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Little Sisters, for example, getting
bored. She is running madly about q
long table at v ich sixty hungry ole
per- T are ranged, she is serving
stew until her arms ache, she knows
she must scrub this table well as 500
as her lettering charges out .oi
the way. One knows that Catherine
Booth was never bored.
But in striking contrast is the fact
that very wealthy man and his wife
committed suicide the other day in n
European city. They had Travelled n.
over the world; they had two maglif'
cent homes: they had two million dol
lars. 1t wasn't enough. There was
nothing they could find to do with it
worth while. whats the use!" they
asked each other silly.
They were Indifferent to or had
quarrclled with thei" relations, ihey
had no children, one had dyspcpsi
and the other neuritis; they had
bought some furniture in England,
and great many clothes in Fraiire
But the old chairs were not ever
Grated, and the clothes had not como
back from the Rue de Rivoli when
husband and wife soberly, and with
great pains, plugged windows and key
holes, turned on the gas, each took
two iodine pills--perhaps they kissed
each other goodbye before they sat
down in comfortabl. chairs-we will
never know. Their letter only said in
their own language: whats IL
use?"
What's the use, indeed, of writing
about it? Well. one hopes there is a
little. For in women especially this
mental attitude is frequently caused
by physical conditions.
Too little exercise. too ruch rich
sweet. hot food, too little real incent-
i've to pull themselves out of duh
groove, mentally. morally and phys;-
cally. results in the whats the use"
point of view in hundreds and thou
sands in leases. If any woman is al
ways tired, or chronicall- constipatet.
or headachy, she need look no further
for an explanation of her ,"blues."
. But life ought to seem sweet, an
worth while. and thrilling Sleep II !
itself ought to be n delightful adve--
ture, and waking up at hirty-eight
just what it used to be at eight.
To be sure. ones appetite never
survives meal, but it is pleasant;.r
to eat Mothers chicken pie than
sliced papery ham from the Lelicacv
store. and it is nice to be clean. arr
hospitable. and to have n flower gar
den. and TO write good letter. And
all these things take work.
Was it du Maurier who summarized
it thus neatly:
There must be heaven, there may
hell. -.
Meanwhile we have our life here
Well?'
Copyright, 1923. by the Republic
Syndicate.)
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES.
COLT TO LESLIE PRES.
COLT, CONTINUED.

You can see, dear little Marquisc
that l had started something. / die
not really intend to bring things tc
a showdown until had consulte
Jack, but having already brought il
| about, was not going to back down
Miss Bradford had already begun
to put on her wraps.
i really felt sorry for Mrs. Pres
| colt. All at once she seemed to have
grown shrunken and old. She looked
from Priscilla to Inc in CONSERVATION.
i knew that she did not want to
break with me on account of job i.
but l knew she loved Priscilla. Ali
at once / understood that here was 6
girl of the same temperament, the
same mid-VictOrian ideas, who ha
been very kind to her for years. III
was perfectly natural that she should
have wanted her to marry her son. Ii
was not queer at all that she resented
me. stranger.
Fortunately, I remembered there
was a train which,. although it did
not stop at our little town, stoppca
in the city where Karl was going ana
this train would take me back to Al
bany by noon the next day. 1
The thing to do now. however, was
to, make Mrs. Prescott understand
that l was not leaving her in anger
So l turned to Miss Bradford AMI
said, Il really think it is better for
YOU to stay with. Mother Prescott
it was the first time l had called her
mother" Although the word alnfos,
came to my lips inadvertently, because
l felt a sudden pity for her loneliness,
the lighting up of Johns mothers face
showed me that my not doing so w.
until this time had really hurt her.
was not wholly in the right.
Poor Karl, who had been standing
in absolute and abject misery and err
barrassment during all this converse
ton. now came forward. The same
thought had come into his mind.
tiff" he began uncertainty.
1t was then that Mrs. PRESCOTT
breeding showed itself. For, whatever
may be the old fashioned ideas of tbs
New Englandcr, they still have a Ger
tain kind of hospitality which mus
be shown upon all occasions.
Mother Prescott came forward as
though she had not seen Mr.. Whitney
before, with extended hand and smi.
ing face.
My dear Mr.. Whitney, you have
made very opportunc call. / AN
sure my daughter Leslie was trying
to think just how she would be abb,
to get to the next town in time to
make that train. She seems dete;
mined to be in Albany tomorrow.
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trancing picture as You do so and
you won't deceive any stranger that
you are swan. but you will exer.
else the muscles that make for swan
like beauty.
Then try this; Let your head drop
as far over your spinal column as it
VIII, letting your mouth fly open as
1t will be inclined to do. Then come
back to normal position. Do this
several times. =
Then, letting your head be per-
feetlv dead weight. describe a circle
with it slowly. Do this half a dozen
times or more.
For double chin, here's an cffec-
| tive exercise. Just puckcr up your
lips as ii YOU were going to whistle
and inSead blow an imaginary
feather off your lips. You can do his
many times a day, to your advan-
tIge.
These exercises will keep your
neck relaxed, and if your cords or
muscles are inclined to be stringy
or unduly prominent they will cor
rect that. too.
Remember, double chin is quite
as much a matter of incorrect posi-
ton of your head as it is of fat.
Keep your head up. poised firmly on
your neck and the flesh won't sag.
TOMORROW-Miss Dolan tells
how to reduce superfluous flesh about
arms and shoulders.
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H / N T S
Short Coats.

. Short Coats.
The first showings of furs feature
the short fur coat that gained sucli
popularity this season. Squirrel.
dyed muskrat and caracui are most
frequently seen.
= Quill Trimmings.
Stiff quilts arranged in the back
to give the effect of airplane pro-
pcllers are seen on the newest hats.
There is n tendency this fall to place
the trimming directly in the back or
directly in the front.
Autumn FrOck.
One of the newest styles for au-
tumn is seen in coat frock with
long unbroken lines from shoulder 10
hem. and a tlaring side godet intro
duced at the low waistline.
Fancy Veil. "
One of the newest trimmings SUE
gested for the large hat is wide
meshed veil with design worked out
in tiny rufflcs of Valenciennes lace.
Embroidered Pockets.
If you want a distinctive frock of
silk or serge, have it cut on the IA
miliar chemise line and trim it with
two large pockets embroidered in
bright coiored wools.
Jacquettes in Vogue.
Jacqucttes will be in high vogue
without coats during early fall and
under large topcoats for the rest of
the season.
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BY ANNE DOLAN

BY ANNE DOLAN
One of the saddest sights wo.
man ever sees is the advent of her
second chin. Nothing warns the
world quite so effectually that Youth
is on the wane.
To be sure, youth does wane. but
why tell the world? Let that be your
own little secret.
When it comes to the matter of
double chins. heavy jowls and lat
necks, an ounce of prevention is worth
pounds of cure.
A little daily care will keep these
destroyers of beauty away but only
the most stern and unflagging indus
try will get-rid of them once they
have been allowed to start.
The swans neck is the standard
of beauty, according to poets and
sculptors. He exercises his neck con-
stantly, darting his head in and out
and around with marvellous grace.
Now just imagine for little while
that YOU are swan. With your
shoulders erect, push your head ont
rs far as YOU can straight ahead If
you.
You won't make a particularly en-
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sic Azzska
AN INITIATE STuPy OF IhNERDsr
ENoTIoMs PEvEALD In pHv1TE LETTERS
coPYrsM Hs5-MEA. Sos4ce "a. -.

"Of course / hate to have her leave
but in talking. with her husband, m!
son, this afternoon, it developed tina
he was very lonely without her. Tn
der the circumstances l could not keel
her, could II"
Good Lord!Y ! saidl to myself. 81
that isn't dismissal from the queen,
do not know what it is"
All at once i was very proud o.
my mother-in-law. That she coul.
really rise to the occasion and put her
self in the right and me undeniabl,
in the wrong so gracefully was some.
thing that / knew no modern woman
could have done. ~
/ turned and went up to her and
laying my cheek against hers l said
Dear mother, you always know and
do the right thing.
Wait a minute, Karl. I will be
ready" =
T0m0rrOw-Leslie writes to hef
mother. A worried husband.
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cry day and can do my work with more
ease than have for five or six years.
I owe it all to your great medicine. {"
MARTHA HOOKER, la College Ave,
St. Paul, MINI.
When women who are between the
ages of forty-five and fifty-fve are
beset with such annoying symptoms
Is nervousness, irritability, melan-
cholia and heat flashes, which pro-
duce headaches, dizziness, or sense
Of suffocation, they should take Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Il is especially adapted to help women
through this crisis. It is prepared
from roots and herbs and contains
70 harmful drugs or narcotics.
xrite to Lydia E. Pinkham Med
| pnrtD.Iynn, Massachusetts,, for a
ing but 4 Lydia E. Pinkham's
= Houston ana< g Women.
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The What'sthe-U Users invariably feel that every
one who seems really to get genuine and enthusiast
tic pleasure out of life is affecting the attitude What
these unfortunates know is that you can cult
vate attitude like weeds in the SOUL
To begin to be bored at ten and never to analyze
the trouble, pretty dull life after thirty-fve
Logically nothing is important, worth while,
nothing is "the use. But by finer tests than logic
many things exqusitey worth while, and it is only
stupid persons who get bored.
In especially this mental attitude is fire.
quently caused by physical condition. Too little
cse much rich food too little real incentive to pull
themselves out of dull groove mentally, morally and
physically, results in the whats the use" point of
view in hundreds and thousands of cases.
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NORRIS SAYS

There is a young woman
of my acquaintance whose
entire attitude toward life
might be summed up in
three words: whats the
use?" 1t seems to me
that this is a frightful state
of mind.
There are woments when
life seems only an endless
succession of utilities. But,
thank God, the tide of
satisfaction with t h j S
puzzling existence comes
flooding back again, and
all the dear domestic du-
ties become sacred privi-
leges again, the outward,
visible, tangible signs of a
mysterious inner grace.
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than to study the tangled hem =.
and sometimes to pull 4 thread
straight here and there.
Logically, nothing is important, or
worth while, nothing is the use.
But by finer tests than logic, MANY
things are exquisitely worth while.
and it is only stupid persons who get
bored.
One does not imagine one of IT,.
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a rundown condi-
ton and the trou-
bles a woman has
to go through at
that time, hot
flashes, nervous
ness and head
aches. At times l
was not able to do
my work, butsince
taking Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
ID am gaining ev-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26

This is the second of series
of Beauty Exercises, written by
Anne Dolan, noted New York
physical culture expert, to help
you retain your youth and
beauty.
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women FROM
FORTY TO FIFTY
BinBelnterestedinM Mrs. Hooker's
eeoveryby Use Of Lydia E. Pink
: hams Vegetable Compound

1T. Paul, Mimi was going through
the Change of Life and suffered from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08
Crate Stuff

~ Err face betrayed her i'll.
concealed despair as she
- sat in the Iow-backed chair,
the dish in her lap. Big salt
tears welled in her eyes and
coursed down her pink cheeks.
She was plainly Disguised. and
made no effort to hide her emo
ton for she was alone In the
room.
She laid the dish down on the
shair and walked to the window.
She threw it open and gazed
down into the dizzy depths below.
The cooler air struck her face,
bringing more tears to her eyes.
She dabbed at them with her
apron. Nervously she took a
few steps, now hither, now thither.
She ground her teeth together.
Then she walked to the window
again, undecided. Again she
looked into the depths, and, sud-
denly, Strengthened up, she spat
out between her gritted jaws:
"If he must have horseradish.
he'll have to CRATE it himself. 49,
Who Doc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08
The Fastidious ShOuuer.

A woman shopper approached
the post office clerk at the stamp
window:
Il would like to look at your
red 2-cent stamps" she said.
The clerk obligingly brough.
out a sheet Of 100 or more
stamps. Pointing to one of the
stamps in the center Of the
sheet, his discriminating Gus
toner sweetly said, "I'n take that
one. "-Parrakeet.
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Campus
Wit

Ma-"Johnny, run over and
find out how old Mrs. Brown is
today"
Johnny upon returning
Brown says it's none Of your bust
ness how old she is."-Tiger.
"I believe this Is the last drink
I'll take" said the about-to-reform
gentleman. as he picked up q bot
tie OF wood alcohol by mistake
Virginia Reel
Adam and Eve were gambling.
Which wasn't very nice.
The Lord saw them, and 30 he
took
Away their pair o. dice.
Lemon Punch.
First Prof-"The students were
so entranced this morning that
they remained in my lecture room
all through the lunch hour"
Second Prof-"Why didn't you
wake them up?"-Sour Owl.
Helen-"Oh, Johnny! I'm %
c-c-c-old"
Johnnie addressing flivver Wig
orously)-''Well. we amt SO
young ourselves. '-Parrakeet.
Unless the papers are decefv-
ing US, winifred Westover seems
to be losing her Hart.-Lora jeff.
Where is old Petroleum?
Kerosene him last week, but he
amt benzine since.-Boll Weevil.
The Stewed Waiter, bring
me shome turtle shoup and-hic
make it ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Reel.
Shoe salesman (who has just
fitted his customer): Fine! Now
you ought to have the last word
in spats.''
The Meek One sadly: Thank
you, sir, but my wife usually has
it."-virginia Reel.
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A Slight Mistake.

Dumb-Dora is terribly stupid,
isn't she?
Bell-Yes, she thinks that Grace
Church is a movie actress.
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THEY'RE Always With YOU

"I sent a quarter to a fellow
who advertised to tell you how to
take out wrinkles in the face"
And did he tell your
"He did. He said, Walk in the
open air at least once a day and
the wrinkles will go out with
you.' "-Beanpot.
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Base Migrate.

Zeke-Wall. how We feelin' Jed?
Jed-Oh, purity good.
Zeke-What? Purity good, after
me walkin' four mile to see We?
Brown Bull.
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A wealthy farmer intending 10
send his son to college, wrote u
letter to the Registrar, in which
he said: please say what are
YOUR terms for a year; and will it
cost anything extra II my son
learns to write a good hand and
spell proper, as well az to row Q
boat?'-Boll Weevtl.
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Mother Goose Rhymes

Mary had a little calf.
1t caused us lots Of trouble;
For when she lifted up her skirt.
1t made us all see double.
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has an information bureau.
- This is the place where you
go today TO find out what time
yesterdays train will be in tomor-
xow.
The man i'm an information booth
Is paid for what he knows, and
judging from the way some of
them talk, there are q whole lot
Of them who don't make much
money.
BY the way they hate to give
out information you'd think they
were working for some secret So
ciety. q
They're willing to tell you every
thing they know, but some of them
don't know anything.
You go up to the average infor-
nation booth and the guy behind
the counter is the one who asks
the most questions.
You tell him you want to go to
Philadelphia and he asks you why.
But it's easy to answer him, be-
cause anybody who goes to Phila-
delphia has good reason.
One woman asked an infOrma-
ton clerk what time the train from
Buffalo would get in, aud he said:
II don't know; the engineer and 1
aren't speaking"
They can't tell you what time
it's going to arrive today, but they
can tell you how late it was yes
terday.
They can always think up lots of
excuses for it's being late. but they
can never give any reason for it's
being on time.
OF course these information
clerks have their troubles, too.
One woman asked a clerk what
time her train left, but she wouldn't
tell him where she was going.
She said she was keeping her
destination secret.
He took one look at her face and
told her she didn't need to use so
much precaution, because nobody
would follow her.
A farmer from Missouri went
mp to the information bureau and
said he was going to Kansas and
wanted TO know If the engineer
was q careful driver.
He said he had seen him leaning
out of the cab window a couple
Of times and not looking where he
was going.
Another farmer went up to the
information booth In the New York
Central railroad and asked TO speak
to the proprietor.
He was the same guy who said
he had bought berth in a Pull
man car and didn't sleep all night
and wanted to get his money back.
So remember, tourists, don't ex-
pect the information clerk to an!
swer in a second questions that 4
you've been all afternoon think
ing up.
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Jones strikes me as a very
promising young man"
'IIe strikes me that wav too.
but he never pays It back -
Black and Blue Jay.
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Accumulated.

Harold: THAT soprano had
large repertoire"
Maggie: "Ain't it the truth,
now and since you speak of it
her dress only made it look
worse. Who Doc.
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NOT LOCAL
COLOR
.HE famous author was walk.
ing nervously around the

ing nervously around the
railway station, looking here
AID there with quick, keen glances.
A book bug spied him and ap-
preached.
"Oh, my dear Mr.. Scrivener," he
said soulfully. mo doubt you are
absorbing the atmosphere of the
place for some future novel,"
Atmosphere" snortea the (. a.,
Hell, no, I'm waiting for a
rain."-Brown Bull.
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Excited Frosh: What oeH Is
that?
Wise Soph: The one right up
there on the wali.-oStopus.
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Listen, Abe, you don't want to
marry that girl, why everybody In
town kisses her"
"Vell, the town amt so beeg.
Phoenix.
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Oh Ma! Look at the old
stump
. Johnny! Be still. That's prob
ably some nice professors wife )"
--Jack-o-L Lantern.
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So remember, tourists, don't ex-
pect the information clerk to an.
swer in a second questions that
you've been all afternoon think
ing up.
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He was the same guy who said
he had bought a berth in a Pull
man car and didn't sleep all night
and wanted to get his money back.
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By L. w.
PARALLELS.

Polly's pop
Is minus jack.
He wears old
clothes
Upon his back.
Pops a good
Old sport, IN
say,
But Polly's
buds
Eat up his pay.
Pop will wear
Old cotton
clothes,
But Polly must
Have Silken
hose.
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Polly's frock
Is something
grand:
It makes 'em
stare
To beat the
band.
Polly vamped
Her papa, till
She got his final
Dollar bill.
Polly waits
Till next pay
. day
To take her
dads
Bank roll away.
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The Stewed One Waiter, bring
me shome turtle shoup and-hic
make it shnappy.'-VirginIa
Reel.
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You tell him you want to go to
Philadelphia and he asks you why.
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You go up to the average infor-
nation booth and the guy behind
the counter is the one who asks
the most questions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08

Where is old Petroleum?
Kerosene him last week, but he
amt benzine since.-Boll Weevil.
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They're willing to tell you every
thing they know, but some of them
don't know anything.
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Another farmer went up to the
information booth IN the New York
Central railroad and asked to speak
70 the proprietor.
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The man i'm an information booth
Is paid for what he knows, and
judging from the way some of
them talk, there are a whole lot
Of them who don't make much
money.
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By the way they hate to give
out information you'd think they
were working for some secret So
ciety. q
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Medbury
Says
By John P. Medbury

!" VERY large railroad station
has an information bureau.
- This is the place where you
go today TO find out what time
yesterdays train will be in tomor-
xuw.
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Unless the papers are deceiv-
ing US, winifred Westover seems
to be losing her Hart.-Lora jeff.
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But it's easy to answer him, be-
cause anybody who goes to Phila-
delphia has a good reason.
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He said he had seen him leaning
out of the cab window a couple
Of times and not looking where he
was going.
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A farmer from Missouri went
mp to the information bureau and
said he was going to Kansas and
wanted TO know If the engineer
was q careful driver.