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The Washington times., 1922-12-07
HE FORTUNE HUNTER By Ruby NJ A,

I'm perfectly well aware that
you know all about me, and the
fact that once did seven years.
/ heard you announce the fact in
the inn down the road; but II
you think I'm In the very least
afraid of you, you're mistaken,
and the sooner you realize 1t the
better. -.
II haven't knocked about the
world for the best part of my life
without learning how to deal with
men Of your type. and IL I'd been
in the least afraid Of anything you
could do to inJure me ! shouldn't
have troubled to stop that horse
of yours-see?
We'll, DO long az you under
stand. Good morning" And he
sauntered off, leaving old Fernie
staring after him and muttering
incoherently.
The little encounter had done the
roftuHc I1uutcf BoouS Hc diWdyS
felt at his best when he was
measuring swords with an enemy.
and he believed that Fernie, in
spite OF the gratitude he had ex-
pressed that day on the bridge.
was his enemy. though he quite
failed to understand.
But the fact did not seriously
trouble him. He had many enc
mics in his life. and the effect of
his few words with Fernie had
braced him surprisingly. making
him feel far more vigorous and
optimistic when at last he turned
back to Cherry Lodge.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
35-cent "Danderinc" will Save Any Man or Womans
Hair-Deightful Tonic--See Hair Thicken!

Don't lose another hair! Don't
tolerate destructive dandruff. A
little Danderine now will save your
hair; thicken and strengthen It;
double its beauty.
Failing hair never stops by itself!
Dandruff multiplies until II forms
la crusty scale. destroying the hair.
roots and all, resulting In badness.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
The Story Of an Adventurer, Who,
Finding a Body in the Woods, Had
the Identity of the Dead Man
''Wished Upon" Him. =,

; happy days we spent together.
Do you ever think Of them, too,
or. have you quite forgotten?-
Irenie."
The Fortune Hunter caught his
breath hard. Irenie. This, then,
was the woman of whom Anne,
had spoken.
He glanced back hurriedlv to
the heading of the letter. Savoy
Hotel" She was apparently well
off then. IL she was able to stay
there, in spite OF the fact that
she had no money. He thought
he could visualize the type of
woman so well: he had met them
many thousands of times In his
wanderings; well-dressed. hand
some, and sufficiently amusing:
women who Will follow a man half
round the world and back again
as long as there Is anything to be
gained by 1t. ... ,.
ANOTHER LINK.
And so John Smith had loved
her. or pretended to do so. and
she-had she loved him, or had
that. too. been pretense?
He read the letter through again
carefully; there seemed to be an
artificial ring about it. he thought.
as if the writer had only been
trying to assume sincerity
Probably t was only money she
wanted. He crushed the letter
into his pocket. II was another
link in the chain already binding
him; another stumbling block to
eventually throw him.
The breakfast gong rang through
the house, and. as he turned hur.
riedly to retrace his steps, he saw
Anne coming down the pathway
behind him.
Go Be Confined Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
Copyright, 1899, BY
The Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
CONTINUED from Yesterday

NV ITH sudden impulse he be-
w gan to play the air. his
w hands running lightly
's6sH eul I9Ao
when you're jog, jog. joggfn'
along the white road
With your luck all upside
DOWN
Tommy began to hum the song
under his breath. and Anne sat
up with swift attention. II never
knew you could play, john" she
said sharply.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07

Your druggist will tell you tha,
'Danderine" is the largest selling
hair saver in the world because il
corrects and tones sick, aillng hair
every time. Use one bot+'e ot
Dander.ne, then II you find .
single falling hair or particle Of
dandruff. you can have your money
hack
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
Euen Shakespeare Slipped

SHAKESPEARE in "The Tempest makes Prosperc
board ship at the gates of Milan, thirty leagues from
the In Julius Csesara clock strikes three many
century before the first clock struck one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Two Minutes of Optimism
Ry HERMAN 4 STITCH
"And They Shall Be Turned Into Profit"

L,pICTETUS. daily
II horrible and made him
o b
multi u
many
disclosed
the had been pottl ony
there little doubt that could this globe
of
sthing hive spoiled child
while would only be rtated beyond endurance
into a race Of mbciles and madmen.
difficulties capitalized
be used fetiz for
Is daily labor burden?
and life
II kinds
The like that milestone Feed
grnds -four things worth
powers possibilities Work Incompatible
gris. t develops muscle mind.
And
Yours probably
They They curative lurking ills
hold the wheel Responsibility
wncs abilities puts
somebody,
justb body. makes of account not no.accoun
trouble 'nchbor?
Arrogant? Envious? Deeiu Unsoabe In
short-bad
outhoy merely max"
They
control You should that neghbors
bit gratefu
they lack and they inculcae the unsurpassab
call sandibitE
oMd Rod lIcrme You
rod everything i touched into gold
Has friend trust?
los yourn Have failed again?
Don't Keep
of
andh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

boasts thar if his wife even looked side
ways at another man, he'd shoot her.
But he boasts, also. in the same breath
that he has right to women friends;
its mans natural right-the priv
ilege of the stronger sex. Faugh The
fellow makes me i'll. II he talked that
stuff and didn't believe it, he'd be merely
n fool. But as II iS-wcll, lruNIer
just pOiSOn-rat poison.
Virginia dropped the embroidery hoop
ar her feet and leaned forward. She
placed slender hand upon his Siccv"
and pressed his arm.
"PauI. dear" she said softly. II
thinK YOU re- the c'eunCSt fellow i'll III"
world. You re- darling and I'm
an awfuIly lucky girl.
He flushed.
"Aw! " he stammcred. Then
he looked at her quizzically. "A man
usually thinks as | do. Virginia. dar-
lin. Men are darned sight cleaner
and finer. inside. than YOU think they
are. The trouble is. fellow hates t.
talk about such things for fear som, =
body will think he's blamed prg, or
a goo goo. or Il psalm singer tart H.
out Of all the chaps ! know, TruNler ;
the only one who really believes in tho
double standard. And the poor tdioN
docsnt know what he's missing.
"Missing?'
"Or course The fmbc"i,c hash
the two most valuabI" possessions o.
life. They 're--
II know" interrupted Nlrginil
quickly. "ScIf-rcspect and
THE trust Of good woman sal,
Paul soberly
TOmorrow-Greeting the Day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
rTyHE girl who has to earn her ow,

TTNHE girl who has to earn her own
i living was trying to be just. =,
"But It doesn't seem quite fair,
she said, "that girl who doesn't
have to work should take position,
that I, who need money, might have.
All the girls who have to earn money
and cannot get work blame it all on
her. It doesn't seem right to them
that they should be struggling so hard,
so doubly hard, while some girl who
can get along perfectly well steps in
and takes the bread right out OF their
mouths. 49,.
Another thing that is hard to bear is
that n girl who doesn't need the money
she makes will be willing to take as
little as her. employer wants to give her,
thereby establishing a precedent that
is pretty difficult for the girl who comes
after her to break up.
DUT, on the other hand, It wouldn't t
ID be right if some girls who are well
off didn't work.
For IL is not right for anybody TO
waste perfectly good talent.
There are some girls who are Just
throwing away their lives because they
don't have to take positions in order. to
live.
Father provides, or grandfather mas
willed, and there is no need for any
effort from the girl herself to increase
the size of her bank account.
But the girl herself often has tho
ability TO size up human nature, tt
manage people, TO write, to make fig
ures behave, or to look after the well
| fare Of girl workers.
Now, she shouldn't be idle. and sh'
|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

I tAat chap any more" said Paul gruftly.
You used TO like him.
.f s"Truxler's poison, said Paul
shortly. "He's as poison as rat paste.
Virginia was startled. This was not
like Paul.
Poison she repeated. in wonder,
"Yes. Or maybe I've changed. Be
fore was married, the kind Of philoso-
ply Truxler packs around in his head
seemed to be pretty straight TO me. !
Z didn't understand how poison he was
.till--well, till lately"
"Why. what in the world do YOU
mean? l thought YOU admired him.
..Truxler's poison. TruxIer. you
know, is married. Roen married five
years or so. Got a younGNtcr-a little
girl. think.
Virginia waited for this new serious
Paul TO expand. Her curiosity was
aroused.
."Truxler believes in what the poor
fool calls mans natural independence.
He's a chump-thc wors" kind OF "A
. chump."
..Man's natural independence?
Eyes, that's what the poor fool calls
y &C. What he means is, that 1t ms
idea that man has natural right t.
run at large, raise the deuc" in genera
and carry an easy conscience. ii" ha~
friends-the kind he'd not like TO have
his wife know about. Goodness know"
I'm no saint. ! can Cuss As we'll as the
next one when ! get started. and
have been known TO sit III on poker
! game till 4 A. NJ. usually 500 or 50 to
the bad; and-well, guess We Sowr
my share of wild oats. But. somehow
rant stomach Truxler's poison now. i
seemed n fine, beautiful theory TO me
once. That's before we were married
k i didn't even question the right o
wrong of his ideas till-till lately. An!
lately I've begun to be bored wliI
Truxler. There are some chaps wh'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Writes to "Handsome"

Dear Cynthia---In reference to our
most esteemed and fuctuated handsome
youths, I wish to confer a few mytho'
logical words--hows that?
In the first place, what Is their game
:, telling every one in the newspapers
that they're pretty? Do they expect
to get a $4,000 bride?
Naturally. we. the readers OF this
column. are indeed glad to have @ @sucn
handsome youths write to it. Some
honor. Cynthia. eh? The 200 Is a
place where the city saves all sorts of
rare things for the benefit of others.
Better reserve another cage.
In a museum, Handsome" you can
go under the much.deserved title. THE
Handsomest Man in the World and
sell photographs at twenty-five cents
apiece. I'd even find time myself to
come and see you. I guess Wally Reid
will now have to go in the bootlegging
| business.
Please do not let Mary Pickford fall
in love with you, for she is already di
vorced and married again.
| We'll. Handsome there Is no neec
Of laughing. for we all know how con
ceited YOU are. I'll bet ten to one yol
weren't even in dance hall. SAM p.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18


HARPER COOLEY 1t is said they
desire beauty. Certainly they have
nodded the styles and customs and
superstitions for 10 these many cons,
90 enhance feminine loveliness. But
the moment they themselves acquired the
paragon of pulChritudc. they were wont
) TO wantonly destroy the beauty. so that
no other man might gaze upon it, Thus
did the Chinese blackrn the married
woman's teeth SO that they would look
hideous to all men and the ancient
Jews caused the wives heads to be
shaved, so that they could not enSnare
men In the Delilah beauty of waving
tresses.
But while husbands were busying
themselves in making married women
hideous, how must they themselves have
suffered in their esthctiC senses Surely
IL was worse for them than for the
women, for the men were compelled TO
gaze at the shaved head and biackenGd
teeth, for the rest of their lives
MEN cannot, then. be said 70 want
AFl beauty above all else. In these
cases. they wanted exclusive ownership
''They want affection, appreciation
flattery, responsiveness. says the tact
full woman who spends twenty four
hours day catering to her lord.
Feed the brutes.' declares the prac-
tical housekeeper.
81 think they want to be UNDER
stood. sighs the bride, sentimentaIly.
"If women really understood them.
they wouldn't marry them :" retorted
the cynical widow. at is our igno :
rance that makes us fall for them.
IT think what men really want is
sport, always ready to 60 on a long
trip at a moments $ notice. not one who
whines and sets up obstacles and has to
fuss and plan"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
The Girl Who Doesn't Haze to Work \
Should Do So if She Has the Ability
1t Doesn Seem Quite Fair The GlWho Has to Earn MONEY
but, after Ill., if There Is Talent IL Shouldn't Be Wasted

The wealthy girl who has con.
science feels piggish about taking some.
thing that somebody else needs, while
the girl who has to work Is deeply re.
sentful IL she cannot get position be.
cause girl Of the other type has Il.
But there is nothing to be done about
It, although the wca thy girl has a Ger.
tain responsibility that she should not
forget. ..u
It is up to her to behave Just as II
she were in need of what she makes
and to consider her services as high in
value as IL she had to make every
minute pay.
CHE may not need the money herself,
- but the girl who comes after her.
II she leaves for another position or
to get married, or to rest. will need II
perhaps.
And she will have a difficult time get
ting more than her predecessor got.
That is the only way a girl who
doesn't have to work but wants to and
should, because she has the ability, can
make up to the girl who has to work
whether she has the ability or not, for
taking a place that she might hold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
TOmorrOw-CarOl Is Puzzled
A Shining Sink

Soap jelly which is made by di,solv-
ing a large bar Of soap in two quarts
Of boiling water and two tablespoonfuls
of kerosene is great aid in keeping II
white shining sink. | keep glass of
soap jelly on the sink shelf. and when
| have finished my dishes, | pur little
on a cloth which keep especially for
that purpose. and clean the sink. Then
I wash the sink out with clean, hot.
sudsy water. and the result is well
worth the effort Mrs ]. 4. Okla, in
Good Housekeeping.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
All About Reducing

"a Constant Reader" Bright Eyes,
H D., Mrs. w and T. +. have al
written TO know about reducing, As
their letters are all on the same SUD
iect. ! am going to answer them all at
once. Exercise and diet for eVerybody
Leg exercises or dancing playing oaS-
ketball or walking a regular distance
every day will reduce the legs and hIpS.
But IL you go on eating fattening FOODS
the result will be just the opposite,
Exercise develops muscles and takes or
superfiuous fat. But. OF course, as so,n
as your muscles are we'll developed YOU
are ready TO use any extra food that is
in you 10 build up more fat of the firm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Things You'll Lore 10 Make

Something new for your boudoir a
SILK COVERED MIRROR. Get u
hfoad, Rat, unfinished wooden frame for
a round mirror. pad the frame slightly
with cotton. Cut bias band OF SILK any
color that you win like for your room
seam u carefully. Press the seam
Stlctch the silk over the frame. Back
h n with cardboard then cut a circle OF
cArdboard that ls about AN eighth Of an
1aoh smaller all around than the outside
~ the covered frame, Cover this circle
3 With silS. and glue it 20 the back Of the
{ ffert+ Trim th'a hNely SILK Gov
3;Itl<p MIRROR With wool OF SIX up,
Mf>&ted doM arss FLORA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
The Question Corner

|. What sovereign established the
first model dairy farm in Eng
land?
o. For what other extremely i'm
pOrtnnt purpose can two iron
washtubs be used. and how are
they arranged 50 that this can be
accomplished:
3. When girl j. clever NJ knitting,
what clever looking and distinct.
i've articles 10 wear with n sports
suit can she make for herself?
1. For boy thirty nine inches tail.
what is the correct weight? Also
for Il girl Of the same height?
}. Describe a quaint dress in com
binatlon Of materials and in
style for tho girl of fourteen.
&. In what striving way is the
latest fan made
Yesterdays Answers
!. The distinction of being the first
woman LAWYER in Nova Scotia
belongs to Mrs Florence Scy-
mOur Bell.
.. \ metal cOntainCr with an cleo
tricaI attarhment. made so that n
glass can he fitted into it. is n
new device that will heat liquids
rapidly by II process that does not
rcuuir" any bother.
3. Srnllopcd trimmings Of red
leather fastened around the edges
of black leather handbag make
it original in highly attractive
way.
1. The correct weight for boy
thrty-clght inches tall shoMld be
thirty six pounds; for n girl of
the same height, thirty y-fvc.
| ,. In n colOrful sort Of manner the
sleeves and skirt Of a black vel
vet frock } are banded with
| PAISLEY.
&. \ small pocket smartv placed on
the upper left hand side OF lit
tie girls dress will he much ap-
preciated and liked by her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

thing OF the kind '
They talk cheap. As
n matter of fact.
though. they have Il
whale of a lot of re-
spect for their women
folks and they are de-
cent chaps.
Somehow Virginia ;
heart warmed TO her
big boyish husband in
his hot Indignation.
But Truxler's s diff
ferent. He really be-
. lievPs that rot. Hc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

rOulU we Dc Drought
TO believe the pho
toplay would give
us an adequate an :
swer, we would
rush TO the cinema
with batcd breath
although we never
n I { Q n d { h G
mo vie,s'' unless
d ru gg c i and
dragged in by the
hair.
The question of
the turie $
What d o m c n
..A.NI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
"The Marriage
Gambler"
BY HAZEL DEyO BACHELOR

Copyright, 1898, by Public Ledger Con,pdn
Carol Rath bourne "etuseS Niob
TRACY t1ice, but she changes her
mind phen she hears that he has
become infatuated Nth Daisy Castle
ton, Of "Thc Jolly Rerelers." She
pretends q feeling that she does not
hare, in order TO hold him, and on
her tcedding day puts on q brave
front lest any one suspect the truth.
Then, in the midst of her honeymoon,
she suggests that they change their
plans and return home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18


"rruXlCr? Yes. he's
still at the office. "
He paused. "Why g.
"Oh. | never hear
you mention him any
more. And you used
to speak of him so
often.
Paul grunted.
Aren't you still
good friends ?' she
asked idly.
II have no use for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

THE billboards have been advertising
= q motion picture Of this title.
II certainly sounds exciting. and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Paul and Virginia
POisOni
BY HELENA HOYT GRANT

pretend to believe in the double stand
ard of morality. but they foolinS
themselves. They don't bClievC in any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Woman,s Life and Loue
What Do Men Want?

They want the cinging vine, be,
lieve me no man wants an intelectual
equal--or superior
HNTONSENSE; know many couples
lN who adore each other, yet the
wife is brilliant and popular, and the
man is tremendously proud of her at
tainments.'
They always want good house
keeper"
mo, in these complicated days OF
high expenses. many city men are glad
to live in tiny suites or studios, and be
quite chummy and Bohemian, and /
know dozens who desire their wives to
run about with them. and minimize all
the domestic duties almost to nothing
ness"
Every man wants n woman who
will make a perfect mother.
Then they take funny way OF
showing It. Look at the sickly, in
efficient. ignorant girls they pick out,
or the frivolous. selfish butterflies who
are atrocious parents. When man
is under the hypnOtism OF stunning
woman, passion sways him, not the
calm. reasoned desire for tireside and
a group of ideal children, wonderfully
brought up by n mother who has studied
dietetics ~
HNIODERN men want a woman who
IN1 Is credit TO them. and shines
before others" "NCs. and politicians
want one who can jolly the constituents,
and other kinds want wives who Will
make Il showing to impress creditors
and some men want Us cold and digni =
fed and narrow and intolerant toward
our sister woman AMI others criticize us
for being narrow, and insist that we be
broad and big and take on some OF the
formerly called masculine virtues, big
heartedness and generosity.
"Oh. dear. II certainly Is hard tc
discover what men do want. Perhaps
they don't know themselves and per.
haps they want one kind of woman in
youth and another kind in maturity, OF
one kind when in one mood and totally
different type when in an opposite mood
How can we be thousand kinds OF
women in one, just to suit their chang
ing desires?'
HT KINDA think have the solu'
L tion," veutured a mouselike, quiet
little woman. as If she were sphinx
DO tell us, what the dear things de.
sire.
"Wcll-I think they just-want what
they want, when they want it
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

ssTS TRUNLER still with the frm?''
i inquired Virginia.
Paul shot her a glnncr nlmnst hostile
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Please Tell Me
What to Do
Some Good In All
BY CYNTHIA

Some Good In All
Dear ,Cynthia--Don't you think the
Little Friend of All the World" Is q
darling? She says there are boys who
believe the modern girl an absolute
failure. / am not to be found among
that number. Said the poet:
Men whom men condemn as III
/ find SO much of goodness still"
Does that not apply to girls as well
There are girls who follow the latest
in slang, frills and fads. II they do not
think of~something better there are noth-
ing in the end but regrets and thoughts
of what might have been. But there
are many others more thoughtful ano
studious, who become the most charm
ing and delightful companions.
CLARENCE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18

MYSTERY STORY or WEST
''Tangledi Trails ful Of action and the
nekpeetgd lstarts Saturday. January 21s IN
the EvESIitb PUBLIC LrosfR.-Aac.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
He's Lonely, Too

He's Lonely, Too
Dear -Cynthis--After reading your
column for the longest while I am ask
ing you and the readers Of your won
derful paper to try to help me out.
I am q young man twenty-one years
Of age, in business tied down sixteen
hours daily. Recently have broken a
sixteen-month courtship with a young
lady whom I dearly love and cannot
forget. I am a long distance from
home, and my only friend gave me up
which makes me feel like the last rose
of summer.
Now. dear Cynthia, IL you can sug.
guest way of amusement for me !
would greatly appreciate 1t and would
be very thankful to you.
Hoping your motherly suggestion will
appear soon. ALL ALONE.
Must the break In your courtship be
final? Doubtless this Is why you fee
so gloomy and lonely. Do you ever &c
to the "Y" to- meet. some men friends
Or what of talking to the rector Of youi
church or one of the curates and asking
him to introduce you to some nice mer
and girls?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-18
Wonders Why She Was Wall Flower

Dear Cynthia--I went to a dance the
other evening and was wall flower all
through the dances. while the bold,
bobbed-haired girls danced every dance
II I have to- say 1t, l considered myself
the ,best-looking girl on the floor.
have beautiful golden hair and large
violet blue eyes, and / have yet to say
ever used paint and powder. How is
1t that those freaks" of nature with
their bobbed heads and false faces can
claim all the dances and the hearts OF
the young men everywhere they go?
PRETTY
think we've found the trouble right
away. dear. If you think you were the
prettiest girl there you probably let
others know your thoughts. And people
do not like conceit. Neither do they
like superiority. Bobbed-hair girls are
not necessarily bold. That is a very
broad statement. You'll find you won't
be a wall flower II you do not hold
yourself superior to and more beautiful
than others.