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The Washington times., 1922-06-21
| STORIES OF
THE FAMOUS

A N interesting reference to
: u swinburne's manners at
the table," which were Of
the "old courtly school," Is con.
tained in, Mrs. Watts.Dunton's
"reminiscences of the famous poet.
We are told that he would never
think Of helping himself until he
was quite sure that you had
everything you wanted. The salt
or the mustard he would pass to
you with little smiling bow and
an air OF genuine courtliness. The
poet was exceedingly. punctilious
over small, obsefvances. II would
never occur to him, at the end of
the repast, to throw his napkin
down In an untidy heap for a
servant to collect and adjust. 1t
was the hero, SO to speak, Of quite
a little ceremony. The rolling.up
pleasure. He would fold the ends
together and smooth out the
creases with religious solicitude
before slipping 1t back into it's
ring. And should the folding and
rolling fail to come up to his idea
of artistic perfection, he would
undo the work OF his hands and
perform the ceremony all over
again. When he was really sure
that all the requirements OF the
case had been met, ''the would
look at us with a happy, boyish
smile and a satisfied ejacula ton
Of 'Ah!' as IL he had accomplished
some difficult feat" tt q,
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
Household Hints

To clean zinc. dip a piece OF
flannel in paraffin. and with II
well rub the zinc, which should
then be washed In hot water and
soap to remove the smell Of the
oil; polish with dry cloth.
r.-. ls "''$ t-Et
.Unripe. bananas may. be used, as
q vegetable. Cut the fruit In, half
and stew for twenty-five minutes
In just little water, drain. cover
with a cream sauce, such as is
used for cauliflower, and serve
hot. -
Four ounces Of shelled nuts give
as much protein as four ounces
Of meat. and more than double
the food value. Where they ss
found difficult, tof digest. try pr,.
ting them through a mincing ma.
chine or nut mill, for when finely
ground they are more easily as
simulated. -. .'.
When making milk puddings a
good :'rule of thumb" Ii to allow
just enough of the grain TO cover
lightly the bottom OF the dish that
is being used. .H -r
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true tropical year exceeds 365'
days. -.. -.
These Aztecs, who were unques-.
tionably a very savage race in
many ways, but whose civilization,
does not deserve the sneers that
q school of modern fornula-bound
historians have cast upon It, Z
knew perfectly well whatthe real
length of the year asT measured
by the sun was and 4 Trey, fproyidi
ed for those extra shalirnsytth an
ease and accuracy that astonished
and put to shame me skifaniards
who conQuefed thefn with deadlisr
weapons OF war berru3sT ,si
Cortes landed tneMeEtco with
Julius Caesars -refarmadocalendar. ?
= But the Aztecs had ontdoue Julius
Caesar and his Greek astronomer,
Sosigenes 30 completslsBAV reform
ing the calendar that the Span
iards, with all Europe's learning.
behind them. were nearly eleven
days away from the true solar,
time, while this strange, western,
people, whom they were about to-
ride down with armed horses
ruled their time by calendar
that was only about two minutes
In error by the sun! II was not
until the new .Gregorian reforma-,
ton Of the calendar, y sixty years
after Cortes destroyed the city
of Mexico, that Europe caught
up in that branch of science with,
the despised Aztecs. And a part
of civilized Europe, including Eng.
land! for many years wouldn't ac-
xryAA - tIya a
prepared for them! q D
The way in which the Aztecs
q had disposed Of the problem was
this: Their observations indicated
that the surplus time remaining In
the year after 365 days had been
provided for could be almost ex-
actly compensated by intercalat-
ing 12h days every SO years or
Is days every 104 years. The
period of 50 years they. called a
"sheaf" or bundle" and when
ever a sheaf. Of years was com
pleted the most solemn of all the
Aztec festivals. that Of the year
binding" was celebrated. But
here superstitution again stepped
in front Of science.
From some dim tradition of an
.cient times they had derived the
belief that some time or other, at
the, close of a sheafA OF years., a
destruction of the. world would
happen. They regarded such de-
struetion as a periodical occur
renee, and at each return Of the
great festival the entire population
cleansed themselves and their
/. houses, put out all fires. and tat
night marched In procession after
the priests to a sacred hill: from
whose summit the soothsayers
anxiousiy regarded the stars.
II the glittering group OF the
sacred Pleiades mounted to the re,
NTH and crossed the meridian In
smiling safety. a. signal fire, was
struck on the hilltop. aud human
victims were sacrificed there In the
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ling drummers today. sed Pa,
&. all Of them sed bizness
was picking up. sed Pa. You have
no idee how that crate news af.
feckted me. sed Pa. have been
hoering so many hard luck stories
laitly. sed Pa. that my mouth was
beginning to drupe at the corners
like q movie acktress, sed Pa, or
like a movie acktor on the witness
stand, said Pa
am indeed glad times Is briten-
ing. sed Ma. I. too. sed Ma, have
herd many tales of Woe among
the wimmen. wimmen is materially
moar hop-tumistick that what men>
! 10. sed Ma, bat, eeven they have
been blew laitly, sed Ma.
I aint blew, / sed. The sun Is
shining & II is Spring q can play
j q everything sed. That sounds
kind of Ike foetry, sed. = .,
Little chillern have no reason to
be blew, sed Ma. Thay, are taken
cair Of by older folks. sed Ma. &
they have no worries with wich to
contend with. sed Ma. ,y'"r
But II everybody was full Of rep
a cheerful all the tine, / sed, thare
wudden be any hard times, I sed.
1t Is pritty hard to be full of
pep wen yure stumick Ia full of
pepsin q no food. sed Pa. That
is a kind Of neat Jest. is 1T notf
sed Pa? .s b ~. -.
- You have. did better In ,yure day,
sed Ma. But as i said beefoar, sed
Ma, i: am so glad that times is on
the mend. It meens much to the
wimmen OF the race, sed Ma, to
know that mummy is not 30 tite as
what 1t was. .Wimmen need mum
ny, sed Ma, to, provide for, thare
children, q wen~the. mummy lie not
4thcoming, sed Ma. wimnen feel
som-brero, sed Ma, guess that
aint spet rite. g.a
Our teecher asked US, to rite
essay about times Citing better,
! csed, :, SOL guess that times must
be Citing better.
I will rite that essay for you,
Bobbie, sed Pa. ,., . '.
Ithink Bobbie shud lern TO rite
his own essays, sed Ma.
Let Pa do II Jest onst, I sed.
All rite, 10 he wants to, sed Ma.
30 Pa rote this essay. 1t is like a
song: tas -. ~ n ",
Folks gifts hard boiled wen times
is hard .,
q for thare trends has no regard.
The yung man loafs. the old mans
81, Weary -. @H
sail this wurld Is dark and dreary.
But wen the times gifts good onst
moar
Folks gingers up as here-to.i.
Thay have good times In Pary.dise
&:that ID why 30 many guys
Maiks plans to live UP in the sky
After thay git sick here q die.
But times is what we maik them
here 'Fe
So let US smile q have no feer
q gtt up erly a work like sin
q rake the old nia-xumy In.
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
TRAINING FOR
HEALTH AND
HAPPINESS
BY VIM. A. McKeever
widely known Lecturer and
Author and . National Au-
thority on Juvenile

TWILL the time come when the
W. Indians of this country
" will reverse the situation
Of q century ago and send mission.
ary bands out to save the white
population from their sins? II
we may Judge from the superior
training which the; Red schildren
are now receiving and from their
superior moral and spiritual re-
sponses. we might make such
prediction. - r-s.' =
Take Haskell @Institutee- at Law.
renee, Kans., for illustration, where
there are hundreds Of INDIAN boys
and girls enjoying a form OF edu-
cation and discipline in advance OF
anything we are today able TO give
our white children. The fdnda-
mental advantage OF the young
Indians is that their entire en-.
vironment is under regulation and
control, where as only ~ very
small part of the conduct OF our
own pupils is so happily ordered
The course of training begins
with the idea OF health and hap
piness as first requirements OF
educational discipline. The school
head believes that to provide
wholesome play and athletics is
the secret Of a sound beginning In
the development OF character. 30
he prescribes regular play,
games and field athletics for all.
The second remarkable feature
is the half.time industrial employ-
ment. whereby every child 10
taught to work and to master the
rudimehts OF some useful occupa-
A third educational element Of
perfectly balanced moral discipliue.
Just enough OF happy piay;:: just
enough of social entertainment:
Just enough OF work and study;
Just enough Of religious ,participa-
ton; Just enough Of sleep and
rest; Just enough Of everything &c
balance the character and TO di-
rect the disciplined body, mind
and morals toward q high purpose
for. the life career. And many. OF
the graduates are already high
minded and successful citizens
Seyenty-five per cent of tine
working hours of our common
childhood and youth are spent .iin-
der a loaose form Of management.
so that the ideas and the practice
of wrong are deeply ingrained In
many Of our young even BEFORE
they finish the grammar school.
Z II we could but use the Haskell
Indian school method Of complete
control OF the entire working time
OF all our children for a period Of
ten to twenty years. II is safe to
predict that our Jail population
would drop: productive industry
would increase; economic thrift
would improve; divorces would de
crease and moral and spiritual lin.
tegrity would increase.
Other good things would falltin-
to line. II 10 all q question Of our
desire and our ability to place the
growing population under q com
pletely controlled environment.
Ninety-five per cent Of them are
Inherently more than good enough
to be transformed into the clean.
righteous citizenship implied by
the statement above. q
When shall We begin to accord
that aIi-round balanced plan Of
discipline to our young which the
divinity within their natures lust.
ly merits7 Haskell has the plan.
in operation now and II Is work.
ing admirably.
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY AIine Michaslis
Mr.. M. Y. Self.

N ILL BINKS once asked man
he knew IL he would do a;
- .chore, Il was a simple thing
to do, a minutes work or maybe
two, some shopping at the store.
Bill Binks' friend. young .Simmy
Small, said: Surely, I'll be glad:
II will not bother me at all to step
into the fishInan's stall and get n,
piece & Of shad. I'm pleased you
called upon me, Bill, to buy a
pound Of cheese; I'll do II with
right good will. because I've lots
of time to kill. while you must hoe
the peas" Then Sammy gafly rode
away and Billy hustled on to tend
the pigs and rake the hay and give
the apple trees some spray, until
the day was done. That eve, about
the stroke, of eight, when hpnger's
pangs grew strong. he quoth: s.I'll
ambie to the gate andssee what's
keeping Sam 30 late, of.course he'll
q splendid lad. he's not the sort 70
shad, my -appetite's. 80 strong,
Egad! that / could eat a whale"
Then UP and down the road Bill
peered, but no one was In sight
and as the hour OF slumber neared,
too surely, sadly 1t appeared Sam
would not come that night. SO
> hungry. Billy crawled to bed to
dream OF. apple pie, OF ,shortcaks
stuffed with berries red, Of tender
steak and snowy bread. of juicy
chicken fry. He rose next morning
with the, sun and searched the. pan.
try shelf. "Henceforth," he vowed.
I'll call on none when there are
errands to, be done. but Mr.. M. Y.
Self On M. Y. Self ] can, rely,
whatever is my need; he will not
leave me high and dry, but hasten
when he hears my cry, for he's a
= friend. indeed" w. '.-'- ~
The Washington times., 1922-06-21

A Graphic Story ofMetropolitan Stage
l4 Life and a Beautiful Girls
Great Sacrifice. 4,

lat least not the kind Of help yoy
need" 800 4s tt
{ .I'n need help more than svsr-
after tonight. ~ u
s'Yesf fwhys"
Because I'm goins TO leave
home" Lorelei's head was up. and
she spoke with q note Of defiance.
Then perhaps ! can do some
thing" He seated himself again.
"You will need money" r.
A Little Mother. at
.'oh, no. have my salary and
the other revenues you know
about. I have kept my family for
two years."
Work won't hurt you. but why
force yourself to go on with those
other thingsH They're not to your
liking, Pm sure
MY mother and father must
live. There isn't enough---don't
you see? There Just isn't enough
for all Of us unless I-graft like
the other girls" 81 e.
Merkie broke out. impatientiy:
Make an end Of It. I'll finance
you" She laughed q little harsh.
ly. Don't misunderstand me-" he
went on. almost eagerly. Don.
think for an instant that ia ven.
ture to expect anything in return.
I won't trouble you; I won't
even see you. Nobody viii ever
know. I wouldn't miss the money.
and I'd really love to do It. You
tried to do me q favor" p.
There's no use arguing"
well. don't be stubborn or
hasty. You could use-sav. ten
thousand dollars. 1t would keep
you going very nicely. and really
It's only the price Of q new auto"
. why do you offer me 90 much?"
she asked. curiously. T., .'.
Because like you-oh, I mean
like not Iover Because I think
you're ., good sort and will need
money TO remain good. You're not
an ordinary woman. Miss knight:
you can hive as ordinary women
live. now that you're famous. New
York won't let YOU"
You're very kind and GENEROUS
after all that has occurred and
after knowing my reason for be-
ing here"
- my dear child, you didn't choose
your family. and a. for the other,
the women Of my set marry for
money. Just as you plan to do. So
do women everywhere. for that
matter. and many Of them make
excellent wives-yes, far better
than II they had married psor men.
Few girls rs beautiful as you in
any walk Of life are allowed to
marry for love. Trust me, q wom.
an like you, II she lives up to the
obligations of wifehood. deserves
better than one who takes q man
for love and then perhaps goes
back on her bargain. VIII you
accept my offer7" - ,A
mo. But thank you
Think It over; there Is no hurry.
and remember want to help
With one of his infrequent, wan
smiles he extended his hand. and
Lorelei srasped 1t warmly. though
; her face was set and strained. .'
tcopyriEht. 1915. by Harper q soma }
fTo Be Continued Tomorrow .,
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TO THE
LOVELOR

by Beatrice Fairfax
Too. Young To Know Love.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am eighteen and in love
. with a girl four years my
senior. This girl does not
know It. I meet her often and
talk to her but never get the
courage to ask her out.
I make only about three
quarters OF what she does.
Now would II be proper for me
to oell this girl 7 love her and
ask her to go out with me, or
should / forget her?
pep o. 80 PUZZLED.
YOU'VE anticipated my answer.
= A boy OF eighteen ISN'T ma!
ture enough to know love from
infatuation. Wait until you are
older and more certain Off the
things which really have q Svalue
for You. - +s1 Hts.y.
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
Summer ,NolD Begins

ABOUT 1880 tonight. the sun enters the zodiacal
sign Cancer. and astronomical summer begins. tits
at its greatest northern declinaon and the days
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
RESTAURANT
. DIET -.
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

THERB is q, foreign proverb'
which warns man not to
question the gods and ask to
see that which they seemingly
attempt to conceal. However, we
shall bravely enter the restaurant
kitchen and risk the oonse-
quences; what we shall learn will
protect US. ..,
The first principle to be observed
is to eat in the same establishment,
instead Of changing from place to,
place: that 10, after You have found
good one. This Tminimizes the
danger. -. s sS
Il is well to select what one
wishes and have Il freshly pre-
pared, rather than to eat table
d'hote meals or food which 10
ready to serve. $50 ~ -,
In restaurants of an inferior
order meats may be served which
have been left over from the pre-
vious day. Lavish but inexpensive
table d'hote dinners invite suspi-
cion on this score and also on the
score Of cheap. poor grades OF meat
and game and fish, smothered In
apparently delectable sauces made
with bad. rancid butter
One IL tempted. in eating table
.d'hote dinners, to eat too much
food, much of which IL usually Ill.
adapted for ones particular consti.
tuition and general health. Trouble
10 thus likely to ensue, even II
the food is well prepared. II is
much better TO select just what
food one really needs. Cultivate
the habit of eating la carte. The
table d'hote habit leads stealthily.
but surely, 10 organic disorder.
II has bean suggested that all
cooks ought 60 be required by the
authorities to pass an examination
In cooking. since. without q knowi.
edge Of this science and art, the
nutritive contents Of foods viii not
be properly made use Of. Paiata-
bility and digestibility, also depend
npon the manner IN which foods
are cooked rf.
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
BOBBIE AND
HISPA
BY William F. Kirk

WAS speaking to three travel.
ling drummers today. sed Pa,
a all of them sed bizness
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Eminent Astronomer and Authority
on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.

EullfttHt fSbOuOultE auu hutubEty
on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.
IT, and relatives in Europe to
whom ] send your articles, would
appreciate very much answers
to the following questions:
How do you account for the
old Mexican. Aztec, year, which,
as understand, had about TWEEN.
ty-eight months Of thirteen days
each?
"If the earth Is travelling IN
space is 1t travelling in'a a down
ward direction, and IL 30 why. IL
other planets are doing the same.
and are of different size and
weight, does not one outdistance
the other so as to be lost to our
knowledge?-o. p. J, Jamaica,
L. l." "., .,
THE Aztecs divided the year
into eighteen months OF TWEEN.
- sty days, each, Every month
consisted OF four weeks OF five
days each. Thus they provided
for $50 days of the year. Then
they added five Complementary
days, which. by the way, were re-
garded as especially uplucky-the
dark god. Superstition. always
claiming his share In all human
inventions. Thus 365 days were
covered. But there remained near.
ly six extra hours by which the
The Washington times., 1922-06-21
Know That

There il an old saying that "a
mans character Is as his nose Is"
The nose. according to physiors.
nomists. is one % the most i'm.
portant features. Both its size
and its. shape. have their sig.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
REID AND SPEED
AUTO FEATURED
IN new PICTURE

, II a transcon-
mental race were
staged between
entries of all the
leading makes OF
automobiles what
tyne of a car
would win? This
question is pic.
torially answered
IN ACROSS the
Eontinent, I" by
Wallace r e i d
who thunders ov-
err the road in q
small flivver and
drives it to vic
fnry. Mr.. Relo
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
PALACE TO Give
LATEST MURRAY
film FOUR DAYS

The Palace theatre. Moline, ter
inmates a successful f1ve-day show
ing of Foolish Wives" with two
shows tonight, ana tomorrow will
present for a four-day run "Fasci-
nation" starring Mae Murray"
A distinguished company supports
Miss Murray in her latest charac-
terization, including Helen Ware,
who will be remembered as star OF
within the Law on the spoken
stage; Vincent Coleman, Courtenay
Foote, Robert Frazer, and others. In
fact the strength of the cast goes
a long ways towards making the.
picture even more vital and vivid
than Peacock f'7v." a preceding
big picture which starred Miss
Murray
The climax of the picture, which
is built around the pep Of an
American girl, concerns the search
for Miss Murray, who takes the part
OF Dolores De Lisa, born OF q
Spanish father and an American
mother. The action is fast moving.
a series of highly dramatic events
The picture is of character
which will increase greatly Miss
Murray's prestige in FINLAND. PBthe
News and the regu' orchestra
overture are included in the Palace
presentation of the picture.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

over the prospect was at its height
the locusts settled on the land and
began devouring the fruits of the
settlers labors Rendered power
less by despair, the little colony
watched its only hope of susten-
ance slowly disappearing. Sudden
L., almost like 4 supernatural Wis
itation, an immense fight of sea
gulls, thousands upon thousands of
them, settled over the fields and
started to devour the pests. The
birds gorged themselves with the
locusts until they could eat no
more, then vomited what they had
eaten and started eating again un-
til all the locusts were dead. Thus
the Mormons' crops were saved.
Gratitude to the birds led the rul-
ers of Mormonism to make it a
crime, punishable by heavy fine,
to kill a sea gull. To this day, said
the doctor, this law obtains.
Not since the period from 1873
to 1876, when locusts devastated
the fields in the northwest and
even down into Tex-s, has there
been a destructive plague of 10
Gusts. This is due. said the doctor
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

This picture, after successful
runs at the Fort Armstrong and
Garden, is to be transferred to the
Moline picture house as next
weeks attraction, the showing
opening tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

has proven popular in all of the
nreceeding automobile race stories
in which he has appeared, but his
latest, which comes to the Fort
Armstrong tomorrow, is said to be
the most unique of them all. The
action does not take place on a cir
eular race track. but involved all
kinds of roads in the United States,
all kinds of weather, and a good
many thrilling stunts and Incl
dents. The supporting cast in
cludes Mary McLaren, Theodore
Roberts, Betty Francisco. Walter
Long, Lucien Littlefield, Jack Her
bert, Guy oliver and Sidney DIAL
brook.
John Dent has built poor man s
automobile, but he had been ridi-
culed so much that he orders that
every employee of his company who
can afford a machine must drive
Dent car. His own son, Jimmy,
has been ashamed to drive one and
when Dents secretary, Louise, who
loves Jimmy secretly, asks if he
will be expected to comply with the
order also, she is assured that he
will.
Lorraine Tyler, a flirt of the So
cial set, induces Jimmy to buy a
high priced roadster made by her
father. The latter takes the op-
portunity to exasperate the elder
Dents goat and orders his son
Scott, to publish an advertisement
which ridicules the Dent car. Dent
infuriated, tells Jimmy that he can
either drive a Dent car or get out
Jimmy resigns and agrees to drive
overland to California with Lor-
raine Tyler, and her brother.
Dent, hurt, plans to take Tyler's
transcontinental record. He sus-
poets Tyler is plotting to wreck
some of his Dent cars. Dents rae
er is ditched by Tyler's henchmen
and also the Tyler touring car is
disabled and they are towed into
Barstow by Dent car. Jimmy
learns of Tyler's crookedness ant
posts a big prize for a free-for-al
transcontinentaI race thus forcing
TYLER to defend his record agains
all corners. Lorraine turns ava!
from Jimmy in anger. He seeks IL
vain to justify his position.
John Dent and Louise are de
lighted when they hear what Jimm!
has done. Jimmy declares he will
get the fastest car on the market tt
enter in the race. The elder de
termines to enter a Dent car witt
some other driver The latter, b,
arrangement with Tyler, forces
quarrel with his employer and Den
decides to drive his own car Jim
my sacrifices his powerful machin
and offers to drive the Dent car.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

sessment of the cost of said i'm
provement according to frontage
said assessment being payable n
10 installments, each bearing inter
est at the rate of 6 per cent per
annum, and an assessment therefor
having been made and returned to
said court, the hearing thereon will
be had on the 10th day Of June, A
D. 1922, at the hour of 8 o'clock a
m, or as soon thereafter as the
business of the court will permit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
iections in said court before said
day and may appear on the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island. Ill, June
I. 1922. CLYDE CUSHMAN,
Officer Appointed to Make Assess
ment. advertisement,