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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

r inside Of six months the
google eyes & the vamp stares
W. be no mOar, sed Ma to
Pa last mite. The ladies Of the
land is going to start a cam pain
aggenst flirting, sed Ma.
1t cant be did, sed Pa
What cant be did? sed Ma.
Anything can be did if the noabel
wimmen of this CRATE land gifts to-
gether, sed Ma, & puts thare
branes into 1t, sed Ma.
But thare is lots of wimmen
witch amt noabel. sed Pa, but butt
full insted. butiful & poppy, sed Pa.
Them ladies, deerest wife, doant
care how many Campains is start
ed aggenst flirting. sed Pa. 1t is
as material for them to flirt as 1t is
for little children to breethe, sed
Pa. Well | know il, sed Pa.
What was that last remark?
sed Ma kind of quick.
l sed that ! know well that 1t is
material for sum ladies to throw
thare spell oaver the gents, sed
Pa.
How do YOU cum to know this
so well? sed Ma.
BY hear-say, sed Pa. meerly by
word Of mouth. Pa sed. l am
gent of the wurld, sed Pa, one witch
has traveld much & seen strange
lands. etc, sed Pa. j have been
smiled on in Frisko & beemed on
in Bosting, sed Pa. | have been
gazed at kind of admiring in saint
Louie & winked at in Memfis, sed
Pa. / have been lamped in Los
Angeles & vamped in Valparaiso,
sed Pa. That's me, sed Pa, the
weery eyed man of the world.
Well. well, well, sed Ma. l had
no idec that you had passed thru
so many dangers & that l was so
lucky to retain yure luv, sed Ma.
must be sum Charmer, thus to
hold one so much seeked after,
sed Ma.
Indeed you are sum charmer,
sed Pa. All them syrens in the
whole world could not lever me
from yure side, sed Pa. You cast
the saim spell oaver me, sed Pa,
that the sirens cast oaVer L. Lis
sus. sed Pa.
What did them sirens cast
oaver L. Lissus? l sed.
A spell, Bobbie. sed "a. The
old gent was on the way back to
Grease to see his Missus, sed Pa,
& sum butiful ladies called Sirens
sat on a rock & sang such sweet
songs that U. Lissus neerly jump
ed oaverboard & swan to them,
sed Pa, and then he made the
rest of the crew stuff wax in
thare GERS so they cuddent heeS
the song.
I have always been tied by the
iron cords of duty, sed Pa, like
he was tied by them sailors. No
siren song ,evver vamped me, sed
Pa. Not me, not me, sed Pa.
Pa is awful good, / hoap 1 can
be that good when I git growed
up or else awful tuff, 1 doant
want to be u way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
TRYING TO BE
SLENDER
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

N their efforts to keep them
-. .,o,aor o,, yo,rsr
Il s,,,t..,,n,,, ir,,,,a ga rooks
rhem saan, .agar 70 substitute
ia "a go st,inninoss Tor
nonnoi oanta,,rs 0hasI,v cures
-. ,,oi,od i,nr,;dantIy and
raoL,as.i,, ,han n,hich nothing
cav nrodnce moro ranidIv the an,
nsaranca ~ Ola aea oanifested
hv yrinkles and HANGING and
s,nken cheeks
In tho case of nersons who are
decidedly obese and either suf.
ferine from. or threatened with
the disabilities 40 Frequently AS
ISOLATED with undue fatness II is
advisable TO resort to rational and
properly conducted reduction
treatment.
This is particularly true Of
those at or past middle life hut
young and active women ought to
eat meals Of mixed food heartily
il they wish to retain their youth
full locks.
Freshness and elasticity of mind
and body can only be secured
through such foods as fresh I'M
cooked milk, fruits, salads and
animal foods rich in indispensable
mineral salts. The coarses breads
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
A Stirring Narrative of the Influence
of Love in the Lives of a Girl
and a Man

~ TOR ROW remembered the
- cool and thoughtful eyes Of
his wife as they drove
home side by side, and he
remembered another ceremony of
the same nature, in an unspeak-
ably disordered and stuffy office
which had smelled of tobacco
smoke and moldy books. But he
was stirred and disturbed less by
memory, than the atmosphere of
mustiness and forlorn emptiness
which hung about it. Time. he be-
gan to see, was working its pur-
pose. Time the avenger, time the
healer.
, His wife, as the quiet tenor of
life was resumed at Pine Brae,
did not seem to ask for any
added intimacy. They soon took
up the old routine again, and
fell back into the old ways. But
there was a difference. Incon-
spicuous f1laments or feel1ng ana
association were day by day
thrown out; subliminal ties more
and more asserted themselves;
more ponderable and at the same
time more imprisoning became
the obligations to a newer and
unlooked-for life.
II Storrow struggled at all
against this sense of impending
anchorage, of ineluctable rootage,
his struggle was but a secret and
an Intellectual one. Yet as spring
came once more to the lap of the
Great Lakes he found himself pos
sessed by an unreasoning and
slowly increasing unrest. He ex-
planned to Crystal that there were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
Won O. Monument
HOW ZENO THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER, DID 1T
By Garrett p Serviss were in man Perhaps they Were

were in man. Perhaps they were
tellectual and moral civilization
being higher than our mechanical
one. A man like Zeno coming
back on earth might not be 50
overwhelmed with establishment
and admiration at the sight OF
our modern achievements as we
are accustomed to imagine. 1t is
more likely that he would look
upon them with some contempt.
as exhibiting only material aim,
and neglecting the moral side OF
spiritual man.
why all this mad haste?" he
would perhaps say. DO you not
perceive that thereby you are
shortening life instead of length
ening il? lived ninety-eight
years in Athens, a city whose
achievements you have not
equalled in the eyes of the gods.
however you yourselves may APP
praise what you have done, and
during all that time l ,never~-saw
an automobile or dreamed OF talk
ing electrically across the sea
but are you. who possess these
things, any nearer to the i'm.
mortals than l was, or any better
fitted to dwell with them
The nature of the monuments
that a people is most fond OF
erecting furnishes a test of tina,
peoples mental and moral quai
ity, since it is necessarily an in
dication of the trend of their
time and of their life. We com.
memorate soldiers, statesmen, &C.
casionally a poet. inventors, or.
ganizers of industry, masters OF
commerce, builders of wealth, but
how many modern monuments
can you find inspired by the
thought underlying Zenos mont
ment to ancient Athens?
Zeno showed no man how IL
get rich. had no riches himself
troubled himself not at all about
building up the Conmerc" OF
Athens or its war power. never
thought of teaching thrift and
showing the way 10 wealth, like
Ben Franklin, and yet he did
something in his long life Of con
tinual teaching that won for him
one of the most remarkable TRIP
utes of great peoples graft.
tude that history records. and
that something. that everything
was that he instilied virtue IN
the minds of youth. and him
self always led life conform
able to the precepts Which h,
taught"
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mans voice hummed the air, at
times scarcely audible. But he
knew that il was "Kennst du das
Land?" from "Mignon." and he
continued to listen, more to the
notes than to the humming voice.
with a sudden and uncontrolled
contraction Of the throat.
After the last chord had died
away he continued to stand there
with one hand against the shabby
door. frame. But he took g. deep
breath as he finally raised his
hand and tapped on the faded
panel.
There was a wait of several mo.
lnents. He was on the point Of re.
peating the knock, in fact, when
the door was opened by surpris-
ingly young but sedentary-looking
woman, with bobbed hair. She wore
a smudged painters smock on
which a small bunch of violets
held together with tinfoil seemed
TO have been freshly pinned.
And her own almost colorless
face. still unlined and round with
youth. seemed TO echo in its shad.
ows the violet-blue cOlor-tones
from the little nosegay that rose
and fell with the breathing Of her
round young breast.
The stranger in the doorway, for
a moment, seemed TO experience
some difficulty in explaining him
self.
II wonder" he finally ventured,
"if / might have a look at this
studio of yours"
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur Stringer b
Published by arrangement with Int
national Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
What Is Proper?
AN ARTICLE OF GENERAL INFORMATION

Ana In 1eellng IL, we recognize
the thing called social usage"
The things which would hurt
our parents make us ashamed.
cheaper us in the eyes of friends.
damage our standing with folks
all these we must avoid. They
may be merely improper. They
may go beyond this and be un-
kind and cruel. But for the most
part, we know-however much
we try to fool ourselves and bend
circumstances to our wish.
Good manners are generally the
kind and considerable way Of do
ing things.
In thinking how what we do af-
fects the rights Of others. we are
likely to avoid bad taste.
In not Being greedy, or selfish.
or overeager to get everything
for ourselves we can be fairly
sure of showing good manners.
1t doesn't matter much whether
a man walks down the street be-
tween two girls or on the out
side, though the latter seems to
be the preferred usage. But
- loNiiiiS ~ ~
or lost one way or the other. And
it doesn't pay to burden our
minds with details which can only
make us awkward and self-con.
scious.
What a girl orders when she
goes out 10 dinner with a man
isn't a burning question, IL she
doesn't pick out the things which
will make the check far beyond
his pocketbook.
Society has certain arbitrary
rules WHICH make some young
folks chafe. But there's common
sense and protection for youth
back of these rulings. For in
stance, It won't do for a group Of
young folks to spend a weeks va
cation unchaperoned at a cottage
in the country. A little practical
common sense explains this and
the idea back of 1t.
Common sense and a recogni-
ton Of the rights Of other and
good taste need only careful OBJ
servation to total into something
so dignified and sane that their
possessor needn't worry much
about what is proper, for he or
1 she will fnstinctively do what 10
bigger and flner-the right thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
By Beatrice Fairfax

Who Occupies a Unique Position in
ity on the Problems Of Romance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
BY Ruth Logan

IN HE little woman in the big fur
coat glanced up from the
gloves she was examining
and smiled into the eyes of the
salesgirl.
Il think these will do, she said
softly.
The girl behind the counter be
gan drawing off the fingers of the
glove she had fitted. Her own
hand was slim and white and we'll
cared for. but never in her life had
she seen a hand like the one that
now lay carelessly on the velvet
pad. And il was no more beauti-
full than the pale skin of the wo-
mans face and throat.
Charge or cash."
Cash, but send" The voice
soft as the hand.
Miss Carlton opened her bool
and began writing.
Mrs. Wilson Tolman. "a West
Drive"
Miss Carlton passed and lifted
her eyes. The grey ones above her
were serious but kind.
A tightness came into the girls
throat. She felt the need of say
ing something, but she could not
til
II this was Wilson's mother per-
haps she had come purposely to
see her. No doubt she understood
just how far things had gone be.
tween young Wilson and herself.
And still more probably she had
come TO show the girl that she
was beyond the pale as far as the
Tolmans were concerned
Miss Carlton took the bill from
the woman's hand. She avoided
her eyes now and busted herself
tidying the counter. 1t would be
less embarrassing if Mrs. Tolman
would open the subject. But Mrs.
Tolman had no intention of speak
ing about the things uppermost in
Nancy Cartons mind. Instead
she took her change, gave the girl
a queer long look OF scrutiny,
smiled again in the softest man.
ner imaginable and stepped away.
An hour later Nancy discovered
that Mrs. TOlman had given her
a twenty-dollar bill and had re.
ceived change for ten.
Also she discovered at the same
time that Mr.. Edgar Of the jewelry
department was standing beside
her looking at her in way she
had come to dread since she knew
Wilson. Mr.. Edgar wanted to
marry her.
Am going to come and see
you tonight?"-~ he asked abruptly.
I'm sorry" she faltered. I'm
busy"
You'll be still more sorry when
that young bounder and his mother
drop you entirely. Nancy, don't
be a fool. Mrs. Tolman inquired
OF Miss Sedgwick which OF the
girls out here was you"
What II she did,"
II don't suppose she asked you
to dinner or anything Of the sort"
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ny VII hoohVhto VI lNObh1hNOs
N ACH day brings me many
N questions from boys and girls
who are worried over prob
lens OF manners, etiquette and
propriety. Most youngsters start
ing out in life find themselves
worried over the rules of the
game. So as big Sister" to them
all, I'm going to try to suggest a
blanket order to cover some of
their puzzlements.
First OF all, let's consider just
what "propriety" means. The die
tionary defines propriety as:
THE character or quality Of be-
ing conformed to a correct or &C
knowledged standard. That which
especially accords with recognized
usage, custom or principle. Fitness
or becomingness."
But youth doesn't always know
what is the correct or acknowl-
edged standard. 1t cannot instinc-
lively judge what is recognized
usage. To know these things takes
either education from elders who
do know, or experience with the
world and its ways. So we must
find some simple way OF judging
what is correct.
First Of all, there's the fact that
kindness and consideration of
others lie back Of most social rules.
Convention is society's way Of pro-
tecting her children from them
selves and each other.
Then there's realization that
our own instincts tell us we
wouldn't want to have anyone see-
ing us do certain things. Call it
fear, or good taste, or dignity, but
we all know that II folks saw us
doing some Of the things we would
like to do, they'd not approve.
Sometimes we have no patience
with their attitude and can't
Justify it-but we know it is there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06

The Story of An Ambitious Young
Sculptor Who Goes to New York to
Win His Fortune

own interests, hurrying on, with
an empty-eyed preoccupation pc
culiar to city throngs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
The Old Haunts.

1t was late in the afternoon
when a dripping taxicab, with the
tire-chains slapping its rear fend-
ers. turned from the deserted east
side of Madison Square into Tween.
ty.fourth street and drew up at the
curb before an old red-brick studio
building. The passenger in the
gray raincoat stepped out of the
taxi, paid his fare and watched
that vehicle as it went slapping off
again through the steady torrent
that seemed to have washed clean
the very bones of the city. Then
he looked briefly but thoughtfully
up at the red-brick housefront,
surprised at the sense Of contrac-
ton that reigned there, as though
the walls in front Of him had
shrunk and withered and rough.
ened like a winter apple. He hest
tated for a moment as he stepped
in through the gloomy doorway
and hesitated still again to sniff
the assailing odors as he slowly
mounted the stairs.
When he came to the top floor
he stopped. leaning abstractedly
against the worn balustrade and
starirg along the half-lighted hall
way. Then he advanced slowly
toward the second floor on the
left where hearing the sound Of
music, he stood with knitted brows,
listening. 1t was a piano that he
heard, played half idly as a wo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
Correct Chanqe
SHORT STORY OF A MANS BIRTHDAY PRESENT

Nancy laughed bitterly. Then
the CLEAN in the mans eyes
angered her. That's exactly
what she did do. Strange that
you should guess it."
Samuel Edgar gasped. The
she did. Oh, say, you
cant fool me like that"
Fool you? l was never more
serious in my life. II you want to
verify il, come with me as far as
the door this evening at O'Clock"
III just call that little bluff.
I'll accompany you to the Tolman
door this evening. Is it a bargain
or are you willing TO confess
right now"
You may take me-" she insist
ed. To Samuel Edgar's great sur
prise the girl seemed to be going
through with il. He called taxi
and directed the chauffeur TO drive
to "a West Drive.
Calmly Nancy leaned back in the
car and smiled. 1t was matter
of forty minutes before the car
pulled up before a large stone
house in which countless lights
were burning.
You won't mind if l don't take
YOU in" she begged. And thank
you so much for bringing me
out"
well. I'll be darned," he falter-
ed. But | don't think you're
going in. I'll be waiting right
out here to see how long your
nerve holds out"
Lightly Miss Nancy tripped up
the steps and rang the bell. From
outside Mr. Edgar saw her gain
admittance and disappear behind
the great doors. But the greatest
surprise would have occurred had
he heard the conversation that
went on when Mrs. Tolman fin
ally came downstairs and found
Nancy waiting.
"Oh, my dear" said Mrs. Toll
man. I'm glad to see you"
Nancy was holding out ten.
dollar bill and some change in
silver. You didn't get your cor
rect change" she began. II
didn't notice IL for an hour. I
was so busy looking at you that l
forgot all about money"
Mrs. Tolman took the money
and smiled again in her slow, soft
manner.
Come up and take off your
things" she said. You must
stay to dinner. Wilson will be
home tonight. He telephoned a
moment ago"
But l can't, really; ! haven't
anything appropriate to wear
You see ! know Wilson-quite
we'll"
80 / have heard. Never mind
Nancy. That is your name, isn't
it,"
Nancy nodded. Tears sprang to
her eyes. She turned away with
a little sob. But in some way
Mrs. Tolman had encircled her
waist with the whitest arm and
was leading her toward the stairs.
When Wilson came in he heard
voices in his mothers room. He
knocked at the door.
Just moment, dear" she
called, gaily, Nancy isn't quite
dressed.
Nancy" his voice was a
happy, boyish GRIP.
"Of course it's Nancy. Didn't
you tell me today that all you
wanted for a birthday present
was our consent to Mar. I
meant to arrange for NanCys
coming tomorrow, but fate took a
hand. Wait minute, wilson.
It's a story you know nothing
about, but it's case of-of the
right change" and Mrs. Tol.
man fastened up the beautiful
gown that made u correct change
in Nancy.
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business reasons why he should
go to New York for a week.
To this she offered no trace of
objection. She surprised him in
deed by saying the change would
do him good, and crowned him
with a vague misery by the
meticulous care with which she
made ready and packed the
things he would need for the
journey.
IF I never come back" he
said, laughing to dissemble the
vague homelessness that gnawed
at his heart, as he said good-by
to her, you'll see that Lady
Dorcas doesn't eat that second
setting Of eggs. won't your"
She Feels Sure.
You'll come back" quietly re-
sponded his wife, with her cool
and limpid eyes resting for a mo-
ment on his face, where. for some
unaccountable reason, the color
slowly mounted and receded.
Storrow, as his train came to a
stop beneath the arches Of the
New York viaduct, was troubled
by world-strangeness which
tended to chill and cramp his
soul. The spectacle of countless
thousands, intent on their own
ends. still again impressed him
with his insignificance, reviving
the thought that he was nothing
more than an infinitesimal atom
In that whirling malestrom of
life.
He found himself surrounded by
fellow-travelers immured in their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06

Among the hobbies confessed to
by well-known people who figure
in this years who's Who" are
ecclesiology, mathematics, Journal
ism, fungi, blindfold chess and
bookplate covering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
Know That

Smoking and silk stockings are
two worldly pleasures which are
being renowned by the converts
Of the great revival in the north
Of Scotland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the execution in 1854 of
Thomas Wyatt for instigating uprising against
the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Queen Mary of
England His forces were routed, he beheaded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
Early Cretans

EXCAVATIONS in Crete have established the exist
II of people whose form of civilization the
earliest in Europe A huge palace unearthed at Knos-
had a drainage system absolutely English"
The evening world., 1922-05-02
ASK THE NORTHWEST.

IRON time to time inspired statements IRON
i the White House assure the Nation that
the President has plan to settle the coal strike
When the time comes the President will bring
forward this plan and everything will be lovely.
The Nation isn't to feel the "pinch." he
best mind" will fix things
This is comforting philosophy, but unfortunate
ly it isn't true. In considerable section OF the
country the pinch isn't felt until long after the
Jaws of the trap have closed hard and fast.
In all the region Of the Northwest normally
but debatably-Republican in politics. the coal
supply moves by way of the Great Lakes. 1t
moves cheapy and in the slack season. 1t moves
all summer Even few weeks of suspension after
navigation opens means short supply OF fuel IN
that region All rail movement OF coal tor this
section is. expensive and uneconomic
If President Harding is waiting for "becom-
ing" time to start things, that time has already
passed Let him ask the Northwest
The evening world., 1922-05-02
UNCOMMON SENSE
BY John Blake
Copyright. 1922, by John Blake.)

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
Mr.. H. G> Wells probably made trouble in the lives
of gathering of London drapes the other day
by telling them that his inability be successful dry
goods salesman made him novelist
The author said he lacked the and the courtesy
and the industry work behind the Therefore he
turned to other work and at last achieved high position
u writer
1t not Mr.. Wellss lack of adapabity for the dry
goods trade that made him novelist The forces that
made him novelist working long before he
born.
He couldn't have helped writing any than Dick
who began life stenographer, Keats who
apothecary apprentice in his boyhood could help being
writers.
Talent for writing and for drawing, and for many
other activities is born If you have you will
it out without being told.
great deal of harm is done by encouraging young
of particular talent take up lines of work in
which without talent possibly succeed
In this world millions of get along without writing
orr drawing painting Indeed great financial
most often who do of these things
Do not imagine because you happen to be dry goods
clerk that the only to the counter is to write
to draw.
stores and other business establishments of them
owned controlled by who stayed behind the
until they learned the business.
Trade and commerce of just much Importance
in the world art and literature and following them is
just honorable a calling.
Without talent you will never either write well draw
well play musical instrument we'll But there
other things you do by merely developing ability
you have. The you forget the rewards that
reaped by and remember the gained
by industry the you will begin to progress toward
independence.
You may not know in the beginning what you can do
but you surely ought to know what you can't do