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THE STRANGER
STORY OF MYSTERY, LURE AND INTRIGUE
A Thrilling
Drama

She smiled at Agnes and turned
away, having, on the whole, con-
cealed her establishment admlra-
bly,. Drummond gave little sigh
of relief. AS he led Agnes out
of the station she gave him a
sharp glance Of suspicion.
Harold, how long have you
known that woman?" she asked.
"Hilda? Oh, years and years
look on her just as l should
one of my men friends" said
Drummond. eagerly. "She's an
excellent sort and you'll find her
very useful, Agnes"
Huh" retored Agnes. zone
thing-she hates the whey-faced
chit, Joan, as much as do-an'
more"
"How do you know that?"
"I'm not a fool" replied Agnes
impatiently. 1--WE eyes in my
head. I was alongside you when
the honeymoon pair took the
boards. Gee! that got my goat!
But it got hers worse still. See
here; you say that woman in the
furs has pull with the social
ducks. How's that? You call
her just Miss Detchmere-she's
got no handle to her manner"
Those aren't the things that
count. She is, in fact, the honor
able Hilda, but, of course, no one
uses such title outside Of a
penny novelette,. One merely says
Miss Detchmere,' explained
Drummond patiently. "Hilda is a
real power-a personality. But
I'll put off the lunch. If you'd
rather" n
mo, for I'm all for it," said
Agnes emphatically. 1 want to-
see more of her."
And your mother?"
THE hearthside for hers! I'm
round with me on my joy rides"
retorted Agnes, as they came
upon the Sonora TalIbois waiting
patiently by the taxi that the
porter had found for her. "IM
meet you at the Lombardy-1
o'clock sharp"
Charmed" said Drummond.
He little dreamed what that
luncheon party had In store for
him. "And, Agnes" he said in a
lower voice as he saw her into
the taxi, you won't mind me tell
ing you, will you. but--be as quiet
abiut it as possible. Youth find
it wise. And don't say anything
about Joan. It's beginning,
you know-your first appearance
in public"
ITO BE Continued MOnday.)
Copyright. 1929. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-01-13
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

When was dynamite dis.
covered?
2-When did Baron Steuben
join the American army during
the Revolution?
S-When did the Crusades be.
gin?
when was James Madison
President Of the United States?
5-When was the tunnel under
the Hudson river from New York
to Jersey City opened?
6-When did New Mexico be.
come a State?
when did the great strike
Of anthracite coal miners take
place in Pennsylvania?
S-When did the poet, Edgar
Allan Poe, die?
9-When was Longfellow's
idyllic poem "Evangeline" pub
lished?
1O-When did the British burn
the public buildings in Washing
ton?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS.
To yesterdays questions.
1.-The Pacific ocean was dis
covered by Balboa, September 25
1918.
MARTIN Luther died Febru-
airy IS, 1915.
3-Mary, Queen of Scots, was
beheaded in February, 1857.
1.-The strike Of $4,000 packing
house employees in Chicago oc.
Cured in 1904.
5--The Simplon tunnel under
the Alps between Italy and Switz-
erland was completed in 1905.
S6-The Bull MOOSE" party was
or ganized by Roosevelt in 1912.
T-Goldsmith wrote his cele-
br& tied play, "She Stops to Con.
quer," in 1774.
$-The Middle Ages extended
frdm the fall of the Roman En-.
pire to end of the Fifteenth Cen
turH
9FThe poet Milton died No.
venhber s, 1874.
14-Oregon became a State in
1850.
The Washington times., 1923-01-13
By John Goodman.
ONT even me with her."
said Agnes fiercely,
NOR call her Tallbois-

~ ONT even me with her."
said Agnes fiercely,
. NOR call her Tallbois-
she's no claim to the name"
The sentiment might have APP
pealed to Hilda, but it did not.
The girls manner Jared on her.
Her eyes dropped.
"She has no claim to anything
pathy," replied Hilda.
II hate her." retorted Agnes.
Wouldn't you, in my place."
ut is hard to say" answered
Hilda quietly, "but If I have said
anything tactless, pardon me-"
Drummond interviewed hastily.
"Draughty place, this he said.
Hadn't we better be moving?
Hilda, we are thinking Of lunch
ing at the Lombardy. Won't you
Join us?'
The last thing that Hilda felt
equal to was a luncheon party.
She still looked rather white and
shaken.
"Some other day, Harold" she
said. 1T have an -"
"Oh, don't disappoint us!' inter-
rupted DrummOnd, with an APP
peal in his voice that Hilda I'M
derstood.
eff it would give Lady Tallnois
any pleasure, said Hilda, after
a moments hesitation. The use
Of her title at once melted Agnes.
"Surer' she said eagerly. "the
greatest pleasure, Miss Detch-
mere"
One o'clock at the Lombardy
then" said Hilda. Better get
some people together, Harold.
positively must go home first
only just came off the EPSON
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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING RECIPES

maple sugar and a few very
finely chopped nuts before adding
the top slice of bread. Press to.
gether, trim and cut.
Peanut Butter and Jam Sand.
witches.
Soften peanut butter by cream
ing and spread it on thin slices Of
Whole.wheat or graham bread.
add a thin layer of strawberry
or other jam, cover with another
slice Of the bread, buttered. Press
together. trim. and cut in desired
shapes.
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T1KE the dream and beginning! Past the awning
Of the little breakfast porch the Spring birds sing and sail
misunderstanding and anestng, tooand maybe tout for
too thinks Love he ticks his sticky fingers They
started you decorouslyhe morning
jacket his
winghs face pink with the shock Of icy wathe little
knoe high In sweetsmelng little
glass with its fair, white brderose.
he reckon-thats loLg
poured cleaning
folded his
marmalade
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napkins bis
One Ct the hands and edged the tall thin vase
aside "Cant golden
quoth he And clear brown coffee cooled and cooled
called little brides blue
with and
slipping the cloth little satin
first thing--the ~ side Of the tablet
cold fathomh down.
breakfast-Vib heart at
Quoth he Long seepIess moonlight nights
hadnow EAT! wasn't hungry thenbut birds
under roottree-and--where's the marmalade?"
NELL BRLNKLEY.
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These recipes haze been tested
By Good Housekeeping Institute
and are republished BIZ special
arrangement 10ith Good House
keeping, the nations greatest
magazine of the home.
Banana Sandwiches.
Slice bananas very thin the
long way and put layer between
thin slices of buttered graham or
whole.wheat bread. Squeeze a
little lemon juice over the layers
of bananas and sprinkle over
them q little brown or grated
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ADVICE TO LOVELORN
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX {

other dearly. I.met his mother
a year or so ago and have been
visiting her frequently. She
treats me very mean, but am
determined to kill her with
kindness.
My friend says he. loves me
and has given me q wonderful
diamond ring. Yet he says no
woman or wife comes before his
mother.
Do you advise me to take this
step with that notion in his
head? I love him dearly, but If
I thought 1t would cause any
heartaches or trouble afterward,
I better do something now be-
fore it is too late,
UNDECIDED.
WHAT a wise little head there
:" is on nineteen-year-old shout
ders!
Perhaps less frequent visits to
the mother might cause her to
like you better.
In spite of the Biblical admoni-
ton that a man shall leave his
father and mother and shall cleve
unto his wife, you and know
that it is not always done.
You must remember, too, that
the love that a son has for a
mother is Of different quality
than the love he may have for q
wife, and while this man of yours
says mo woman or wife comes
before his mother" I am sure
you can assure him that you do
not care for the kind Of love that
he gives his mother. You will
want to reign supreme in claim
ing Wife's love.
If you are of a jealous disposi-
ton, better think again before
you make the leap.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: :.
Has a boy Of eighteen the
right to seek love? I would
much rather be in the company
of a pleasant young lady I
know Of my own age, but l am
afraid to make advances on &C.
count OF the age. Won't you.
please advise me what to do,
and will be very grateful.
EIGHTEEN.
HOW about friendship? Seek
work and athletics. And If you
know a fine, worthwhile girl, see
her occasionally, with the idea OF
maintaining your relations on q
basis of friendship. The love you
feel today is not a safe guide for
your more mature years. 1t is
natural for you to think about It,
but 1t would be very unwise for
you to let your emotions come
between you and a sane realiZa-
ton Of your youth.
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Household Hints

When q pie-dish or anything
that is used in tho oven gets dis
colored, a piece of emery paper,
a little salt. bath brick or fine ash
will help to clean it.
Before baking potatoes let them
stand in boiling water for about
fifteen minutes, and they win
bake in less than half the usual
length OF time.
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A GIRL MARRIES
AN. ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE
After Happy Evening, in Which Every
One is Happy, Anne Arrives Home to
Find Dad Lee Waiting for Her.
By Ann Isle.
Whose Present Serial Has scored
. Big Popular Success.


q Big Popular Success.
rex AY, Mrs. Anne Harrison,
do I get one dance with
~ you before we shut up
shop and take our blessed aunt
home while still the natural roses
are a-blooming in her soft
cheeks?" asked Park, leaning
across the table and gesturinx
toward the floor Of the fashion
able restaurant which was the
scene Of the party to Aunt May"
you do" / replied, relieved to
have him change back to his
merry self and stop looking at
me with his queer expression
which might have been 3 com
mand am might have been d plea.
So We swung out upon the floor.
Our dance was d twinkIy, tWisty
foxtrot. It seemed just made TOR
Saint Vitus dance / said az
much to Park.
''Oh, you Mrs. Anne Harrisonl"
he chuckled. You're Q nice girl.
and there's q pleasant slant 70
the brown eyes Of you. I meant
a slant for taking things in. not
sending glances out, he
amended.
You ridiculous poy!" ] laughed,
with the freedom from Ill self
consciousness Park has 3 gift Of
making folks feel. You're about
seven Aunt Mays infant ter.
riible OF q nephew"
II may be about seven, Mrs.
"A. H.. but Ralph Lacy Ii q man
every inch Of him. Remember
THAR
THE RIGHT VIEWPOINT.
You're talking like q friend in
thousand million" I laughed.
And you're making me realize
more than ever what 9 privilege
it il to be one OF those who call
a man like Ralph Lacy friend. I
1 know what q true friend he can
be. Your attitude proves II. And
whatever of palship a staid old
married woman can give him Is
Ralph Lacy's.''
$50 we understand each other, =
said Park. and swung me back
into the dance, punctuating his
first step with burlesque, but.
nevertheless, frank and sincere:
az want you to feel that silly
little 'seven-year-oId Park IL
your friend. too. Mrs. Anne Har-
rison. II Ralph were to say
love me, love my dog some
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equally galumphing old Park.
Yves saved from getting Into
my pet bad habit--a maze ce In
trospection and analysis by Park
himself.
Home, James Is now the order
Of the evening", he said, pulling
his face into an imitation, of
authoritative old age. aTls the
Witching hour Of midnight and
since the clock calls ii i day
vote we do. too. 'Tis the more
vital since the girls we're beau.
ing around are-for all the lilies
of.the-field beauty tolIers who
are due at their desks any min.
ute now. Who agrees?n
II don'tr' rumbled Max Hoad.
ley. II most decidedly don't.
This il the best party i've ever
been one Of. Not only do / feel
like q two-year-old because this
May girl here has saved me my
Hoadley's Hats for my old age,
but Issee my nephew and his new
partner getting more friendly
every second. So what's the use
Of setting a limit to such nifty
AFFAIR."
His voice held q little OF his
old-time belligerence. The heavy
touch of his froE-iilEe pomposity
1870 1T
threatened to spoil the delicate
gauze-hke atmosphere that had
made our evening SO perfect.
But Miss May saved the evening.
She did it in, an odd little way,
all her own. She handed her
bouquet Of '.sweetheart roses'' to
Max HoadIey and said with .
touch Of impericusness:
''Find the one you want for .
souvenir"
Awlwardly and with some
thing that was absurdly cowed
in his manner, he selected one
OF the tiny roses. Miss May
slipped II through the buttonhoIe
in his left lapel. Then she 80
!. lected three more posies and
turned to me smilingIy.
LIKE A PRAYER.
"You may decorate one Of my
nephews and Mr.. Hoadley's
nephew" she said. II think Tor
( 81 81 : ~ -
once III let you have first claim
on Park. don't give You much
chance at that boy. And there
we're going home. So you've
only minute"
This has been the happiest
evening Of my life. It's given
me the youth I never had time
for till you blessed young things
came into my life all five OF
you. You've let rue feel useful
and ornamentaI-and loved! May
much good come OF this won
derfuI night"
It sounded like a prayer. But
there was happiness In it, and on
q note Of happiness and thank
fulness our evening ended, whe
Parks car stopped at my door
and Park himself escorted me up
the steps and turned my key in
the lock Of the Sturges home.
AS I flung back a last good night
and closed the door, figure
started up out of the shadows OF
the spacious hall.
TITS Bertha; don't be fright
ened at my sitting UP for YOU"
she said, in q tone that strove to
hide something Of uneasiness.
Miss Carlotta-have you heard
from her, Bertha?" I cried.
mo. ma'am, nor yet from Jour
own blessed man. It's just trat
there's someone waiting to see
you, and 1 thought I'd be telling
you, so if you wanted to sneak
off to bed and leave me to reckon
with him, 'twould be all right.
Someone for me? At this
hour? Why" began.
tits gentleman. A man.
said Bertha in the tone Of cor
recting herself. Then, without
any attempt to hide her knowl-
edge from me-knowledge which
l realized later Lyons must have
shared with her for reasons OF his
own-she said grimly: ''It's the
person who calls himself your
father"
~ Klo. ToxS&s,~x,al
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This famous story has been
created into . snperlative motion
picture by Cosmopolitan Produc.
ton direction OF Alan CrosIand.
e WIN be released. as . Para
mount picture.
By Vincente BlascO Ibanez
Author Of ''The Four HOrsemeu
Of the Apocalypse" and Other
Novels Of World Renown.
The Washington times., 1923-01-13
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ vny, houo hoInoA On ma

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
You have helped so many
won't you please help me?
There was a boy my own age
(nineteen) who called quite regu-
larly for one year. He said ne
loved me and asked for KISS.
refused. He went back to col
lege and we corresponded. He
came to see me about last April
and declared his love for me was
as strong as ever, but we parted,
as he thought I didn't care.
l want to know what's wrong
with me? / love him. cannot
forget him. What shall l do?
SINCERE.
The sensible girl does not allow
any man to kiss her unless 1t Is
the man to whom she is engaged.
Promiscuous kissing merely cheap
ems girl in a mans estimation.
There is nothing for you to DO BUT
forget this college boy who Is PROB
ably far from ready to think OF
marriage.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am twenty-eight and in love
with a girl ten years my junior.
Now love this girl and she loves
me. We have talked the matter
over in regards to the age ana
she said that the age does not
matter as long as we love one
another. Please advise me as TO
what l should do. ANXIOUS.
Why should you consider the
difference in age in your case!
Provided you love each other the
ten years is not an obstacle.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ Will you kindly give me
some advice on the following:
~ Is it proper for a girl to
go on a forty-mile trip with
three men and three girls, ha"-,
ing known the one / am going
with only a month? My parents
do not object.
(2) Having known a young
man for a month is it proper II
he puts his arm around you
while driving his machine?
M. s. I.
IF your parents do not object to
the trip, I'm sure there is
nothing 1 can add. 1t is for them
to decide in this case.
Just as a matter of good taste,
I would not permit the young
man to put his arm around me,
If were you.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ 1 have been going about
NUifh a vn11mr man fOV, fhrAo
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nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ I have been going about
with a young man for three
years. He is twenty-one and I
am nineteen. We love each
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-12

young. For although he must be
well over 70 he has the strength
and endurance of man In the prime
of life.
He won't tell his exact age. He
doesn't like to talk about 1t.
But he will tell about his predic-
tions.
THE earth" says DR.. Mobiles
'has already passed through two
great cataclysms. The history of the
first has been lost in mists of time.
But the record of the second has
been handed down to posterity by
the few survivors Of the 'Deluge.'
Mountain ranges you know are
built up at the equator due to con-
hicting wave action and coral build
ing. And ~cataclysms are due TO the
blowing up of volcanic areas
through the volcanic fires eating
away the superimposed rock, until
assuring takes place, and enormous
ly destructive explosions follow.
"The so-called 'Deluge' was Just
such a cataclysms. SO vast was the
explosion. that the lands which
formed the first equatorial chain of
mountains were hurled far and wide
The remaining lands were swept by
gigantic tidal waves.
'"The second equatorial chain OF
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bles' Views of earth's changes.
lntain chain, scattered over globe
"deluge." Dark shaded treas
I which he predicts will be de-
| areas-third equatorial mountain
White indicates new mountain
belt.
to rise. Air rushes in from both
north and south, the cold air of the
nortf mingAng with tne water
charged warm air of the gulf re-
gions.
This causes precipitations and as
the Rockies block the passage of the
winds to the west they sweep east
ward | look for heavy rains and
w~indstorms in the country tributary
to the Mississippi.
And eventually Mt. Lassen, that
volcano In the California coast range
which has shown some signs of life
in the past few years. will have a
companion somewhere in the
Rockies. But this new volcano will
not be extremely active for some
TIM 1t will not be dangerous for
hundreds of years"
Where will be the text earth dis
turbance be?
I'm the West Indies" predicts DR.
NOplcS. 1ie lSldlluS DelIB TO the
third equatorial chain. They should
show signs of earthquakes or VOL
canic action we'll within 80 days"
How does he arrive at his uncan-
ny knowledge of coming quakes?
by observing wind directions"
DIR. Mobiles replied, land above all by
the knowledge that comes out of
space.
I'VE + all children of nature at
one with her If we will be. Just as
you know when your finger is cut,
so do I know when anything is
wrong with earth"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-12
BY BOB DORMAN
NEA Service Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA new volcano
in the Rockies
A chain of mountains that will
girdle the earth across the q%uator!
These are the latest prediction
OF DIR. Milton A. Mobiles, geologist
and scientist, whose forecast of a
coming cataclysm which would de-
stroy all Europe, Iceland North
Africa, Southern Alaska. Northern
Canada. Asia Minor, South and East
Asia, Japan. the Philippines and
East Indies vas printed recently.
Since the publication of that story
there have been IS earthquakes in
the areas Indicated!
And now DR.. Mobiles further pre-
dictions are being studied with In
terest. For this old Philadelphia
physician is establishing himself as
the foremost %forecaster of earth
changes.
He hasn't given up his work as
physician. He still keeps on practic-
ing without charge. But In all his
of MOMENTS, he sits at his desk
puffs away at a pipe and studies
maps, weather reports and charts
Of wind movements.
The work seems to keep him
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-12

Map showing DR.. Milton A. No
Black indicates first equatorial mo
by volcanic explosions known as the
second equatorial mountain chat
stroyedin 10 years. Light shade
chain, whose doom is 1000 years off
chain forming in present equatorial
mountains is hat portion of the
world which is about to be de-
stroyed, within ten years, perhaps"
The third equatorial chain OF
mountains formed the equator at
the time of the De1uge' and is that
portion of the globe forming the
west coast of the Western Hemis-
phere and up through Australia,
China and Siberia.
mot far from that equator, locat-
ed l think somewhere in what is
now Virginia, was the Garden OF
eden. There and not in Asia as is
commonly believed was the home or
tie human race the place where
Adam and Eve lived.
THE section Of the world form
ing the third equator is the Dung
est chain of mountains IN the world.
1t must eventually pass through the
same cataclysms as the Others"
But this won't happen for several
thousands of years, DIR. MOBILES as
SureS us.
They will, however be the con-
slant scene of volcanic and earth
quake activities growing more and
more violent"
Coming nearer home DIR. Mobiles
has this to say about the changes
in Il mountains:
The coming of the volcano in the
Rockies is shown by the terrific
wind and transforms which have
swept the western states.
The heating of the atmosphere in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-12

MISSES DRESSES
OF Blue Serge, the skirts of
which are pleated and the left side
of the blouse and skirt are prettily
embroidered in silk; O. 90
Sizes 8 to 70; price. -. VO.OO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-12

None better-Clear and distinct
High priced artists-New hits
Popular Fox Trots. Plays perfect
on any machine. october Releases
now on sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-28
TAX|CABS I AK:
CHILDREN TO
. . SCHOOL
Chicago Parents Adopting
! Method to Preserve Them
/ From Accidents.
BY ROLAND KREBS.
international News Service.

| CHICAGO, Feb. 2S,-Maybe there
be barefoot boys who chew tobacco
and straggle to school with fishing
tackle flung over sunburned shout.
ders. Maybe there be. But no one
in Chicago knows it.
Every day more and more chill
dren hereA are going to three RS
in taxicabS. This was revealed by
statistics that virtually substanti-
ated the widespread claim that Chi
cago is Americas worst city for
motor car deaths. There were six
ty.three killed by February s.
Has Standing Orders.
One company has III standing
orders for taxicab morning and
evening to carry some child to and
from school. The number is in.
creasing every day. In anticipation
of a greater clientele, the corpora.
ton dispatches a different driver
each day, 50 all may learn to care
for children.
An official of the company. said
the practice began three years ago,
when city folk became alarmed at
the growth in automobile accidents,
The few anxious mothers who re.
sorted to the taxieabs so their chill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-28
kALLIPoLls ORoT.To TO
OPEN 23vVEEKS' FUN FEST

KalIipolis Grotto will hold high
carnival in the Coliseum Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, for two weeks beginning
April 2, the period Of the snnuaI
Fun Fest.
The proceeds this year will be
devoted to aid the Grotto's brother
order, the Shrine, in financing the
huge session in this city next June.
Sideshows. vaudeville performances,
circus acts, and dancing are few
OF the many events programmed.
An elaborate exhibit will be held by
Washington merchants and mann.
facturers. Among the gifts 70 Be
given away during the affair are
an automobile, a talking machine.
and a radio receiving outfit.
The Grotto band and orchestra
will furnish the music for dancing
and will give concerts in the
evenings.
Flowers via TELEGRAPH. u
Try Guide seFvice--f1owerB to friends
far away eI2lz n -AAvf