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The Washington times., 1922-07-21

Picuresquely Graphic Story of Stage Life in the Metrop-
oils, Dealing with the Adventures and the Sacrifice
of Beautiful Girl.

to share my fathers celebrated
collection, and I join you In re-
grets at your failure to do NJ.
But remember, "As a moth
gnaws a garment, SO doth envy
consume a man." Take these
photogravures love them, cherish
them, share them with the
butcher. the baker, the hobble-
skirt maker, and console yourself
with the thought that, although
you have lost much, you Rave
gained something above price in
me.
Thine in everlasting letters,
ROBERT.
Having despatched this missive.
he sat out to find. Jim. for the
afternoon was young and he
wished to settle his obligations in
full. 1t is well to be systematic:
business is largely a matter Of
system, anyhow, and the tag ends
of one weeks work should never
be allowed to lop over into
another.
"A round OF popular uptown
resorts failed to discover Jim, bYt
Bob's search finally brought him
to Toney the Barber's shop: and
knso In the raar roorn he fotInd
his brother-in-law playing cards
with a pop-eyed youth and
repellent person with a cauiifloweT
ear.
Bob's greeting was hearty.
Evening, James," he cried. Feel
like taking your beating here?"
"Eh? What's the natter"
Jim rose from his chair with q
shocked intensity Of gaze.
I'm just cleaning up my affairs
for the day Of rest, and I've come
to return your last call. Alas,
James, am a weak vessel. Your
work was coarse, but / fell for it,"
To the other occupants OF the
room he apologized. I'm sorry to
spoil you little game Of authors,
but necessity prods me-" He ex-
tended a muscular hand for Jim's
collar and found 1t.
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
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RADIO AND WEATHER
ELECTRICITY AND RAIN CLOUDS
BY Garrett p. Serviss-

sary to screen the sparkling ap-
paratus Of automobiles to prevent
general interference. But, then,
the automobile should be regarded
as a conceivable source OF electric
disturbance for the atmosphere,
and the automobile has been in
tensively used for a long time,
now. during which meteorologists
have noted no systematic changes
in the weather or the seasons.
There is nothing to indicate that
the passage Of radio waves has an
influence on the state Of the
atmosphere. They go through
storms without arresting them.
and through unclouded air without
producing condensation Of moist
ure.
The atmosphere is not their
highway. or their medium, but the
ether" with which the atmos-
phere and everything is inter
penetrated. AS the waves OF light,
running in the ether, pass through
glass. without affecting 1t, so the
radio waves, which are nothing
but an etherio disturbance Of the
same essential nature as light,
travelling with the same unique
velocity, pass through the atmos-
phere, probably with no more ef.
feet upon 1t than light produces
upon glass.
Cyclical weather changes. which
are we'll recognized in meteorolo-
gical history. may be. and prob
ably are, due to some electro
magnetic influence originating in
the sun, which is moderately
variable star, and a center II
radiant energy in comparison with
which all the electric apparatus
on earth Is not as important as a
single drop Of water in the ocean.
Yet even the variations Of the
solar radiation are able 70 pro.
duce but very slow and relatively
slight changes in the meteorologt-
cal conditions OF the earth.
With regard to Mars. the notion
that his relative nearness to the
earth--and he has many times
been nearer than now-has any IN.
fluence upon terrestrial weather is
as idle as the astrological folly
about his "malign" influence upon
human life and affairs. Even the
moon has no perceptible influence
on the earth's weather, although
it's gravitational force upon the
earth Is more than three thousand
times greater than that which
Mars had when a. his nearest ap-
proach a few weeks ago
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Rhyming
Optimist
Aline Michaelis
Man Who Keeps His Head.

"uH W NO hCOPo 44So AASs~'
IN HERE are a host OF clever
men I'd like to initiate, the
- things they do with brush
and pen are recognized as great.
I'd like to be the witty one whose
toasts are all the rage, whose
skill in satire, quip and pun have
. held the center stage. I'd like to
write some famous books, best
sellers for the year. or go explor-
ing foreign hooks where folks
and things are queer. I'd like to
rove by land and sea to spots Of
which I've read; but best Of all.
I'd like to be the man who keeps
his head. The man whom no
alarm appals, whom no excite
ment daunts, the man that's
weathered many squalls and fears
no blows or taunts. II could
choose I'd be a sort that's calm
and cool and quick, the man we
call an AL sport, the fellow who's
a brick For there's no fate that
one need fear. no plight that one
need dread, II he can have his
vision clear, IL he can keep his
head. OF course, I'd like to be a
sage with brains enough for ten,
the wonder Of this rapid age, the
guide for other men. But even
sages act sometimes erratic as
can be, and at plain stunts like
saving dimes they're not as good
as we. Their jumpy nerves are
apt to snap before a sudden call;
the high.brow fellow in a scrap
may have no show at all.
But there's one fellow sure to
win, whatever comes along; I bet
on him through thick and thin,
he's always going strong. Oh,
he's the man who goes his way
serene and unafraid. through joy
and grief. through calm and fray,
the man who keeps his head.
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BObbie And
His Pa
BY William F. Kirk.

"HARE was a swell lady to
our house last mite, she went
to skool with Ma. Her naim
is Missus Whitelock & she sings
ballids, etc. Wen I grow up II
thare is any new ballids to sing
will sing them II I have got a
good voice to sing with.
I am deelited to meet this
friend OF yures, sad Pa to Ma.
She may possibly know. sed Pa.
that have rote many ballids
myself, sed Pa, or have you toald
her?
Not yet. sed Ma.
Oh, so you rite ballids? sed
Missus whitelock.
have dashed off a few in my
day, sed Pa. had one pub
lerlished reesently. sed Pa. Mid
mite in Montana, Darling Anna,
sed Pa. The words is moar
noabel than the music, sed Pa,
the guy that rote the musick
didn't strike IL on the job, sed
Pa. This Is the words Of the
korus, sed Pa:
Darling Anna, II Is midnite in
Montana,
& alone set and dreem Of days
Of old.
Darling Anna, it is midnite in
Montana
& I mustn't set outside &
catch a cold.
How butiful, sed Missus White
locw. The senty.ment is so ten
der, & one can almost feel the
mite closing in one one wen one
heers them words, she sed. Maybe
yo & can colly.abber-ate on
sum songs, she sed to Pa.
Delighted, sed Pa. All I need
is a good musick ritter to put my
words to musick, sed Pa.
Isent that fortunat? sed Missus
Whitelock. I have been looking
for sum good leericks 70 songs.
she sed.
I am glad to have met you,
then, sed Pa. At what are you
l6lllnk dt! bcu Z W hh.
was thinking of the way that
song Of you're FINISHED, sed Ma.
can almost heer darling Anna
sneezing in Montana, sed Ma.
My wife isent much Of a hand
for Art, sed Pa to Missus White
lock. She doesn't leen much to-
ward poetry, sed Pa. But she
has many good auaiitys. sed Pa.
Thank you, thank you, sed Ma.
Have as many good qualitys
~ darling Anna in Montana sed
Ma.
You ever-dentlv doant like that
leerick, sed Pa. Pa was Citing
kind of red in the face.
think II is divine, sed Ma.
Must you 20? sed Ma to Missus
Whitelock.
Yes. sed Missus Whitelock. l
hav had a most luvly eevning,
she sed. 4 then she went.
This is a FUNNY wurld. poepul
does so many different things,
s,',a Is lawyers 4 sum Is doktors
'a"'sr'"hs 4 sony r''crs etc.
Wen grow up am going to be
a owner OF a cirkus.
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circumstances. Well, I'm not
the right sort: I'm not big or
noble. I'm just an ordinary,
medium-sized man. and I'm going
to keep you. However. I'm
through side-stepping; I've tried
to outrun the Barleycorn
Brothers, but it's no use, 30 I'm
going to turn and face them. II
they lick me I'll go under. But
II I go under I'll take you with
me. won't give you up. I
WON'T
81 shan't let you pull me down."
she told him. soberly.
Then youu have to bear me
UP. When a mans drowning he
grabs and holds on. That's me!
There's nothing fine about me.
understand? I'm human and
selfish. I'd be happy in hell with
you"
You're not fair"
IT don't pretend to be. This
isn't a bridge game; this il life.
III cheat. I'll hold out. III deal
from the bottom. II can't win In
any other way. Good God! Don't
you understand that you're the
only thing I ever loved, the only
thing I ever wanted and couldn't
get? I've never had but half Of
you don't expect me to give that
up" He rose. tammed his hat
upon his head as II to escape from
the room, then turned and crushed
his wife to him with a fierce
cruelty of possession. Lorelei
could feel him shaking as he
covered her face with kisses. but
nothing within her stirred even
family In answer to his passion.
When Bob reached the financial
district that day and resumed bis
quest for work he was ablaze
with resentment at himself and at
the world in general.
He took up the search with a
logged determination that was
quite unlike him. One after an
other he canvassed his friends
for a position, and finally, as IL
Ill fortune could not Withstand
his fervor, he was successful. 1t
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Realistic Serial Depicting the Greed of Poor Family and
the Attempt of Schemng Mother to Capitalize
Her Daughters Amazing loneliness

this" Then her disgust burst its
control, and she demanded, bit
terly. Haven't you any strength
whatever? Haven't you any bal
ance, Bob?"
No Laughing Matter.
He grinned at her cheerfully. IT
should say I had. I walked a
Tense on the way home Just to
prove it; and I scarcely wabbled.
Balance! Strength! Why. you
ought to see Jim. They had to
carry him"
Jim?-Was-Jim with your"
I'm spirit, yes; in body-only for
a time. For a brief while we went
gaily. hand in hand. then Jim
Jagged. He's a nice boy, but weak;
he falters beneath a load; and, as
for pool, why, I've slept on pool
tables, so naturally I know the
angles better than hes Ha! that's
a funny line, isn't II? know the
angles Of pool tables because I've
slep on EN-, see. Don't hurry. I'll
wait for you. Even an act like
mine needs applause"
But Lorelei was in no
laughing mood. She questioned
Bob searching and soon learned
Of Jim's visits. Of the flask. OF the
pool games. When she under.
stood 1t all her eyes were glow.
ing. but she found nothing to
say. At last she got Bob to bed.
then lay down beside him and
stared into the darkness through
wakeful hours.
In the morning he was not only
contrite, but badly frightened. yet
when he undertook to make his
peace he found her Unexpectedly
mild.
"If you're sorry, that's all I
ask" she said. II changed my
mind during the night"
Never again. he promised.
feelingiy. IT thought I had cured
myself"
Lorelei smiled at him family.
Cured! How long have you been
a drinker?"
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exclaimed. IF he weren't Jour
brother I'd"
Lorelei laughed mirthlessly. 60
ahead I wish you would. 1t
might clear the atmosphere"
Then I will" After a moment
he continued, II suppose you feel
you must 60 on supporting
them7"
"Of course"
"Just as you feel you must
support me. Is It entirely duty
in my case?" Seeing her hesi-
tate, he insisted. Isn't there any
love at all?"
I'm afraid not, Bob"
The man pondered silently. II
suppose II I were the right sort"
he said, at length. with some diff
ficulty. I'D let you % under the
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was not much of a job that was
offered him, but he snapped at
it, and returned home that evening
In the best of humor. Already
the serious issues of the morning
were but a memory; he burst In
upon Lorelei like q gale. shout
ing:
I'm chalk-boy at Crosset 4
Meyers, so you can give Berg
man your notice tonight"
Whats the salary"
"It isn't a salary; it's humilia-
tion-twenty.five a week is the
total insult"
why. Bob! That won't keep
two and the family"
Damn the. familyr He quieted
himself with an effort. Well.
you give your notice, anyhow. I'll
spear the coin for both establish
ments somehow. Come! insist.
I want to be able to shave my
self without blushing."
Lorelei's objections were not
easily overcome, but at last. in
view Of the fact that the sum.
mer run of the Revue was draw
ing to a close and the show would
soon take to the road, she al
lowed herself to be persuaded.
Throughout the next week Bob
Wharton really tried to make
good. He was enthusiastic; the
excitement Of actual accomplish
ment was 30 novel that he had
not time to think Of liquor. When
Saturday came and he found HIM
self in possession of honestly
earned funds he felt q Uoul-
satisfying ease. He decided to
invest his first savings in a pres
ent for Lorelei, then a graver
sense of responsibility seized
him. and he wrote to Mrs. knight
as follows:
My Dear Mother-in -New-Jersey
Law-Inclosed find five hand
some examples of the engrayer's
skill. same being the result OF
six industrious days. I know
your passion for these objects
dart, appreciate your eagerncss
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Yes"
He extended q shaking hand.
and his voice was supplicating as
he said: IT can't get along with
out you. kid. You're a part Of
me-the vital part. I'd 20 to
pieces quick II you quit now"
When we made our agreement
meant to live UP to every bit
Of it." Lorelei told him. ''but
we're going to try again. for this
was Jim's fault"
Jim? Jim was sorry for me.
He tried to cheer"
Lorelei's smile was bitter. Jim
was never sorry for anybody ex-
cept himself. My family hate
you just as your family hate me.
and they'd like to separate U.S."
Say. that's pretty rottenr' Bob
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BY Rex Beach,
Author Of '"The Spoilers" ''The
Silver Horde" "The Barrier"
"Heart Of the Sunset" and
Numerous Other Popular
Novels.

@TMOVING oiled white wrap
TX ping. then an inner layer OF
~ oiled paper, he exposed the
sad remains OF what had been an
elaborate bouquet Of double English
violets fringed with gardenias.
He stared at the flowers in some
bewilderment.
Must have sat on 'em," he
opined at last; then he cried
brightly: "Ha! Pressed flowers!
I'm full Of old-fashiond senti-
ment." After studying Lorelei's
unsmiling face his tone altered.
I slipped, but 1t couldn't be helped.
Nature insisted, and I yielded
gracefully: but no harm done.
none whatever. This isn't a de-
feat, my dear; its a victory. I
licked the demon rum and proved
myself a man Of iron. sub.
jugated the cohorts of General
Benjamin Booze. then /. signed a
treaty OF peace, and there was no
bad blood on either side" After
an uncomfortable pause, during
which he vainly waited for her 10
speak, he explained more fully:
my dear, nothing is absolute.
Life is a series Of compromises.
Have a heart. Would you rob the
distiller Of his livelihood? Think
OF the struggling young brewer
with a family. Gould you take
the bread from the mouths Of his
little ones? The president Of
bottling-works may be a Christian;
he may have a sick wife. Remem-
ber the boys that work in the hop
fields and the joyous peasant girls
of France. Moderation is the
thing. Live and let live"
Lorelei nodded. Exactly We
shall live as we choose, only OF
course, we can't live together after
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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Eminent Astronomer and Author
ity on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.

lis the tremendous radio ac-
tivity responsible for the accu-
mutation OF electricity and rain
clouds? II so. radio must be
good for deserts.-Viola T..
Bronx"
rs there any sound reason
why the planet Mars should have,
any influence on the weather
conditions, causing electric
storms?'-Anna j.. Brooklyn.
TyHESE letters were brought out
by the extraordinarily
u stormy and wet weather OF
June around New York. The
time.honored habit OF putting this
and that together" and calling 1t
reasoning from experience. Is re-
sponsible for a great number of
present day beliefs and suspicious
that are really no better founded
than many Of the superstitions OF
ancient times which we moderns
smile at.
The sudden. enormous develop
ment Of the use of electric waves
was certain to breed notions of
this kind, and no matter what the
weather, or the character Of the
season, might have been when
popular attention was first con-
centrated upon the subject, any
peculiarity exhibited was bound to
be ascribed to the influence of the
electricity let loose in the at
mosphere."
II June had been dry instead OF
wet the result would have been
the same. And II Is even likely
that II there had been no gen.
orally noticeable atmospheric va
garies some persons would have
raked up a few to satisfy the un-
comfortable longing after novelty
combined with mystery. A mys-
terry explained, or blown away, is
for many minds a pleasure lost.
OF course, II Is right to put this
and that together In connection
with uncommon occurrences, @for
only by means Of observation AMI
comparison. attended by cautious,
and even skeptical, reasoning can
we learn the secrets Of laws Of ma
ture.
To say that a thing is conceiv.
able Is very far from saying that
II Is probable. or even possible.
Marconi has affirmed that II
short.wave radio communication
comes into use, 1t may be neces-
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STORIES OF FAMOUS

Ginning OF the appointed hou1
there entered an enthusiastic Ger
man Jew, who talked and talked
and talked, It'll he most toos
root" Zangwill had many othe,
appointments, and at last gently
Iinsinuated as much. Still the viz
tor did not depart. Even Zanr
Wills patience gave way "T'r
afraid I'm very busy T'hu' q"
do for your" "Ah.h' 80
done for me. hat u Nuu
was the unexpected reply.
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Teachers Duties

A CCoRDING to an old record.
the duties OF New England
schoolmaster Of 1851 were as fol.
lows ITO act as court messenger,
to serve summonses, to conduci
certain ceremonial services of the
church. to lead the Sunday choir
to ring the hell for public worship
to dig graves. to perform other oc
casional duties
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TN his new book OF memoirs,
G. II. Burg'n tells a good tale
about Zangwill. II seems that
the well.known novelist is not in
the least sensitive with regard to
his appearance. When he was
staying In New York he received
a letter saying that II was the
writer's one wish in life to meet
the great author. The man wrote
so often that at last zangwill con-
sented to see him. At the very
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Who Occupies n Unique Position
In the Writing World as Au.
thority on the Prob
lens Of Girls.

lens OF G1rls.
E<T asst summer met my
cousin and fell in with
- the family plans TO the
extent of becoming engaged to
her at Christmas time. ] liked
her immensely for her good ways
and because she is one Of my
kim" writes Jack G. II know
this isn't true love, for I don't
long to see her and feel entirely
indifferent when / receive her
letters. Things might have gone
their way II something hadn't
happened yesterday which changes
the whole aspect Of the situation.
"I was in my old home town
and met the girl OF my dreams.
I had known her when she was
n child. And now the woman has
won me with one look OF her
eyes and one smile from her soft
bps. I've had a sleepless night
and a restless day. l know this
is true love. 1 know this girl is
my real mate. What am I to
dor"
Indifference isn't much OF
cornerstone for q house of life
and love. Who belives that a
man can make his wife happy
when she inspires nothing more
In his heart than a casual liking?
What woman would want to
marry a man who felt nothing
more for her than Jack G. feels
for his cousin?
A man cannot do a wor.an a
greater injustice than to marry
her under conditions such as
these described in. the letter
have just quilted.
But when IT comes to a love
which kindles at the glance Of an
eve or the smile of rosy lips
Il needs a bit of testing before
Il is selected to be the keystone
Of a life.
Infatuation may leap into be"
ing in a moinent Passion may
flame into .fffe with one electric
glance. BGI they do not last.
II there is real love between a
man and a woman, there must be
friendship, understanding, respect
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An Authority on All Matters Per.
tanning to Management Of
the Household.

((L AM spending the summer
away from my regular
home and / find II very
difficult to launder nicely because
the water Is 50 hard. There are
a number Of commercial powders
used by the people about me. but
unfortunately am afraid to trust
my fine shirtwaists and my baby's
clothes to these unknown water
softeners. I'd like to know OF
something that is safe to use to
soften the water. Also, I'd like
to know Just how much starch to
use In stiffening fine organdies,
yoiles and dimities. How can 1
bleach dish towels and cleaning
cloths that have become badly
soiled?"
So writes q reader.
There are several ways OF soft.
ening water. For each gallon OF
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Measuring Ocean Waves

Atlantic roller measuring 130 feet from crest to
"A crest has been timed to pass given spot in
onds, while roller 1886 feet long passed in seconds
The instrument USED for recording a seismometer
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This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the death, in 1896, of
Robert Burns, the Scottish bard whose wonderful
lyrical poems remain today as popular as when he
wrote them He was only thirty-seven when he died.
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"Oh. nearly always"
When were you first drunk?"
II was eighteen, think"
you've been undergoing a
bodily change for ten years. Dur:
ing all that time your brain-cells
have been changing their struc-
ture. and they'll never be healthy
or normal until they've been made
over. You can't accomplish that
in a few weeks"
Say, you don't mean I'm golng
to stay thirsty, until my egg
shaped dome becomes round
again."
well, yes"
A Long Wait.
why. that might take years.
1T took ten years to work the
damage-it will probably take ten
years to repair It."
Bob was aghast. GOOD heavens!
In ten years I'll be too old to
drink--I'd tremble so that I'd
spill 1t. But where did you get
all this M. d. doper'
1--WE been reading. I've been
talking to q doctor. too. You
see. I wanted to help"
Let's change doctors. Ten
years! 1t can't be done"
I'm afraid you're right. There's
no such thing as reformation. A
born criminal never reforms: caly
those who 10 wrong from weak
ness or from bad influences ever
make good"
Drinking isn't q crime" Bob
declared. angrily. ANY more than
freckles. It's Just a form Of
diversion"
Lorelei shook her head. "If
you're a born alcoholic youn
probably die a drunkard. I'm
hoping that you didn't inherit the
taste
"Well. whether It was left to
me or whether ] bought IL.
can't go dry for ten years"
Then our bargain Is ended"
He looked up sharply. "oh no.
It isntr'
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When cream is too thin to whip'
add the unbeaten white of an egg
to Il first. II becomes as stiff as
the richest Of cream.
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DO Y0uKnOu
Thut---

The Congressional Library may
be used freely for reference by the
public. but the privilege Of draw.
ing books for outside use is more
restricted than in a public library.
Members of Congress and certain
other classes of officials may draw
books at will, and the privilege is
extended to others upon certain
recommendations.
One of the best methods for cur.
ing a child of the habit OF suck
ing its thumb is to apply bitter
aloes or some other harmless bit
ter substance on the tip of the
thumb. Another good remedy IL
to make a mitten without any
thumb, and tie the child's hand
in II.
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Hints fOrthe
Household

Marks on aluminium can be re-
moved with a cork and little
sand. Marks on brown shoes can
be tried successfully with a cork
which has been rubbed over the
inside of a banana skin.