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"HE problem Of providing in
- dividual towels for each
l. member OF a family-espe-
cially II that family be a large
one-is a pressing one. II is par
ticularly difficult II the mother
must do all the washing herself.
Where the washing is done at a
commercial laundry the aim should
be to have the bill as small as
possible consistent with cleanliness.
One mother solved this prob
lem in a most satisfactory man.
ner. There were seven members
I'm the family. So instead of the
one or two-towel racks found In
too many bathrooms, she decided
there should be one for each mem.
Der Of the family, There was to
be one, too, for guests.
She selected glass towel bars
about one inch in diameter. These
cost her 10 cents each. The depart
ment stores were showing longer
and heavier bars in both plain and
opal glass at a slightly higher
price. And since these articles are,
in a way. an investment, II is
better to purchase the heavier bars
IL one can possibly afford 1t.
At the beginning of each week
each member Of the family re-
ceIved one bath towel, one face
towel and a wash cloth. These
were placed on the rack. The
guest rack was filled with dainty
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A Graphic Story of Metropolitan Stage
Life and a Beautiful Girls
Great Sacrifice.

you let him into your room tiff
you were going to quarrel"
Mrs. Fennellr'
Nov. now! Don't be silly. Ber.
tie didn't mean anything; he's in.
toxicated and--there's no harm
done. You said you struck him
with something. 7 presume he's
hurt. and everybody In the house
will know about IT,"
Got into your room. eh?" Har-
den Fennell said. thickly, then ex.
ploded In moist laughter. "Bertie's
work is all right, but It's coarse.
Don't you mind him, Mrs. whar-
ton"
will you send some one for
Bobf" Lorelei asked, more quietly.
"I want to-leaye."
But her hostess protested. Nov
why stir up troubie7 Bob is drunk:
he and BERTHE are old friends. Ber.
tie will apologize In the morning.
and-after all, II was nothing.
told you he was mad about you.
He's just like any other man, and
you shouldn't have encouraged
him." ""
"wu you send for my hus-
band?"
Mrs. Fenneli's gaze hardened;
she stiffened herself, saying
coldly: .... .........a ..-... =
why, certainly. IL you insist
upon rousins the whole neighbor-
hood; but he's in no condition to
understand this silly affair. You
might have some consideration for
US"
Sure echoed the husband.
go to sleep and forget It. Don't
spoil the party"
You realize we have other
gussts?" snapped Mrs. Fenneil.
Bright disks Of color were burn
ing in Loreiei's cheeks; she was
smiling peculiarly. 49,.
Rest easy" she said. I've no
wish to embarrass you nor to drag
my husband into this rotten bust
ness. 1t seems he's as modern as
the rest Of you, but 1m-old-fash-
ioned."
There came a knock at the door.
and Hayman's voice. calling:
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CHAPTER XIV.

On Tuesday afternoon a badly
shaken, exceedingly frightened
young man called at Campbell
Pope's clearinghouse.
Good Lord. Bob! Been on an.
other bat?" cried Pope, at sight Of
his caller. Wharton took a fleet.
ing glance at himself in a mirror
and nodded. noting for the first
time the sacks beneath his eyes.
the haggard lines from nostriis to
lip corners.
I'm all in. LOrelei's quit me-"
he said. DULY. ~
"ouit your Pope frowned. TEL
me about It,"
well, ! climbed the vine again
and fell off. She packed up-disap-
peared-been gone since Saturday
night. and I can't find her. No
body seems to know where she is.
came up for air Sunday. but
I'm hard hit. Pope. Tn
ready to quit the game II I can't
find her: me for seafoam pillow.
sure. Oh, Tn not kidding-In
start walking from here toward
Jersey. God! I keep think.
ing that maybe she took the river.
You see, I'm all gone" He sank
into a chair. twitching and trem.
bling in a nervous collapse.
Better have a drink" Pope sug-
gested: but Bob returned roughly:
That's what broke up the
sketch. ] got stewed at Fennell-
court-high.hat weekend party
fast crowd. and the usual trim.
mings. Never again! That is, IL ]
find my wife"
To Be Continued Mondayl
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of
Famous

r N his recently published book,
Storm and Sunshine in South
Africa" Archdeacon Wirgman.
OF Port Elizabeth, has q good deal
to tell about Cecil Rhodes, whose
most manifest characteristic, II
would appear. was his careless
ness.
He could not sit still. and es-
capped from debate whenever he
could. He was restless in his home
life. He would have men in his
room discussing politics while he
was dressing, and his meals were
subject to continual interruptions.
''He was at luncheon one day deep
In politics with some friends" says
Archdeacon Wirgman. when a
little boy (son OF a friend of mine)
said. please, Mr.. Rhodes. want
TO see your lions"
Rhodes left the table at once with
the child. with u rapid excuse 10
his friends, and took him off to the
lion house In the grounds of his
beautiful home at Groot Schuur.
1t was characteristic alike Of his
restlessness and his love for child
rem.
In my Memories Of Eighty
Years" Chauncey M. Depew, who
met Browning on one occasion.
gives us the following significant
note on the Browning cult in the
United States: Mr.. Browning
said that nothing gratified him so
much as the popularity of his
works in America. He was espe-
cially pleased and also embarrassed
by our Browning societies. Of which
there seemed to be a great many
over here. They sent him papers
which were read by members of the
societies, interpreting his poems.
These American friends discovered
maa ninos whinh had rnUar o.
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EVOLUTION THEORY
OPPONENTS LOOK UPON DARWIN AS FOE
BY Garrett p. Serviss-

cesses which may be coii.cident
with it,"
1t is we'll for the cause of truth
that the name Of Darwin should
In connection with the evolution
airy doctrine even when later In
continue to be prominently used
vestigations have led to modifica-
ton of some OF his views, just as
1t was well for France unflinch-
ingly to defend the old strong
hold at Verdun, on account OF Its
prestige, even though 1t repre-
qunted system Of defense.
Darwin himself would unques-
tionably revise some things In his
books II he were now alive, but
there Is no fundamental error un-
derlying the great principles that
he proclaimed. The enemies Of
evolutionary science look upon
Darwin's fame as their foes very
criflamme. the casting down Of
which would be hailed as a sign
of defeat.
But 1t will not be cast down,
and no man will listen with pa
tience to the aspersiosns now
thrown upon Darwin who has
read the closing sentence Of his
first great book:
There Is grandeur in this view
Of life, with It's several powers.
having been originally breathed
by the Creator into q few forms
or into one; and that, whilst this
planet has gone cycling on accord.
ing to the fixed law of gravity,
from so simple q beginning end
less forms most beautiful and
most wonderful have been, and
ere being. evolved"
Jordan chooses Moritz Wag-
ner's term "raumliche sounderung"
(which may be translated, sep
aration In space'D, as best ex-
pressing the influence through
which variations, fluctuations.
and mutations OF species may
be made permanent, and he
draws an informing parallel be-
tween the origin of individual
species Of animal or plant and
that OF individual words In n
language. ...
Each of these" he says,
Springs from q root through
ancient documents fossil reoordJ
the roots Of words can to traced
more perfectly than the roots Of
animal or plant species. Yet one
may know the derivation Of thou
sands of words while yet ex-
pressing agnostieism as to the
origin OF language. -.
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For Healthy
Lungs
BY Brice Belden, Nj. d.

IN He theory of heredity has
been considerably overworked
- In the past in the case OF
tuberculosis. We are all exposed
to the inhalation of millions OF
tubercle bacilli. and yet, even IL
there are tendencies to develop
the disease. we resist IL so long
as we eat plenty Of good food.
Even when we live in close rooms
we can generally fight off this in.
fcction provided we are not poorly
fed.
Il is a question In the main of
poor nourishment. Monkeys kert
in captivity In our Northern eli
mate are pretty sure to die Of
tuberculosis II they are fed as I'm
the jungle. that IL to say upon a
vegetable diet. But when they
are better fed--given milk and
meat-as are the circus chimpan-
zees Of Hagenbeck, they remain
In good health.
Poor sewing girls, dressmakers'
assistants, ETC., would resist the
bad air Of their workrooms II
they could have the same food as
their. employers. Living on
cakes. sweets and not very nutri.
tious vegetables. and lacking a
sufficient amount of fats and al.
bumin In the form OF cream,
milk, eggs. meat, ETC., they fre-
quently sucoumb to tuberculosis,
and then well.meaning friends
talk about heredity.
Even where people live a great
deal In the open air, as in the
case OF many of the surviving
Indians OF the United States and
Canada, tuberculosis is prevalent
whenever the food IL Inadequate.
The Maoris, Of New Zealand,
often succumb TO this disease be.
cause they rarely have any meat.
Prison life causes tuberculosis,
not so much because of the close
confinement as because of its
one-sided vegetarian diet.
London is foggy. smoky and
sunless much of the year, but
meat is eaten three times a day
by the rich and twice by the poor.
and there is but little tubercu.
losis, relatively speaking.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
BY Rex Beach,
Author Of 'The Spoilers" Tho
Silver Horde" -The Barrier"
Heart Of the Sunset" and
Numerous Other Popular
Novnls. III

1" HE fixture was of heavy
brass. and its momentum
ripped the connection from
It's socket; her arm was tense
with the strength Of utter loath-
Ing as she brought the weapon
down. Hayman reeled away,
covering his face with his hands
and cursing wildly; then, profit
ing by his retreat, Lorelei was
at the door, had turned the key,
and was IN the hall before he
could prevent her. Guided more
by instinct than by reason or
memory, she found Mrs. Fen
nell's chamber and pounded upon
Its door with blind fury. She
heard q stir from the direction
whence she had come, and Hay
mans voice calling something
uninteiligible; then Mrs. Fenneil's
startled face appeared before
her.
whats the matter7 My dear!
You'll wake everybody in the
house"
"Your brother-forced his way
tnto--my room"
what are you talking about?"
Mrs. Fennell drew her guest
swiftly inside. '.rHush! Don't
make a show Of yourself"
"wha's all this?" came from
Harden Fennell, who was
sprawied in a chintz-cover-
ed easy-chair. minus coat.
waistcoat and collar. He rose slow
~ as Loreleii. incoherent with rage,
poured out her story. "wha's
trouble?" he mumbled. "Bob's all
right-and SOS Bert They're
both drunk, but Bob's the drunkes'.
whst're you talking about, any
way7"
BE stillv' his wife c, ed, sharply.
"It's BERTHE again" Then of Lore
lei she inquired: But why did
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AVID STARR JORDAN, :
Id taking up, in Science"
~ the recent statements Of

AVID STARR JORDAN,
I'D taking up, in Science"
~ the recent statements Of
Professor William Bateson that
we have no clear answer TO give
a. to the origin OF species, and
that, although our faith In evo-
luton remains unshaken, we have
no acceptable account of the ORR
gin of species" remarks that
this statement must mean one
of two things.
''It may be a large and gen.
erous gesture disclaiming for sci.
enoe, any approach to omniscl-
ence. for the most that science
can do is to record the observed
sequence of events: or we may
interpret 1t as a revelation Of the
SPEAKERS ignorance OF the re-
searches OF field investigators
and students Of geographical dis
tribution generally"
Jordan goes to say; "As a
matter OF fact, no phenomenon Of
nature is better understood than
that Of the origin OF species, taxi
ing the word species in its orig
inal and natural definition as a
definable form OF animal or plant
life as now existing on the globe.
In the study of any one of these
we find the inherent factors OF
heredity and variation, the sur
yival Of individuals adapted to
their environment. thereby per-
petuating in q general way their
particular traits"
Inasmuch as Professor Bate
sons persistently misinterpreted
and certainly unfortunate state
snents were the spark that re-
kindlod the fire Of theological and
socialistic opposition to the
teaching of "Darwinism," II Is
interesting to have, from so un-
swerying a student of nature as
DR.. Jordan. such correctives as
this. .
ut Is true" he says, that the
accumulation Of facts In regard
TO each one of hundreds Of thou
sands Of individual species shows
endless variety In the details OF
modified divergence. IL Is there
fore Impossible to condense In a
angle phrase all that we know OF
its phases unless with Darwin we
IIss the term natural selection as
the antithesis to supernatural
creation and adjustment, thus In
Guiding in one word not only the
results OF the survival OF the fit,
hut also all other natural pro-
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Betty Let me in!'

Betty Let me ing'
His sister opened the door an
inch or two. You mustn't come
in now" she expostulated. then
cried. sharply: why. you're badly
hurt. You're all bloodyp' As
Hayman agreed in a burst of pro-
family she exclaimed fretfuily:
"oh, this is dreadful! Go to your
room, for Heavens sake! I'll see
what can do with this--with
Mrs. Wharton" Bert continued
to growl until his brother-in-law
led him away down the hall Then
Mrs. Fennell turned acidly upon
her outraged guest. well, you've
caused enough trouble. It seems TO
me. without involving the rest Of
US in II. A woman Of your ex-
perience should be more careful.
I'm sure BERTHE never would have
taken such a liberty II he hadn't
thought you were accustomed to
such things"
Lorelei broke out sharply.
You're as badly mistaken as your
brother was. Butt should have
been moro careful: suppose a
woman Of my experience shouldn't
have come here at all. Now.
don't want to cause any trouble
nor scandal. so IL you'll permit mo
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) to thank you for your hospitality
I'll leave at once"
Leave? At this hour?"
I'm ten minutes, II you'll rouse
a chauffeur and let him drive me
to the station"
Nonsense! You can't get
Bob"
Bob needn't know anything
about It,: I'm sure that will be
pleasanter all around. I'll 70
alone" Lorelei's forced smile
barred her even, white teeth. "of
course, IL it's too much trouble I
can walk"
II think you're acting very
rudely-but dare say II would
save lot Of unpleasantness;
Bertie's furious-he and Bob
might fight. Tim dreadfuily
sorry. stin, I can't permit
YOU"
"In ten minutes, then. II
there's no train may ask your
chauffeur TO drive me into the
city" ...
"why, to be sure! Er-what
shall I tell Bob when he asks
for your"
use your own judgment.
please. You can handle drunken
men better than !. And don't
trouble to send a maid to my
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A Realistic Romance Wherein Poverty
and Millions Walk Side by Side
in Strange Places.

as opposed to the fetid existence
behind her; even Jim. adventurer.
crook, blackmailer that he was,
appeared wholesome compared
with men like Hayman and his
brother-in.law. Although Jorelei,
under ordinary circumstances,
was even-tempered. her anger,
once aroused. was tenacious. AS
she brooded over her humiliation
her indignation at Bob began to
take definite shape and purpose.
She reached the little apart
ment In the hushed hours before
the dawn, and straightway be-
gan her packing. Since Bob was
doubtless In a drunken stupor
which would last for hours, she
did not hurry.
Only once did she hault in her
labors. and then only from sur
prise. In a bureau she uncov-
cred q bundle Of letters and doc
uments addressed to her husband,
which in some way aroused her
curiosity. Swallowing her quaims,
she examined the contents. They
proved to be, in the main, letters
from Bob's mother and father
urging him to break off his mar
riage. Those from Mr.. Wharton
were characteristically fntolerant
and dictatorial; those from Bob's
mother were plaintive and inf
nitely sad. Both parents, she
perceived. had exhausted every
effort to win their son from his
infatuation. both believed Lorelei
to be an Infamous woman
bent upon his destruction. and
judging from the typewriter re-
ports inclosed with some Of the
fathers letters. there was ample
reason for such a belief. These re-
ports covered Loreiei's every move
ment, they barred every bit OF an
cient siandal connected with her.
they recounted salacious stage Cos
sip as fact and falsely construed
those actions which were capable
OF more than one Interpretation.
II gave the girl a peculiar sensa.
ton of unreality TO see her life laid
out before her eyes in so distorted
q shape, and when she read the
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fine ladies and gallant gentle
men! Lorelei scarcely knew
whether to laugh or cry. As she
stared out at the night shapes
capering past she felt acute per-
sonal shame that she had been
tricked into even a brief asso-
citation with so vile a crew. The
uproar Of mems voices rang in
her ears like jeering farewell.
and she realized that in all prob
ability her flight would appear
ridiculous to Bob"s friends. Wo-
men like the kalsomined widow,
the masculine matron. the jaded
wyeth girl. would echo that
laughter and score her with their
gossip on the morrow: the thought
turned her mind bitterly toward
Bob. He had defiled her by
bringing her into contact with
those libertines. He had left her de.
fenseless against their insults and
unprotected from the assaults of
men he knew TO be capable OF any
thing. He had told her to for
get she was married and have a
good time; he had refused her
appeal for protection. She ask
ed herself dazedly what sort of
a creature he could be. OF a
sudden the old life Of the the
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wv ITH oagerness ! made no
" effort to mask, caught
w up the big. square letter
lying on the table of the wide
Sturges hall. My glimpse of Jim's
handwriting on the envelope made
the tangle Of problems the day
had brought seem suddenly negii-
gible. For a happy moment there
were just two persons In my
whole world-Jim and /.
AS turned toward the stair
way Carlotta called me. I looked
up to find her smiling at me with
gentle understanding.
Run along upstairs for q quiet
hour, honey" she said I'm q muted
voice full of rich undertones.
This has been an-emotional day
for you. I'll be here ready TO
greet our dinner guest when she
arrives. You can trust the enter
tainment of Miss Storrs to me
for awhile. I'll tell Bertha not
to announce dinner until 1880, 30
you just take things easy"
With o word Of thanks I hur-
ried to my room, tore open Jim's
letter and running across to the
window so the clearest light
should illuminate every word, I
began to read.
Lilac Princess" the letter be-
gan.
Lilac Princess. I could hear
Jim murmur the love name. Way,
way off, trailing like a ghost
through my mind was an echo OF
Lilac Princess''-an echo ! didn't
like-as IL I'd heard II parodied
in a mocking voice. But without
permitting the ghost to haunt me,
/ went on.
my dear friend, Rosa Cordova,
will mail this, letter special deliv,
cry" 1t read. She'll start 1t off
to you the minute she reaches the
big city, where II won't have any
tell-tale postmarks. So what
have to say to you about my
little delegate ought to reach you
a minute ahead OF her. Anne.
dear, this will introduce you to
the greatest little sport and clev.
crest business woman I've ever
come across. You will have q
chance to get two separate angles
on her. recommend a study OF
both to you.
"As the shrewd, level-headed
woman with a mans brain you
are going to deal with down In
my office, you will take off YOUR
hat to her. AS the aristocrat
with charm and savoir faire who
comes to live with you at Jeaaie's,
you'll give her your heart. No
one could resist her"
stopped reading. Mechanical
ly removed my hat and rape.
Lifelessly I found comfortable
chair and pulled II into the
shadows.
The first letter I'd had from
Jim for weeks! And ! couldn't
take II standing. couldn't bear
to stand with II In the full light
of the waning day.
Lilac Princess" II began--no
more. And now know why
there was q hint Of mockery IN
the dear old love-name. Rosa
Cordova had called me White
Lilac" Jim's love name isn't
sacred to him n he can use IL
casually 20 any new acquaintance
to whom he wants to give a de-
scription of his wife.
Lilac Princess" my letter be-
gan, with never a dear" to
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business-like Biographies of herself
and the members OF her family she
could only marvel at Bob's Eaith.
For evidently he had not answered
a single letter. Nevertheless. after
preparing an early breakfast. she
sent her trunks downstairs and
phoned for taxicab.
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you put Lydla f.
|Pinkhsm's Vege-
table Compound
on the market.
After / had my
baby ] was all run
down and 80 nor
vous' 1t kept me
from gaining. My
doctor did every
thing he could TO
build me up, then
he ordered me to
take lydia II.
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Tops of Onions

THE tops of onions are eaten in
i moderate quantities by all
kinds of poultry. This food should
be kept from birds about TO be
used for table purposes, and from
those producing eggs for food, be.
cause the flavor will be impaired
to flesh and eggs.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
This Day in History.

THIS the anniversary of the DEATH in 1888. of Will
L liam Wilberforce, a man of great wealth, whose
life was devoted to the abolition of the slave trade.
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eachs AUCTION BLOCK mrsrs'C Charles Dana Gibson
Lorelei and Lilas as Exponents of Good and EuiI

How much does environment
affect the characters In "The
Auction Block" both Lorelei
and Lilas start out in the
chorus. Lorelei retains her
sweetness and goodness. Lilas,
under similar conditions, gives
way to temptation.
The trials of the one result in
making a finer woman Of her,
the trials of the other make of
her a lost soul.
And Lilas envies Lorelei, and
hates her, too. '.,
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LovelOrn Advice
BY Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Am twenty, About five
years ago while in the army
met O girl that ] liked rather
well. Our friendship continued
for about six months until went
to France, Occasionally I re.
ceived a letter from her, but on
my return she gave me the gate
and has since married. Lately
she called me up and said that
-.she had left her husband, AsI
still think a lot OF this person,
please advise me II II would be
o. X. to 90 out with her. II not,
how TO get out Of II without
hurting her feelings, o. 8.
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DOCTOR ORDERED
Woman 0BEYED
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
and is Now Well

Chicago, Illinois. = "You surely
gave women one good medicine when
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The Charmed Circle.

She was pacing the gloom Of
the porte-cochere when an auto
mobile swung out from among
the trees and swept the shadows
flying with its brushes Of flame.
As she directed the driver. from
an open window behind her came
a drunken shout; n burst OF
mems laughter followed the car
as II rolled away.
So that was the charmed cir
Gle to which she had aspired.
those the people she had envied;
behind her was that life TO which
she had sold herself. and this
was the end of her dream OF