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it. that makes her purr under your
hand or claw like tiger cat. Yet there
are men who complain that they never
can tell what their wives are going TO do
under any gwen circumstances
Now, when the average woman docs
not get along in peace and harmony
with the average husband, it IN because
he is not willing to take the trouble TO
manage him. She knows perfectly well
how TO do il.
She has got his number down to the
last figure. She knows Just what sub
jects are like waving red flag at a mad
bull. She knows his every little weak
ness, and could say them backwards in
her sleep. She knows just how TO jolly
him. and just how 10 rifle him.
She knows, even before he knows him
self, just what he is going TO do and
say, and how he can be cajoled into
doing the things he said he never would
do, and prevented from doing the things
he has set his heart upon doing.
| But man has no such guide along
the matrimonial pathway, because he
starts out to go il blind, without even a
road map 70 show him where the hairpin
turns are in his wife's disposition, and
where the matrimonial car will skid
over the brink, and get ditched, If he
doesn't put on the brakes.
Which is pity, because it would be
money in mans pocket, and peace
in his home If he would only study his
wife enough to get the combination
that works her.
II would pay man to know, for in
stance, that women put far more value
on words than they do on deeds, and
that man may work himself 10 death
for a woman, yet she may doubt his
love, and be miserable, but she will be
perfectly happy and believe every word
he says if he swears his devotion to her
yet let's her take in boarders to support
MIN.
/ II would also pay man to know that
a woman viii break her neck to please
q man who praises her, but she will not
turn her hand over 10 conciliate q
knocker. Therefore, If man wants his
wife to be thrifty, and a good cook,
all that he has TO do is TO be continually
Dragging about her dinners, and what
good manager she is.
II would likewise profit man to
know that when his wife complains OF
having TO do without things, and how
hard she has to work, that all she j:
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My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrson's New Phase Of
Revelations Of a Wife
Copyright 1921. by Newspaper Feature Service Inc.
ono of those occasions.

ono of those occasions.
And yet
The little warning bell tinklcd again
mo re family this time, but stall with dis.
tinctness l have what has been called
an unusual memory and ! rarely for
get face. 1t seemed TO me that IT ever
| had seen this man as he appeared
now could not have forgotten his very
unusual aspect. | recalled the incon-
gruity of his snow-whitc hair, mustache
and Van Dyke beard with the ruddy, al
most youthful firmness OF his skin, and
again my imagination was intrigued
with the little slip in language he had
made only few seconds previously.
Another thing had noticed or fancied
| had his cxtrvagant expression co n
corning his memory Of an introduction
to me, If he had ever had one, was IN
keeping with his ford, ornate person
atty, but there had sounded to me
mirthful little undertone, almost oi
mockcry, IN his voice as he spoke the
words. Suddenly | wished | could see
the eyes hidden behind this thick-lensed
glasses.
A Clever Ruse9
The trainman with the lantern, the
hrid glow from which had so frightened
me. approached us, mounted step near
us and began to tumble with the lights
directly over our heads. The dim light
from the lantern disclosed the fact that
| the eyeglasses of the mysterious for
eigner were no longer shielding his eyes.
had no chance to see his eyes, how
ever. for as the light approached, he
| lz.I &c navalpeCll- n
from me, adjusted the glasses again
| FIRMLY, and turned back 10 me as the
trainman, evidently adjusting an emer-
gency battery, set bulbs glowing down
the length Of the car roof.
Your father is with YOU still, Nine.
Graham9" he asked, and 10 my surprise
his voice was elevated a good bit above
the pitch he had been using.
| saw the reason Tor his tone as l
glanced around the car Involuntary,
and saw every pair of eyes In 1t gazing
| covertly or openly az me. had boarded
the train nj Bridgehampton alone,
ahghted at southampton, been assisted
on board again by this man-who was
paten.ly a stranger--and now when the
lights were turned on he was sitting IN
the chair next to me. The inference &c
the passengers was obvious. | FASTENED
TO return his cue
He has been until the last two OF
three weeks" | re turned
Can you give me his address, hi
tossed back Il am desolated not t
have seen himfor so long, and | have
very little time left in this country
lie took from his pocket limp lesthe
notebook, poised pencil, bent TOWARD
me as If waiting for the address.
"BravisSima, Mime. Graham. You hav'
the quick cleverness, he murmured.
u (To he continucd.)
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man WAS wondering the other day
why women understood men SO much
better than men understand women.
He attributed il to some occult power
that he called feminine intuition. Then
he said something about the mystery
of woman, and dismissed the subject as
one beyond the comprehension of mortal
mind.
Stuff and nonsense. There Is nothing
strange about the matter at all. Women
do understand men better than men
understand women, but the reason for it
is because they have had to. Ever since
Mother Eve undertook to calole Father
Adam into eating that apple that he
knew he should not eat, and that he
didn't crave, anyway, the proper study
of womankind has been man.
Upon a woman's knowledge of how
some man would react to every situation
has depended not only her bread and
butter, but her cakes and ale, her good
times, or bad times, her clothes, and
whether she he kissed or beaten for
what she did. Therefore, it behooved
/ her to explore every nook and Granny
/ of the masculine mind, and ferret out
every quirk and peculiarly of the mas
cuhne temperament, and solve every
problem Of masculine psychology.
/ Naturally all OF this intensive study
Of one subject 10y generations upon gen
erations Of women, has borne fruit.
That is why,we9observe that a girl baby
is able 10 work every man with whom
she come in contact, and that the female
fool can over match a wise man sny day
in the week
For men have had no such necessity
10 study women as women have had
TO study man. Their happiness and
/ prosperity has not been wholly depend
ent on their ability 10 manage their
wives. So, with the exception of few
novehsts and playwrights, they have not
bothered to make even a casual investi-
cation into the feminine mind TO see how
1t works, its wonders to perform.
A mans interest has been confined 70
the outside of womsn's head, not the
inside. He has been concerned with
what she did, not why she did it. II she
was beautiful, he admied her. II she
was intelligent, she entertained him
If she was amiable, be liked her. II she
was agreeable, he stayed at home with
her II she was disagreeable, he beat
it way from her as fast as he could
And that WAS about sn. Why, 81
little have men studied women, thai
not one in q thousand can analyze {
woman's tears, and find out when she il
weeping tears OF real grief, and wher
she Is weeping only for revenue. No
can the average man distinguish be
tween nerves and temper, and tel
{ a x..1,s... .ka,,lI 10 unatl.I ~,
kissed, and when she should have tn,
law laid down TO her.
Also,there are millions Of men who ar,
married 10 women for forty years with
out ever ascertaining that their wive
will swallow any proposition bait, hool
and sinker, if it is put TO them tn
, right way, but that they will balk a
the most reasonable proposition if it i
put the wrong way. 1t is not what you
say to a woman, il is the way you So,
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There il nothing as nourishing and
substantial as n pot-roast dinner, such
as tho following
Pot-Roast OF Beef
Boiled Potatoes, Ragout Of Turnips
Prune Pickles
Coffee Fig Whip
Pot-Roast: z pounds Of beef from
round tablespoons butter and also
Of drippings, ! diced carrot, ] chopped
onion, ! diced turnip, pint hot water,
teaspoon salt, II teaspoon pepper and
4 tablespoons flour. Drcdge the meat
with tablespoon Of the -four, and scar
or brown it all over in the butter and
druippings combined. Then place the
meat in n deep kettle With the hot
water and the diced vegetables, and let
simmer till tender (about four hours,
adding more water II necessary as this
boils away. The kettle should be closely
covered, for every bit Of escaped odor
means that just 80 much SAVIOR is
lost from the meat. (Some housewives
Use brick or nat-iron to weight down
the cover) When tender, place the
hot meat on platter, thicken the
liquid with the remainder OF the flour
mixed TO pnste with cold water, pour
this gravy over the meat, and serve:
Ragout of Turnips: Pare and dice
raw turnips until you have one quart.
Chop small onion finely. Melt q
tablespoons butter and brown these two
vegetables in il; then add ! u teaspoons
salt, teaspoon sugar and d teaspoon
pepper; heat pint Of sweet milk and
thicken il with tablespoons Of -four
mixed to paste with o little cold
water, and add this also to the mixture
Simmer 30 minutes, till turnips are ten.
der, and serve hot.
Prune Pickle This pickle may be
made the same day IL il to be eaten
Turn 2 one-pound package Of prunel
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HOW DOES THIS MAN
KNOW MADGE'S NAME

II had been less overwhelmed WITH
terror ut the incxplicahlc delay OF
our ,rn,n beneath the tunnel l should
have resented the appearance IN the
next chair of the MISUNDERSTANDING
foreigner who had aided me IN boarding
the train AT Southampton. And should
have replied with stiii Tor manly 10 ms
assurance that the lurid Pickering hight
| had seen at the end of the car had
come from an innocuous train-iantern'
But the relief from my horror oil hre
was so great that ! am sure only that
emotion showed IN my voice as
hrea'hed: =.
"Oh. thank youl am So glad II
looked so much like something else.
| knew better than To utter aloud the
word fire" and so 10 pass on To some
other anxious soul the horror that had
been mine.
Il kn-I comprehend your feeling per-
fcctly. madame
Through the stress and mental con-
fusion ot the moment there unklcd IN
my consciousness the note of n little
warning bell. lie had begun his SEN
tence impetuouslv, with the peculiarly
American expression Of sympathy. II
& know" then quickly had changed to the
formal stilted expression. Why
lie gave me no time for speculation
but startled me efrectually with his pext
words.
There is really no cause for fright,
Mime Graham.
II he had intended 10 make me forget
nv peril in amusement a thought which
csme 20 me later he succeeded admir-
ably. leaned forward IN my chair, try
inc 20 pierce the darkness which made
his features even IN the next chair only
a dusl<y blur. and spoke sharply:
Mime Graham DO YOU then
Know your name he interrupted.
Yes. | have known II long time, hut
YOU do not know nine. have had the
honor m wears past 20 he associated with
your brilliant father IN South America,
Upon my intreQuent visits 20 this coun-
try have upon several occasions seer
YOU, hut do not think YOUR father ever
had the opportunity to present me &c
YOU Indeed. know he did not, for
never should have forgotten " If | haC
received that honor
what Msdge Saw.
This accounted for IL then-for his
searching scrutiny, which had 80 EN-
harrassed me. and for the haunting elu
ave consciousness of having seen hin
before which | had experienced. tpor
numerous occasions when dining on
with my father. he had pointed out 9,
me iorclgn-looking men in other dinnl
groups rs having been associated Will
him, hut u WAS rare thing, indeed, TO
him to introduce one Of them TO me Blu
undoubtedly had seen this man upor
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thing and after vile ina called up,
Benny, did you hecr that bellY
Wat bell. yes man, In coming, 1
called down. And started TO reed
even faster, and after vile pop called
up, Benny, how meny invitations do
you need Tor one meell
Yes sir, hccr ] come, ! called down.
Ony having z more pages 20 70 TO
finish the chapter and tie robbers wa
still firing, 50 quick finished the chaps
ter and the robbers termed Ground and
ran ut the last limo, aud then | jumped
up and started 70 move my ferniture
GROUND a little thinking, G., / better
have a good Excuse for being 50 long.
And ! went down and wawked in
the dining room with a erly Impression,
pop saying. O., you have finally con-
descended to honor us with Your com
pinny, have your
/ was fixing mp my room, sed, and
pop sed, o miracle Of miracles, he was
fixing up his room, Dnd ma sed, /
he did il was the ferst time in his lief
did YOU put your shoes IN your closit.
insted Of leeving them decorating vari-
GUS parts Of the floor the way they
we're this morning? :.
No nam. / dident have time for that,
sed, and pop scd. Well vile you
we're fixing up did you dispose Of that
quaint pile Of shavings that ] noticed
in one corner the last time / passcd
your door?
Sir, no sir, 7 was Jest going 70 bat
at the last rninnit ] dident have time,
| sed, and mn sed, Did you eileen the
rubbish of your desk IS | have bin
suggesting to you for the past fev
wecks2
will, ! sed. Meening dident, and
pop sed, In other verbs YOU fixed UP
/ your room Jest the way YOU found 10
SIT down ad eat your suppir.
WITCH l did, feeling lucky nuthina
verse happened.
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WHEN THE CLOTHES-PINS

II was ell dark and as till as could
he in the back hall and the Clothespin
folks were snuggled closely together
in the basket, with the long clothesline
cooled on top Of them.
Il do hope II will he a good day 10
morrow for the clothes" spoke up the
Clo,hesline If there IL one thing |
do enjoy more than another II is 20 see
those graceful things dancing in the
breeze
Yes. | wish for good, sunny
windy day and would suggest 20 you
little wooden-headed creatures that
Won are wstchful and attend 20 your
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Johnson 10 Address Service Men.

Everett c. Johnson, former secre-
tary OF state. will address Laurence
Roberts Post. No. 81. American Lee
gion. al Red Cross Headquarters VII
Delaware avenue. at p. m, Monday
March 6. AL members of Laurence
Roberts Post are urged TO be present
and members OF other posts are cor
daily invited 20 attend. This is one OF
a series Of addresses which will be
continued during the year.
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bidding for is just sympathy, and that
il he will tell her that he would like
to see her dressed like the Queen Of
.Sheba, and that she is household
angel. she will be just as satisfied rs she
would be with trunk full Of imported
frocks and n dazen servants.
II liz pity, for mems own sskes,
that they don't think it worth while to
study women. But IL makes great
graft for the women.
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LITTLE BENNYS NOTE BOOK

/ was up in my room reeding Across
the Sahara on CAMEL and / was jest
up TO the most ixciting part ware the
robbers Jump out from in back of the
PYRAMIDS wen the dinnir bell rang for
suppir, me thinking, Aw heck, I'm going
TO finish this chapter
And ! started 10 reed fest as eny-
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''Six Lessons From rhs LIE q.
Christ" will be tho subject u che nwa
study OF tho Icnten Bible Class OF the
Wilmington Mortified League. which
will meet ON Monday night at $50
o'clock at the Y. w. G. A. The class
Will hold meetings every Monday night
in Lent.
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GETTING THEIR NUMBER
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer

Copyright 1922 by the wheeler Syndicate Inc. N v
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A POT ROAST DINNER.

There is nothing as nourishing and
substantial as pot-roast dinner, such
as tho following.
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Plans for the Kirress which vrli
DE given by the Junior Board o, the
Delaware Hospital next fan viii be
discussed at a meeting next Tuesday
morning at 9.45 O'Clock. Miss Jhla A
Stewart OF. New York s. expected 90
direct the baZar.
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work The business Of clothcspin Is
90 hold ias, 90 the line and keep the
alo,hes in place, and ] must say that
you are very careless al times and do
not hold on.
1T is hard work" said one pin,
when the clothes 20 dancing about as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-11
MODERN LIFE IS LONGER.

War. the pestllence of influenza and thou
sand minor causes have not kicked the legs out
from under the American public. Scientists
have said that the measure of civilization is the
degree of reduction in the death rate and &C
cording to such a standard we are farther ahead
than any race that inhabited the world before
US.
Statistics are the dullest things in the world.
But the story they tell sometimes is thrilling.
often inspiring BY patient research, extending
over many years, it was found that the NOR
tality rate in the Unied States decreased from
172 per thousand in 1900 to 1879 in 1920. And
between those dates were some black years of
horror. as we all remember
Babies and middle-aged folk have been
the biggest gamers. To think that the death
rate of those under one year of age has been
cut from 1852 per thousand in 1910 to COIL
in 1920 is to realize that the human family at
last is beginning to take care of itself with some
sanity. No baby should die of neglect. Fewer
are doing So Let US rejoice. And let us also
take heart at the fact that men and women be-
tween the ages of 40 and 90 are now showing
firmer grip on life than ever before.
1t is things like this that make US renew our
faith in the ultimate accomplishment of hu-
mainly. If so much has been done in our gen.
Grafton. a mere 20-year span, how much may
we not hope for in the next7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-11
NOTICE TO sUBscR1REEs:
DEMOCRACY OF YOUTH.

You don't have to go to high school or to
college to learn how to play football. One Of
rhe most thoroughly thunbed rule books we
ever trotted out every few seconds the
other day while we watched bunch of grade
school youngsters tumbling about on a vacant
lot
The arguments were fierce. and the line
bucks were fiercer. These little fellows put
their whole souls into the game. Some pretty
good material in that outfit. too. But sure
enough. after every play. the argument started,
and we fear the game wasn't concluded with
out some private fights.
A few more years of football. youngsters,
and you will learn teamwork and discipline.
Many lessons of courage and temper-keeping
are in store for you. In any boyish sport there
is revealed the fundamentals of character
building and there is taught that rare bit of
knowledge-how to make place for yourself
among your fellows.
On the sideline of this terrific football game
of which we were speaking stood another boy.
He was loaded down with equipment He had
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-11

a head-guard, nose-guard. shin-guard. and
regular football pants-besides cleated shoes.
Why aren't you playing2" we asked him.
I'm not good enough" was his response.
The boys in the game were equipped with
no such paraphernalia as he had. Most of them
were engaged in wearing 'out their ordinary
school clothes. Boyhood's democracy you see.
if real one. 1t is there that worth, not wealth.
decides ones standing in the game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-11

At the end of the first five years came the
fust Dig step forward. The old quarters were
too small. Mr.. Minas purchased fifty-foot
lot which is part of the site Of MS --e4ent
building There he erected three-story build
ing. The hardware stock was made the most
complete IN this part of the country In time
1t became apparent to the proprietor that no
further expansion could be made as single
line store. He added rugs and carpets That
met with quick response from the public.
As new outlet for development was looked
for the furniture line naturally suggested itself
as closely allied with the business he was al
ready operating. furniture department was
added. 1t wasn't much of stock at first but
the demand grew and the department expanded.
Today it occupies the entire third floor of the
Edward c. Minas Co. store.
While Mr. Minas takes pride in his entire
present establishment more sentiment probably
attaches to the hardware and furniture depart
ments-hardware because it gave him his start
and furniture because it gave him the idea of
the department store
While fitting out his first furniture line he
realized that in time the business should reach
point where expansion would be limited again
by the community demand The vision of de-
partment store began to formulate itself The
more he thought it over the firner became his
conviction that it would be logical step.
He was soon working upon definite plan
He had determined to furnish Hammond de-
partment store with a stock so comprehensive
that customer would be able under one roof to
obtain anything needed in the conduct of an or
binary household.
He had the big stores of Chicago for his
pattern. He realized that he would never need
to equal them in size but he was certain that he
could equal them in service rendered to his pa
irons. That was his aim. 1t was the founda-
ton of what was to become Northern Indiana's
greatest department store.
Success rewarded the policy EMPLOYEES
were impressed with the Importance of adher-
ing to this standard. Service was the slogan
Mr.. Minas closely scanning the personnel of
his organization. He was selecting and train
ing the and women who were to share with
him the responsibility of making the depart
ment store success. Even shrewder judgment
was needed here than he had been called upon
to exercise in the past. Today he is the head
of staff of keen executives, careful buyers
and a sales force unexcellsd anywhere.
Always alert to note signs Of ability out of
the ordinary in enploye and rewarding such
ability with advancement, Mr.. Minas has the
satisfaction of having with him in responsible
positions department heads and other trusted
employees who started with the store years ago
in minor capacities Every employee is i'm
pressed over and over with the stores policy
that satisfied customer is its best asset
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-11

Ed Simon. successful dem
ocratic can'didata for county
auditor. expects 70 spend next
week fishing along the Kanka-
kee river TO rest himself from
his strenuous campaign.