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club Of the town o. Village whore
1t takes place should take IN active
part.
The issues, the candidates and
the amendments should all be ss-
rid6sly rsviswsd.
Hero h . weapon Of which we
make too little use. OF what good
is that splendid afternoon At the
club when two hundred of W.
hated, white si0ved. tremendous
ly serious. cit looking - confideht-
ly up into ex-senator Smiths kind
face II We are merely to thank
him and urge upon him another
lettuce sandwich afterward1
NO GOOD AT ALI. UNLESS
No good at m. unless We ere go
Ing 10 discuss and consider that
qsestion Of the street franchise.
that other question Of the town
bonds. that third question Of the
fire regulations. Unless We are
going to the mayor-elect and the
chief Of police. one Of these days.
to say:
<"If We support you. VIII you en-.
force all thisf, How do you feel
about this vaccination bill-this
Ibootlegging bill--this dance hall
bilif What message may I take
back to my group Of voters7"
Twenty years ago there was q
fine little Welfare Club in . New
York village. II read essays about
Dante and Doric art in 1900!
In 1910 II was trebled In size and
had Q civic section that was busied
with baskets OF groceries at Christ.
mas time, and flannel petit.
coats al the year round. and
that was vaguely for universal
suffrage.
A TISnD REQUEST.
In 1914 u struggled for local
option, and lost. There was a
group Of, travelling players who
used to come to that village every
year--suppossdly to amuse. really
to recruit. livery year some girls
disappsarsd ffom the village after
these handsome. dancing. drink
Ing. Joyous young mon had made
their visit and in one year four
/, fcriern. unwantsd little babies
wsrs bssn 10 four Of the girls VITO
couldn't get away,
The welfare Club agenised over
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)LDTIME PRESS AGENT PASSES AS DOMESTCAFi0N SETS II
SONS OF EXPLOITATION NOW WELLPAD BUT LESS MAGINAT

playing pathetic music and dodg-,
ed under the stage. An elderly
lady in one of the boxes let out
q hystericai scream when one Of
the legs bounced off her hat. The
body hit Nellie's husband. who
was sitting In the front row. and
that : gentleman picked up the
form of his dear one and started
to stagser from the theater until
he realised that something was
wrong with his wife's shape. He
returned to his seat. and At this
moment q weeping stage-hand
lowered the curtain. x-x
spent the night'S box Office re-
ceipts for three glasses Of beer.
and he did not even look At the
columns Of the newspapers the
next day.
Business was slow with .
musical comedy that appeared
at one Of the local theaters some
time ago. The advance agent
thought he would start some
thing that would tend to draw
the public TO the box office. He
visited . local department store
and bought . couple Of those
wax limbs that are usually used
by the stores to display silk
hosiery upon. Ono dark night,
he hired . hack and was driven
to the edge Of the Potomac
river in the southwest section
Of the city. Reaching . favor
able spot. he told the might
liner to wait and waking to
the rivers edge. he dropped the
two wax limbs over in the silent
waters-
The next morning . young man
from Boston was showing the
sights Of the washington bar
racks to his bride Of few weeks.
They stopped to rest on the sea.
wall ana both bride and groom
spied what looked like the lower
portion Of . woman's limbs stick
ing up out Of the water. about
. hundred fest distant. They
were daxed with horror for . mo-
ment. bat the man quickly ~
covered himself. Dashing Off his
coat and kicking OF his shoes.
no leaped overheard and swan
for the pathetic looking object.
A small crowd gathered and
cheered him on. while the young
woman stood with clasped hands
and fearful eyes. The man soon
reached the limbs. and throwing
propriety to the winds. he grasped
them firmly and SWAN for the
shore.
There was Q cheer from the
crowd a. he reached the sea-
wall. willing hands drew him
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Buying a Hat
Serious Work
For Madame
PARIS, Dec. .

z aEs PARIS, Dec. D.
RUYIN0 . hat, for . French
woman. IL . very serious
business not lightly undertaken.
but with consideration and great
aslibsratiqn.
She takes stock Of her ward
robe. for the hat must not alone
suit her head. but It must suit &
her clothes.
Madame does not buy one hat
today ana another one tomorrow.
The best typs Of French woman
has her hat fitted to her head.
Just az one has . coat fittsd to
the figslre.
In other words, Il II made for
her. the shape II, cuts for her. It
has to suit her Acs. her figure.
her style. -
A Frenchwoman ~ never salts
fisd with-ths front visw, the pro-
flls ID Of the utmost importance
to iier. and also the back.
The French milliner is . real
artist, not merely q saleswoman.
She sperds endless time shaping
q brim. One side perhaps y
charming--a ID bonnie.
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from the water and then turned
to give first aid to the woman
he had rescued. There was q
gasp Of astonishment. There was
something missing. Tho upper
portion Of the body was gone.
Strong men turned away in hor-
ror. Then one Of them, drawer
than the rest. leaned forward and
picked up . Sign that had been
attached to the legs. He read II
aloud to tho crowd:
Don't fail to 800 playing
at the - Theater this week.
The most shapsly girls in the
world.
Don't fail to o>ooms and 80 me
rest Of this chorus girl"
Tho crowd began laughing.
The bride grew red. and the
young man from Boston muttered
something about catching his
train a. he grabbed his wife's
arm and hurried her away.
Ono night . number Of ysars
ago tho crowds on PennsyivanA
avenue were surprised and horri.
fed to see two young men re-
peatedly stabbins . young woman.
What looked Hike . flashing steel
blade was driven several times IN
her body. Moaning. she sank to
the sidewalk. Just a. several po-
hcemen appeared and took the
young men into custody. A
crowd gathered. and a. soon -
II had reached . goodly number
Of people. the young woman rose
from the street and began giving
sway cards advertising b show
that was appearing at one Of the
burlesque theatsra
Doubtless the greatest STUNT
ever successfully pulled OF By IN
advance man was accomplished
By the press agent VINO had charge
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Aho hO "ouAu hoNo W w
thrown out again.
Fortunately. those days are
.Dretty much in the discard now.
New rulings have gone forth
that press agents must cut out
the stunt" stuff. SO dear to
the hearts Of many of the species
and stick to legitimate and
respectable methods of exploita-
ton. Not only will that please
the dramatic editors, but 1t will
undoubtedly be beneficial to the
attraction as well.
The old-time press-agent. whose
day Is now past, was sui generis.
He would drift into town a week
or ten days ahead of the show,
and after q few hours in deep
thought in his hall room, he
would make the round Of the
newspaper offices. His one idea
was to get something into the
paper that would carry the name
Of his show. The wilder the yarn
the better.
Dramatic editors. though they
may not look 1t. are pretty wise
birds. A good many Of them have
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What Would
Happen If Men
Wore Skirts?
ny Unlvsrval Service.


LONDON. Dec. ..
WHAT would happen n men had
to wear sleirts?
An article on Women's Clothes
In this months Health. answers
the question thus:
Any strong man would succumb
to exhaustion II he were to walk
short distance in skirts, A skirt
gives the body q little jerk at every
step. and II made of soft wool.
twists ones stockings completely
around.
walking in knickers makes
woman feel 20 shamelessly young
that she can scarcely keep her
heels on the ground.
Several famous female imper-
senators have said that appearing
for twenty minutes on the stage in
women's clothes exhausts them for
the next five hours"
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In every local election the women club Of the town
The ssues the candidates the amendments should all be
serously reviewed OF what good 10 that splendid altar
at the club when two hundred of hated white
gloved tremendously serious sit looking confidently
up into Senator Smiths kind face II merely TO
thank him apd urge upon him another lettuce sandwich
afterward7
In your clubs next civic section program why not have
open debate unds the head THE Worst Fault OF This
TOWN." Find out what II wrong and then decide upon
building the child raising the conserving and protecting
element Of the nation.
you lovely, dignified, conservative women do nos
begin 70 hep 70 make the laws that govern every Of
peas you open every stamp you buy every pair Of stcc
insh hen ctsr and perhaps ss Intelligent and oonscen
tous women wnl
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covery that was so brightly illu-
minating in 1SS2-or 1909!
The woman who can look for.
ward twenty years and appreciate,
or partly appreciate. what the wo-
mans club Of 1912 10 going to
mean in our commonwealth is her.
self going to be vital and valuable
figure in national life.
Easy enough to look backward!
We are all somewhat amused to
remember the beginnings of wo.
mems clubs In America.
Those groups Of timid, well
dressed. idle, unenfranchised wo-
men. mildly reading selections
from Tennyson, or listening to
Mrs. Smith, Just returned from
Europe. on the topic of ''Athens
and the Mediterranean" or play
ing "500"-what q mild little
nucleus they were for the magnifi.
cent ranks that now number three
million woman citizens three mill
lion intelligent votes!
Men 60 to their clubs for relax
alton, for amusement.
DESTINY OF CLUBS.
Women 60 to their clubs now.
adays for work-for an outlet.
They 80 to their clubs to drink
deep Of the great joys-so long
denied!-of cooperation. Of COM
munity work. Of public service.
Many Of them are busy with
music. with letters. art. architec-
tpre: some frankly play cards.
But the great majority }re work
ing along . thousand lines that
are slowly and steadily converging
into one, and whom those lines
meet. then the reproach that
women are not active citizens
politically. that they do not use
their vote intelligentiy and force
fully. win be silenced forever!
\ For that--if I am any >prophet-
10 the coming destiny Of the
women's clubs.
It ID not that We have left our
homes for politics. We hundreds
and hundreds Of mothers who still
feel that . restless baby In . high
chair ID worth = hundred political
conventions.
No. But II II that life has car.
ried our homes out into the arena
Of politics.
Politics u not any longer . mys-
terious big machine. turning
vaguely, somewhere out In space,
with no reference to your boys
and mine. your little girls and
their school. and their Sfjrst Asaux
and their first babies.
Politics today u your high
school and my street lights. your
speeding laws and my ash barrel,
your nsw shoes snd my new
stoys.
We DO mot have to begin 70
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After the show on this particu.
lar night. the press agent and his
associate engaged two policemen
In IN earnest conversation at the
stage entrance. The cops wanted
to leave once or twice. but with
the aid Of couple Of free passes
to the theater. they were persuaded
to stick. A little after midnight.
wild yells, in q feminine voice,
came from the darkened stage.
The cops heard the yells and be.
came more insistent about going
away from there. Again the cries
for help rang out. and drawing
their trusty revolvers. the police
mon broke down the stage door and
stepped on the deserted stage. Once
moro came the appeal for aid. and
this time 1t seemed to come from
the top Of the theater. Nothing
daunted. the quartet climbed the
winding stairway to the flies.
Reaching there. breathless and al.
most exhausted. they saw the. dim
outlines Of tho balloon and reach
ing from It's basket was q fearful
young woman in pink tights. who
pleaded to be rescued
Policeman Sampson risked life
and limb in getting her off Of her
dangerpus perch. and once back
safely on the stage she told the
story the advance man had told
her to ten.
HANDY LIGHTHOUSE.
It seems that the dancing had
tired her out that night. and seek
ing to rest for q moment between
acts, she had entered the basket
Of the balloon at tho rear Of the
stage and drifted off into a deep
sleep. When the performance was
over. the man in the flies had
hauled her up with tho balloon
and went on his way. It was q
good story. and has been worked
many times since then with other
companies producing ''The Idols
Eye"
James was a corking
good press agent. and when he was
not eating, he was always schem-
ing to get q story In the papers.
One season he was ahead Of 1.-THE
Lighthouse BY the Sea" company,
which appeared here at one Of the
theaters. "The Lighthouse BY the
Sea" had been on the rocks for
some time, and when It reached
Washington everyone. from the
manager down to the call-boy,
knew that unless business picked
up they doubtless would become
permanent residents Of this city.
In one of the acts Of the pro-
duction the villain got busy and
smashed the light in the light
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Home Makers Must Get Into Politics, Says Kathleen

this. They talked. unavailinsfy.
And while they were talking the
months slipped about and the
amusement comb Ihny came back.
and that year there was IN open
scandal. Q suicide. and months
later. another crop Of drsary little
sickiy citissns to help I'M the In
stitutions.
30 then. afraid and awkward.
q delegation from the welfare
Club went to The city fathers. and
shyiy. timidly. ignorantiy. asked
that permission to perform IN that
village be refused to the rsvellsrs.
It was - simple - thati OF
course. the psrmission was re-
fused! There was no week Of
carousing that year. no suicide.
no fatherless babies, and the Wei
fare Club presently found an open.
ing to form . splendid athletic
and Improvement club for the
girls, which II flourishing 10 this
day.
GETTING AFTER JONES.
The history Of that club h typ
ical Of the history Of hundreds Of
American clubs on every cross
roads. in every tiny village Of
every State. They are constantly
growing. spreading. increasing in,
power.
In your clubs next civic section
program, why not have an open
debate under the head. The Worst
Fault of This TOWN."
Find out what IL wrong. and
then decide upSh the first step to.
ward making felt your power as
the home building. the child rails
ing, the conserving and protecting
element Of the nation.
II Jones went into office promis-
ing that the section down back of
oCVOTyNiuo bnouu Uo CfchTcu
up and has forgotten about It. you
can send a dignified reminder to
Jones.
II the irrigation dam project Is
standing stiIi while tho mon who
fathered II are plunging their
hands doep into your taxes, then
ask for statement about 1t.
n the Sunday afternoon "hikers''
from the nearby big town ara MAX
ink the wrong use OF one Of your
beautiful parks. or II joy-riders are
rendering the country roads dang
erous to human life, there Ia some
thing that you can do.
There is, indeed. something that
you eught to do,
YOU CONSERVATIVES WOMEN.
For II you levely. dignified, con.
servatiN women DO not begin. in
all love ana dignity. to help to
make the laws that govern every
can Of peas you open, every stamp
you buy every pair Of stockings
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Sleeves.

THH new waists shown now are
mostly made in long sleeves
with the exception Of the beaded.
or the very dressy biouses. Blouses
made forN the holiday business
come in white. bisque, cocoa, gold,
honey. green, navy and brown.
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he racked his brains for some
new scheme that would give pub
licity to his play. It was not
until the Monday on which the
show was booked to open here
that an Idea rewarded him. IT
was q good one and he put 1t
into execution at onceS
NEwsBoYs FoHED HIM.
He hustled up to the business
office of q local evening paper
and made arrangements to buy
the first one thousand copies run
off the press that evening. He
next paid q visit to he printers
and contracted for a rush order.
That evening he secured his
papers. rushed them to the print
Ing office and had printed In
big red letters on the head OF
thief ront pages:
ExTRAi EXTRA!
ESCAPED FROM SING SING
ESCAPED FROM SING SING.
NOW PLAYING AT
THE TTIEATER.
Fifteen minutes later he was
giving the papers away to {
wondering crowd Of newsboys.
He instructed them to hand out
the paper free. but who ever heard
Of newsboys giving away. anything?
They thought the extra was .
genuine one, and soon, with wild
yells. they were tearing down
Pennsylvania avenue and selling
the papers like hot cakes.
1t was not long before Major
Sylvester's telephone bell began
ringing and indignant citizens be-
gan complaining that they had
been buncoed. The nervy press
agent was sent for and spent an
anxious two hours at Police
Headquarters. He was finally
released with q warning and
even the cries Of appreciative
newsboys failed to cheer him a.
he took the shortest route to the
Baltimore and Ohio Station.
BALLOONS AND TIGHTS.
The advance man Of "The
Idols Eye" with the assistance
Of a bright young man who Is
now manager Of q local theater.
pulled off q neat little stunt here
to advertise his show q number
Of years ago. In one act of the
play, the star was lowered to
the stage in the basket of huge
balloon. After he had made his
entrance the balloon was allowed
to rest on the floor at the rear
of the stage until the perform
ance was completed. It was then
hauled up in the flies to be ready
for the next performance.
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house Just a. the hero's boat was
drifting in on the rocks. This was
a mighty convenient lighthouse for
little Nellie. the little heroine OF
the play, for the rear of ,it stood
In the backyard of the farm where
she lived. The farm ended ut the
seashore, and II was Nellie's habit
on wdsh day to string up a clothes
line running from the roof Of her
house to- the top Of the light.
house. On this she wrung the
soNed linen Of her poor old blind
grandfather. Thus 1t was that
when the villain smashed the light
and Claude's boat was about to
be treated roughly by the cruel
waves. Nellie was enabled to
grab a handy torch and. by walk.
ing along the clothesline to the
lighthouse. light the light and foil
the villain. Just as she lit the
light the curtain came down Oh
the finish of the act. and then
rose again to allow Nellie to take
her bow.
NELLIE CAME APART.
saw possibilities in this
tense scene. He took one Of Mel
lies old dresses and filled It with
straw and suspended It by q wire
in the flies. His idea. a. he ex-
planned to Nellie and his confeder-
ates among the stage hands. was
to have, her hide behind the light
house a. soon a. she had lit the
light. The curtain was to descend
and when It Went up again the
dummy would be on the wire and
Nellie out Of sight. At this point.
tho man In the flies was to cut
the wire and Just a. the dummy
fell to the stage an usher. who
had received four bits in advance.
was to yell my God! she's fall
ing" Then the curtain was to
como down with q crash. The
lights were to go up and the man.
ager was to step on the stage
and inform the audience that Mel
lie was hurted" and. Of course.
the newspapers were expected to
publish all about It the next day.
It was q fine scheme. but It
did not work out according to
plans. Nellie did her duty by the
light all right. and then lodged
behind the lighthouse. The cur
tain went up and disclosed the
dummy on the wire. The man In
the flies. with a pair Of pliers in
his hand. groped for the wire
that held the dummy. In the
darkness. he failed to locate It.
II was a critical moment, and
the dummy began to give away
under the strain. An arm of
straw fell and hit the orchestra
leader In the eye. He stopped
The Washington times., 1922-12-10
By KATHLEEN NORRIS:

Mem 60 to their clubs
for relaxation, for amuse-
msnt. Women 30 to their
clubs nowadays for work
for an outlet. They 70
TO their clubs TO drink
deep Of the great joys-so
long denied l-of co-opera-
tion, Of community work,
Of public service.
Politics II not any
longer . mysterious big
machine, turning vaguely,
somewhere out In space,
with no reference 70 your
boys and mine, your little
girls and their school, and
their first beaux, and
their ffrsE babies. Poll
tics today Is your high
school and my street
lights your speeding laws
and my ash barrel your
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and school book md hair net that
you have upon your psncilsd shop
ping list. then other. and perhaps
less intelligent and eonscisnf1ous
women VIII
The only WY 10 nvs und~ he
laws of your own mailing - to
help mako those hwp-and 1--we
under some law svsry enc Of NJ
must.
The drunksnest. dul1sst. least
scrupulous man VINO staggsrs to
the polls to deposit his purchased
vote n . more influential cit1sen
than you are. buying stIk to match
the pale pink roses In your en-
broidery. and saying In refined sur.
prise to the saleswoman:
''Oh, that's %. im't itf It'p saso-
ton dayr'
.anD,a,mrwrstsncilsd shrdlu WI
tcepyrisAs iss,,,.sZ s.ss, z q. Rs'ss'''
This b ono Of . series q Weman
to Woman 1allks On pressut-day
family snd social problems that
Mrs. Norris. Americas bestowed
and most popular woman writer, b
writing especially for this newsps-
Per. Another talk WIN DO printed
next Sunday.
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By HARRY sHREvE.

nACK in the old days the press agent used to be tho
II bane of the dramatic editors lfe In fact he
the main why there were ever vacancies in the
Job. smiling pest he would haunt the waking hours Of
budding George Jean Nathans with the persistence Of
Old Man of the Sea- He had the imagination of Baron
Munchausen, the of a plumber and the sticking
powers of life insurance agent
Hardly had he been chased Of the sancum than he
would return, chortng: D.,
~ got great story here about Tesse Tlyyoomph she
eats banana pees for the good of her health"
The Washington times., 1922-12-10
. NE Of the simplest truths
about us and our lives is this
" that change is growth, and

~ that cnange ID CROWN, anu
that without growth we are dead.
We are eternally mounting upon
little sand hills. we microscopic
men and women, and shouting to
the/world that now at last some
one fact has been established-we
Oan remain here-this will never
be different!
And life. calm and Irresistible.
flows on about us. The hungry
minds and hearts of all our leaders
everywhere 60 on burrowing for
what n real and what Is eternal
the north moves about the south.
black turns to white. truth turns
TO lies-and we are left stranded
upon q melting sand hill, still
Ghoutins futilely that we know
--or we did know-or we thought
We Observation-Disclosures was
1T
CLUBS AS WORKSHOPS.
It has vanished. It is.true. It II
interesting. It 10 vital no longer.
Other ideals. other needs. other
discoveries have left us among the
sternal ranks of the reactionaries
-the persons who distrust change.
VINO are afraid Of the new. who
stili fondly cling to that old dis
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EDITORS HAD TO BE
WISE BIRDS TO GET
HALFANEVEN BREAK

Lurid Yarns Turned Loose I'm the Old Days
Results of Vivid Imaginations and Disregard
of Verities- s-Nowadays Advance Men Are
Instructed to Stick to Facts, and Much That
Was PICTURESQUE is Forever Lost.
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'.STUNTS" HAVE HAD.
THEIR DAY AND NOW
TRUTH GETS A SHOW

Wild Doings of Prehistoric Past Recalled BY
0M-Time Theatergoer Reveal Progress of
Civilization I'm Last Few Decades-No More
Are Street Riots and Staying Mysteries Re-
sorted to For Boosting Decrepit Plays,