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The Washington times., 1922-10-18

with a ship that sails in Two Of
three weeks from Bristol. ami
suppose shall go"
"Oh, no! do you really mean il"
1t gave her a psng to hear that ne
was actually going, and her love
pulsed higher: but she also fnif
a sense OF relief, somewhat
as a conscientious house breaker
might feel upon finding the door
securely locked against him, q
would take away temptatiop
which she could not resist. and YET
dared not yield to much longer.
Il think there is no doubt that I
mean it," replied Brandon. Il
should like to remain III England
until l can save enough money out
Of the kings allowance 10 pay thf
debt against my fathers estate, 50
that may be able to 90 away anh
feel that my brother and sisters
are secure in their home-my
brother is not strong-but I know
ii is better for me TO go now. and
] hope to find the money out therd.
] could have paid il with what 4
lost to Judson before I discovered
him cheating" This was the firat
time he had ever alluded TO tho
duel, and the thought Of it. ib
Mary's mind, added a faint touch
Of fear TO her feeling toward him
She looked up with a light in hef
eyes and asked: What is ths
debt? How much? Let me givs
YOU the money. l have so much
more than ] need. Let me pay II.
Please tell me how much 1t is and
I will hand it to you. You can
come to my rooms and get it or I
will send it TO YOU. Now tell me
that ! may. Quickly" And SHE
was alive with enthusiastic inter.
est
There now. you are kind again:
as kind as even you can be. Be
sure. thank you. though ! say II
only once" land he looked into her
eyes with gaze she could not
stand even for an instant. This
was growing dangerous again, 90.
catching himself. he turned the
conversation hack into the banter-
ing vein. i
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THE STRANGER 5 brans Tns''"s

John Goodman-

|. You was pretty nigh. deai /, but
you're safe now; an you're soin'
to live remember his answer.
| do. as it twas yesterday"
What was it," said Joan quick,
~.
80 much the worse for me- he
says. an then be went off to sleep,
an slept seven hours. lie was
tough un-the sort you can't kill.
an built like 4 greyhound. When
he d got ur an had a meal he was
as fit as "a tiger, an he half killed
my mulatto cook-a fourteen.stone
tcITor-foc givin' him sauce. An
though ne was only dressed III a
suit Of greasy dungarees the car.
penter lent him, he held himself
like king. He thanked me, un.
common polite. When we was
bringin' him round l saw a tattoo
mark on his left arm-a blue
dragon with couple Of words
under It that looked like gibberish
i reCkoned they was Eyetalian.
A funny lookin' dragon 1t was
the sort OF thing n man might see
after a long spell at the rum barrel.
suvin' your presence"
Like this?" said Mottisfont,
smiling, as he laid on the table an
impression Of the Tallbois crest and
motto; fierce looking heraldic
wyvern, with the inscription,
"Semper Nigilans."
THE very thing!' nodded the
skipper; what does them words
mean, sir?"
"One might translate them freely
II am always on the watch
replied Mottisfont with a laugh.
II should say It suited him."
said the skipper. He'd a pair of
eyes that didn't miss much. l
can't say he brought me much
luck" added Grier sorrowfully.
for the Carrickmore piled herself
up next day an became a total
wreck-a thing that never hap.
pened to me before. We all got
ashore, an I never saw that pas
senger again. To think that he'd
he lord " he was iivint now, Az
for me, 1 los, my job, though II
was no fault OF mine, an. luckily
havin' a little saved. ! gave up the
sea-"
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it? I'm doing my very best now.
Can't you tell?"
Yes, think recognize it; bat
--but--be bad again"
NO. l won't ] will not be bad
even to please you; l have de-
termined not to be bad and will
not-not even to be nood. This"
placing her hand over her heart.
rs just full Of good today" and
nor lips parted as she laughed at
her own pleasantly.
IL am afraid you had better he
hah-i give you fair warnin-y."
said Brandon huskily. He felt
her eyes upon him all the time. and
his strength and good resovles
were ooZinS out like wine from an
ill.coppered cask. After short
silence Mary continued. regardless
OF the warning:
But the position is reversed
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
HOW BE BEAUTIFUL
MAKING YOUR HAIR A REAL ADORNMENT
Lucreza
BY Lucrezia Boz

that serves better than any other
10 enhance her beauty. Those who
possess this secret are lucky and
should not make too radical
change in their coiffures just for
the sake of being i'm fashion. .
But there is happy compromise
for one who wishes 20 alter her
method of doing her hair to make
II more in keeping with the latest
mode. She can make small changes.
which effect the variety she de.
sires, and at the same time conform
to the style that becomes her most.
Are you doing justice to your
hair and TO your features in the
way you arrange your coiffure?
This is a question well worth con.
sidering. So many women are in.
clined to go on from year to year,
changing their way of arranging
their hair little or not at all. What
they should do is consider whether
or not they have ever really done
their hair in the most flattering
way.
1t may not be amiss to know
what is being sponsored by the
French at this time, and the
latest Partisan fashion is, after
all, such a natural way OF doing
the hair that II Is almost sure
TO prove becoming to the average
person.
French authorities say. let your
hair arrangement he first Of an,
simple. Let II follow the lines Of
your head. and he smooth and nat
over the crown OF your head.
This latter dIctum makes anv
coiffure more youthful and fiat.
b tcring than the now pssse back.
porch" style. which left a bunch
of hair where the front part wa
brushed back TO meet the knot
This doesn't mean. Of course. hat
you should let your hair be too
slick and flat on your head. T.
shoWd always look soft with each
strand separate and distinct from
the rest.
Whether your hair he parted IN
the middle or at the side. .he new
and usually becoming mode 10 to
draw II hack simply. causing II
to effect either a straight or n
slightly waved line.
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played in any age.
But. il will u" objected that the
new mca surcs OF mental power are
not confined TO questions about
things that can be learned and re-.
mcmbCred. hut that they arc
specially aimed at just the things
on which ! am insisting, namely.
the underlying powers and qualities
Of tn" mind. To Il certain extent
this IL no doubt true, as far Us
intention IL concerned, but a close
examination will show that the
tests finally do resolve themselves
into a mere examination of aC.
duired faculties and habits Of
mental action. They may partially
reveal the stage that the cvolu.
tion Of tho mind has already at.
taincd. but they give no mfornla-
ton about the capacity for further.
or other, evolution that lies behind.
One great fault. it seems TO
me-. with all attempts made
through the schools to measure.
or estimate, the intellectual pow,
crs of youth, lies in the fact that
too much stress is put upon early
i would even say, premature
development.
It is another notorious fact. in
addition to those with which we
began, that youthful prodigieS
commonly turn out failures in
middle life, and often earlier.
The strongest minds are those
that develop with relative slow.
ness. Leaving out of account the
few great gen'uses who have as
tonished the world by their
achievements when they were
just passing from youth into
manhood, think II In unques.
tionablc that the worlds most
useful mon and women, and most
successful. have been those who
ripened rather slowly, so slowly
i'm many cases that the tests OF
the schools would have passed
over their heads because their
r"al stature had not yet been at.
tanned.
Young men often feel. despite
their rejection by. pedagogues
and psychological experts. that
there is a slumbering power in
them. Let thsm bank on that
feeling: II Is apt to be sound.
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itself very strongly in that first
interview. but it was there ne"er.
theless. and when Lady Jane led
me back. your real nature asserted
itself, as IL always does. and You
were kind 10 me; kind as only you
can be
That was getting very near 10
III" sentimental; dangerously near.
he thought; and he said TO HIM
self: IF this does not end quickly
I shall have TO escape
. "You are easily satisfied il you
' call that good lauEhIngly 70
TUNED Mary. Il can be ever 80
much better than that II I try"
Let me sec you try" said
brandon.
why. I'm trying now" answered
Mary with distracting little
pout. Don't YOU know genuine
out-and out goodness when YOU see
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MOTHERS, HOW
| ABOUT 1T?
BY VIM. A. McKeever-

FAKE boys club center in
N the front corridor of your
apartment building-that Is
the bright idea recently put into
practice by good mother who
had a fourteen.yearold Of her
own to bring up. Here is what
she found: That more than Il
dozen boys living i'm the same
large apartment often suffered
the Inconvenience Of being shut
out Of their own homes when
they returned from school after
moons,
And here is what the mother
did to relieve the situation:
Arranged a place for the boys
TO keep the baseball outfits and
other equipment necessary for
their neighborhood amusement
Placed nice bookcase in the
outer hall and asked each boy to
bring ten of his books there for
the nucleus Of a common library.
Helped the boys Of the neigh
borhood-about thirty in ALTO
organize the "After.School Club"
and to formulate simple rules for
it's government.
Provided that the club should
meet one evening per week in
her apartment and enjoy a pro
gram 10 suit their social needs.
Pledged every boy member to
assume "a small obligation Of ren.
dering some kind of helping ser.
vice at home.
Tried TO bring Il about that
every member should earn regu.
larly a small income and manage
Il wisely.
Gave frequent instructions ~
the club az TO how to select tho
best hooks. how to play the most
suitable house games and how to
keep their minds aud bodies
clean.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
HEN .KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWEl
\ World Famous Story of the All. Con
quering Power of Love Over the
Heart of the Willful and Beau
tifuI Sister Of the Auto .
cratic King Henry VIII.

with us: at first | was unkind to
you. and you were kind to me. but
now am kind TO you and you are
unkind to me-"
II can come back at you with
your own words,' responded
Brandon. You don't know when
am kind to you. l should he
kinder to myself. at least. were
to leave you and take myself 10
the other side Of the world"
"Oh! that is one thing wanted
to ask You about, Jane tells me
you are going to New Spain?"
She was anxious to know. but
asked the question partly to turn
the conversation which was fast be.
coming perilous. AS Q girl. she
loved Brandon. and knew it only
too well, but she knew also. that
she was princess. standing next
TO the throne OF the greatest king
hOhi Oi 70 Ah' AoSN' CT N"oN ti''~'
the heir apparent-Henry having
no children-for the people would
not have the Scotch kings imp
and the possibility of such a thing
as a union with Brandon had never
entered her head. however pas
sionate her feelings toward him.
She also knew that speaking
thought vitaliZes il and gives /:
force: although she could not den%
herself the pleasure of being near
him. of seeing him, and hearing
the tones of his voice. and now and
then feeling the thrill Of an acci-
dental touch. she had enough good
sense TO know that a mutual con.
fession, that is. taking il for
granted Brandon loved her. as she
felt almost sure he did. must be
avoided at all hazards. 1t was no.
to he thought of between people SO
far apart as they. The brink was
delightful place, full OF all The
sweet ecstasies and thrilling joys
Of u seventh heaven. but over the
brink-well! there should be no
"ovcr." for who was she? And
who was he? Those two dread.
fully stubborn facts could not be
forgotten. and the gulf between
them could not be spanned; sh"
knew that only too well No one
better.
Brandon answered her question:
II do not know about going;
think I shall I have volunteered
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with the courtesy you would show
a bourgeoise girl
"0h. that you were only
hurghcr's daughter"
Yes. know all that; but I am
not. 1t cant be helped. and you
shall answer me"
There is no answer. dear lady
i beg yOu-oh. do you not
see--'
Yes. yes; but answer my quc4
ton; am not klnd-more than
you d-scrve?"
Indeed, yes; a thousand times.
You have always been 80 kind. so
gracious and 40 CondesCtnding &c
me that can only thank YOU.
thank you. thank you" answered
Brandon. almost shyly; not daring
TO lift his eyes to hers.
Mary saw the manner quickly
enough-what woman ever missed
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
See This Romance Of Princess Mar
Tudor Starring Marion Davies as
the Princess in Motion Pictures
at Loew's Columbia Begin
: ming October u.

ter from the glowing love that mad
her heart beat so fast.
Her gown. too, was the best She
could have worn to show her
charms. She must have known
= Brandon was there. and must have
dressed especially to go to him. She
wore her favorite long flown;
outer sleeve. without the close fit
ting inner one. 1t was slit to the
shoulder, and gave lentrapcing
glimpses of her arms with every
movement, leaving them almns.
bare when she lifted her hands.
which was often. for she was
full of gestures as a Frenchwonan
Her bodice was cut low. b,th
back and front, showing her large,
perfectly nodded throat and neck.
like an alabaster pillor Of beauty
and strength, and disclosing her
bosom just TO it's shadowy incurv.
ing, white and billowy as drifted
snow.
Her hair was thrown back in IN
attempt at a coil, though, like her
own rebellious nature, it couM no
brook restraint. and persistcntly
escaped in a hundred little curls
that fringed her face and lay upon
the soft white nape Of her NECK like
fluffy shreds OF sun.lit floss OH
new cut ivory.
With the mood that was upon
her, | wonder Brandon main-
tanned his self-restraint even for q
moment He felt that his only
hope lay in silence, so he sat be-
side her and said nothing. He
told me long afterwa rds that while
sitting there in the intervals be-
tween her speech. the oldest. wild
est thoughts ran through mis-
brain. He wondered how he could
escape. He thought Of the
window. and that possibly he
might break through II, and then
he thought of feigning illness. e.
and hundred other absurd
schemes. but they all came 10
nothing, and he sat there to tet
events take their own course as
they seemed determined 10 do in
spite of him.
After a short silence, Mary con
tinued, half banteringly: Answer
me, sir! l will have no more Of
this. You shall treat me at leas.
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It. much less so keen.eyed gill
as she-and it gave her confidence.
and brought back the easy bante.'
Of her old.time manner.
How modest We have become
Where is the boldness OF which we
used TO have SO much? Kind?
Have ] always been SO, How
about the first time ] mot You?
Was I kind then? And as to con.
,descensi9n. dont--don't use that
word between us"
NO" returned Brandon. who.
N turn. was recovering himself.
"uo, l can't say that you were
very kind at first. How you dill
fly out at me and surprise me.
II was SO unexpected it almost
took me off my feet" and th"y
both laughed in remembering the
scene of their first meeting. "No,
I can't say your kindness showed
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William +. Kirk

VvyE was lerning in our
" skool books about Reb.
w bells wich was In a crate
war wich we had onst & l asked
Pa: What Is it, n Rebel?
Well, Bobbie, sed Pa. thare is
many & varus kinds of Rebbels.
Thare was the CRATE Rebbels OF
the Civil War. sed Pa. & thare
was the still crater Rebbels Of
the Revolushun wiCh rebeld
aggenst England & won out. sed
Pa. So you see. Bobbic, sed Pa.
a Rebbel aint always Il bad sort.
Was you ever a Rebbel sed me
to Pa.
No. ! was newer a Rcbbel eX.
ccp aggcnst the iron rule of yurc
parent on yurc mothers side.
sed Pa. Wen yure mother thinks
she is tho Boss. scd Pa. my feercc
blood Rebbels at times. sed PA. 4
then yure mother knows she has
went far enuff. sed Pa.
Is that so. sed Ma. I will 20 as
far as / like at any & all times,
l sed.
Now YOU see a other Rebbel.
Bobbic. sed Pa. Yure mother is
Rebelling aggenst my commands.
Such Rebelling Is sure for to be
short lifed. Bobbie, sed Pa. I
will crush II as a lion wud crush
mouse. sed Pa.
You doant meen to say so, sed
Ma. wud like to see you try.
sed Ma.
II Is too warm to have a war
now. or you bet wud show you,
sed Pa. But as I was saving to
littel Bobbie. let us be Rebbels
aggenst our makeup. sed Pa wich
IL unworthy, Pa sed. II was by
wedding out the weak spots in
my life. sed Pa. that rose to
them proud Hites on wich I now
set on, scd Pa.
Sum wedding. sed Ma. & don't
forget that 7 helped weed, sed
Ma Am I rite. sed Ma.
You are darn rite you are rite,
sed Pa.
q that ID MI I know about
RebheIs.
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Eminent Astronomer and Authority
on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.

" HE true measure of an indi.
viduGl mind Is to be found
in it's ultimate achievement,
and not by means OF any mental
Thousands OF school and college
graduates, whose standing is
high. according to both the old
pedagogical and the new psyche
logical tests, fail to fulfill in active
life the apparent promise of
eminence noted by their exam.
iners and indicated by their class
work.
On the contrary, other thou
sands who failed, or were rCla-
lively weak, at the tests have
turned out to be leaders and per-
sons of distinction and Of un-
common mental activity and
power upon entering into real
life. This applies even in many
cases to scholars In the old classic
sense, and in still more numerous
cases to scientific and professional
workers and leaders: while with
many college graduating classes it
Is the rule rather than the, excep-
tion among those who achieve dis.
tinction in commerce, industry and
all kinds Of enterprise.
Neither the test examinations
nor the probings Of trained psy.
Chologists' reach and reveal the
solid foundation that is often con-
cealed beneath an undevelopcd
mentality.
These are truisms, known to
every observant pcrsonI and they
offer the proper basis, or starting
point, for the reform Of educa.
tional methods. They are facts of
observation, not Of fanciful deduc-
tions from theories of the wildfire
variety, whose chief quality is the
property Of rapid spreading and
kindling.
II we believed the interpreta.
zion put upon the wholesale psy.
Geological tests made at the he.
ginning of our entrance into the
great war, we should have to
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~ DAN, her bosom leaving quick
ly, turned to face the rough
- looking man with the wrinkIcd
features. who stood In Philips
chambers. turning his hat round
and round in his embarrassment.
.,"Cap'en Grier. Miss. at your
service" he said. huskily, AN
proud to be of any. use to you"
That's a mild way Of putting
IT," said Mottisfont. wnom the Sit.
uation greatly tickled. for IL IL
had not been for the captain here.
there would be no Tallbois claim.
ant case today, and I should have
missed the most interesting Glen:
! ever had"
With an impulsive gesture Joan
took the old seaman's rough hands
in hers.
How can I thank you?" she
said in a low voice. 1T is foolish
TO speak Of thanks for such serv.
ice as yours" There were tears
in her eyes as she spoke. The
beauty and charm OF the girl COM
pletely overcame the ancient
mariner: he looked at her with
awe. and the hundred wrinkles on
his face turned rich plum color.
well. that repays me over an
over" he stammered, AN didn't
know no more than the dead who
II was 7 picked up. II I had
Tell me about it?", cried Joan
eagerly; tell me about my father
you can guess how wonderful
story IL is TO me-
well, miss-I mean a'am-
that's to say, my lady" reptile l
crier confusedly, "I've heard the
rest NJ Il from Mr.. Mottisfont mere:
he's got my yarn down in writing.
an must say his part O the story
knocks mine into cooked hat. 1t
caps anything I've heard in all
INV going to sea: an I've seen some
nueer things, too. What can tell
ven amt much. 1t was on the
18th of June. 1896. forty mile
sou'sou' east OF Key West. At six
aSeils in the forenoon watch. we
sIphted a man lashed TO a dr!ftin'
srar, got, hin, aboard. thought he
WAS dead at first, but after a long
iob We brought him round. A f'ne
Ioollf' young fellow he was-noi
much niorc'n u boy. When Ire
couId speak he, asks, Where am
IL
..'on the s. s. Carrickmorc, saJs
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
THE RHYMING|
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-
A Lot to Learn.

VIZ HEN Benny Benson went
" TO school he led In all his
w classes. he took less time
to learn each rule than other
lads and lasses. The hoy was
never satisfied with books Of ev-
Crags thickness. and all his teach.
ers told with pride Of his amazing
quiCkness. He was l,ear for
heavy lore that other chaps de-
tested; you'd hear him ask the
profs for more when all the rost
were bested. While Benny's
friends would pine and ycarn for
summers pleasant bowers. he'd
say: i've such lot to learn.
I'll have no idle hours" Though
some declared their work was
through when any course was
over. he cried: The more hard
chores I do the more then dis.
cover" And when he left his
college days and took up larger
studies that wait for men on all
life's ways. he still outstripped
his huddies. For many a fellow
by his side said: "I'vc leP-nad all
that's needed" and let his brain
grow ossified while Benny up.
ward speeded Oh, when the
farmer at his plow. the preacher
at his preaching declares: I
know enough right now. I wnnt
no further teaching" he then is
In a pretty plight and headed Tor
a tumble. When he insists; I'm
always right" old Tim will make
him humble. But Benny Benson
forged ahead. amassing fame rnd
dollars. white men who knew II
all were dead. that II. nbove their
collars. Each rhanre that ,1,ne
10 rest he'd rpurn, ~hr busy
years were fitting uu,;h he:
Two ruch n lot to learn. ] Cannot
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Can the Mind Be Measured? Ry R SsFrStt Ss97sa

burn or an Edison or a Standard
Dictionary, it does not follow that
he is an intellectual weakling, nor
is he to he ranked as still a child
in force of intelligence because he
cannot answer questions familiar
TO others who have studied them,
or IL not acquainted with scientific
ways Of looking at. and thinking
about. things. Ignorance Is not
idiocy.
Charlemagne could not write,
and probably could not read,
though others in his time could
do both; hut he could govern tho
world with an administrative
ability such as few men have dis
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confess that. so far as mentality
is concerned. we are a nation of
twelve.year old children, or worse.
The fatal defect in such a system
is that the tests are too infleXible.
too unnatural. and utterly inadc-
quate in number, variety and
adaptabifity, to plumb the depths
Of mentality. They fail in that
Csspect even more notably than did
Calls chronological system. In
which he sought to corral all the
intellectual and moral faculties OF
n man within artificial fences Of
definition.
Because man is not New
ton or a Laplace or Zerah Col.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
Goats Milk

nR. J. CAMESCASSE. in a re.
cent number NJ the Paris Bul.
letln Medical. says that his exten.
sive experience has proved that
when breast milk, is out OF the
question. goats milk Ia a safer
and better substitute for II than
cows milk. But he insists that
the goat must be on the premises.
and the milk taken raw. The
idea 10 to draw the milk fresh for
each feeding.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
When Ice Shrinks|

AT 100000 pounds pressure.
"A water will turn to ice. though
q thermometer may show II is at
$50 degrees +. The first effect OF
pressure on ice Is to lower the
freezing point. hut II the force Is
Increased a strange collapse
comes at 1000 atmospheres. The
force that holds the molecules
apart is overcome. and the Ice
shrinks rs per cent. in volume. It
win then sink In water instead OF
floating,