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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
By Thomas L. Mason.

EkTWANT you to promise me
that you won't give me
Il any Christmas present
this year." Mrs. Whittier looked
at her husband emphatically. Il
mean it," she asserted. "Abso-
lutelyv'
"And you won't give me any?"
replied Whittier experimentally.
Positively. Now, is it under
stood?"
"My dear girl, I'm glad that
you have brought this up. You
know that for years we have been
doing this sort of thing every
Christmas. About this time we
both declare that we won't give
each other anything; then, just
before Christmas, we sneak out,
and each of US buys the other a
present. This year it will be the
same. We shall promise faith
fully not to do it; but, just as sure
e1S IdLCI VIC SAAdlA can Jul
do you mean to say" declared
Mrs. Whittier, that we cannot
stop such an exhibition of weak
ness?'
81 am simply calling your atten-
ton to the facts. Isn't that just
what we have been doing?"
But this year."
''Ah! Just go back twelve
months, and you will discover that
that was precisely what we said
then.
Don't I remember it also.
What have you to suggest"
simply this that we each Of u~
agree now to buy the other a
present"
az know that you will get some.
thing don't want"
"And I know that you will do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21


correspondent is probably saying.
Yes, it amounts to a great deal.
Here few of the things. some
one of which he doubtless saw and
interpreted in that short time:
If your tongue is entirely clean
he may say: That's fine" or in
terpreting in the light of other
symptoms, he may murmur. LAS
l suspected-ulcer of the stomach"
If it is lightly coated he may
dismiss it as unimportant, but in
the presence of other symptoms
and according to their character,
he may interpret it as evidence Of
slight fever.
If your tongue is flabby and
thick and shows the impressions
of the teeth along the sides, the
condition suggests to him the
probability Of chronic indigestion,
especially failure of the stomach
to do its part.
IL IL has a ISdNS pdSLy -ScIlo"
coat he will look further to find
the probable existence of catarrh
of the head. infection of the ton
sils, infection of the teeth and
gums or catarrh of the stomach.
If your tongue is heavily coate't
with bright red margins and tri-
angular areas that are also bright
red, he will realize what he has
probably long known that he is i'll
the presence of a typhoid condi-
ton.
If it trembles when it is slowly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
BEANS
ARE KNOWN
BY Hannah Wing

wv HETHER you know the
" bean or not, it's quite
w possible you are a bit in
clined to look contemptuously at
this homely but nutritious food
Of winter time.
Many people have the notion
that baked is the only present
able form in which beans should
appear, but wait till you have
tried them in souffles, chowders.
timbals, croquettes, soups and
even mullins. The bean is a rich
protein and starch food with
tasty, nutty flavor. It needs
supplementing with fat in cook
ing and likes to keep company
with tart fruits and savory veg
etables by way Of contrast.
Like the Sunday roast" a pot
of beans is good for several days
menus. 1t is much more easily
disguised though, each dish arriv-
ing on the scene with all the
SAVIOR faire OF brand new
treat. To test out this idea try
some baked bean SANDWICHES for
supper or luncheon. Mash the
beans to a pulp. moisten them
we'll with mayonnaise or boiled
salad dressing. Add little
chopped onion, or If this isn't
available use green pepper or
celery or pickle.
Use this mixture as a filling
between slices OF buttered brown
bread. If brown bread is not on
hand use white or graham and
toast it before adding the filling
Serve with coffee.
Timbals baked In CREASED. rarni-
kins may be made from a CUP Of
bean pulp. cup of milk, a little
butter and two we'll eggs,
Mix, season we'll with salt, pep
per and few grains OF mus.
tard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

IA took me on a trane with
him yesterday, we road 80
- miles from our town to q
other town to see man witch Pa
wanted to see & Pa KEEP talking
all the time we was on the trane.
he was showing me differnt men
& guessing what they did for a
living.
That is a crate way to spend
yure time. Bobbie, wen you are
travelling, sed Pa. it improves
yure mind & inteIleck, sed Pa, &
it sharpens yure poowrs of Decep
shun. sed Pa.
How can you tell what them
differnt men does for a living
Jest by looking at them? I sed.
Long yeers of X-peeriens, Bob
bic, sed Pa, that is all. By the
time you have batted around this
old wurld as long as what I have,
.Bobbie. sed Pa, you will be abel
to pick out men & thare Trates &
there Callings as eesy as what /
have jest done, sed Pa.
But how do I know you are
men does? I sed. How can you
prove il?
BY asking them, sed Pa So
Pa pointed at one yung man neer
me & sed Thare is crate
thinker, prubly college teecher
Eed Pa, / can tel by the prommy-
nent Ahead, sed Pa. I will ask
him. sed Pa. & you will see If L
am rite. So Pa sed to the yung
men My deer sir, sed Pa, what is
yure professhun? l was telling
my little son here that you are
q thinker.
You were kidding him then, sed
the yung man. If had done any
reel thinking. he sed. I wud
newer have munkeyed with the
boxing game, he sed. I am a
prize filter, sed the yung man, &
a Ii4LtS puIIh Oiitr l. guess, ctItSi
the waIIoping | got last mite.
But yure Ahead looks so prom
mynent. sed Pa. dee-noting think
ing powr. Pa sed.
That is a bump L got on the old
been wen l kissed the canvas, sed
the yung man.
Wen Won what2 Sed Pa
Wen / lit on my dome after
stopping rite hook, sed the yung
man. l saw moar stars than
thayve got out in Hollywood, he
sed to Pa. Newer aggenn for me-
You was rong about that yung
mans job, wasent you. Pa? / sed
Pa looked kind of cheep.
dident happen to hit ii off vary
close that time, Bobbie, he sed
but moast of the time l can tell
at a glanst what a persons call
ing is by thare looks.
What is Fre-nolly-jisr? sed
A man WITCH can tell about pee.
pull by the shape OF thare heda.
sed Pa.
/ dident say any MOAB TO Pa.
hut ] think that is all bunk The
best way to tell about gents is by
1hare Deeds.
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lers were accustomed to spring"
their annual suFprises-each OF
them bore that perfectly conf
dent and idiotically joyful
which usually precedes the pre-
sentation Of something we think
the other person has been long
ing for.
Whittier advanced with a
bright smile.
my DEAR" he said, 1T have
the surprise of a lifetime for
you
"Oh, do tell mer' said Mrs
Whittier, with a hypocritical air
of gayety and anticipation, al.
though inwardly she shrank from
the ordeal. "I know it is some
thing that I want"'
What do you suppose it ISL"
her husband cheerfully inquired.
Haven't the least idea"
'Well-it is-it is-guess"'
ooh, I couldn't! Tell me
quickv'
'Well, it's absolutely nothing.
Now, isn't that a surprise?
made up my mind that no matter
what I gave you, it would be
something you didn't want; so
thought I would surprise you by
giving you something that you
couldn't possibly find fault with
i'm other words, nothing"
Mrs. Whittier burst into tears.
"You horrid thingw she ex.
claimed. 81 shall never forgive
you!'
Don't you know that it ISM
the value of the thing? might
not have liked it; but the thought
that you tried to please me would
have been everything. didn't do
that to your
ST was only Joking" he ex-
claimed breathlessly. Honest, 7
was only joking. What have you
got for me?"
She drew from a neighboring
closet dressing sack, over which
Whittier went into raptures, all
the time feeling like a criminal
Then, with q solemn air, he drew
from his pocket a twenty-dollar
bill.
eff you don't like it." he said,
you can change it for something
else.''
Mrs. Whittier shook her head.
"You didn't intend to give it to
me, and I'm not going to take it
now she said. cit was an after
thought"
But
She folded it up and put it into
his waistcoat pocket.
"I'll forgive you this time she
smiled; ''but remember, my dear,
that it is very much better to go
on year after year giving each
other things that we don't want
than to attempt to break up an
old habit; which, after all, foolish
as it seems, is founded upon a
genuine human sentiment"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
FOXYGRANDPA'S STORIES
THEY LEARN SOMETHING SURPRISING ABOUT
A DESPISED INSECT

Ut is too bad that there are
so many reaches in this
u house." said l one night
as l walked into the kitchen and
switched on the light. In the sud
den bright light across the floor,
fleeing for their lives, ran many
big cockroaches!
Someone told me that reaches
only came to live in clean
places and that they run away
from dirty places, Foxy Grand
pa" ventured Bobby, who was
standing by my side.
That's all wrong" said 7.
They live on filth and dirt. That
Is the reason why it is very nee
essary to keep our kitchen very
clean. If we do, then we shall
have no reaches. Because if
they once get started, roacheS
raise such large families so
quickly that it's an awful job to
get rid of them. Poor Mary, the
cook, found hundreds Of them
when we moved into this house
and try as she does she can't get
rid OF them"
What dirty things they are"
said Bobby.
Yes" said /, but I feel sorry
for them"
Bobby burst out laughing as he
shouted:
you feel very sorry for cock
reaches"
Yes. I do" I insisted
why, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
Bobby seriously when he saw
that ] was in earnest.
well. I'll tell you. These poor
little fellows are not very desir-
able citizens, and if the emigra-
ton authorities could keep them
out Of the country they surely
would"
Aren't they natives of our
country" Bobby asked
mo" said They are for
eigners. They are pilgrims in
strange land"
Isn't that strange. never
thought that anything as ugly
and dirty and despised as cock
roach had anything interesting
about it."
We'll, they have" insisted
And they are far. far away from
their native shores"
Where did they come from,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
TELL THIS AT
DINNER

POmpous magnatc. making
speech at public luncheon in pro-
vinical town: Speaking of travel
reminds me how greatly l have
admired the scenery round Lake
Geneva, and also what pleasant
times l have spent in the neighbor-
hood Of Lake Leman." Cultured
neighbor, in audible whisper,
Pardon me, but the two places
are synonymous" Pompous mag
nate. patronizingly: "Ah, so you
may think, sir-so you may think!
But. from my point of view, l
consider Lake Geneva to he tar
the most synonymous of the two"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

Mabel to arrive the telephone
rang, and Jim, who has a way of
waiting for the maid to go or
letting me answer if I like,
came racing out of his room with
what I took to be gallant de-
sire to give me plenty Of time to
dress. My door was open and I
couldn't help hearing his voice
murmuring along in an under.
tone. / didn't pay much atten-
ton, but proceeded to make up
to him for answering the tele-
phone by putting the studs in his
dress shirt. Suddenly there was
a lull in the street noises COM
ing through my window. And
Jim's voice came out with sud
den clarity. I heard him say:
you know I'd like to. Well,
maybe I can when I take the
company home. Yes, I'll drop in
Oh, you mustn't say that! OF
We SOuI dAI0 Al
I'd dreamed you needed me"
Then his voice dropped back to
the undistinguishable undertone
in which he'd begun his converse
ton.
With a. sudden prophetic sink
ing of my heart. put in the last
Of Jim's shirt studs and composed
my face to blank lack of feel
ing. But underneath my thoughts
surged. All my old jealousy
seemed flooding back. 1 felt that
this was the end of the peace and
quiet I'd somehow felt were too
good to last.
I knew as we'll as if Jim had
told me that the telephone call
he'd rushed to answer was one
he'd been expecting. And 1 felt
sure it came from Ruth Gregory.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
TRY THIS
RECIPE
ENGLISH SEED CAKE.

An excellent cake to send away
is English seed cake. Cream
together two cupfuls of sugar
and one and one-fourth cupfuls
of butter. Add alternately eight
wellbeaten egg-yolks and three
cupfuls of sifted pastry flour with
which one-half teaspoonful of Gin
namon has been mixed; add also
one teaspoonful of lemon extract.
Mix one more. cupful of flour
with six ounces each of finely
sliced candied orange and lemon
rind, one-half pound Of citron,
and three-fourths pound of
chopped almonds. Combine this
we'll with the above. Fold in the
egg whites stiff1y beaten and
bake at 275 degrees Fahrenheit
for three to four hours in pan
which has been thoroughly
creased and Toured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
By Malta Jeritza.
Famous Prima Donna Of Metro
pOIitan Opera Company and
One Of the Most Beautiful
Women of the Day.

~ ALT-just plain, everyday
salt-does not at first
~ thought seem to possess any
great interest or importance as
an aid to beauty or otherwise.
Yet salt from time immemorial
has been so highly priced by man
kind that among primitive peoples
and in the Orient deep religious
and social significance still at
taches to it's use.
The Greeks and Romans con-
sidered it a necessary ingredient
of their sacrificial cakes. In me-
diaeval ages, dish Of salt on
the table was the sharp dividing
line between ordinary folk and
persons of distinction. An hon.
ored guest was always placed
above the salt.
Animals prize salt because they
need it in their diet. Where you
find a deposit Of salt in rock for
nation you will generally find
wild animal trails leading to it.
It is not surprising in view of
all these facts to discover that
salt, common and easily available
as it is, holds high rank among
aids to beauty.
Of course it gives needed sea.
soning to food. But we are adj
vised to use it sparingly in this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

; Foxy Grandpa?" asked Bobby.
They came here from a great.
great distance, and the original
settlers of their family made the
voyage in big ships
From where, Foxy Grandpa??"
From India" I answered
That's where cockroaches came
from"
For PHYS sake"' exclaimed
Bobby.
Yes" said 1. And they were
very useful in their native coun-
try"
"How can they be useful?"
murmured Bobby. "They certain
ly aren't here"
NO" said !, I'VE don't want
them here, because we know how
to live and keep clean. But III
the crowded parts of India where
the people do not understand how
important it is for health to keep
everything spick and span. the
cockroach plays a useful part in
life"
Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby.
''you surprise me-"
Yes, Bobby dear, in India cock
reaches have prevented many
outbreaks of fever and epidemics
of terrible diseases, because they
act as scavengers, eating filthy
matter which breeds germs"
How wonderfully" gasped the
boy.
EYES," said l, here they are
simply trying to do their duty"
isn't it wonderful. Foxy Grand
pa, how even nearly every little
insect in the world, not to men
ton animals, has it's use"
Eyes, Bobby" 1 answered.
''everything in nature seems to
have a reason for being"
In Saturdays Story Bobby
Makes Great Discovery Among
the SeaWeed.
copyright, 1923. by International
Feature Service. IncD
---------------
"SeIf defense is Natures eldest
law"
John Dryden declared in his
plav "AbsaIom ="
"The Paths of glory lead but to
the grave"
Sad hut true is this line from
Gray's famous "EleGy in a Coun.
trv Churchyard."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
By Ann Lisle,
Whose Serials of Married Life
Have Won a Big Popular
Success.
Copyright, 1923, King Features
Syndicate. Incl

Copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
A ND Peter Stanley would
~ never have a chance to
enter the lists. was
bound by my promise to Envy
and could not lift a finger,
either to warn Irma against the
sort of love Tom offers or 10
hint to her of the kind of de-
votion Peter would give.
Suddenly 1 knew there was one
thing 1 could do-and must do
in all honesty. There was no
promise to hold me from tele-
phoning Peter Stanley and telling
him where Irma was. So I got
his office on the wire with a
fluttering feeling of being
romantic goose who couldn't
mind her own business.
Mr.. Stanley's secretary came to
the telephone. She had disap-
pointing news for me. She told
me than Mr.. Stanley and Mrs.
Thurloy had gone to the country
for the week end.
So there was nothing 1 could
do to get Peter his chance. Fate
herself, seemed to be speeding
Toms wooing.
Ralph called me later and read
me the 'arresting piece of copy he
had composed offering a gener-
our reward for news of Neal.
gave it my hearty approval and
then settled down to the routine
of work and living which nothing
interrupted for a day or two.
For the time being Jim seemed
satisfied to live the quietest sort
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

Because it's
on di t j on
t a k e n w i t n
o t h e r synlp-
toms. h e Up S
him to under
stand what is
t h e IN a t t er
with you.
but he only
glanced at it.
I don't think
that amounts
tn no11ch - nv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE?

Tell stories very seldom and
absolutely never but where they
are very apt and short"
Everyone has, at some time,
wished that a would-be story tel
Ter had followed this advice Of
Lord Chesterfield in his Letters
to his son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
WHEN. DID IT
HAPPEN?

when was the last i'm
portant battle in the American
revolution?
when was the ancient AT,
rican city Of Carthage destroyed
by the Turks?
when was Baffin's Bay dis
covered?
4-When was Whistler, the
celebrated American painter, born,
and when did he die?
5-When did the battle of the
Heights of Abraham, Quebec,
take place?
Answers to These Queries Will
Be Printed Tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
The Banabi1aO of Ara COeIi. Rome.

ONE of the sights of Rome is the Bambino or Christ
~ child in the Church Of Ara Coel, said to have been
carved from wood from Mount Ovet by pilgrim, and
painted by st. Luke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

ALTHOUGH the fact is not we'll known, slavery exist
"A ed in Cuba number of years after it abolished
here. On this date in 1879 the Spanish Home Gov
eminent passed a bill finally abolishing it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
Answers
to Yesterdays Questions.

suffrage was granted to
women in Sweden in 1907
Fire escapes were first pa
tented in 1866.
3-GalVeston, Texas, was TAX
Ell by the Union troops in the civil
war, October 8, 1862.
4-Galveston was retaken by
the Confederates in January,
1863
5-The Massachusetts Institute
of Technology was founded in
1861.
Copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
Former President of the American
Medical Association.

<T Ell me see your tongue"
says your physician.
- "Why does he do it,"
asks an inquiring correspondent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
WAYS OF A HUSBAND = By Ann Lis
THEIR CHRISTMAS DAY SURPRISE

Story of Husband Wife Who Tried to Break Up Old
t Habit and Found That 1t Couldn't Be Done
With Impunity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY VIM. F. Kirk

VA took me on trane with
him yesterday, we road 80
roiIoS f,-or1a nY,r Souyx7 fn q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

"SeIf defense is Natures eldest
law"
John Dryden declared in his
play "Absalom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

"The Paths of glory lead but to
the grave"
Sad hut true Is this line from
Gray's famous "EleGy in a Coun.
try Churchyard."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

In Saturdays Story Bobby
Makes Great Discovery Among
the SeaWeed.
copyright. 1929. by International
Feature Service Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-21

//TT is too bad that there are
so many reaches in this
hnIISa - cni6 nno niohf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-17
DEATHS

Peterson. Matilda. 60 years, Port
Townsend. Aug. 10.
Walker. Walter. 81 years. 24ls 10th
ave. N. Aug. l3.
Smith. George. IS years, Alaska 81
and Empire way, Aug. 9.
Hahn, Baby. infant, 1857 18th ave-
Brooks, Baby. infant, Cedar Falls.
weigren. Elmer E. years. Gil asth
ave. N, Aug. IL.
Soon. Lily. SO years. 2o21 Lane ct.
Aug. IL.
Brumley. Margaret l.. 6s years,
12061s Howell st, Aug Il. -
Simey. George, 60 years VA T. Mao
ison St, Aug. Is.
Peterson, Harold Marius. Fl years.
1850 54th ave. $. w. Aug. ~.
Harrison, John. 81 years. 2lIl Cali
fornia ave, Aug. -.
Linder, Eugene l.. "A years. 7o6
Yesler way. Aug. ~.
Walker, James. SIS years, Chandler
Apis, Aug. Is.
Arhuthnot. John, 70 years. lS4I l1tn
ave. s., Aug. IA.
ferson St. Aug, IS.
Shoemaker. Joseph j.. 80 years.
barge Chinook, Northlake ave-.
Lake Union, Aug, IL.
Furry. Alice H.. 10 years, 1871 18th
ave, Aug. II.
Riley, Mary B.. IS years. SSo6 u
Denny way. Aug, II. ~
Newell, Baby, infant. 5S19h goth
ave. N. W., Aug. IA.
Cook. Sophia Mary, 70 years. 12b N
18th St, Aug. To-
Thomas, Miss Margaret. 81 years.
6Si6 Beach drive. Aug. 10.
onstad. Karen Christine. "a years..
6716 S5th ave. N. W.. Aug. Ia.
Poison, Baby. infant. 1894 First ave.
Aug. 10.
Davies. Arthur A., 63 years. St2 w.
65th St. Aug. 49,
Brenden, Peter j., 90 years. $40 25th
ave. S. w. Aug. 10.
Davis, Harry Francis, 20 years, 170y'
18th ave-. Aug. 15.
Chin. Yen Yo. 40, New York city.
Aug. 16.
kelley, Evelyn. 81 years. go Bol-
mont ave. N. Aug. Is,