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The Washington times., 1922-12-25
THE STRANGER prama pnsn,.''s
A Thrilling
LURE AND INTRIGUE

Where is Joan?" he said
harshly.
Lady Dunluce paused, and
looked at him with an icy hos.
tility.
so you have heard?" she said
coldly. why were you not at
hand when she had need Of your"
Philip turned upon Lady Dun
luce almost fiercely.
''Is everyone in London trying
to thwart me?" he exclaimed.
Tell me at once where is Joan.
For I see that you know what has
happened. am not here to be
questioned"
Philip was hardly recognizable
as the cool. polished young dandy
Lady Dunluce had known. He
glared at her as IL she we're a re-
calcitrant witness in a court Of
law.
II do not know where she is"
said Lady Dunluce, but she has
written me this letter. You,
suppose, have a right to read it,"
She handed him the stained.
crumpled sheet of paper. Motifs.
font took 1t eagerly. He hardly
recognized the scrawled handwrit.
ing as Joan's.
Dear Lady Dunluce:
Though l cannot ever see you
again. l must send this farewell to
you who have been 30 good to
me. They will believe that | have
lied and that I knew all the time
but II is not true. and | knew
nothing. There has been a dread.
full mistake: l am not Lady Tall.
bois at all. There is another
claimant, and my mothers marri.
age was no marriage. And so you
see l have lost all you thought
had, and / don't care for that
but l know that my world is
ended. And, heaven forgive me,
l feel as though could hate all
mankind for the way 1t has used
me! l don't mean you, who have
been SO kind to me. You will he,
lieve in me still.
JOAN"
The paper shook in Mottisfont's
hands.
That is not a letter." said Lacy
Dunluce miserably, "it is a cry of
pain. And she had disappeared.
went at once to Grosvenor square
i telegraphed to Knayth. She
had been there. and left yesterday
they don't know where she wen. :"
Philip did not know where sne
went.
This Is TERRIBLE" he said IL sk
lily. His face was curiously gay
he turned his back on her and
walked to the window, twisting
the letter between his fingers and
staring dazedly into the street.
But. can you do nothing"
cried Lady Dunluce, "the whole
thing may be a blunder, or else n
wicked fraud! Have you no news?"
You mean about Joans right
to the title?" he said quietly,
without looking around.
of course, man! What else
could mean?"
Il have seen Langley: he wired
to me. I've consulted with hin
and we have gone into the matter
thoroughly 70 far as Il is already
In his hands. The other side In
moving the case rapidly" Philip
spoke slowly, as though he were
thinking of something else.
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syndicate, Irc.)
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
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IE ENEMIES OF WOMEN By BLAsCO IBANE
An Engrossing Story Of Life and Love,
Thrilling Episodes and Unique Situa.
tons From the Master Pen of One
of the Worlds Greatest Novelists.

would end by breaking up the
peaceful life that the guests OF
Villa-Sirene were leading.
And you. Atilio." he said IN a
reproachful voice, "are moved by
the smooth voiced virago. You
believe in love like a schoolboy."
Castro replied in a cold. ag.
gresslve tone. The prince might
say whatever he liked about him;
but to call her a virago! What
right had he? Nevertheless. ne
hid the real cause of his annoy.
ance, pretending to be hurt by
the allusion to his credulity.
A Non. Believer.
II don't believe in anything;
I'm more skeptical than you. per
haps. know that everything
about us is false, and conven.
tional; lies that we accept. but
they are necessary to us for the
moment. You love music and
painting as though they were
something divine and eternal.
Very well; II the structure Of our
ears were to be modified a little
the symphonies Of Beethoven
would be a regular senseless din:
II the functioning Of our retinas
were to change. we would have
to burn all the famous pictures.
because they would seem like ~
many canvasses dirtied by child's
pay; il our brains were to be
only slightly modified. all the
poets and thinkers would be
childish idiots. No, I don't be-
lieve in anything" he insisted
angrily.
The prince shrugged his shoul-
ders. giving him a look Of sur.
prise. Why all this, apropos of a
woman?
tCopyrirht. 1918. by r. p. Dutton 4 Co.
all rights rsserved.j
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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REPENTANT SINNERS


; the evil in her own nature. She
may have aspirations toward
goodness which would make her
a wonderful woman. A little
help-a fair chance. and she is
reclaimed.
But II those who have never
been tempted. those who are pas.
sively good and even those who
are passionately on the side of
right, sit smugly by and insist
on her wearing her scarlet let
ter-are they not destroying her?
Goodness has no value at all II
1t does not include sympathy, un-
derstanding-charity. Not to give
a hand up to one who aspires
to better things. Is to push him
back toward the muck from
which he yearns to rise.
What man or woman was 10
as nothing compared to what he
longs to be.
And whoever denies opportunity
to the repentant sinner. is deny
ing his own soul-and deliberately
destroying human material.
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beauty and for the great sensa-
ton she is supposed to have
caused in Europe.
Her picture is public property
and figures on all the packages
of coffee and every prospectus In
the country. She Is a national
beauty, and when she gets old
there will always be a spot in the
world where she will be consid.
cred eternally youthful"
He remained silent for a MT
ment.
But she has such queer ideas'
She Is SO used to dominatingi
Do you know what she asked me
the first time? Why / wasn't In
the war? 1t didn't make any dif.
ference when I told her that I'm
neutral and that the war
doesn't interest me.
"If l were a man would be
soldier she answered. And II
you had only seen the look she
gave me when she said it,
Lubimoff smiled a bit scorn-
fully at the woman's words.
Does her opinion really worry
you?" he asked.
Atilio paused for a moment, as
though to weigh his words be-
fore replying.
Yes, II does bother me-" he
resolutely answered at last.
why should I deny it? That
woman interests me. When
don't see her ! forget all about
her. But as soon as meet her
she dominates me. I want her.
But she is different from the
others!"
The Prince smiled. as though
self-evident truth had just been
completely demonstrated. Wom-
an! That Clorinda, that devil Of
a Generaless, was a real woman,
who with a few short minutes
OF conversation only had turned
Castro topsy-turvy. and perhaps
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INTERESTING FACTS

There are now fifteen republic
in Europe occupying two.thirds OF
the territory Of the continent and
having a population Of nearly 1884,
100000.
The first gladiators were ex-
hibited in Rome in 264 B. G.
Paris 10 the only city in the
world that provides public baths
for dogs.
North Of Hudson bay, in North
America, there are 10000 square
miles OF practically unknown terri.
tory.
While flying, a sparrow's wing
makes thirteen strokes each
second.
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Follow This Romance Here, Then Watch
For 1t in Motion Pictures With
Lionel Barrymore, Alma Rubens
and an All-Star Cast

when the concert was over.
Prince Michael. afraid Of being
stopped by certain former women
friends. who had observed him in
the audience. left hurriedly. He
crossed the portico brusquely,
elbowing his way through the
crowd that barred the way. Here
his attention was caught by a
person Of majestic bearing and
excessively snowy appearance.
with derby Of smooth gray silk.
honey-colored overcoat, with vel.
vet sleeves of the same shade.
and white gloves and shoes.
II thought 1t was at least
Russian general or an Austrian
Prince dressed for winter, and
here it's only you. my dear Col
onel. I hadn't caught you out
side of Villa .Sirena before"
Toledo blushed. not knowing
whether to feel proud or annoyed,
at tnese words.
The Duchess de Delille.
Your Excellency, have al.
ways liked to dress well, and"
who was the lady you were
talking with?"
He had only seen her from be
hind, but she attracted his atten.
ton for the moment because Of
her svelte figure and her queenly
carriage.
Your Excellency," said Don
Marcos stammering. as though
the Prince had found him doing
something that needed apology,
lit was the Duchess de Delille."
That was enough: Michael did
not want to hear anything about
Alicia. And he turned to Castro,
whom he had also seen near the
entrance to the Casino talking to
a lady.
And I saw you. too" retorted
Castro: but you were in such a
rush. going along with your head
down, making your way like a
The Washington times., 1922-12-25

AS dust works through carpets
and so tends to wear the nile. II
is important that they should be
taken up fairly frequently, so
that the dust underneath NAV
he removed.
The popularity OF June as a
month Of marriage is inherited
from the ancient Greeks and
Romans?
Eratosthenes, head Of the Alex.
andria. Library, first measured
the circumference OF the earth
In 245 b. c.?
A fox can scent a man 4 quar-.
er Of . mile away.
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BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies q Unique Position
In the Writing World as an
. Authority on the Prob.
..- lens of Girls.

..- Iems Of Girls.
y r you had a dog, and in rae
ing joyously about your house
l. 1t broke priceless vase and
cut its paw on the fragments,
would you beat the animal to
death, turn 1t out into the cold
to fend for itself-or send for a
veterinary to bind up the wound?
If your baby got hold Of pair
OF scissors and. in innocent glee.
cut her best dress to bits, would
you disown the child?
or course, In both cases, you'd
feel that the dog and the child
must be punished so the blunder
wouldn't recur-and forgiven be-
cause they didn't know they were
doing wrong.
Because they didn't know
that is a slogan worth applying
to most wrong-doers. They do not
know into what they are drifting
when first they embark on a ca
reer Of evil. But unless they are
morally perverted or mentally dis
eased, most evil-doers repent when
they como at last to see the diff
ference between right and wrong.
And when they repent-what
then?
When a man or a woman has
blundered, why should society try
to hold him or her down to the
hideous level Of the evildoing7
Such a course can accomplish but
one thing: Manufacture waste,
make flotsam Of what was meant
to be a human being.
II a convict comes out of the
penitentiary and finds that there
Is no place for him in the world
of industry, II he finds himself
branded as q thief or a forger-
II he has to drag the heavy chains
Of his past with him wherever he
goes, what 10 he going to do7
OF course II an ex-convfct
wants to 60 straight, he will
fight and fight to make good.
But II he gets nothing from the
world but blows, II all humanity
~ seems bent on showing him
back into his pit. isn't 1t about
100 to that when he is starving
he's going to steal or forge again? ?
His instinct is to survive-hon.
Orably II possible. now that he
has seen the light-but at all
events. to survive. And so when
ne finds that It does not pay to
be good" he slips back into evil
doing. And soon the "one-time
offender" Is a hardened Grim.
inal.
Society 10 beginning to realize
this. 1t recognizes that habits
Of honesty-and habits of dis.
honesty-are alike easy to form.
And so organized efforts are be-
ing made in behalf of the man
who is ready to go straight IL he
isn't hindered.
The man who doesn't want to
be herded back among the Grim.
mails where one or two blunders
put him, is parallel I'm his expe-
riences and desires to the woman
who has tasted Of the fruit Of
the tree of knowledge and wants
no more Of its bitter fruit.
Perhaps her evil-doing-or her
frailty-has made her ready to
he eternally grateful for kind
ness. Perhaps II has made her a
Notcntially fine woman tust
through her fight to live down
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ANECDOTES

TTAVING gained a position In
n the front rank Of novelists,
II Joseph Conrad has now
turned his attention to the stage.
His first play, The Secret
Agent" has been produced in
London.
Mr.. Conrad has had a remark.
able career. BY birth q Pole. he
Is yet one Of the greatest writer's
in the English language. He went
to sea before the mast In a British
vessel and finally rose to master.
He decided to become an author.
and was naturalized a British sub.
ject many years ago. He takes
enormous pains with his work.
and one book took him over thirty
years to writA
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-

son time Is ovei, nothing now
but fun. DO not have to hurry,
getting up at eight. do not have
TO worry bout the Bering Strait.
Daddy keeps on sayin' "Old.
time Christmas days, when we
boys were playin' beat these
forty ways" Then he tells of
coastin' where the hills were
steep an of peanuts roastin in
the ashes deep. SO he starts to
singin' praise Of 'eighty.three; but
the bells now ringin' sound Just
right to me. Mistletoe an holly,
spices in the air: Christmas mirth
an folly, laughter everywhere!
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Christr,,as Day.

MK ISTLETOE and holly, 'rah
M for Christmas Dayi Any
AVA time so jolly simply ought
to stay. Turkeys in a.cookin';
sisters bakin pies, way that
things are lookin' wish l wuz
twice my size. All my gifts are
dandy, best ones ever yet, from
the chocolate candy to the wire
less set. Skates an tools and
marbles. jack-knife shinin' bright,
an a Bird that MARBLES when you
wind 1t right! Gee! but I'm in
clover, till the year Is done, les.
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well. that's the 'Generaless,'
Castro continued. The title
isn't to be taken seriously. IT,
a pet name that the Duchess
Alicia invented. warn you the
two are very good friends.
They call her the 'Generaless'
because OF her somewhat mascu-
line character. and the brusquc
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"Clorinda Is South Ameri-
can" Castro continued. from a
little republic where her grand
fathers and great grandfathers
were presidents and fighters and
fathers OF their country. So her
title Of 'Generaless' has a sort of
foundation. Over there In her ma
tive land they admire her for her
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
BY Vincente BlascO IbaneZ

~ Cd alone couls be the
- banker. and pay with
~ stars as though they
were money; and who knows If
God Himself would be able to
withstand the hundredth time the
five-franc piece was wagered. al
ways doubling, and II He would
not have to declare the bank was
broken?
Une night, Atilio and Prince
Michael Lubinoff were dining
alone. The pianist had gone off
to Nice with some English friends
Of his. who played poker in their
landau. Novoa had been invited
to dine with a colleague from
the Museum and would not be
back until midnight.
That afternoon Michael had
gone to the Casino to attend
classical concert. determined to
face the obsequious curiosity OF
the employees and run the risk
Of coming across some of their
former friends. From the outer
stairway to the doors Of the thea
ter he had been obliged to reply
to the series of deep bows from
the various functionaries, some
with military caps and gold but.
tons. others In solemn frock
coats. stiff and dignified. like
lawyers in a play.
The people who were passing
through the portico noticed him
Immediately. Prince Lubimoff"
They all remembered his yacht.
his adventures and his parties,
and repeated his name like the
glorious echo Of resurrected
past.
In the auditorium he looked for
. seat where he would be en-.
drely inconspicuous. the corner
Of a divan. close to the wall, but
even here he was annoyed by
the curiosity of the crowd
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way she has Of treating people nj
times. An extraordinary woman.
A real Amazon. She shoots, does
gymnastics, swims in the rivers
In mid. winter, and, what's more,
she has voice like the signing
of the breeze. and looks as
though she might faint Mt the
least emotion. like timif child"
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
Household Hints

To clean a dirty painted bath,
rub II all over with paraffin on
flannel. Mix a packet OF powdered
soap with the same quantity OF
whiting and make soft paste
with water. Rub this on with a
flannel and wash II off when dry.
II your wrinser rollers are
sticky, rub them with a cloth
dampened with paraffin. Wipe
dry, and thsy VII bA ~ good as
new
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mad bull. You really want to
know who the lady was? Does
she interest you?'
Lubimoff shrugged his shoul.
ders. The unknown woman was
tall and blonde. with an air Of
1.-THE strength and freedom OF
movement, like a gymnast or an
Amazon.
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
BY John Goodman.
A STORY OF MYSTERY

ET THINK" she said between
her teeth. II can get a
bit Of her own back for
Joan here.
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
Oysters and Spaghetti.

One pint OF oysters. one.half
pound spaghetti, one.half cup but
ter. one cup cracker crumbs, two
eggs. one and one-half cups milk.
Break spaghettie in small lots, boil
twenty minutes, then skim out
Put a layer in buttered dish. then
layer OF oysters, bits OF butter, then
and pepper. to taste. and so on,
having spaghetti on top. Beat eggs,
mix with mix, pour over all. Dust
crackers trolled fine) over top.
Bake thirty minutes (esgs may be
omitted.
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NOlu Winter Begins

AT 2:57 p m. today, Greenwich mean time, the sun
"A enters the sign Capricornus, and the astronomi-
cal winter begins To get local standard time subtract
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
Chill Spaghetti.

One cup Of uncooked spaghetti
telbow preferably, two tablespoons
drippings, one onion Chopped fine),
two cups of canned tomatoes, one.
half pound Hamburg steak. one
teaspoon salt. few grains cayenne,
one green pepper, chopped fine.
Put chopped onion In heated drip.
pings and cook several minutes.
Add remaining ingredients and
cooked spaghetti. Heat together
until liquid 10 absorbed. Serve gar.
nished with parsley.
The Washington times., 1922-12-25
SOME TESTED
RECIPES

The following recipes have been
tested by Good Housekeeping In.
stitute and found excellent:
Baked Eggs And Mushrooms.
Quarter-pound fresh mushrooms.
Q tablespoonsful butter. table.
spoonful water. y tablespoonful
salt, Il tablespoonful pepper, u
teaspoonful paprika, 1 tablespoon
ful minced parsley, 8 eggs, 2 ta-
blespoonsful sifted breadcrumbs,
Y cupful milk.
Wash, skin and slice the mush-
rooms and simmer for ten min
utes in q covered saucepan with
one tablespoonful of butter, the
water. one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt and the pepper. Turn into a
buttered baking dish. Beat the
eggs slightly and add the parsley,
paprika. milk and the rest of the
salt. Sprinkle the dry. fine crumbs
over all and dot with one table,
spoonful OF butter. Place the dish
in a pan Of hot water and bake
at 325 degrees Fahrenheit until
set (about forty.five minutes).
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-03-02
TIRED BUSINESS MAN" MYTH
Here Are a Few Facts That Throw
Cold Water on AppeiIation That
Was Always Silly.

A chronically tired business man Is
an anomaly. There amt no such ami
NAL. Nobody believes in him. A man
who Is tired the round of the clock
from what he is pleased to call over
work-who gets up tired. and goes to
tired way, is entitled to call himself
by as many names as he pleases; but
he mustn't call himself a business
rman-not unless he wants to be the
object of smiles like any other incon-
gruity, 1t may not be just, tut it's so
Moreover, it is perfectly just III vast
majority Of cases.
Ninety per cent Of the business men
who deceive themselves into the ho-
ton that they are tired because they
Overwork are tired because they don't
take care Of themselves, and they don't
take care Of themselves because they
are too lazy and indolent to do it. II,
other words, many so-called business
man allows himself to be chronically
tired, an outwardly respectable hobo
in a white collar. He plays the tat
boy. An unsympathetic world has a
way of telling the fat boy that If he
will eat less, take some exercise, shake
his liver and act like normal boy he
will yawn less.
Everybody with good sense knows
that work, other things being equal, is
a remedy for most Of our Ills, and not
the cause of them. 1t can become 9th
erwise only by a perversion of thought.
The Nations Business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-03-02
PORT FAMOUS, THOUGH SMALL
6rlghtIlngsea, In England, Was Very
Ancient Town az Far Back
as Year 144f. 1

Tucked away among numerous
creeks and waterworks is the town Of
Brightlingsea, the home Of white
WINGS" for this little settlement II
the yachting mans utopia and L.. In,
this respect, peerless on the east coast
OF England. 1t was from Brickelsey,
as the inhabitants call the place. that
Lord Brassey started on his world tour
In his yacht, the Sunbeam, and Sir
Thomas Upton selected most Of his
crews for the various Shamrocks.
Apart from yacht building and repair.
Ing, Brightlingsea has other claims 70
fame, for she is noncorporate mem
Der Of the Federation Of the Cirque
Ports, and Is climb" Of Sandwich.
She Is the only place belonging to the.
federation not situated In Kent or;
SUSSEX. It Is surmised that the incor.
poration Of Brightlingsea In the Cirque
ports may be an imitation Of the
Roman system, but, unfortunately, an
ancient manuscript. the Domesday OF
the Ports, has been lost, SO that the
exact date Of the membership Of
Brightlingsea In the federation cannot
be stated. In 1441 this membership
was declared to have existed alb
antique. OF the many privileges
which have become obsolete or are not
exercised, two important concessions
still enjoyed by the inhabitants are
exemption from serving on juries and
from military service. - Christian
Science Monitor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-03-02
INTENDED TO ADVISE RULER
Cabinet Of President Of the United
States Copy OF Old Institu-
tion in Europe.

From the earliest times the king
Of England was assisted in his gov
eminent by a body of men known as
the "privy ceuncil"-men whose adj
vice was sought in the gravest and
most delicate affairs Of state. But,
with the gradual increase of the demo-
cratic character of parliament. the
real government of the nation be
came more and more vested in the
kings parliamentary ministers. while
the rank of privy councillor came to.
be bestowed as purely honorary dis
tinction upon men to whom little
was confided. AS a result the SOW
ereign resorted for advice to his
principal ministers and hence arose
the custom of selecting the leading
parliamentary members Of the party
In power. When the United States
government was formed this idea Of
giving the ruler the assistance and adj
vice Of a group Of picked men was
borrowed from tile British system.
while the word cabinet was taken
from the French, where 1t signifies
q small cabin or room-kings and
other potentates being accustomed to
consulting with their ministers In q
private room or "cabinet. 80 Column
bus Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-03-02
Pens In History.

When quill pens were in use by all
persons who knew how to write there
was a good deal of discussion as to
what kind Of quilts made the best
pen. Goose quilts were by long odds
the most numerous, but some persons,
especially those of the fashionable and
more secluded sets, preferred swan
quilts. 1t is said that the only thing
which distinguished them above goose
quilts was that they cost more. Kings
and queens, when they knew how to
write at all, usually preferred to sign
their names with eagle quilts. Queen
Elizabeth always wrote with an eagle
quill pen. so the story goes as told by
those persons who have written of this
lady.