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The Washington times., 1922-11-29
BY John Goodman.

vYAILLE turned very white.
" He came and stood over the
man. his eyes glittering
Vaille turned very white. He
came and stood over the man. his
eyes glittering dangerously.
Are you playing the fool with
me, Akers?" he said. "Is this per.
formance a clumsy attempt at
treachery? II SO, you know the
penalty"
II am telling you the TRUTH"
replied Akers, "as well as can
with a windpipe that doesn't feel
as IL It. would ever be much use
to me again. / was sent to Lady
Tallbois with instructions to play
q certain part, to make certain
statements, and to receive q sum
OF money. I did 1t. II were do
Ing q doublecross, Vaille, and cap
turing that stuff for myself, do you
suppose I should not have more
discretion than to walk back here
into your den? In either case I
could never get away with II.
You've got me too tight"
IT was precisely that fact" said
Vaille grimly, that I was tryinf
to impress on you"
Look at mel said Akers horse
ly. He pointed to his muddy
clothes and overcoat with the two
top buttons torn off. He lifted
his chin with the livid finger
marks printed clearly on the flesh.
vaille WINGED az he recognized
that sign-manual; he had no need
70 inquire The name of its author.
u would not have touched that
1oo, said Akers, for twice the
price offered me, great though It
was. II l had known what was
up against. It's pretty clear to
me now that you and your crowd
were scared Of 1t. You've let me
INTO trap. There was a footman
on duty at Knayth, about a fathom
and q half long. In green livery,
ana he must have been a."
"You were warned to keep clear
OF him." snapped vaille.
Keep clear Of him! I ca:ne
straight away from the woman
got into my car and drove for
nome like the, deuce. HADN'T
gone a mile before there was a
motorcycle following me-without
q lamp, too. So I left the main
track. To cut II short, he over
took me on a hill, shot lp NV
back tires. ditched me--atid the
stuff changed hands. II was that
He wasn't a man." said Akers
with intense feeling" he was 4
streak OF LIGHT, ana he has The
strength Of three. I'm no chicken.
ana 4 was armed. But he was
onto me before I got, over the Jolt.
I wish you'd had those hands OF
his on you, I never want To- feel
anything like II again. He jus.
tore the goods Off me. ana thsn
chucked me away az you woold
q burnt match that you'd III your
pipe With, that's an" E7,7,
vailie swcre explosiyeiy ana
then lapsed Into bitter silence. Il
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

H. BY VIM. "A. McKeever.
Widely Known Lecturer and Au-
thor and . National Authority
-, !, on Juvenile Problems.
IN RAIN your child from mere
! infancy in the habit of sue
!. cess. Begin with his baby
acts, d, .....
Z When he starts to. walk, stay by
hist side until he can step
aalone across the rooms.
!. II hesisa building a block house.
! direct his efforts tn he gets It
! right. 49, 3 ,.o-s
/ II he IL trying to pour water
: Into a narrow-neck bottle, guide
(. his tiny hand to the last stroke.
. II he ATTEMPTS the complex prob
! lem Of obtaining an article from
/ an outof-reach position on the Ia
bic, have him push forward q
! chair. mount that and finish the
fdob. :"t ,-. :
u Follow the same methods in
. training your child to talk. While
,, he attends you utter clearly for
!, him the simple phrases to be re-
| peated. perhaps illustrating the
| meaning with object. gesture or,
movement.
t1Fxom the. time your child ut
tiers, his first Intelligent word
isee that he does II well by re-
! peating the expressions alternate
/ " with him. Sloven and inartic-
ulate speech, so. common among
adults, il but . continuation Of
early failure to enunciate clearly.
rs Thus prscision and effectiveness
/, are ,possib]s qualities of all the
,stasis Undertaken by the weli-man-
gagged child. He not only acquires
Sthe, habit Of success in the per-
,formsnce; Of many Of the. tasks
common to the young, but he also
tACQuiTce tuo HchsoA asSAsu0S ~
ssettipk things done.
< The SisiAlization Of success II
now to becouis a. most valuable
factor NJ the life Of your young
3son orA laughter. To zee clearly
sthe accomplished end before a
task II begun II to use subtle
S1nottves power that will, tend TO
kAraW sSipp0ft from all the atail.
Able sources Of ones being. y !
~ Finally. the lcrowning sheaf In
sthe habit Of succese, - desirable
tor every growing personality. n
fthe positive affirmation. Never
permit a child TO practice self
saenunciation ! and self-accusation.
the III thing which he repeatedly
sAscisres, aboht himself win tend
no bscomeNn fact. II can,t.",f"I
40 not know how" and II will
sfaii," are phrases which should
n%veD be permitted TO enter the
tcHil6s S6dabuiary, -'ft sl...
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HABIT OF SUCCESS
TRAIN CHILD FROM MERE INFANCY

II can" II viii try" II will
do my best, 'Give me an op-
portunity and I will win." Such
remarks as these should. through
much practice, glide smoothly
over the tongue Of the juvenile
learner Of life's common duties.
Joy in life, tone of well
being, q feeling Of satisfaction, an
attitude Of self-supremacy. an
emotional gloy Of good win to-
ward the strhggling masses, q
sense Of the presence - Divine
favor working in and through
ones entire being-this master
fulness is q possibility for which
the common child OF the common
parents may be led to strive.
It - but the bringing together
In q single current, Of effort
many small factors like those
mentioned above. and the forma-
ton Of. . habit to bind them. So.
teach your child the habit Of
succeeding. 81
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
BOBBIE. AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

TODAY I was walking in the
woods q I got sum poison
Ivy on my hand & II hurted
T., runned hoam Jest wen Pa
was cumming thru the gate.
y Well, Bobbie, sed Pa. what
seems to be the matter with yure
lin, sed, Pa. it.a',
One Aof the kids sed 1t was
Poison Ivy, sed. I will git Ma
to fix 1t, I sed.
! can fix II better, sed Pa. All
you need Is sum white lead, or
sumthing like that, sed Pa
i will call up the Drug Stoar
Jest the saim, sed Ma, q she did
call up q the man in the. Drug
Stoar sent sum stuff .oaver q
Ma put It on my hand, the naim
of the stuff he sent was G. o, d.
After a vile my. hand dident
hurt no, more q I asked Ma why
II was that Mater putted. such
things like Poison Ivy in the
butiful woods & Ma sed Bobbie,
sed Ma. the ways Of Mater 10 bee
yond Qur understanding, sed Ma
sh6d say 90, sedsPa. Mater is
Cr1ll0. -, & .. ~
No moar cruisr e.aan what sum
men are, sed Ma. I have seen
men, Esd Ma, ! that was worse
than PoisongIvy. OF course, sed
Ma, thare IL lots Of men, that
10. like Nature's' Noabelmen, also,
too. said Ma. ~ <
Yurss deef, mother was looking
at me wen she sed that Bobbie.
Sed Pa -
I mite have been looking at
you, sed Ma. but I was thinking
moer fof my .Unlkel Henry. He
was Q noabel man, sed Ma. q
he wis surely . chile of Mater,
sed Ma. He was close to the
soil. sed Ma. y, Sf.
Sum Of his stories was pritty
close TO- the Ssoil, too, sed Pa.
! Thay KIND OF shocked me.
80 you want me TO faint away,
do you, sed Ma. 'r'.
No, sed Pa.
Then, sed Ma, doant evvur
shock Sme by saying O story evvur
shocked you, sed Ma. ~,
I doAn.t know what Pa q Ma
was talking about but bet II
wasent any worser than what
Poison Ivy 10. K
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OF
THE FAMOUS
IN HE MARQUIS of Aberdeen and
Temair has q great fund Of
= humor. and tells the follow

T" HE MARQUIS OF Aberdeen and
Temair has q great fund Of
u humor, and tells the follow
ing story Of himself: N.
He left London at midnight in
q sleeping-car for the. North. In
the morning. when he. was awak.
ened. he saw q stranger opposite
him.
EXCUSE me-" said the stranger
may ask II you are richT' 81
Somewhat surprised. his lord
ship replied that he was tolerably,
Well-to-do. ~ ~ ~
May I ask" continued the
stranger. how rich you are7" !,
"'Well, II II viii DO you any good
to know" was the reply, II sup.
pose ! have several hundred
thousand pounds." n
well" went kon the stranger,
~ I were a. rich a. you. and
1nored ~ loudly AZ you. should
take q whole car, 20 ~ not 20 In
tsrrupt the sleep OF Others"
During recent afternoon
speech, Chauncey NJ. Depew re-
lated the story Of q boy on whose
father he, Mr.. Depsw. once PAID =
call After his Departure the fath-
or turned to the boy and aid. rev.
I erently: He 10 Chauneey Dcpsw.
the worlds greatest story-tsllsr.-.
The result was that when Mr..
Depew called again he wss, met
enthusiastically Ny the boy who
exclaimed joyously. a. soon a.
the visitor entered the rooms
''Efallca! know al about your
''Reallyf" remarked Mr.. Depsw.
slightly taken hack by, the vo-
ciferous nature OF the wslcome.
And. pray. what do you know
about me?" SE ~
why. you're , the worlds big.
! gsSt liar--fafher says sors -. : -...-.-,
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
HEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS In FLOWE]
A World Famous Story of the AL Con-
quering Power of Love Over the
Heart of the Willful and Beau
tiful Sister of the Auto
cratic King Henry VIII.

in the wrong. though I soon came
again to the attack.
But he is 90 base that grieve
to see you with him."
1T suppose he is not very good,
she responded. but It seems to be
the way of these people among
whom have fallen, and he cannot
harm me-"
"Oh. but he can! One does not
90 near smallpox. and there is a
moral contagion quite a. danger
Gus, II not 20 perceptible. and
equally to be avoided. 1t must be
a wonderfully healthy moral ma.
ture. pure and chaste to the core.
that will be entirely contagion-
proof and safe from it."
She hung her head In thought,
and then lifted her eyes appealing.
ly to me. ."Ani / not Edwin?
Tell me! Tell me f. am I
not? I am 80 full of her faults
that IL I have not that there is no
good in me-" Her eyes and voice
were full Of tears. and I knew in
my heart that I stood before as
pure a soul az ever came from the
hand of God. ...
you are. your majesty: never
doubt" I answered. 1T Is pre-
eminently the one thing in woman
hood to which all mankind kneels."
And I fell upon my knee and kissed
her hand with q sense Of rever-
ence, faith and trust that has
never left me from that day to
this. As to my estimate of how
Francis would act when Louis
should die. you will see that I was
right. y
Not long after this Lady Casko-
den and I were given permission to
return to England. and immediate
ly prepared for our homeward
journey.
All! It was pretty to see Jane
bustiing about, making ready for
our r.departure-superintending the
packing of our boxes and also su-
perintending me. That, was her
great task. never was sosthank-
full for riches as when they 1 en-
abled me to allow jane full sway
among the Paris shops.
Copyright. 1ss2. by Bobbs- Merrill Co.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL

when you have been resting in the
house. The woman who leads
a busy life most Of the time and
sets one day aside to remain late
in bed often has this feeling. She
sleeps late and rests later. When
she gets up she is listless instead
Of refreshed.
What is the cause Of this con-
dition? Can 1t be possible that
she has rested too long?
There are ways and means o.
waking up, Of course. but often
we are not even In a mood to
rack our brains for q way.
There's usually the possibility
of going out doors for q walk.
In fact. this IL the best way
known, ! suppose. to work off
lethargic state. iii feelings or q
grudge. Simply the feel Of the
wind against your face and the
notice. however unobserving. Of
people and things about you
work their magic. 5l...
You come back with quickensd
step and sporkling eye. and the
realization that, after all, the
world II a good place.
Remember this. Z then: when
you need to get out of yourself
and enjoy q bit Of contact with
out-of-doors. II the rain IL pour
ing down. just bundle up well In
old clothes and trot along. ~
But there >may be times when
you can't very well get out
doors. Perhaps you have TO
stay in for any one Of q multi
. tude Of reasons. ss
So here's q rather strenuous
walting.up exercise which brings
into play many muscles In your
body and which, by the way. .1s
excellent for the woman Who
wishes to lose weight. S%
It's really . form of walking,
except that you bend and exeIe
else the upper part Of your body
at the same time. It's specialized
place youp, left hand ION your
left hip and step forward with
your right foot. kt N
AZ you extend your right foot,
lean over and touch your right
hand to the tip Of your right
foot. or come az near to It ~
you can.
Quickly straighten ito erect
position. place your right hand
on your right hip and lean for
ward to touch your left ,fcot as
II advances.
You are advancing while this
10 In progress, % you 90 the
length Of the room In several
strides. A hail or . room which
Gives way to q hall Ii q good
place. for Il gives yosi . loague
straight line TO pace. ~
A few repetitiohs Of this ex-
ercise are likely to result In
stiffened muscles. 90 don't DO II
too many times at first. but
try, It the next time you feel
low In spirit and see II .,ou
don't feel your vivacity return ng.
(cepyright. 1874. Nswspapst ysaturs
eervio4 xnc.l M
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blinded to the latter by the veil Of
her own innocence. She laughed
at and with him. and permitted
herself q great deal Of his COM
pany; 90 much. in fact. that I
grew q little jealous for Brandop's
sake. and. II the truth must be
told. for the first time began to
have doubts Of her. I seriously
feared that when Louis should die,
Brandon might find a much more
dangerous rival in the new king.
who. although married, would prob
ably try to keep Mary at his court.
even should he be driven to the
extreme Of divoicing Claude, as
Claude's father had divorced Joan.
I believed. in case Mary should
voluntarily prove false and remain
in France, either as the wife or
the mistress Of Francis, that Bran
don would quietly contrive some
means to take her life, and I hoped
he would.
I spoke to my wife. Jane. about
4. the queens conduct, and. she final
ly admitted that she did not like
1t; 50 I, unable to remain silent
any longer, determined to put
Mary on her guard. and for that
purpose spoke very freely to her
on the subject.
"Oh! you gyosev' she said,
laughing. He is almost as great
q fool as Henry" Then the tears
came to her eyes, and half angrily.
half hysterically. shaking me by
The arm. she continued: do you
not know? Can you not see I
would give this hand, or my eyes.
almost my life. just to fall upon
my face in front OF Charles Bran
don at this moment? Do you not
know that. a woman with a love
in her heart such az I have for
him In safe from every one and
everything7 That it is her sheet
anchor. sure and fast? Have you
not wit enough to know that?"
ayes, Il have" i respond
ed, for the time com
pletely silenced. With her favorite
tactics she had, AZ usual. put me
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Household Hints

The Offensive smell cAns be re-
moved from saucepans In which
onions or fish have bean cooked
by adding a little vinegar to the
washing water. g6 T I.
Zinc utensils can be cleaned
with soda and water, afterwards
polishing them with n cloth
dipped in turpentine and bath-
brick. ~. I. "a
Iron .colored things while Stiil
damp,
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MARRYING ON.
NOTHING 4
by Leretto C. Lynch
An Authority On An Matters Per
tainipg 20 Management

An huluOG1by Vn All MostcHS Hche
tainipg 20 Management
~ -'A the HouselioId..
A READER has written asking
u IL my experience as 90.
ciai worker inclines to
make me agree with the Chicago
Judge who collapsed after hearing
$500. divorce cases. He was
quoted as saying:
Tell the young people not to
be afraid. Tell them to marry
young. IF a young fellow has a
Job that 10 steady and the right
girl he should forget about church
weddings and automobiles and help
the girl forget them, too. They
should get busy fighting for
home-fighting the world and not
After studying the problems Of
the home right on the ground
from the practical standpoint I
think 1t IL little short Of pa
thetic to encourage any couple to
marry without some financial
backing.
We can pass up the automobile
as q luxury to most people, but
II IL little less than tragic for
the average couple to attempt
marriage without having some
. money laid away in the bank for
emergencies. A furnished home
may consist Of but one room. but
every man should provide at least
that for the woman he takes from
q home. st var
The one sure way to domestic
trouble Ia marrying without back
ing Living, on the charity Of
either ones parents Is not con.
ducive to respect. More mar
riages have gone on the rocks be-
cause people (coming under my
, notice) have. married without
thought az to money and q home
than because Of any other one
thing.
Every poor young woman should
have her hope chest. Her hus-
band-to-be should have his hope
chest In the form Of q tiny bank
account. Surely Il Ii better all round
to become q little selfish waiting
to establish even q one-room home
and have q tiny bank account
than II ID to become dependent on
charity when an emergency arises.
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A. Vivid Romance of the Days of King
Henry VIII With Its Wealth of
II Colorful Episodes and a Wom-
ans Devotion to Her
. - Ideal.

alone: she certainly will kill you.
Despite which sound advice, I
doubt not December will 60 on
coveting May up to the end Of
the chapter; each old fellow
being such q fine man for his
age. you understand-fondly be-
lieving himself an exception. Age
in q fool is damnable.
Mary was killing Louis as GER
tainly and deliberately as II she
were feeding him slow poison. He
was very weak and decrepit at
best. being compelled frequently.
upon public occasions such. for
example, as the coronation tour
nament of which I have spoken.
to lie upon. q couch. @
Mary's conduct was really cruel!
but then. remember her provo
cation and that she was acting
In self-defense. All this was eas.
Ter for her than you might sup
pose. for the kings grasp Of
power, never very strong. was
beginning to relax even what
little grip It had.
All faces were turned toward
the rising sun. young Francis.
duke Of Ansouieme. the kings
distant cousin. who would soon
be king in Louis place. As this
young rising sun. himself vastly
smitten with Mary, openly encour-
aged her in what she did. the
courtiers Of course followed suit.
and the old king found himself
surrounded by a court only too
ready to be amused by his lively
young queen at. his expense.
This condition Of affairs Mary
welcomed with i. her whole soul.
and to accent It and nail assur-
ance, I fear played ever 20 light.
ly and coyly upon the heart.
strings Of the young duke. which
responded all too loudly to her
velvet touch, and almost frighten.
ed her to death with their volume
Of sound later on. '.-..
This Francis d,Agnouleme. the
daaphin, had fallen desperately
in love with Mary at first sight.
something against which the fact
that he was married to Claude.
daughter Of Louis. in no way
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some fellow. but thought himself
vastly handsomer than he was:
and had some talents, which he
was likewise careful to estimate
at their full value. to say the least.
He was very well liked by women,
and In turn considered himself ir-
resistible. He was very impress
sionable to feminine charms; was
at heart a Mbertine. and. as he
grew older, became a debauchee
whose memory will taint France
for centuries to come. -
Mary saw his weakness more
clearly than his wickedness. being
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-

The GTGsldsnOther Carl.
UYHAT IL this that they sayf
" F'lappers are now passe!
: Can It be these glad It'd
ings are true. VIII the girls
with bobbed hair all Be given the
air by the close Of nineteen
twenty-twoY VIII the present-day
lass let the knee-length skirt pass.
and with It her yampirish ways?
sWhat Of lip-stick and paint?
Wont the girlies look quaint when
they put on long dresses :.
land stays? oh. how strange 1t
will seem when the>ancient regime
returns and the maid ends all pose
with q coy dimpie and curl as the
GRANDMOTHER Girl. and when no
body rolls down her hosef Sweetly
simple and shy, with demure.
downcast eye, we will surely zee
her, the little coquette; with Nher
rouge laid away. greatly shocked
II we'd say: Little girl, have .
rood cigaretter' Yes, when fash
IONS mad whirl brings the Grand
mother Girl to visit our sphere
once again, there'll be waltxing
that's slow, therc'n be music that's
low. with never q jaxzy refrain.
with the flapper's decline. comes
the frail. clinging vine, and she'll
cling with the .self-same success
that girls used to display when the
hoop skirts held their sway and II
took twenty yards TOR Z dress.
wisdom and vile In the way Of her
ancestor, Eve; all her sweet, help
lees airs will be only more snares
in the skein Of the charm she Will
weave. But the signals are clear
and In less than q year each young
girl win be trying this pose: she
win really look fine when we take
her 70 dine, and not once win she
powder her hosei
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Of motion pictures.

pure and true as she was willful
and impetuous.
Mon beau fills" allowed neither
his wife nor the respect he owed
the king to stand in the way Of
his very marked attention to the
queen. His position as heir, and
his long residence at court. almost
as son to Louis. gave him ample
opportunities for pressing his un-
seemiy suit. He was the first to
see Mary at the meeting place this
side Of Abbeville. and was the
kin's representative on all /occa-
sions. ...
Beau fills" was rather a hand
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now and then for a country al
ways prospers under a queen.
Francis had for many years
lived at court as the recognized
heir, and as the custom was,
called his distant cousin
Louis Uncle" Uncle" Louis In
turn called Francis "Ce Gros Gar
con-" and Queen Mary called him
Monsieur. mon beau fils." in a
mock-motherly manner that was
very laughable. A mother Of eight.
cen to a good boy" of twenty.
two! Dangerous relationship! And
dangerous. indeed. 1t would have
been for Mary, had she not been as
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initiated. He waS a very distant
relative Of Louis. going away
back to st. Louis for his heir
ship to the French crown.
The king had daughters In
plenty, but as you know. the gal
liant Frenchmen say, according to
their Law Salic: THE realm of
France is SO great and glorious a
heritage that It may not be
taken by woman" Too great
and glorious to be. taken by a
woman. forsooth! France would
kave been vastly better off had
she been governed by q woman
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
BY, Charles Major.

q "a AN u woobA oACCfh Pout ASA
NV days together and pretend
49, illness. Upon one oc-
casion she kept the king wait
ing ID at her door all the morn.
ing. while she. having slipped
through the window, was riding
with some Of the young people
In the forest. When she return
~, =. through the window - she
went to the door and scolded the
Soor old king for keeping her
waiting, penned up in her room all
morning. And he apologised.
She changed the dinner hour
TO; noon in n,'accordance with the
Enghsh custom. and had a heavy
/. supper at night, when she would
make the king gorge himself with
urfhealthfuI food and coax him
''to drink as much as brother
Henry" which invariably re-
suited in Louis de Valois finding
lodgment under the table.
This amused the whole court.
except a few old cronies and
physicians. who. Of course. were
scandalized beyond measure. She
took the king on long rides with
her on cold days. and would
Jolt him almost to, death. and
freeze. him until the cold tears
streamed down his poor pinched
nose making him feel like a half
animated icicle. and wish that he
was one in fact. >, 60.
At night she would have her
balls, and keep him up, till morn.
ing drinkins and dancing, or try
ing to dance with her. until his
poor old heels, and his head. too.
for that patter,S were like 70 fall
off; then, Ishs, would slip away
from him and lock herself in
her room.
December. say I. let May
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10 You Know

"A torpedo takes, four minutes
TO rskrh Z target $500 yards
IsS..Gsas ~ i.&sr s~sf
The enamel ON teeth is the
hardest tissue in the human
ooay. s......
A roof we'll covered with straw
thatching may last ~ long -
thirty yeers ~ Z,
Products Of fyestuffs fsctoriss
hAvs the .propsrtys a. killing the
germs .of about fourteen -dissasss.