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The Washington times., 1923-01-13

the dream. This is one of the
most extraordinary powers Of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Thus, If q door slammed, it
was interpreted in the dream as
pistol shot. But not only that!
The dreaming mind wove a COM
plete romance Of its own around
this sound. For the subject
dreamed that he met a man in a
tavern with whom he quarreled;
they agreed to a duel; they met
on the duelling ground; details
were arranged by their seconds;
they paced off their distances,
finally they both fired at one
another. These shots conceded
with the slamming of the door!
This incident also brings home
to us one very remarkable point;
that is, the enormous rapidity of
dreams. For, between the slam
ming of the door and waking-up,
only a moment elapsed; the noise
woke" the man. And yet that
brief interval was long enough
for the dream mind to weave this
long story, and to dramatic the
sound, and weave about it a
whole romance.
Some dreams, therefore, are
very brief in their duration, and
it has been proved that dreams
which seem to us to consume
whole hours actually take but
fraction of a second. This is
very significant fact, for it seems
to show us that the human mind,
when unencumbered by the ma
terial brain in the ordinary way,
can think and function with
enormous celebrity. 1t has been
suggested that, in some after
life of the soul, this ease and
rapidity of thought will also be
possible.
copyright, 1923, by Premier Syndicate.)
CThe next article will appear on
Thursday.
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THE VOGUE
FOR FUR
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

" HE short fur jacket is en-
joying considerable vogue
u this season, and 1t seems
the shorter the jacket, the smart
err. One finds this type Of coat not
only for sports wear, but for after
noon occasions. All sorts Of fur
is being used and the box coat is
running a close rival To the
bloused jacket for informal wear.
For instance there is mole
skin jacket with sleeves that
blouse into tight wristbands, and
pockets at each side, the latter
somewhat unusual. The collar -
of the deep revere style, pointed
at the front. With this stunning
jacket the smart woman wears a
one-piece frock of black velvet,
banded at the bottom with mole
skin. and small hat to match.
Caracul jacquettes are interest
ing for the younger set and are
fashioned with fox collars. Some
are gray, platinum, beige, brown,
or black, and are usually worn
with a frock of velvet or duvetyn
in a harmonizing shade. Many
clever costumes are designed by
having a jacquette and frock of
contrasting colors, the frock be-
ing trimmed with caracul like the
jacket.
Sporty raccoon coats are being
offered at reasonable prices and
are just the thing for motoring
and skating. These models are of
the flare box coat and are silk
lined. Forty inches is about the
correct length.
Seal, either plain or in COM
bination with another fur, is de-
sirable in the forty-inch length,
and many of the newest models
are not more than thirty inches
long.
Squirrel is another favorite
and is flattering in the short
length. There is nothing so be-
coming to the average girl as the
short squirrel jacket, whether it
is of the bloused effect, puffed
over a broad" band at the hips
or cut with flare on the cir
cular style. It may be worn with
a squirrel stam, or for dressy &C.
casions with a. smart little velvet
hat, banded with spring flowers.
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raced back to her.
What on earth was there to be
nervous about9 why should this
young man, whose knowledge Of
her was confined to the fact that.
two nights ago. he had conveyed
her in his runabout from some.
where on Park Avenue 10 the
PapoIi, cause her alarm7 She
forced herself to glance again In
RandalIs direction.
But the woman interested Clan
cy more than the young man who
had introduced himself two nights
ago as David Randall. a blonde,
with reddish brown hair, most
carefully combed, with . slightly
tilted nose and . mouth that
turned UP at the corners. she
was, Clancy conceded, far above
the average in good looks. She
was dressed for the evening. Two
days ago. Clancy would have
thought that only q woman Of
loose morals would expose %
much back. But an evening spent
at the Chateau de Ia Refine had
! taught her that New York women
exposed their backs, II the expo
sure were worth while. This one
was. And the severe lines 1f
her black grown set off the milky
wlaiteness Of her hack.
Her eyes were envious a. the
woman, with i word to Randall
rose. She lowered them Is the
woman approached her table.
Then she started and paled. For
the woman had stopped befor J,
her.
'This is Sophie Carey. che
said.
Clancy looked up eli her blank
". Behind her blank expression.
fear rioted. The other woman
smiled down upon her.
II have been dining" she said,
with q most irnpetuous young
man. He has told me of some
what unconventional meeting witE
you, and he wishes me to ex-
purgate from that meeting every
thing that Ii socially sinful. IN
other words. he pays me the
doubtful compliment Of thinking
me aged enough to throw halo
Of respectability about any action
Of his-or mine or yours. WIN
you let me present him to your
Go Be Continued Monday
(Coryrtghf. 1891 CosmOpOIiean BouR
Comparatively
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES


began to cry.
ou can wen afford to feel
sorrow for yourselves" Croaker
qreen Frog sighed. IRIS ! hor.
rid old world" And with i splash
ne slid under the water.
Now. children" snapped Tillv
Turtle, IF I were you, I'd keen
away from that old Croaker Frog.
He'll only make your lives rniser.
able. he's SO sorry for himself. =
Wen. laughed one tiny tad.
pole. I rather love this old pond
love its wonderful reflections
Why. I can sit for hours ana
look into its depth. never
thought about looking up 1T the
blue sky, as you call it. but /
can see that is better plan than
gazing down at the mud In fi,a
Doe.om OF the pond all the time.
lilly Turtle snapped her month
open and shut with q snnaolinr
noise. She always ala that v.vl,er
she had q new thought. Then she
came around and looked caref,llv
at the little tadpole who had inst
spoken.
Il know" she chuekled unerrslv
why you've noticed the refIec-
tons. It's because you're not !
green frog at all. You're Z tree.
toad"
> All the tadpoles gathered around
lilly Turtle and crowded closs
to their little friend. They si.ed
him up and down. and then com.
pared themselves with his little
body. Sure enough. the whole
lot Of them looked just the same,
and they all laughed merrily.
You're every one Of you tree
toads," laughed Tilly Turtle.
Every tadpole in the bunch had
lost his tail and had in its place
four lovely feet.
lazy 4uIt4O LOOK them IN
charge, led them up above the
water on the bank. and let them
gaze at the beautiful blue shy.
There are some folks who are
happier looking at mud-holes than
at the sky. But don't you be
that way. Look up and not
down. and you'll always see
beauty" And away she went
back to the pond.
The little tree-toad6 climbed
into the trees. There you'll find
them as happy as can be. They
love the blue sky. That's Why
they make such good weather
prophets.
copyright, 1898, by Newspaper Pea
lures SerYice.l
Another fine story tomorrow.
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DEFINING A REAL Girl


Don't let the fact that a flirta.
tious. featherbrained little thing
goes around a lot start you whfrl-
ing. It won't be becoming to
you and it won't bring you a
thing you want.
Don't let other folks set your
fashion in ideals or ambitions.
Stick to the best as you see it.
There is a fine man somewhere
eating out his heart in lonliness
because he can't find what he
longs for.
And then, boys, start early in
the game of life to realize that
II you create a demand for FLAP
pers," "jazz-babies," coquettes
and "vamps'-the girls are go.
ing to meet it and that you'll
soon get a hopeless over-supply
Of the sort Of women who ask for
gold and give thistle in return.
Look to the fine women for
your Ideals. Learns to be friends
with a girl before you let your
emotions plunge you into a vor-
tex Of casual love-making. Take
the trouble to study the girls
you meet and seek in them the
same loyalty, companionship, un-
derstanding and honest devotion
you want from men.
And, above all-don't make
snap judgments. You may meet
a dozen second-rate men or wo-
men before you come across the
worthwhile one. But twelve rot
ten apples lying on the ground
don't prove that there isn't fine
sound fruit high up on the
branches Of the tree. You may
have to climb for it-but most
worth while things come as a re-
suit Of long effort and infinite pa
tience and a struggle to reach
the heights where they may
thrive.
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph In Man
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool

.lpl;cation, to any waiter that
he had not money enough to eat
his restaurant.
So she ordered the cheap
,est things on the menu. A veal
outlet, Dreaded. cost ninety-five
sents; a glass Of milk, twenty;
j baked potato, twenty-five: bread
and butter, ten. One dollar and
half for a meal that could
have been bought In Bangor for
1a1f the money.
The evening paper had q col
INN, surnounted by d scare-head
lalf a page wide. about the
3einer murder. Clancy sl1ivered
,pprehensiveiy. But there was
1othing in the feverish. highly
ldjectived account to indicate that
Florine Ladue had been identified
as the woman for whom Beiner
had made the engagement with
Hildebloonn; Of the Rosebush stu.
dos. Clancy threw care from her
shoulders. She would be cautious,
yes; but fearful-no! This, after
she had eaten q few nouthfuls
of the veal outlet and drunk half
her glass Of milk. A fun stom-
ach brings. courage.
She turned the pages of the
newspaper and found the Help
Wanted page. It was encourage
ing to note that scores Of bust
ness firms needed stenographers.
She folded the paper carefully for
later study and resumed her din
ner. Finished. finally, she be-
came conscious that couple
across the room was observing
her closely.
Courage fled from her. A glim-
naering Of what her position would
continue to be until her relation
. to the Beiner murder was defin-
ite1y and for all time settled
flashed through her brain. she
would be always AFRAID.
She had not paid her check.
Otherwise. she would have fled
the room. Then she stiffened,
while, mechanically. she returned
David Randalls bow.
What III fate had sent her to
this place? Then, as Randall.
having flashed Der . smile that
showed q TOW Of extremely white
although rather large teeth.
turned to the woman with whom
he was dining, Clancy's courage
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PROPER CARE
OF THE HAIR
BY Brice BeIden, M. d.

N ANY. persons blessed with
Nv fine heads OF hair and
AN who never entertain the
idea of possible badness are apt
to neglect shampooing. This is
very unwise.
Then there are those who i'm
agine that shampooing is in some
way harmful. This is a great
error. .
Shampooing removes loose hair
and exercises a stimulating effect
upon the circulation and nutrition
Of the scalp. decidedly favoring
hair growth and aiding in restor-
ing the hair after a temporary
falling, as after an illness.
When the hair falls out prema.
turely, due to long neglect or i'll
ness, the head should be sham
pooed two or three times a week,
the interval between the sham
poos being gradually lessened to
once in three or four weeks.
Some people fear that sham
pooling causes undue loss of the
oil in the scalp, with resulting dry
ness. This is a fallacy, since the
Improvement in circulation and
consequent stimulation Of the oil
glands soon causes the scalp to be-
come more oily. Temporary dry
ness Immediately after shampooing
may be disregarded. This tempo
rary dryness is especially apt to
occur il alcohol is used in addition
to soap.
In brief, few persons will suf-
fer from dryness Of the scalp If
they are shampooed with sufficient
frequency. Many persons COM
plain that shampooing makes their
scalps too oily.
The occasional individual whose
scalp appears to be made dry by
shampooing may rub in a little
olive oil, the application being
made by a medicine dropper to nu-
merous parts in the hair.
Always end the shampooing
process with cold water, to lessen
the likelihood Of contracting a cold
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LAND O. DREAMS
NEW SERIES BY A FAMOUS PSYCHO-ANALYST
BY Hereward Darlington,
Phi. ID.

BY Hereward Darlington,
Phi. ID.
Writer Of Wide Repute and Author
of Books on PsychO-Analysis.
w OW the mind works when
1t is dreaming is one of
IA the most curious things in
Nature. For millions Of years
men have dreamed; for years
dreams have been studied, but
even yet there is much to be
learned concerning them. What
causes our dreams? There are
many factors at work, of which
only q few can be touched upon
here. A fuller study of these
causes will extend over several
articles.
First Of all, however, we know
that physical stimuli or sensa-
tons will serve to induce them.
DIR. Maury was one Of the first to
study this subject in detail. He
found that, if he were cold, he
dreamed Of ice and snow, or of be-
ing on the street naked. If he
were too warm, he dreamed Of
tropical scenes, or even of fire!
He secured the assistance of a
friend, who sat beside him quietly,
as he slept, and conducted a num-
Der of experiments upon him. He
tickled him with feather, pinched
his ear pricked him with a pin,
made faint noises, or held under
his nose various odorous sub
stances. All these sensations were
carried to the brain of the sleep
ing man, and caused various
dreams-clearly traceable to the
stimulus employed.
The mind, however, does not
merely record the sensation; it
symbolizes and Celebrates and
dramatizes it. 1t weaves the ex-
ternal stimulus into a sort of
story, which serves to make I'D
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A Refreshing Novel of Youth and
Mystery Written by One of Amer
ica's Foremost Story ellers

for career, the fear Of arrest on
the hideous charge Of murder,
and, last though by no means
least. the. inability to draw upon
the funds that she had so proud.
ly deposited In the Thespian
Bank-all these were enough to
bend her. But not to break!
Her tears finally ceased. She
had thrown herself upon the bed
with an abandon that would have
made an observer of the throw
ing think her one entirely sur
rendered to despair. Yet. before
this apparently desperate, hys-
: terical hurting of her slim body
upon q not too soft couch,
Clancy had carefully removed her
jacket and skirt. She was not
unique i'm this regard for her
apparel; she was simply woman.
So when in the natural course
of the passing. hours, hunger at.
tackled Clancy. and she rose
from the narrow bed that Mrs.
Gerrand provided for the
tenant Of her 'third-floor front"
room. she had only to remove the
traces of tears, '.fix" her hair,
and don her waist and skirt to
be prepared to meet the public
eye.
She had been lying down for
hours, alternating between im-
pulses toward panic and toward
brazen defiance. She compro-
missed. Of course. as people always
compromise upon impulses, by a
happy medium. She would
neither flee as far from New
York as seven dollars would take
her nor surrender to the search
ing police. She would do as she
had intended to do when she
came down, earlier in the day. to
Washington Square. She would
look for a job tomorrow, and az
soon as she found one. she'd go
to work at anything that would
keep her alive until the police
captured the murderer OF Morris
Beiner and rendered her free to
resume her career. And just now
she would eat.
It was already. dark. Somehow.
although she was positive that
she could not have been traced
to Washington Square. she had
been timid about venturing out
in the daylight. But that very
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darkness which brings disquiet
to the normal person brought
calmness and q sense Of security
to Clancy. For she was now
different person, from the girl
who had arrived In New York
from Zenith two days before. She
was now that social abnormality
Ia person sought by the officers
Of justice. Her innocence Of any
wrong-doing in no way restored
The Washington times., 1923-01-13
By Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies . Unique Position
In the Writing World rs an
Authority On the Prob
lens Of Girls.

"oR the past few days each
mail has brought me heIf
q dozen letters from per-
turbed young men who are In
aulging In vast amount OF cynic-
ism about the girls Of today. One
complains that unless a man
spends about $2s every time he
takes a girl out his feminine
companion is Disguised. A Sec
ond cries out that unless a fellow
fIatters the girls they are bored.
A third insists that girls are new
er satisfied with the devotion Of
one man, but like to have flocks
Of admirers gathered around.
The refrain all these unhappy
youths sound is that the girl of
today 10 extravagant, pleasure
loving, i1irtatious. vain, unstable
and selfish. A serious arraign-
ment this! Can It be true?
I think not.
The world has a way Of adjust
ing itself to laws of supply and
demand. Girls watch the heart
less coquettes getting attention
and devotion and they decide that
the way to be q social success
Is to play the game Of the vam-
pire. Men amuse themselves with
the coquette, and turn a. last for
serious interest to the sensible,
sober girl. But that girl is tired
Of sitting at home waiting for
the men to get over their philan-
dering days, and so she tries to
play the game that doesn't suit
her, and that puzzles and disap-
points the men-who have brought
It largely upon themselves.
Now. what are you going to do
about it?
The thing has to be worked
out from two sides.
First OF all, girls-be your
selves. II you are the simple,
home loving sort. who wants the
devoted companionship Of one fine
man and who loves the real thing
Of hfe-don't get discouraged be-
cause you don't find your dream
come true right away. Wait.
Hold fast to your ideals. Money
doesn't buy real pIeasure-it can
only purchase excitement. And ex.
element hasn't anything to do
, with real love.
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glance wary. 1t is tear that
changes character, not sin.
She had entered the downstairs
dining-room OF the Trevor, that
hotel which once catered to the
French residents OF New York.
but that now is the most promi-
nent resort Of the Greenwich VII
lage bohemian or near bohemian.
It held few guests now. 1t was
the hour between tea and dinner.
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her to normality.
So, instead of a frank-eyed
girl, fresh from the damp breezes
of Zenith, it was an almost fur
tivereyed girl that entered the
Trevor shortly after six o'clock.
and, carrying an evening paper
that she had acquired at the
newsstand, sat down at table
in the almost vacant dining.room.
Her step was faltering and her
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''I'd be ashamed of myself IL
I were you," snapped Mrs. Tilly
Turtle. i've lived in this same
old pond just as long as you
have, and never yet have you
heard me complain, nor will you
while I have that lovely blue sky
and those beautiful green trees
above me-"
Yes, break. your back craning
at the sky and the trees" And
Croaker Green Frog croaked all
the more sadly. "How can one
be happy sitting in this mud and
mire all the time? If ! were
you tadpoles, I'd try and raise
wings instead of feet. Then you
could fly away from this old
mudhole." And he rocked from
side to side and croaked so
mournfully that all the tadpoles
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TELL THESE AT DINNER

Old Brown had had a terrible
morning. He could not walk, and
had engaged a man to pull him
about in an invalid's chair.
Twice they had nearly been
crushed under a car, and once
the inValid-chair man had almost
dropped his charge into a river.
They halted at the top of
very steep hill.
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BY Blanche Silver.
The Sensible Little Tree.toad.

66n y, c,t me. on a.. msE' .r Old
~ croalxed sullenly. what
a dreary, weary, ed world this
is! I wish I hadn't been born a
frog. All / can do all day long
is to sit in this Doggy old place.
I'm sick and tired Of It all! It's
a shame to have to spend ones
life in bog like this" And he
croaked so mournfully that the
tadpoles in the pond. thinking
something wrong, all swan to the
top of the water and circled
around him.
"No use, children" he croaked
mournfully. For the rest of
your lives all there is for you
fellows is mud, mud, mud. Better
stop eating and end the whole
affair. That's my advice"
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At first Brown welcomed the
halt. But at last he began to
get restless.
why are you stopping here?"
he asked nervously.
TITS all right guv'nor," the at
tendant replied, unconcernedly.
I'm only waiting for my mate.
with another old gent. We're 60
ing to ave race down the ILL.,"
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Clancy looked hastily over the
menu that the smiling, courteous
captain Of walters handed her.
With dismay she saw that the
Trevor charged prices that were
staggering to a person with only
seven dollars in the world. New
ertheless, the streak Of stubborn
ness in Clancy made her fight
down the impulse to leave the
place. She. would not confess, by
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Here's a Smile

Why were you not suspicious
of the thief who grabbed a tray
Of diamonds and darted out of
the door?" He disarmed sus-
picion," said the Jeweller. He
said he wanted to look at some
engagement rings, and the fel.
low acted the part so we'll that
he actually stammered and turned
red"
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~ oUTH suffers more than
age. No blow that comes
to age can be more severe
than the happening to a child
which. to its elders. seems most
trivial Each passing year adds
toughness to the humans spirit
ual skin. But with toughness
comes resiliency.
Clancy was neither seven nor
seventy; she was twenty. She
had not yet acquired spiritual
teughness. nor had she lost
chhdhoOd's resiliency. The blows
that she had received in the
forty-eight hours since she had
arrived in New York-the loss.
as she believed. of her hoped.
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Moving Literature.

Alice: Don't you think
Clara: ayes. indeed. It contains
cookery-book is fascinatinE?"
90 many stirring Incidents"
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Not a Dictator.
No Doubt of 1t.

No Doubt of 1t.
School visitor-"This snake Of
which I speak is said to strike
with mathematical precision"
Sharp pupil-''Then 1t must be
an adder!'
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BY Arthur Soners Roche
The Most Popular Author Of Love
And Mystery Tales
Today

Today.
He had come to New York to
achieve success. Here, within
II forty-eight hours after her ar
rival. she had not only reused
the suspicious of one Of the
biggest men in the profession
which she had hoped to adopt,
but was wanted by the police on
the charge of murder, and had
only seven dollars in the world.
She stared at the greasy wall.
paper of her ill.kept room. With.
out friends. no morey-in danger
Of arrest! And still. she did not
think OF going to the police, of
confessing to circumstances that
really were innocent. She had
not learned overnight. She was
sttn young. She still believed
in the efficacy Of flight. Queer
". she thought Of the young
man who had taken her home
from the Zenda's apartment in
the runabout. She remembered
not merely his blue, kindly eyes,
and the cleft In HIS chin, and his
bigness. but things about him
that she had not known, at the
time, that she had noticed-his
nrm mouth. his thick brown hair.
And hes had the understanding
face she'd ever seen. The only
really kind face she'd seen in
New York. An the rest-Clancy
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Laundering Bank Notes.

DIAPER money, when dirty, is washed BY means Of vs
GUS sets OF rollers through which it passes being
thoroughly scrubbed in the process The last rollers
heated and the notes are thus dried and ironed.
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ToR the past few days each
mail has brought me helf
- a dozen letters from ner.