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Good luck will help a man over the ditch if he jumps hard.
 The motto of New Jersey is Lib erty and Prosperity" A certain num- Der of murderers probably appreciate the first part of 1t.
 About the latest thing in clothes is the guy who stayed out all night.
 If fifty or so orphans will not sep arate some birds from their cash we cannot think of anything that will.
 The man who lives for himself alone certainly has very little to live for.
 An "eteran triangle" has three cor ners but only one coroner
 Amos Fash says a tactful man is he who listens with interest to the things he knows all about, frequently told by one who knows nothing at all about them.
 Carried away by the beauty of the heroine on the screen, he murmured, unconsciously, isn't she lovely!"
 "Every time you see a pretty girl you forget you're married" snapped his better half.
 "You're wrong, my dear, nothing brings home the fact with so much force"
 The only drawback about playing Santa Claus more than once year is the cost
 Most men wear false faces when they play Santa Claus so that they will not "give away" their real feel ings. (especially when giving away fur coats and other inexpensive pres ents)
 Wit without wisdom soon becomes wearisome.
 There were flappers in grand mothers day, but they called them 'tom boys"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

What has become of the old fashioned farm CT who was always wanting to ''get the law'' on his neighbors?
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03
PEACE AT ANY PRICE

When the late Gen. Horace Porter was manager of the Pullman Com pany an army officer wrote him say ing that the Pullman car that had carried him from Jersey City to Long Beach had not been properly swept and dusted.
 General Porter waste basketed the letter: also the second, the third and
 the fourth. But the fifth was so vlo-
 ,ent that General Porter dictated the following reply:
 sir: We have run the train off the track burned the cars, shot the conductor, hanged the porter and dis continued the line. Hoping that this will be satisfactory, remain, etc." When they are dressed for market you can't tell a chicken from an old hen. We are writing of poultry, you
 understand.
 Admiral Porter once said: "Take no quarter from anybody" He is the only porter who ever said anything of that kind. TOTALLY DISABLED Beggar-"Gimme dime, sir. I'm a poor cripple Passerby-"How are you crippled?' Beggar-"Financiall The best pull is push. husband for hugging acrtess. Well, wasn't he her press agent?
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Europe will do better by paying off her new debts than by paying off her old score
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

There may have been miIder winters in Alaska, but never during the twenty five years residence of the writer in this Northand
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

community is not standing around proclaiming the fact.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

One reason why home life is dying out in America is that at such short range the wfe's aim is deadly.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

d0VorClSlng.
 "Don't criticise those who leave elsewhere. Pity them" And, "Ain't God Good to Fair banks. Ain't He tho!" are the ears appear ing these days in the Fairbanks News-M Miner.
 The Ketchikan Daily News has resumed publican after suspension of three months under new management. Ebert Bennett is the editor and business manager and Bernard M. Stone city editor and assistant manager The News declares, "We're for the people who need assistance and for the wrongs that need resistance
 The Yukon Silver and Gold Fields edition of the Dawson Daily News contains 36 pages and is a regular mint of information concern ing the mineral wealth of Yukon and especial ly of the Mayo district which gives promises of developing into one of the greatest silver camps on the continent. The optimistic at titude which the Dawson paper assumes is both delightful and refreshing, contending, as it does, that the best days of Yukon are in the future rather than in the past and that the present period of inertia is but a brief vaca tion between the halcyon past and the better and bigger future that is dawning.
 The Golden Spike edition of the Alaska Dis patch is a most creditable issue and one which should be the means of putting before the public the kind of propaganda the Territory needs. It is printed on enameled book paper, lyrofuse in illustrations with most approprl- ate and artistic cover in coors Considerable space is devoted to the construction of the Government Railway, with special articles on our coal deposits oil fields, lode and placer mines, trails and roads, the fox industry, tim Der resources, Alaska Agricultural College reindeer industry, salmon, clam, crab and shrimp canneries, tin deposits, scenery and tourist travel We congratulate Brother Rus sell on his splendid effort
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Somebody always makes money ou of a fad. but the fad followers don Have another Eskimo pie?
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Try Daily Times for Job Printing.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03
WHATDIJA PUT OUT FOR GAS?

This seasons gas output breaks all records, so does our output for gas.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Money still talks, but a dollar IS sorely in need of an amplifier.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

"Dont criticse those who leave elsewhere Pity them.' And, "Aint God Good to Fair banks Ain't He tho!'' are the ears appear ing these days in the Fairbanks News-Miner
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03
TOTALLY DISABLED

The best pull is push.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK

Unfortunately when Greek does meet Greek, the event is more often billed as One Round Hogan vs. Kid Reilley.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Publicity man named in suit by
 husband for hugging acrtess. Well, wasn't he her press agent?
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

Good luck will help a man over tn ditch if he jumps hard.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

The motto of New Jersey is "Lib erty and Prosperity" A certain mum Der of murderers probably appreciate the first part of 1t.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03

There were flappers in grand, mothers day, but they called them "tom boys"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-21
FOXY GRANDPA STORIES
WHERE MEALS ARE HIGH.

plants run in herds-like buffa-
loes or zebras.> Sometimes there
are hundred in a herd, but usu-
ally there are between twenty
and fifty.
AS it happened as Bobby and
/ were riding across the plain we
saw them. 1 quickly climbed
tree with Bunny and Bobby fol-
lowing me, set up my camera.
and as they came toward us !
snapped several good pictures.
/ wanted close-ups of the huge
beasts, but I must confess
wasn't so interested in seeing
them quite as close as they came.
to us.
Right for our tree one big fell
low numbered!
held my breath but didn't say
anything, for l did not want to
brighten my little companions.
Up he came, threw his big
trunk in the air and commenced
pulling the tender leaves from
the branches. We kept SO still
and the foliage was so thick that
he never saw us, but went on
eating his lunch-for it was about
noon, and I suppose elephants
do have lunch-and never even
looked our way.
He gobbled up all the green
shoots and then threw his trunk
right up in the air and twisted
off the whole top of the tree!
The tree trembled and so did
we, 1 can tell you. But we are
all right, because all of a sudden
he gave a kind of grunt and trot.
ted off to his friends who were
walking on to the forest where
they lived.
"Whew" murmured Bobby as
we climbed down out of the tree
to start home.
ITS a good thing we weren't
in q taller tree" Bunny said
with q sigh of relief.
"Why?" asked Bobby. II should
think that would have been
better"
perhaps for the elephant, but
not for us. If he couldn't have
reached the top Of the tree. he
would have just uprooted it in
order to get the highest leaves
It's good thing our luck is still
with u.s." I murmured.
In Thursdays StOry-A Perfect
CamOuflage Startled Them,
copyright, 1923, by International
Feature Service. Inc.l
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By Maria Jeritza,

"HE moment that beauty
measures become a buga-
boo you are going, first, to
dread, then to neglect them. For,
certainly. precious though the gift
of beauty is to every woman,
worry and discomfort would be a
prohibitive price to pay for it.
When you commence to grow
miserable over your efforts for
loneliness, that moment you be-
gin to sacrifice your beauty. Hap
piness is essential to loneliness.
I do not for q, moment believe
in going through exercises while
hating them! They will do you
little good in this way. But the
normal woman enjoys exercising
her body. When vigorous sport
such as horseback riding, swim
ming and tennis are for any rea-
son impractical, then indoor ex-
ercise becomes happy substitute.
Give yourself a chance to be-.
come accustomed TO twenty min
utes or so of exercise each morn
ing preceding your refreshing
bath, and you VIII be sure to
Grow to love it. Such exercises
stimulate circulation, timber the
body and tend to produce lines
of symmetrical beauty.
I do not promise that you win
become radiantly beautiful over
night by practicing exercises be-
fore your open window, then
plunging into quick, tepid bath
followed by an alcohol rundown.
( merely suggest that you can
not fail to be happier and love-
lier and in every way more at
tractive because Of this enjoyable
and natural outlet for your physi-
cal energy and the systematic,
orderly plan of life which 1t
typifies.
And-more important than all
the exercises ever invented
think happily, constructively-of
others as well as OF yourself, If
you would attain and retain love.
Illness.
Here is an exercise that you
will enjoy trying, If you would
like to reduce the size of your
hips you will bs wise to keep
this exercise on your list for
many weeks, Make 1t point to
practice it with precision, rapid.
ity, and energy.
For this exercise you will need
very simple and homely inn
plement---a rolling pin. An ordi.
nary stick will do, but a good old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-21
TRY THESE, RECIPES

~ NAPPY days and snappy
- cheese dishes go well to-
~ gether. Cheese is a rich,
concentrated food, supplying one
with an animal protein of high
quality at low cost. Aside from
the many uses for uncooked cheese
there are many uses for cheese in
cooking. It is easily digested if
properly prepared and used in the
right place in the menu. All
cheese dishes should be cooked at
Q low temperature.
Like eggs and other protein
foods high temperature toughens
the protein and makes it hard to
digest. Cheese cooked at too high
q temperature is tough and stringy.
1t may be used in soups, scallops,
souffles or with vegetables or
cereals to add ,nutriment of high
quality.
A cheese soup served with toast
ed crackers, celery and a fruit
salad or dessert is a good lunch
con dish. The soup may be made
following this recipe:
Two tablespoons butter, two
tablespoons flour, four cups of
milk, one and a half teaspoons
salt, paprika, one tablespoon onion
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YOUR BEAUTY


fashioned rolling pin is best be-
cause it gives you a firm hold.
Stand straight with your weight
over the balls of your feet. your
hands straight over your head.
Grasp the rolling pin between
your hands and pull them slight
~ apart.
Without moving your arms,
head or shoulders. bend to the
right as far as you can from
your waistline, then to the left.
Repeat ten times. You will feel
a pull at the muscles of your
waist and hips which win prove
to you that you are exercising
them vigorously, and hence they
are growing supple and trim.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-21
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

When choosing chamois leather
gloves, always hold them up to
the light. In this way the weak"
parts of the skin are easily de-
tected. Choose a pair of gloves
through which the light cannot
penetrate.
Starched cuffs and shirt fronts,
when cut up, make substantial
luggage labels.
If a cracked egg has to be
boiled, wrap it in creased pa
per tie with string and put it
in boiling water.
A little dry mustard rubbed
on the hands will immediately
remove all smell of fish.
To prevent brown sugar from
becoming lumpy keep it in an
open jar or canister, in a cool
place.
Treason doth never prosper"
This saying is taken from "Epi-
grams" by Scipio Harrington
Q5611612).
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the office a call came from the
Harrison office.
But it wasn't Jim's voice that
greeted me over the wire. It was
Rosa Cordova speaking with the
avid shrillness she takes on when
excited. Without preliminary
greeting she demanded:
"Anne, where is it shall find
Jaime? Here he is not and it is
more than an hour later than ever
he come in when he is the latest.
Your house have call and they
tell me you were not there either
of you last night. Is it that you
neutrality-suspicious. he have
spent him the weekend? Can you
tell me why are his friends so
fascinating he shall not be in for
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early start, so Pat could drive in
instead OF taking a train.
Jeanne didn't come down to
breakfast, for which was CRATE
full. I liked remembering her in
the gracious, housewifely mood OF
the night before. I was permitted
a peep at baby Phoebe in her
bath, and then Pat whirled me off
to the city in the small car, which
he doesn't often take to town.
realized that he was driving i'll
now to save me from the train
trip. and that this consideration
marked his return to the old mood
of standing Thy me with the oil
big-brother spirit.
Pat kept the conversation casual
as we drove through the clean,
dew-washed country over which
the dust Of the day hadn't yet been
given time to settle. I knew he
was trying to distract my mini
from the events of the afternoon
before.
Shall I be driving you straight
to the office or are you after want
ing to stop off at your apartment
first and leave your bag?" he ask
ed as we drove over the bridge
leading to the crowded city streets.
DO you mind stopping while
leave my bag-and get the,
mail?" I asked.
mo ,tyrant is after hurrying
me. lis time and time a-plenty
I'm having" replied Pat.
Are you sure you want to
waltz" asked as we approached
my apartment. ST may be-quite
long time"
"If I'm kept waiting so long
that I'm after getting impatient
I'll be telephoning a summons"
smiled Pat, with his blue eyes a
twinkle. But it's no hurry I'm
in, so don't worry if you're after
keeping me while you do a bit of
prettying."
You're dearp cried, press
ing his hand as he leaped out of
the car to help me, and stood un-
covered while the hallboy trotted
across the sidewalk with me bear
ing my bag.
I found myself humming a little
tune as the elevator carried me
upward Somehow my heart told
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LASTING Fame.

II say this evening" repeated
Rosa, insolently; II mean this
evening"
My blood boiled. was On the
eve of refusing point blank either
to meet her or to put up with an
other word from her. But some
inner caution restrained me, and
Rosa cut into the momentary si-
lence with:
'sOf Jaime there are things
shall say. How dare he run about
in this fashion? OF what does he
think? Has he no regard for how
we shall stand-we Cordovas? But
that is not all. To you ] want to
speak on what is nearer my heart
than all else How you feel about
Jaime in your cold. blooded North
ern way it is to me nothing. But
how I feel on something that is to
my heart nearit is to me every
thing. You will not fail me?''
thought detected a note of
pleading in her voice. I wondered
If Jim would return and how we'd
meet after his declaration to
Jeanne that was just right for
him. We'd had no moment alone
since then and longed for one.
So / asked placatingly:
Can you make it five-thirty? /
don't mind coming to your office
IL that's simpler for you"
ITO James office!" repeated
Rosa with strange emphasis. oh,
no! 1t is at your office win see
you. And alone. And at six. Per-
haps we shall not talk long. It is
to depend on how you answer one
question. Adios.''
The receiver clicked up. It left
me with the feeling that Rosa
Cordova had said Check" won
dered il she were about to say
"Checkmate /"
/ Alter lH0 COALNSISdIlOA A0AAu6
which Rosa had forced me to agree
to see her at my office at that
evening, plunged back into work.
put in a hard morning. AT noon,
/ got up almost stealthily, slipped
into my coat, put my hat on and
trotted by devious ways to loan
company I'd often passed and had
once contemplated entering. That
time I had quaIIed.
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the business when ten o'clock
have passed."
There was a deliberate sneer in
her voice.
Jim and spent the weekend
at Dreamwold with Jeanne and
Pat" I answered, telling that part
of the truth which best protected
us from Rosa's suspicious and
innuendoes.
"Oh, that" could see Rosa
wave it way with one eager little
hand. do you think I have not
call Dreamwold7 1t is important
that / shall reach Jaime, and
when he is not at home II call
first his club and then Jeanne. /
make of you-how you say-court
of last resort"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-21

<<TOXY GRANDPA" said
Bobby one morning while
n we were taking pictures
in Africa, what animal do you
think has the best Disposition"
''Well, that depends, Bobby"
I answered, whether you are
talking about wild animals or do
nestle animals"
Bobby looked thoughtful and
then said:
"Wild animals"
II think I agree with Pliny,"
1 announced.
who's Pliny?" Bobby quickly
asked.
"Pliny was a great naturalist
who lived in Rome hundreds and
hundreds of years ago, soon after
the birth of Christ, Bobby. He
loved animals just as you and l
do and spent his life in studying
them. The poor man died when
Mount Vesuvius erupted and
killed so many people with the
fire and scalding lava which it
belched forth from it's crater"
Bobby looked so sad over the
great catastrophe that 1 had ito
turn his mind quickly to some
thing pleasant, so / said:
Eyes, Bobby, but before the
great man died he did great
deal of good for the world by
telling it about our animal
friends"
HE must have been nice
man." unused Bobby. "Now tell
me which ANIMAL he liked, Foxy
Grandpa. You said you agreed
with, him about it,"
Guess" said I, laughingly. at
lives right here in Africa"
Bobby screwed up his little
face and said:
"It can't be a tiger. And it
can't be lion. Is it a zebra?"
mo" 7 chuckled You know,
Bobby, they haven't good DISPOSE
tons"
"IIippOpatamus," Bobby de-
clared, cor a rhinocerOs.
You're getting warm, because
Pliny's favorite animal was big.
1.-THE elephant" shouted Bobby
jumping up and down.
you're right" said I, "of this
animal Pliny said: we find in
him qualities which are rare
among men - honesty, prudence,
equity I am In great hopes OF
getting a fine picture Of one to-
day"
What picture ] did get, too!
not only got a. picture of one,
but Of a herd. You know ele-
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Delightful Sequel to the Serial, When Girl Marries,
Which Scored Tremendous Success Through
out the Nation.

me that Jim would be there. Let
ting myself into the apartment
I ran to- the dining room with
smiling lips and a heart that was
clamorous for this first moment
alone with Jim since he'd de-
clared before doubling Jennie and
worried Pat his love for me and
his need Of me.
But Jim wasn't in the dinner
room.
The clock marked only eight
thirty, and I realized that wed
driven in great rate due to the
fact that we were ahead of traf-
fic and not held up by it. 1t was
likely Evvy's guest had kept Jim
up late the night before, so /
wasn't surprised at his sleeping
late. I hurried down the hall to
the guest room where Jim has
been making his quarters.
It was empty With feeling
of uncertain delight, / decided
that he had gone back to our
room. / crossed the hall and
opened the door cautiously, so I
wouldn't disturb Jim If he were
still sleeping. But this room also
was empty. The beds were I'M
disturbed.
Jim hadn't returned to the
apartment.
When I realized that Jim wasn't
in our apartment and had clearly
left Dreamwold, I had a moment
of panic Then rang for the
maid and asked her il there had
been any messages for Mr.. Harri-
son or me since we left. Thus,
without suggesting that / didn't
know where Jim was, could
make sure of getting any word
he'd left for me. But the maid
assured me there hadn't beer,
even one telephone call since we
departed.
Dismissing her, rang Jim's
club and asked to speak to him.
But he wasn't there, nor had he
been heard from.
Setting my lips firmly fought
for self-controI. When 1 felt I
had gained it in some measure I
went back to my room and gath
cred up my jewels. Then went
down to join Pat.
1 hoped to hear from Jim and
when was plunged in work at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-21
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
By ALINE MACHAELIS.
Memories.

n WONDER if it was as fair
as now it seems to me, the
n glow of spring-time in the
air, the golden honey-bee? The
tender green on oak and ash, the
clover's faint perfume, the tink-
ling brook, the fountains splash,
the stars beyond the gloom? /
wonder if earth could have known
so sweet, so dear a thing as that
/ dreamed in days now flown, the
magic men call spring? l Won
der if that song heard one un-
forgotten night, that limited Of
the hooking bird with notes as
clear as light, those lifting sounds
that now are mute Qhow brief is
beauty's spanD say, were they
fresher than the flute or ancient
pipes of Pan? Did 1 but dream
the loneliness upon the blue seas
face when sunset, like a swift
caress, glowed there little space?
was IL lily AdIISy WONC IAO~ oPOA
that ocean held for me, a charm
no tide or gale could quell, the
marvel of the sea? First love!
I wonder more and more as
fleeing years go past about that
tender dream of yore, too sweet
and pure to last. Oh, was it as
I see it now, a star serene and
bright, that shed a glory Jon my
brow and filled my heart with
light? Was it quick, supernal
spark. a bit of fire divine, was
it a voice from out the dark
that taught my soul to shine?
Oh, spring and song and love
that passed. oh. sunlight on the
sea, though all are gone 1 weave
them fast in memory's tapestry!
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My face tingled. My fingers
itched to slap Rosa.
what did Jeanne tell your"
to ask suavely.
ooh, it was not to the beautiful
iceberg / spoke" replied Rosa
easily. at ask the maid If it is
possible that shall find Mr.. Har-
rison there. And she say he was
there, but she think he have gone
on Sunday. And she tell me that
Mrs. Harrison she have the so
early breakfast and drive to town
with Mr.. Dalton So / know that
if Jim had been there for little
visit he do not stay. But I think
Of course you shall know where
it is he have gone. And I am
angry you do not ten me-"
II realized that Rosa had me,
but / determined to make one last
feeble effort to protect Jim and
myself.
1T is just possible that Jim has
a secret mission to perform" I
managed laughingly. II can't tell
you thing about it, Rosa, but
you can rest assured that as soon
as it's had the attention it re-
quires, he'll be back in the office.
And in the meantime, you know.
he's resting easy because Of his
great and well -founded confidence
in you"
"Score one for the White Id
lacg'' cooed Rosa. But there was.
something sinister in her du1cet
tone. "And since it is OF james
confidence in me you speak,
have to you something to say
about the confidence others have
in me. Tonight / must see you,
Anne. Do you hear mel say /
must see you"
"And if you must, you SHALL" I
replied, sensing the need Of pIa-
eating Rosa.
AT your office shall be at
six. Wait for me, . ordered Rosa
with the nonchalance of a queen.
For moment hesitated. am
averse to taking orders from Rosa
in any case, and her tone now
was particularly offensive.
I'm afraid I cannot wait, - re-
piled sweetly. IF you must see
me how about this noon for
lunch?"