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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
FOXYGRANDPA'S STORIES
BOBBY MAKES A GREAT DISCOVERY AMONG
THE SEA- WEED

red seawe ID" said
- Bobby one DAY as we
were out rowing in quiet bay
on the coast of Central America
ct is beautiful" said I.
Reach out and get some, Bob
by. 1t will dry nicely. Then
We can put it in our book where
we have the other specimens Of
seaweed."
"All right, Foxy Grandpa" re-
sponded Bobby. reaching out his
little hand and plunging it into
the blue water.
Up came the brilliant red sea-
weed. Bobby lifted 1t over the
side Of the boat, shook some Of
the water out and spread it on
the bottom of the boat. Then
he knelt down TO examine it
carefully.
Soon he discovered what 1 am
going to describe to you and ]
thought his two big blue eyes
would pop right out of his head.
For there, disguised by long
ribbon-like streamers of red,
filmy tissue was the cutest little
horse you ever saw-only about
as long as my hand.
"a sea-horse.' shouted the
boy with delight.
And a beauty" ] agreed.
Aren't we lucky, Foxy Grand.
pa? He's alive, too"
Indeed he is" said 7 as he
wiggled his little tail vigorously.
WED better not keep him out
Of the water too long or he may
die" suggested Bunny, who was
looking on with great interest.
you see he IS a regular fish and
breathes through his gills."
He hasn't sign of a scale"
said Bobby.
NO, answered Bunny, but
notice his little three-cornered
plates Of horn. That covers him
like armor Other fish can't bite
through that, you see. This fell
low is not much Of . swiromer- 90
that is his only protection"
well, he certainly is cute
little horse"
With that Bobby lifted him up
to examine him. He turned him
over gently and when he had the
tiny fish on his back so that he
could see the front OF his body.
he gaspcd
IT'S a mother fish, Foxy
Grandpa! Lookn'
l took the little fellow In my
hand and there under his body
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for all the world like a kanga-
roo's-was a little pouch. And
in it were many eggs!
What do you think Of this
a little mother sea-horse. I sup
pose we should call her a sea.
mare"
Not at ALL" interrupted Bun
ny. THAT is not a mother fish
at ALL"
"It must be" said I. Look at
) these eggs"
That's all very WELL" said my
wise little rabbit. They're eggs
all right. But that is a gentle.
man seahorse. They have
strange custom in that family"
"What?" Bobby asked quickly.
We'll" continued Bunny, the
lady seahorse lays the eggs and
then turns them over to her hus-
band for safe.keeping."
You don't mean It" I ex-
claimed.
Yes" said Bunny, che puts
them in that little pocket OF his
and carries them around until
they are ready to hatch. Then
he places them in a soft bed of
seaweed."
WELL said I, I'VE had better
throw this faithful little father
and his treasure bag overheard
quickly"
YES" agreed Bobby. II wouldn't
have anything happen to him for
the world. $50 the boy placed
him gently in the water.
Standing straight up and NOV.
ing his two little arms. off went
our little seahorse. But as he
floated gracefully away we all
laughed as we saw his tail swirl.
ing around in the water. I
chuckled as I said, Look at that
back fin. 1t looks just like a
screw propeller"
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Feature Service. Inc.)
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TELL THIS AT
DINNER

It was very cold, but still the
angler sat patiently by the side
of the stream. waiting for the
bite that did not come.
An aged man approached and
took up a strategic position be-
hind him.
Are these private waters, my
mani" asked the angler, looking
over his shoulder.
The aged man shook his head.
NO" he said.
Then 1t won't be a crime If |
land fish," pursued the sports
man.
Again the aged man shook his
head, till his gray locks fluttered
in the breeze.
mo" he said. TT would be a
nALOOA~' -. .skJsutRn 4. ntathnsnSshaaunl
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that lasted when the dry
AA leaves which had been kin
died to make the blaze were con-
sumed?
When the old leaves are burned,
new ones must be found if another
blaze is to be started. And it takes
time to gather the material for a
second bonfire.
Nature has invariable rules for
all her processes. So why should
a wild consuming love fail to burn
itself out to ashes?
Wild love. consumes itself. It
cannot maintain its mad tempo.
So when man and woman marry
on a basis of overwhelming, prim-
tive attraction, they are likely to
burn up all tho material for their
blaze of feeling and find them
selves tending ashes-unless they
have the wisdom to find some
basis of happiness beyond their
bonfire emotion.
The love that lasts has some
thing on which to base itself above
and beyond its first conflagration.
Youth outgrows it's first delight
in bonfires. And in the same way
passion becomes stated, and the
man and woman who have tried to
base lasting happiness on its de-
vastating blaze find that the brief
fire has burned out, consuming
their dream OF lasting love.
For a lasting love has to be
based on more than enc emotion.
It requires more than the leaves
that make a brief bonfire.
In your work, which deals with
a need even more primitive than
the mating instinct (the need of
food to support life), you must
use more than one gift to build
lasting success. If you have
head for figures and want to be
a good bookkeeper you must
write neatly and bring other or
derby habits to bear on your
work.
In choosing a love that is to
last you must satisfy more than
one requirement of your nature
If you share several interests
with your beloved you won't face
boredom and even repulsion when
the blaze of primitive emotion
has consumed itself.
The steady tended altar fire
grows and gives off warmth and
heat as long as it's votaries tend
it reverently. Love is like that.
It lasts when it has the steady
glow Of admiration and congeni-
atty to light it's hearth. Rever-
ence and respect and understand
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and that cheek away from your,
teeth.
Repeat the same manipulation
on the other side. :
Or. maybe you can do the sames
thing on both sides at once.
This is better when, as in some
mouths, it can be conveniently done,
for you then can see the full con-.
formation of both the upper and
lower arches of your teeth.
But you cannot by this means
see the back surfaces of your own
front teeth and gums.
For this purpose you ought to
provide yourself with a dentists.
mirror. which you can order
through any drug store.
OF course, you will begin by
looking at your teeth.
Inspect them one by one. Note
whether they are regular or ir-
regular, whether there are any
black specks or cavities on them.
or whether tartar is accommodating
on any of them. especially in the
backs of your lower front teeth.
But keep your eye on your own
gums.
They ought to be pale pink in
color, and their margins should
fit snugly to the teeth.
If the margins are much redder
than the rest of the gums, and
II you are otherwise in perfect
health, the proper habits of tooth
cleanliness are not being practical. 81
II the margins remain unduly
red In spite OF habits of mouth
cleanliness 1t is evidence of i'm.
paired general nutrition such as
sometimes occurs in masked tu-
berculosis.
If the margins are swollen and
spongy and bleed even in the
presence OF clearly habits. it in
dicates error of nutrition such.
for instance, is in scurvy due to
eating foods that contain no vita
mines or exhausting infections
such as typhoid or advanced tu-
bercuIosis.
If there are lines of little blue
or grayish blue dots near the
margins of the gums they indi-
cate chronic lead poisoning. If
the line is greenish blue 1t ,sug-
gests chronic copper poisoning.
If red, swollen, spongy and
easily bleeding gums, have a little
yellowish coating, q condition
present in a majority Of such
cases, it means that pus is pres
ent and that the case Is one of
social pyorrhoea. ].
If any one gum is swollen and
sore, it means that an absceSs
has formed under the surface of
the gurn-the unfortunately IA
nailiar gum boil
If any of these conditions are ~'
found you ought at once to go to
your dentist and carefully follow
his advice. Better still, visit your
dentist every six months and 1et
him examine your teeth. It win
save you time, money and trouble.
tCopyrtght. 1s92. king Features
Syndicate. Inca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
TRY THESE
RECIPES

These recipes, tested By Good
Housekeeping Institute, are re-
published here by special ar
rGmgememt Nth Good House
keeping, the Nations greatest
magazine of the Home.
Cocoa Sponge Cake.
To the yolks of four eggs
beaten until thick and lemon
colored, add one cupful Of sugar
and mix well. Add four table,
spoonfuls of cold water. Measure
and sift together one.half cupful'
of sifted pastry flour. one tea
spoonful of baking powder. one
half cupful Of cocoa, and one.
eighth teaspoonful Of salt. Com
bine the above flavor with one
teaspoonful of vanilla, and last
of all fold it in the stiffly beaten
whites Of the eggs, Bake in an
angel cake pan at 230 degrees F.
for one hour. This cake may be
iced If desired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

''FOOIs rush in where angels fear
to tread"
This well-known line is from
Alexander Pope's Essay on Crit
icism."
DRY drudgery at the desks dead
wood"
Thus by ''apt ALTERATION art
full aid" Charles Lamb describes
work in his essay on Work"
''Blood is thicker than water"
This proverb is one of the old.
est of English proverbs and is
found in Rays Proverbs.
Copyright. 1928. King Features
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY VIM. F. Kirk

r asst mite Ma made Pa ware
a starchid collar insted of
1 the soft collars witch he has
been waring & Pa kicked like a
Mewl.
These stiff collars is torcher,
sed Pa. Thay are rellick Of the
Past.
Nevertheless, sed Ma. you
will ware a starchid collar to-
mite. We are going to see sum
vary prim & Farmil people, Ma
sed, & everything must be Jest
So.
That IL the trubbel with Soeity,
sed Pa peepul does things thay
wud rather not do & goes places
from witch thay wud rather stay
away from, sed Pa. Socity is a
Farse, sed Pa.
We must keep up appear-enses,
sed Ma.
That is the whole trubbel with
Socity, sed Pa, it is all appear
enses. It is how do you look, not
how much do you know?
But tJe eesiest way is the best,
deer, sed Ma, & if all the other
men wares starchid collars you
would be Spickuos without
starchid collar.
What is Spickuos? I sed to Ma.
Yure poor mother meens con-
spickuos, sed Pa, her grasp of
the langwidge isent what it mite
be, Bobbie, sed Pa. She knows
what Is proper to ware but she
amt so sure wich words is proper
to use. sed Pa.
Is that so? sed Ma. Is that so?
1t is even so, sed Pa. 1t is
too bad, too, sed Pa, that such a
butiful lady as you shud ever
B-Tray her iggorants, sed Pa.
Well, like that, sed Ma. You
Reich, sed Ma.
may be a Reich, sed Pa, but
am a REFINED Reich & a edu-
Gated Reich, sed Pa. Wen I
think, think cleerly, sed Pa, G.
wen speek, sed Pa, the proper
words Gums gurgelling from my
mouth like mounting streem
gurgelling down the pass, sed Pa.
You doant say so, sed Ma.
What a wonderful husband I
have, TO be sure, sed Ma.
am kind of wunderfuI In
many respecks. sed Pa, but I
seldom say anything about it,
Pa sed.
/ have long been suspishus of
how wunderful you are, sed Ma.
You meen you have long been
Spickuous, sed Pa.
Then Ma got pritty huffery.
Her face was like the comb on a
rooster. I got oaver neer the
door beekaus 1 thot maybe she
wud see me Iaffing & 1 wud be
the Goat.
1t is a butiful thot, sed Ma, to
think that 1 have gave the best
yeers OF my life to a reich that
snears at my lack of schooling.
sed Ma; 1t is a sweet & beautiful
thot.
1 guess then Pa felt kind OF
cheep. but it was too late then,
that is the trubbel with us NOR
tils, we say things witch hurts
other mortils & then after thay
ere hurried we cant talk the hurt
away & thay stay hurried, we
shud ought to keap our mouths
shut wen we feel like roasting
sumbody, we will all git roasting
enuff after we have left this Veil
OF teers, our preacher sed so last
week wen he calm TO dinner &
stayed to supper ] viii now
eIo1@ .Sas.....nurnirl.k.flInw -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
LOVE THAT ENDURES
NOUS WRITER GIVES IDEAS ON BIG PROBLEM

ing feed the fire and keep the
flame burning steadily.
So, when you seek a lasting
love, find someone who has the
attraction Of mind and spirit for
you as well as the biological
pulp Of physical attraction. Rever-
ence, admiration, affection con-
geniality, tenderness, sympathy,
understanding, respect, loyalty
all these are based on enduring
qualities. II you feel some of
these steady, sturdy qualities for
the man or woman who attracts
youAthen you can turn your bon
fire Of emotion into the glow of
love. With friendly respect to
argument passion you win feel the
honest devotion which inspires
men and women to keep their
hearths swept and clean and their
altar-fires alight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
By Ann Lisle,
Whose Serials of Married Life
Have Won q Big Popular
Success.
Copyright, 1928, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.1

<tCopyriEht, 1928, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.1
AYATURALLY, Jim made no
mention Of the telephone
message which felt very
certain was Ruth Gregory's
rallying call to him. And, of
course, I didn't speak Of it. But
1 was glad that Mabel was on her
way to dine with us, for I couldn't
have trusted myself to go through
the entire evening without MAX
Ing some mention Of my own I'M
happy premonition that our
weeks Of peace and quiet and sat
tsfaction with each other were
threatened.
Jim gave Mabel a royal well
come. In spite OF a certain hag-
gardness which made her look
years older than the goddess-of-
liberty girl of Jim's office, Mabel
had a clear, translucent pAllor
which accentuated her perfectly
chiselled features. And in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
Hints

Macaroni should not be allowed
to. boil longer than twenty min
utes at the outside. Some kinds
become sufficiently tender in ten
or fifteen minutes. And don't
forget to add some salt when the
water boils.
When using blacklead moisten
it with turpentine and the ar
ticles cleaned with it will not
rust. ~H..rsxAiAxlsnI! MHIkIFVhm ~ hakSa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
Maine Butterscotch.

Measure and combine two cup
fuls of granulated sugar, one-half
cupful of vinegar, one-fourth cup
full of molasses and one cupful Of
butter. Place over a low flame
and stir constantly until the
sugar is dissolved. Then continue
cooking. without stirring. to 200
degrees F.. or until the mixture
forms a hard crack when tried in
water. Meanwhile. sprinkle one
cupful Of shelled peanuts. coarsely
chopped. in the bottom of
buttered pan and pour the candy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22

it. If you never 7
have had a
dentist inspect
your gums. do
it this way:
With your
face close up
to the mirror
hook an index :
finger in the
corner of your
m O u tn an d.
draw that snd .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22

TODAY the reaches its greatest southern declina
tion % degrees, 26 minutes 466 seconds. Tomorrow
will already have started back northward and by next
Saturday will have risen nearly ten minutes of arc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
This Day in Our History.

AFTER the prolonged era of greenback payments by
a our Government following the necessary Withdrawals
OF 'hard money from circulation at the beginning Of
the Civil War; currency payments resumed in 1874
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1-When was the mariners
compass introduced into Europe?
2-When was Frederick Bar
barossa King of Germany?
3-When did Louis Napoleon
become Emperor Of France?
4-When did the crusades take
place?
5-When was Bryn Mawr, Pa
College for Women founded?
Answers to these quiries will be
printed Monday.
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The last important battle Of
the American Revolution was
fought at Eutaw Springs, Septem.
Der 6, 1881.
2-The famous African city,
Carthage, was destroyed by the
Turks about 697.
2-Baffin Bay was discovered
by William Baffin in 1915.
3-Whistler, the celebrated
4, American painter. was born in
1884.
5-The battle Of the Heights Of
Abraham, Quebec, between the
English and French, was fought
September 10, 1859.
Copyright, 1929, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By Charles A. L. Reed,
M. ID.

Former President of the American
Medical Association.
~ o YOU sometimes carefully
inspect your gums and teeth
~ or the gums and teeth of :
your children? g
If not, cultivate the habit. Y
Do it just as your dentist doeste
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
FASHION FADS|
AND FANCIES
BY Mildred Ash

VERY blouse has it's day
and every day has its blouse,
- to judge by the increasing
popularity of the overblouse, which
Paris has decided shall be three
quarter length for spring and sum-
mer. High shades Of flat crepe
are to be used and long, tight,
sleeves will compete for favor with
exceedingly short ones. The mode
Of the moment prefers beading to
embroidery, and decidedly favors
blouses made of LAWN blue and
Chartreuse green.
Rivalling Spanish ShaWIs-The
Belgian shawls represent the
very last word in grace and ele.
gance. They are alluringly trans
parent, being created of a double
thickness of black net gorgeousIy
embroidered in wildly col0red
bird and flower designs worked
in the delicate Beauvais stitch,
in which the Belgian and French
peasant women excel.
Very Tricly-Is the clever way
in which the double-headed, Jew
eled hat pin is converted into a
most distinctive hair ornament,
for she who arranges he1 hair in
loose Psyche knot, worn down
upon the nape of her neck. Pierre
ing the knot, this pin is apt to be
chosen to match the earrings,
necklace and bracelet with which
it is worn.
The PrOverbialIy Rainy Day
is not without compensation to
the possessor of one Of the stun
ming umbrellas that are so sur
prisfngly short and stubby. When
not In use, such an umbrella can
be conveniently swung, upon its
leather strap, from the wearer's
shoulder-in quite the approved
gun or knapsack fashion. A
gnarled wooden handle, resen-
bling natural bark, adds distinc-
ton and the taffeta cover Is
edged with a contrasting color Of
SarAn PoH0e1> .-l-s-4AA.4-....AllAAa..A 4 aHAlA-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22
WAYS OF A HUSBAND = BY
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

Who Holds q Unique Position in the
Writing World as an Authority
on the Problems Of Girls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22

w AVE you ever seen bonfire
that lasted when the dry
IA leaves which had been kim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-22

<<T OOK at that beautiful
red seawe e d." said
- Bobby one Gay as we
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-22
WARNS AGAINST
USE Of PARKS
ORF|CHTS
Col. Huston UnaIterabIy OPP
posed to Conducting Bouts
In Major League Plants.
By DAVIS j. MALsH.

NEW YORK, May 22.-Col. T. l.
Huston, selling his half interest in
the New York Yankees to his erst
while partner, Colonel Rupert, has
left thousands of friends, dozen OF
so active enemies and one message
A list of his friends would fill a seed
catalogue and his enemies are
strictly non-essential to the point at
issue. The message is this:
Keep boxing out of the baseball
parks"
The colonel, a fighter at heart, is
unalterably opposed to the business
of fighting when 1t is conducted
within the confines of parks dedi.
Gated to baseball. The two, he be.
lieVes, do not mix any better than
sauerkraut and molasses.
The colonel, however, is leayine
baseball to its own devices. He is
through with it's problems and wor.
rles, temporarily, at least, and will
proceed to forget the game while he
sits back and counts the installnents
on the $1,250,000 purchase price that
is alleged to have closed the deal.
His message, therefore, is Just a sug.
gestiOn, friendly warning.
Coming from a man who was a
party, nonactive, perhaps, to the
conduct of the milk fund bouts at
the Yankee stadium and who figured
in the negotiations that may yet
bring the Willard Firpo fight there.
his viewpoint is interesting.
Baseball can only suffer by it's
contact with boxing" he said today.
1T is suffering now. Attedance at
a rival park is bound to fall off the
day a fight is held; in fact, for some
days before and for several after it.
That is one practical side of the
question
Another is that baseball essen.
TALLY is a clean sport. ] am sorry
that cannot say the same for box.
ing. An undesirable element always
gains foothold in the active end of
the sport, and it is further handi-
capped by the fact that politics and
politicians play big part in its con-
troll. Baseball can only lose by being
identified with it, even in a casual
way.
"Attendances,' he continued
have broken all records at the Yam
kee park, but / believe they wouli
have been greater if this field and
the Polo Grounds had been kept out
of the hands of boxing promoters
ne psychic effect Ol coupling LnelF
names with boxing bouts has been
to make the fans overlook the fact
that they are intended for baseball
only. / do not feel that baseball is
gaining the interest it usually does
at this stage of the race and / re-
gard boxing as the cause"
1t is pretty generally understood
that the transaction whereby Tex
Richard was granted permission to
run boxing shows at the stadium
was one of the reasons for the split
between the two colonies. The other
was the continued engagement OF
Miller Higgins as manager of the
ball club. They were irreconcilable
on both points.