded BY
slowing our baggage in II and giv-
ing Lyons directions as to our des-
tination. --+'-
4 knew perfectly well that Father
Andrew would be frightfully 'wor-
ried by the story of Jim's journey.
But even the thought Of his uneasi-
ness didn't seem as vital as .
strange suspicion that wefled up in
my mind.
This new father of mine mustn't
learn one thing about Jim's alb
sense" told myself. And found
/ was forming the words with silent
lips an II they were q vow.
AihOSl - ~ ne WcTc AuSWCItu8
me the prodigai father piped up
again the instant after we'd set
tied ourselves in the car:
ANXIOUS no SEE jim.
I'm anxious to see this Jim OF
yourA Hear he's q great swell and
making money fast That's right.
That's right, my dear. Nothing like
knowing how to pick . winner.
Hope your young man will romp
in under the wire soon"
II hope So" replied with cold
ness / couldn't keep out of my
voice. ri
Then I felt dear Father Andrews
hand slide over mine. WinkinE
back the tears Of humiliation and
self-pity which had come to my
eyes at the thought of the Harri-
son family plus my new-found par
ent. I braced up and tried. to act
as a guide to the points OF interest
we passed
1t was a drive Of only few
blocks to the hotel Father An
arew had selected. When we ar
rived, he thoughtfully suggested
that / stay out In the car while
the two old men vent in to
wash up q bit.
1 was giad to comply. wanted
to be alone with my thoughts
So while Father Andrew and
Dad Lee went into the hotel to se-
cure accommodationss sat ont In
the limousine taking -stoek. afomy-
self and my attitude toward the
man was asked to accept a. snpy
father. I wondered ~ l. ought !. 10
feel affection for him instead cf
the ugly. S.emotipns5iso near blind
hatred. aad loG&hing.
Yes. madam7~ asked LyDhs
turning around and addressing M
suddeufys a. --sf = = = & z---.s fs55g-1
!, ~ sAr-EAss Nm:
what did yo3 think + said.
Lyons?".s T. .asked. taking refuge
behind the question. Il. ss.
But at that moment Lyons
siumped, down abrupuy. facing
away from me and out toward the
street. He pulled his coat collar
up and yanked his, cap down with
quick gestures. Looking back in
the direction he had been facing
, when he cringed away so strangely,
I observed Dad Lee coming out of
the door of the hotel and making
for the car. In another second he
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Patch Is
Back
VVHo wore the frst patch'

w yiO wore the first patch?
WTh. mos. likely r..pen.. is:
w some one with q black eye.
At any rate, some one with some
thing to hide Whoever wore the
frst one does not matter so much
as the fact that there were many
to follow the innovator. A dis
patch from Paris states that the
chic Parisiennes have taken to
wearing patches again. little round
patches made to 60 with black
gowns
The custom is known to have
started in the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth. reign notable for
countless other Innovations. They
did not become common, however.
until the reign of James ]. and
obtained their greatest vogue in
the Georgian era.
BLACK patches are worn" says
a writer OF the period. "some for
pride. some to stay the rheume
and some to hide" Nowadays their
function is chiefly that of en-
hancing the personal beauty Of
the wearer. Their use as charms
against evil and disease is no
longer vogue. -
In those eras black and colored
paints frequently alternated with
the bits of courtplaster. IL Is
likely that the American Indians.
whose presence In England exert
cd such an effect on the imagina-
tions of the English. may have
been responsible for the vogue of
paints and patches, their costume
consisting chiefly OF paint.
Some of the patches were ex-
treme. There is woodcut which
represents woman as wearing on
her forehead a cutout of coach.
coachman, horses and positions.
other shapes taken by the patches
were stars, crescents and crosses.
II was not uncommon for a woman
to wear patches on each cheek, on
chin and on forehead at the same
time. =.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26

me, phere.
NOTHING TO DRINK.
There were a lot OF automo biles
out in front. But I didn't see many
people. 1 reckon they were all in
private dining rooms, like Mr.. Al
varez and / were.
Yes! We had a private dining
room. But II was all perfectly
proper. There was nothing to drink.
At least i didn't drink anything.
Mr.. Alvarez had a little silver flask
of whiskey. And at first he insisted
that l have a highball. But I
wouldn't do II. And 1t didn't take
me long to make him understand.
It's ridiculous to say that YOU
have to drink with a man to be so
ciable. And it's ridiculous to say
you can't have a good time with out
a cocktail. / could count all the
cocktails I've had in my young life
on one hand IL all my fingers were
cut on. And I defy anybody to say
haven't had a good time.
Mr.. Alvarez was very nice when
/ refused to have anything to drink.
But the waiter smiled like he
thought 1t was a good joke or some
thing. ..
"Oh. well, IL you won't-I won't
either" Mr.. Alvarez said, after the
waiter had gone. Which you must
admit was certainly very consider
ate.
"But IL don't at all mind your
having a highball." i said, thinking
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Is Marriage a Success?

think that he cares for her and
doesn't 1t is impossible to get two
people of the same traits and how
many OF US are living an invisible
divorce? w. M. A.
DON'T FACE 1T ALONE.
Ny Dear Heartbroken: I am GO
ing to be frank with you to start
with. Whatever faults this man
may have. we will give him credit
for being honest with you in the be-
ginning. You should have dis
missed him at once, but l under
stand you love him SO much you
were like q drowning man holding
to q straw, and inasmuch as you
wanted him to leave and he did not,
don't let him get by with It,
Now then, my advice to you IL to
have this man call at your home.
call your mother in and tell her be-
fore him and be careful and tell the
truth, and in the meantime give
him to understand you will tell the
girl he is engaged to. She should
know, because q man that will get
q girl in trouble and have the nerve
to ask her not to get him in any
trouble would not make any woman
a good husband. 4
II the girl ne is engaged to would
marry him, knowing how he has
used you. she 10 no better than he.
II he did not promise to marry you.
Of course your pride would not let
you ask him to now. Don't be
afraid to let him know you are
woman enough to face your trouble,
but at the same time you do not
intend to face II alone. A. B. H.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Advice to
Lovclorn
By Beatrice Fairfa1
NO REASON.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
When a man and girl who were
very much In love and were to
become engaged as soon as he
made good" have stopped going
together, because he deliberately
broke an engagement and in his
letter of apology said he thought
perhaps things were better as they
are, should the girl return his
Christmas gift to get back dne Of
her rings he was wearing. but was
not q gift? THE girl in question
also gave him a Christmas pres
ent but does not want 1t return
ed. She has asked him several
time sto return the ring, but he
has not done so, although he no
longer wears it.
They are friends now and are
soon to go together to a dance to
which she has to bring an escort.
Should she offer to return the
Christmas gift that evening? He
said he would return her ring
then. UNDECIDED.
There Ia no reason why the girl
should return the young mans pres
ent, especially since they are
friends again. Probably After the
dance, she will be willing for him
to wear the ring a while longer.
IL he wants to.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26

One thing I do know Is that We
been congratulating myself all day
on not taking that drink with Mr..
Alvarez and not letting him kiss me
which he tried to do while we were
driving home from that roadhouse.
But after all / don't suppose
should be congratulating myself Is
much as / should congratulate Will
lard. because it's probably due to
him that I didn't let Mr.. Alvarez
kiss me. 1t was a beautiful moon
light night, and Mr.. Alvarez has a
most adorable smile, and I-well,
I'm sure IL isn't every girl who
would refuse a kiss from him.
Ito he Continued Monday
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Bible Test
Applied

A man will commit perjury with
an easier conscience than a woman.
Is the belief Of Mrs. ogilvie, woman
Canadian customs inspector at
Bridgeburg. Ont. When Mrs.
Ogilvie passes through trains bound
for the United States she asks pas
sengers IL they have any dutiable
goods. IL they reply in the negative
she produces a Bible and asks them
to repeat their statements under
oath.
A large number of the woman
passengers. rather than deliberately
tell a fslsehood under oath. then
admit they have dutiable goods.
said Mrs. Ogilvie. But the men
don't hesitate so much In swearing
to a lie.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
PLAIN CAKE.

ThhhN CAhns
y cup of butter
/ Ia cup of sugar.
4 eggs.
1 cup Of milk.
3 cups Of flour.
3 teaspoons of baking powder.
Pinch Of salt.
Grated rind Of u orange.
Cream butter and sugar, yolks Of
eggs and milk, baking powder sift-
ed with the flour. last add the
beaten whites.
r ID. confectioner's sugar. unite
of egg, little lemon iuics 'urid two
tablespoons Of water, mix all to-
gether very good and spread over
cake.
DECORATIONS.
2 tablespoons almond paste.
2 tablespoons confectioners sugar.
VI white of an egg
Few drops of colorinR.
Mix all together until smooth.
roll out, cut and shape flowers by
using your hands and q knife.--Mrs.
Sigrid Larsen, $40 Delaware avenue
northeast.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
&a== The Washington Times Magazine Page
Neighborly
Secrets

Right now. before the time for
the usual spring cleaning arrivcs.N
would be q good time to put through
q housecleaning law over here such
a. they have In Japan.
It's one Of those laws which. al
though they don't necessarily make
the houses any cleaner. certainly do
give the neighbors q treat. You're
required to move all the furniture
out of the house when cleaning II,
and give everything q thorough air
Ing.
While this 10 being done, an In
spector goes through the rooms to
make sure that you've gotten the
cobwebs out of all the corners
Then he comes out. pastes an o. X.
label on the door and you move
back In.
Such q regulation as this would
Gtve the women on every street q
hns chance to see what their neigh
bors really have. Ordinarily, they
have to be content with glimpse
Of the rugs, when they're taken out
into the back yard for beating, or
possibly they get q slant on the
holes in the lace curtains when they
are put on tho stretcher on the
porch.
But . thorough, undisguised view
OF all Of Mrs. Browns goods and
chatteIs. including that funny old
bureau which she keeps in the
attic. is an event which would give
Mrs. Jones something to. gossip
about for weeks.
While a, complete inventory of the
goods and chattels of Mrs. Jones.
including the faded plush armchair
and the stuffed canary In the glass
case, would be a treat for Mrs.
Browns eyes which she would long
remember.
On the whole, the Japanese sys-
tenn ought to tend to make women
more satisfied with what they've
got-especially IL they were to ex-
tend the principle to the point of
making a sidewalk display of hus-
bands during the spring cleaning.
A husband Is never seen to worse
advantage than at housecleaninE
time. II placed on view along with
the furniture the impression would
doubtless be 80 bad that he would
never be in any danger of being
vamped.
The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Prize Cake
Recipes
Washington's Best Sub
mitted in Times Cake
Contest-Clip Them.
COCOANUT CAKE.

2 cups sugar. 3 cups Of -four. / cur
OF milk, y cup butter, whites Of
eggs. ] teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons
cream tartar.
Sift the soda and cream tartar
with the flour and add the beaten
whites OF eggs last. Bake in three
layers.
Put toEther with frosting made
of the whites of two eggs well
beaten. 2 cups Of sugar boiled in q
little water until 1t will harden
when dropped in water. Then pour
on the eggs and beat until cold.
Spread on cake and sprinkle with
cocoanut.-MRS. WADE H. BROWN,
1900 8 street northwest, apt. II.