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The Dolores star., 1921-10-14
B A k IN G D A Y

When baking day comes around you want
the very best materials for making the breads,
cakes and other pastry for putting on your
table.
One of the ingredients very necessary in
great deal of your baking is Baking Powder and it
is very poor policy to powder of low or
inferior grade. The best is none too good.
We have for sale two Baking Powders that
have stood the test for many years and you will
find that it will pay you to use one of these
brands in your baking.
These two brands Royal and DR.. Prices.
Try them the time you bake. They
cost no more because they go much farther
than ordinary powder of inferior quality and you
also of getting powder that is pure and
wholesome.
The Harris Bros. Mere. Co.
DOLORES, COLORADO
r q y r,1
The Washington times., 1921-10-18

But he nursed the modest mans
aversion to explaining himself.
He was thinking. at the moment,
how panther-like were the move
ments Of her body, with all that
smooth heaviness about its slender
ness.
But how can you make statues
OF wild animals here in New York;"
she meditatively inquired. She was
sitting on the edge OF the couch now.
as unconscious OF self as though
she were talking from a car-seat.
81 didn't come for that" he ex-
planned. II came down here to
study. I've an order for a statue Of
Tecumseh, from a Western Ontario
park committee. It's to be in bronze.
life size. But I've never done any
thing like that, and Arthur Loring.
the animal artist / worked with all
last winter In Toronto. couldn't help
me out.
A Mild Stare.
He advised me to come to New
York, even though / had to begin
at the Art League and work up,
until I saw the chance to get in
with one Of the bigger men-with
Brainard or Modrynski. II could"
She was the first woman in that
city Of multitudinous unknown
faces, who had betrayed the slight
est interest in him or his existence,
though she was less impressed by
his explanations Of himself than he
had expected. 1t even startled him
a little when she repeated the name
"Modrynski'' In a tone Of quiet con-
tempt
you know him?" asked Storrow.
II know what he is." retorted the
girl with a slight upward thrust OF
one bare shoulder. Then, to his dis
appointment she veered away from
the subject, as though 1t was an
issue distasteful to her. But /
can't imagine you ever settling down
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
Are Men ChiUalrOus? ?


; do you think of nothing but excite
ment, stimulation, emotions and
the cheap pleasure Of the mo-
ment?
One Of the dearest, sanest, sweet
est girls l know put II like this to
me:
"You know that I've had the ad-
vantages Of a practical education.
You realize that ever since / came
out Of college I've been earning my
own living, and making good at 1t!
And 1t isn't my beauty or wonder
full clothes or social position or
wealth that gets me all the invita-
tions I'm lucky enough to have.
It's the fact that folks seem to find
me interesting to them, because every
one and every thing In this won
derful old world Of ours interests
me. But sometimes I get 30 sick
and tired Of going TO theater on
Tuesday with one man and some
where else on Wednesday with an
other, and having a chap / meet
at dinner of a Friday ask me out
for Monday, that l could scream.
Doesn't a girl mind matter at
all? Doesn't her character or her
sympathy or her wish to enjoy a
real friendship appeal to the boys
Of today? Do they want to make
love to every girl they see much Of
to make love they don't really
feel?'
l wonder. So many girls ask me
these questions and so often I
strive to rebuild a tottertng faith.
But the evidence is against us ideal
lists. Boys, stop and think and then
write me the truth about 1t!
Do you nve just for the stimula-
tion of the moment?
Are you victims Of your own un-
bridled emotions?
Is what you ask of women the
lure of the physical, with the mind
and spirit forgotten7
Do all the little light o. loves
matter so much that you've forgot
ten to hope for the one big love?
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
Wasting Rich Lives
SQUEEZE "WATERED STOCK" OUT OF YOUTH.

going to school, or else cut their
bills in half at once" he continued.
So the moaning and complaining
Of the strains on the PARENTAL
purse are coming in from all sides.
There is too much inflated val
ues" in our young people. In
comparison with the little they can
earn, the expense of their social
upkeep is becoming a heavy load.
There are two alternatives for
quick relief. Either spend less or
earn more. / suggest the former
as a decided preference. We need
a nationwide movement for teach.
ing young people to secure more
wholesome fun than they are get.
ting today and for far less money.
1t is blow to your adolcscents'
future prospects Of success and
citizenship for them to discontinue
their formal training before finish
ing the high school grade.
But the ordinary parent In almost
helpless in acting alone. Just as
there is necessity Of general lower.
ing Of prices of commodities, so must
there be a lowering OF prices Of so.
cial indulgence.
Let us have concerted action all
along the line.
All together, now. Let us squeeze
the "watered stock" out OF our su.
perfine youths and invest their sim
plified lives anew.
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OF coloring which he found IL hard
to account for.
You're blaming me for all this"
she began. and then broke off.
mo. / ought 10 thank you for IT,"
he said with more warmth than he
had intended.
Her answer, whatever II might
have been. was cut short by the
sound Of a knock on the door be-
hind them. Their eyes met.
He seemed to understand her
silent message. He climbed, a little
stuff and heavy, out on the frees
cape landing. Then he went slowly
up the rusty iron steps until he
came to his own open window.
Before that open window he
stopped short. For In the familiar
looking room. the room which he
still regarded as his. he beheld a
strange figure. as unexpected as II
was arrestins. 1t was the figure Of
a stout but extremely tired-looking
woman engaged in the act OF draw
ing on a nesiisee.
Blocked Again.
He stared. slightly incredulous.
at the faded walls and the worn
drab rug. the authenticating bro
ken rocker, the only too well-re-
membered bed OF corroded brass
rods. on which a hat and an open
travelling bag now reposed.
Then the truth of the situation
seeped through to his brain. A new
guest had already been assigned to
the room. to the room from which
his own belongings had so recently
been sent. And the moist and de-
termined jaw of that weary-eyed
guest made 1t easy for him to dram
atize uncomfortable contingencies
which might arise from her discov-
cry OF him at that open window.
So he drew back, started down
the rusty iron steps again. and then
came to a stop. He remembered
the knock on the door. and for the
second time was able to dramatize
contingencies that were anything
but palatable.
Yet It was necessary to choose
one Of those two avenues Of escape,
and he preferred the lower one.
His approach to the window beneath
him, however, was as guarded as
he was able to make 1t. But still
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When a Girl Marries


, "I can spare it all-and more"
/ replied. II got a bonus from Hal
danes for a little advertising deal
/ managed to help along. So-I'm
flush. And you can have all I
possess-and no questions asked" I"
Don't you want me to tell you
why-we need it," asked Mabel
Storrs breathlessly.
mot unless you want to-" / re-
piled. Not unless you're convinced
that it's best - tell me. Best for
you and Jim's affairs, l mean"
II don't want to upset you
"If you're thinking Of me, I'll be
less upset by anything you tell me
than by the <hings I am capable
of imagining" I broke in.
Yes. can see that" replied
Miss Storrs thoughtfully. well
there is a note for Harrison's to
meet. II let 1t lapse, we'll lose
our interest In a claim up near the
Arkansas border. 1t doesn't ap-
pear to be worth much. But 1
feel l must meet the payment to-
morrow. All day yesterday / tried
to find some way of borrowing the
money. But suddenly / find that
I've come to the end of our credit.
L
have a hunch that l must hang on
to this strip of land that's not In
the rich oil country at all. Maybe
you'd be foolish to sink your money
on my hunch and what may be
nothing but porous soil"
I'VE won't give It up for a
lapsed payment" / replied firmly.
Here's my bank book. Do you
need all / have-or more7 Because
/ can borrow from Haldane's on
my personal credit. I'm sure of
that"
This will wipe out your bal
ance, all but fifty dollars. Can you
afford that7"
"Yes. they'll carry me-" ! re-
piled. And maybe by next month
things will take n turn for the
better. II not-I can stay here at
one hotel where I've the privilege
Of signing checks and so tide my
self over till we come upon better
days. And we will soon-I'm sure
OF IT."
This is the thing I wanted TO
see you about. Can you make any.
thing of It? Does II have any bear.
ing on our affairs7"
She studied the note for a mo-
ment with strange expression.
Then she looked up with a queer
appearance of being baffled.
"You trusted me In spite of this
ugly reference to me in an anony.
nous note! You're the salt of the
earth, Anne Harrison. And this
letter makes me wonder what
would have happened-if you'd
seen red, as the letter. intended
to make you, and II we had been
separated by the suspicion II was
meant to arouse. Have you any
idea who wrote it7"
Nor cried. mo idea. But
have your"
This letter is a product OF Mr..
Dick Vests fertile imagination and
OF his left hand" replied Miss
Storrs i'm tone OF grim certainty.
Ito BE Continued Thursday
Copyright 1921. King Feature syndl.
cate, Incl
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
The Story of an Ambitious Young Sculp-
tor Who Comes to New York to Win
y His Way to Fortune.

, of moisture about their heavy
curves.
There was touch OF softness
about the yielding oval Of the chin
which 30 strangely opposed the
ooolness OF the wide brow and the
habitual air OF meditation marking
the upper part OF the face. The
dropping mass OF the Indian-like
hair, he noticed. left the column
OF her neck almost marble-like In
the modified room.light.
Storrow, trained In the study OF
form and line in It's minutest partic-
ularity, made note OF the fact that
there were no veins showing In the
flesh of her arms and shoulders
where the blood-vesels seemed as
deep-seated as though covered by
the finest of pebbled kid.
On one shoulder. just below the
collar.bone, he noticed a scar. and
wondered what could have caused
II. Yet for the second time he was
impressed by the compactness of
the thick though far from ponder
GUS body. a sense of solidity which
made him think of marble. lie
tried to tell himself tina. this wns
due to the milk-like texture Of tha
skin, from which the customary
blue pencilings of the veins were
absent.
A Sympathetic Girl.
'Is that better7" she asked as she
sat back with a sigh and wiped
fine dewing moisture from her tent
pies. Storrow, opening his eyes to
this movement remembered that It
was an oppressively hot day. And
the sun, he could see through the
open window, was already well down
beyond the housetops.
Then his eyes followed the girl as
she crossed to her dressing table. On
this table he could see toilet articles
of cut glass and silver, an alcohol
lamp, a pair Of electric curling irors.
a folding leather travelling clock.
She picked up a tiny porcelain jar
and returned to his side. The next
moment the cool tip of her finger
was smearing some kind Of ointment
on his battered lip.
Does 1t hurt?" she abstractedly
asked. He shook his head In ne
CATION, submitting solemnly. almost
contentedly, to the tempered pres
sure. Her STOPPING figure, in thar
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
"A Stirring Narrative of the Influence of
Love on the Lives of Girl
and Man.

; again he was arrested. this time by
a quick and angry voice.
30 lons as | pay for this room.
it's mine" he heard the girl call
out In incredibly hardened tones.
''and I'll do what like In itr'
The reply to that challenge was
SO low that Storrow failed TO catch
Il. All he knew was that It was q
man speaking. a man who was
angry but still In control OF him
self.
''Yu dare to carry any tale like
that down to the office" the nat
toned girlish voice once more flung
out. Just try itr'
1T suppose that's why you hang
out in a dump like this" the mans
tremulous voice retorted.
tits none OF your business whers
hang out" was the counter-rs-
tort. And the sooner you get out
of this room the better it'll suit
mer'
storrow judged. by the sound of
her receding voice, that the girl
was crossing to the door and open
ing 1t.
You know what you'll pay for
this. Torrie?" challenged the
deeper voice, still shaking q little.
shot through with a feeling deeper
than anger.
That's my own affair."
The others reply to this did not
reach Storrow's ear.
II don't care what you do with
your part Of your production, or
your own oily carcass. I'm sick
of the whole combination! I'm
through! Isn't that plain enough
for you to understand? I'm
through
This was followed by a moment
of unbroken silence. Then came
the sound Of a step crossing the
floor, succeeded by the pregnantiy
thunderous slam Of q door In the
hot evening air.
Storrow. In the ensuing silence.
moved slowly back from the open
window. He stood on the iron
grating. uncertain what to do. re-
luctant to re-enter that arena OF
noisy combat. He WAS still there,
debating, when the discolored lace
curtain was pushed aside and the
girls face suddenly appeared with
in three feet Of his own. She was
obviously startled to find him
there, but the minor bewilderment
was soon immersed In the bigger
waves of anger still surging
through her.
To BE Continued Tomorrow.)
Copyright. 1880. BY Arthur stringer
(Publishsd by Arrangement with Intsraa
tionai Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
SECRETS OF
LONGEVITY
BY Brice Belden-
w HAT is the secret that en-
" ables a few of us to at
w tain a hale and hearty old

wv HAT is the secret that en-
" ables a few of us to at
w tain a hale and hearty old
age?
For one thing, 1t Is moderation,
using ones powers in a wise and
conservative way. Yon don't have
to be a giant, but merely a person
of average strength. whose physi-
cal machinery works harmoniously.
The overstraining Of any part, as
of the muscular system, may in
time throw the whole organism
out Of gear, and since a very pow
erful person is likely to make ex-
cessive display of this strength 1t
is better to possess only average
power. and then use 1t wisely.
Our muscular prodigies are pretty
sure to develop heart trouble sooner
or later. The human body will
work smoothly for a very long
time IL excessive strain is avoided.
Amiability is another thing which
goes far toward achieving longev-
ity. 1t really is life lengthener
of the very first order. 1t has
been conclusively shown that anRsr
and related emotions are definitely
unhygienic, and medical scientists
actually have advised that after q
spell of resentment, indigestion or
wrath the victim should take q
cathartic and reduce the diet for
twenty-four hours. in this manner
neutralizins the evil effects OF the
poisons generated by his emotional
orgy.
To maintain feelings of resent
ment over long periods of time
probably does more harm than brief
outbursts Of temper, bad as the lat
ter are.
Life must be well balanced. Learn
to know when you are overworking
or underwriting. Learn how to
marshal and operate your physical
forces smoothly. Learn how to
select food that will nourish with
out overtaxine the digestive
powers.
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
SMART FALL
HATS
BY Rita Stuyvesant
KILLINERS everywhere report
4 demand for small. chic
hats to wear with bobbed

MEILLINERS everywhere report
wi demand for small, chic
hats to wear with bobbed
hair. Black velvet, with soft rolled
back brim and round crown is dis
tinguished by a long chenille tassel
dropping off the side. Sometimes
this reaches almost to the waist
line. and then again it 10 a mere
suggestion, not reaching to the ears.
Duvetyn in all shades is noticeable
this season. and the red shades are
particularly favored. One model is
made with a crown in four sections,
rounding to the top, and each Sec
ton is outlined by black patent
leather. The brim turns up alb
ruptly from the face and is also
edged with the black trimming.
Harding blue creates another
good-looking hat elaborately en-
broidered in silver thread. 1t is a
draped turbsn effect, and the en-
broidery is scattered plentifully over
the crown. A long, curled quill of
blue is thrust into the side and curls
back over the right shoulder.
Another hat distinctive through
a lack of trimming depends on it's
excellent material and soft, becom-
ing lines to insure its success. 1t
is fashioned of sand-colored velour,
with a rather high crown and a mar
row, rolled brim. This hat is beau
tifully lined in rose satin and may
be adjusted when put on. for 1t Is
both soft and cruShable.
This season also shows a great de-
mand for all black hats, and espe-
cially those with black lace trim.
ming.
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
BY Ann Lisle
Whose Present Serial Has Won .
Nation. Wide Success.

NatiOn-Wtde success.
ct M glad you came" I said
eagerly. after establishing
Mabel Storrs in a comfort
able chair in my little hotel room.
I'm glad you wanted to come to
me-for help. 1t is that, isn't it?"
Yes" she repeated. with a poiss
which seems part of her. II found
I needed you. So my pride has to
be sacrificed for the sake OF the in
terests l was left to guard"
Does 1t hurt your pride to come
to me?" 1 asked in astonishment.
Wouldn't you feel like failure
II you'd been given a job and had
to turn to the very person you
meant to safeguard?" asked the girl
quietly. Cant you see 1t isn't
easy for me to come and-beg for
help? l was left in charge"
"Of my husbands business" 1 re-
piled with bitterness / couldn't sup
press. And you've gone into It
with the notion that I'm such u
weakling that you must protect me.
don't know where you got the
idea, but 1t hurts.
80 my coming to you now
gratifies you. doesn't it2" asked
Miss Storrs thoughtfully.
"Yes. I'd find a deep satisfaction
in II IL you didn't resent coming"
IT don't any more. Somehow I
suddenly see things your way, Mrs.
Harrison. Maybe we'll be friends in
the true sense Of the word from
now on and understand and sym
pathize with each others view
points. l guess, like most proud
people, I've been selfish enough to
want to monopolize all the pride in
the neighborhood. I'll be game
about you having your share from
this time, henceforth and forever"
You're wonderful woman,
Anne Harrison" she said simply.
And l can see you grow before my
eyes-like a flower that comes up
over night-or a sapling that gets
to be a tree. And IL you ever tell
anyone what q sentimental fool
knows how to be I'll have to get
out of the stock game and take up
making angels food cake for a
woman's exchange"
And now for the crowning of
this satisfactory interview. Tell
me, please, what lucky chance
brought you to me like this7"
ut was lucky mischance," smiled
my visitor, adding gravely, Have
you any money! You spoke OF
your rent check. Can you spare
any part Of it,"
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into one of those studio-rsts." she
averred. once more studying him
with her abstracted eyes.
why not?" he demanded. with a
quick touch OF resentment.
Instead Of answering him she con-
tinued to gaze down at him with
that mild and meditative stare. as
intimate and explorative as through
window glass. What she saw was
large-boned youth with coppery-
brown hair. clipped close, yet not
short enough to conceal the crisp
kink In it's fiber.
She saw a man still young. who
looked very much as an intellec-
tualized lumberjack might have look
ed, with a skin burned brown by
sun and wind. with a thick neck.
thick-shouldered body, lean jaw,
square teeth as white as a hounds
and a slightly rebellious mouth
made more 80 by the heaviness Of
its cut and swollen lip.
The hands were not an artists
hands, but were wide and muscu-
lar. brown as a Mexican's, with
heavy-sinewed fingers. 1t was only
the eyes and the upper part Of the
face. she saw, that tended to re-
claim the figure from the merely
physical. For the eyes, with their
irises of Prussian blue, were as soft
as a woman's yet redeemed from
effeminacy by an expression of un-
satisfied hunger which apparently
she found 1t no easy matter to
decipher.
Certain bony convolutions OF the
temples. too. gave him an air Of
Hamlet-like meditativeness, OF aloof.
ness from the merely physical. Of
speculative r.worldliness which
the eager light in the Prussian blue
eyes was apt to translate into wist-
fulness. Yet her final impression OF
him, oddly enough. was not mental
but physical, an impression OF hard
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) muscles and clean-cut lines and ms
yet unexhausted animal spirits. with
purely animal pensiveness In
their moments OF idleness.
But, most OF all. she was struck
by the vague untamed eagerness OF
the man. an eaxerness which SEEM
ed always absent from the men of
the city as she had encountered
them. He was something as new to
her as one OF his wild animals out
Of the woods might have been.
Yet whatever appeal he may have
held for her, he at the same time
held that which was subliminally
disturbing. She turned away from
him and picked up a slipper that
had dropped from her bare heel.
Then abstractedly crossing the room
and taking a pair Of silk stockings
from her trunk-top, she sat down on
chair and began pulling them on.
There seemed something dismissive
in the movement, something which
brought the man on the couch to his
feet.
Time for Him to Go.
Il guess" he said awkwardly,
sharing her sudden emergence from
the impersonal. II guess I'd better
be getting up that f1re-escape."
Yet he hesitated. at a loss as to
how he should phrase his parting
message. He was thinking, in fact.
Of the sexlessness OF her actions as
she leaned forward there in her boy
ish and abandoned pose. silently
pulling on the stockings Of thin silk.
He stood still watching her as she
stamped and shook down her white
skirt with a strangely doe-like move
ment. He wondered what lay be-
hind that divorce from self-con-
sciousness. discipline that had
stripped life Of both its falseness and
it's fineness. She detected that
meditative look in his eye and her
forehead was tinged by a faint wave
The Washington times., 1921-10-18
BY w. A. McKeever.
Widely Known Lecturer and Author
and . National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.


r IKE some great corporations
reputed to be over-capitalized
and therefore low in earning
capacity. so are many Of our youths
Of today carrying an over-amount
of ''watered stock" and are not
able to pay a reasonable interest
on the inflated values.
This is the high cost of fine
clothes, parties and other social
requirements as compared with
the recently lowered earning power
have forced many promising youths
to discontinue their education and
a new and more modest social en-
vironment.
II could not pay out on it." de-
clared a smart-looking college soph.
omore who was quitting the school
to seek his fortune through en-
ployment in a distant city.
Something has got to be done
to get our boys down to bedrock
agaiQ and to cut them off from
their expensive social life." com.
plains a worried father of two
high-school youths Of the smart
set. My boys will simply have to
take turns at being employed and