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hadn't even stopped the play.
It had gone over him for two
yards. Oh, He'll! What was the
use? How his back ached! The
Penn. quarter scented to know
he was feeling wobbly. All the
plays were coming at him and
Mike. and most Of them got Ly.
Where was the bail? Sore.
times 1t came straight through
and the next minute on the
same formation swung outside
and Neale uselessly buried un-
/, der the interference. He'd have
to stop it somehow-soon. He
glanced back out Of the corner
Of his eye, and saw the goal
posts less than five yards be-
hind. The Penn. formation was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

was hardened by this time to
the Neapolitan frenzy Of emphasis
which marked exhortations to
play your best football or die.
He'd do his best, he told HIM
self, looking down at his feet.
Nobody could do any more.
The second half began with
an exchange of punts. Play
ing behind the cyclopean Mike,
Neale hadn't much work to do
on the defensive, but once Mike
was boxed out on a straight
buck, Neale shot his body in to
plug the hole and turning,
caught bony knee in the hack,
right over the kidneys. As he
lay on the ground gasping for
breath, he could see that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

: lying on the ice, was a beautiful
big fish that must have weighed
every bit Of twelve pounds.
leaned over to look at it and
my glasses simply fell off as
gazed In establishment at the. fish,
for that. very minute he opened his
eyes and looked at me.
Great Scot"' shouted.
My cry brought Bunny and
Bobby from the backyard, where
they were playing.
Whats the matter, Foxv
Grandpa?" they asked in one
breath.
There's miracle or spooks or
something in our ice-box!' I
gasped.
What do you mean?" BobbJ
asked.
This morning there wasn't a
fish in the house. Now there la
a big one in the ice-box making
fish-eyes at me-" 1 exclaimed.
Lets see him." suggested
Bunny.
Bunny stood up on his hind
legs and looked in at the fish.
Then he started to roar with
laughter, as he chuckled:
why, Foxy Grandpa. that's a
carp. I'll tell you what has hap.
pened to him. When the river In
which he lies froze up, he simply
went to sleep and froze up in Il.
Now, that the ice is thawing, he's
waking up. All of his family do
that"
Where do you suppose his home
iS?" asked astounded.
There's no way of telling"
answered Bunny. 1T may be a
thousand miles from here"
We couldn't take him that f&~,
so we took him to the Aquarium.
They had to put him in a tank
by himself, because he tried to
gobbIe up every little fish that
came near him.
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; Father sat in his own chair, and
they visited some more Neals
found it surprisingly easy to talk
to his parents now, almost as easy
as if they were strangers. During
the last year he had lived away
from them except for week nds
and short, visits. In that time he
had acquired a little perspective;
and the new shell to his personal.
ity had set hard enough SO that
he no longer felts an irritable,
shame.faced distaste of being
looked at by people who had known
him as a little boy. Great Scott!
Had he ever been a little boy?
The college Junior looked around
on the walls, bools and furniture
that had not changed q hair and
remembered with difficulty that
he had once been o care-free child
in these surroundings.
When he went away. he shook
hands with his father, az he al
wayaA did. and stopped from his
great height to kiss his mother Is
: he always did. Why not? 1t did
not occur to him that he might
not kiss his mother.
A Mothers Tears.
But apparently it had occurred
to her, for when she felt on her
lips the cool. fresh, boyish, matter
of.fact pressure of his lips, she
gave a sob and flung her arms
around him. holding him close and
crying q little on his shoulder.
Why. dear old mother! What was
the matter with her? Neale put
both arms around her and gave
her a great hug, as he used 70
when he came home from West
Adams.
1t had done him good to see his
folks, he thought. as he strobe off
down the familiar, but not much.
loved city street. He thought az
fectionately about his father and
mother for quite q time thereafter.
as far as the ferry-house indeed,
when the build Of deck-hand re-
minded him of the new Swede on
the team. After that he thought
football intensively, q strong color
of Junior cock-sureness tinging all
his thoughts. He was making the
team! He wasn't so worse! How
green. how incredibly green the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

remains you've tapped your Also,
can't keep it aght minutes together; house
strewn with match There's hole in the loose Of
you dropped pipe upside down when
did happen be alight
But that's not the whole of it: cup by
tapping your pipe out it, though I'd repeatedly asked not
TO do IT, You tap pipe anything marble mante
pieces or chppenda Not that the tapping
part so much It's disgusting habit Of blowing liquid out Of
it all the room.
Yes you feather to clean pipe OUT but
what becomes Of after used It? leave
lying about your desk dressing table, find
of chair smelling Of feel sick at the
thouet of it. Besides your pipe often
You seem needs special temperament to smoke
pipe and YOU don't possess it. don't believe like smoking
a pipe. If you did you wouldn't do it 80 badly.
MR. GEORGE: But, dear
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
By MARIA JERrTzA,

Famous Prima Donna of the
Metropolitan Opera Company
and One of the Most Beau
tiful Women of the Day.
I'm a recent chat with you I
suggested the need of slen.
- derness in order to wear
with grace modern fashionable
clothes which are designed for
the normally slim figure.
A nat abdomen is essential in
order to attain this look of slen.
der grace. Where the abdomen
is allowed to sag an ugly figure
is the result. And this flaw can
not be concealed by the modern
style of dress with its very light
corseting. or entire lack of corset
Ing.
The very looseness of our mod
ern clothing tends to overcome
this defect. for 1t allows free cir
culation of the blood and this
checks any tendency to sluggish
ness in the action Of the abdom-
inal muscles and keeps them nor
nally strong. And strong alb
dominal muscles naturally hold
themselves erect.
OF course. there are diseases
In which a distended abdomen is
q symptom. Such q case is for
& physician. 1t il to the healthy
woman that / speak in all these
little beauty chats.
Possibly you have uncon-
sciously formed the lazy habit of
allowing your abdominal muscles
to sag and a protruding abdomen
is the result. In that case you
should suck in the abdomen"
to borrow a phrase used in gym.
nasiums-consciousl pull your
abdomen into place by pulling in
the abdominal muscles. Remind
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

First, when you fill your
pipe, you spill the tobacco
on the floor. Then you drop
the red-hot end Of the match
on the carpet after you've
lit your pipe. When the to-
bacco burns away you push
the ash down with your fin
ger, and then Won smear the
ash over anything you touch.
Then you either let your
pipe bubble, or you blow out
the clot on to the wallpaper,
on q newspaper, on . cur
tain, on anything.
Finally every window sill
Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

on his side again. Mike charged
like a buffalo. Neale rushed in
behind him, blindly. Then all
at once he picked out the man
with the ball-too late. HIS
sideways drive for a tackle
missed and as he fell, his arms
empty, he saw the red-and-blue
jersey go over the line.
He got up shaken, feeling very
sick of himself. not meeting
anybodys eye. While Penn. was
kicking the goal, Neale saw
Biffy come bounding out from
the side-lines, I'm to take Crit
tenden's place." he reported.
A Singing Shock.
1t was like q blow in the
face. And he had earned it.
Neale walked to the bench, took
a blanket, looking carefully away
from the sub who held 1t out
to him. wrapped himself up.
forced his face into its usual
expression Of impassivety and
watched the game. It was not
much to watch: Columbia badly
up in the air, Pennsy yetting
stronger every minute.
He dreaded the post-morten1 at
the football house., and took as
deserved Andrews verdict. Crit
tenden, you were a total loss. /
knew you weren't much OF a
defensive back, but I didn't sup
pose a whale like you wou'l let
a skinny little runt of a Penn.
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sub ride you back five yards and
dump you on your tail"
Day after day went by, with
Neale in exile, playing once
more ION the scrub. The night
before the Brown game, when
the lineup was announced, he
got together a show of good
will as he shook hands with
Biffy and wished him luck. But
he lay awake in the dark that
night. theartbroken. sternly mo-
tionless and rigid on his cot,
his great hands clenched hard.
1t was his virgin sorrow, the
first real suffering he had>ever
known. The first real sorrow
of most lives is usually temper
ed to the softness of immature
hearts by the self-preserving in
stinct to lay the blame on some
thing or somebody else, by ner-
ciful .self-pity. But for Neale
there was no Fate, nor chance,
nor enemy, nor fickleness Of wo-
man on whom to lay the blame.
There was no one to blame but
himself, and before his time he
felt the pure rigor Of this knowl,
edge cut deep like a clean steel
EH1adn IF n,Yf ont a mart - HE,
boyishness forever. It was the
first scar of the initiation into
manhood. Neale stood up to it
like a man, although so young
a man. mo squealing" he COM
nlanded himself sava ae1Y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
SMART SHORT
JACKETS
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

F" HE short jacket now in
vogue is a charming &C.
- compartment to !. the one
piece frock and tides one over in
a most interesting fashion until
the time is ready to don the win.
ter fur coat. Not only are these
jackets developed in fur, such as
dyed caracul or rabbits skin,
but all sorts Of fur cloths and
rich antique paisleys have come
back into vogue. If in your attic
ing to your great grandmother
you have the better half of the
charming costume for early fall.
The short, swagger models that
tend toward narrow shoulders and
graceful flare at the bottom are
cut to fall a little below the
hips. The sleeves, too. are in
clined to flare, and a deep collar
that may be buttoned up on
windy days Is q notable feature
on the newest models.
The Russian influence Is felt in
a model hloused into q broad band
at the hips and showing the long
full peasant sleeves caught into
a straight band cuff. A Jacket Of
this type is developed In paisley.
with choker collar and cuffs OF
beaver. With it q straight one
piece frock OF beaver colored
duvetyn is worn, and the bottom
of the frock Is banded with the
paisley.
Kelinsky combines we'll with
paisley and a short jacket of the
type just described, or perhaps
Of the flare box model could be
worn to advantage with almost
any dark silk afternoon frock.
Monkey fur again promises to
be popular, and cloth jackets, for
instance. Of a lovely coffee color
could be trimmed with it.
The all-white caracul jacket is
striking combined with a black
velvet frock and small hat Of
black and white.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
Why the Marriage Of the Principal Characters Of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

The next day he sat all
through the game on the edge
of the subs bench. his big mus
cles quivering with readiness to
respond to an order to jump
into the game, his heart sick,
sick within him because the or
der did not come. Nobody 80
much as looked his way. There
he sat, big useless lump.
Is He a Quitter7
"what's the matter with nae7"
he cried out behind his Iroquois
mask Of insensibility, "I'vc got
the strength. I've got the speed,
Am a quitter?"
The sweat stood out on him
at the idea, and at first, help
less before the dramatic quality
Of young imagination, he felt
that must be the answer. Yes,
he was a gutter. AS well die,
and be done with it.
Then the nucleus of what was
to become Neale hardened tt
self against this easy, inverted
sentimentalism, and small rs tho
nucleus was, 1t set itself to
consider the matter in judi
cial. objective Judgment. Neals
went over his football 70. the
last week as though IL had
been that Of another player.
Fr0 Ro Cont;ura<5 y,cr,o,..crwl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
By Dorothy Garfield.
whose Novel. 'The BtimIning Cup
Achieved Popularity Through
cut the Country.

vEALE left them talking and
~ stepped into the gym. ad:
miring enviously the mas
sive bone.structure of the new
student Of English literature.
There were horribly emotional
ups and downs in the junior foot
ball season for Neale, ups and
downs that ploughed and har.
rowed his young soul, planted
many seeds in his heart. and left
him at the end of the season
with so much new knowledge
of himself and others to digest,
with experiences so rich and
varied. dark and brilliant, to
look back on, that he needed the
entire rest of the year to grow
up to them. The other students.
those who did not play football,
seemed to him like little boys.
fooling around with marbles and
kites, so little did they know Of
the black depths of depression
and despair, and the hard-won
heights of exultation which cram
med his own personal life full,
and gave him q premature ma
turity of experience, like that Of
Q boy who has been through a
war.
The day after his third game on
the Varsity, Father called him on
the telephone and asked if he
couldn't come home and have din
ner with them to celebrate his sue
cess-would that be breaking train
ing? Oh. no, Neale answered, not
il he got back to the house at
nine. So he went home to spe-
cially good dinner, just the kind
he remembered az q little boy.
when there was company. They
talked football mostly: that meant
he and Father talked and Mother
saw to 1t that the plates of her two
men were filled. After dinner they
went into the library, the library
he had first plunged into the
world of books, and there he and
Mother sat on the sofa, while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

Mrs. Blooey-How do you like
your new apartment, my dear?
Mrs. Flooey-Oh, it's wonder.
full. Such a splendid view, you
know.
Mrs. Blooey-Do you mean that
you can see the park?
Mrs. F1ooey-NO there's a younS
married couple living right across
the alley. and we can watch them
fight every night. after supper,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
Stamps and a Railroad

Turkish government which numbered 100000
stamps It was divided into $50 lots, and with the pro-
ceeds built section of the 'Bagdad Railway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
Total Solar Eclipse Today

TO all of North America and more than half Of South
America the will appear eclipsed today but the
spectacle will be of interest only the narrow
line of totally crossing Lower California ana MEXICO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10
E. gIdddZtne PQden NJ!
". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Smoking a Pipe at Home.

MFRS, GEORGE: Men who can't smoke pipes dscently
N shouldn't smoke at all ! like to see man smoking
disgusting way you nearly makes sick
you say everybody smokes you should
yourself doing it.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24
Ferreteria v Quincalla
EN- GENERAL
LA MAS ALTA CALIDAD
Ell MAS BAJo PRECIo
|" Ell GLOBO"
u SAN JUSTo 50.
SAN JUSTo 80.

nocoidos poYt Juan Caraballo, quien fue
arrestados en- Gurabo, por la policfa de
aquella leealidad, ocupandO todas las
.prendas robadas en- la platerfa de Jo-.
Sc Correay ~ quien el jefe Luis Eche-
yarrfa le ocup0 una patente de guinea
Hero ambulante, sexpetiida por el mu-
nicipio de Caguas. Inmediatamente, Sc
traslad0 aver tarde al pueblo de Gu
rabo el jefe de la detective Juan Qui-t
nones en- union del detective Carlos
Alvarados qlienes practicaron una in
Ivestigaci0n de los hechos, trayendose
la Pedro Ramos y las prendas para.
San Juan,
& Cuando, la policfa arrest6 d Pcdrul
kCruz, tenfas 6stespuesto q cinturon tge
MI. Lord, el cual tenia en- una hcsl
villa de plata, las inieiales; G. o. III,
pues su veraadere cintnron 10 dei5
Pedro en- casa de Mr.. Lord, la nochsE
Due verified el escaIamiento.
Este sujeto, actualmente era pr6fiI-
go de la carcel de distrito de Ponce
|donde cumplia diez y seis meses pors
escalamiento.
En- este magnlfico seryicio que acaa
ba de SER prestados Inereeen credito 81
jefe Juan Quinones, los jefes de dis
Etrito Domingo Rivera Cabrera y Ltiis'
<, 1.,sfo 10 sfts ss,ass y GY,rahn ,as-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24
Secretariia Ejecutiva

Han sido presentadas, en- Ia oficina
del Secretario Executive de Puerto Ri
co, para su archivo Y registro, cinco
marcas de fabrica de la corporation
del estado de New Jersey, denominada
West India Oil Co, las que consisten
en- las palabras Carmen, Domino, Gra-
nito, Tropical V Puertorriquelas, Sc
aplican a la venta de yelas.
Los siguientes documentos pertene-
Gientes la Association de Tenedores
de Iibrcs V Oficinistas de Puerto Ri
Co, han sid6 archfvados en- la secre,
taria Ejecutiva:
,-t+Certificado relatiyo q la cleo
ei0n de la junta directiva, III cual es-
ltat eomnpuesta 'por los siguientes seno-
res Il William y Lopez, presidente; a
r.. Descartes, vitcepresid'ente; Rain6l!
Pujals earle r., seeTetayio.; lAnfonio, iMIsol 70
tllNoI Tesorero, y Andres Rodriguez
Vera. Regime Rosario y 5. Calico, yo
Fcales. ..s.. ,le
Informc annual correspondence
al alo. 1922. a
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

Ha sido archivado Ell 10 oficina del
Secretario Executive el informe annual
correspondence al allo 1922. de las cor
poraciones Alta Vista Fruit Company.
Cerro Gordo Fruit Company. Imperial
Fruit Company, Salvador r. Min, Inc,
Plaza Fruit Company, Divert, Ban
croft and Ross CO.. Ltd. City of Pom
ce Gas Company Y Porto Rico Tele-
phone Company.
Ha sido archivado en- la Secretarfa
Ejecutiva un certificado de eleGci6n
de directories " oficiales de la Logia
Derecho. Libertad Dignidad No. 73,
en- el cual figuran los nombres de los
siguientes seiores::- Felix Dfaz, Pre-
sidente :; jose Cortes Cor,lero,. isecre-
tario: Catalina Villafane, iTesorero:l
Jose NIaur;is V Bautista Gelys, yigir
aptes: Florencie Soto y Tomas Pla-.
nadeSall, Dilconos Jose Il. Dfas,
Maestro de Cereinonias Adolfo M.
!. Gonzalez, Orador: Santos Laboy y Je-
Sc Rivera Tirado, Guardas Temple, y
Leoeadio Fisueroa, Limosnero. Todos
estos seiiores son tambien directories.
Ha sido registrada en- la oficina del
Secretario Executive una marca de I'd
brica de la corporation del estado de
Massachusetts,. denominada Mellin's
Food Company of North America, 10
que consiste ell las palabras Mellin's
Food, la representation de un nido
con pdjaros pequeiios, y Sc aplica a
la venta de una preparation nutriti-
va para ninos, e inyalidos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24
La policia de Gurabo ha atrapa-
Do a IN audaz escalador

FL dfa veinte del corriente, el como
cido colnerciante de esta ciudad Sc
nor co. Lord, dio eonocimiento q La
policia detective de i'm escalamiento
que le fue hecho en sll residencia de
IHato Rey, llevandose el Iadron 9 los
ladrones, un buen ndmero de prendas,
que alcanzaban un gran valor, Cuen-
tan que para verificar este robo, Sc
subi6 81 ladr6n por una Yentana de la
casa dejando mareado en 81 marco
dc Ia Sentana los pies descalzos. Al
lfa siguiente Mr. Lord encontr6 IN
cintur6n de ctero con heyilla de nic-
kel, asi como una navajo Gillett, OBJ
jetos que iej0 ALI el ladr0n
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

La polieia detective tambien recibiJ
noticias que q din 22 del misino mes,
hicieron otro escalamiento en- Ia casa
de don Ramon suarez, en- Santurce,
paratla catorce, llevdndose de Id; ha-
bitaci6n de Jose Bustelo, otro lote de
lprendas, entre elias rli reloi ttle ORC
pequeno, un reloj ln,lrca I1lgin, III boil
silIo de plata, IN aifiler de corbata
de ORC, i otras prelldas mas. Para
realizar este otro escaIamiento pusie-
ron un cajon cerca de una yentana,
entrando por ella, deiando lnarcala
las huellas dc los pies
FL antoH sls estos esealamientos ha
resultaao ser q sujetp Pedro Cruz, ca
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24
HAGA UN FESTIN GLORIOSO
GOZANDO DE CADA COMIDA
Ell APETITO QUE DA TANLAC HACE QUE CADA B0CAD0 SEA
DELICIOs0 FACILMENTE AsIMILAD0.

Cuando su aparato digestive trabajaI
extrayendo del alimento, abundante
anergfa vital, entonces cada bocado Sc
saborea con delete. ST sus conidas
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

momento, cuando no epuede digerir el
que va tiene. Ademas alteraciones
q,imieas producer substancias yeneno-
sas que son conducidas cada celula
y organo del cuerpo, en- donde produ-
cen toda clase de sintomas.
Tanlac, el famoso tonico digestive,
ha logrado SUI anplio exito, debido a
que obra facilitando la vigorosa prepa-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

~ observe salud que lie produce. I'd.
tiene derecho a ser sano, vigoroso, eff
caz y feliz I'd. misno puede conse-
guir la oportunidad de serlo, approve
ehandose de esta bendicion moderna
que Sc ha concebdo la humanidad,
Tanlac.
Hoy 1nis1no debe I'd. comprar Tan
lac en- cualquier drogueria.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

a.l- 4 L II q
SE VENDEN diez cuerdas, mas menos de
terreno senbrado de cocos, chinassy maloji-s
llo con una herInosa casa de dos plantas para
yiyienda, casa para peones y ranch hon, sitIladas
en- el barrio aSabalos.' de Mayagiiez ciIlco
minutes de la poblacion s .1... .ss.. {,
Ell que interese la fnca puede dirigirsea la
Sucursal> del Banco Comercial de Puerto-Ri-
co, en- Mayagiiez. p r.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

|raci6n gastrica del alimento. Tambieri
favorece e1 funcionamiento energico de
todos los mdsculos y glandulas del in
|testinos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-24

ST I'd. no tiene buen apetito,
81 su alimento lie perjudica, 81
no tiene el peso que debiera te.
ner, permita que Tanlac lie de-
muestre que puede obrar TN mi-
1agro en- su estado, como ha SUI
cedido en- miles de casos. 81 esta
I'd. desesperado, sombrio, con po.
CO deseo de. vivir 0 sin poder dis
frutar de la vida, pruebe Tanlac
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colors and with stripes.
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