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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
By Viola Brothers Shore

~OR a wedding present for a
young bride I'd like to have
printed and framed - one
for every room in the house-a
set of cards, all to read: Don't
Dramatize.'
One for the kitchen for the day
when the butcher fails to deliver
the meat until too late to cook 1t
properly, and the iceman insists
you owe him for three weeks, the
old fraud. when you know per-
fectly we'll it's only two, and to
top it all, the rice pudding burns.
whereupon you begin to visual
ize yourself as the victim of a
malignant fate Things always
break wrong for you, anyway,
so what's the use OF trying?
What's the use of anything? And
-and-just when you were be-
ginning to get really into the
swing Of it the sign over the
kitchen sink would remind you,
Don't Dramatize!
Or the day Johnnie deliberately
wades through the puddle and
you have to change every stitch
of his clothes before you can send
him back to school making OF
lunch hour an even madden Scram-
BILE than usuaf, and Margery
Jane answers back until you
are forced to realize that they
have no respect for you, the chill
dren!
They Just take all you do for
granted-and you're just bring
ing up lot of ingrates-and
mothers portion is nothing but
sacrifice and work and worry
And what for? What for? The
children don't even love you-and
-and-the sign over the dining
room clock suggests, gently
Don't Dramatize!
Oh, and the day John Henry
forgets to kiss you good-by and
you recognize it is just one Of a
long chain of sinister episodes
which you can recall Gf you try
hard enough beginning with the
time when you were first mar
ried and he had never even no.
ticed you had changed your hair
to please him-right down the
tragedy haunted years-termtn'
ating in this-this outrage. You
fling yourself across the bed to
do Justice to your dead dreams
and the legend over the bureau
calls Don't Dramatic!
1t would be all right Il we
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
IDEALS WORTH HAVING



dividual he is. At twenty, how
ever, you can but begin to glimpse
yourself. At thirty-four possibili-
ties begin to manifest themselves
clearly And by the time you are
forty you should have done a
great deal to develop your gifts.
Honesty, earnestness, JOY in
mere living, a faith in the power
of work and true love Of your
fellows will give any girl Of
twenty a working basis for life.
/ have always been devoted to a
little quartrain of James Russell
Lowell, which goes like this:
TN vain we call old notions
fudge,
And bend our conscience to
our dealing.
The Ten Commandments will
not bulge
And stealing still continues
stealing"
In spite of all our modern
philosophy and science, the laws
of the Bible continue to be the
best laws for honest living. The
ideals and teachings of the
Bible are the best the world
has evolved. Any boy or girl
who studies the Bible honestly
and intelligently will find there
safe guide for life-a COM
pendulum of worthwhile ideals.
And there is nothing out Of date
about the Bible teachings, even
if certain moderns think it old
fashioned to be impressed by the
Gospel teachings.
To do your work in the place
you are called, to try to work
toward a better place. to express
the best in yourself with faith
that the best" will grow as you
exercise it-this is worthy
ideal for any one-man or woman
twenty or forty.
Ideals are mental pictures Of
the best of which you can con-
ceive. Ambitions are aspirations
to make these dreams realities.
Each of us must have his own
dreams and the courage and
force to make them come true.
They are not handed to us
reody made. We must find our
ambitions and work them out ac-
cording to our best ideals Of
what is fine and true.
To do some good--to make the
world better place because you
are In ito do the right as you
see it and to try to see clearly
and kindly-this Is a worthy
ideal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-

~ H, what do you get from the
daily sheet when it brings
~ all the world to your door.
from the things that have hap
pened across the street to the
doings in Singapore? 1t tells how
the Irish are fighting still, how
the outlook in Russia is dark;
it mentions the latest triangle
thrill and the vanishing German
mark. There are stories Of heroes
unknown to fame and the glow
of their golden deeds puts the
cynic's doubt and distrust to
shame; these are all in the news
one reads. So what do you get
from the daily sheet? Does it
bring you a message of cheer?
Does 1t strengthen your trust in
the folks you meet and add to
your faith each year? If you'll
study the news you will surely
find it's a mirror held up to the
Earth, and the pictures it shows
are of every kind, pain and hap
piness, sorrow and mirth. There's
the smile that men wear when
their troubles cease. there's the
hope that sustains them STILL
there is bad, there Is good, there
is war, there is peace in the grist
of the daily mill. And it isn't
so much what the hour brings
forth, If its burden be grave
or gay. for the news from each
quarter, the south or the north,
will fit in with your mood that
day. You will dwell on the theme
that reflects your thought. crab
bed people will garner care. for
the news will give back what
each one has. sought. hearts that
hope will find promise there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
TRY THESE
RECIPES
Prune Cake.

Measure 2 cups sifted flour.
sift again with 3 level teaspoons
baking powder. l teaspoon CHINA.
mon, II teaspoon each cloves and
nutmeg. Cream u cup butter or
substitute; gradually add / cup
of sugar: beat until creamy. Add
2 well-beaten eggs, mix well, then
add sifted dry materials and 1 cup
of prune pulp cooked. pitted
pruhes rubbed through a coarse
sieve). Bake in layers in a.
moderate oven. When cold, put
together with pfune cake filling
Prune Cake Filling.
Wash prunes, remove pits and
measure i cupful. Put through
a food grinder, add 1-3 cup finely
chopped walnuts: teaspoon
lemon juice. Mix we'll and spread
between layers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
BY Ann Isle,
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
q Big Popular Success.
copyright, 1923. by King Features
Syndicate Incl

WY ITH my heart the hap
" pier for her loyalty,
I requested Mabel to
send Jim to my office as soon as
he came back. Then I hurried to
my SHOP" where again beautiful
loyalty and thoughtfulness met me.
For almost the first words Betty
spoke to me were a plea that /
take her apartment for my "honey-
moon" Nor could / refure this
exquisite gift of her home, which
proved how Betty IL finding her-
self again. For all the arrange
ments were made. Betty had In
vited herself to Dreamwoid, as she
informed me before she rushed
from my private office, flinging at
me with gesture Of lovely sur
render, her full key ring.
/ took it in my hands, remem-
bering the time when Betty had
given Jim these keys. Even then
our friendship had been Towering.
There was great joy in my heart
when the door of my little inner
office flung open and in a whirT-
wind of tropical fury, Rosa Cor
dova darted upon me.
what you mean by lying to
me?" she demanded. What you
mean by telling me that Jaime do
not know you have this Dad Lee
for father? 1t was not news to
him. He knew all the time. Why
you lie to me? How you dare?"
'I never told you Jim didn't
know Of Dad Lee"-I began, won
dering why Rosa was here with
out Jim, wondering, moreover.
where Jim was. He knew-n1y
father was coming back. He did
not know, as no one could have
suspected that Dad Lee is Dick
Vests friend"
Rosa laughed bitterly. There
was something couldn't fathom
in her voice as she flung out at
me:
.'You have made fool Of me. Me-
think he does not know you have
for father this Dad Lee. No one
shall make fool of Rosa without
she pay"
There was a suggestion OF
threat in Rosa's voice and MEN,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
"A WORD TO THE WIVES
DON'T. DRAMATIZE LIFETS LITTLE TROUBLED

women ever dramatized our
selves in happy roles-or brave
or patient roles. But no! were
not stimulated to the pitch OF
drama until our emotional vat
has been tapped. And we seldom
get emotional over our bless
,nps, We do so love tragedies
especially when nobody really
dies at the end. It's so much
fun to put on little act and get
John Henry enough worried so
he'll come over and put his arm
around your shoulders and say
Anything wrong, old girl?"
And you can smile bravely with
the effect Of surrounding untold
anguish and reply, "No-noth-
ing"
So much more thrilling than to
say, I'm in a perfectly vile hui
NOR over absolutely nothing at
all. I really shouldn't have sam
pied that homemade grape stuff
of Jones'-so often"
Or. if John Henry overlooks
the preliminary signals, what
fine act it makes then! After
all, he doesn't understand you
nor appreciate you--Why on
earth did you every marry him?
There really should be sign
on the parlor mantel-yes, and
in every room in the house, say
ing don't dramatize.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
No Place for It.

II ran across a remarkable
jeu d'esprit the other day said
a casual acquaintance, trying to
be entertaining. I'm sorry" re-
piled the wealthy man to whom
he was speaking. "but my wife
has just returned from Paris
with a lot of art treasures, and
I shouldn't have any place to
hang it, even if / bought it,
Wise Advice.
Father, to his son, a young
medical student: IF you are
thinking becoming a special
list, John, you had better be a
dentist than an aurist. Remem-
her, we have all of us thirty-two
teeth, but only two ears, my
boy!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
THE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur String
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
AN ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE

as she turned ara flung herself
from my office with the same tor
nado speed that had hurled her
into It. I started after her. I
raced down the hall to the head OF
the stairs, but she was gone. A
She had counted on Jim's not :,
knowing anything about Dad Lee. -
! had dreaded her telling him that !.
my father was Dick Vests friend =
and aide. ].
With q sob Of relief yelling up :
into my throat, paused at Betty's :
desk to tell her how deeply moved
I was by her beautiful offer OF her
home for our honeymoon reunion.
My hand was on her hair, while
] struggled to find the words my !. :
voice must say when I heard the 8
crunch of dragging footsteps that !,
is so precious to me. / stopped.
took flying step or two and cried
out my welcome. i.
"Jim-Jim darlingY came from
my lips before knew I'd formed =
any words.
Hello, Mrs. H." said Jim, I
easily, with the unfailing Harri- y
son sense of time and place and i
the fitness of things. Once this :
would have hurt me. Now was
amused at my own inability to =
grow up to a proper consciousness :
of the occasions when one doesn't
hail ones beloved as darling"
Greetings, Betty" cried Jim, I
stalking over to grip her hand in
his. 1T seems like old-home week =
to find you so near and still 90 =
dear. Take It from me that
whether or no remember to say
it, I'm tickled to death every time-a
I lay eyes on you" i,
Jimmie, boy said. failing toe
take on the properly distant air, =
as realized when the phrase of ].
endearment was out, II want you !,
to meet my partner. Miss May" =,
Jim turned to me for the frac.es
ton Of second. Then in his most 7
Harrison manner he said: IA
Good afternoon, Miss May" Isl
and then, us there any place =
where we may have a-confidentiaI :
chat?" he asked. "a
"I've my private office, dear, ;"
/ said with labored lightness.
"Nothings of any USE" said
Jim, once we were there, IF Il,
don't get to Dick West nothing
else can be made to count. Dick
has the titles that I've got 20
have-or watch the whole bust.
ness go to smash. It's Dicks
papers-or we're on the rocks.
My trip to Mexico proved that. q
It can't be altered or side-stepped.' :
Wen get them,' I said sooth- >
ingly.
Wen get them" mimtcked +
Jim. what chance is there? .
Rosa s. flivvered. She's been too 4
busy dancing with Manuelo to be :
on the job-that's what" he end
ed with sneer. =
Jim dug deep into his hip
pocket and drew out his hand :
rounded widely over a thick roll
of bills He flourished it with a :.
boastfulness that was at once :.
boyish and pathetic to me, who -
knew how he longs for success. :,
This comes from Ramon and :,
a syndicate he rules. I need it
and more. / can get alh went >
from Ramon-unless I get int
wrong with his Rosa"
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27

tic SOO1CA VIC SSS
a loop in that circuit
- the better
you may be right, but Kest-
ner. I think your gang has flown.
the coop!"
1t was Wilsnach who spoke,
but not the shabby and self
effacing wilsnach Of the rue de Ia
Paix. Instead, it was a dandi.
fled, edition-de-luxe Wilsnaeh as
O tourist in peg-top trousers and
pointed patent feathers. Wills
mach with a waist line and q
waxed imperial.
Kestner pulled off the from
gray wig that has been making
his head uncomfortably worm.
ST think you're wrong" he
piled without en- o.
ton, land later on I'll tell you why.
But did you get the grip
Eyes. Not as young as wanted,
though
Where have you quartered
herr"
She's at the Hotel des Palmes
with her mother"
with her mother?"
Couldn't get her alone-she's
only twelve. But she's small for
her age. I gathered them up in
Taormina The mother was work
ing at the Hotel Trinacria there.
The fathers German named Van
dermissen, a tubercular chef, sent
south. on his last legs. They're
glad of the money!
"But that motherp' demurred
Kestner.
1--WE rugged the woman out in a
uniform OF German nurse"
"And the child?"
''Is dolled up the best the island
could do. Neither speak 9, word Of
English. They're here waiting.
meek but mystified. They'll do
anything we want, in reason. And
she's a pretty kid. yellow hair,
blue eyes. German type. But
they're costing US sixty francs
day"
They'll be worth it"'
But what's your plan?"
MY plan is simply this: Lam
bert knows I'm after him. He isn't
quite sure how much I've found
out about him and this daughter of
his. He can't be certain IL he's
Swallowed or not. And that's ne
wants to make sure of. So he's
posted the girl here at this minia-
ture painting business. He's made
her into a wooden decoy duck"
But I can't see what he gains
by that"
well, here's his game, as fig
ure it out: People in hiding don't
usually advertise their where
abouts. They don't post markers.
80. don't you see what they're driv-
ing at? They simply intend her
for the fly, and am the trout
that's to jump at it. They can't
even be sure the trout's in this par
ticular pool. But they know that
trout have a habit Of rising to
files"
And this is sure a handsome
one"
I'm going to rise to it. at any
rate Only, in this case. let's hone
we're big enough fish to carry the
fly off with us when we go"'
Now I'm beginning to see day
light" acknowledged Wilsnach.
"But what must do?'
Kestner smoked in silence for
several moments.
Where have you put up?"
"At the Hotel de France. in the
Piazza Marina. thought It best
for us to scatter bit"
Good. I'm a widow from Ham
burg, remember, named Vendors
nnissen-we can't improve on that
name. I've a room at the Hotel
des Palmes, next to my grandchild
and her nurse. I'm deaf, nd I'm
eccentric, but I've got money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
HWD41 IOIVD 11A1 DUG
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies a Unique Position
In the Writing World AS An
Authority On the Problems
Of Girls.

wv lions ana IDEALS ko1
w the average girl Of
twenty?" Leonora writes to ask.
And Is a girl of twenty too
young to be married"
Dear child, life isn't a matter
of hard and fast rules. You don't
lay down certain regulations for
yourself and say:
This must be my ambition. I
ought to want certain things. /
must share established aims and
ideals"
Think what a world of Robots"
we would live in if we turned
ourselves into perfectly conform
ing efficiency machines. There
would be no room for personality.
for character development or in
dividuality If we all established
ourselves on the basis of "the av-
erage."
Know then thyself' is some
thing more than a popular quota
ton. It is the budapest to real
living. The proper study of hui
manity is indeed humanity. And
the thing for the individual to do
is to find out what kind of an in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

when was Jacksonville F'lal
swept by fire?
2-When was the first wireless
message sent across the Atlantic?
3-When did Napoleon. the
great French general, die? =
4-When did Daniel Defoe's
famous Robinson Crusoe" first
appear?
5--When Ndid Francis Parkman,
the distinguished American his
torian, die?
Answers to these queries will
be printed tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
This Day in Our History

THIS is the anniversary of the planting Of the first
colony in Maryland, in 1884, by Lord Baltimore,
after whom the capital named The colony fourished
from the first The founder visited the colony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.

To Yesterdays Questions.
Purdue University, of Lafay-
cite Qnd) was founded in 1869.
2-Arizona was admitted to the
Union as State February IA,
1912.
3-The Dominion of Canada was
established in 1887.
4-Brazil became a republic in
1889.
5-The Hawaiian Queen, Lillou-
kalina. was deposed January 16,
1898.
Copyright. 1923. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.D
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
The Letter @

THE origin of the letter is interesting in view Of its
= similarity to the letter o. The name is derived
from the French word queue meaning TAIL the letter
is with tail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27

ADVERTISEMENT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-27
By Arthur Stringer,
PART /.
Famous Writer Of Novels and Short
Stories Of international Fame.

<<"HEN the sooner we get
a loop in that circuit
the better"
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-10
Page Corps Correspondent
Oue 600 Miles Wires Alabama Center
Kilby Condemns Employing
Relative By Heads of State

ly administration of the public bus
mess that ] regard it as imperative
that Legislation be enacted which will
limit If not prohibit it.
Any member of this legislature
by methods of his own may obtain in
formation to show that the public
business of several departments n
the capitol has been transacted by
relatives of the heads of the depart
ments. In many cases the work has
been well done and it is not my pur-
pose now to point out the inefficiency
of any employee of the state but to
show that the practice may lead 10
a condition whereby the public bust
ness may be seriously affected.
Cites state Treasurer.
"1'he state treasury will serve as
an illustration: The state treasurer
has one daughter as chief clerk and
another as an assistant clerk. There
are two other employees. both women.
[ doubt not that the work will be
Handled efficiently, but what would
happen If the state treasurer should
become i'll? He and his chief clerk
his daughter, are the only ones per-
mitted to handle the states money
and draw the states warrants II
the treasurer should become i'll his
chief clerk naturally would be called
to his bedside and his other daugh-
Ter. an assistant clerk, would GO,
also. This would leave only two en-
ployes in the department and neither
would have authority to receive or
disburse state funds.
Il suggest that the Legislature en-
act law limiting if not prohibiting
tie employment of their relatives by
reads of departments
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-10
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
THE AGE-HERAi-D
Montgomery. Ala, Jan. 0

Carrying out his declaration made
at the time he scored George w. Ell
lis, state treasurer, for employing
two daughters in the treasury de-
partment. Governor Kilby in his mes
sage to the legislature today urged
the enactment of a law prohibiting
the employment of relatives by the
heads of state departments Cover
nor kilby declared that the tendency
is growing toward the employment of
relatives in public offices and men
toned specifically the treasury de-
partment where one daughter of the
state treasurer is now chief clerk
and another daughter is assistant
clerk.
Fred Fite, member of the legis-
lature from jefferson county, was a
member of the house from Tuscaloosa
county in 1915. and introduced bill
prohibiting the employment of rela-
tives by public officials. He is back
jefferson county but today declined
to say whether or not he would pro-
pose the legislation again.
Would Bar Relatives.
Il deem it my duty to advise you
of the growing tendency toward the
employment of relatives in pubic
offices" said the governor, For
many years complaints have been
heard about public offices becoming
private snaps. There is more just
cause for such complaints now than
ever before. This practice of en-
plcying relatives in public office has
and can SO seriously affect the order
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-10
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND THE FLU
First Step in Treatment Is
Brisk Purgative With Gallo
tabs, the Purified and Re-
fined Calomel Tablets That
Are Nausealess, Safe and
Sure.

Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds, coughs.
sore throat and influenza can be de-
pended upon for full effectiveness
Until the liver is made thoroughly &C
tive. That Is why the first step IN
the treatment is the new. nausealess
calomel tablets called Calotabs. which
are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old style
calomel. Doctors also point out the
fact that an active liver may go a
long way towards preventing influ-
enza and colds and is one of the most
important factors in enabling the pa
tient to successfully Withstand an at
tack and ward off pneumonia.
One or two Calotabs on the tongue
at bed time. with a swallow of water
that's all. No salts. no nausea nor
the slightest interference with your
eating, pleasure or work Next morn
ing your cold has vanished. your
liver is active, your system Is puri-
fled and YOU are feeling fine. with
hearty appetite for breakfast. Genu-
inc Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages. price thirty-fiv
cents for the large. family-package:
ten cents, for the small. vest-pocket
size.-Adv.