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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
GRASS = of Marriage = By Charles G. Norris
WAYS OF A HUSBAND
A SEQUEL TO WHEN A GIRL MARRLES"

Dreamwold after Virginia had
dared to question my love for
Jim. Pat came down the path.
and linking his arm in mine
demanded:
us it bit Of Greek dancing
you're after doing, Alanna-slip
ping about the place in that pref
ty white dress?"
II must get back to Aunt Mays
Ito the Hoadleys,' replied un-
easily.
And would you be going a.,
you are, trudging the miles in
those dainty pumps7" insisted
Pat.
Since you. will have it?"
cried, turning and facing him.
Virginia has made It impossible
for me to stay another instant
under this roof. She has hurt
me and insulted me beyond en-
DURANGO. / couldn't get away fast
enough rs
Pats face clouded. He flung
back his head and ran his hand
nervously through his gray hair.
Then he said gravely:
lis myself has cause to know
how sadly Jeanne can hurt when
shes put to It. And I'm never
forgetting that twas you, Alanna,.
gave me back my Jeanne, who. In
the love Of my life and always
was. though save for you she,
might still be doubling it,
IT'S more than Jeanie remem.
bers," I commented bitterly
'Hush!'' adrnonished Pat. ''I
can't be letting even you speak
harshly Of her. But IL It's to the
Hoadley place you want to get
in hurry, can scarcely let you
be after walking, though that
may seem to JEANNE as il I were
taking sides in quarrel" Ks
Don't risk her anger" I be-,
gan Ironically. but Pat went on
quietly. a. IL I hadn't spoken:
"COme Alanna, III take you
around to the garage where my
own little car IL ana then I'll be
going In to get your cloak an %
tell JEANNE tits myself ID going
to drive you back to Hoadley's."
A LONG DELAY.
So Pat put me In his little car
and ran into the house 10 get
my cape. He was going long
time. When he came out his
face was very serious, and In
view Of the time he'd delayed. I
wondered e he had indeed quar-.
relied with Virginia over volun-
tesrang to take me to my destina-
ton. A. soon as We were driv-
Ing down the path. I ventured to
ask.
"Twas the telephone delayed
me-" answered Pat, uneasiIy.
"Jeanie herself wasn't after cues
tioning what thought best to
do. There's none Of this arguing
and doubling in our new relation,
Alanna- There can't be- Il man
and wife are to be happy to-
gether. And when there are
doubts-'tis not real the happi.
meas "a"
CTO BE COntiMued TonaorroW)
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11

efficient!
Your answer
will, of course,
depend Come.
what up n
your suscep-
tibility to heat
and cold and
I h cir effects
u on GU r
health.
The question
has been care
fully studied,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
MORE THAN EIGHT
MILLION PACKAGES
OF BLACK AND WHITE
ARE SOLD YEARLY
Sale Each. Year Growing
By Leaps and Bounds =.
Is of Tremendous I'm.
portance to Women.


Although placed On sale only q few
years ago, such complexion. necessities
40 Black ana white Cleansing, and
Peroxide Cream. a. well. asAIaAny others,
are now outsSlling most OF the older
and better known articles, and for no
other reason than their unusual merit.
uniform quality and popular low prices.
Many druggists aAd dealers who sell,
toilet articles say that they have never
seen the equal Of Black and White
Beauty Creations for solving the skin
and complexion problem for old ~ well
- young women who had never before
been able to find the right method OF
caring for their skin.
A few years ago Black and White
Beauty Creations were unknown. Today
they are selling at the rate OF more
than twenty thousand packages day
for every one Of the S66 days In the
year, or a total OF more than eight
million packages a year.
From the biggest stores In the large
cities 70 the smallest crossroads coun-
Try store mties away from even a rail-
lions are being sold IL eyer-tncrsasing
quantities with the result that the man
ufacturers have been-f forced 70 move
into larger quarters three different times
Curing the last four years. Even the
present plants, which occupy total
floor space OF 10000 square feet, are
taxed TO full capacity in the effort to
keen up with orders received every day
from all parts of the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
A Delightful Narrative of Domestic
Life by a Popular Magazine
Writer.
Writer

<x~voU know Miss Meri-
weather." Lucy said.
introducing him. Beckie
this is my big brother, Mr..
Baldwin;s and this is Doctor Cor
don and Mrs. Todd,-and Mrs.
Perry Hoyt, I think you know
and this is Miss Vale,-Miss Leila
Vale,-and Gerald and Flosste
Prentiss-"
Embarrassed.
Each one in turn smiled at him
perfunctorily. the men getting up
to grasp his hand. Philip suffered
agonies of embarrassment. He
was in his grimy business clothes,
his hands and face were dirty. his
hair ruffled. The women in his
sisters drawing-room were elabo-
rately costumed, the men immac-
ulately attired. He mumbled con-
ventionalities, conscious that his
cheeks were flaming, his forehead
and the palms Of his hands moist
with perspiration.
Firm, authoritative fingers were
laid upon his sleeve. Miss Mer.-
weather's ugly nannish face look
ed up at him and she smiled whim-
eically.
"Come here and sit down by
me, you Philip-man," she com.
manded. what are you scared OFT
III bet six bits you've done more
real work today than this entire
bunch Of. four. hushers collective
ly-"
Jaw, come off. Beckie!"
'Shut up, I'm talking!" she
silenced the interruption autocrat-
ically. "Know anything bout this
fool gamer" she continued to
Philip. Leila Wales doubled my
four hearts.-the sirnpleton"
''well, can't play 1t If you keep
IN taIkingr' Miss Vale protested.
Come on Miss Meriweather
said to Philip, >'let's 60 get a
drink. I'm dummy and I can't 81:
here and watch Leila bungle the
hand" She pushed back her chair
and rose, catching Philips aym.
''we'u go out to the dining-room.
What you need is a long drink
1vifh a LOT of icets
Philip welcomed the excuse 70
escape. He followed Miss Meri-
weather to the sideboard In the ad-
joining room where she mixed
whiskey and siphon water. and
drank with him, man fashion. This
homely, stout. grey-haired woman
with her brusque directness, put
him Immediately at his ease, and
made him laugh. He was sorry
when shrill cries from the card
table announced It was her deal.
and she was obliged to leave him.
He did not return to the drawing.
room. however, but slipped up.
stairs to his room.
Clever Plans.
Lucy was intent upon drawing
her brother into the circle Of her
friends, and she laid cher plans
adroitly. but he tried his best to
circumvent them. He could not
talk the easy give-and.take banter
that came so readily to the lips Of
her group; he suffered In their
company, was tongue-tied. awk-
ward. and acutely self.conscious.
But he was fond Of his sister. and
when she Rugged his arm and laid
her golden head against 1t, there
was little she could ask that he
ADVERTISEMENT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Soapsuds should be saved until.
cold for garden use. a. they
form an excellent dressing for
the soil. They are good for roses,
and il applied with q syringe will
soon rid them Of insect pests.
OF the worlds ships. less than
four and one-half per cent Of the
total tonnage belongs to sailing
vessels.
The largest on storage tank IN
the world has Just been com.
pleted in California. It is Of con-
crete. and half under ground
level. It covers twenty acres. and
holds a million and q quarter bar.
rels Of oil.
Three thousand merchant ves'
sells fly the japanese flag.
60 degrees F. there is a maximum
amount Of oxygen and ozone in
the atmosphere, while the pol
sons that form in the system
from work are more freely
thrown off by active respiration
and free Precipitation.
Tomorrow What You Should
Know About O8one.)
(Copyrtght. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11

, A BRIDE Of last June, 1
"a have settled in q tiny
4 n home OF my own. 1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11

we're LTOUOIeS SUCH
az women often
have, and could do
no heavy work. !
was sick for sew
eral years, and
from reading your
ads. I finally de-
cided totakeLydia
+. Pinkham 'sVeg-
etable Compound.
u am now doing
my own washing,
which l haven't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
Feigysigg Death

HEATH feignine is common defensive habit among
spiders. When in danger they drop to earth and lie
there, crumpled up as If dead. Water spiders will
behave In similar manner in the water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
ADVERTISEMENT.
MRS. G. ". HALL
SICK FOR YEARS
Wants Women to Know How She
Was Made Well BY Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Lima, Ohio. Indeed, your Tnedi-
cine 10 all you say it is I had very Sc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-11
BY Charles A. L. Reed.
Nj. ID.

WV HEN do you work best
" in winter or in sum-
w mer?
To put it another way-under
what conditions OF climate are
you mentally and physically most
Evening star., 1923-10-29
Coal Prices.

Declaration by the Federal Trade
Commission that anthracite is being
sold by some Pennsylvania mine own.
ers at prices which are neither rea.
sonable nor necessary" may not lead
to any immediate corrective action.
but should surely be followed by such
details as will put the country on
notice as to the identity Of the ex.
toruoners. According to the com.
mission's report, there is wide range
Of prices: Six and seven-tenths per
cent of anthracite is sold by the op,
orators to wholesalers at from $3.50
to 19.ss per ton, 45.5 per cent is sold
at from $40 TO $10.ss, ;13 per cent is
sold at from I'll to $11.ss and the
remainder, 34.S per cent. at from $i2
to $13 and more. Hero is q range OF
at least $3.50 q ton, or more than u
third Of tbs lowest price charged. 1t
is noteworthy that the smallest per.
centage 10 sold at the lowest rate.
Conditions var: somewhat mt the
mines. At some Of them coal ca;. be
brought TO the surface a little more
cheaply than at others. There is Il
range In cost OF labor--thst is. in
the amount Of labor necessary to pro.
ducs a ton Of ,coals there IL some
difference in the quality, some coal
Evening star., 1923-10-29

on at the present price Of milk, or It
might have been explained that there
was SO much corn and fodder that 1t
was not worth cutting and hauling to
the barn. Hsg4
When the contest between the milk
producers, their association and the
local dealers was at its height the pro-
ducers said that they had no thought
Of increasing the price Of milk. There
Is no cause to question their word.
Perhaps they were not thinking Of it
then. But they have thought Of it
since. Sort Of an afterthought, as 1t
were. And the price Of milk goes
higher than it was last winter. Usually
in summer the price Of milk comes
down. but last sumrrt. We paid last
winters price.
Evening star., 1923-10-29
Suggestions From Pinchot.

Gov. Pinchot Of Pennsylvania il still
pressing his opntention that it is up
to the federal authorities to bear the
main burden of enforcement Of the
national prohibition law. He raised the
point first In the assertion that Presi.
dent Coolidge should take on the duty
Of enforcement, and insisted that he
could dry up the nation speedily II he
would set out In earnest to do so. It
will be remembered that President
Coolidge countered by pointing out to
the governors in the recent White
House conference that the states are
also charged with a share Of responsi.
bility.
Now comes the Pennsylvania execu.
tive with a letter to Secretary Mellon
In which he blames the alleged break.
down of federal prohibition enforce
ment in Pennsylvania upon the fed.
eral permit system. The governor
gave the names Of several breweries
which he said violated the law prior
to 1928, and yet were given permits
for this year. Also, the names Of
breweries which had been caught by
the state police and whose licenses
have not been cancelled.
Gov. Pinchot wants the Secretary
Of the Treasury to say whether in
permits hereafter to be issued the
Secretary win require as condition
that the state police have access to the
plants at any time, and whether the
Secretary VIII cancel permits upon
evidence furnished by the state police
Of violations.
1t would appear that Gov. Pinchot
is in strong position, which would be
impregnable upon furnishing proofs
that the federal government Is lax in
enforcement. The Secretary of the
Treasury cannot whistle down the
wind the suggestions the governor
has made. The statement that Secre.
tary Mellon is desirous that Pennsyl-
vania shall send an uninstructed dele
CATION to the republican national con-
vention, while Gov. Pinchot Is under.
stood to be insisting upon instructed
delegates, will cause the politicians to
watch developments.
Gov. Pinchot, having elected to
make prohibition enforcement his
slogan. Is not muffling his notes.
Evening star., 1923-10-29

being mors mixed with slate than
others. and this SLATE must presuma.
bly, be culled out before the product
is shipped: in some cases transporta-
ton is more difficult. But it Is not
believed that there. is range Of
50 l-3 per cent or 40 per .cent in the
cost Of production.
Anthracite comes In the main from
a very narrowly restricted field. in
which the general conditions are uni.
form. With all the differences in
mining conditions that have been
noted there Is no conceivable warrant
for the wide range of rates that the
commission has found. Plainly there
is profiteering. Some mine owners
are getting too much for their
product. Further figures are neces-
sary to determine how far this diff
ferential affects the retail market. 1t
cannot fail to have some effect. The
consumer who buys coal that has cost
the wholesaler $13 ton Is paying
more for his coal than that delivered
to the patron of a wholesaler who
gets his supply at $3.50 a ton, prob
ably much more than the $3.50 diff.
ferential.
If anthracite were widely scat.
tered product there might be reason
for this extensive range Of wholesale
mine prices. This report, showing
such marked difference at the
mines, should certainly be supple
mented to show what happens to the
high priced coal and to the buyers
Of it.
Evening star., 1923-10-29
The Retirement Decision.

According to decision just rendered
by the Attorney General, employees
Of the government who reach the
age of retirement fixed for the class
in which they are employed must auto
matically be separated from the serv-
ice, regardless Of whether they have
served the requisite number of years
to entitle them to an annuity, and
If they have not served long enough
they must be let out without any COM
pensation whatever.
Under this decision, which is un-
doubtedly a strict Interpretation OF
the law, those elder employees
who are so unfortunate as to have
entered the service so recently that
the new retirement act catches them
on a short service must be dismissed
without any consideration. This is
contrary to. the spirit of the law.
Still there is no ground for conten.
ton that the decision Is not war
ranted. The fault lies in the statute
and to correct the injustice an amend
ment is necessary.
When the retirement law was
PASSED it was recognized that there
were numerous points that would re-
quire correction through amendatory
legislation. points plain at the time.
hut incapable of adjustment then. and
other points which it was feared
would work out in practice. 1t was
a new condition that had to be put
to test. .
The United States should start clean
in its application Of the retirement
principle to its civilian employees, with
the least possible inequity. 1t should
grant to all on the rolls Of the gov.
ernment at the time Of the enact.
ment the right of retirement. II
should not now commit the injustice
of throwing out completely from the
service those faithful employees who
have reached retirement age, but
have not enough years of service tech.
nically to entitle them to any an.
nuities whatsoever.
One OF the purposes OF the retire.
ment system is to assure steady pro-
motions by preventing congestion In
the upper ranges OF age. It was de-
signed to assure to the juniors in the
service opportunity to rise to higher
pay and positions. But it was never
contemplated that the removal Of the
elders from service should be arbi.
trary and cruel to the extent Of re.
fusing annuities on the score of a
too short term Of service. Now that
the law has been interpreted as com.
pelling such separation, it Is in order
to move quickly for an amendment
which will prevent further procedure
along this line.
Evening star., 1923-10-29
Up Goes Milk!

The price Of milk is to be raised,
Price-lifting is a fashion. Nearly all
persons who have anything to sell in
the food line seem to keep busy look.
ing around for reasons to put their
prices higher, and they generally find
a reason which at least is satisfying to
the producer. No reason for the in
crease In the price Of milk II given in
the public prints other than that 'the
board Of directors Of the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Association,
after a careful and detailed study of
the matter, has recommended that
beginning November the price Of 3.5
per cent milk be 33 cents per gallon
Z. o. b. Washington, with the present
dinerential for butter tat and premiums
for barn and cattle score" People
generally do not understand the ref.
erence to ''the present dinerential for
butter fat and premiums for barn and
cattle score" but the fact is made
plain that the prizes Of milk will go up
4 cents gallon, cent q quart. Every.
body can understand that.
It might have been more kindly In
the producers to have given us q rea.
son. We might have been told that
tho long drought this fall dried up the
streams, springs and wells and reduced
the supply of milk. We might have
been told that the warm autumn made
grass so plentiful and common that
the COWS declined to eat it. We might
have been told that the autumn was
so cold that there was no grass for the
cows to eat. We might have been told
that the corn and fodder crops were
80 short that the cows could not carry
Evening star., 1923-10-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. Why is there no light thrown on
the Washington Monument?-E. A.
A. The searchlight Is thrown on the
Monument from the Powhatan roof only
during the summer when the roof gar
den Is open.
@. Was the bureau of the budget
authorized by Congress or did the
President establish it?-J. F. o.
A. The bureau Of the budget was es-
tablished by an act Of Congress, passed
June 10, 1921, under President Harding.
A budget bill was projected during the
administration of President Taft. passed
In the Sixty-sixth Congress and vetoed
by President Wilson. The act makes
the President practically the head of
the budget system, since he appoints
Of the bureau and makes all appoint
ments carrying salaries exceeding
fer over other parts of the United
States for the establishment of q pulp
and paper industry?-R. NJ.
A. The industry is assured Of a per-
petual supply Of pulpwood, since most
Of the forest land is In the national
to the amount which can be maintained
through growth. There Is an abundance
Of easily logged timber, the kinds that
make good pulp and paper. now avail
able for purchase at much lower prices
than are being paid elsewhere in the
United States. There is abundant and
cheaply developed water power in the
region, with many sites where the
power can be developed on the shore
line and logs can be brought to the
waterways.
Q. When and for what purpose was
the Alamo erected?-E. c. H.
A. The Alamo San Antonio. Tex,
was originally a Franciscan mission
tonic de Valerie. The building was
used as a fort on occasions and called
Fort Alamo.
mitted into the Union since 1907
v. K.
A. Three states have been admitted
to statehood during the past two dec
AIDES. In 1907 the territory of Oklahoma
became a state and three years later
Arizona and New Mexico were admitted
into the Union.
Q. Does a Japanese woman walk
with her husband or behind him.
D. A. H.
A. A Japanese lady Of other days
was expected to walk ten PAGES behind
her husband. The modern Japanese
does not observe this custom strictly.
@. Are the names Of the minute men
OF the revolution contained In any one
book?-E. P. w.
A. The names are not complied In
book form. Most Of the town records
Of Massachusetts contain records of
these men.
O.. Which is larger, British America
or the United States and her posses
sions?-D. v. H.
A. British America, which consists of
Canada, Newfoundland, and a number of
islands. has an area of $3.50, 900 square
miles, while the total area of the United
states and its possessions Is 3,743446
square miles. Thus Britain has a little
more territory. but much of II is so
far north as to be of comparatively
little value.
Q. What precious stone brings the
highest price?-R. B.
A. While 1t is possible that the emer-
aid tops the list Of costly gems, fine
stones. Were they the vogue, they
would bring higher prices than emer-
aids.
@. How many huts did the Y. M. C..
A. maintain overseas?-H. C.
A. Overseas the 'sY" maintained
more than 1900 huts and tents for the
use of the American Expeditionary
Evening star., 1923-10-29

have looked upon the spurious Rem
brandts and secured the same inspf-
ration and reaction as though they
were viewing the work Of the master.
then it Is really OF no concern IL the
pictures were faxed Just so long as
the divine affiatus was stirred"
Because the public long has been
schooled to have its opinions changed.
publican that "it has not been alto
gether prepared" for this allegation.
but coming from such high author
ity, the charge is not shors of sensa-
tional. DR.. Van Dyke has been study
ing the work of the Dutch painters
and lecturing and writing about them
for forty years It was. OF course. not
eoneiusioRe e Ross Wouia go n' unshaiisnsea 6e
begun a vigorous defense Of the ira
dition,' and the iayman will naturally
await developments. It may be that
1t will prove that DR.. Van Dyke has
started a controversy that will be
far-reaching and long continued. with
one good result at least OF stimulat-
lightened interest in the painters
art" To which the Columbus Dis
patch adds I'VE have the old Latin
law maxim-'Qui facit per alum
facit per Sc (He who does thing
through another does 1t himself)-
to the owner OF a supposed REM
brandt, If he must row accept 1t as
probable that Rembrandts only re-
lation to the canvas was merely
through some pupil working under
the masters inspiration and direction"
ton"
The Brooklyn Eagle Is inclined to
accept the denial Of DR.. Wilhelm Won
Bode, director general Of the Prussian
State Museum. that DE-. Van Dyke Is
right, as probably the last word" In.
asmuch as the former has recalled
this charge originally was made by
a German named Laudner, whose book
essayed to prove that Rembrandt
only ran Ro nsnssd weh
were sold under Rembrandts name.
The signatures Of Boil on so-ca!ied
Rembrandt paintings. to which Laud-
ner pointed an proof OF his assertions,
were found to be counterfeit. Thus
relied failed to sustain him. DR.. Van
Dykes charges are so sweeping and
run 80 directly counter to the long
accepted beliefs Of the art world that
II will require q great deal OF scfen-
tiic evidence to establish them" n;s
Ate. all vsw. tSs as the
York can AFFORD to spend six millions
for fake pictures. When Hinky Dink'
Kenna, the veteran Chicago alderman.
was asked on the witness stand to
describe the 3ewelry worn by lady
of low caste he replied: All can say
Is that they would be worth $4,000
II they were not phony,' Not 30 in LII
Or N'Yawk. There the ~phony' pic
lures are In greatest request" And
the Cincinnati Enquirer adds that III
1 picture Is so good as practically
to defy denial that 1t was done by
masters hand. what has the world
only q copy? Not much. So let us
enjoy the pictures and let the ex-
perts rage" Which is also very much
the opinion Of the New Haven Regis
ter, which feels I'VE value names
moro than works, slgnAtufe0 moro
than canvases