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A RECIPE OF
REAL MERIT

(These recipes, tested By Good
Housekeeping Institute, are re-
published here by special ar
rdngeme1,t 1Oith Good House.
keeping, the nations greatest
magazine of the honae.)
A New Tomato Salad.
Select six medium sized. firm
tomatoes; scald, remove the skins
and chill them. Take out the
pulp partially, sprinkle them well
with salt and let them stand in
verted for thirty minutes. Mash
one-half of ripe Camembert
cheese; add q speck of cayenne
pepper, one-half teaspoonful Of
salt, one-eighth teaspoonful of
pepper, six stuffed olives, chopped,
and six tablespoonfuls of tomato
pulp.
Fill the tomato shells and ar
range on nests of lettuce. Sur.
round the tomato with mayonnaise
made by rubbing a canned pi-
mento through sieve. and add
ing it to stiff mayonnaise.
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CARE OF THE
FAMILY
BY Loretto c.. Lynch

A NEWS item recently quoted
~ noted educator as saying
L n that it was not quite so
much the lack of school buildings
as it was the fact that too many
pupils were laggards and being
behind their grade, cluttered the
space that should be given to
younger children. And, more
over, he accuses the American
parent of helping to bring about
this condition by letting the
child live irregularly at home.
The average child who has
proper home life should make
the grade each time. Now, just
what can the mother do to help?
In the first place, She should
make a time schedule for the
children to follow. Decide on a
definite hour for arising. Give
the child q definite time when he
may use the bath room and if he
does not use the room at that
time make him wait until the
others have finished. Prepare
simple breakfast and see that the
child had sufficient time to eat.
Hot oatmeal with milk, or bread
and butter and warm milk are
inexpensive and most nutritious.
1t is well to plan relaxation
period when the child returns
from school at the end of the day.
The child should be taught to
change to his play clothes upon
returning from 'school, for a child
who plays in his school clothes
is often found to be pupil lack
ing in that self-respect which
goes hand in hand with the wear.
ing Of neat, clean clothing.
Give the child Il definite place
in the home where he may nut
his school books. Give him
definite place free from any dis
turbance of any kind where be
may actually concentrate upon
the book he holds before him.
No child can study with room
filled with cIIattering adults.
Then, If you find that the child
is taking much time to study
under these ideal conditions and
is not progressing as he should
set aside everything in your
household and go and see the
child's teacher. Don't wait until
the child fails the grade before.
you take these suggestions into
consideration.
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office when Clancy arrived there.
She telephoned later on that the
storm was too much for her, :
and that she would remain at
home all day. She told young
Guernsey to instruct. Clancy in
the routine matters OF the Of
flee.
BY / o'clock, Clancy had be-
gun to understand the office
machinery. Also, she was hungry.
and when Guernsey announced
that he was going out to lunch.
con, Clancy welcomed the cessa-
ton of their activities. She had
been too apathetic to wonder
why she had not heard from
zenda, and was amazed when.
just as she had buttoned her
coat, the girl clerk summoned her
to the telephone.
Miss Deane? This is Zenda
talking. I got your letter. Can
. = SCO yO0 44Snb away
Clancy vaguely wondered where
Zenda had procured Iner working
address. She had mentioned 1t
this morning, after changing her
dress, to Mrs. Gerand, but Mrs.
Gerand had been q bit frigid.
Mrs. Gerand did not approve Of
young dodgers of the female sex
who spent the nights out. Clancy
didn't believe that Mrs. Gerand
had heard her. However, mas
much as Zenda telephoned, the
landlady must have heard her
Iodger's business address.
"Yes," she answered.
It was the beginning of the
end. Zenda would believe prob
ably about her connection with
Fay Marston and Weber, but he'd
perhaps know that FTorine L.adue
had been in Beiner's office. She
shook her head savagely. As on
Wednesday, when she'd read Of
Beiner's murder, she'd been UNI
able to think clearly, her brain
now wandered off into absurd
ties.
For it didn't matter about
Zenda. Philip vandervent had
wired Fanchon DeLisle. What
did Zenda matter? What did
anything matter?
"Can you come over to my Of
flee, Miss Deane?"
"Yes," she replied.
"I'1l be waiting for you." said
Zenda. L
J She hung up the receiver. She
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
BE SURE TO READ THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN

. hanging up in the tree and won
dered who could have swung it
there" She poined to the queer
ly-shaped thing swinging from
the branch above their heads.
well of all things laughed
Squeedee. That's certainly the
LATEST family I've seen in a long
time. It's good thing you called
for me or something might have
happened to that crowd. That's
Mrs. Caterpiller's cradle.
Zone day saw a crowd of tiny
caterpillers all gathered on that
limb. They were quarrelling and
fussing so much that I went over
to see what was the trouble.
'..And what was the matter?"
wanted the queerly -shaped bot
tle?'
That's the trouble" laughed
the elfin. There wasn't any bot
tie there then. They needed a
home, and no one wanted to give
up that spot to the other. They
all wanted the same limb. So
after talking to them a long
time I got them to build one
large house. That's it. But
goodness! They should be up by
now?" And quick as wink he
and Doris flew UP to-the strange
looking nest. Squeedee raped
on it's side.
{. 'Wade up, you sleepy heads"
he cried, and Doris could hear
queer noise inside. A circular
door in the very bottom opened.
and a dear little butterfly crawled
out.
my goodness, but it's hard
work hanging up by ones tail all
this time" She stopped sudden
~ and glanced down a herself,
then began to laugh. "Sure
enough, Squeedee you did tell me
I'd lose my tail. have" She
laughed so merrily all her broth
ers and sisters tumbled out of the
doorway after her. Every one of
them was q pretty little butterfly
They had gone. to sleep cater
pillars and had awakened pretty
butterflies.
Doris examined their home
after they had dried their wings
so they could fly. Squeedee
helped her take it down from the
branch, and st1o- carried it home
to show her amt.
(Geeyrght. 1898 by Newspaper Fea-
ture Service mncl
Another fine story tomorrow.
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do this and that and the other
thing for her. Now Sophie Carey
was by the way Of forgetting her
existence. She accepted the offer
of her hostess car to take her
home, but gave vague replies to
Sophie's almost equally vague re-
marks about when they must see
each other again. It had been kind
of Mrs. Carey to invite her to
spend the evening, but it had been
a little too much like playing Des-
tiny. Suppose that Randall had
proposed and that Clancy had, in
a moment of fright, accepted him.
It would have been her own bust
ness, wouldn't it?
She was almost sullen when she
reached Washington Square. Up.
stairs in her dingy room. she fought
against, tears. She had voiced q.
great truth. without being aware
Of it, last night. when she had said
that what made girls slide down
hill was the having to give up
what they had, not the desire for
possession of those things which
they'd never had.
She almost wished that Sophie
Carey had not weakly surrendered
to her husbands first advances.
Clancy might have been installed
in the studio home on Waverly
Place, haIf-mistress Of its comforts,
it's charm-a parasite! That's
what she had been by way of be-
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. coming within a weeks of her ar
rival in the city where she had
hoped, by the hardest sort of work,
to make place for herself. Well,
hat was. ended. Why the fact that
Sophie Carey had taken back her
errant husband should have affect
ed Clancy's attitude toward life
and the part she must play in it
is one Of the incomprehensible
things Of that strange thing which
we call character"
Yet it had done SO. Perhaps,
after all, because 1t had shown
Clancy how little dependence must
be placed on other people. Not
/. that she felt that Sophie Carey
would not be friendly to her. but
that Sophie Carey's interest
would now be, for a while.
at any rate, in the husband
!, to whom she surrendered
!, SO easily. And by the time that
Sophie had rid herself again, of
Donald Carey, Clancy would
have been forgotten.
Forgotten! AS, clad in the
!: 3storm.overshoes that were neces-
sites in Zenith, she braved the
I drifts of Washington Square on
her way to the bus, she laughed
wryly. Forgotten! Possibly, but
not until her name had been
blazoned in the press as muir
deress
Sally Henderson was not at the
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<EN OMEoNE gave me bag
Of hickory nuts for
~ Christmas" said Lillian.
"And though Christmas is long
past, I have not forgotten it yet.
You see, I'm .fonder of hickory
nuts than of fruit or candy or of
any Of the other treats that other
girls like so well. And someone
remembered and sent me the
'homely" little offering that
meant thought and consideration.
can't tell you how it made me
feel."'
Alma smiled understandingly
Someone sent me a bunch of
mistletoe from down South. Such
big. shiny. white berries and soft
green leaves. loved IT.
Then Grace spoke supercili-
ously.
such funny little things. I
hope Santa treated you better
than that. I had four bottles of
French perfume, half a dozen
pairs of the cobwebbiest silk
stockings, a chain of clouded
amber beads, a green enamel sig
arctic case, a black MORE bag
with marquisette top, a portable
photograph and too many others
to mention"
Lillian commented gently:
Those We're all lovely things,
Grace. I'm SO glad you have
them since they mean SO much
to you."
Then Grace cried out in aston
1shment at her own discover.
But I'm not sure they do! Ali
those things came from rich peo-
PIE who just went into stores and
bought the first things they came
across. Maybe Your hickory nuts
and Alma's mistletoe meant more
really"
] believe they did.
AT Chrtstmas-or any other
time of the year-the things
which mean most to us are not
the lavish and Outlines casual of.
ferings of those who give for
mally just because it is a holiday
or a birthday or an occasion" of
some sort. The gifts which touch
our hearts are those which have
something OF the giver in them
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selfishness was partly hidden by
a short mustache, blond. II
Clancy hadn't heard something
Of him, she'd not have known,
at first, the essential meanness
Of his nature. Undoubtedly he
had helped himself from one Of
the decanters on the sideboard,
for his nerves were well under
control, and Clancy gathered,
from his own somewhat boast
full remarks, that he'd been In
toxicated for the better-or worse
part-of the week.
Last night, Sophie Carey had
been SO attracted by Clancy that
not only did she wish to protege
her but wished to support her.
Her offer, last night. had meant
practically that. But events
had transpired. Mrs. Carey was
no. longer. In effect, "A widow.
She was q (, married woman
again - pridefuIly so. Her air
Of dependence half sickened
Clancy. A woman of prestige,
ability, and charm, she was
a plaything of the momentary
whim Of the man whose
name she bore. Last night indie
pendent, mistress Of her destiny,
this morning she was an appan-
age. And how could Sophie Carey
respect this weak sotA
But she had more to think about
than the affairs Of Sophie Carey,
no matter how those affairs might
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; affect herself. Few persons, no
matter how temperamentaIly con.
stituted, are nervous on first wax
ing in the morning. They may be
cranky and irritable, but not nerv-
GUS. So Clancy, who had no irrita-
ton in her system, was calm until
after breakfast. Then she began to
fret. This was the day! Assistant
District Attorney Philip Wander
vent would receive an answer to
his telegram to Fanchon DeLisle.
He would learn that the real name
Of the woman who had borne Fan,
chon's card Of introduction to the
office Of Morris Beiner was Clancy
Deane. Her arrest was a matter
of-hours at the outside.
She felt like one condemned, with
the electric chair round turn in
the corridor. OF course, she as
sured herself, the police must be-
lieve her story. But even If they
did, gone was her opportunity for.
success. She would be the dis
tasteful figure in great scandal.
Her breakfast was an unsubstan-
tial meal. But her hostess did not
notice. She was too intent on
seeing that her husbands coy
: appetite was tempted.
Suddenly, Clancy felt a distaste
for herself-a distaste for being
proteged, for havinga patroness. So
phie Carey had taken liking to
her. Sophie Carey had wished to
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AlV.
1enda Films, Incorporated, oc-
cupied the tenth. eleventh and
twelfth floors of the newly named
though Clancy didn't know 1T
zenda Building. In the lobby
was list OF the buildings ten
ants. and it stated that the execu-
tive offices of Zenda Films were
on the tenth floor
An office-boy heard her name,
asked Il she had an appointment.
and reluctantly. upon her stating
that she had, turned toward an
inner room. casting over his
shoulder the statement that he
didn't think Mr. Zenda was in.
Bat from the room toward
which he was making his sullen
way peculiar to office-boys--
emerged a tall young man, CARRIED
in the height OF Broadway fash
ion. He advanced beaming1y to
Clancy.
Miss Deane? Please come
right in"
Clancy followed him through
the door, across an inner hoom,
and into a further chamber bel
yond. And the instant she was
inside that second room, Clancy
knew that she had been a gullible
fool, for instead Of zenda. she
beheld Grannis.
But what was somehow more
terrifying still, she saw behind
Grannis. his thick features not
good humored today, the face of
Weber. She didn't scream
Clancy was not the sort who
would use valued and needed
energies in vocalities- she turned.
But the tall youth had deity
locked the door behind her. He
faced her with a triumphant grin,
then stepped quickly to one side:
the, key which he had been hold
ing in his hand he transferred to
Grannis, who put it, with an air
of grim finality. into his trousers
pocket.
/, TO Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1891 Cosmopolitan Book
COrporation-l
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
By Hereward Carrington,t
Phi. D..
Noted Writer and Author OF Works
on PsychO-anaIysis.>

WY HAT are your dream
" eyes? In other words,
w WITH WHAT do you see
in your dreams, and WHAT do
you see?
Have you ever thought of this
problem? i. Certainly you do not
see with your physical eyes, since
your eyelids are closed and the
eyeballs are turned upward when
you sleep. Your physical body is
lying, an inert mass, upon the
bed. And yet you see clearly,
wildly, a series Of scenes, and
also people, with whom you &C.
casionally converse. But if YOU
do not see them with your phys
ical eyes, with what do you see
them? Here, reader, is a problem
for you to ponder over!
Most dreams are visual in
character, as have before point.
ed out. We see far more often
lhoH VIC oAIAOHS IG1oLS OF LOuCn.
This corresponds to our experi-
ences in waking life, for our
sight plays a far greater role
than any of the other senses.
Our imagination is mostly visual.
When we imagine any series of
events as taking place, these
events usually float before the
minds eye in the form Of a series
Of pictures-giving rise, probably,
to the old expression, building
castles in SPAIN The mind,
therefore, has somehow developed
within itself this picture forming
faculty, apd wildly depicts to
itself q series of scenes, as in a
mirror, which may be colored or
shadow-like.
This faculty is known as wis
ualiZation," and is so vivid in
certain cases that the mental pic
lures take on the character of
objective things, in which case
they constitute what we call
"hallucinations." +
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Apparently misunderstanding her, believing
she was not telling the TRUTH Grannis had then
left on the table the money and departed.
Clancy's adventures started the moment she
landed in New York from the country, an in
telligent and beautiful country girl, determined
to become a. famous film actress. She assumed
the name Of "Florine Ladue" and Immediately
became enmeshed in tragedy as a result of an
effort to land a position with some moving pic
ture concern. She made two good friends, David
Randall and Mrs. Carey. The Beiner death cut
short her theatrical ambitions, but she became
connected with real estate concern and because
Of her business ability was rapidly achieving
success. She had hoped that the past was buried
until Grannis confronted her and recognized her
as the girl at the Zenda party
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LAND O. DREAMS
me SERIES BY A NOTED PSYCHO-ANALYST

; Crystal visions are Of this char
acter, for the figures seen in the
crystal ball do not, of course, ex-
list in the ball, but in the mind
of the seer. They are merely pro-
jected outward and are SO vivid
in character that they ! appear
actually to exist in space-in such
cases, in the ball.
This power of imagination is in
itself very extraordinary faculty,
and it has been pointed out that it
is a projection into the future, by
the mind, just as memory is a pro-
lection intO~fhe past. We can i'm
agine ourselves as sQacting various
scenes, and can even imagine va
rious persons, who never actually
existed, playing their varied roles
in this little drama. This occurs
in day dreaming and also in the
ordinary dreams Of night.
If, however, the scenes which we
perceive actually correspond with
events which are happening at the
time, we can then no longer dis
miss them as a mere imagina-
tion," but If they are detailed
enough, must assume some tele-
pathic or other super-normal
agency at work. It has been sug-
gested that imagination is really a
play of the astral senses, and that
when we Imagine" certain thing
we really see that thing enacted on
another plane of being. But this,
of course, is purely occult theory,
which is not accepted by orthodox
psychology.
At all events, it is a most inter-
esting problem which confronts us
here How we see in our dreams
is part Of a larger question; how
the mind can build up these men,
tai pictures for itself in any case.
This has never been satisfactorily
explained, and, until this is done,
we can have small hope that the
lesser understood manifestations
occurring in. dreams will be ex-
planned either!
In his next article, the writer
will treat of prophetic dreanIs.)
Copyright, 1928. Premier Syndicate Inc.)
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CLANCY FACES HER PAST

Grannis had taken Clancy Deane to fash
ionable New York restaurant and given her
banknote, the biggest she ever had seen in her
life, 81 900. It was all so strangely mixed up
with the staying of Morris Beiner, whose face
Clancy had slapped some hours before he was
killed. There's more where that came FROM
said the man., in crooks jargon as he left her
too startled to either accept or refuse the bill.
The sudden twist of events had left the little
country girl, fashionably clad as she was speech
less.
/ At first Grannis had threatened her with the
police. When she had accompanied him to the
restaurant he had at first questioned her as to
her knowledge of one, Ike Weber She replied
truthfully that she had never met Weber before
attending party composed of theatrical people.
You'll stick to that in court?" he asked And
she nodded
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was working and before I knew
what was going on found my
self sailing through the air. and
here I am, way down in Mexico.
What's wrong?"
ooh, my goodness, Squeedee!'
Doris exclaimed. You surely do
looked mussed up I'm sorry if I
wished at the wrong time"
Wrong timer" laughed .Squee-
dee. "There's is no wrong time in
Joyland, only it took me so by
surprise. What happended to
make You wish of me?"
"why, you old dear" replied
Doris, "I just this second On GOV
cred that r,funny,lOoking bottle
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By Arthur Somers Roche
The Most Popular Author OF Love
And Mystery Tales
Today.


Today.
"HE offer opened up oppor-
tunities undreamed Of by
u Clancy. To be chaperoned,
guided, proteged by a woman like
Sophie Carey! She had come to
New York iutent on making
financial and, secondarily, of
course = Clancy was young -
artistic success. To have a vista
Of social achievement placed be-
fore her enraptured eyes
eft would be pretty hard" she
said naively, ito give up thing
like this, wouldn't it? I mean
pretty clothes, place to live in
that was beautiful. I stayed to-
night because you wanted me to.
But / was wondering. I can see
why girls-slide down. And I
don't think it's because they want
what they haven't got; it's more
because they can't give up what
they have. Isn't it?"
"It sounds convincing" adj
mitted Mrs. Carey. She sighed.
well. we're going to be friends,
anyway, my dear. It was good
Of you to spend the night here.
donald didn't drop in as he'd
threatened, and I'm lonesome, and
blue" She rose suddenly. I'm
keeping you up. It isn't fair"
She walked toward the door and
turned. do you know why
really asked you to stay?" Be
cause I saw that something was
on your mind. my dear. And /
didn't want you to do anything
foolish"
Foolish" Clancy stared at
her.
David Randall would have
insisted on taking you
home. And-if he'd proposed
sudden marriage, what would
You have done?"
: Marriage?'
That's what I said" said
Mrs. Carey. You're nervous, a
stranger, and-I like you, little
girl I want you to have a fair
chance to make up your mind"
"But I wouldn't have-why it's
absurdr' said Clancy.
Her hostess shrugged.
my third night in New York,
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By Blanche Silver.
Doris Learns About Butterflies.

~ ADOA - A@Ot~A ~ ANYWAY 4%~ASSS@ NA@~~s
~ NE day when Doris was on
a visit to her aunt in Mex
~ leo she was out walking in
the woods, when she spied
queer-looking object hanging from
the branches in a tree.
"Well, If that doesn't look just
like a bottle as sure as I'm
alive!' she unused. But, of
course, it isn't. It's shaped just
like one-only it's brown. What
do you suppose it is? Oh, dear!
If 1 were back home I'd wish for
Saueedee-"
The branches of the tree above
her rustled, and out of them
bounced the dear little elfin for
whom she had been wishing.
Goodness me-" he laughed
merrily when he could right him.
self on the ground. II wish you
wouldn't wish for me so quickly.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25

More than one thousand differ
ent varieties OF wheat are known,
and the number is constantly in-
creaSing.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT

The floating leaves Of the Vic
toria ReGia, a giant water-lily,
sometimes measure up to twelve
feet across.
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KNIFE Hardles 3O.OOO Years Old

ABOUT 500 tons of ivory are used every year for
knife handles and decorative work It is obtained
from the waus the elephant and the mastodon Handles
of your table knives may easily be $4,000 years old
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What Is a Whale Worth?

THE whale is worth money than any other living
creature. Its ton of whaebone is valued at about
$4,000 and oil another $2,500 The sperm whale also
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Refreshing Novel Of Youth and
Mystery Written by One Of Amer
ica's Foremost Story Tellers

shrugged her shoulders. and, ten
ing the telephone clerk that she
was going out to luncheon. left
the office.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
By Beatrice Fairfax.

Who Occupies a Unique Position
m the Writing World as an
Authority on the Problems of
Girls.
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WY HAT are your dream
" eyes?" In other words,
w WITH WHAT do YOU see
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EE0 oMEoNE gave me a bag
Of hickory nuts for
~ Christmas" said Lillian.