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The Washington times., 1922-08-10
Ry Ann Lisle.

"HE hours between my lunch
with Virginia and my din
- ner with Phoebe and Neal
were packed with office work.
"If I hadn't taken you in as q
partner before the world came
swooping down on us, Miss May"
] detained over q mass Of de-
tail which she had handled.
you'd suspect me of being a
slave driver. 1 never could ex-
pect anyone who was working
for mere hire to dig into things
the way you do"
You're SO NICE" sighed Miss
May, picking up the telephone
and giving the Stars number.
After a bit Of negotiation, she
said:
"Just a minute, Mr.. Lacy,
here's Mrs. Harrison"
I picked UP the receiver, and
was greeted with a mixture Of
crispness and drawl I'd noticed
in Mr.. Lacy's voice the day ]
talked things over with him at
the Star. liz.
Mrs. Harrison?" he asked boy.
tshly. I'm not criticising your
copy or your Judgment Before
we ga yanother word, want to
make sure that you don't feel
1'm--intruding."
"Intruding" I repeated. II
don't suppose many men ss busy
as you would stop to 60 into the
individual needs of some adver-
tiser. The only feeling ] have
10 intense gratitude. But I'm
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
A. Realistic Romance Wherein Poverty
and Millions Walk Side by Side
in Strange Places.

titonal. and Lilas wasn't strong
enough to topple It over"
.I-I'm shocked. OF course. and
yet I can't help feeling greatly re-
iieved. Rotten thing to say
"Not at all. I'm delighted"
"once I read about a bareback
on battie-ship. and how a fellow
threw himself into the door Of the
powder-magazine to prevent an en-
plosion. That's me! I'm nesriy
scorched to death"
Bob's anxiety had been 50 intense
of late that this unexpected solu.
ton Of his difficulties seemed indeed
nothing less than a godsend.
Lorelei, thank Heaven! had been
saved from any knowledge Of the
affair, and when he went down to
business It was with a lighter
heart than he had felt for some
time. Bob's acquaintance with
Lilas Lynn had been far from
pleasant: she had repaid his kind.
ness with treachery, and now.
although he was not q callous
person, he could not pretend that
his pity exceeded his relief. His
regrets at the girls tragic end
were those which any normal man
would have felt at the death Of an
acquaintance. but they were far
overbalanced now by his JOY at
the fact that no further shadows
nenaeed the peace Of his wife
and that once again the future
was all dancing sunshine.
Bob had seldom been conscious
Of q deliberate effort to please him.
self, for to want a thing had al
ways meant to have II almost be-
fore the desire had been recog.
mixed. The qualification Of his i'm.
pulses had become a sort of second
nature to him, and now. feeling
that he owed a debt Of friendli,
ness to the world. he was impelled
to hquidate II.
Go BE Continued TomorrowJ
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
A Graphic Story of Metropolitan Stage
Life and a Beautiful Girls
/ Great Sacrifice.

buying a revolver. but, succeeding
at length. she returned to her
room to arrange the final details
Of her plan.
That she had fixed upon Melcher.
rather than upon Bob or Merkle or
some one else. can be explained
only through the vagaries of a
disordered mind. for. although the
girl did not realize II, she was by
this time quite out OF her head A
desire as keen and as compelling
as hunger clamored for Mas
death, and II did not occur to her
to resist 1t. Yet Lilas had no in
tention Of sacrificing herself:
much Of the pleasure Of the deed,
she reflected, would result from a
Successful "get away" and there
fore she crafty arranged her
escape. She would drive to
Tony's. so ran her plan. tell her
taxi-cab driver to wait. then enter
the place quietly and swiftly. Max
would be stretched out in one Of
the chairs and quite unaware of
her approach until she bent over
him; he would gain no hint Of
her design until he felt her
weapon against his body. Such
a simple mode of procedure could
not fail, and--this ferocious long
ing to kill would be satisfied. In
the confusion following the shot,
Liias reasoned, II would be easy
to slip out Of the place. step into
her taxi and drive to the station.
Once she was lost In that crowded
place who could apprehend her?
In half an hour she would be out
of the State.
There still remained some time
to wait and, to guard herself
against a diminution Of the drugs
effect, she took another liberal
dose. After a time this resulted
In an added intensity OF concen-
tration. an even greater mental
activity and strength Of purpose.
She felt equal to anything. afraid
Of nothing in heaven or earth.
For fear that Max might antici.
pate his regular time OF arrival
she again telephoned to Tony, but,
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-

~ UD HOPKINS worked with
X might and main to build a
- chicken shed, a house TO
keep out cold and rain when sum-
mer days had fled. Said he:
This chicken house build shall
be a peach. know, I'll have my
friends and neighbors thrilled at
Biddy's bungalow. 1t was indeed
q snug abode Bud fashioned for
his flock: they sang him many
grateful ode, both game and Ply
mouth Rock. And folks who
came from Hickory Glade and
Beanville for ride to see the
masterpiece Bud made. stood
gaping, goggle-eyed. Alas! twas
but one little day until a cyclone
came and Tin a cyclones willful
way) IL Travelled down Buds lane.
! It knocked that hen house high
in air and splintered II to bits,
and an the hens who boarded
there had forty kinds Of fits.
Then all the neighbors gathered
round to hear his sad refrain,
while Buddy stamped upon the
ground and cursed ~ hurricane.
He spoke of wasted days he'd
spent. of wasted skill and art.
til all men knew from his lament
Bud had a broken heart. Yet,
had he only stopped to think.
he'd not have ceased to sing, for,
though his coop was on the
blink, he did not waste thing.
The patient effort and the skill
that made his shed o. X were
things the cyclone could not kill.
Bud has them all today. And
when he builds home again
where Biddy shall reside. he'll
work the better for that pen the
wild winds tore aside.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
BY Rex Beach,
Author Of '-The Spoilers" "Ths
Silver Horde" ''The Barrier"
"Heart OF the Sunset" and
Numerous Other Popular
Novels.
Novels. (.

fFt @NS'Ner I..
UT is by the use Of cocaine
that most Of the hired as
- sassins of the East Side pre-
pare themselves to kill Taken,
In sufficient quantities the drug
tends to produce homicidal
mania in the consumer, at the
same time leaving him In
supersensitive control of his
faculties. Mind and body are
unnaturally stimulated by 1t.
Whisky nsmbs a mans mind and
makes his hand unsteady; cocaine
not only crazes him, but lends
him accuracy In shooting. More
over, IL deadens his sensibility. so
that he goes on fighting even
though riddled with wounds. Thus
the use of this drug explains why
the modern sunman Is 80 deadly
{. In his work and at the same time
no difficult Of capture. as 1t does
the similar phenomena among the
Southern negroes who, since they
have been denied rum by state
prohibition, have taken to cocaine.
Just how or when Lilas arrived
at the determination to kill Max
Melcher she did not know. The
idea was there, full-grown and
firmly fixed In her mind, when she
discovered it. She began at once
to shape It's execution.
First she called Tony the Barber
by phone. for now that the Metro.
politan Club was closed she knew
of no other way of discovering her
victims whereabouts. Max was
not at the barber shop, she learn
ed, but he would be there prompt
ly at half past six o'clock for his
shave. Yes. Tony declared, he
always came there at that time;
II was a habit Of years standing.
Lilas ordered her trunks sent
down, paid her bill at the hotel.
and then sought the nearest pawn
shop. She had some difficulty in
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
Dear d. H. washingtonian:

Dear d. II. washingtonian:
Just finished reading your letter
to Miss Fairfax, and could not
possibly resist the temptation of
writing you.
d. H., do you know you are
judging Washington girls by the
few you have possibly met? Even
though your statements prove
true, there are still few who
practice frankness and truth and
who willingly admit they live In
poverty and can hold their heads
high.
You really have not run across
your ideal girl thus far. but, ID. IT.,
she is not very far off, and with
p little more patience you are
bound to meet her soon. The
girls you speak of have possibly
too much flapperism on their
minds; 30 Mr.. ID. II. Washing.
tonian, won't you please try and
have more faith In the little Miss
you described2
ONE OF THE FLOCK.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
ASTRONOMERS
PROBLEMS
BY Garrett p. Serviss-

Il read your articles every
night, and would like to ask a
few questions. When look
through a small telescope at
. any of the stars Il looked at
Mars last night, / see the round
body, but also very near the
star appears a small patch of
blue on the left and one of red
on the right. Why is this2
When we look at the sky. how
can we tell which is Venus,
which is Jupiter. etc?-J. v. ",
Detroit"
IN HERE is trouble with your tele-
scope. The colors you see nre
Il dut to dispersion Of the waves
Of different length, and conse-
quently different color, that make
up the light of the star. The
trouble may lie either in the OBJ
ject-glass or in the eyepieoe. II
1t Is the eye-piece, the remedy
Is simply to try another. but II
the object-glass is at fault the
matter Is more serious. II may
be that the lenses are strained
in their cell. / am assuming that
you have a telescope with a so.
called achromatc obJect-glass, COM
posed of two lenses of different
kinds Of glass.
IL you are using a single-lens
object glass you cannot expect to
get a colorless image of star, al
though the patches" Of color that
you describe should not appear II
the lens is a good one and properly
mounted. II may be that the OBJ.
ject.glass is not set square TO the
optical axis Of the telescope tube.
Or the two lenses composing the
object-glass may not be truly cen.
tered. A false eenterine will ex-
pand the light of a star 80 as 10
show the blue on one side and red
on the other. ...r.
II 1t is not convenient for you
to consult a telescope-maker, ex-
pertinent yourself little and see
IL you cannot discover the source
of the trouble. A good telescope
when the air is steady, should
show the image Of medium
bright star as a perfectly round.
very small disc, surrounded by
one or two thin circles or rings
of light. The star disc that you
see is not the real disc of the star,
but In due to attraction.
The real disc is too small to
be seen, and the larger the tele-
scope the smaller the diameter
Of the spurious disc. The image
Of planet. like Mars, should ap-
pear sharply defined. and In this
case the real disc is seen, becom.
ing larger as the magnifying
power In increased. But owing
to atmospheric troubles the mag
nifying power can seldom be
pressed to the limit, which for
most purposes does not exceed
fifty diameters per inch aperture
q. e.. diameter) Of object-glass.
To recognize the planets you
should know In advance about
where they are placed among the
stars at the time of observation.
The first thing In TO learn the
consultations and principal stars,
so that you can spot a stranger,
like n planet, on sight. Venus
and Mercury are never seen ex.
cept In the evening or the morn
ing sky-never at midnight.
Jupiter. Mars ana Saturn Uay be
visible at any time Of the night.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
Household Hints

To find out II there In anv cot.
ton In an apparently woolen ma.
terial. unravel n little bit. and the
thin cotton thread is then easily
distinguished.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10

Old Hannibal Wharton and his wife are prevailed
upon to 90 to see Loree and Bob and they learn some
thing that makes them look with favor upon the two
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
This Day in HISTORY

THIS is the anniversary Of the death, in 1890, Of
= Cardinal Newman, the great English prelate.
whose detection from the Anglican to the Roman
Church caused so tremendous sensation then.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
THE AUCTION BIZ OCK s Charles Dana Gibse
The Whartons Learn Something of Great Interest

and even to solicit forgiveness for what Mrs Wharton
calls their suspicious and unreasonable conduct" in
the past
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
THE EDOUBTING
THOMASES
By Beatrice Fairfax

by Beatrice Fantax-
"HE girls from the Middle
West. South and New Eng
u land have q champion in a
girl from the far West, from the
State OF Montana. In reply to
ID. HIS letter, she says there are
always doubling Thomases every.
where.
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
A Touon of Many Spellmgs

EMBERG, the Polish town, is spelled by the Poles
~ themselves Lwow; by the Ukrainians, L'viv; by
the Russians, Lvoy and by the French, Leopol
Lemberg Is really the German form of the name
The Washington times., 1922-08-10
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
In a recent edition Of The Times
/ read a challenge flung to the
girls in Washington. The writer
scored them for not being more
frank about their own personal
business and objected to them try
ing to adopt the nearest big town
instead OF acknowledging the burg
they really came from, etc, etc.
have crossed the continent
seven times within the past ten
years. living In New. York or Los
Angeles or Squeedunk as i hap
pened to be at the time. But when
I was telegraphed for by the Civil
Service in 1917 they found me in
little town in Montana, where
about twenty-five people lived
when they were all home. was
doing stenography with a lawyer
who attended the legal business
for four counties.
The people OF that burg consid.
cred I was fourfiushing when I
talked Of my expected appoint
ment in the Government service,
made great fun Of anyone who pre-
tended to have ever seen New
York, so II I were those girls that
person meant, i would not mind,
because North, South, East or
West, there are always doubling
Thomases. II. C.
"One OF the flock" believes d. II.
ton by a few whom he has met,
r.Hk = A. r..
The Washington times., 1922-08-10

zone Of the flock" believes d. II.
is judging all girls in Washing
ton by a few whom he has met,
who possibly have too much flap
perism on the brain.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20
NOT AN ARREST MADE IN 10 YEARS !
NO DOORS EVEN LOCKED, ONE TOWN

OCRACOKE, n. c., Feb. 2O.-Al
hough this little town about cen.
.lfry ard a half ago was the. rendez.
gous CT ore OF the worlds most dar.
ing and famous gang of crooks-Ed
ward Teach (Bluebeard) and his
bandit is today one community
which the recent crime wave has not
reached. There has not been an ar.
rest here III more than 10 years
and the crimes cf robbery, burglary
theft and murder are absolutely I'M.
known to the population, insofar as
hey refer to Ocracoke.
John O'Ncal. after holding office
IS justice Of the peace at Ocracoke
for eight years, resigned a year OF
more ago, not having had a criminal
case during his administration. A
successor has never been elected Mr.
0iNeal, who was born at Ocracoke
says the worst crime he can recall to
have occurred at Ocracoke in SO
years were one of assault and bat
tery.
There are only one or two homes
aare that have locks on the doors
lrd the keys to those that are thus
quipped are never used. Most. o!
he houses at Ocracoke were wholly
n Partially constructed with lumber
4 ships which were wrecked On the
=re2cherous SHOALS of the North
Carolina coast Every family here
OWNS their home.
Ocracoke is at the extreme south
ern end of a little island by the
same name. located about 80 miles
off the mainland OF North Carolina
and is unique in many respects. Ocra
coke Island, which is part of Hyde
county, North Carolina, is a little
strip of land about II miles long and
ranged in width from one half to one
md a half miles. The population
f the island numbers about 700
'bout $50 of whom live at Ocracoke
Those who do not live in the little
Town are members Of the families
)f coast guardsmen, who patrol tho
caast.
As there are no railroads, automo
biles. street cars or theaters where
motion ~pictures are shown, many o.
the inhabitants at Ocracoke have
never seen any of these things. With
the exception CT the men employed
by the United States government as
coast guardsmen and the few mer
chants in the little town. all Ocra
cookers make their living hunting ant
fishing.
Every person on Ocracoke Island Is
q Methodist in religion. They are
divided. however, as to the sectiona
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20
CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN
GOOD COMEDY AT COLISEUM

One is always sure of a good show
when Constance Talmadge hits town
and this is true of "The Love, Elk
pert" a delightful comedy given at
the Coliseum last night and on again
tonight for the last time.
''The Love Expert" asks, HE
might ibe all right in the dark but
can he stand the test in broad
l.ght?" This is only one of the top
les discussed in this comedy and
the true disease of love. as doped
out. by Miss Talmadge. is When he
holds your hand and you blush, your
pulse beats faster and your heart
palpitates like fury-then you are in
love and the right man has come. =
The cure is-to get. him and Miss
Talmadge marries off an entire fam
lily, including her crusty dad, to an
old maid who uses an ear trumpet.
There is nothing highJbrow nor low
brow, just medium brow, and lit is a
great, something different comedy.
Ed. brakes Orchestra not only de
lighted in the concert, but with the
sDacial music for the feature. Frank
ORourke gave his two selections in
good style and earned merited ap-
plause.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 20.--Now
that the Kentucky general assembly
has made the streets of White Mills,
Hardin county, safe for pedestrians
by passing bill which says whoever
goes on the streets OF an unincorpor-
ated village with no police protec-
ton, clad only in bathing suit, is
subject to fine, its attention has
tesn called to other public matters.
Among the recent bills introduced In
the Senate is one to require moon.
sinners to attach whistles that can
be heard two miles to their stills,
and to blow them every 80 minutes
from l a. m. until Ii p, M r.
Scantily-clad summer boarders are
given as the reason for the passage
of the anti bathing suit bill. The
principle industry of White Mills Is
entertaining summer guests. It's
main asset is small river and
swimming is its great outdoor sport.
But the bath house facilities con-
sist OF willow trees under whose
drooping branches one may park the
bathrobe. These facilities, however,
have failed to appeal to the visitors,
which include goodly number of
young women. Representative Charles
A. Nelson noticed this and he told
the Legislature that the youth OF
his village home is being corrupted
by the sight Of women clad only in
bathing suits strolling down the
street to the river. The vote was
sc to 20, Notwithstanding the fact
that Representative James Park, for
mer big league baseball player, call
ed the bill an effort to legislate the
morals of the people and said the
average bathing suit contains more
material than the average evening
dress. The bill had been reported
favorably by the Alcoholic liquors
committee, to which 1t was referred
Senator Bann:e Tabor of Carter
county Is pushing still" bill. Sen.
ator Tabor in his bill, consisting OF
five sections, proposes, that it shall
be unlawful for person to operate
still without a whistle that can be
heard two miles; that 1t must be
blown every half hour from l a. m.
until IL p. m. and that roadways or
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20
GEORGE BEBAN IN ZONE
Ran IN A MILLION"

zone Man in Million at the
Palace, is a wonderful story that
gets tear and sob and a laugh
or so. And George Beban is one
actor in million for it is doubtful
whether there is any screen star who
can even approach bis characterize
lions of the homely. aliens who come
to Americas shores
Mr.. Beban's latest picture, which
took full year to make, contains
all the essentials of the successful
motion picture combined in story
of undeniable merit and interest.
I.upino Delchini, played by Mr. Be
ban, rises to no great social heights,
hut the impression is indelible that
he is nevertheless a great man,
human whose outward appearance is
a mere shell to cover one heart in
million.
The supporting cast includes such
# worries as Helen Jerome Eddy,
Irene Rich, George Bsban, Jr. (Bob
vrhite), and Lloyd Whitlock.
In keering with the picture, Fred
Lynch, dressed as an Italian, made a
distinct hit in one song, sung IN
Italian, and then in that popular song
everybody krows. which is something
about "the shores of Sunny Italy"
50 we'll did the audience last night
like the song that Lynch was forced
to respond to three encores at the
first show.
The Beban feature, Lynch and con-
cert will he given for the last time
tonight.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20
primase of All Ireland
Asks Irish to Cooperate

BELFAST. Feb. 20.-The Most,
Rev. Charles Frederick Darcy,
Archbishop of Armagh and Primate
Of Al Ireland Church of Ireland }
who was one CT Lord Carsons lead
ins supporters throughout the Ulster
controversy, has just issued state
nent calling On the Irish people to
10 all that in us lies to help for
ward every movement that makes
OF the common good
I'VE must cooperate" he adds.
each in his own sphere, with AL
WHO are working for the restoration
If order, and for the well-being OF
he whole people Of our land"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-20
1.-THE LAck-kNiFE MAN"
At COLISEUM TUESDAY

For one night only. King w. vi
doris great human . Interest story
1.-THE Jack-Knife Man, will be shown
1T the Coliseum Theater. The pro
duction is said to be masterpiece
as the Jack-Knife Man practices the
same creed Abraham Lincoln SO
s9lendidly exemplificd in his action
toward his beaten enemies. That is
why the story Is so gripping and
lovable. Vidor follows closely the
story of Ellis Parker Butler. The
cast is large one. including Bobby
Kelso, the famous juvenile charac
ter.