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I was civil service employe. ! am
not married. My income from July :
to December 81, 1921. was S72l.97.
VIII 1t be necessary for me to make
return at all? II l make return.
must 1t cover the whole year? Is the
to December 81. 1921. minus $5oe ana
minus, an allowa ance for charity. the
amount upon which / shall nave 10
pay per cent tax?
A. The $500 exemption to which
you refer does not apply to the year
return and are subject to tax on your
total 1871 earnings. You may deduct
charitable contributions to the or.
CARNATIONS specified in section 2l4
(a) GD and you are entitled to
specific exemption of 1000.
Under the 1918 act you were entit!eo
to the $500 allowance until the ter.
mination of the war by presidential
this benefit is eliminated entirely.
commencing January ]. 1s2l.
Q. ts2)-(a> Are pensions received
by war veterans from the United
States government and pensions re-
ceived by retired federal employees re-
garded as taxable income?
(o) indorsed note for frleno LOT
$500 and had to make this amount
good. During 1921 ! paid off 500.
This was not a business loan nor a
transaction entered into for pront.
but simply a personal favor. May !
claim the $500 as a loss in my 192l
tax return?
(c) Is the 1oh per cent tax on capi-
sal gains effective on income re-
ceived during the year. 1921?
A.-(a) Pensions for service of the
beneficiary or another in the military
or naval forces OF the United States
in time of war" are exempt. Other
United States pensions are taxable.
(b) You may deduct the loss act-
ually suffered.
(c) No: commencing with sales or
disposals "consummatcd" after De-
cember 81. 1921.
q (Q2l-I ha1 ha &ollnW inR hQn0S.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

@. (sl)-From January l to July l,
1921. inclusive. 4 was an officer in the
United States Army and exempt from
the federal income tax for that pc
riod. as my income was less than
$500.
From. July % to December 81. 1927.
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Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Lumber.

NEW ORLEANS. February 16 (Spe-
ciaD Of lumber In the
southern mills has now increased
from So per cent to 80 per cent of
capacity. and the output is now
about double what it was a year ago.
Orders are increasing in volume. and
are running only per cent under
production. Prices. are firm.
CHICAGO. February Is (SpeciaD.-
Lumber business Is showing in
creased demand and prices are stiff
fleming. II building construction at
tlins the proportions which, are pre-
dicted here. some advance in prices
may be expected.
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SIGUN FALLS, s. D.. February 1e
(SpeciaD.-It Is estimated that the
state tax of one cent a gallon on gas
oline In this state will yield $500. 900
this year. The Standard Oil Com
pany is expected to pay 100000 to
the state treasury.
CORSICANA. Te&.. February Is
fSpeciaD.--The Magnolia Petroleum
Company has reduced the price of
heavy gravity crude oil here 20 cents
barrel to Is cents a. the wells.
Healton, Walters and Beaver Creek,
duced 80 cents a barrel to Fl at the
wells.
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Clothing.

NEW ORLEANS, February l6 (Spe-
ciaD Local manufacturers OF men
and women's clothing took enough or
ders last fall for next summers goods
to justify them in running at full ca
pacity. Most of those orders came iron,
the larger retailers. and as the smaller
retailers did Lot buy. it Is expected that
their orders will crowd the manufactur-
ers whom they begin to come in.
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WOOleas.
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. February 10
The demand for tweed goods for
both mems and women's wear has
broadencd, and jobbers are doing a
nice business for spring. Worsteds
are in small demand
Evening star., 1922-02-16

MINNEAPOLIS. February Is (Spe-
cial) l).-Five million bushels OF Mime
sofa grain are under contract to be sold
by the United States Grain Growers,
Inc. 1t is announced that 400 farmers
have Joined the cooperative organiza-
ton in the last five months.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

NEW YORK. February 16 Especially.
-Rumors persist in the copper market
here that holders are shading prices and
that electroiytic copper for delivery in
February, March or April has been sold
as low as Is cents. There has been little
buying support by consumers.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

SAN FRANCISCO, February Is (Spe-
ial) Dried apricots are in small sup
ply and prices are getting higher
Peaches are moving slowly, while prunes
are unchanged in price but moving
steadily. p
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She Speaks Too Hastily

Dear Cynthia-Though n daily reader,
! am new correspondent coming &c
column. thinking that perhaps ] might
frd letter from some one in the same
predtcamert as I. so that might be
able 10 profit by your advice.
am twenty-five years old. engaged
to be married to the most wonderful
my heart and soul, and know my love
Is reciprocatcd. He has wonderful
disposition. while mine is very ugly.
Now, Cynthia, that Is my whole trouble.
and | think 1t is my only fault. and a
very bad one at that. Otherwise am
very generous am kind-hearted, sympa-
thetic. am not a "leg-puller'' and am
not Jealous. But must confess that
l am very hasy and at times say very
nasty thinr5. which I always regret
saying aftc wd~d and am always doins
nice little thugs In trying to heal the
wounds I make. have tried over and
over again to curb myself when mean
e. say. hesty things, but seem to say
them before I think not TO. And It
After say these things to him there is
always a lot Of CRYING and apologizing
and promises that I'll never say them
again. and he puts his arms around me
and says that he could never get
offended. as he knows I never mean
what ! say.
But, Cynthia. know the time will
come when he will resent these re.
marks. know that after we are mar
rted he Will begin to get disgus:ed. and
that must never be. So please If you
can. print n good SIRE cure for hastt-
ness Of temper Gor that is what It is)
Tor even my own family say that II
they were in his shoes they would keep
away from me I love him so, and I
would so appreciate some good, sound,
solid advice en- tho subject.
SOMEBODY'S SWEETHEART.
1t IS fortunate that YOU realize this
fault and are ashamed OF 1t. my dear,
for you are the only one who can cure
t. Will power is the only remedy
Just try harder each time to curb
yourself in making a disagreeable re-
mark and think what it means. Prac
tlce patience and learn to think more
slowly. The trouble this habit brings
you should be n lesson to YOU each time
1t happens, but II Is only by keeping In
mind the ugly "onsequences, the un-
happiness that results from your has,i.
ness that you can cure yourself Stor
in the middle OF a remark II necessary
but don't let those harsh words get out
even II you have TO bite your tongue &c
stop them.
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THE HOME
IN GOOD TASTE
By Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Chair Rails and Picture holdings

There is no one item in housefur- =
nishing and decoration about which
people more frequently make mistakes
than the placing of chair rails and pic
ture holdings. When they are In the
right place, nothing can be said against
their use. When they are in the wrong
place they completely spoil a room.
They are small features In themselves,
but when misplaced their power for
harm Is enormous.
A chair rail Is meant to protect the
wall from being scratched or marked
by the backs of chairs. Consequently il
ought to be placed at the usual height
of the tops Of chair backs; that is ia
saw from thirty-fve to thirty nine
inches from the foor-lower, II the
chairs in the room are low backed. II
Is common mistake to set the chair
rail too high. It should not project toe
much from the wall.
The best place for picture molding.
is Immediately beneath the bottom OF
The cornice, or, II there be no cornice
then In the angle between the wall ant
ceiling. A picture molding placed q
foot or more below the ceiling Is dis.
turbng element. 1t destroys the dig
nifty Of the wall, makes n bad divi.
sion Of the wall surface and causes thu
ceiling to appear lower than II really
is. Plate rails are Objectionable anC
should be altogether avoided.
the Floor"
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Read Your Character
By Di0by Phillips
Sixth Analysis

Suppose you received a letter that
was written in a small angular vertical
hand, and you noted among other char
actcristics CO tHc wr;,e- that he has a
decided tendency to "cross cut" his
capitals and the first letters Of words
that he makes n final "d'' with an up
ward stroke only for the stem Of the
letter and that this up-stroke curves
backward, puts the dot to the left of the
49, that lie makes his g." IT,"
~" ''g' and ~" with merely q
down stroke of the pen, without a loon,
and that his capital letters are a bit
ornate, and that his small letters are
we'll connected.
What conclusions would you be able
to draw from the writing as to the
character Of the writer? Think a bit
before you read further, nnd see how
close you can come to II.
First Of all, the small writing indi-
Gates cultivated mental ability. The
well connected letters indicate the logi-
cal, cold reasoning type Of mind. The
two together disposition toward ar.
gumentativeness. But the back curved
I'd" indicates q degree Of the critical
In his makeup. Vertical writing indl .
Gates deliberation, which indication Ia
strengthened by the left dotted ~ ,"
so that 1t somewhat overbalances the
usual conclusion to be drawn from an :
gular writing, that of impatience and
activity, so that in this case we would
say the angular writing indicated
rather nervousness, precision, inde-
pendence and positive views.
Tomorr0w-Blond,a angular writers
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II suppose you will sit back and
laugh yourself into Mysteries if l tell
you the reason" he said morose!y.
81 promise not to. There must be a
good reason for you to say that
"Oh, these darned women.
"why, Paul, whatever do you
mean"
He wriggled uncomfortably.
"Women !" he repeated shortly.
Virginia slowly shook her head, puz-
sled.
"I'm afraid ! don't understand, dear.
You say You should wear tag that
you're married, and
Paul interrupted her with impatience.
"I mean that women are forever
trying to tlirt. They re the limit. In
street cars, in the shops, in the eleva :
tors. even right there in the office. Say
you've no idea of the way women carry
on these days. | never saw such stun In
my life. Why, n fellow can't glance
up from his newspaper in the car with
out half dozen women staring at
him. It's an awfully uncomfortable
feeling"
Virginia felt wild desire to laugh,
but she held herself.
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Through a
Wonan,s Eyes
Look Not Upon His Stature
BY JEAN NEWTON

One of my young friends writes me
about a problem which, though really
old, is ever new to the one into whose
life It comes.
She has been undecided between two
young men. Then suddenly her doubts
cleared and she knew.
The good looking one Of more pre-
possessing appearance had revealed him.
self as selfish and egotistical. He told
he could love no one better than he
loved himself.
And this revelation helped her, she
says, to appreciate the real worth OF
| the other man, whose fine character and
real devotion had earned her admira
ton and respect, and now she knew
! her love.
She loves him in spite of his less
impressive manner, In spite Of his plain
ness. in spite Of the fact that he is
half head shorter than she.
She knows that his modesty cloaks
not only an admirable character. but
way to success. Indeed, she says, he
has already known more success than
his flashing and conceited rival.
BUT-"1t's the impression he makes.
He looks 80 insignificant. and my
friends, thinking that I have not yet
decided. do not hesitate to tell me so.
Unfortunately / am tall. and this makes
all the more conspicuous his small stat =
ure and--it is true--his insignificant
appearance. My family and my friends
say If I married him / would always
be conscious of this and would not be
happy. DO you think I an making a
mistaken"
No!
With all my heart say to you and
! to all other girls whose better sense
may be waging a like battle with super
ficality and false standards--No! Your
only mistake is In weighing in the same
scales with honor, manliness, worth
and true devotion such him- fam as the
impressiveness of a mans appearance
or the manner Of cavalier.
You are not going to live with an
appearance, but with another character
and heart. These are the substance that
will control. in great measure, your
future happiness. Therefore you must
think of them--not Of the shell.
A handsome head will not take the
place of the heart that would cherish
you or the character that would pro-
vide for you and sustain and comfort
you in dark as well as sunny days.
And when you are married a de-
voted glance from your husband is
worth more than his ability to charm
other mems wives. Then 1t Is his real
self and his attitude to your real self
that will count-nothing more.
You are marrying for your happi-
ncss-not to impress your friends.
Take the real man who has inspired
your love. little girl, and much happi-
ness to you! And If In the heat of my
feeling on the subject may be accused
of having preached. can at least pro-
duce a text:
But the Lord said unto Samuel,
look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have
refused him; for the Lord seeth not as
man secth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the Lord look
eth on the heart"
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CHAPTER II
What Is LOve?

A LICE WILSON, with that peculiar
"A frnnkncss that has always been one
of her chief characteristics, had re-
minded me of the fact that I might
have married Herbert Livingston.
/ have always liked Herbert: in fact,
there was n time when ! thought I loved
him. Then | met Norman, and l renl-
lied for the first time what love could
be.
Blinded MS I was by my feeling for
him. l realized that I was taking n
chance on happiness. But then, rea :
soned, every woman does that more or
less. and the honest friendship and sin
cere respect and wonderful safety that
] FELT when I was with Herbert were
nothing to the leap Of the pulses and
the hcadv rapture that l felt when l
was with Norman.
The very fact that he had been in
love with so many women made his
love for me the more strange and
wonderful. | thrilled to think that he
had chosen me, out of all the rest, for
his wife. :.
I remember telling him what Alice
had said to me.
"Of course, I'm silly to care, but
I wonder what she meant l said seri-
cusly.
you mean about taking marriage
too seriously?" Norman replied. We
were sitting out dance In the cool dusk
of the country club veranda, and he
held my fingers tight in his hand. oc-
casionally he would brush them with
his lips and my heGrt would leap In
nv breast. His slightest touch thrilled
me. suppose l have always loved
him too much.
THAT, and the fact that I'm not
the kind of woman to pay you back IN
your own COIN" I said with Il little
"Thank God. you're not he re.
turned with sudden passion. 'Oi
course, Alice meant that you wouldn
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The Wife Cheater b, HAZEL Drro BACHELOR

stoop to a scrdid Irritation in order to
make me jealous"
"But why should ! make you jeal.
ous?' l asked wondcringly.
because I might first make you
jealous.' he said after moment.
drew away from him. but he caught
me back. Darling, / love you, but,
after all, I'm only man." he whis-
percd against my hair. Men hate
being held too tightly. Leave the door
open and I'll never want to go out, but
if you close the door and lock it with
the big key of marriage, might try
10 escape down the fire. escape or some
thing like that. Do you understand
what l mean?'
y want you to be frec," answered
sobcrly. But even MS l spoke the words
! wondered If l meant them. If the
time should ever come when / was no
longer the one woman in the world for
him. would be brave enough to leave
the door open?
Late that evening, rs ] was waiting
in the check room for my coat, over
heard conversation between two
women who stood just back Of me. !
knew them only slightly, but I realized
that they voiced the sentiment of every
one who knew Of my engagement.
He was clever enough to choose thc
type of woman he can always be sure
Of" said one.
"She seems rather cold to me-" was
the reply. "but then suppose man
of that kind never marries the type
Of woman he likes to flirt with, does
hep"
MY cheeks burned. So they thought
me cold. Cold, when loved Norman
enough to marry him in the, face OF
everything that had been said to me,
in spite Of all the warnings l had re-
ceived
In silence 7 received my evening coat
from the hands of the maid and slipped
away in the crowd without being seen.
But long after I had gone to bed that
night lay thinking Of what those two
women had said. 1t tailed strangely
with Alice's remarks, and I could not
help wondering if, perhaps after all,
| was the wrong woman for Norman.
This thought filled me with vague mis-.
givings, and did not fall asleep until
dawn.
Tomorrow-The First Doubt
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Can You Tell?
Why Cohesion Won't Reunite Pieces OF
Broken Stone
By X. J. and A. W. Bodner


The particles or molecules Of stone
are held together by molecular attrar-
tion. This attraction only operates
over slight space. If you separate the
molecules Of stone to more than two
millionths of an inch they. lose their
ability to cling together, and the stone
breaks. A molccule Is the smallest
particle of any substance that retain,
the characteristic properties of the sub
stance. If, when a stone is broken,
you could put it together again in such
, a way thaC all the molecules on the
broken surface would again be withiE
. two milionths of an inch of each other
the stone would hold together again.
Ordinary pressure will not bring them
closely enough together.
Broken pieces of gold can be brought
together again by hummering. When
metals are welded together the mole
eules are first softened in the fire 80
that they move more easily among one
another.
Solid substances are either naturally
cohesive or else man has brought to-
Eethcr certain things with little or 10
cohesion and made them cohesive. In
the case of the brick. he takes clay.
which IL only slightly cohesive. and
bakes II in an oven until it becomes
more cohesive 80 that he can pile one
on top of the other and construct O
building. AS two bricks have no natura
cohesion for each other, however, n,
takes sand mixed with lime and wat,l
+ and places it between the bricks to holc
them together. Tho lime, sand ant
water make mortar which is cohesiv,
when properly mixed. But, used alone
neither lime nor sand has much co
hesiye property, and water none.
IOmOrTOw-What Kind of Gas Is Use,
In Balloons?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-05

This Is a good time of year to get
the water drinking habit. II it is too
much to ask Of your appetite to take
six or eight glasses right away after
years, perhaps, of neglect. begin with
two or three the first week, ad'l fourth
the second. and so on until you can
take six glasses day with a relish.
There il no advantage In taking more
than this amount. Some may find eight
glasses a day easy to take, but six is
enough. You may even take water with
your meals, provided 1t 10 not taken
drink q glass or two, then between
|meals, aad before retiring.
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Il Career Very Often Comes Up
and Claims You for Its Very Ow,,
When You Are Entirely Una,care OF Its Appoac-Th No
Escaping When 1t Arrives and. Fortunately, 1t Is
Usually Congenal &

But It isn't. s.
Other people talk about It in capi.
tails and resembling words, but the eir,
who is pursuing It hasn't time.
The less she blows about her vork
the better she does 1t It's work to her.
not my career" -
It has come up and claimed her.
and she knows that there Is no way OF
escape for her.
She must 90 on with II and use thu
talents that she has for It.
But she doesn't feel set up over "
II she is wise she knows It isn't her
fault.
CHE may be proud and feel noble and
talk much about the career she wou,d
like to have, while she dabbles in n.
But the work that she knows sbo
must do, because she has been put into
the world for that purpose, needs M
advertising, and will stand no stass
settings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-05

HARFER COOLEY % moor soil md no
sunshine or fresh air to speak Of. The
girl works In badly ventilated factory
or swcatshop, earning only few
dollars a week. and lives in n foul
tenement. Her surroundings are filthy
and insanitary, and her. life sordid and
bare. Nothing could be more terrible.
WET somehow she survives, and
- somewhere back in Europe. amid
the starvation and black tyranny Of
Russ:as czars. and perhaps siberia and
exile. her ancestors have garnerCd up
ideaism and sunshine. and left 1t TO
this waif, this emigrant, as her sole
heritage.
And so she musters up her full
courage, and studies in night schools.
etlucates herself, and then creates burn
ing novels. The material for heartrend-
ing tales Of .privation and struggles
upward through the mud, and of con-
quest. is all around her. She has only
to paint word pictures of her own
friends, and the reading world weeps.
Several artists and writer's have come
from our slums in this generation and
caused the thinking American to exclain
with terror. "Can such suffering he, in
our vaulted democracy: What is II.
that immortal spark in the soul of the
Russian Jewt' And real students turn
to laws and social bctterment.
TWO such girls I number among my
i personal acquaintancrs They have
come up from poverty within the last
two years. They have laborcd long
hours in sweatshops. One worked for
three dollars Il week in a factory.
Bertha Pearl wrote Il novel, Sarah
and Her Daughter" which showed US
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ing, lie argued SuSplclouslE.
Not n bit. dear
cor suppose you have an idea that
I'm getting TO be bit of an IDIOT"
"Oh. my dear -
"The women Of this town are firts.
And they pick out married men on
purpose. That shows that women are
towards"
"Cowards?"
"Sure! They pick on married men
because they can do all their practicing
on 'cm. They know married men will
not come back at them. See?'
I'm afraid DON'T said Virginia.
"But how do they know when their
victims are married? l thought you
said You should have nttle sign that
said"
bah :" he growlcd rudely. II spoke
without thinking A man doesn't need
any label, Virginia Any woman
can tell at first sight. Men who are
married-ah-well they have that
married look ~
And he stamped off upstairs to shave
in preparation for their weekly visit
to the movies.
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THE girl who wanted a literary ca
i rcer had gone from Office to office
trying to peddle her poems.
At last, weary and discouraged, she
stuck them loosely back into her brief
case and started out of the editors
office.
Some Of her papers slid out as she
stood up, and futtered face up to the
floor.
They were drawings which she had
made in idle moments to amuse herseir
and her friends, with a little rhyme
attached to each one.
whats that?' asked the editor,
picking up one of the drawings. why,
this Is nice. Why didn't you show
me that"
"Oh, that's just a thing, ! did for
fun !" the would-be poet replied, indlt-
fercntly, reaching for the other draw
"Well, this is the best thing you
have. Can you do more of these! Sit
down minute" the editor was inter-
ested in q new find. i,
And so It happened that the girl
who wanted to be a poet or writer
Of some kind had to accept a career as
an artist.
Her drawings are famous now.
TT OFTEN happens that way.
i Your career comes right up and hits
you in the eye, slaps you In the face,
before you realize just what 1t Is gong
to be.
You may have your heart set on one
thing, while all the time something en-
tirely different is just waiting to pounce