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THETEST OF HAPPINESS


satisfying. kissing and holdin..
hands won't do to fill lifetimt
And the men and women ;whr
try to build life together oss
physical attraction with, no men,
tai community of. spirit are likely
to end up by feeling q sort. o..
spiritual revulsion which is hideoas
to endure.
To come home from the days
work to someone who is agree
able to your nature and in har
mony with your ambitions. long
ings, tastes and desires mean.
peace and the, sort of joy which
is far more enduring than til.
emotional excitement some mis-
take for happiness. -
The love, that is based on cor
geniality has real foundation
It has q fine chance of enduring
Two who have tastes and am
billions as well as desirrs N, com
mon are bound to grow togethei
instead of drifting apart.
II often think friendship con
sists more in liking the sams
things than in liking each other
man of deep philosophy once
wrote.
Somewhat the same theory
holds in the case of love. Love
does not consist in enjoying the
same things-but tastes in COM
mon give love a reserve stock OF
interests when emotion and moth
ing more would be bound to pail
Love sickens and dies when
strives TO endure in the hostile
atmosphere of feelings set widel,
and hopelessly apart.
Tenderness is beautiful. Unsel
fishness is noble. Devotion i,
heart warming. But even they
might be blighted ii the two who
felt them for each other could
never sit down and talk things
over in comfortable fashion. We
can't always stay on mountain
peaks.
We need the hoinely things VI
everyday life to make love pros
per.
So when man and woman
care for each other, but neither
cares for the things that are the
breath of life to the other, they
must either have the liberation
and wisdom to cultivate interests
in common-or to leave each
other free to find them-some,
where else. And which Of you II
big enough to DO that"
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RICHCOLORSIN
NEW SCARFS
-Ry Rita Stuyvesant-

i@Ny nlLd OLuyFeSduL-I
TTAVE you seen the new scarfs
H that have come straight to
us from Deauvilie, FRANCE?
It is surprising how these charm
ing scarfs have gained in popu-
larity during the past few weeks
and promise to be more SO for
the coming season. Interesting
silks from small remnants can be
made into the most fetching
scarfs, and will often add the
correct color note to ones cos
tune.
Bizarre figured scarfs folded
diagonally in two like a banana
are greatly in vogue. Usually
these scarfs measure about
square yard before folding. The
edges may be narrowly hemmed
by hand or stitched or picoted.
The charm of many a frock of
dark brown, forest green. or
henna owes it's distinction to the
bright scarf tied rakishly at the
throat. All sorts of batik silks
are used as well as many of the
figured silks that formerly served
as Innings.
One piece jersey frocks for
school or business would be
brought quite up to the minute
by the addition of the scarf tied
little to the left.
A camels hair sport suit is
more striking with a grass green
silk crepe scarf and soft hat.
Black and gold, striped taffeta
makes another scarf that lends
quaint piquancy to q sports frock
of jade green jersey. With q
red Jersey sleeveless jacket and
white sport skirt a scarf of soft
mustard color adds a real charm.
Bits of silk in gay and festive
colors can be made into attrac-
tive little scarfs for the spring
wardrobe.
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ILL., N Ill OOV1QlANDUlEJNl FANNIE HURST, "
A Powerful Picture, With an All-Star
Cast, Soon to Be Shown at
Leading Theaters.
Z charity society,'' Harry ex.

the charity society," Harry ex-
planned
..Oh, he is, 10 he? Well, a lot
of good that'll do-them people
takes a year to get anywhere
seen that when Lilly died-her that
was down to the store"
Maybe the docs got a pull"
suggested Harry; hes been good
to me. I'd kinda like the boy to
be doc"
SCI been thinhin' it over" said
the girl. "You amt fit to go on
no more, but l am. I'm strong an
l amt afraid to work. had
good name down there to the
Mammoth. They told me to come
back If WANTED to
Say, we laughed at that, didn't
we?' Harry broke in.
''I'H Go to Work.
"That don't matter. Someone's
got to do somethin'. I'm goin'
down there again, Harry, an you
can stay here quiet like and mind
the boy
81 guess that's tough on you"
answered the hopeless man, find
ing himself thus col1cretely laid
aside to be cared for by the
woman he had hoped to make
things easy for.
''Oh, weIl-work'S work, an we
got the kid to think about. They
amt no use Of cryin' about it."
but there were tears in her eyes
just the same, and tears in her
own as she knelt and put her arms
about him.
az been rotten to you lots Of
tines she half sobbed. ''It amt
your fault, Harry, bein' sick"
Nobody's fault-of course not
thousands of just such poor, pitt
full creatures born with the right
toy freedom and the pursuit OF
happiness might have echoed the
same words in every big city in
the land; thousands living their
squalid lives. bringing children into
the world. doing their feeble best,
and hoping, hoping to the edge Of
the grave.
The cough-racked father, sitting
patiently rockine> with the baby In
his arms. may have wondered what
this child would be in future
closed to him, and if this dreams
We're roseate, perhaps it was a
compensation.
Sara's appearance at the store
excited no comment; there were
no faces that she knew; she took
her old place as though she had
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stepped out Of 1t yesterday. How
little she had ever dreamed she
would return.
The first day in her old place
told on Sara. Perhaps it was the
unusual work as compared with
the labor she had been doing al
home for 50 long; perhaps II was
the excitement OF SURROUNDINGS
which, while old. were new. There
was no Angie Sprunt to confide in
as a few years ago; there was no
Jimmy singing the popular songs.
there was no Mr.. Piute obse.
qtiously on duty at the shoe de-
partment.
Sara was stranger In strange
land. She wondered how rnanyaCf
those who had been with her be-
fore had married as she had; and
how many Of them, like Lily, had
passed on to a world wIaere the
struggle was less keen.
With it all she was conscious
OF feeling uplifted: she was work
ing for definite end: she had 4
sick husband and baby to care
for, and the thought OF both gave
her a purpose far more sustaining
than il she had been toiling for
herself alone.
t. .onvtRss,< ~. 49, - ...,A...xa =
ward. Sara knew that from dayst to
day now, and, weary as she grew
hard as the climb was to the
dreary top floor, there was re.
ward there, too.
For the child always had well
come for her; if she had been
clothed in richest raiment his en-
folding arms could not have
yielded more of love.
Harry Does His Best.
Harry, too. did his best. As 8.
cook he was not q shining sue
cess, utehe was not bothered with
elaborate menus: If he found TAX
ing care OF the baby = burden, ne
never complained.
But his cough was. getting worse
in spite Of the tightening Of his
iabors. Sara noticed it and ii
weighed on her: It was not only oil
his account but on the baby's that
she worried.
The ominous words OF the doctor
in whom she had 50 much faith KEEP
ringing in her ears, ''If you dom
get away before the snow flies it,,
be goodnight"
TO Be Continued Monday.) .
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ROYAL ROMANCES
5NRI III AND THE LOVELY DIANA DE POITIERS

as her favorite residence and
metamorphosed it into a wonder
full palace-a masterpiece of
French renaissance architecture.
From the plans Of the building
and spacious grounds still pre-
served in the Louvre we are able
to form some idea Of its splendor.
Everywhere the interlaced
monogram of Henri and Diane
"H. D."-met the eye. It ap-
peared on the royal iveries:
Diane was honored as never favor
tie had been before.
In 1853 Henry II met with a
peculiar accident in a tournament,
which proved fatal. A splinter
from broken lance, penetrated
his eye and brain, and he went
down carrying DANES colors,
black and white.
Diane then retired to "Anet."
She built a beautiful chapel, with
a marble tomb. And there, within
it, In April, 1856, after all France
had honored her with a magnifi-
cent funeral, she was laid to rest.
The Beautiful Chateau d'Anet,
with all it's priceless treasures,
persisted i'll the revolution. But
DANES tomb was removed to the
Museum des Monuments Francois.
CThe next article will tell of the
infatuation Of Francis Joseph Of
Austria for Frau Katrina Schratt. }
Copyright, 1923. Newspaper Feature
Service. Inc.)
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} the boy; here he was helpless,
too weak to work and growing
weaker every day and told to get
4 away for half a year on farm.
THe laugad aloud: that was fun
sny ansh endedsin . cough
he steadied himself BY a railing
and waited for strength to go on.
The child was asleep when he
got back; he tried to be cheerful.
We'll. what did the doc say.
Harry" Sara asked as he sank
into a chair.
''Ia ha. I guess you'll laugh
when tell you--you know the
receipt he gave me-six months
on a farm"
She echoed the words. SIX
months on a farm They looked
at each other Whats lie think
we are? Rockyfellers?" she asked
bitterly.
Hes goin' to take it up with
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INTERESTING
FACTS

1t is announced by Prof. Hugh
r. Rathbone, of Liverpool Uni
versity, that considerable quaint
ties Of sugar have been made
from carbonic acid by the agency
of light.
This wonderful feat has been
made possible by the results OF
remarkable experiments carried
out by Prof. e. c. c. Baly, a
prominent investigator Of the
mysteries of light.
Water is available i'll immeas-
urable quantities and carbonic
acid is merely Il waste product
equally abundant. and the magic
of light rays of a certain wave
length will cause them to COM
bine and give sugar.
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Read This Story of Every Day Life on
This Page Day by Day and Then
Watch for It on the Screen.

; weeks that followed; Harry had
told her of the decision at the
store.
With his cough growing worse
and all hope for salary increase
gone, what could they do, what
would be the end?
They did not think too much
Of these things. luckily for them;
they had another matter to oc-
cupy them; the time came when
there was third member Of the
little household.
The doctor at the dispensary
who had followed Harry's strug-
Cling existence from the days be-
fore his marriage did what he
could to cut down expense. But
the mother knew none Of those
comforts that come with nurses
and they feeling that her work is
being done while she is IN no con-
UfIlOu 10 10 II.
Sara and Harry and the baby
groveled along trying to be happy
against odds that seemed over
whelming. and the child grew
strong and hearty and because
he knew no better accepted the
gloomy rooms and was happy in
them.
There was no chance now OF
Harry's being promoted; every
day found him weaker: but if hope
was dead for him there was the
boy and he built his castles anew
around him.
The papers We're full of stories
of men who had succeeded in
snite of obstacles: the doctor en-
couraged Harry; I'm afraid the
kid1l have the T 3, too" said
the father.
Don't you worry about that, :"
said the decor: that isn't in
herited-you do your best to feed
the boy we.l--give him plenty Of
milk and he'll be as strong as II
he were out in the country"
But. however optimistic the
doctor was about Harry's baby.
he had grave misgivings about
Harry He could see how stead
lily the young man had been go
ing down hill all these months;
he marveled that he hadn't sue
cumbed before: moreover. it was
only a question OF time when the
store would decline to keep him;
when that time came it meant
only one thing; that the woman
would have to go to work and
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You don't have to co." he
said. II can get there alone"
Hello, Harry" said his old
friend. II was wondering when
I'd see you again, how are your"
II guess I'm worse. Doc-they
told me at the store to lay off.
guess got kind of dizzy
down there an fainted-ain't that
fool thing?"
The Doctors face did not be-
tray what he felt WELL he
said kindly, III tell you--you've
got to get .away--and you've got
to get away now=-I warned you
Pef1re-b,lt this time It'll be the
last unless you do go-;iC you're
here when the snow flies it'n be
goodnight" 49,
YOU'RE tryin' to scare me, doc,
same's you used to-
The doctor shook his head in
decided negation. mo, don't
want to scare you, but / want to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24

preventable.
First, there is bad posture. Sit
ting in slouched position
causes stagnation of blood in the
large abdominal vessels. The
circulation is impeded because Of
the pressure of sagged tissues.
The abdominal veins are very
large and can hold most OF the
blood in the body when dilated.
When 80 distended, the brain
does not get its full blood sup
ply and the result is a dull head.
ache. BY sitting erect and breath
ing properly, headaches due to
bad posture are prevented. This
is a commonly overlooked source
of chronic headache
Second, in reading, the light
should be diffused from above or
fall over the left shoulder. Tn
shaded Welsbach and electric
lights cause headache. A read
ing light should give soft,
steady glow.
Third, reading in bed or on a
couch causes headache unless
the light is correctly adjusted,
which is rarely the case, and the
body propped so that the reading
matter is adjusted to the proper
angle of vision, which is also
rarely the case
Fourth, reading on trolleys and
trains is common cause Of
headache, because of eye-strain.
Fifth, reading in a poor light.
or in light shining into the
eyes, causes headache.
Sixth, deprivation Of pure air
is a very common cause of pre-
ventable headache. The home,
generally speaking, is the poorest
ventilated of all structures rhe
headache due to this cause is
simply the abused nerve cells
crying out for "a fresh supply of
: oxygen
The simplest ventilating device
is a siX-inch board to fit the lower.
window sash. This permits air
to pass between the two sashes
without causing drafts.
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carry the load of supporting the
family.
The boy was over two when
Harry dragged himself I'D the
stairs after a. hard day at the
store. exhausted and almost
faintine.
I'll be all right after I get a
little rest" he said family.
But there was that in his eye
that warmed her. They amt
nothin wrong down there" sh"
queried anxiously.
Yes: they's no use. fooiin' you
Sara-they don't want : inc no
more -.
My God. Harry. what are we
goin' to do-you better go over
an see the doc after you get
sonethin' to eat
A strange meal that. broken
by the prattle of the child to
whom the world and its woes
were a closed book.
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
BE SURE TO READ THEM

, When they came down to earth
again, Betty's eyes fairly danced
"Oh, for goodness sake" she
cried, Were in Turkey! I can
tell by the way the people dress.
Isn't that funny? Our lesson for
. tomorrow is on the people of Tur-
key and their customs. My, I'm
glad I'm here"
$50 am IT, laughed another
voice, and alittle girl came skip
ping up to greet Gocomeback.
Betty, this is my little friend
Galata."
I'm glad to know you, Betty"
smiled the little black-eyed grille.
We're always glad to meet our
American friends. How do you
like our country?'
WELL" and Betty looked rather
embarrassed, II can't say that I
admire your. muddy, dark streets.
But ] love your wonderful foun-
tains. Why, it seems to me that
everywhere you look you see beau
tiful, sparkling fountains. We
have a few at home, but none so
beautiful as the ones you have
here-nor as many"
mot so many? How can you
get along without them?" asked
the astonished little Galata. What
do you do when you want to pray?
Don't you find it hard?"
Betty looked SO surprised that
all three began to laugh. Gocome-
back had come to the rescue.
mo, Galata." he explained.
Betty doesn't pray as much as
you children in Turkey do. You
see, Betty, every good little Turk
must first wash his hands. face
and feet before he can enter the
mosques to pray. That's the rea-
son you see so ihany fountains.
They need a large number to &C.
commodate the great crowds"
MY goodness, yes" laughed
Galata. 1--WE must have at least
five services a day. So we must
have five washings every day"
This was too much for Betty,
and she burst out laughing, and
like Il vision the whole thing van
ished and she stood once more i'm
her own back yard.
Into the house she scampered.
Mother heard her humming as
she washed herself. But she never
stopped TO ask amy questions.
Downright, 1923. by Newspaper Featur
SerVice.)
Another Fine Story Monday.
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; make you understand that you
won't live a year II you don't
get away" y.
But howl amt got nothin s.
Harry cried.
II know. I know" said his
friend. I'm make a point ofs
bringing your case to the charity
society--six months on a farm
would do wonders for you
Six months on a farrn-he kept
repeating the words as he went
back through the smelly streets;
the doctor might as well have
said SIX months at the Waldorf
ii was all one to hilil--patheti-
cally he began to wonder what
he'd done to be singled out to lie
down and die in his tracks. Anger
rose in his heart against the
order of things that allowed some
to be rich and others to be poor.
He was thinking of Sara and
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"URNING back the pages Of
time to 1886, we find a
year crowded with events
for Henri de Valois, for by the
death Of the Dauphin he became
heir. to the throne of France, and
a woman came into his life whose
influence was to sway his heart
and mind until the day of his
death and mold him from the
awkward, timid, taciturn lad into
o powerful monarch.
That a deep, enduring devotion,
to which the annals Of royal
amours afford no parallel, existed
between a youth Of seventeen and
q woman of thirty-seven, rather
staggers credulity. Yet such was
the fact.
There was no love wasted be-
tween the young prince and his
Italian wife, Catherine de Medici.
It was the usual marriage de con-
Tenance."
Louis de Breze, lie Grand
Senechal" of Normandy, Of royal
descent, stood high in favor with
the king. He left his vast wealth
to his widow, Diane de Poitiers.
Kbag Francis then created a posi-
ton at the court for the widow as
Egeria to Henri, the least beloved
of all his children.
Diane, called La Grade Sen
eschale" was seductive, exquisitely
proportioned, with jet black hair.
dazzling complexion, beautiful
mouth, ready wit and a brilliant
mind. 1t was not difficult TO sway
the heart of the lonely prince,
and Diane studied her royal pupil
with a shrewdly speculative eye,
recognizing that the most pro-
nounced feature in his character
was his remarkable constancy.
After Henri's accession to the
throne Diane, with twelve years
patient waiting behind her, came
into her own. Never was there
such a Triumph! The king yielded
more and more Ito the yoke of
Silvius;" he created Diane Ouch
esse de Valentinois and showered
honors and riches upon her. And
those shapely hands grasped what.
ever came within their reach.
Henri's subjects gave precedence
20 the left-hand queen and kissed
her hand before GATHERINGS.
Diane selected the Chateau
dAnet, her own Norman home
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go, Gocomeback. Where does she
live? But, mind you, complained,
but really and truly / wouldn't
like to live in d land where folks
never wash. Honestly, ! wouldn't
care to live there"
81 should say you wouldn't re-
piled the elfih. mo sir, this
little friend of mine--but there,
that would be telling. You'll
agree with Inc that seeing is be-
lieving. ] move that we pay her
Il visit. or course, if you would
care to stay, maybe | could make
some arrangements" Before Bet
ty knew where they were going,
she found herself Flying through
the air.
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Bits of Wisdom

Love is often the folly of a
wise man and the wisdom Of a
fool
The more we love. the more
we fear to offend the object Of
our love.
Many ii mans good intentions
are due TO the headache next
morning.
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BY Jane Mclean.

rf he had upbraided her she
would have flown forever,
u but this appeal to her SYM
pathy overcame her; she dropped
her bundle and with a wild cry Of
Harry, ran to him and knelt at
his feet.
His arms were about her. For
gotten were all the harsh words
and the flare of temper. He need
ed her: that was enough; she for
got Jimmy and Angie and the
dancing and hte promise of the
chorus.
"You gotta forgive me, Harry"
she sobbed and he stroked her
hair and smiled and coughed. The
little drama of married life and
poverty and suffering started
again on its way.
Outside, Jimmy's eyes vaeillated
between the hallway and the click
ing meter grinding out dimes and
quarters. Jimmy cursed Sara
and women in general and swore
at himself for a fool. Cigarette
after cigarette testified to his grow
ing nervousness.
He shifted from one position to
another and the meter sped mer-
rily on. When it had reached the
five dollar mark he gave one last
look at the hallway, uttered one
last imprecation and told the
driver to take him back.
Jimmy Is Gloomy.
Mr.. Fitzgibbons' arrival at the
fiat without Sara was accentu-
ated by the gloom cast over his
spirits at the cost Of his taxi
ride. Jimmy was a free spender,
but only for effect: In this in
stance he felt he had been robbed.
so she's gone back to that
boob. " said Angle. I'D ,haye
given him the air long ago
That's thel second time she's
played me dirt" sa d Jimmy.
Believe me. she'll meyer get an.
ether chance"
Sara did not explain any of the
details of her flight to Harry;
she was a .chastened wife in the
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lACOkACS III SAAO WI AA'
But it is a tragic half-truth. OPP
posites do attract, but they seldom
hold together.
No one can get on for long with
anyone who does not speak his
language-and who will make no
effort to learn it. In our friend
ships we all seek those who under
stand US, who find enjoyment in
the things which please US, and
whose standards and beliefs are at
least ineligible to us.
The man and woman who have
nothing in common but their
physical attraction for each other
are taking a grace chance when
they try to build a life's happiness
on the appeal which is danger
ously likely to be physical and
perhaps passing.
The mere lure of the senses
cannot be counted upon to hold
two people together in an exist
ence that is well-rounded and
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By Blanche Silver.
Betty's Peek Into Turkey.

III II, pshaw" Betty growled
when her. mama called
~ her in from her play to
tidy UP. 81 get so tired of wash
ing my hands all the time. 1t
makes me tired, tell YOU" And
she kicked the ground with her
toes
We'll, weli"' laughed a merry
voice, and Gocomeback, the little
travel elfin, hoped down beside
her from the tree above her head.
"Tut, tut! How foolish! Now, l
have g. little friend--'' ---
"Who never washes and you'll
take me there if / want to Co."
laughed Betty merrily, catching
hold of the little elfin's hand and
making him dance. I'm dying to
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This Day IN History

when Francis T. Of France taken prisoner by his
great rival Charles " and brought to Spain. He
finally ransomed.
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The First Epitaphs

J'HE custom of inscrbing epitaphs among Christians
IS = date from the third century B. C. 1t copied
from ancient Egyptian custom of hanging around the
neck of body tablet inscribed: May He Serve Osiris