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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
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BOBBY FINDS PET WITH COAT OF MANY
COLORS.
COLORS.

1t turned green-right before my
very eyesi
Bobby" I whispered. bring
me your box"
"what is it?" asked Bobby, ex.
cited at once.
nodded my head to him to
be quiet. crept up to the tree and
laid the box right under the green
leaf. Then 1 gently shook the
leaf and into the box dropped the
little lizard.
Wasn't he mad! He puffed him
self all up and his skin turned
pale. But he wasn't mad for
long, because we gave him two
big flies, which he gobbled up
after he had grabbed them on the
end of his long sticky tongue. And
then he turned his original gray.
ish-brown color and went to sleep.
We took the little fellow home
with US and we became very much
attached to him. He used to
crawl on my shoulder and If I had
on a gray suit he would turn black
and white like a zebra and then
when we put him in his bed of
grass he would turn green again.
How does he do it,"
"He has two sets Of color cells
under his skin, Bobby, and with
those two colors he can mix al
most any color that an artist can.
You know. chameleons are rather
lazy and instead Of running when
their enemy, the snake. is after
them, they just change to the
color of their surroundings and
fool Mr.. Snake right under his
very nose!'
What are you going to name
him, Bobby" after he had been
with us several days.
Joseph" replied Bobby. BE
cause he has a coat of many
colors.'
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By Maria Jeritza,

A LOVELY face is a price
"a less gift. But It is not
x n enough. We want beau
tiful bodies as well. And there
Ii no reason why we should not
have both, for the path to both
lies through perfect mental and
physical health.
What should be the measure
ments Of the woman who is
physically fit?
Here is a scientific conclusion
regarding the perfect measure
ments for a woman: Height, five
feet five inches: weight, 100
pounds; neck. thirteen inches;
chest, thirty-three inches; chest
full, thirtyfour three-quarter
inches: waist, twenty-five one-half
inches; hips. thirty-four three
quarter inches; thigh, twenty-one
one-half inches: calf, thirteen one
half inches; ankle, eight one-quar
ter inches; upper arm, ten three
quarter inches; forearm. nine
three-quarter inches, and wrist,
six one-quarter inches.
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, What was it she had not done
which other women did to let
them into the center Of life,
while she was exiled to the outer
fringes? How was 1t that while
other women's arms seemed to
close about warm, living sub
stances, hers grasped at shadows.
Or did other women only pretend
to be satisfied, for fear Of facing
the emptiness which echoed in her
ears more and more loudly?
Did they really and honestly
find the absorbing Joy in their
children. which was the sentimen.
tai tradition? And II they did.
how did they manage it? She
loved Marise. nobody had a nicer
little girl, nor q prettier. But the
plain facts were that a little girl
and q grown woman were very
different beings, with very Diff
ferent needs and interests. There
was nothing she would not do for
Marise, she often told herself, II
Marise needed It. But Marise ap-
parently did not need O single
thing her mother could do for her.
any more than any healthy little
girl absorbed in her school and
play. There was no sense In do.
ing undressing things for PEG.
pie when they were just as well
off without them. She often
looked at Marise across the din
ner table. fresh and well groomed
by Jeanne's competent hands, and
wondered with a sincere bewilder.
ment how any one could expect
her to make an occupation out Of
loving a very busy, self-centered.
much-occupied little girl who left
the house before her mother was
out Of bed. was gone all day,
spent most Of her free hours with
her music teacher, and in the
nature Of things went to bed just
at the beginning of the evening.
From time to time, when they
had first come to Bayonne, she
had made various attempts to
connect her life with Marise's,
annoyed by the affection Marise
showed to Jeanne and to that sin.
gularly unattractive Mile. Has
parren. Breaking through the
tyrannical regularity OF the child's
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YOUR BEAUTY
TO ATTAIN PHYSICAL SYMMETRY

; Not every authority may agree
with these precise measurements,
but by checking up according to
these specifications you will gain
a fair idea Of what your measure
ments should be. provided your
height is anywhere near the five
feet five inches of this standard.
OF course, you may be much
taller or much shorter and still
have perfect proportions. Sym
metry Is what counts.
No matter what your height
may be you can check yourself
according to the following rules.
Your face, from the middle
point of your hairline to the point
of your chin. shoulc be one.tenth
Of your entire height.
Your hand from the top Of your
middle finger to the end Of your
palm should be the same length
as your face.
When you stand with your arms
extended horizontally your body
should form a Maltest cross and
should be just the same height as
the distance across your body
from one middle finger to the
other.
When you have found how
nearly you conform to the perfect
standard you will know how to
go to work to remedy defects.
Are you a little short for the
breadth Of your figure? Then
cultivate an erect carriage and
you will add at least an inch or
two to your apparent height.
Whether you are overweight or
under-weight 1t 10 quite possible
to adopt beauty measures that
will bring you to the right num-
her of pounds.
Exercise is q tremendous factor
in attaining symmetry. Here is
an exercise that brings almost
every muscle you possess into
play, and especially tends to re-
duce the size of the abdomen:
Stand straight on the balls Of
your feet, your arms straight
above your head, the palms Of
your hands forward, your elbows
unbent. With a slow, sweeping
motion, bend forward until the
tips OF your fingers reach the
floor. then touching your hands
together at the finger points,
thrust your hands as far back
between your knees as you can.
In this way you should describe
a semi-circle at one sweeping
motion.
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The Story of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

. Woodworking life, she had car
ried her off. now for day at
the beach at Guethary, now for
q day in the shops at Biarritz,
once for q weekend at Saint Sau-
veur. But she had come home
after such attempts. MORALLY
weary and depressed. What was
the use OF trying to pretend that
the things which delighted and
amused q child were not incon-
ceivably tiresome to q grown-up?
Those endless hours while she sat
in the sun on the sand (which
got into her shoes, and watched
Marise namely prance in the surf,
or dig for clans which she did
not care to keep after she had
caught theml How could she see
anything but very visible repul-
siveness and dirt. and quite prob
ably diseases In the lank stray
dogs and cats which always
turned up when Marise went
along q street. and which Marise
always felt an inexplicable and
perverse desire to fondle? And
those cheap bAzaars, where Ma.
rise loved to linger, gazing with
dazzled eyes at. the trumpery,
papier-mache gimcracks and play
things =. OF course. as
Marise had grown less childish.
walks had been free Of hoop-roll-
ing with it's inevitable encounters
with irascible old gentlemen's legs,
but she had developed other tastes
quite as bothersome. Flora's
pretty. slender feet ached with
fatigue at the recollection Of the
long hours she had stood beside
Marise. who, sucking hard on a
barley-sugar stick, and hooking
her elbows over the parapet Of
the bridge over the Adour. gazed
endlessly over the parapet Of the
bridge over the Adour, gazed
endlessly down on dirty, smelly
ships being unloaded by dirty,
smelly workmen.
The Custom
Flora had come to the convic-
ton that the European custom Of
sending q servant around with
children was based on a realistic
recognition Of facts. It was better
for both sides; for she knew that.
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although she tried to be patient,
Marise felt her lack in interest in
chatter about whether the stone
would hit the tree this time, or
how long Mariss could walk over
tagged sidewalks without once
stepping on a crack. Good heav-
ems! What difference did it
make? 1t was inevitable that a
servants vacant mind should be
naturally more nearly on the
childish level.
And yet, once in a while, when
Marise came into the salon 70
kiss her mother goodnight,
F1ora's arms caught her fast,
wistfully. feeling an aggrieved,
helpless resentment at somehow
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haste OF the waters that the ear
has never for an instant, asleep
or awake, freed from their piung
ing roar. It had given her night
mare; and the sulphur baths had
not helped her worn feeling OF
Frustrated weakness In the least.
And now she feared there was
something else-her heart was
certainly not quite normal. There
were times as now (she put her
fingers to her wrist) when sit
ting perfectly still, she felt her
pulse drop almost to nothing. A
muffled, listless beat. like a clock
that is running down.
Running down?"-the chance
phrase caught her attention. Was
she running down to middie-age,
without once having !? She
started up. stung by the thought.
frightened, angry--a way out into
Ife-a way to escape from the
stagnant pools where Fate all
ways cast her--a way to find
some vibrant stirring airn-if it
were not for an hour-something
to care about intensely! Other
people did-women In books.
White Ribbon
Jeanne, passing the door on
her way out saw her mistress
standing in the alcove, and
paused to ask a question.
q. IL madame wished
MademOiselle Marise to wear
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. being cheated out Of what seem-
ed to mean 80 much more to
other mothers. Marise always
felt instantly this special mood in
her mother and always flashed
up in an ardent return, straining
her mother to her in a great
silent hug. It was a good mo-
ment for them both, but 30
quickly gone.
A New Dress
She looked now at her watch
and remembered an engagement
at her dress-maker's to try on q
new house dress. It suddenly
made her sick to think of bother
ing with it. What was the use
Of a new house dress? Who
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Mr. GEORGE: That's all very WELL but look what costs!
At least hundred dollars worth Of flowers twelve automobiles
three hundred dollars and dollar head another three
ti dS W. H. - r II s gong 20 SoIs
furnish house it into Liberty bonds for rainy day
MRS. GEORGE If they buy they'll pay
upksep which they can't afsOrd they don't have keep the
relatives and friends AS for Liberty bonds ones always
thinking Of the rainy day enjoys the
MR. GEORGE (obstnately): All say that there
is of money for they don't get anything for it. I'm
tightwad hate and is waste spend the
q wedding. +.
MRS. GEORGE All! it's not economy at all you're thinking
don't like fussy weddings and I'll tell why; it's be-
cause they wedding is the only occasion
man is not of the slightest Importance
Syndicate.
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CRABAPPLE
JELLY
by Loretto c. Lynch
A Recognized Authority on ALI
Matters Pertaining to House.
hold Management.

<<wwY ILL you kindly tell me
" how to make crabap-
w pie Jelly? I am new
at the housekeeping game and my
husband 10 very fond Of the crab
apple jelly mother used to make
I suggest that you buy ten
cents worth Of bright red crab
apples upon which to have your
little try. Wash these, do not
peel, but cut into several pieces
and place in an agate pot with
Just enough water to keep the
fruit from burning. When the
fruit Is soft as apple sauce, turn
into q jelly bag previously wrung
out of hot water. Add to 1t three
fourths as much sugar as Juice.
Boil until a little dropped on a
cold plate just holds its shape
when cold.
Dip a jelly glass into boiling
water and stand 1t upon cloth
wrung out Of hot water. Place q
clean silver fork or spoon in it
and pour in the hot jelly to with
in q quarter or an inch of the
top.
When the jelly Is cold it will
harden II it has been cooked long
enough. If not hard, put it back
to cook the next day. This is
your experimental glass, and it is
better to try upon this one glass
and learn to guage the time re-
quired for cooking than to try on
a large batch.
When the jelly Is really hard
cover with paraffin. Clean and
polish the glass. adjust the cover
and label and store. Better still,
let your husband try this glass Of
jelly.
jelly may be varied by the ad-
dition of mint or some other fruit
juice. Also look into the new
product, commercial pectin, now
upon the market, which makes
careful timing during cooking un-
necessary. In fact, it almost elm
mates cooking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
Why the Marriage of the Principal This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

white ribbon in her hair that
afternoon? Because II 50, . fresh
one was needed" Her old voice
thrilled as she pronounced the
child's name.
Madame brought her thoughts
back from their wanderings with
an effort. "a white ribbon?" she
said vaguely. :.
Jeanne reminded her, 1.-THE an
nual competition for the prize in
music at Mademoiseile's school.
The young ladies are to dress
in white" madame remembered.
"Oh, yes. yes, yes" A pause.
while she seemed to begin to
drift away again, and then, with
q perception that Jeanne still
stood with her. waiting. why,
yes, Of course, buy a white rib
bon il she needs it."
Jeanne took her tall, black-cIad
body off into the hall and thence
into the street. her mistress m
stantIy gone from her mind. She
had no time or strength that mo-
mentous day for anything beyond
her passionate absorption in her
dear girls ordeal, Marise's first
step into the battle Of life. Her
little Marise almost a young
lady, her fifteenth birthday so
near, contending with rival young
ladies'.
TO Be Continued T0nnOrrO,El
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KIN OxY GRANDPA" said
Bobby one day, when
- we visit Florida would
like to get a chameleon"
well. Bobby, to get a real
chameleon you'll have to 60
further than Florida" I smiled.
"Why, I thought chameleons
grew there" he exclaimed.
$50 do lots of people, my boy.
But the little green lizard that
runs around the Everglades of
Florida isn't a real chameleon, al
though he is often thought to be.
The real chameleon lives only in
the Old World. So the next time
we go to Europe 1 promise you
that we shall try to find one of
the little fellows
did not forget my promise
and when we were in southern
Spain I selected a place to spend
a few days right near a swampy
woods.
Then one afternoon I said:
Come on, Bobby and Bunny.
let's go exploring; carry box
with you. Bobby might want to
bring something home with u.s."
Off We started and were soon in
beautiful woods where many
lovely tropical trees grew thickly.
kept my eye open for a chame-
leon, but | didn't let on to Bobby
what I had on my mind. And I
tell you, l had to be on a sharp
lookout. for chameleons are very
hard to discover.
But luck was with us. Just as
we were passing a tree my eye
caught the very faintest move.
ment on the bark. It appeared
as If a piece of the bark were
slipping.
1 stopped. The piece of bark
stopped. 1t was near a green leaf
and as 1t slid up the green leaf
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would see it except Horace, who
never saw anything, or perhaps
some one like Madame Fortier or
Madame Gernier, who would think
It unbecoming for a married
woman to wear pretty, frilly
things, or to think Of anything
but how to shove their husbands
and sons and daughters ruthless
~ ahead Of other women's. Heav-
ems above! How tiresome they
were about their families! They
never saw another thing in the
world! Except scandalous posi-
lions about other peoples actions.
She discovered that she did
not feel at all we'll, not nearly
well enough to go to have the
dress tried on. She was always
tired. The enervating climate
certainly did not agree with her.
The doctor paid no real attention
to her case, and the sulphur baths
at Saint Sauveur had done her no
good, for all they cost 30 much.
How she had hated the dreary
little village. full Of sick women,
perched on the narrow ledge,
from which the sanitarium and
the bathing establishment looked
dizzily down inta - frightful
gorge where thu varnie
boiled among had
given her ma ny a
nightmare, th cleft
in the. earth q 5 wild
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, '.The Brimming Cup y
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.
A s she leaned out, her fair
~ hair bright in the sun,
a passer-by, a well-dressed
man with q walking stick In
his hand. had stared hard at
her. caught her eye, hesitated
and looked again. Flora had
not avoided his eye. Why
should she? It was early in
her life in the half-Spanish town.
She did not fear mems eyes.
When he saw this he turned
and mounted the stairs to ring the
bell. Isabelle had let him in. not
knowing him from any other call
er. He stepped quietly to the
salon, where the lady of the
house, not dreaming that any.
one had entered, still stood be-
fore the window. When she
turned in answer to q discreet
little cough on his part, she
had seen him standing there, hat
In hand, waiting, with a singular
little smile on his lips, a smile she
never forgot.
Calamity
Oh, he had been perfectly po-
lite, indeed, quite desolated at
having made a mistake, and had
speedily bowed himself out Of the
place, apologizing gracefully to
the moment OF door closing. But
that very day Flora Allen had
the swathing Lace curtains put
back in their original position,
covering every inch Of the glass;
and when dusk fell, she was al
ways the first to think Of drawing
the heavy damask curtains ove-
them. so that there seemed to be
no windows at all in the room.
That seemed to her to express
her Hfe-no windows except these
opening on what was physically
sickening and coarse; no doors
save those leading back and forth
between the deadly familiarity of
the imprisoning rooms.
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10 ignored to Spend money
and as neither Of the fami-
lies can afford it, ! think it's
just absurd.
MRS. GEORGE: Poor Girl!
The chances are she won't be
married more than once, SO
you can't blame her II she
wants to make it as bright
an affair as she can. / know
it's expensive, but most
pleasures are, and ! suppose
it pleases her people very
much to make the last treat
they can give her as their
own property as big q one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
5000 Year-OId Clock.

rAsTS of two ancient Egyptian water clocks have
been presented to the Science Museum London. One
dates back to 400 B. c. They show the time Of those
days were Of variable length.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Museum" pronounced ''mu"
Gu" as in the first syllable Of
"future') re C"z" as in "edge'O;
"um;" the accent on "mu."
Right.
Museum" pronounced 'mu
c'u" az in the first syllable of
future" -zee-um," with the accent
on zee"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
This Day in Our History.

THIS the anniversary Of the battle between the Con-
stitution and the Guerrero in 1872, in which the
United States fgat forced the British ship to surrender
This victory lasting fame for Capt. Hull.
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". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Biz Weddings.

MY GEORGE: well Kitty Lee Is getsns marred next week
A the wedding beginning You know they're going to have
wedding full choral the church, flowers
red Carpet automobiles for the guests big reception with
band more flowers of food drink In fact device
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x" OXY GRANDPA" said
Bobby one day, when
L we visit Florida I would
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-06
Current Events Club Meets

NedneSday afternoon Current Everts
met with Miss Haskell, Academy
street. There were a few items of bust
ness. among them the question of the
club pin and of the Harding Memorial
Associations appeal for assistance in
its work. No definite action was taken
upon any of the matters brought I'D.
The paper nf the afternoon we
Modern Health Work" by Mrs. James
ID. Nutting. Her subject was one of
importance: her treatment clear force
full and interesting, making tho paper
one OF the most valuable that the club
has listened to so far this winter. Mrs
Nutting made three main divisions of
her subject. The first part was brief
summary of the various diseases that
not many years ago ravagcd mankind
almost NATURALIZATION fever, chol-
era. SMALLPOX, typhus. diphtheria and
tuberculosis. Then she weAt on to
the wonderful developments that mod
crn medical science has made in check
ing those scourges of mankind. The
third and last division had to do for
the most part with the question of the
strides that medical science has made
in preventing disease. particularly by
its discoveries in diet AMI its effect.
Besides the carbohydrates, proteins.
fats and mineral salts. science has
found that three other substances
vitamines. A. = and c as they are
known to science-are necessary for
normal human development and should
be a part of the diet. The paper was
clear and forceful and was much appre-
ciated.
Current Events brought out some in
tcresting items. Mrs. Currier brought
some English newspapers. the Eve
ming Standard and the Graphic. sent
by Miss Mary Allen. who is passing
the winter in Europe. The papers
were of interest both in their content
and in their difference from American
newspapers. They also served to point
another members item about Ameri-
cas- wastelfulness in the matter, of
newspaper paper as compared with
Europe. Mrs. Chadbourne brought an
interesting letter from her son. Ar
thur Chadbourne. who had recently
made trip to Granada and the AL
hambra. She brought also a number
of views of the Alhambra that were
enjoyed. One item was extracts from
the Hallowell bylaws of 1928. which
were in contrast with modern regula<
tions.
Besides the members. two guests
Miss Julia Billings and Mrs. Joseph
Blaisdell-were present. The next
meeting will be December 10. The
hostess will be Mrs. Frank S. Wingate
and the paper on playground work with
be by Mrs. Helen NJ. Robinson.