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The Washington times., 1922-06-14
The Fun,iLY
Outing
BY Loretto c. Lynch.

~ NE OF the happiest moments
Of childhood is the day Of
~ the family outing. Perhaps
the winter has been long and the
family funds have been low. Now
joyous summer days have come.
II costs but little to go out into
the park or woods.
II the trip is to be made to the
shore, by all means plan to bring
the bathing suits.
One of the most pathetic sights
Is the family whose outing 10 a
failure because the mother has
failed to plan for Il. A busy
little reminders such as "sew but
ton on Mary's coat"-''inquire
price OF tickets by rail--by boat"
The average mother with many
hungry mouths to feed had better
bring q substantial luncheon with
enough extra food to provide addi.
tional refreshment after the dip
or before returning home. Food
at summer resorts is usually ex.
pensive in a dependable place and
may be unwholesome at a cheap
place.
The piece de resistance" Of
most every picnic luncheon is the
sandwich. Slice day-old bread IN
one.third of an inch in thickness.
Soften the butter as you do when
making a cake by the aid of a
silver fork. Spread on lightly bur
completely over the bread. The
filling had better be chopped and
seasoned. o.
Hard-cooked eggs chopped. and
moistened with mayonnaise are
especially. good for picnics, for they
are filling while easy Of digestion
because, finely divided. Cookies,
fruit, salted nuts might all find
place In the luncheon.
Paper napkins, paper cups and
paper spoons and forks are all in.
expensive and Just the thing for
the outing. IL pure water Is oh.
tainable, a concentrated lemonade
(nnade by cooking together lemon
juice and sugar for n few mo.
ments) might he carried In a quart
heavy paper jar. With the add.
ton of pure water the kiddies will
have really good homemade lem.
onade.
Dark clothes that do not sol,
easily should be worn. For. Il Is
no pleasure for a child to be con.
stantly reminded that she MUST
be careful and refrain from soilinR
her frock. At the same time,
children should look fairly well
groomed while making the return
trip,
Much Of the luncheon might be
packed the evening before, the
sandwiches being rolled In wax
paper and placed In the refrigera
tor. Let the children help. It's
lots more fun for them and even
the washing or polishing OF an
apple or the buttering Of q slice OF
broad II 0 help TO q busy mother.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
advice TO THE
| LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been going out with
a wonderful boy for the past
three months. and last week he
asked me to give up my other
friends and go out only with him.
Do you think this is pla ying fair
when he has not given me a ring
or plainly said he will marry me?
] love him dearly and would
sacrifice everything were he to
treat me the way should be
treated. He has absolutely no
bad habits. c. G.
TN not inclined to recommend
cutting yourself off from all
other men for the sake OF one man
to whom you are not engaged. We
all need our friends. As for your
not being engaged, do you blame
a man for wanting to know a girl
thoroughly and for desiring to
study the question carefully be.
fore plunging into matrimony? II
there were a little less speed about
leaping into marriage, a great deal
of unhappiness could be avoided
A life partnership ought to he
based on certainty and security
and knowledge. Don't try to rush
things just because you have a
romantic desire 10 be engaged or
married.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
The RHYMING
UPTIMIST
Obstinate.
line Michaelis

TIME postman brings most
every day some chance Of
u getting rich, wise circulars
that show the way. without one
Jolt or hitch. On Monday IL Is
shares in oil. on Tuesday, gold
mine stock; II seems a foolish
thing to toll when one could buy
a block. On Wednesday comes
some sage advice on how the mar
ket stands, some tips on cotton
futures's price. some talk on trades
demands. On Thursday and on
Friday, too, l have no room for
gloom, the town site men have
something new, a place that's
bound to boom. On Saturday the
early mail presents a splendid
scheme, a thing that simply can
not fail to make me rich az cream.
I plainly see there's no excuse for
my distressing state. IL would
only make good use of routes they
indicate. II would only take a
chance at Giddy Gold Mine shares,
I, too. could loaf In sunny France
with other millionaires. But gold
mine folks are patient men. unfail.
ing In good will; they say, in letter
number ten my chance 10 open
still. Although they're grieved at
my delay. the town site people
wait; they hope to see me rise
some day to wealth and high
estate. I know it's bound. to be
my fault that still plug away and
barely earn my family's salt by
digging every day. But, up to
now, I've made no dash to buy a
share Of stock; I'd rather store my
hard.earned cash within the well.
known sock. No doubt that town.
site deal would pay at an amazing
rate, but I'll keep on the same old
way, I'm so blamed obstinate.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
BY Garrett p. Serviss

((T WISH you would write
something about Thomas
l. Paine" says w. D., In a
wish I could do justice TO the
subject.
There are still people who shud.
der at the name of Thomas Paine,
as they do at that Of Voltaire.
Orthodoxy bounded Thomas Paine
to the brink of the grave. and,
with too much success, tried TO
tarnish his fame after death with
the false charge of atheism. The
only kind of atheism that either
Paine or Voltaire was guilty Of
was the disbelief in puppet gods.
They were defenders Of the faith
to the true Godhead, which knows
no creed.
I care nothing for Thomas
Paine's book on the Age Of
Reason" He could not help writ.
ing 1t, on account of his detesLa-
tion of bigotry. but 1t is not a
strong work. II is in some way s
unnecessarily offensive. and I
doubt IL II is, upon the whole. use
full. But his Common Sense" and
his Rights OF Man" deservedly
stand on pedestals for having
powerfully aided in the fight for
political and social liberty.
Common Sense" was worth an
army to the colonies at the out
break Of the American Revolution.
and his brilliant tracts, THE
Crisis" published when the Amer
lean cause looked black with
Afoo ofa
ly effective In Strengthening the
changing the current of the strug-
gle. Only George Washington lid
more than Thomas Paine to make
sure the separation of the colonies
from Great Britain, and their re.
lection forever OF monarcnical
government. For that he shoulj
ever be hoDored. Without his did
we might be a dependency Of Eng.
land today!
Paine had a wonderful literary
style. clear. unaffected, terse.
striking, interesting and abound
ing VIII phrases that rank like
battle cries. One Of the finest Of
these. sent forth in the face of de.
feat, but steeling mems hearts
Win unconquerabls resolve, was
the famous opening sentence Ct
his first "Crisis":
These are the times that try
mems sOuls."
: After our achievement OF inde-
pendence Paine went to France,
and aided the revolutionists there.
' But he counseled only modera-
tion, mercy and justice. He dared
to vote and TO speak in the ter
rible convention against the be-
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the death, in 1901, Of
= Benedict Arnold, the American traitor who tried
TO deliver West Point to the British. He ;exS-
Grated by the Americans and despised by the Brtish
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

MY Ma she kind OF got after
my Pa yesterday about sum
Avn sigar ashes wich she found
on the rug in the front room.
Ashes, ashes. ashes, sed Ma. The
wife of smoker sees ashes.
Ashes is pure. ,sed Pa. & sanni.
tary. Thay keep moths out OF the
rugs. also, too, sed Pa.
Thare is not enuff moths in the
wurid to- live ware you q you're
cigars are, sed Ma. Thay cuddent
stand 1t.
Do you remember that old song.
the moth & the flame played a
gain one day. the gain OF a WON.
ans hart? sed Pa.
Newer mind about that old song.
sed Ma. I am asking you IL you
ever stop to think OF how much
ashes you skater in a year? sed
Ms.
] am a deep thinker, sed Pa, q
deep thinkers is lible to be kind Of
careless around the house. sed Pa.
Deep thinkers maik thare wifes
do lot of deep thinking. too, sed
Ma. Sum day maybe 7 will parrish.
sed Ma. & then / wont be here to
sweep up after you, sed Ma.
I am kind of nice, tho, after all,
aint I? sed Pa.
Not wen you skater ashes to
the four az winds, sed Ma.
I often wish had newer Termed
to smoak, sed Pa. For the mummy
l spend In a year on cigars I .cud
buy yure mother two (2) seelskin
cotes. & then she wud have four
~ cotes. sed Pa.
Maybe I will smoak wen I grow
up & maybe I won't. sed. It all
depends on how feel then.
Bobbie is a true son Of his noa bel
father, sed Ma. I can see his GERS
growing rioar Inuleish every year,
sed Ma.
That aint vary nice to maik fun
OF my GERS, | sedag. Oug teecher sed
we shud newer, ievvers naik fun
Of other folks gfeeturs, I sed.
You are rite Bobbie. sed Ma. I
am sorrya1 ,sed what i did about
yure deer little eers.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
Foolish Fear
of Youth
BY DR.. VIM. A. McKeever.

WY HY do young people fear to
" see their names in print
in connection with any.
thing personal regarding them
selves? Is there an inherent fear
Of the eye Of public criticism, and
is that reticence a helpful reaction?
Nearly every day there comes to
my office an earnest personal let
ter from n young man or a young
woman who presents a really inter
esting life problem. In the typical
case my sympathy Is aroused and
my conclusion is all ready with the
thought. Yes. my Young Friend.
surely l cab help you solve that
problem and I will do so at once"
Then, imagine my disappointment
when the letter ends:
From a Constant Reader Of
Your Articles
II is only my first characterize.
ton to call this natural dread Of
publicity a foolish fear" A more
accurate and dignified term would
be special sensitiveness. And
this inherent timidity is a powerful
asset IL used constructively or a
positive deterrent IL permitted long
to restrain one from action.
IL you are afraid to appear In
public company, step right out and
act az IL yoN were not.
III you feel n shyness regarding
some imagined crudeness of ap.
pearance or manner, do your best
to correct 1t mechanically, then
put on q bold front.
II you have a deep desire to be a
singer or otherwise an artist and
are frightened at the thought of a
public performance, Just blunder
away as II you were Indifferent to
every opinion.
II you have an impulse to write
me frankly as TO some trouble,
why, dash off quickly a clear state
ment of the whole matter, and you
will Immediately feel relief. No
public writer of any consequence
ever violates q confidence.
IL is the nonsensitive young per-
son who is at a disadvantage. He
has no pain Of fear, or timidity and
hence will not strive for more IA.
vorable opinion. He 10 the one who
will likely remain on a dead level
while you-unless you are scared
Into complete submission-while
you climb to a position more
worthy Of public appreciation.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

MY Ma she kind Of got after
+" my Pa yesterday about sum
AVA sigar ashes wich she found
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

could with your fine scissors the figure Spar
tan girl and laid down the picture Of modern
almost picture supplement, would fit almost line line
there
shoulder supplement
vaults ms and rides throws the play: baseball and
the Of head faheeled
the cut of her bathing costume with its shoulder straps
throw
cestorthe Spaanho with brother thought
harm show a bare knee wide world the
he did She beat him she could And he didn't
She does too-and still he does care!
In day will show the modern Bena Beautiful
the girl who nowadays lauels
her white hand alongside her lovers brown just that
other sturdy little maiden did long the
white and gold and blue days Of hardy vanished Sparta
NELL BRLNKLEY.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
Rex Beachs 5 HE BI H@sr3 Charles Dan
A Realistic Romance Wherein Poverty
and Millions Walk Side by Side
:ssTi4%1S in Strange Places. p,
81 won't let him"

woh iCt
Lilas was surprised. why?
He's rich. He wouldn't miss a few
thousand"
You wouldn't allow Mr.. Ham.
mon to be robbed, would your"
':Oh, wouldn't I? II he didn't
care enough for me to protect me
from scandal I'd want to know it."
t'Lilas. you puzzle me-" confessed
Lorelei, doubtfully. "You say
things that make me think you
don't care for him at all; then
again you seem to be crazy about
him. How do you feel? How far
would you 60 with him?"
Lilas laughed airily. Perhaps
I'd go farther with him than for
him. He asked me to marry him
II his wife gets divorce; and. I
agreed. Does that answer yocr
question:" -
"I-suppose It does"
Now that he has come to the
point. I'm not sorry things hap
pened just as they did. A woman
must look out for herself-no man
will ever help her. It's worth some
notoriety to become Mrs. Jarvis
Harmon"
Something In the speakers
words rang false; but just what
that something was. Lorelei could
not decide.
Then you'd like to see the story
made public?" she queried.
Naturally"
II dare say II l loved a man I'd
want him at any price, but Hope
I'm not going to be dragged into
this matter"
my dear, New York has blsck.
mailing newspapers. just as II has
blackmailing men. They live off
people like Merkle. You'd be fool.
ish to. let him escape from this
just to save a few dollars. for the
notoriety will injure you. where It
benefits me. It's not often that
girls in our business know men
like those two. You have a family:
they can make Merkle do the right
thing by you"
IT don't want him to do any.
thing" protested Lorelei. There's
nothing to do"
you could make him marry
you"
Lorelei WINGED. Nonsense. 7
don't care for him. He's an old
man. There's no reason why Re
should"
He could be made to pay, at
least, and you'll be sorry II YOU
don't get something out of him.
Just wait and see what a differ.
ence the story makes with your
other men friends"
During the ensuing performance
Lorelei pondered her friends dis
quieting prophecy, yet she could
see no reason for grave apprehen:
sion. Publicity of the kind threat.
ened would, of course, be disagi ee-
able; but how It could seriously
affect her was not apparent.
Later in the evening Fob.
ert Wharton appeared, as
usual, and so resentful was he
at the deceptions previously
practised upon him that Lorelei
with difficulty escaped a scene.
He declared positively that he
was not to be discouraged: that
he proposed to have his at
tentions accepted at any cost,
even II II became necessary to
use force. He seemed sufficiently
drunk to execute his, threat. and
his invitation to supper was
couched this time more in the
terms Of a command. At last
he borrowed a stool from the
Judge, who by now was his
willing vassal, and planted him
self in the hallway. where he
remained throughout the per.
formanace--a gloomy, watchful
figure. Lorelei came down boldly,
dressed for. the street. and, since
she could not pass the besieger,
excused herself briefly.
tn Re Continued Tomovrowl
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

wv HY do young people fear to
" see their names In print
in connection with anY.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

~ NE OF the happiest moments
OF childhood is the day Of
~ the family outing. Perhaps
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
BY Rex Beach,
hufhor Of ":The Spoilers" '"Th'
Silver Horde" "The Barrier"
~Heart, Of the, Sunset and
! Numerous Other Popular
4 Novels.

A DOREE turuedtup her nose.
a He's a little. pink rabbit.
- l. don't like any man. and
I never have. There's only one I'd
really care to meet; his names
Campbell Pope" ..s. o.. ...
THE critic. He is nice" '~' -.
'The beast. Did you read what
he said about me-? I'll never rest
until ] have lock of his hair that
Tvs piueked myself. III love TO
have his whole .scalp-with say,
one ear aftached-hanging on my
bureau where could see it every
morning when Z wake up. Some
how I don't seem 10 mind the press
stuff that aubrey puts out. but
Pope-aotaally believes what he
wrote, And other people will be-
lieve It, TOO. I-zI-Gosh! I'm
going 10 cry again"
Lorelei nodded In perfect sym
pathy; she did not laugh, Il
haven't any girl chum; let's be
friends" said she.
Adoree had been nipbling at
snarshmallows as she talked; as
she wiped her eyes low she left
a smear Of powdered sugar on her
cheek.
I'D love to-I'm simply burst
inc 10 on.fiAa kn so,,,.hnAx,--h,,f
We couldn't go around together"
why? I don't care what peo-
pie think"
You can't afford to be reckless.
We're each playing our own game
and chasing the dollar in our own
way. The men you me. would
make life runbearable for you II
they knew we were pals. Aubrey.
was right; a girl must either, oe
mighty good or mighty bad in this
business-or make peocie think she
is, which amounts to the same
thing. You have had easy going
because you're KIN pwh to be
straight; but IL you sver get into
the papers watch what will nap
pen. You'll have to fight, You
wouldn't like that kind of fight.
ing. either, and-I'm not sure you
could stand it."
AS Lorelei walked homeward that
afternoon she felt an unaccustomed
warmth in her breast and .eai!zed
that she, too, had been very IoneIy
In the city. The certainty that
she had made a friend gladdened
her heart. She looked forward
with a thrill to the morrow wh,n
she could see, Adoree again.
During her absence Jim had re-
turned and departed; but a note
was waiting for her. 1t had been
brought by a messen ger, and read:
Things look bad. I'm afraid
well be implicated, too. Better
BEE your brother quickly. M
CHAPTER TX.
Lorelei was not little mystified
by Merkie's cryptic message, for
she could imagine no possible way
in which she or the writer himself
could be connected theoretically
with Jarvis Hammon's affair. She
gained some light, however, when
that evening she read the note 70
Lilas.
why. they're goins. to black
mail Merkle. too" Lilas exclaimed.
"well, they'd be foolish to let him
off. wouldn't they? Two million.
aires out with two show girls;
Hilarious foursome at the Chateau!
Automobile wreck! Foxy Pinker-
tons and flsshlight photographs! ,
Nice story"
80 they think he'll pay to keep
his name out OF the papers?"
Exactly. And he will-for your
sake"
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

Vacation days will be happy Il
you get The Daily and Sunday
Times regularly. Let Washington's 3
most popular paper follow you to
the mountains or seasl,Ore; e5 cents
. month or $3.50 for three months.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14

IT'S quite flock Of years you begin your
fingers spce and Spartan reincarnaton.
That's And nowadays naught. You make
fingers snck-and that's for year.
how old The fun lasts right up cemetery
nowadays. I
granmother has lovely time-a busy time. And nobody
puts her in the
sptnser is dead word Everybody interested in
body else And the first thing they a person
hons is What does he do?" what she do?"
That's what So it doesn't many years
we have fled from Sparta her freedom good
ideas in things her astonishing fund of umor
back there almost leap centuries Especially
thinking of grswha they and what
they do and what they could
and the athletes they aren
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-04
LOCAL FANS RESENT ATTITUDE
OF MYSTIC COMM

Local fight fans, who attended the
Mystic boxing exhibition at Willow
Point on last Monday night, are very
and judgment of the referee and from
all accounts their criticism is just.
Not only are they criticizing the ref
cree, but their criticism includes a
certain member of the mystic box
ing commission. who, it is said, told
a party of Norwich fans that the Mys-
tic promoters did not care whether
or not. If this is true, and there is
no reason to doubt the truthfuluess
of those that made the statement, it
shows fine spirit on the part of the
Mystic fight promoters.
Norwich fans righteously resent the
attitude taken by the member of the
commission simply because they took
exception to the referees decision
which according to local boxing au-
thority was way off. Local people who
attended the exhibition Monday eve
ming do not think that the promoters
of the exhibition really wish them to
stay away but that the words We're
the mere idle talk of the commissioners.
As there is an average attendance at
these exhibitions from Norwich of be-
tween 25 and so at 81 per head it
means quite a loss of revenue to the
management should the Norwich fans
decide to absent themselves from the
exhibitions in the future.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-04
FRANCE WITH BELGIUM
ON POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA

Paris. May 3.-CBy The A. P.)-France
sticks with Belgium on the policy toward
the Russian soviet and N. Barthou will
return to Genoa Friday. having the full
approval Of the government This an
nouncement was made this afternoon at
the conclusion Of the cabinet meeting.
NJ. Barthou made complete statement
of the actions Of the French delegation
at the Genoa economic conference. and
the ministers went over the text of the
memorandum tothe soviet delegates
When the discussion was ended il was
discovered that the seeming divergence
between Premier Poincare and NJ. Bar
thou had disappeared. This difference
Of opinion arose more from a misunder-
standing Of the method Of procedure than
from the principle involved.
NJ. Barthou has behind him the full
cabinet in resisting any encroachment
upon private property in Russia and has
instructions to remain solidly in har-
mony with the Belgian delegation. The
decision Of the cabinet council is inter-
preted in official quarters as meaning
that the provisional signatures OF the
French delegation to the memorandum
to the soviets Is null and void and that
It will be necessary for the French and
Belgian delegations 70 agree on some
modification concerning the article in
question. which wauld be acceptable to
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-04

day., overcoming a three-yard handicap
that fell to him in the last quarter mile.
He made the distance in AZ 2-5 seconds,
which is but four-ffths Of a second short
Of the world record made by Maxey
Long on a straightaway quarter mile
stretch.
If the Syracuse sprinter. who made his
reputation in 1920 by capturing the 200
metre run in the Antwerp Olympiad, does
break the 400 yard record, he will be
entitled to greater credit than goes to the
present holder. Charley Paddock, of the
University of Southern California. who
established it in April, 1921, at Redlands.
The wing-footed California made the
record on a straightaway track but
Woodring, If the race against time is
sanctioned. will not have that advan-
tage. The cinder path in the Harvard
stadium is limited to not much more
than 220 yards Of straightaway, SO that
woodring would have to run at least the
last so yards of the distance around a
broad curve,
The plan that the Syracuse runner has
mapped out for himself is to continue
alone after reaching the finish of one of
the heats of the 220 yard run, so that
only the placing Of additional competent
timers at the 400 yard mark will be re-
CURED and all interference with the reg
ular program will be obviated.
Not less anxious than Woodring for
the try at a new record is Tom Keane
Syracuse track coach, who prophesies
| that his protege will lower the time if he
runs. In a trial previous to the Pennsyl-
vania relay, according to Keane, Wood
ring went 900 yards in 80 rs seconds
one-hfth second above Paddock's record