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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

| Up they marched-right up the
hill.
It was a huge ant hill. It was
made of little pellets Of mud, and
spiders webs and particles Of dust
all mixed into paste. When the
pellets hardened they stuck to-
gether like bricks Joined with NOR
tar.
why. they're regular brick
layers. aren't they?" I exclaimed.
was fascinated as I watched
the little insects carry their UNI
brellas up the hill. And then
imagine my surprise when they
laid the leaves carefully on the
dome Of their house, and matched
it with a pretty green roof.
isn't that wonderful! I whis-
pered. But look, Bunny, those
{ fellows that were standing around
the workers under the tree are
standing around again. They're
a lazy lot, aren't they? They don't
seem to do any work"
You're mistaken, Foxy Grand
pa" Bunny said. 1.-THE others
might not be able to work II it
weren't for them. Have you no.
ticed that they are different from
the other ants?"
I examined them closely and saw
that they had regular hard, black
helmets on their heads.
"They have helmets like soldiers
wear!' I exclaimed.
Sure they have" agreed Bun
ny. They are soldiers. Their job
is to protect the others while
they're at work. And it was one
of the soldiers who gave Bobby
a jab with his little spear"
How MIR. Salmon escaped the
Big Bear i'm tOmOrrOw's story.
Copyright. 1928. by International
Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

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

, dings Of gloved palms on gloved
palms which greeted the cessa-
ton Of her activities. She got
herself off the stage, walking
heavily in her too-tight slippers.
Jean-Pierre, who sat at one side
could see a little behind the
scenes and observed that as soon
as she thought she was out of
sight Of the audience, she gave
way to childish relief that the
ordeal was over, and skipped for
ward, running. He suppressed a
supercilious smile OF aesthetic
scorn. Her body, as large and
heavy as woman's, no longer
expressed the impulses of the
child she still was. She skipped
clumsily, with an inelastic energy
Of gesture like cow capering in
- spring-time pasture. Jean
Pierre felt the keenest pleasure
in his ruthless perception Of her
lack OF grace. This was eman-
cipation!
She plays very nicely" MUIR
INJURED his mother, on the general
chance that some member Of her
family might be sitting within
earshot.
Eyes, very agreeably," he con-
Cured.
Neither Of them had heard
note Of the music.
DecOrous Silence
They continued to sit in decor
GUS silence, looking with vacant
faces straight before them, TIL
the next performer appeared.
This was Elsie Fortier, whom
they were both prepared to de-
test because. of her father and
mother and brother. They did
detest her, everything about her
from her thin, dry hair, frizzed
out to initiate abundance, to her
shifty eyes exactly like her moth
er's. from her STOPPING shoulders,
to her long bony hands. which
clattered out loudly the Schubert
Marche Militaire. When she had
finished, Really quite a talent"
observed Nine. GARNER taking
pains to be audible; and, RE
markable for her age" agreed
Jean-Pierre.
He was relaxing morally, in an
inexpressible ease at finding his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
IN JCH" said Bobby. as he
started to strike at big
~ ant on his leg.

III JCH" said Bobby. as he
started to strike at q big
~ ant on his leg.
Don't kill him. Bunny shout
ed. Were in their wayy'
We had not noticed the little
hill about two feet high, which we
now saw near US. You see we
were tired after our long walk
through the jungle in Brazil, where
we were when this happened.
Quick as a wink we all lay down
on our stomachs and watched the
little fellow that had bitten Bobby.
He took his position under a
tree. There were many other ants
there. Some were standing like
sentinels. for all the world like
soldiers at attention.
AS we watched these busy little
insects, we noticed that small
pieces of leaves started to drop
down from the trees.
That's strange" said I. II
never before saw leaves break up
and fall in pieces"
The ants on the ground caught
up the tiny pieces of leaves and
started off with them. AS they
carried the sections Of the leaves
which were about the size of a
dime-they held them in the air.
So conical did they appear that
Bobby laughed:
"They look as If they were car
rying umbrellas"
That's how they get their
name" whispered Bunny. They're
called umbrella ants"
what are they going to do
with the leaves?" I asked.
Just watch" said Bunny.
On and on the little workers
plodded. They made straight for
the little hill we had noticed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
EV Err YD AY
MISTAKES

- In Speaking -
Wrong.
II busted the bag"
Right.
II burst the bag"
The word meaning to break
out or disrupt is burst" not
bust"
Wrong.
asparagus" pronounced SPAR
row grass"
Right.
Asparagus" pronounced as
"a" as in "that'O par GA as in
"thatD a Gas the first "a" i'm
"papa~ gus GU as in "us").
Wrong.
HE tried every which way to
start the engine"
Right.
"He tried every way to start
the engine"
(which" in the popular express
sion every which way" is mean
ingless. and should not be used"
Copyright. 1923, King Features
. Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

From the wings trudged in a
red-cheeked young girl. with a
large bust, and brawny rough
arms. hanging down over her
starched white dress. Behind her
trotted a short withered elderly
woman, black silk waist crossed
over her flat chest, her scanty
hair smoothed down in thin ban
deaux over her ears. They sat
down before the piano, opened
the music, carried by the older
woman, waited till she had ad-
justed dropping eyeglasses on
her thin nose, and had peeringly
found her place. Then the young
girl began to pound out the Rain
drop prelude while the other
turned over the pages.
The audience preserved a re-
spectful silence, bestowing a mi
mute attention on the hang Of
the players skirt, the fit Of her
bodice, the >crimped waves Of
her light brown hair. her over
plump hands, and the bullying
patent-leather shoes, which she
pressed nervously UP and down
on the pedals.
Something seemed to break and
clear away in Jean-Pierre's head,
like fumes drifting away from a
shattered retort. So this was a
schoolgirl, this solid, uniformed
lump OF human flesh, neither
child nor woman, who had lost q
child's poetry and had not yet
come to woman's seductiveness.
He looked coolly at the girl Chis
mother whispered her name, the
younger sister OF 1ycee friend
Of his) dissecting her with his
eyes. immeasurably relieved. Was
1t for an anonymous creature like
this, too old to kiss on the cheek,
too young to kiss on the mouth,
that he had suffered? Why, 1T
was nothing; mere morbid within
OF his ignorant boyheod. How
light Maman had been in making
Papa send him away from it!
He had grown to be man with
out realizing 1t, a man Of the
world. In no danger Of losing his
head over chits.
The prelude was finished. The
player got to her feet. and bowed
self-consciously to the muted tlud-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

shy, liquid. dark eyes. She was
breathing a little rapidly, her
young breast rising and falling
under the filmy white Of her
dress. A timid propitiatory smile
curved her sensitive mouth and
arched her long, finely-drawn eye
brows.
Not a muscle Of Jean-Pierre's
face changed; every line Of his.
careless, confident attitude froze
taut as 1t was. And underneath
this motionlesss exterior, he felt
his heart holly, joyfully weeping
in passion Of thanksgiving, like
q frightened lost child who has
come into the right way. He lost
all sense of connection with his
body and yearning, worshipping,
clamoring, in1periously calling.
humbly beseeching he gazed out
from the bars of his immobiIe,
well-dressed external self at the
girl sitting before the piano. Two
years, two long years Of exile,
how could life ever make up to
him for those two lost years?
How he had starved! His fam
ished eyes fed ravenously on what
they saw. the supple, elastic Slim
ness Of the young body, the fine,
thin ankle and shapely foot. the
creamy forearm, the agile. strong,
white fingers. so bravely flinging
out harmonies beyond the COM
prehension Of the smooth, broad
brow, inviolate, intact. innocent,
ignorant. which bent its fun
chiId's curve over the keys.
Jean-Pierre looked and looked.
prostrating himself in awe before
the revelation Of divine. stainless
youth. Never till that moment,
he told himself, had he under.
stood the meaning Of the holy
word, virgin.
And he had thought. those two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

head clear. his heart at rest. To
own yourself, to look at life from
behind a stout wall Of critical
cynicism-it was to be in safety
at last! He barely glanced at the
next player, nondescript, pre-
cocious child, who murdered a
Moment Musical, her short thin
legs dangling from the stool. And
the next, the one who played the
Liebestraum, a tall young lady
with the self-admiring graces and
manners Of an opera singer on
the concert platform. He looked
at his watch again and wondered
how long 1t would be before the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

stupid school performance would
be over. and he could get away
for an aperitif at the Cafe du
Grand Bouleau on the Place
d'Armes and an evening with
AYOuthfuI Artist
He saw that another player
was coming forward. a slim tall
girl with thick shining dark hair
held back by q white ribbon like
the others. She stood for an in
slant to bow to the audience be-
fore sitting down at the piano,
and he could look up full into
her unconscious face, gazing out
over his head impersonally with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
By Dorothy Garfield.
whose Novel, ''The Brinlming Cup"
Achieved Popularity Through.
ont the Country.

~ UT there were fine things in
America, too. even If they did
- not know how to create real
: homes, even If the men did not
know how to love their mothers,
or cherish their wives. He had
learned a great deal there, q
great deal even beyond the reve-
lation or new business methods.
What he had learned CONNER
cialIy. was enormous! He faced
his future here In France, sure
Of success.
But he had taken In other
things too-he was thankful that
he had been to Marise's native
country and had learned some
: thing about the attitude toward
women there-not that he would
ever, ever treat Marise as Ameri-
can wives were treated, with that
rough-and.ready, cowboy lack Of
ceremony, nor would he ever neg
1ect her. leave her out of his life,
as American husbands did. He
would know how to combine the
American honesty and sincerity
with what no American ever felt
or showed, with what no Ameri-
can woman ever experienced
! tenderness, cherishing tenderness.
He would be tender for .Marise as
no other human being could be;
he would find the most exquisite
ways to surround her with ten
derness. to protect that sweet
mouth OF hers from bitterness or
sorrow. or knowledge Of the
worlds evil.
He looked down steadily at the
floor. a knot In his throat, his
heart aching. and swallowed
hard.
Stage Setting
Three wooden thums sounded
from the platform and the curtain
drew itself aside, showing the
stage decorated with a stand, two.
potted palms, an armchair, and
Q. sprawling black grand. piano
with two cane-bottomed chairs
before 1t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

it at all hit far behind that pound Of
MRS. GEORGE (weary): know, know.
MR. GORGE (determined) AS for putting say it's unfair
the they lay the with bumps and hoows and
slopes in doesn't what direction It game
skill at all. It's entirely governed by fukes.
MRS. GEORGE You're getting away from the point. It
doesn't matter whether it's golf tennis hockey baseball
thing people who
ngs: It's perfectly simple to play well be opti-
mc but it's also to be able badly and
the spirit You make perfectly
Mr.. GEORGE: No more miserable than /
MRS GEORGE: Then why play the game at all? It isn't
profession; why play it if makes you wretched?
MR. GEORGE astounded) But look here golf favorite
recreation.
MRS GEORGE: WE'LL all can say is that you Justify the
old saying: An Englishman takes his pleasures sadly.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
GeOrne's Golf.

MR.. GEORGE. You do,
dear; you do.
MRS. GEORGE: Yes, but
l don't make a fuss about it.
MR.. GEORGE: Oh, but
golf is such an irritating
game. At the first tee l
take a few practice swings
and they are absolutely
beautiful. | just cut the
grass neatly, but when /
went up to the ball / gave
it q swipe that ought to
have sent it to heaven-bu..
it didn't move. And after
that it was just the same.
Either I hit SO high above
,,arr hall that don't fni1ch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

when did the United States
ship Hornet capture the British
ship Peacock?
2-When did John Law launch
his famous Mississippi scheme?
3-When was Massenet's opera,
"Werther," first produced?
4-When was West Virginia ad-
mitted to the Union?
5-When did Benjamin West,
the American painter, die?
Answers to These Queries Will Be
Printed Tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

In order that they may last
well, flowers should be cut either
in the early morning or late in
the evening, and always, If post.
BILE, In dry weather. The worst
time to cut them is in the middle
Of the day, when the sun Is high,
and especially II the sky is cloud
less. AS a general rule, the best
stage to cut them Is just before
the nower-buds open out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

White silk may have three or
four Jumps Of sugar added to the
final rinsing water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1-Servia gained its independ-
ence from Turkey in 1873.
John Howard Payne, author
Of Home, Sweet Home" was born
June 8, 1871.
5-English colonists, under Ogle-
thorpe, beseiged st. Augustine,
Fla, in July, 1740.
4-Elihu Root, American states
man, was born February Is, 1843.
5-Fort McHenry, at the en-
trance of Baltimore harbor, was
bombarded by the British in 1914.
Copyright, 1923, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

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slower one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
WOMEN FROM
FORTY To FIFTY
WillBelnterestedinM Hooker.
RecOveryby Use Of Lydia E Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

St. Paul, Mimi was going through
Tie Change of Life and suffered from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
The Strange Water Spider.

THE water spider builds its home under water. It
collects air on the surface and after many Journeys
accumuates enough in the web to remain in his under
water home for considerable periods
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

Waist belts to keep dancers
apart, and buffers" to prevent
cheek-to-cheek dancing are among
the suggestions for preventing
"kreak" ballroom dancing in
Paris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
Punished for Growing Tobacco.

IN 1865 Sir John Hawkins brought the first tobacco to
England and the following year Sir Walter Raleigh
began to cultivate it. In 1867 tobacco growing in Eng
land forbidden by law and punishment provided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

Leftover sandwiches may be
rolled In a well-beaten egg and
fried in boiling fat. They should
be served with a little salad, but
this is not necessary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS

The flesh should be quite firm
and the fat perfectly white.
Lamb is seasonable from March
to September, but 1t Is In its
prime during the months of May
and July. Lamb does not keep
as long as mutton; it is, there
fore. unwise to choose 1t for the
weekend joint in very warm
weather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

This is made by adding one
ounce Of melted gelatine to a pint
OF rhubarb PURGE. When cold put
1t into a wetted mold, turn out
when set. decorate with glace
cherries and pipe roses OF whip
ped cream round the base. The
mixture should be colored with
cochineal before molding it.
Small cakes should ha cooke6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23
ADVERTISEMENT.

small cakes should be cooked
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-08

while 1t. Ridenour flew a perfect
course and landed at Washington.
This would have been almost impos-
sible II his plane had not been equip
ped with the bank, climb and turn
according to these officers
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-08
PAYING THEIR TUITION
BY SALE OF THEIR BLOOD
Many John Hopkins students Submit
to Blood Transfusions at $50
Per to Obtain Funds.

Baltimore, March S.--Students at
Johns. Hopkins Medical school are
paying for their tuition with blood
money. They are selling their blood
for TRANSMISSION purposes at $50 a
TRANSMISSION.
1t is an easy way to make money,
according to DR.. John G. Huck. pro-
fessor of medicine. All the student
has to do is to lie down. sacrifice a
little blood and then collect the $50.
But the fly in the ointment, from
the students standpoint, Is that all are
not eligible to be bled. The subject
must, in the first place. be perfectly
healthy. Then his blood must meas
ure up to certain standard.
A "red blooded man" for trans
fusan purposes must be more than a
movie hero.
More than 100 students DR.. Huck
said, have listed themselves as being
ready to sell their blood The blood
of each Of these men had been an
alyzed and classified in a definite
blood group. When a TRANSMISSION be-
comes necessary the student whose
blood group corresponds to that of
The patient is called for the operation.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-08
UNION LEADER NAMED AS
DIRECTOR FOR MASSACRE
State Board Member Directly Ac-
cused by Survivor OF Herrin
Mine Sayings.

Marion, H., March s. - (By Asso-
ciated Press) - Accusation of Hugh
Willis, state board member of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois, as
the man who directed the mob at tire
Lester strip mine to kill them ALL as
1t marched from the vicinity with As
men who had dug coal during the
miners strike, was the most startling
testimony adduced yesterday at the
trial OF six men charged with murder
in connection with the deaths at that
time of more than a score of nom
union workers.
Robert Tracy. a survivor of the
riots and a witness for the state.
identified Willis. He also picked out
Otis Clark, another of the six defend
ants and one of the five acquitted in
the first trial, as one of the men who
assaulted c. X. Mcdowell, superin-
tendent of the mine. who was shot to
DEATH
Firing started with the unarmed
prisoners lined up before harbed
wire fence. Tracy said one bullet
struck him but he escaped.
John Shaffner. clerk in a Herrin
harware store failed to identify the
voice Of Willis as the man who order
cd guns for the miners as he had IN
the first trial.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-08
ENJOYING VACATION
Harding And His Friends Start Out
Today on Another Round of Cruis-
ing and Golf Playing.

Titusville, Fla, March S.-Anotfer
chapter in the cruise of the Pioneer"
a story Of President Hardfng's Florida
vacation, began today at this point on
the Indian river.
The preceding chapter, ended here
late yesterday when the Pioneer, the
house boat carrying the presidential
party, tied up for the night.
The new chapter. judged by chose
which have gone before. promised to
unfold another story of game of
golf and of more cruising over quiet
waters of Florida's east coast inland
waterway.
1t held no prospects of any thrills.
but the president as the chief charac-
ter, has indicated he desires not ex-
citement but quiet. The new portion
o: the story served to carry Mr.. and
Mrs. Harding still further from win
ter's icy blast which las. night reach
ed deep into the south.
Here it was cool, but not unconn-
fortably so, even for those who live in
this region of perpetual summer.
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Discovery AN AID
TO CLOUD FLYING
Bank, Turn and Climb Indicator
viii Be a Safeguard

Rantoul, H., March 8.--The Bank,
Turn and Climb indicator, recently In
vented and perfected by the person.
mel Of McCook Field at Dayton, o..
IL hailed by army air service officers
at Chanute Field here as safeguarding
cloud flying about ninety per cent. II
Is described by these officers as an
instrument so designed as to let the
pilot know instantly of any climb.
bank. turn or skid his plane Is maxi
ing and the degree of same, being OPP
Grated by two horoscopes which are
run by the rush OF air past the plane.
The chanute officers state that the
most forceful instance of Its value In
aerial navigation was recently demon
strated In the airways mission OF
Lieutenant A. G.. Hamilton OF Chan
ute field. flying De Haviand plane
which was not equipped with the in
dicator, and Lieutenant G.. II. Riden-
our OF McCook field, also flying a DE
Haviland plane which had been equip
ped with the indicator. 1t. Hamilton
left Chanute field for Mitchell field,
via McCook field and Washington. At
McCook field he was Joined by Lit.
Ridenour.
About thirty-five miles east of
Moundsvile. w. Va, while flying at
an altitude OF twenty-six hundred feet.
they encountered the mountains, the
peaks of which penetrated dense
banks of clouds. As both pilots were
equipped with parachutes, they deter
mined to try to make their way
through the cloud bank rather than
turn back. On entering the clouds
they lost sight Of each other. They
climbed through five thousand feet of
clouds, and. on emerging into clear
blue sky again, 1t. Hamilton was un-
able to locate 1t. Ridenour. He set |
a compass course for Washington and |
landed sixty-five miles north of there. |
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-08
OUCH! LAME BACK.
RUBLUMBAG0 OR
BACKACHE AWAY.


Kidneys cause backache? No! Lis
ten. Your backache is caused by lum-
hago, sciatica, or a strain, and the
quickest relief is soothing, penetrating
st. Jacobs Oil. Rub it right on your
painful back, and instantly the sore
ness, stiffness and lamcness disap-
pears. Don't stay crippled! Get a
small trial bottle Of st. Jacobs Oil
from your druggist and timber up. A
moment after it is applied you'll Won
der what became of the backache or
lumbago pain.
Rub old, honest st. Jacobs Oil
whenever you have sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism or sprains, as it is abso
lutely harmless and doesn't burn the
skin.