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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15

The Story of Two Young People Who Were Destined for
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

you answer" he said stolidly.
Its him that's always tele-
phonin'," she explained. He's
after wantin' you to go and play.
tennis"
You tell him can't co." Neale
repeated.
Katie retreated astonished.
Neale heard the sound Of he;'
voice/at the telephone two flights
below. Then she shouted up,
"Neale"
He went to the stairs and an
swered Grossly, "What?"
HE wants to know will you be
goin' this afternoon"
mo" shouted Nea1e. leaning
over the banisters.
In a moment she cried again,
HE wants to know will you be
goin' tomorrow morning?"
mo" shouted Neale again,
and going into the bathroom,
locked the door behind him.
When rather damp as to hair,
he came out, silence and the
smell of frying bacon told him
that Katie had left the telephone
to get his breakfast ready. Gee
whiz! He didn't want any break
fast, not with a taste like that
in his mouth.
Soaked Himself.
To. act the part Of a lone wolf
of sixteen, one must read poetry.
He had never read much poetry
except some Of Millions Paradise
Lost" for specially loathed Eng
lish literature course at Hadley.
But there were plenty of poetry
books in the library at home.
After some false starts. Neale
began to know his way among
them, concentrating on the slim
volumes with pasteboard covers
and paper backs.
Beneath the bludgeonings
of chance :"
Yes, Neale, too, would hold up
an unbowed, bloody head.
90. without fear, without
wish,
Insensate save of a dull,
crushed ache in my
heart. :"
Just to reach the
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we had seen it because we were
going to take a steamship from q
nearby port.
This little insect had made
such an impression on us that
one afternoon when he had moth
ing else to do, Bobby said:
Foxy Grandpa. let's go out in
the woods and see if we can find
another one of those curious
bugs"
"All right, Bobby, thatll be
fine" I declared. We'll start
right away
But imagine our disappointment
when we got to the woods and
found that the hot tropical sun
had burnt all of the leaves on
the trees and that they were
whitening and ready to fall off.
I'm afraid we won't see our
little, green leaf friend today" I
said to Bobby, trying to comfort
him because l knew he would be
disappointed.
This is the very tree where
We saw him, Foxy Grandpa" said
Bobby sadly. And here where
this dead leaf is, is where he
lived" And Bobby touched the
leaf.
What do you think happened?
That leaf quivered, spread two
beautiful brown, gauzy wings and
sailed away!
We'll, what do you think If
that?" I exclaimed. That's the
s1narteSt little insect 1 ever saw.
lie even changes his costume in
the fall to match the landscape.
T0moIrOw's StOry-IIow Some
Little Friends Saved Foxy
Grandpa's House.
copyright. 1923, by international
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, Well, he wasted no time now.
He looked with an ironic eye upon
the glamorless lost illusion, with
the paint taking off, and hurriedty
turning his back on 1t all, he
went, metaphorically, out of doors
What had happened after all?
He'd thought the world Of Don
Roberts, who had turned out y
four-flusher. Well, he'd beer
stung. But why holler so about
it? And whose fault was 1t? His
own, for not knowing better. Don,
hadn't ever pretended to be any
less of a four-flusher than he was.
It was just that he, Neale, had
been taken in by cheap, flashy
guy when any kid ought to ave had
enough sense to see through him,
and those would-be smart college
man airs and manners.
Smart College Airs
BUT anyhow if that was a false
scent, it had put him on a true
one There was a lot inside those
slim, paste-board covered books be-
side rats craving in drains, and
twilight and a11-goneness. You bet
your life there was. Neale had
never dreamed what was inside
them, poems that stood up to a
glorious day like this, and called it
brother, poems of foot-free wander
ings and high-hearted scorn of
prosperity and conventions.
81 tell you that we,
While you are sinking
And lying and Sinking
Life's duty of duties,
Honest sincerity,
We are in verify
Free!
Free as the word
OF the sun to the sea;
Free"
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(<HK what beautiful leaves
V this tree has!' said
AVA one day in Ceylon, as
we paused beside a beautiful,
low, bushlike tree in the forest
through which we were walking.
II think I'll just take this leaf
home with me and press it in my
book Of rare flowers and plants"
Take this leaf" said Bobby,
pointing to particularly beauti-
full specimen.
I reached out my hand to break
the leaf from the branch to which
it was attached, when to my
Amusement, the leaf separated
into two beautiful wings and off
it flew!
Foxy Grandpa" Bobby gasped.
Bobby. did you see what I
saw" I explained.
His face looked blank as he
answered:
II certainly did, Foxy Grandpa,
and I never was so surprised in
all my life. That, leaf flew away,
didn't it?"
Bunny, who Of course, was with
us, scratched his head, put one
paw on his hip, wiggled a whisker
and chuckled:
Sure, it flew off. 1 was hop
ing that you would see one Of
those leaf insects while we were
here in Ceylon. Their little trick
certainly protects them from
enemies. doesn't it? Not one ami
NAL in q thousand-let alone
man-would believe that that bug
was anything but green leaf"
We left that part of the island
Of Ceylon and Travelled for several
months having n wonderful time,
during which we often spoke Of
the strange leaf insect we had
seen in the wood: We came back
in the autumn to the place where
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arrived, announcing that Jenny
was up and around. and the farm
house was ready tor Neale. The
evening after that, Neale was un-
dressing in the slant-ceilinged,
big beamed, whitewashed bed
room, as familiar to him as his
room at Union Hill-but uncon-
taninated with any Of the new.
troubling sensations.
The air Of the hills blew in at
the window. Neaie felt that it
was a different air., He began
to feel a difference in himself,
but fell asleep in the midst of
this perception. The next morn
ing, scorning the mill, the barn
yard, the brook, he climbed to
the highest back-pasture, where
the young white birches and
quivering aspens, skirmishers Of
the unconquered forest, were
leading the way in the reconquest
of the fields man had taken from
them. Here he lay down and
prepared to nurse. his sorrow. :.
Pain gnaws at my heart like
rat that gnaws in
drain. ="
But what was this? What was
this? AS unexpectedly as .theY
impudent little mick had sprung
out Of the ground to carry off
his Skinny ball, so did a cheer
full little imp OF high spirits
spring up in his heart, leaping
and skipping to meet the glory
Of the great sun pouring down
it's mellow gold upon him through
, the Pickering, tricksy aspen
leaves. He lay back on the soft,
deep moss, his hands clasped
under his head.
Impudent Nick.
Huge, joviaLlooking clouds
floated, piled up in strong,
rounded masses against the sum-
mer sky. Miles off in the valley
he could see the Hoosick river
winding its way among the green,
green hills. He was warmed, cool,
alive and, oh. yes, there
was no use in pretending other
wise, mighty well pleased to be
alive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15

The irresponsive sounding
Of the sea
Breathe but one language
and one voice to me
Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof"
When Katie's carpet.sweeper
and feather-duster and kind, gos-a
siping voice sounded too close,
he escaped out of doors, but not
on his bicycle. That, like his
tennis-racket brought up pain
full memories. Every evening he
walked to the Boulevard, and
gazed over the Hackensack smea-
dows till the sun set.
mo sweet thing left to SAVIOR;
no sad thing left to fear. :"
On the evening of the third
day, letter from West Adams
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Impudent Nick.
Wasted No Time

The ten-year-old Neale when sud-
denly the glamor had faded from
his lead soldiers, had never wasted
time in pretending that it was
there. He had risen at once, left
the little heap of clumsily-made
mannequins to lie foolish in their
taking paint, and, sliding down
the banisters, had gone out of
doors in a great hurry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, 1.-THE Brimming Cup -
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.


~HE next morning, his father,
s, passing on the way to
his cold bath, looked in
and saw the boy. sunk fathoms
deep in sleep, the bright new
sunlight of the early morn
ing shining full on his face.
Heavens! How can children sleep
so soundly! His father stepped
into the room, walking silently
on bare feet, and drew down the
shades. The shadowing of the
room did not waken the sleeper.
He still lay profoundly at rest and
yet profoundly alive, one long,
big-boned arm thrown over his
head on the pillow, as he always
had slept when ne was child.
LAS he had when he was a
childr' His father was struck
by the phrase aud looked again
at the tall, rather gaunt young
body flung on the bed. That
was no child who lay there,
nor was that a child's face. for
all the pure, childlike curves of
the young lips, firmly held to-
gether even in this utter aban-
don to sleep.
The older man stood by the bed
for moment, looking down on
his son, his own face grave and
observant. He would be a fine
looking fellow. Neale. with these
honest eyes, wide apart under
his good, square forehead. Yes,
Neale's father had always known
the extreme satisfaction Of being
able to respect his son, there
was no doubts about that.
Personal Life
But there was something else,
the something that had always
baffled him, that he had never
been able to penetrate, the closed
look, locked tight over
what? Was it locked tight over
something, or nothing? Did Neals
have a real personal life? Would
he ever have? Would there ever
be anything, anybody who would
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Knitting.

MRS. GEORGE: Why are
you making a fuss, dear!
MR.. GEORGE: I've no
patience with you women
who're always messing
about with knitting needles.
Whenever I look around,
there I see you, knit, knit,
knit. AS il there was moth
ing else to dc in the world.
/ suppose you keep your
hands busy because you"
mind <can't work without
creaking. This eternal knit
ting is a sign Of a vacant
brain. Instead of reading or
:L,l~;ro. ~ inIorocfinO ann-
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us be C a u 9 g
during this Pc
riod there are
m ore mad
dogs" or dogs
with hydropho-
bia, otherwise
called rabies.
In a n c lent
r ON e, how
ever, dog days
were so called
because from
July 3 to Au-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
By Charles A. L. Reed,

I'D g s; Ss =: :: :: ! e; ;: r.: :;
and early SepteInber.
They are called dog days" by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
dreaming,
And the Sleep"

Sitting alone in the darkened
library, how Neale soaked him.
self in this sort of thing, hunt
ing up one page and down an
other till he found the voice that
spoke to him.
III e e
1.-THE irresponsible silence Of
the lands
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gust IL the dog star, or Sirius,
arises at the same time as @e
sun, and it was thought that the
excessive heat represented the
heat Of the dog star added to that
of the sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the birth, in 1885, Of Ma
poeon who at twentyfour, had beaten the greatest
generals of his time and whose spectacular ambition
plunged Europe in and made him an exile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
A ADVERTISEMENT.

HERE is a reason for every.
! thing that happens. COM
nonsense kills misery. Common
sense also stops boilsl S. S. S. is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15

the common.
sense remedy
for boils, be-
cause it is
built on rea.
s on. Scien-
tifc authori-
ties admit its
poweri SIS.
builds blood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15

(<~EY what beautiful leaves
N this tree has!' said
AVA one daY in Ceylon. as
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08

Only 50 shares out o. the an7 sak
represented n, the meeting. were
voted In opposition 70 the manage
mnnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08
Peerless VIII
Retain Collins

DETROIT. Sept s.-Provailed
upon several days ago 20 remain as
president OF the Peerless Truck and
Motor corporation, and president
and general manager OF tho Peerless
Motor Car Co. r. II Collins De.
olared yesterday THAI the entire
group OF his associates viii continue
with the corporation. and that tho
expansion plans already laid out arc
ready TO BE- carried into effcc,. He
also said that plans TO build and
market tho Collins SIX IN addition
70 the present successful limo OF
Peerless elght.cyllnder models, were
being carried forward No definite
information as 70 when the car will
be ready for market. or n whu,
price II win be built. = available a,
1.-THE company's Offices in Cleveland
Rumors there ara that II viii b
built 10 sell in tho medium.priced
field.
stockholders OF the corporation
In special meeting at Richmond
Va. August IL. overwhelmingly IN
iorsed the Collins management hnt
contracts, and thus Indicated theii
displeasure over tho suits recent;
filed By a minority shareholder
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08

but In the fall Of 1924 prices Of
rubber and fabric began 70 advance
rapidly. Rubber went from about
Il cents 10 about 55 cents a pound
In Il few months and cotton ad.
ynnccd over 90 per cent
Tire manufacturers even then.
however, did not Immediately al.
vance prices. and II was not until
the first OF the yc1r--fnonihs after
the market on raw materials had
gone up-thht tire prices finally did
advance.
.In other words, in 1920 and 1891
when the raw material market de-
clined tho public got the benefit o.
the decline Immediately and the
rubber companies pockcted the loss
accustomed by the shriniage in the
value OF inventories and commit
menta.
'sBut in 1922. when the raw ma
,erial markets went mp. the manu-
facturers did not take advantage
Of tho situation 10 reeoup theii
losses by extra profits. but gay'
the public tho benefit Of the lov
prices on such materials as thel
then had on hand and under con
tract.
In January OF this year, how
ever. tho supplies Of lowspriced ma
toriah became exhausted and high
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08
MARKET PRICES
GOVERNING COST
Questions Asked Regarding
Tire Conditions

Are tire prices going 20 be lowor7
are there further reductions ahead.
30 that consumers should put of
buyinR3
This question IL now being asked
80 frequently by car owners that
A. r. ostcrloh. vide president and
general Manager Of tho Goodyear
Tira A Rubber 20. OF California, en-
deavors 20 aeauaint the public with
tho facts about tire prices,
"rhs price OF automobile tires. y
says Mr. oaterloh. "ls governs d
primarily by tho market prices Of
raw rubber and cotton fabric. Tho
retail price Of tires IL more sen.
sltIyo 10 raw material market prices
than Is this case with most other
commodities.
Take the condition In 1870, for
example,
when the nlump came most ufc
manufacturers had lnrge stocks ana
commitments OF high.priced rubber
and cotton. But tho DECLINE In bust.
ness caused the prices OF rubber and
cotton fabric 10 decline sharply,
Instead Of trying 10 force high
priced tires upon an unwilling pub
Tic, tire manufacturer wrote down
tivlr Inventories and commitments
on raw materials and established re-
tail prices on their tire proportion
ate TO requirements costs on rubber
and on cotton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08
AUTO TALK

For the benen; OF It's employees
the Willys.oyorlhnd Co. has estab.
uhhed at lta Toledo big plant a
dental clinic. bad teeth. the com.
pany Jays. cause large per cent
of the illness In IA working force.
Ana the company nays good teeth
mean better motor cars.
ono OF the qucercst motor clubs
ln tho world Is the Desert Touring
Club Of Alexandria. Egypt This
club has 10 members -lncludinR Al.
bantam. British. French. Greek and
Italians and three cars They
tour thousands Of miles over the
Sahara.
An automobile in japan IL lux
ury. A license on a car Of tho or
binary American type IA 5000. and
gasoline. with taxes added. repre-
pcnts about 81 gallon.
Recently. at dawn. New York
detectives ssized a sedan equipped
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er priced materials mad 70 be used.
so prices then went UP.
Raw material markets continued
10 advance and by May another I'M
crease In tire prices became effect
I've. The tire.buying season. how
ever. was backward one. and.
shortly after the May advance. tho
market on raw rubber and cotton
started 10 decline slightly. due 70
diminished demand.
yet. in spite Of the fact that
manufacturers had been compelled
10 buy high.piiced materials and
are still using them. prices were
again reduced In June TO bring
them into line with the current
market price OF raw materials
NO one can tell what tire prices
viii do in the future, for no one can
tell what the market prices Of raw
materials will be.
But the fact remains that Good.
year tires. with prices based on
the present market ON raw ma
terials, are very low.
with the active buying season
well advanced at this time. with the
worlds rubber supply greatly re-
dutsd. and with the present high
rate Of consumption. II would seem
unreasonable 20 expect any further
decline in raw materials"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08
SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS
ARE RUMORED FOR CADILLAC

Inquiries resulting from current
ramora TO the effect that tho Cadillac
Motor cae company ls in possession
q aew engineering principle in
automouye cuganr 0cslgn are sub
Stimulated by high official Of the
Cadillac organisation, who states thnt
an important announcement WIN be
made BY the company within few
days.
In automotivo circles. tho rumors
about important developments by tho
Cadillac organization have gained
strength IN Wow 81 recent utteranees
hy Charles r. Kettering president OF
the General Motors Research lahora.
tories az Dayton. Ohio.
AIR. Kettcrings startling DECLARE
,lons regarding future developments
ia tho industry. made az tho recent
annual conference of Cadillac dis
trlbut0rs. factory officials ana district
managers IN Detroit have been wide
Is quoted turnout the country.
In tho course of his address, he
stated: Motor car development u
jus, AZ the beginning. The members
OF the industry most prominent dur
ing the next five years will be those
nahing the most fundamental nd
vances. Many designs have beer
mace under the pressure OF great
commercial demand. and. with th'
emphasis which has been placed upot
production. some decisions ~ auto
motive engineers which. under these
conditions. haVV stood as acecptct
facts for eight or nine years have
been proved erroneous hy laboratory
research. and during tho next fiv'
years owners will profit by the laios
scientific discoveries TO a degree tha
would DC unbelievable TO the averag,
layman.-
Rumors regarding Cadillac develop
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-08
EXHAUST FUMES
ARE DANGEROUS

Serious Illness and even death may
result from allowing tho automobile
engine 10 run In a closed garage
while tho owner In making adjust.
ments or driving closely behind
closed body truck. bus or car. IL the
warning given by DR.. l.. s. Golfer.
vice president OF the American Auto.
mobile association. DR.. Golfer cites
the narrow escape from death re
sulting from carbon monoxide gas
poisoning Of two young men who
were plotting an automobile float
entered by tho Cincinnati Auto club
In q recent civic parade in Clncin.
natl. The parade was moving slowly
and in close formation and the
young men were inolosed IN n spe.
clllly built cab The carbon mon.
oxide gas fumes from the cxhausts
OF the cars and trucks ahead re.
suited in both young men being hur.
ried 70 the hospital for emergency
4 treatment. Young ladies' on tho float
were affected by the gas to a milder
degree.
Poisoning from carbon monoxlde
gas from the exhaust OF the auto.
mobile engine IS more prevalent than
the average automobile owner apprc.
clntes." said DR.. Coltor, who as a
physician and an enthusiastic motor.
lst, has made special study OF the
/ subject. "Ofton motorists IRE affect
/ cd and do not recognize that tho
symptoms of fatigue. headache,
shortness OF breath, dizziness and
possible nausea result from carbon
monoxide gas poisoning. The Amcri.
can Medical Journal In It's August
number quoted report from the
Ohio state department OF health
showing 81 cases of poisoning from
the deadly gas from automobile ox.
hRusts. with 81 deaths. during tho
first 10 weeks OF last winter.
mot only ~ II dangerous TO run
the engine In u closed garage. but
considerable risk is incurred In trail.
Ing too closely truck with a large
body which prevents the gas thrown
Off from spreading out. The same Is
truo OF large closed passenger car
or bus.
with cool days approaching. tho
motorlst will do we'll TO avoid getting
In too close contact with tho con.
fined fumes from the exhaust OF an
automobile engine"
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montg are considered especially Hlg
ntficant hy students NJ motor car
progress because " tho interesting
engineering and manufacturing his
tory OF the company
The powar trophy, awarded each
year by tho Royal Automobile club
OF England Tor the most signlfl'
can't motor car development or tho
year. was won n 1905 by Cadillac
cars, as the first To develop a high
degree Of Standardization. That d.
they were cars In which, because OF
accurate machining, all parts are
exact duplicates OF other parts OF
tho same kind. and can DO used
INTERCHANGEABLE without fitting, In
1913 the Cadillac car again won
the Dewar trophy for best general
performance
Tho Cadillac car Is the only
American car which has ever won
tho nowar trophy, and the onb
car in the world to win Il twice
The Cadillac organization was the
first to Introduce N.type cightcyl
inder automobile engines In the
United States. Others OF its Pic
neering achievements have been
that Il was first 20 discard magnetic
aud adopt pelco a most dependable
system OF ignition; frat 10 intro
dueo complete electrical system
of starting, lighting and Ignition
first 20 develop and Incorporate
/ thermostatie control OF circulating
cooling medium. and first to Ia
corporate thermostle control o.
carhurctiou,
The Cadillac company was ais,
first to market a quality car manu-
facturcd upon u quantity basis, an,
more than 100 900 Of It's V,typc
elghtcyllnder cars arc now II
operation, many OF them hnvinl
entered their tenth year Of service