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to the Lord 1 had been taught
that"
And then, while Marise was still
staring, the words echoing loudly
in her ears because of the strange
ness of hearing them from
Father, he went on in his usual
voice, "It might be something to
hold on to, and don't see much
else"
Marise had never before known
Father in any way to try to
bring her up! He made Maman
so much provoked because he al
ways said that he didn't know,
any more than Marise, how she
ought to be brought up, and he
didn't see that it made so much
difference what you did, every
thing turned out about the same
in the long run. Now her little
room seemed full of the oddness
of his thinking that something
did matter, of his telling her so
hard that he wished she'd do
something. In loud silence
which followed, she could hear
his voice and what 1t said, sink
ing deeper and deeper into her
mind.
After a while Father yawned
very wide and rubbed his hair
forward and back so that it was
all rumpled up the way Maman
didn't like to see it. What did
you say you were doing?" he
asked again.
I'm writing down my lecon
d'orthographe," said Marise.
your whatv' said Father.
my spelling lesson" Marise
corrected herself with a jerk.
She knew how her father hated
to have people mix up their Ian
guages.
''wen, I don't know that you
are any worse off at that than
we are in the sitting-room," said
Father. He always called the
salon the sitting room He added,
glancing at her blank notebook,
You haven't got very far, 1
see." He paused, and smiled a
little with one corner Of his
mouth, But then neither have
We in the sitting room"
1t came into Marise's mind that
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Why the Marriage of the Principal Characters Of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

: else they were and did They
looked out on their lives and
found them good in every de-
tail, from their slightly and pur-
posely Standardization dresses
to their stout shoes, evidence Of
their respectability; from their
fixed ideas to their excellent
gloves.
They glanced about them now.
keenly, with the penetrating sur
vey of the professional good house
keeper, and found much to COM
ment on.
How strange to have no lace
curtains over the windows, only
the heavy ones at the side. Why.
people outside must be able TO
look right in! Do you suppose
they have taken them out to be
washed? Or don't they know
about curtains in American"
They murmured their remarks
in low tone, keeping a weather
ear cooked to the hall.
THAT wallpaper is disgraceflI.
It was on when the Charpentiers
lived here" p
IN. Lapagorry had expected,
you know; of course, to do this
apartment over after the Char
pentiers moved out. But these
new people never made a single
comment, or complaint. Just
accepted it,"
II daresay they are used to log
cabins at home, with Indians at
the door"
"Oh. no, Madame GARNER, my
Henri says that the Indians are
quite civilized in America now"
Madame GARNER frowned slight
ly at the mention of Henri.
The other woman went on,
Apparently they thought it was
all right to have faded paper and
those awful old curtains. NJ.
Lapagorry was so astonished he
almost fell over backward. And
when he saw they didn't find
fault with anything, he asked
a higher rent, ever so mucn
higher than the Charpentier had
paid, and they took that too with
out word. People say M. Lapa-
CORY can't sleep nights now be-
cause he didn't ask more.''
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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TELL THESE AT DINNER

Jones was in a state of finan-
cial embarrassment, and so he
thought he would try to mend
matters by going to a money
lender.
Can you let me have $1,200?"
he asked.
Thinking seriously for a mo-
ment or two, the money lender
declined the request, but said he
was willing to lend 5000.
Jones was greatly disappointed,
but was not to be done, and sug-
gested halving the difference
Again, after thoughtful pause,
the money lender refused.
Look here" said Jones des-
perately. Let me have $500, and
will give you the winner Of the
Kentucky Derby"
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HE TELLS ABOUT A NATURAL INCUBATOR

II" HIS is q fine place to
throw stones into the
u ocean" shouted Bobby
as he stood on a little hill on the
southern coast of Australia, skim
ming pebbles out over the water
to see If he could throw them so
they would skip on the water and
go on again.
Bunny and I watched him until
he got tired and came over and
sat down beside us under a tree.
In a little while two birds that
looked like turkeys began soar
ing over our heads. They made
great circles as they sailed grace
fully through the air.
What do you suppose they
are| l asked Bunny.
I'm not sure" Bunny respon-
ded doubtfully, but let's watch
them for a while. I think we'd
better keep very quiet"
We didn't move and soon the
two birds began flying lower
and lower, and then, as If they
had suddenly come to an agree
men on the little mound on
which Bobby had been standing
when he threw the stones into
the ocean.
looked at Bunny and Bobby,
and they looked at me, but we
dldnt say a word. In the most
puslhess-llke way the birds
started to dig into the top of the
nil with their big, strong bills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mound -birdr'
Bunny whispered.
How busy they were and how
they did dig!
l wonder what they're doing?"
said to myself.
At this instant Mrs. Mound-bird
settled herself comfortably and
theh after a while she got up and
stood by her husband and they
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
BY BRICE BELDEN, M. d.

" 90 many hustling Americans
become unhealthy at the
- same time that they become
prosperous. They devote all their
energies to getting rich and fail
to acquire a knowledge of nutri-
ton and even the elementary
Laws Of hygiene.
Such a program does not pay.
II these folk knew how to take
proper care of themselves they
could continue piIing up assets
for many more years than they
do. This ought to appeal to bright
business men and their helpmates
rs we'll.
In the first place, one should
strive to preserve a reasonable
avoirdupois. In the next place,
one should cut down any excess
CT meats after middle age, in
order to take an undue burden off
the circulatory organs and the
kidneys, for they are charged with
the elimination of the poisons
which result from such excess.
Right here we have the explana-
ton of the failure of these organs
in so many people at a time
when they should really be at the
height of their powers.
When these hustlers, who are
not informed as to physiological
laws, begin TO experience dis
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

THE new Republic of Germany,
which covers approximately
185,899 square miles, is smaller
than the State of Texas, and not
much larger than the area CT
California.
THE Dutch Government esti-
mates that the income of ex-
Kaiser Wilhelm is approximately
$4,000 a year, while Princess
Hernine has separate income
of $4,000 a year.
That c. J. H. Tolley, the Oxford
golfer, recently made a drive Of
80 yards-more than a sixth Of
a mile-the longest drive ever
made in any championship.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
CHAPTER VIII.

Two plump ladies with large
busts and very small waists were
sitting in the salon of the Allen
apartment, waiting for the mis-
tress of the house. They wore
very tight-fitting dress of excel
lent silk, obviously not new obvi-
ously made by the sort Of little
maker" who goes from house
to house. The shoes were stout
and clumsy, their hats somewhat
heavy in line, their gloves exqui-
sitely fitting, perfectly fire h,
made of the finest-gEade leather:
Although the sky was blue, each
lady carried small silk umbrella
of the, very best quality, tightly
rolled with a mastery smooth
ness, as smoothly tubular as the
day it was bought.
The two women held their
cruelty corseted bodies very erect,
and sat squarely on their chairs,
both feet on the floor. their knees
close together, their backhones
very straight. Under the brims
Of their, heavy, ELECTROMAGNETIC
hats, their fresh,/ healthy faces
wore an expression of perfect
stability. They knew that they
produced exactly the impression
they meant to produce, and that
they looked exactly like what
they were. From every inch of
them was proclaimed the fact
that they were fine housekeepers
and economical managers of their
husbands incomes, that they were
of the well-to-do bourgeoisie and
proud of it, as of everything
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Marise forgot till after he had
got clear back to the salon that
she had not brushed off the down
from the edredon. Maman would
not like that bit, to have him
look untidy when company was
there! Oh, dear!
Spelling Lesson.
But she forgot this as she
thought again about the queer
ness of Fathers seeming to care
so much about her doing one
thing rather than another. 1t
was still there, this wonder at
him, when she turned to her book
finally to study that spelling les
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perhaps Father. seeing he was so
specially serious tonight. might
tell her some way to keep her
thoughts from juggling around so,
from one way of feeling to an.
other. according to what other
people thought of things, instead
of knowing what she thought Of
things. But she had no chance
to ask him, for when she began,
well, 1 sort of forgot about my
spelling. / got to thinking"
Father broke in, as he got up
heavily to go, II wouldn't ad-
wise you to do that. either. It
never gets anybody anywhere"
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week and then go again say is that if match is
broken off it had better stay broken off.
MRS GEORGE: You're turning into regular village
gossip All you think about engagements broken
ments renewed engagements those two find they made
mistake in breaking their engagement why shouldn't they
it again? Lots of people break off engagemen and
it's only then they find that they really in love.
Mr.; GEORGE: Do you suggest that every engagement
should be broken off a sort of experiment?
MRS GEORGE: Idiot! Nothing of the sort
Mr.. GEORGE: You gave chance break off
engagement.
MRS GEORGE: No, thought you might take it.
MIR. GEORGE: How anything so cruel and
called for when simply besotted far
cerned! But that doesn't settle whether Kitty
to be love because she her fact
the contrary What has
be broken off again. nended heart like
mended leg; the joint does not get stronger.
Syndicate Inc
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they don't KNOW CueAL O"A'
mind.
MRS. GEORGE: But you
could soon settle it for them.
MR.. GEORGE: They
haven't asked me.
MRS. GEORGE: That's
why you're so annoyed.
MR.. GEORGE: I'm not
annoyed, I'm amazed. Above
all I'm terrified when ! re-
fleet upon their future life.
Kitty Lee couldn't marry
that man unless she was III
love with him, and if she
was really in love she
,.-l,IJ-SA I..~~I~ - 1$f fnIo n
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By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, "The Brimming Cup"
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

TATHER now went on.
What are you doing with
YOURSELF"
Marise looked down at the ca
hier, its pages as blank as when
she had sat down. Her father
looked with her. That's lovely
paper, 1 must say" he comment
ed, always with his way of show
ing that he meant just the OPP
posite. care you supposed to
write on it in ink?"
Culture in the Air.
ooh, yes" cried Marise, flash
ing UP to seize the chance of SYM
pathy for one OF her grievances.
"they never let you use lead PEN
ellis because in lead pencil there's
q chance to rub out your mis-
takes. You're not supposed to
make any mistakes"
Doesn't your pen get stuck in
tit must be like writing on
mosQuitt netting" said Father.
Yes, it Does" complained Ma
rise, and you spatter the ink all
over and break off tips of the
pen, and everything. And the
teachers just kill you if it's not
perfectly neat"
Father took up the cahier and
looked at the paper hard, scratch
ing 1t a little with his finger nail.
'wel1,, there's culture in the air,
anyhow" he said without smiling,
although Marise knew he was
quoting Maman. He looked around
the room now without saying any
thing more. Marise followed his
eyes and saw with him the dingy,
high-ceilinged room, dimly lighted
by, one weak candle-flame, the
heavy. figured tapestry curtains
drawn over the window, the
draught, although the window was
closed, making them suck in and
out: the ugly, ugly wallpaper,
dark and scriggly; the stuffed red
chair. the only comfortable one,
where Jeanne would never let her
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
The Story of Two Young People Who Were Destined for
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

curl up with her feet under her,
because she said the place for
shoes was on the floor; the mar
ble-topped washstand with its lit
tie Clipped white earthen-ware
basin and pitcher like the old
things at Cousin Hetty's; the
clock on the chimney-piece that
= looked as if it were cut out of
greasy, dark-green soap with a
greasy dark-green man in a Ro-
man toga on top of it; the shabby,
dingy, red-and-white checked cur
tains hanging over the hooks
where Marise hung up her
dresses, the tall dark armoire
whose slightly greenish mirror re-
Elected all these things as if you
were looking at them through
water and finally over the bed,
the big, shiny, Autograph of Our
Lady Of Lourdes in her bright
blue cloak, standing in front of
her grotto.
well, maybe it's in the air."
said Father. He spoke in his
usual tired, slow voice, sagging
down on the bed the way he al
ways sat.
A Surprised Girl
But then he surprised Marise
very much and said something
she never forgot. 1t gave her
such a jump Of astonishment to
have Father say something as
though he really meant it, that
she sat up straight at his first
words, staring at him. He said
in a strong voice, But look here,
Molly, there is something in the
air here. by heck, and I wish
you'd get it. mean the way
every one of them in this country
keeps right after what he is do
ing, till he's got it just right.
That's the way to do, and we're
all off the track with our 'that'll
do the way we say back in
America. It's the only thing in
the whole darned country 1 can
see. that don't make you sick.
Now, look here, kid, you go after
it and get it. Start right in now.
Learn how to make that Internal
notebook perfectly all right i'll
spite OF the bad paper. 1 wish
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dow. Jeanne always did this every
night, although Maman said to
leave it open. Jeanne was the
last one in there always so she
had it her way. She didn't think
It healthy to let night air into
rooms. Marise was too sleepy
to get up and open it again.
Anyhow Jeanne often told her
about the evil spirits, that
come in through open bedroom
windows, and sit on your chest
and suck your life into their
black bodies, as you sleep.
Marise did not believe, this, in
the least, of course and yet -.
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THE FROZEN
DESSERT
BY LOrettO c. Lynch
A Recognized Authority on All
Matters Pertaining to House
hold Management.

II" HE doctor tells me my
husband is in need of
building up and suggests
that 1 feed him literally with
milk. cream and eggs. I thought
Of buying a freezer and giving
him some desserts containing
these, since he is very fond of
desserts. Can you give me some
good recipes for frozen delicacies?"
Gladly, and the recipes 1 am CIV
ing 1 have personally tried, so 1
know you won't waste your ex-
pensive materials experimenting:
Biscuit TOrtOni.
Six whole eggs.
One cup powdered sugar.
One teaspoonful vanilla.
Three-fourths cup macaroons,
rolled fine.
One pint of whipped cream.
Cream together egg yolks and
sugar. Add vanilla, macaroon,
cream and the egg whites beaten
stiff. Pack in ice and salt for
three hours.
Cafe Parfait.
One-fcurth box gelatine.
One-fourth cup cold water.
One cup clear, strong coffee.
One cup granulated sugar.
One cup plain cream.
One pint cream whipped.
One-half cup powdered sugar.
One teaspoon vanilla.
Soak gelatine in cold water for
half hour. Pour over 1t the cot
fee, add granulated sugar, stir un-
til dissolved. Strain and let cool.
Whip one cup cream and stir until
it begins to thicken. Put in
freezer and stir until quite hard.
To the pint of whipped cream add
powdered sugar and flavoring.
Pack in a mold with a half-inch
layer of the coffee mixture on the
outside and filling with whipped
cream. Cover with the coffee mix
ture and pack in salt and ice at
least two hours.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

What's the use Of the winner
Of the Kentucky Derby?" de-
manded the other. "I have no
stable to keep him inp'
A.-What's the difference be-
tween DRAMA and a melo-
drama?
B.-Well, in a drama the hero
inc merely throws the villain
over. In a melodrama she throws
him over a cliff"
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

Brown shoes sometimes show
unsightly black patches after be-
ing worn in the rain. To remove
these marks brush them well with
soap and warm water on a nail
brush. When the shoes are thor
oughly dry they may be polished
in the usual way.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

Cold tea rubbed on vanished
furniture. and then dried off
quickly will lead to a brilliant
polish. 1t is also good for clean
ing all grained paint work.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

Dressed as Abraham, and with
an appropriate stage setting, A
London clergyman recently drew
record crowds to a Sunday eve
ming service which was held in
a hall.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

A little glycerine in the water
with which mirrors or picture
glasses are cleaned will prevent
them from becoming steamed.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary of the famous battle Of the
Nile in which Nelson defeated the French fleet and
nufed Napolsons campaign plans for the conquest of
the East, causing him to hurry back to Paris.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

". L. George andHis Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Re-engagements.

MR.. GEORGE Have you heard that the match between
wi Kitty Lee and her ripe ad nsavad Sn ey
break off, and everybody how right they are Then no
bouquets Of course the matter with them that
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
Beginning of StenOgrGpIty.

SHORTHAND practced by the ancients, but
- knows who invented it. The oldest system extant
devised about 1412 The first English work was
DIR. Timothy Brights issued in the year 1888
Evening star., 1923-02-25

ambition to grow up and be i great
player himself.
Pressing forward i bit in this mar
ratiVc. it should be said that much
that Patterson is today is owing to
Norman Brookes. Il fact which Pat
terson is quick to affirm. But in
those days the boy showed no daz-
zling precocity. Naturally. under
Brookes' tuition. he was able to win
Il majority of his games against boy
rivals but he did nothing to impress
either visitorS~Or his fellow country
men with great promise as to his fu-
ture.
But he had qualities that are likely
TO carry any boy far along the road
of an ambitiou-arde enthusiasm
and dogged determination. by 1914
he had developed into a participant in
local Journeys, but even then he was
not regarded as possessing great
potential prowess. The advent of
war brought tennis pretty completely
to - stop in Australia in the rest
or the British possessions. Patter-
sons attention turned to soldering.
He enlisted in the army late IN 1915.
and such was his record that the end
OF hostilities found him a captain In
d, British--uot Aus strallar-artiilery
regiment.
Captures World Title.
Then with the armistice signed
Patterson appeared on the tennis
horizon like 4 flaming meteor. He
entered the aIl-comers ampionship
az Wimbledon in June. 1919, and won
Evening star., 1923-02-25

the world title thai went with victory
there. Then in company with Nor
man Brookes and other Australian
players he came 10 the United States
en- route for home and, while he won
no national individual titles here, he
convinced the critics that Australia
had developed IL worthy man to I'LL
the place lcft vacant by Anthony
Wilding. Il war martyr.
Iii 1920 came his first meeting with
William Tilden. who had gone to
England to try for the all -comers'
title held by Patterson. After .
highly spectacular match Tilden won,
but last year Patterson returned to
England and in the absence Of Tilden
had no difficulty in winning the
tournament. At present Patterson
and John Anderson are the outstanG-
ing Australian tennis players. He
still IS young and If he can repair
some defects in his backhanG strokes
there IS no telling what he may yet
do
His build IS that OF q foot ball
tackle. He has d fine, square fighting
race with the c!earest gray eyes that
twinkle most irfectiousiy when he Is
not playing tennis. Unlike most
Australians. be has tne pure English,
rather than the CocEncy accent. He
is above all. sportsman. probably
the most popular foreigner who has
played tennis in the United States
since the days OF the Dougherty
orotners over - quarter century ago.
Copyright. 1o23.)
Evening star., 1923-02-25

Central High School Of Washington, sscend
I 61r'sr: d1n,. WoodberTy Forest, third. Time
22o-YARD DASH: oPEE-won By GaFey,
Georgetown; Plansky, Georgetown. second
AsIok aa9 1sTaye1,s thiEa Tine. o;a3 8.5.
esarssta5a 4io,YARD Dash, A oPEN-Won BY Ansbro0,
chessey. Yale. third. Tine. !Ssh e.5a rs, second
44o;YARD RUN. sCHoLAsTIc-won by
Frsighton. Friends School: Bechtols Baltimore
Poly, second Robertson. Western High, third
lime, o53 3.5.
:, ,sso-YARD RUN. scHoLAsT1c-won by
High. second; Middleton, Tech High, third.
: sso.yA5b Run. opEs-won BY Brooks.
ster: Georgetown. third. Time. 1.5s l-5.
ONE MILE, oPEN-Won by skane. George
town; Helm. Geereetown, second Fitzgerald.
~ msoo-YARD SCHOLASTIC RUN-won by
Thorpe Thorpe. FORK Union NJ, A. Martin. Western
High. second; Baurenschrnidt. Baltimore City
college. third. Tune. ll6 2-5.
Relay Races.
JUNIOR RELAY RACE. oNE-HALF MILE
Won by Central High fDsfoe. BuTleigh
Anderegg Gordon!: Fork. Union NJ. A. sec
0n9 JUNIOR sf1aY AZ Rae al5 oNEaAIF Mn
Won by Tech High School Jones Gregory
BTatton, Ford}; Baltimore Poly, SECOND Time
ONE MILF FRESHMAN RELAY-won by
Virginia Moss, Braxton, Chinr. CastleEnan1 !:
MAJ Marylan1 seoo2d aa Johns Hopkins University,
.,E ONE MILE RELAY-won ey Yale geeilfus,
0no one iaT MTif EAlf Relay e RAoE@won BY Seventh
Regiment of New York Galley. Began. Ben:
one MILE RELaY-won by Virginia
LDouglass. Campbell, Talbot: Bchannonl; New
ONE MiIE cLUs RE1AYMWo1 ' s,E1 BY by Fifth
wards; second. Meadowbrook Club; third.
p1sTAScP p1sfs She MEpfET Is
Won by Johns Hopkins University tDorcas
AsTson lsas: NsEwoqd Booth; see0nS Navy
third. Fordham Farrell, Hammer. Ballester,
Nolan; fourth. Uairersity os Pittsburgh
Wakefield, Martin. Corbett, Hays. Time,
ONE MILE COLLEGE RELAY Won by
lafayette Leeoney Williams, Macdonald.
SOUTH ATLANTIC, I. a A. CHAMPION
land (Pugh. Simmons. Robertson. EndSiow): !:
second, George Washington U. U..iyersity tPeake
Laux, Grass Henderson,. Tine. 342 3-5.
Field Events.
le.PoUND sHoT.FUT: oPEN-won by J.
G. Lochler, Lafayette (handicap feet; A.
Plansky, Georgetown thandicap feet), sec
ord; W. G. Beers Ma ryland (scratchJ, third.
RUNNING HIGH JUNE. opEN-won by L.
M. Johnson. Navy (handicap inches; s. J..
MENUS, IeHisSINdHAd tudnuICdp mem, sec
ond: H. d. Casson. Pennsylvania (handicap d
inches. third. Height. feet. inches
12PouND SHoTPuT. sCHoLASTIc-Won
by Hand Episcopal High Sibold, Fork Union
NJ. A., second: Bowen, Baltimore City College,
third. Distance. II feet inches, with 6-foot
RUNNING HIGH JUMP, oPEN-won by
johnson. Navy; Needs, Pennsylvania second:
Casson, Pennsylvania third. Height. 6 feet 2
RUNNING HIGH JUMP. SCHOLASTIC
Won by Ksuder, Central High; McGahan, Tech
High, secoGad; Freeman. Tech High, third.
Height. feet inches.
POLE VAULT, oPEN-Won by Sergt. d. G.
Foote. Third Army Corps Lhandicsp Is inches)
height l2 feet 8 inches; D. Shannon: George
town, second thandicap l6 inches. 12 feet
inch: W. Kolkmar, Georgetown. third (handi-
cap 12 iachesl, IL feet inches.