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The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Hates To 90.

IT Just don't see where you got
all this position and-money business.
You know I hate clothes and ! still
haven't saved up money enough to
pay for those things ordered for me
at Lucille's. AS for position, won't
ever get that until marry, and
as that thought is so distasteful to
me, why all the blame?
II guess I've gotten off the track.
This summer I went to spend a
day with Katherine, grandfather,
Guy and Alex and Mrs. Thach.
have been a good many places.
liked seeing Guy and Alex, but, Of
course, you can understand how 1t
was. Alex was very shy and Guy
didn't remember me, guess. He
kept insisting on a pipe, and so I
sent him some when l got back to
New York. I shall, of course, never
get over missing them grow up.
IT don't know who to ask, mother,
and maybe It is too much to ask any
way, but would like to know what
they are doing once in while.
Nothing I will ever accomplish would
equal the JOY Of hearing that Alec
had gotten on a team or Guy had
knocked somebody out. II get going
on them I might not stop, so will
not start now.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
. It Gets Results.

Some girls from Westover were
there this year, and every one seems
to be crazy about 1t, and 1t gets re-
suits. 1t is very small, there being
about six altogether. and we go
and see everything in France-opera,
theaters, etc.-go to Italy during
Christmas and Switzerland at Eas-
ter. and, most of all, learn French.
know you will be glad.
THE girls from Westover who
are going are Frances Dawson.
Frances and Harriet Lowden, you
know. and Louise Sewall. president
of our senior class this year and
fine.
II like then all very much, and
especially Frances Dawson, who has
been wonderful to me, and who
like, not because of her name and
money. hope you will believe me
in that. You see what happened
to my name and money, so you
know that l don't take much stock
in those things.
Il guess you do believe all those
sort OF things, though, and 1 can't
understand it, especially when you
have seen me crawl around inside
Of a motor and run whenever any
sort Of people came around.
An eEpdndtion Ia Necessary. Mrs.
Sttllpdn had said that her daughter
Anne tcds Interested IN position AMI
iDedlth onIy, and htdt probably ac-
counted for her standing by her Jather,
toho had oil the money.--Ed.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
She Misses Bud.

IT hope you will say goodby to BUD
for me. There is no use writing him,
because 1 don't think he likes to get
a letter from me. should like TO
have you say gOOdby to him, though.
miss him more than anyone else, and
hope It isn't q disgrace for him but
It's about the only thing I have. l
wear his Milton pelt all the time.
guess Bud will be the only boy for me
for many years TO come.
1T guess you don't see much point
to this letter, mother, and will think
what a fool am IL I believe all these
nice things about you all, and miss my
brothers 80 much, not to have stuck
instead Of giving 1t all up just to FOL
low an idea. I am afraid.
IT can't explain 1t just yet, but 1
haven't forgotten any part OF my
life, and the balance Is sure to weigh
one way soon and take me either up
or down. I guess 1t has already, bur
l got rather involved in that sentence
and couldn't stop. In the meantime,
what little good there is that possess
in any way, I realize, as always has
been due to you, and hope that was
a failure, because you have three other
successes who outweigh me. IShe re-
fore to Bud, Aler and Guy, the other
Still,nan chtldren.-Ed-1
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Lonely For Love.

What twas it that caused Anne Still
man to change her mind? She has
said that she became convinced she
misunderstood the facts In the case
and has told exclusively in The Times
how she finally accepted Baby Guy"
who has been the storm center of the
great tragedy.
But the letter seems to indicate that
something. even greater than what
she might consider the facts in the
divorce case influenced her. With all
the coldness and indifference that
seemed to move her she finally be-
came lonesome-lonesome for mother
love and lonesome for brother love.
1t will be seen that II must have
cost Miss Stillman perhaps the great
est effort OF her life to write this let
ter-to admit that she had changed
her mind--7toc admit that she wanted
her mother-to admit that she wanted
her brotherss---~s--z,~ 500.
Mrs. Stillman had OF course been
saddened by Anne's original attitude,
but apparently she too had only been
waiting for some chance to forgive
her daughter. And it was the post
script to the letter, the part where
Anne wishes her mother could say
goodby to her on the eve Of her de-
parture for Europe, that brought tears
to the eyes of Fiji" Stnlman.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28

stereotype plant. 1t is complete in
every respect.
The plant is too busy 10 bother with
the printing of The Searchlight," the
official organ of the khan, and this 60
intrusted to the alien union printers OF
the Western Newspaper Union, at At
lanta.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Glorious Sunshine.

Mrs. Stillman said yesterday that
the receipt of this letter brought one
of the happiest moments Of her life
that 1t was like a glorious ray Of the
sun piercing the clouds that have
hung over her.
1t was not Mrs. Stillman who gave
The Times this letter. Anne Stillman
herself, it's writer. got it. back from
her mother and offered 1t to show
which follows, tells its own story. The
strain the girl was under in the writ
ing Of it should be taken into con-
sideration whenever she finds 1t diff
ficult to express herself and sometimes
halts in the middle Of an idea. Here is
the letter:
Copyright by The Washington
Times. This letter is the exclusive
property Of The Washington Times
and its reproduction is forbidden under
the law
August 20. 1921.
Dear Mother guess you will
think am pretty fresh to write
this, and maybe you won't read 1t,
but 1 am going to write it all just
the same. l will try to forget for a
few minutes the way you think Of
me, because If don't 1t seems such
an uphill job. I will tell you just
what 1 have been doing and what
1 am going to do next winter, and
you can skip it all IL you wish.
Since leaving school I have done
nothing but live off my friends, 1
guess you would say. I have seen
quite a few girls from school, but I
don't believe l have stayed long
enough with any Of them to really
get in the way.
'"rhe only people have stayed
with for longer than a weekend are
the Devisons, and 1 think it's been
all right. Nothing was arranged
through father. and 1 wish you
wouldn't put me down as visiting
friends of his. The only connection
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Love For Mother.

There is always bound to be one bad
one. [Ot course, this oppression IS
merely young Anne Stillmdn's 0hhsn
toay Of blaming herself for not stand
ing BY her mother. she uses the phrase
"b1d one" only In the sense that she
had not done everything her mother
might have expected Of her IN the great
family tra0edp.-Ed.1
get sick Of all this. worry about
that quite a lot, though I have no
right to, guess. 1t would be awful,
after winning everything to
get exhausted very much the way you
do sometimes.
IT guess have finished, about, so
goodbye. And though haye not done
very well so far will never give up,
and think the things that you taught
me are coming to the top soon and 30
will help me get there some day.
with love, ANNE.
II guess 1 shouldn't ask you to say
goodbye to me, or Bud, either. I wish
you could"
The Washington times., 1921-09-28

or see you, but Of course he is not so
wise as he sometimes seems, and IL
you thought there was ever any use
Of seeing me 1t has long since passed.
However, hate the thought Of
going away for a year without a
word to you people. and though
it is too much, l guess, to see Bud,
or you, or anything, l should like to
say goodby to the family this way,
as the only way l can think Of.
1T is awful of me to say much.
and guess you are crosser than
ever by now, but l should like TO
say that 1 still believe I had the
best family and the most wonderful
childhood imaginable. regardless or
anything that has happened. 1t has
been impressed upon me more
deeply and | consider myself much
luclkier than the majority OF the
world.
IT used to be quite cynical when
was young ANNE Sullrndn - no'c
nineteen, Ed, and I always thought
that something like this was the
sure cause for bitterness, etc, but
I haven't felt that way once, l
guess, because have always real,
lied that whichever resulted would
be my own fault. I know I'm the
one, all right. and I'll never nave
anyone else to blame. 1t Is use.
less to go into now that 1t Is all
over. gut hope you realize that
everything I have or haven't done.
and will do, know Is me ana
nothing else. I guess 1 could sa!
quite a lot, for me. but 1t mlgnt
not make much sense, 80 Ia oe'-
ter not.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28

was that he went to see Mr.. Davi-
son once about my going abroad next
year. You see, the girl was in my
class at school this year and asked
a few girls from Westover to go
abroad next winter in a small school
over there that is run by a former
governess of the Davisons.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Wizard Simmons Ill;
Cases of Mrs. Tyler
and Clarke Held Up

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 2S.-An i'll
ness which may render him incapable
Of transacting business for several
days has placed Col. w. J. Simmons,
imperial wizard OF the Ku Klux Khan.
under the care Of a physician and de.
layed indefinitely decision OF questions
on which the future Of the Ku klux as
a national organization depends.
Colonel Simmons returned 10
Atlanta Monday, and the statement
was given out at the imperial Palace
that he was "in conference" Ind
would later make a statement con-
corning the resignation Of Edward
Young Clarke. imperial kleagle.
Yesterday IL was admitted he was
seriously i'll. His physician declared
he had a complication of bronchitis.
laryngitis and tonsilitis and ordered
that all visitors be kept away from his
home.
The business Of the khan is therefore
obstensibly at a standstill. and no &C
ton will be taken TO define the future
status OF Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler until Colonel Simmons has re-
covered.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
WAN|'.[SF|F|
.T0F0RGET
THE PAST.
Continued from First PageJ

Continued from First Page)
10 the first of the sort ever written
by a girl with the standing in the
social and financial worlds of Miss
Stillman which the public has been
permitted to read in a newspaper.
First Deserted Mother.
1t will be remembered that Miss
Stillman, reared in a home in which
she knew nothing but wealth and re-
finement in her youth, sided with
her father when the great Stilhman
divorce tragedy became public.
This caused break between her
eldest brother, Bud" Stillman, and
herself. bud" valiantly defending
his mother.
The reading public had. of course,
expected Miss Stillman to stand by her
mother. simply because Eff Still
man WAS her mother, without re.
gard to justification. 1t came as u
great shock to Mrs. Stillman and al!
of her friends when. Anne coldly left
her. ~ "'' 49,
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
I Imam MAKES EFFORT FOR RECONCILIATION WITH HIS
COURT REVEALS
INTENTION To
HOLD ARbUCKLE
CONTINUED from First Page)

on: did you, hear another voice?"
Yes, a mans"
What did the man say"
THE mamie said. Shut up.
you went to the door and listened
and heard everything"
Yes"
did you hear anything else
I heard talking and laughing,
music, dancing. doors slamming,
things like that, in other rooms"
Defense Seems Upset.
Arbuckle was rubbing his red chin.
Streaks OF white showed on 1t from
the pressure of his fingers. Frank
Dominguez, his chief counsel, APP
peared bewiIdered. The spectators
were leaning forward. drinking in
every word.
Miss Keza. a large woman in a
blue dress splashed with white, sal
a little conscious of the crowd, bit
amused, perhaps a bit delighted at
the bomb she had exploded-with an
evident sense Of her own importance.
DomingueZ questioned her at
length, but only made her testimony
stand out the palmer. Every ques-
ton brought more dynamite for the
defense. He dropped her suddenly
and finally, after she had said she
did not always listen at doors.
But when there's music and
dancing and loud talking you some.
times want to listen," she explained.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28

Prices realised on SWIFT Co. sales
OF carcass beef in Washington. d. c., for
week ending Saturday, September ~, 1891,
on shipments sold out, ranged from .
cents 10 10 cents per pound aud averaged
1S.ss cents per pound.-Aav,
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
STUDY HUMAN NATURE

Make people like you, get along better,
make more money, develop q winning per-
sonality, learn to know people as they are.
Power" q little book that points the way.
Address Progress League, Sls5 Union So,
New York.
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
Miss Dapis Praises Bitro-
Phosphate How
She Gained in Weight

Just two tablets
OF rea organic
phosphate dispensed
In drug stores I'M
der the name OF
Bitro = Phosphate.
taken with each
meal. 10 probably
lust what you need
to cause you TO
take on q d d o d
weight. n Q ~ en-
efgy, new strength.
Miss Josephine
paws. reporting
her own experience
with Bitro -Phos-
pha te, says: 'It 10
remarkable what It
did for me. After
q few DAYS ] be-
Ean to regain nv
strength. felt full
The Washington times., 1921-09-28
A Good-by Letter.

1T don't believe am proving much
by this letter, and you must be getting
sick of It, so will try to concentrate
my thoughts. This letter was mainly
to say goodbye, as guess there is no
chance of seeing you before I sail on
the oath. While was in Buffalo
Phelps phelps Clawson. the wealthy
poet who has figured in the Stillman
case.-Ed) said that I ought to write,
The Washington times., 1921-09-28

q e able to sleep &c ;SSnSy and =,
twelve pounds In four weeks"
Peoples Drug Stores sell Bitro- Phos-
phate under a guarantee Of satisfaction or
money back.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-30
SIDE TALKS
bv Ruth Cameron
he NEVER TASTED THE BREAST OF CHICKEN

sidered person in tho family.
rhs Divine night Of ths Child Was
Deserved.
But, alns for reasonable e1pecta-
lions. While ne wac growing up the
divine right Of .Ae child was discover.
cd and by tho time he had children OIL
his own the child had taken tts place p
tho most to be considered factor IN ths
home, The homo circle had como to re-
volve about him, the problem Of his edu-
On alton. his amusement. his proper FEED
ing, his teeth, his adenotda. his tonsiis
his appendix, his dancing school In
more senses than one many father mas
never tasted tho breast OF chicken
OF course I know that the educator
will r1se up In wrath at my speaking
this liSftly and perhaps dispara$inEly
on such q serious subject as the cnilds
divine right to the concentrated atten-
ton OF the older generation Is ne NOT
at O stage where such attention phys
manifold dividends?
he Had 10 struggle TO Meet Hs BIDS.
And we shall answer. yes. when ina
attention Ia necessary 70 his health. MIS-
education, his discipline. But there are
many times whom the breast OF inc
chicken represents luxuries that are NOT
absolutely essential TO the chilos 1u-
ture, and often give him false idea OF
what he. has a right 70 expect. woman
said TO me yesterday, Roger 'ner
brothcr-in-law, man Of moderate IN
Gomez was drsadfully hard pushed 70
nav his bills last year. You know Ade-
IA ide went TO private school where tn1
tuition alone was thousand oolIars
Which ono OF us does not know cases
like that" ~.
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The Revolt Of Vera Sanderson
VERA LEARNS TO ENJOY HERSELF WITHOUT
KEITH
By Jane Phelps

Gus. But she still stubboruly refused TO
come near me.
Il wish Margaret might meet Mrs.
Adrich." said 70 Keith.
Il wish so. too He gave the sigh
that now almost invariably followed
any reference TO Margaret.
Can't you manage II? TAXI Mrs. Nd
rich 10 luncheon. Ask Margaret TO join
you. IN think OF some ex"use for YOU
10 give for my absence.
Keith looked keenly at me. but !rade
TO reply. AS We hnlSh"d breakfast
however. he said:
Vera, If MrS Aldtlch would con-
sent to lunch with me should feel
h"nored.' lie ;hcn named popular
, restaurant.
hurried away. making an appointment
with u dceasmaker my excuse.
We had delightful luncheon she
told me when | reached home 10 ma
her there before me. had met some
friends and been delayed. / liked Mrs
, Dalton very much"
Margaret can be charming-whens she
' chooses. SO she lunched with YOU"
,, Yes. and after We finished she
brought me home. We had quite chat
| Our talk was principally about YOU. ,
think l surprised her Il little with some
OF my. ideas"
It was evident something had happen
ed when Il few days later Gloria came
over and. in the privacy Of my ROOM
Mother Is just dying TO give din
ner party to- Mrs. Aldrich. and doesn',
know how TO manage. She sent Tor
I-ncle Keith TO talk i over and he
wouldn't have q word 10 say unless she
sked you. Poor uncle: 1t must DO
horrid for him between the two or YOU
often had though; 50 too. but Gloria
nu,tinC the thought into words brought
Il home 10 me more fOrcibly than ever
before.
trying to be fair to both OF us and IN
the attempt wa. being ground between
the neither griudstones Of all that was
unpleasant.
| try in every tactful way l could think
OF TO compel Margaret 10 see her un-
fairness to US both:
would never give IN to her. never
could. Yet longed TO be friends with
her for Keith's sake. Perhaps Mrs AID
Observation-Disclosures Days)
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-30

Ecz,ll., ur salt rheum or scald or tet-
ter Is n skin Inflammation. IN which
there IS redaess. discharge OF matter.
weeping" or scaling. crustinS. thicken-
ing and swelling Of the skin: and always
Itching. perhaps slight but generally in
tense. \ skin trouble that does not itch
Is. not eczema Eczema Is not catching
and when completely healed II leaves no
scar; except when the scratching has
been So sevcre-wfth dirty nails. per-
haps--aS 70 cause n break or ulcer IN
the true skin. Al kinds OF eruptlons
aSpear in eCzema-Just redncss and heat
burning .t!ngliug and irritation or bis
ters. papulrS tpinhead SlzcdJ or pus-
tules (puc blisters). Or large areas or
Infiamed skin. The trouble may appear
In any part OF the body-buc more eS-
pecially In the skin fchs. tho armpitS
or the bend OF the elbow Nn 'front.' or
Of the back or The knee. or the creaseS
II the neck. The popular form appears
mostly on the trunk: the pustuiar most
Is on the head face and neck OF poorly
or improperly nOurish"d Infants Adults
and elderly people arc more prone to
nred eczema where there ~ extensive
ruSting generally IN tn" lSES). WHICH
crust when !: comes OF. exposes a most
ualnfui. raw. oozing rod surface. Then
thsre Is fiSSured eczema. cracks result
ing at tho knnck;e Joints. the mouth
corners and the fnecr t!fs: this Is fire.
auent among tNose who's" business re-
o,rres them 10 be m inteGse artificial
heat or to have hair hands constantly
In water, and from using strong soaps
and lye.
nmost cases there Is a predispos!tion
which makes the skin very susceptible
10 the action OF external irr!:ants. suCn
AZ heat or cold. excessive use ~ water
strong soaps. dyes "r chemicals. Or
,here. is = a tavoring condition ot the
constitution. such as poor or inIudicious
nutrition. digestive ar nervous dtstur-
Dances exhaustion or tendency 70
guut or rheumatism. We can not say
thu; eczema IS hereditary. but the child
rer - ,.cz-rnatous parents certainly
comeSeasIy by attacks ~ this disease.
There are hundreds or skin disease
OF which The two most frequent are
eczema and syphilis Eczema invariably
itchss. syphilis almost never does. Other
SIX h troubles thai may be mistaken FOR.
eczemn are erysipelss. the shingles. the
hives. psoriasis. rinEwOrm. BARRIERS itch
acabisa and fayus "a scalp trouble that
HhowS powdery. canary colored. cup
Sped crusts and mouse-like smell.
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! who appeared TO be able to Initiate any
style Of handwriting at Will.
Less than a week later, as II In de-
flance Of the recaution taken by the
banks another financial institution III
Denver found that It had been swindled.
Some ono had come IN. presumably our
ing tho rush hour just before closing
time. and had presented check which
precisely wiped out the balance OF one
OF the depositors. The next day. when
smaller check came through, the
maker was informed that HIS account
was overdrnwn. and Il was only upon
expert comparison OF the two SIGNATURES
that tho larger check was found to be
fraudulent. Three other similar cases
were reported on the same day, and mat
tsrs reached such point that no pay
inR teller in the city would cash check
for more than a hundred dollars With
out referring to his superiors.
These successful forgeries nil took
place early in November. and. either
because the forger had secured enough
money for his immediate needs. or, be-
cause he was fearful OF detection, no
other cases were reported until the DAY
after Christmas. when $1,000 was OBJ
tanned on check 80 cleverly written
that the man whose name appeared on
It could not swear that the signature
was not really his. y
This incident proved that the forger
was still In Denver. and II also leo
Paying Teller Kretschmer. OF the Inter-
national Trust Company. 10 hope thar
he m.Rht be the one TO effect tho cap
,ure OF the elusive handwriting expert.
Tho police of the city and tho detectives
ASSIGNED to the case by the various
banks protective associations were
frankly ut thelr wits ends. They
claimed that comparison Of the checks
, showed nothing in common beyond tho
fact that the swindler was addicted t.
the use OF even hEures-probably be-
cause II took the teller less time 10
count out the money-and that It was
next to impossible to spot the forseries
in advance. They therefore advised
great care in handling checks made
! OF TO "Cash," the way in which the
fraudulent orders had been drawn and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-30

The function Of the court Jester IN the
old days was to make the king and his
court laugh. But the best testers over
seasoned their jests now and then with
a flavor Of truth. and sometimes even
with a touch Of pathos
Now and then one hears a Jest that
is OF that fine old stamp. :,
Jest Worthy the Ung-s Jester.
Such a ono 1t has always seemed TO
me Is the little tale OF the father VINO
when carving ono day was asked II no
liked the breast OF the chicken.
IL never tasted IT," he said.
But how could that be-
We'll. when I was child tho hther
OF tho family always had the breast and
now the children do
There Is a world OF truth, and some
rathos, I think. In that little tale.
The father OF this generation does
seem 70 have fallen between two stools.
When no was child, children were h
natural corrolay of family life, they
were not the axis around which the
family laboriously revolved. The father
and mother were the dominant figures,
they sacrificed themselves Tor thelr
children as father and mothers nave
sinco Adam went out TO hunt food for
l'aln and Abel hut they were the mas
ter and mistress OF their own and the
rhildren's dest!nies. Tho boy child OF
those DAYS had reasonable expectations
Of growing up and being father In Mis-
turn and rs such being the most con-