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ROMANCE OF SEX In PLANTS
BY Garrett p. Serviss-

Both kinds of organs are developed
by the sepals and petals Of the
flower, and are usually found In the
center Of the flower. Generally
they are easily Disseminated, but
occasionally even botanists are per-
picked to distinguish between them
by mere inspection.
Some plants have both stamens
and pistils in the same flowers.
These are called 'bisexuaF or
''hermaphrodite" flowers, since
they can produce seed without
fertilization from without. Yet
nature often interposes barriers In
such flowers to prevent the pollen
from reaching the pistils and 80
fertilizating the ovules Of its own
flower.
Some flowers, on the other hand,
have only stamens, or only pistils,
1. e., they are either male or female.
but do not combine the organs of
both sexes. These are called uni
sexual" Those having stamens
alone are called staminiferous, or
sterile, because they cannot under
any circumstances produce seed.
Those having pistils only are called
pistiliterous, or fertile potentially,
because II pollen from q staminifer-
Gus blossom reaches them they are
fortified and produce seed.
When the two kinds of flowers
staminiferous and pistiliferous-
grow on the same plant. the plant Is
said to be "monoecious," meaning
''of one household" Examples of
such plants are the hazel, the cas-.
tor-oil plant. the oak, the walnut.
the nettle, etc. But, II the two kinds
grow only on different plants (of the
same species), 1. O., staminiferous
flowers on one and pistilliferous
flowers on another. such plants arc
called "dioedicious," meaning "of
two households" Examples are will
lows, poplars, hemp, moonseed, etc.
In either Of these cases, fertiliza-
ton Of the female flowers must
occur by means of pollen brought
In some way las by rummaging bee
or the wind from separate male
flowers. II the male flowers are
growing on the same plant or tree,
II would seem that the affinity of
the sexual elements is a little closer
than when the pollen comes from
another and more or less distant
plant or tree. However, the repro
duction Is not called hernia phroditic
unless both elements are the product
of the same flower. Finally, a
species of plant that bears all three
kinds of flowers, made, female and
hermaphrodite, is called "polyga-
NOUS" and II doesn't escape the
designation even II II produces the
different kinds on different indi-
vidual plants.
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that the glory Of sustaining her
would never be his
Things had been otherwise or.
dained. But the memory OF what
she might have brought to him left
a vague and wordless misery com
pressing about his heart. He stood
looking at her in a sort of valedic-
tory usefulness, in no wise bitterly.
but more as one looks at the tender
dead,
She was holding her lips tightly
together, proudly, almost combat
lively. The wind had whipped her
hair loose and held the serge skirt
close in against her knees, making
him think Of St. Gaudens' vic
tory" The ghost Of a smile came
to her face as their eyes met.
I'VE must go back now" was all
she said. But her breast heaved
again as she started on ahead of
him, along the downward sloping
path.
Five minutes later she looked UP
and said to him: Justin can motor
you into town tonight, after dinner.
That will get you back by 10
o'clock"
When Storrow opened his studio
door that night he was accosted by
an exceptional glare of light and
next by an -.unmistakable odor Of
ether. He was in through that
door, in fact, before he quite real
lied the alteration in a once
familiar room. His heart stopped
and skipped a beat as he beheld a
bearded man in a white surgical
gown standing beside his bunk
table.
On the couch-bed, which had been
The Washington times., 1922-01-09
THE RHYMING .OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis

A LGERNON ARCHIBALD In
~ slim, chap with soulful
~ eyes, and you would know
to glance at him that life was
full of signs. His locks go float
ing on the breeze. his ties are
loose and long and, someway. you
can see from these that every
things dead wrong. He dotes on
sonnets full Of tears, on stanzas
of despair; he speaks about the
dismal years, each weighted down
with care. Says he: "Some men
play cheerful roles with chuckle
and grimace; I always find these
sunny souls are deadly common
place" He totes an aura full Of
gloom and everywhere he goes you
see q blight upon the bloom Of
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The Wine of Life

There's something so orderly and
dependable about him, quite out
side his kindness. And that's al
ways a comfortable thing to know"
His scrutiny seemed TO embar-
rass her, for she suddenly looked
down at her skirt of black serge,
laughing a little as she shook out
the folds Of cloth.
See the burrs," she cried, half in
dismay, for their tramp had taken
them far from beaten paths. Last
years cookies and beggar-ticks and
DEVILS boot jacks"
He knelt on the ground in front
of her and picked the burrs from
the cloth, one by one. The wind
whipped 1t from side to side, so
that he was compelled to hold 1t
by a loose fold until the last burr
had been removed. Then, still
kneeling before her, he placed his
arms about her knees. He clasped
them, with his head bowed. There
was unexpected humility in his at.
titude, and also hunger, q forlorn
and underlined hunger touched with
a vast hopelessness.
That Sad Phrase.
Her breast heaved as she con-
tinued to stare across the field and
hill and valley to the sound 80 far
below them, the sound which had
once brought them together. But
she did not speak. For a moment
or two, as he knelt there, the tips
of her fingers rested on his head.
For a moment or two, also. as he
stood at her side again. her hand
chung to his arm. 1t reminded him
that there would be times when she
would know the need for help and
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A Splendid Film Romance OF
Modern and Medieval Times
Read the Serial Here and Watch for the
Motion Picture Soon to Be Shown
at Leading Theaters.

And his smile was a. made a.
theirs when he answered them that
this was the happiest day in bis
life.
Universal among his devoted ten
ants was the delight in his choice
of a bride. yet to some Of them came
the wish that the ceremony might
be over soon. for they remembered
the wooing Of Bulmer Meade.
In their quarters waiting for the
signal to take their places when
at last the festivities should begin
they listened to the mumblins OF
an aged woman half unheedins
what she was saying.
There was a brides play once
on a time" she muttered. and tho
note of q trumpet cut off her
words.
Elm the old days the trumpets
called" she went on; was their
note different then from now
and is the heart Of a maid differ.
ent then from now?"
The faces about her showed In
terest in her words and interest
urged her on. She felt a pro-
phetic sense of strange things to
happen and she peered from one to
another as though she would bring
them. too, under her spell.
LISTEN" said she, there's rea'
son for my words. Who knows
that on this very day there may
not be another such scene as that
when the forefathers Of Sir Fergus
ruled in the days when spear and
armor were the marks Of a knight"
But why?" from a forward ten
ant.
why? Isn't the reason plain
enough-bless her heart, didn't
she give her first love to the
Poet?"
"Bulmer Meade" came in whis-
pers from around the circle.
1.-THE same-could anyone who'd
seen them together have a linger-
ing doubt where the child's heart
was?-as I told Bridget Malone to
her face" ..'
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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BObbie and His Pa

The Winter Is the moast SWEETEST
time of the yeer, sed. We have
skating then & sliding down hill &
skees & Xmas, I sed.
Winter time Is all rite for fresh
littel boys, sed Pa, beekaus thare
harts pump the blood thru the body
moar faster than what older harts
pumps, sed Pa. But Winter is not
so much fun for the old folks. sed
Pa.
What in the wurid has cum oaver
you? sed Ma to Pa. You newer
spoke so ofen beefoar about. beeing
old, sed Ma.
Well, sed Pa, thare is no use kid
ding ourself any longer about our
age, sed Pa. This morning l run
ned after a st. Car, sed Pa, & 1 puff
ed for " a hour Afterwards, sed
Pa. Beefoar long i will be setting
in a rocker neer the stove, sed Pa,
smoalSing my pipe q singing Wen
You g. Me Was Yung Maggie, sed
Pa. That is a butiful song, sed Pa.
Wen we was yung & hansum, Mag.
gle, was a peech but was not brag-
BY, sed Pa.
You newer were so yung you
weren't braggy, sed Ma to Pa.
II you speek thus to ME how can
you expeck me to talk you to the
tropicks to spend the Winters? sed
Pa. I guess the only time will
spend In the tropicks will be after
I am ded, sed Pa. But l will be
game sport, even down thare, sed
Pa. will not quaik or squeel, sed
Pa, eeven tho I'fry in brimmerstone,
sed Pa.
guess the place Pa IL talking
about wud be o. K In the Winter
anyhow
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THE WOMAN
OBSERVER
One of Many.
TIME WOMAN has friend WI

THE WOMAN has a friend who
has a one-room apartment,
and weakness for furni-
ture. Every time she sees a good
looking piece that she wants. she
buys it. takes 1t home, moves the
pieces already there closer together
to make room for the new one. II
she buys one more piece she will
be compelled to begin to stack to
the ceiling.
When questioned on the surplus
furniture, she will similingly an
swer that some day she Il going
to have a big house in the country.
and at the same time admits that
she doesn't know where the money
is coming from. II you laugh and
suggest that she get the house be-
fore the furniture, she will come
back, II may never get the house.
but I've had an awful lot of fun
talking about it and buying the
furniture
Know any one like herr
The Washington times., 1922-01-09
BY William F. Kirk.

NUT on the streets last mite the
~ snow was all mushy & I got
my feet wet.
You shud not play in the slush.
Bobbie. sed Ma.
What for do thay call 1t slush?
sed me to Ma.
1t Is Jest nalm for soft &
mushy snow, Ma sed. When tho
snow falls from the hevvings, sed
Ma, II Is pure & white & butiful
Ma sed, but after II has lit on this
wicked erth, sed Ma, 1t gifts mixed
up with the dirt & mud of the
streats & then 1t is slush, sed Ma
What did Pa meen wen he sed
that moving picter we seen last
mite was a lot Of slush? sed me to
Ma.
That was jest my graffick way Of
expressing myself. sed Pa. I often
use words witch are moar force
full than the words Of other gents.
sed Pa. 1t is way witch I have,
sed Pa.
will be glad wen we can move
TO moar warmer climit, sed Ma, at
leest for the Winters. am Citing
too old to enjoy the arktick Winters
Of the North. sed Ma.
That Ia the first time I evver
herd a perfeck lady admit that she
was getting old, sed Pa.
1t Is so, sed Ma. yern for balmy
air & palmy trees, Ma sed. Ship me
SUMMARIES East of Suet, sed Ma.
You mean East of Suzet, sed Pa.
/ doant know what meen, I
guess, sed Ma. All know In that !
am beginning to dred these cold
Wintera
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Woll-known Author and Novelist Of
Countrywide Reputation

Woll-Known Author and Novelist Of
Countrywide Reputation.
TIE spoke quickly, yet he noticed
that the color had faded out OF
her face. It had been unfair, he
suddenly realized, to hold back
what he should have told her be-
fore. And now II was going to be
very hard to explain. 1t was going
to be almost impossible to explain.
NO" she called out, with a
quick and warning gesture. Don't
say 1t" The color had flowed back
into her face, perceptibly deeper
than when she had first turned to
him. II mean you've said It
already, without speaking a word"
But, Caddie," he began. I'M
thinkingly using the name OF her
early childhood. She cut him
short, however, with the music of
her laughter, slightly forced.
1--WE something to tell you," she
said, that is going to surprise you.
At least, think it's going to sur
prise YOU" she amended as she
looked at him with clear and cour-
ageaus eyes. I'm going to marry
Chester Hardy"
Hardy repeated Storrow. feel
ing the need Of time in which to
digest his shock. And Charlotte,
as she watched the meadow grasses.
moved her head slowly UP and
down.
Hes been thoughtful and kind
in such unexpected ways, this last
few months" she went on. And
I really like him. like him lot.
And as time goes on know that
I'll get to like him more than ever.
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A STIRRING ROMANCE
By Arthur Stringer.

moved out toward the center Of the
room, lay Torrie, and beside her,
with her finger-tips pressed against
one wrist. sat a woman in the white
cap and uniform of trained nurse.
Another woman, also in white, was
engaged in quietly but expeditions
ly putting the room to rights.
The bearded man In the surgical
gown must have been conscious Of
that arrested movement for he
swung about and with a coldly APP
praising eye inspected the new
conner.
Whats happened? What in the
name of God has happened?" Stor-
row cried out in sudden terror, for
from Tories druling lips were COM
ing those incoherent and animal-like
sounds not unusual in a patient
emerging from an anaesthetic.
els your name Storrow?" asked
the man In the white gown, utterly
undisturbed by all that seemed 50
narrowing to the other man.
''Yes-but what Is 1T" gasped
that other, man.
I'm DIR. Eggert, the house sur
geon at the Sansonia."
"Yes-yes-go on!''
81 attended Torrie at the Alwyn
Arms when she broke her ankle last
year. She is a wonderful girl"
Storrow stared at the doctor with
almost hate in his eyes.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright 1880. BY Arthur stringsr).
Publish BY arrangement with 1ntsrna-
tional Feature Service. Inc
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During a discussion q question
has arisen as to whether there is
a sex, male and female, in various
forms Of plant life. Kindly id
vise.-K.. New York"
XIES, plants have sex, and 1t Is
a very enchantingrstory. What
- a fairy romance Hans Chris
tan Andersen might have made out
of It! But it is a very complicated
story also, and shows the infinite
variety of nature. The philosophy
of sex Is as fascinating as its poetry.
All the splendor Of flowers would
have been absent from this planet
II certain plants had not been en-
dowed with the distinction OF male
and female. Flowers are the tokens
Of sex; plants that bear them have
sexual characteristics. But a pecu-
liarity of sexuality in plants which
would be intolerable to our jealous
and exclusive temperament, Is that
a third party, and one belonging to
q different walk OF life-an animal
lis frequently an indispensable
partner in the loves Of plants.
All flowers are not sexually d.
vided. The cryptogamous. or flow
erless, plants do not possess sex
organs. Simple. unioellular plants
are reproduced without the union
of productive cells. The yeast
plant grows by the mere subdivi-
sion of its cells when they have at
tanned a certain limit Of develop
ment. Moses reproduce them
selves, any of their parts, leaf,
stem or other. being able to start a
new growth.
Among the plants that do possess
sex, the distribution Of the repro
duotive organs Is Interestingly var
zoos. The characteristic male
organ is the stamen, which pro-
duces the fertilizing pollen. while
the characteristic female organ In
the pistil, containing the ovules
from which. after fertilization by
the pollen, the seeds are developed.
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rounding hamlets would welcome
revival of a custom dear to their
hearts. I would furnish hoh-
day for them, the like Of which they
had never before known.
The far-off hours land the hour OF
the wedding seemed far off indeed
when Aileen set ~ always have
way of coming. Old Father Time
gathers his days. which are his
children, to him as they grow up
and wither and die. and lays them
away fragrant with memories sweet
or bitter, and smiles on the children
yet to come. ..
And 80 the PARKWAY first Of June
sent out its warnings that 1t was
on the way. Unlike other days
that fell on the first Of June, this
one had a special claim to distinc-
ton, at least for all those who lived
In and near the castle Of Sir
Fergus.
Great were the preparations and
many the workers who toiled and
sang as they worked-for there
were rooms to be prepared and q
banquet to be provided and music
to be arranged for, and a thousand
and one things to be thought upon,
that the day should go down In the
history Of the castle as one Of the
redsletter landmarks Of years to
come.
And under the influence of the
great event Aileen seemed to grow
more beautiful, like a flower, al
ready lovely. when It feels the warm
ing rays Of the sun and puts on re-
newed life and lustre.
And when at last the day did
dawn. with a kindly flush in the
sky and a balmy softness in the
air, tense was the feeling about
Kenmare.
Not a step could Sir Fergus take
but he was halted with good wishes.
1t was Long life to We, Sir Fer
gus; and this is a happy day for
you and yours"
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
To Tell Her the Truth.

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a young man of twenty
two, and have been friendly with :
q girl over a year. I love her very
much, but due to the lull in bust
ness and the continual decrease OF
salary. am in no position to get
married. I was going to surprise
her New Year with an engagement
ring, but 1t seems doubtful now.
I do not want to get married until
I am in a position for 1t. I am q
young man who does not want to
make q fool Of a girl and break
her heart. When I start something
I want to finish II. Now, I love
her very much and haven't the
nerve to tell 1t to her. In that
way. I think she gets the idea that
I don't love her. Do you think IL
she really likes me she would wait
for ,me7 M. @.
TELL the girl the honest truth
= about the situation. Your love
sounds like a big. honest. fine feel
ing. which any real woman would
be proud to have. And you are
young enough to wait. The only
thing that would be utterly unfair
to the girl would be to leave her
In doubt as to your feelings. She
has q right to know and to make
ha9 ovn daniaaona
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pumpkin-vine and rose. Romantic
maids are fond Of him, Algernon
suits their style because his man.
ner Is so grim and none has seen
him smile. Now, lots of simple
fellows sigh for leisure time to
weep; but board and lodging still
are high, and they must eat and
sleep. They dare not spend their
days in woe and watch the stars
by night, for they must hoe a
rocky row and fight winning
fight. Each day they have to toe
the mark, when times are very
bad they have to rise before the
lark, too busy to be sadl Too busy
going in to win and marking
goals to gain to drop their CHEEKY
little grin and cease their glad re-
frain!
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THE BRIDES PLAY 4
A Romantic and Gorgeous Film Drama
Based on Dom Byrne's
Famous Story.

portunity to make a dramatic scene
more dramatic. The date Of the we'd
ding was set; the poet felt a new
stimulus: Here was a bet worth the
winning and it would be moreover
a delightful sensation to take this
unsopnisticated little bride right
from under her husbands eyes.
Back in Newry the preparations
for the wedding occupied the time
and the thought Of the village; back
from Dublin came wonderful fabrics
and wonderful gowns: and from a
famous Bond street jeweller an en-
gagement ring set with precious
stones worn by the brides OF the
Cassidy family since 30 far back that
none could remember.
Happy days those for Aileen and
the devoted Bridget; hardly n man.
woman or child In Newry who did
not have a hand in the betrothal:
hardly one who did not have some
advice to offer or some gift, how
ever small, to bring. !
And Aileen Is Sure.
Sir Fergus beamed on them all;
this was the realization Of love; 80
feel the. affection Of these people,
radiating unspoken good wishes
for his bride and himself. Now
and again he questioned Aileen:
you're sure, my DEAR" the
image of Bulmer Meade left an
ugly mark In Sir Fergus brain.
"If I weren't, wouldn't have
said love you," said Aileen, using
her eyes to further ensnare him.
mo. no. forgive me. my dear-I
have your happiness so deeply at
heart 1 don't want to take advan-
tage of your faith"
Aileen realized more each day
that in her future husband she
had won a lover who would always
be as tender Of her as he was now.
1t was an added Joy to feel she was
to live so close to her old home and
she spent many an exciting hour
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THE STORY so FAR.

Aileen Barrett. belle Of little Irish vii
lage of Newry and beloved by the VII
1agefs because of her many kindnesses. 10
the idol OF John Barrett's and Bridget's
doting hearts. With his stone quarries
money Barrett Intends to make Aileen a
great lady and sends her away to school.
She meets Sir Fergus Cassidy, . neigh
Dor. before going away. When Aileen and
her schoolmatess are caught reading
Bulmer Meade's poetry she assumes the
blame and 10 subject to severe lecture.
She 10 suddenly summoned home by her
sick father and arrives Just as he dies.
Bulmer Meade comes to Newry to visit
q friend. meets Aileen and promptly falls
In love with her, much to the discomfort
of Sir Fergus, who has loved <Aileen for
q long time. At q ball given by Sir
Fergus, Meade declares his love. Sir
Fergus dislikes and distrusts Meade. as
does Bridget. Aileen learns that Meade
10 q despicable cad. She 10 happy In find
ing her true love in Sir Fergus. The an
nouncement of marriage states that after
the ceremony the ancient custom OF the
Brides Play" will be enacted. When
Bulmer Meade hears this he plans mis-
chief. 49,.
r'The Brides Play" made into mo
sion pictures, directed by George w.
Ferwilliger. scenario BY Mildred Con.
sidine, which was created BY Cosnio-
politan Productions and released ~ .
Paramount pictureJ
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with Sir Fergus. planning just how
she could make Bridget happiest.
She even discussed giving the
Barrett house to her and then com.
promised on making it over to her
for life tenure. 1t had been built
as q labor Of love by John Barrett
and Aileen on second thought
peered into the future and saw
therein other occupants when she
was as old as Bridget now was.
Into all her plans the owner of
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sho was 10 10 'oiu' "heh DIG "ouiu
have no chance to demonstrate.
Little did the devoted old lady,
who had brought up the motherless
baby Of John Barrett. realize what
reward she was laying for herself
when she undertook to care for the
household Of the witty old man
whose one object in life had been
to develop his quarter for the sake
of Aileen.
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Screen Version Nopetized
BY Jane Mclean.
E<VHY ELL, you'll never have
" better chance-I'd like
- AoA fhnnaand taoliI

wv H better ss ssane ases' 1 ''ss 70
w bet a thousand pounds
you can't do anything Of the sort
and all the advantages are in
thousand pounds that I can win in
your favor"
"Doner' cried the other; "a Aileen
Barrett away from Sir Fergus"
Before she's married. of course"
said Fennell.
Eyes, that's understood"
I'm q thousand pounds to the
good-you're going to get your
congee this time, old lady killer"
Bulmer Meade smiled superior
smile as much as to say that his
friend did not know women as well
as he did; the revival of the Brides
Play would give him a splendid op-
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hearted enthusiasm, It was a pleas
ure to encourage generosity. espe-
cially when it came from the heart
and Aileen had the true Irish spirit
Of giving.
Bridget was settled to the
queens taste without her knowing
a word about 1t: 1t was a secret
until the wedding day and then
when the happy couple rode away
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This Day il History

Ut11s "a tho anniversary Of the birth, in 1924, Of
i Wilde collins, the author Of "The Moonstone
and other novels memorable for sustained intecsn
and ceverness Of plot Collons died IN 400.
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nut on the streets last mite the
snow was all mushy & I got
my feet wet.
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During a discussion a question
has arisen as to whether there Is
a sex, male and female. in various
forms of plant life. Kindly I'd
vise.-K., New York"