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The Washington times., 1922-02-01
BObbie And
His Pa
BY William F. Kirk.

r WAS reedfng yesterday. sed
Ma to Pa last mite, that Science
Is annoyed beekaus the days
are growing longer each year.
They are growing longer at the
the rate Of one second every
thousand yeers.
You doant mean to tell me, sed
Pa. AS rapidly as that7 sed Pa.
What a change in the days we
shall see IL we live long enuff, sed
Pa.
Yes indeed, sed Ma.
Well, sed Pa, my idee Of sum-
thing not to SWEET blood about Is a
second in a thousand years, sed
Pa.
But isent It strange that the
days shud grow longer that way,
sed Ma.
have not gave the subjeck any
vary deep thot yet. sed Pa, but
wen I get my massive brane work
ing on it I will let you know the
result in a Jiffery, sed Pa
bet you will. you keen man,
sed Ma. How brite you are. like
the Eevning star, sed Ma. Bee.
sed Ma, have made a poem about
you, How brite yu are like the
Eevning star, sed Ma.
That is sum poem q I am sum
gink, sed Pa. & wen have stud
died out this subjeck Of the days
Citing longer / will give you q
the wulrd the result Of my rec
serch, sed Pa In the meantime,
sed Pa, I guess I will reed the
sporting page q smoak one moro
torch beefoar I Retire, sed Pa.
Never mind the sporting page
for q mint. sed Ma / want TO
talk a iittel moar with you about
this subjeck of the days changing,
sed Ma. / wonder II, after all, the
wurld isent going to cum to q end
sum day. I wonder X this longer
day bizness dosent NEON that We
are beeing drawn q littel closer
eech yeer to the sun. That will
meen, sed Ma, that sum day this
erth will be drawn 20 close to the
sun that it will burn up, with all
Of us, sed Ma. ,
Maybe a few milyun yeers from
now that will happen, sed Pa. You
& me & Bobbie will not be here
to be skorched, sed Pa,
Well, sed Ma, II there will be no
CRATE change for a few milyun
yeers I guess there Is nothing for
us to worry about this evening.
sed Ma.
think peepul Is nutty to worry.
I am going to git all the slee witch
I can beefor I Parrish.
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great love: a symbol Of union pet
in solemn panoply; the voice of
the organ making melody that
should ring forever In the heart,
sanctifying the day, and the two
for whom God had set the day
apart. - -, ff
There had been a~time, later
with the growth Of her desire for
worldly things. when these mag
inings faded and she saw in her
wedding only pomp and circu1n-
stance, lace gowns and Jewels, the
envy Of those less, ,rich-+.for. aof
course, she would be marrying
none but a Jmiliionaire--. <
And now her hotr was. here
her wedding was here-and there
was no ponp, no jewels. no page
antry--nothing but the bare hos
pital room, and the shadow of
death trumpeting "a silent dirge
for q wedding march.
III IT was her hour OF marriage
it was also to be her hour Of lsx.
piration., Not to be, explained
this longing to comfort him. Ito
make him happy. and not to tbe
denied this power driving her on
course so little in accord with
her past.
She was at the hospital Jons be.
fore noon; she was. told to sit with
the wounded man II she desired.
And then came the question Of a
wedding ring. A smile on Jerry's
lips. I've got it, Hestsr-Iye
always had It." - Z
Go Be Continued Tomorrew3
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Well-Known Author and Nov elist :
Of COuntry-Wide Reputation.


~ToRRow went away wretch
- I'd, with an indetermirate
desolation eating at his
heart, yet at the same time and
in some mysterious manner
more satisfied in mind, as though
that visit, for all that It had left
unsafd on his part, had given a
sense OF completion to what might
otherwise have retained a disturb
ing air OF being unfinished.
Two hours later he succeeded in
getting In touch with Hermann
Krassler over the telephone. He
explained that he was no longer in
a position to oppose any action
which his wife might take towards
obtaining her freedom. and that
Krassler could act accordingly.
The latter coolly, and with 60
slightest trace of triumph in his
voice, ANNOUNCED that this course
was undoubtedly the best for all
concerned.
Two days later. as Storrow was
packing the last of his belongings
in the last of his trunks, he was
summoned to the door Of his
denuded studio by a sedentary
and notwithstanding clerk from
an attorneys office, who thrust
into his hand a document Of I'M
doubted legal aspect.
You're owen Storrow, aren't
your" asked the emissary Of the
law.
And Storrow, in acknowledging
that he was, knew that he had
duly and formally accepted serv-
ice in his wtfe's impending action
for an absolute divorce.
Spring comes tardily but none
the less beautifully to that coun-
try which may be said to lie in
the lap Of the Great Lakes. 1t
comes with sense of relief
after imprisonment, of abandon.
ment after restraint, Of tender
ness after tempest.
1t comes with a more riotous
surrender Of bud and leaf and
blossom, a more rhapsodic out
burst from April's innumerable
choiring threats more impas-
stoned craving for loveliness in
every azure-mirroring runnel and
trillium-starred valley and robin.
hunted hillside.
1t comes over lake and field
and pineland and burgeoning or
chard with the breath of a thou
sand odors, as silvery sweet as
wind-blown bugles, transforming
lumber into emerald, awakening
magically into life that Sleeping
Beauty known as earth and ar
raging her in radiance SO
therealized that man, beholding
1t, finds his vernal gladness in
some way shot through with
sadness and the immemorial rap.
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reason being that all timepfeces
are regulated to follw the motions
Of an imaginary sun called the
mean" (average) sun, and only
four times in a year does the real
sun cross the meridian at the mo-
ment marked noon by u well.regu-
lated clock. At other times the
sun is either ahead of, or behind,
the clock.
Without going into the causes
of this we may simply remark
that the difference between the
mean sun, or the clock time, and
the true sun, or apparent local
time, is a veriable quantity,
known as the equation of time"
which can easily be calculated and
whose value for each day in the
year is given in table printed in
the Astronomical Ephemeris, or
Nautical Almanac"
Now. this equation of time Is
what you need to apply to the in
dications of your watch. Let us
suppose that the watch lkeeping
seventy-fifth meridian standard
time) marks Just IL o'clock noon.
But you are one degree. or four
minutes east of the seventy-fifth
meridian. so that IL the sun be now
just over the seventy-fifth meridian,
II must have crossed your meridian
four minutes earlier. But, except
at few dates in the year, the sun
is not on the meridian at the in
stant when the meantime. or stand
ard time clock marks noon.
You must. then. obtain from the
tables the equation Of time for the
day of observation, and having
thus learned the amount by which
the sun il, fast or slow compared
with the watch, add 1t to. or sub
tract 1t from. the time shown by
the latter so as to get the true in
slant when the real sun Is on the
meridian.
Suppose your observation Is
made on November 8. when the
sun is sixteen minutes. twenty-one
seconds ahead of clock time. Then,
when your watch, keeping seventy
fifth meridian time. shows noon
1t will be four minutes slow on
your local noon because Of differ
ence of longitude (you being on the
sevnty-fourth meridian, but the
standard time itself il sixteen
minutes, twenty-one seconds slow
on the sun. SO that. altogether,
the watch Is twenty minutes,
twenty-one seconds behind the sun
when II marks noon.
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other-two paths. one broad, easy,
rainbow colored: the other narrow,
tortuous; she sat up with a start
and listened; surrey some one call
ed.
The gray Of the early morning
was in the sky-across the Hudson
was q mist, like a 'veil-everything
calm. peaceful-almost like Dem
opolis.
Almost. possibly. like that other
country to which Jerry was bound
with hurrying feet; she shuddered;
the sins that ye do by two and
two" ali. he would have no sins
to answer for; his face would be
shining when the call came.
Hester crept back into bed-the
small voice seemed to call again;
mot too late" Hester repeated,
and then. ooh. Jerry. Jerry, why,
didn't I listen to you-why didn't
I know"
She telephoned to the hospital,
only to be told that the doctor was
out. He would be back in half an
hour; the minutes dragged by;
never had time seemed to move SO
slowly.
She recognized his voice. Yes,
he would make the arrangements;
there were a few forms to comply
with-if she would come at noon
the chaplain would be in attend
ance. Did she wish to bring wit
nesses? No? Very well, two OF
the nurses would be present"
There had been a time when q
wedding had meant great things
to Hester; the fulfillment Of a
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
"A Serial of a Country Girl Who Seeks
Happiness in the Maelstrom
of the Metropolis.

it and went out a curious man.
and one of the most eligible bach.
elors in New York.
Hester sank to the big sofa and
wept; bitter tears. wiping out.
with those other tears wrung
from her by the sight of Jerry.
some Of the past.
A long, wakeful night, peopled
with shadows--two larger than the
others, one trying to pull the
other-two paths. one broad. easy,
rainbow colored; the other narrow.
tortuous, she sat up with q start
and listened; surely some one
called.
The gray Of the early morning
was in the sky-across the Hudson
was a mist. like a veil-everything
calm, peaceful-almost like DEM
opolis.
Almost, possibly, like that other
country to which Jerry was bound
with hurrying feet; she shuddered;
''the sins that We do by two and
two" ah, he would have no sins to
answer for: his face would be shin.
ing when the call came.
Hester crept back into bed
the small voice seemed to call
again; not too late. not too late
mot too late" Hester repeated.
and then. "Oh, Jerry. Jerry, why
didn't I listen to you-why didn't
1 known"
, Strange scene--the swhite-haired
milionaire--the girl who had lost
her soul cropping on the path to
finding It again.
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THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
ALINE MICHAELIS-

that mountain rose, the awful
heights that he must scale, it's
gorges and its SHOWS. In truth,
that mountain was 50 high T.
summit scraped the moon; but
Sammy raised n joyful cry and
said: "In get there soon!' Tho
wild winds roared from top to
base and avalanches crashed, but
Sammy wore a smiling face and
up that mountain dashed. And
speedily said mountain shrank, II
dwindled to a dot; then down be-
meath the earth It sank and left
a hollow spot. Oh, would you
have a mountain shrink along the
path you have to go? Be careful
how you think! For folks that
are like Sam and Bill have &C.
tive pp~teFto p'Hv -boslt the size
Of every hi,i trht looms aiong
their way. ~ A
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THE ACTION so FAR

Hester Bevins, an attractive girl
left an orphan in a small town,
refuses to marry Jerry Newcombe.
q fine young chap who has always
loved her, and goes to New York
to win success. She becomes
acquainted with a millinaire,
Charles G. Wheeler, and figures
in gay parties. She orders $22.-
900 coat. but Wheeler objects and
suggests a trip to watering place
near her old home. She goes to
Demopolis, sees Jerry and again
refuses TO marry him, though he
knows about her life In the city.
Jerry goes to the war and comes
back wounded. Hester goes to see
him.
("Back Pay" has been made
into photoplay BY Cosmopolitan
rtoductions; direction Of Frank
E3orzage; scenaria by Frances
Marion. II will be released as .
farsEnount pictureJ ra
4 Screen Version Noveiized
kxT IL KNOW know--it's
crazy; it's wild-no one else
x would allow it-but you
\ you've been kinda few weeks.
Wheeler; there's nowhere"
The incongruity of the appeal
took Wheeler by storm. "oh, well
--ali right-bring him along-In
rtSy away until I hear from you
DO the best you can for bim--poor
teyii going to DIE"
4 lie was standing at the door as
he spoke--now he. slowly opened
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
Find True North
70 FIND TRUE NORTH BY YOUR WATCH
GARRETT P. SERYISS=

win you. kindly instruct me
how to find true north by setting
. watch accurately to standard
time and then correcting for diff
ference Of longitude? I already
understand computing longitude
fairly well.-O. w. H., New
York" ....
vyoU have your longitude, /. e..
your angular distance in de-
grees from the prime meri-
dian Of Greenwich. which is the
tenn Of standard time, You have
also your watch set true to stand
ard time. presumably Eastern
Standard Time" or the time cor
esponding to the seventy-fifth
\ meridian OF longitude west from
Greenwich, which runs through the
State Of New Jersey about eight
miles east Of Independence Hall in
Philadelphia. This time is five
hours slow on Greenwich mean
time, 1. e., when the clock at Green
witch marks noon your watch
marks Z q. m.
But II you are in New York City
your longitude is about one de-
gree short OF the seventy-fifth
meridian, or, in other words, you
Gre Situated "A degrees "a deg. o
min. 8 se,. for the City HALL west
~ GreenN ich, and the time shown
by your watch when set 10 the
l.seyenty-fifth meridian standard Is
four minutes slower than II weul&
!. be e it showed yoar local tirne, |. e.
the time OF tse seven X-fodrth
meridian gTha @xpAsE4gfon Of this
IN that lone dtkfse Of longitude
corresponds % four minutsA sof
time.
Now. ypys ask. how. with these
facts to x3ork with. am to locate
the mcclellan iine, or, which is the
same hing the direction of true
ANortfRt the point where I stand?
fhe way YOU wish to take is
not Ntle best way to find that line,
\ but IL viii serve. You know that
true noon a, any place occurs at
the instant when the centre Of the
sun Is on tae meridian Of that
place. But this is just the prob
lem, viz; to find out that instant,
because you cannot detect 1t by the
Judgment Of the eye, and no clock
or watch can directly fix it for
you,f -
when II Is noon by the clock
me sun may be considerably east
Of west Of the true meridian, the
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
Hold On To
Ideals
BY w. A. McKeever.
Widely Known Lecturer and
Author and a National Author
ffy an .yuven11e Problems.

Widely Known Lecturer and
Author and n National Author
ify On Juvenile Problems.
AYo matter how seedy your
~ clothes may become, My
Boy. It doesn't matter %
long as your good character re-
mains intact. Hold on to your
high ideals and they will finally
pull you through. Just now there
is scattered throughout the coun-
try an army Of promising youths
and young men-like yourself. per-
haps-who are filling a mere hold
over position or staying quietly
about home until better times ar
rive.
The first thing to do in order to
meet any severe trial is to stick
to you ideals Of clean living. Re-
Gently was abroad big steamer.
The boat seemed 70 ride the white
caps so evenly and I remarked
about the matter to a companion.
THAT is because Of the stabilizer,"
said he: "the new vessels have a
mechanical device for holding them
steady so that 1t makes little DIFF
ference whether there is calm or
storm"
Now. your character is by far
your best stabilizer through the
varying stress OF hard times and
prosperity.
Hard luck, out of money. poor
outlook"-yes, know every chap
ter Of your tale of woe, and from
personal experience. But IL you
. will consult the biographical
sketches Of almost any list of one
hundred successful men and men
Of big affairs you will find the
same hardluck chapter in the early
life. record of about ninety per
cent OF them.
Ifyou will only persist In being
decent: II you will only preserve
your self-respect: IL you will only
keep on honestly trying to make
your life serviceable to mankind
while earning living for yourself:
then, / say that the discouraging
hard-luck events Of the present
will some day be remembered as a
happy joke.
That is not all. Some day your
biographer will desire to narrate
the most trying incidents Of your
early life In order better to ex-
plain your later achievements. Per
haps you should jot down a few
items OF your tale of woe antici-
pattng that literary need-your
purse emptiness; your clothes seedi-
mesa; your practice Of getting by
WIN one meal and two soups per
day; your enforced tendency to
shun the fine makeup and the
social affairs Of polite society.
Finally. to turn the Joke back
into a serious vein, let me say that
! am positive about the ultimate
outcome OF your hard luck, poverty
and humility, provided the ideals
Of a decent existence be preserved
mistaken, as stated above.
In short, II is not the failure Of
income, OF employment, Of money,
that will necessarily hold you back
permanently from entering upon a
big career; II is the failure Of char
acter. That being lost, all Is lost,
till that be regained.
However, do not despair even at
the calamity Of your own personal
misdeeds. Many heroic characters
have fought their way hack from
even the slough of dissipation.
Quick. decisive action, as II an
the issues OF life were at stake, n
your best venture In such n crisis.
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.-By ALIN,
Mountain and Molehill.

" HERE was a little molehill
once in Billy Bumpkin's
u path, which Billy Qike his
sort of dunce) surveyed IN fear
and wrath. Yes, Billy fretted,
fumed and stewed about that lit
tie hill: his soul with gloom was
80 imbued II nearly made him Ill.
And ever as he gazed thereon 1t
grew and grew and grew until
his happiness was gone, that
molehili filled the view. He could
not get around the thing, he
could not climb across. and so
his pleasures all took wing and
all LIES gold turned dross. There
was a lofty mountain peak In
front Of Sammy Green, yet no
one ever heard him speak about
the awful scene, and no one
heard young Sam bewail the way
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Wheeler Of Wall street took a
turn about the room.
There's something else" he
said quietly.
Yes, yes. Wheeler--let me bring
him here"
Stranger and stranger! Here? A
dozen challenges rang in the tone
ne put into his repetition of her
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary of the DEATH in 1873, Of
George Cruikshank, the caricaturist, etcher and
painter His best Illustrations those he made for
Oliver Twist Waverly Novels, Memoirs OF Gr1naidt.
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word: and she interpreted them all.
II KNOW know-it's cnszy;
it's wild-no one else would allow
it-but you-you've been kinda
few weeks. Wheeler; there's no.
where can take him-no-
where"
The incongruity Of the appeal
took Wheeler by storm. "Oh, we'll
The Washington times., 1922-02-01

all right-bring him along-I1l
stow away until hear from you
do the best you can for him-poor
devil going to die"
He was standing at the door as
he spoke--now he slowly opened
II and went out: a curious man;
and one of the most eligible bach
elors in New York.
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Hester sank to the big sofa and
wept: bitter tears. wiping out. with
those other tears wrung from her
by the sight Of Jerry. some Of the
past.
A long. wakeful night, peopled
with shadows-two larger than the
others. one trying to pull her one
way. the other trying to pull the
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
Advice TO
the LOUelOrn
Ask Your Parents.
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

Ask Your Parents.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- Am twenty and in love
with a young man who Is six
years older than myself. My
parents will not consent because
he has been married before and
has a child, but his wife died
few years ago. Won't you
please advise me what to do2
ANXIOUS.
A SIX your parents. in fairness
"A to you and YOUR feelings, to
permit the man 30 come into the
house as q friend. Perhaps their
admiration for hi, character might
conquer their distaste at the
thought OF having their twenty
year-old daughter plunged into the
responsibilities Of mothering
another woman's child.
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Holc Elephants Play.

THE Cape Colony elephant affords fine faci
ties for the observation Of pachydermatous behav-
ior. They amuse themselves by squatting on their
launches at the top of step bank and coastng down.
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Wheeler
is Amazed
at Her
Proposal
Finally
Gives His
Consent.
Hester
Marries
Jerry
ana
Does Her
Best
to Make
His
Last Days
Happy
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rsts Dss BACK PAY By c,.me psl% ep saust.,

Hester
Pleads
With
Wheeler
For
Permission
to Bring
Jerry
to Her
Apart
nent.
She
Tells Him
That
Jerry
Still
Loves Her.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Varied Attractions
at Brooklyn TheaterS

William Anthony. McGuire's comedy.
"Six Cylinder Love-" with Ernest
Truck, will be the attraction at Teller's-
Shubert theater. under direction of Sam
II. Harris, with the original cast and
production as seen for one solid year at
his own theater in New York.
Manager Louis Werba has arranged
with John Golden for the presenta ton
at the Montauk Theater of Frank Cra-
ven In his comedy. THE First Year"
The. Little Theater cast will be seen at
the Montauk. embracing Tim Murphy,
Miss Alice Owens, Lyster Chambers.
James Bradbury. Misses Maude Gran
ger. Leila Bennett and Merceita Es-
monde.
Eddie Cantor comes from the Winter
Garden to the Majectic Theater In his
revue. Make 1t Snappy." The COM
pany includes Misses Lillian Fitzgerald.
Tot Qualters. Helen Darlington. Muriel
De Forrest, Margaret Wilson and In
grid Solfeng.
Miss Sophie Tucker will be the head
liner at the Orpheunn the coming week.
Others will be Hermine Shone and COM
pany: Bert and Betty Wheeler and
William and Joe Mandel.
The Shubert-Crescent vaudeville unit
will be called Hello. Miss Radio" with
Miss Vera Michelena and Fred Hille-
brand costarred. Others will be Jerome
and Cameron. the -Four Entertainers
and Paddy O'Hearn.
The Storm the feature film. with
House Peters. Miss Virginia valli and
Matt Moore. is at the Academy OF
Music.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Miss Stars Transition
to Comely Role Pleases

When Miss Frances Starr added Con-
ME Martin, the heroine of "Shore
Leave" to her remarkable gallery OF
stage portraits, she created a character
that is vastly different from many OF
the roles she played in the past. for the
delightful and courageous New Eng
land modiste In this sea-goin' comedy OF
American life by Hubert Osborne. in
the Lyceum Theater, is the direct antith-
esis. for instance, of weak and plea
sure-lovlng LGura Murdock of ''The
Easiest Way" in which Miss Starr re-
appeared last season.
1t was this disslmilarity of Connie
Martin from the roles she created In
the past that appealed to Miss Starr.
for not only did IL afford her an oppor-
tunity of returning 10 comedy after
several seasons OF emotional roles, but
II also provided her with part that
revealed another side of her remarkable
versatility.
1T is a real pleasure to play Conuie
Martin declares Miss Starr. for she
is a true idealist. who refuses to be dis
appointed or discouraged in the face Of
obstacles that would daunt many. and
is willing to work and wait for the man
she loves to come back to her. SO firm
is Connics conviction that happiness
must eventually be hers that the return
OF her lover seems only a just reward
for her unshaken faith and loyalty to
her IDEAL"
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
World ofMusic ~wNews Of fMotionPicture
San Carlo Opera Company
Opens the Music Season
Fortune Gallo Brings His Company to the Century
Theater Tomorrow Night With Aida First
Program -Paderewsli to Play Again
BY w. J. HENDERSON.


of &C
promises to be
Homecoming
divine melody
breathing suits but all armed
Of the hours
In ballet of the sunbeams
first field
that
No inantle frol for
"Rigoletto
Brooklyn by the EURO
Gallo smiling
cheerful
all Will
impossible
arrives at the Century
entertains small opinion
dying Egypt dying
spoiled by his
Egyptian soldier master
his kings daughter presented with her
honored by the monarch and
yet thrown by a madpas ssion Rappold!
the Week of Melody
scale
noticed by the police sparauce will
will at the stake
will questions
his adopted He perseved
experienced
than orchestra chair
endured time and seemed
But eventually this
of neant