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The Washington times., 1923-01-04
AFRAID OF WORK?
: DON'T BE A COWARD SAYS BEATRICE FAIRFA1
= By Beatrice Fairfax I watched out and to ha,

watched out for and to have
things made easy for US. And we
'all have to work against our nat
ural tendency to drift
The first thing you must do If
you want to get somewhere in the
world is deal with your own ten
dency to laZiness, to procrastina-
ton and to self-pity. You have to
teach yourself to work past regu-
lation hours, to drive yourself, to
ignore fatigue and even exhaus-
ton. You have to get into the
mental habit of throwing yourself
into the job and wrestling your
real fun from hammering away at
your tasks.
In his essay called How to Live
on Twentysfour Hours a Day."
Arnold Bennett calls attention to
the, fact that the one thing we all
share on q basis of entire equality
is time. Every human being has
one dover from. fate which is
given to rich and poor alike. That
is time. Everyone Of us has at
his disposal twenty-four hours a
day. Each of US is given his full
quota of time. and our lives de-
pend on what we do with it.
Start portioning your twenty
four hours anew. Idleness will
not do one constructive thing for
you. The hours you waste. now
might buy for you a wonderful
future if you put those idle hours
to work
Harness your time and make il
work for you. Learn to do more
better and harder work each day
Then you will make something OF
the years that are given to you.
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Follow This Romance Here, Then Watch
For Il in Motion Pictures With
Lionel Barrymore, Alma Rubens
and an AlI-Star Cast

was something like the ancient
Roman forum. ! point on which
ali roads Of the entire world con
verged. This room the Schmidt
Drawing Room. they called IT.
attracted idlers from the entire
globe who had long dreamed cf
being able to go some time and
risk ! coin ii TIE great Mediter.
ranean gambling mousse.
Men from other continents dis
embarling ii the old world wrote
Monte carlo on the Itinerary 81
their travels. But this human
river which constantly gIided
along. receiving new waves IS 4.
rivals kept leaving. inA the Gran
mics Of its shores. pools Ct stss.
nant waters, cIogged with uproot.
ed plants and the naked trunks
.of trees
The Prince nodded ia various
persons who looked At him with 4
sort 81 cordial surprise. IS Though
1T 4 dead man brought to life An
old man, with short hristiins
beard on i face pale Is : corpse.
bowed deeply - ne passed With
out appearing offended. IN lis. hu-
militys ST not receiving IN ack-
nowledgemert.
He was the man most sought
after and coaxed 81 the women
who frequented me casino. Re
wore i sort 81 black cap like that
Of priest. ana carried hat ii
one hand.
On his cost lapel was = medal
OF enamel work With the sacred
Heart 81 Jesus. Attic and Lewis
had also sought him frequently.
Michael Was sure that this man
was ! friend of the puchess de
DeIille ana that on Iilore than one
occasion he had seen her II Aears.
He loaned money at five per cent.
every - hours, and the time he
was not busy he spent watching
new arrivals from distance to
see II they might turn out, To- Be
new clients
The Prince recetved smiles also
from certain respectable women
who, though BY no means ugly.
were too stout a some parts ard
too slender Ii others. Is though
they had taken course to reduce
flesh without obtaining uniform
result. Seated on the liyans in
the corners, they talked arpong
themselves and watched the
groups Of gamblers With the alr Of
employees resting after duty,
Copyright. 1918. BY y. =. Dutten q CO
All Righta ResorvO6k
TO Be Continued Iomorro
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TELL THESE At DINNER

i, Husband--And the average talk
ing pace Of a healthy woman Is
about seventy-five words a second.
In a magistrates court the other
day a witness was being examined
in a case where the defendant was
charged with breaking the wind.
shield of an automobile with a
large stone He was pressed by
the court to give the size Of the
stone. Was 1t as. big as this
book?" inquired the Judge.
why, sure. 1t was much
larger" replied the willing witness
was IL as big, as these two
books together"
Much, bigger"
WAS It as large as my head?"
lit was about as long, but not
50 thick" replied the witness amid
much laughter.
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of the losings The voices o.
the croupiers, like officers civ
ing commands. rose above that
feverishIy buzzing hive:
.Faites yos jeux Vos ienx
sor,t faits7 Rien ne va
plus. :
Gradually the hall lost the sup.
J pressed noise which accentuated
its silence. People breathed more
naturally as they craned their
necks. the better TO see over the
shoulders OF those in front Of
them. Women leaned far for
ward. standing on one foot the
other raised behind them like
dancers bending over TO touch
the ground with their hands. All
crowded together without regard
to the sex 81 those against whom
they pushed.
During this pause, marked by
long faces, frowning eyebrows.
drawn mouths and converging
gIances, which resounded. with
its noise increased BY 4 diaboli-
cal echo. the rafting Of the tiny
ivory bali as It whirIed in the
grooves along the wooden RIM.
while the colored rows Aof sti1e
roulette wheel kept spinning like
4 Kaleidoscope in the opposite
direction.
Suddenly there was 81 sharp
click. The ball had ended It's cfrs'
cular flight and, fallen into i
number. The silence was pro-
longed. The spectators necks
were Grained even more. There
was nervous clenching of fists.
Again there was the sound Of
pebbles washed by the sea. The
rakes were sweeping the green
table.
A Bad Number.
1t was bad number for the
players, and the gambling was
shortly on again. But whenever
a stffled uproar occurred because
a hundred bosoms were suddenly
breathing freely. It took the
croupiers several minutes to re-
sumo play They had TO pay the
winners and settle disputes be-
tween those who claimed the
same bet. AT the end Of each
play small groups at . table dis
engaged themselves to 20 over
to another: but the arrival Of new
spectators kept the ring OF people
always compact.
In this constantly changing
crowd the Prince saw many wells
known faces. for the whole world
sooner or later passed that way.
That floor, with its various In
laid woods. was one Of the most
frequented spots Of Europe. It
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES


Goodness. nor laughed SQHee-
dec. ''why, Doris Is the best
friend you birds have. BY The
way. how's the familye Every
one well?''
aSure enough, replied Daddy
Quail Even Mama Quail says
she never had so fine i brood HI
all her life as the last ones
Have you seen thern. Miss DOr4sf.'
mo. indeed. rye never seen
them" Doris laughed, tsR0t rye
heard you singing seod many
times out IN the woods here, and
I've often wondered why. you
were % happy. Ia love to see
the little dears."
Under tho low bushes near the
edge OF the woods they found
/. Mama Quail sitting On her neat
Mama Quail. have you ever
met Doris?" Daddy Quail asked,
after greeting his mate with the
friendly Bob Whittier sShe h a
great friend OF the wood folk. 50
Squeedee gays"
II don't think Eve ever met
you before. chuckied Mama
Quail. but I've, seen you good
many times before my little ones
were Matched.
'tOh, dear! Then you're sitting
on .babies!' Doris exclaimed ex.
cftedly. May zee them
In answer Mama Quail jumped
off the nest, and twenty tiny
heads popped up, aaRd Doris
looked into twenty hungry little
mouths,
It looked SO very funny she
laughed,
INV goodness she cried, bur
you have a big family! How in
the world did you ever have the
patience to set on so many eggs?
You must be a brave little moth
fer to take charge of so many at
once"
II never could have done II
without my husbands help"
laughed Mama Quail. Haven't
you noticed he doesn't dress near
iy so gaudily as most male birds?
That's because he helps me hatch
the eggs. Why, ii he were as gay
as Brother Robin, he would be
spotted in no time. But like
his suit, don't your
Just then Doris mama called
her. Promising to return after
lunch, she hurried home.
Copyright, 1923, by Newspaper Foatura
Service, Incl
Another Special Story Tomorrow.
.
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An elderly Irishman was serl-
ously i'll and he was afraid that
his doctors were keeping some
thing from him. One day he in
structed his faithful old servant.
Mike, to hide himself in the room
next to where the doctors were
going to hold a consultation and
to tell him what passed between
them.
When the consultation was over,
Mike came from his hiding and his
master asked: We'll, Mike, what
do the doctors say ais to my all.
ments?" Mike replied; FAX,
master. they say 1t Is very seri-
Gus case and very obscure, but
that it will be made clear at the
post-mortem."
Wife-It says here that the
average walking pace of healthy
woman is about seventy-five steps
a minute.
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or whose existence none had ever
dreamed-of whom Michael him
self would never have heard had
not Alicia. worried over her boys
privations as a German prisoner
of war, chosen to confide her
story. Michael found it hard
enough to believe that this I'M.
tamable creature of love could
be a mother. But--the browning
surprise of all had been what he
had felt within Ihimself-the res4r.
rection Of his former being. his.
new fall under the domination
Iof the flesh, and the double lash.
ing his nervous system had fe.
ceiyed from the perfume OF
Alicia's, soft linen and the i'm.
print of her lips on his brow.
But Michael wished to forget
this and to remember Alicia only
as he had seen her in the bed.
room, her eyes wide with grief,
tears like pearls hanging from
the lids tragically beautiful, like
an image of the Virgin with the
body of the crucified son on her
knees. Mater Dolorosa.
"A Venus DolorOsa.
But within the Prince there
seemed to be another. person
protesting with cold clear-sfght-
edness against this image No,
Alicia was not the Mother of
Sorrows. Al mother never aban-
dons her son. She renounces. all
the vanities of this world for
him. She gives up her present
and her future. as though she
had no other life than that of
her son, part of her own flesh.
All his life she gives him the
milk Of her breast Moment by
moment she follows his develop.
ment, fighting with illness. laugh.
ing at danger. To love him she
does not have to wal: for him. to
grow to the full splendor Of
adolescence. whereas. Alicia
She was the Venus Dolorosa.
Even in the moments of deepest
despair she maintained her
beauty, and her grief seemed i
new means of seduction. She
was mother but she continued
to be woman, that terrible.
destructive woman whom the
Prince had always hated. Look
out, Michael. But with a smile
of superiority he replied inward
" to this reflection.
Fond of Her.
Il am fond of her. but only as
a friend, he treasured himself,
and planned to put out Of mind
the troubling visions OF Alicia by
comfortable talk with one or
another of the Enemies OF
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last they could say they knew All
about Monte Carlo.
The employees IN their black
frock coats opened one Of the cur
tains. geeting the prince as though
ne were an old acquaintance. It
was the first lime he had entered
the gaming rooms since his return
to villa Sirena after his years Of
sailing on the GaviOta. 1t seemed
10 him A. though here IN the ca
sino he had awakened miraculous
II into the world Of things before
the war.
The Prince Pauses.
Everything that was afflicting
humanity remained on the other
side Of the door, just az the action
sdf q drama continues on the stage
Of the theater which We leave be-
hind us.
He even found certain Attrac-
tiveness In the architecture Of
4 s
these drawing rooms whose famil
iarity recalled the pleasanter days
or his life. At the central rotunda
where all the. other rooms of
the Casino converge into one
large room, which seems to-, be
prolonged under the dividing arch
ways to the farthest ends Of the
building, Prince Michael paused.
A pulsating silence arose from
the mass OF human beings
around the green tables. Every
one talked in q low voice as
though in church. From time
to time the murmuf was broken
by a long swishing sound. a
noise like that OF pebbles on the
shores swept by a wave-the
rakes of the employees sweeping
over the green cloth and carry
ing away with them clashing
coins and ivory ships, the spells
The Washington times., 1923-01-04
WELL DRESSED
WOMAN
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

ATo costume is complete with
IN out fitting accessories and
often it is these that add
color and charm to the appearance.
An imported French Cutler
twist around bracelet is among
the newest offering, and is mod
erately priced. Two Of these
bracelets are smart, and will add
to the whiteness of any arm.
A bangle In jade, orange, black,
red or amber color combined
with green, gold or silver filigree
design wilr be just the thing to
wear with that black crepe after
noon gown. 1t, too, costs only a
few dollars.
Head bandeaux are again in
vogue and are especially lovely
worn with the new high couture
Fiat laurel leaves of gold or sill
yer, or perhaps a broad band of
silver edge in straw beads is pre-
ferred. There are no end of beau
tiful headdresses, and the sue
cess of many an evening grown
is due in part at least to the at
tractive and well chosen head
dress.
Earrings are the dominant
notes in costumes of the day and
the newest ones from Paris are
enormously long, almost trailing
onW the shoulders. All sorts of
colors and styles are shown, and
many are reproductions Of an
tiques.
A bodice of metal cloth will
help ada to a smart costume If
worn with a black crepe draped
s't or you night combine IL
effectively with the lovely cara.
rul cloth in black or taure. The
bodice is extremely simple, and
therein lies it's beauty.
The sleeves are cut off before
they begin. and the oval neck is
left quite barren of trimming. A
band is draped close about the
hips. Georgious metallic cloth
in all shades, including black and
silver Is used.
A crocheted steel beaded bag
in black, brown or gray is suit.
able for afternoon use and at
evening one may carry in it small
toilet articles.
A single plume fan will afford
pleasing way to introduce color
into an evening costume. These
lovely fans are offered In delicate
colorings.
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Age and Marriage.
NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


Should a woman marry a
man younger than herself?
am deeply in love with a, man,
seven years my junior. and he I
loves me as much. He is ewen--
ty-eight. We have talked things
over, and J. tried to tell him
that 1 am too old for himy but !.
he says the age does not matter
and he could not give me up
SO long as he knows l care
for him. H. b..
F the man is mature and we'll
balanced and you feel that his
love for you is deep and honest,
perhaps the difference In your
years will be counteracted by the
things you have in common and
the devotion you feel for each
other. But remember that ten
years from now, when he is
scarcely any older than you are
today, you will be halfway from
forty to fifty. No one can advise
you in a case like yours. The
man is old enough to know his
own mind-to value what he
wants and to strive 20 earn 1t.
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! afforded panoramic view And
he the owner Of the famous gar
dens Of Villa sirena. was desert.
ing ali this beauty. to 60 to a
city from which the. rest were
trying TO escape.
Near the gate. he turned. to
contemplate his beautiful domain
as If TO beg. its pardon. There
was q silence Ike that surround
ing an enchanted palace. The
gardens seemed asleep like dream
woods.
Michael, till ne found himself
in front of the Casino, had pre-
ferred not TO ask himself where
he was going. There he saw two
currents Of people coming from
opposite directions, meeting and
ningling. as they both mounted
a short winding stairway divided
by two hand-rails, and covered by
three red carpets
On one side people were ar
riv'ng who had just come by
train: on the other. those who
had been gathered in by all The
street cars from the towns on the
Riviera from Nice to Monte
Carlo.
Many Strange People.
Near the entrance Of the con-
cert hail Michael caught sight
of q man with gray hair that
was parted from the forehead to
the nape of the neck and brushed
forward, Iningling with his side
whiskers, in an Austrian fashion.
It was the Colonel. come to listen
to the celebrated tenor who Was'
Turing the crowd from its gam.
bling. But the Colonel was not
alone. Michael saw him bend
toward girl with curly hair and
a string of large amber beads.
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ADVICE TO LOVELORN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

three times and each, time she
has broken it for various reas-
ons. She went on an automo-
bile trip with her family and
when she came back she treat
\ ed me very mean. Again we
have planned to be married, but
she does not treat me as she
used to. asked her to go
out. with me, but she always
seems to have an appointment
with one of her girl friends.
PERSISTENT.
YOU are entitled to an explana-
= ton. If the girl has ceased
to care for you, better to know
it now than later.
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BY Blanche Silver.
Doris Finds ) Happy Family.

AANSN4kS = AAAe-O - AAe-tSASJ e--t.@-e 80
- oRIS sat very quietly for
fear Of frightening away
the dear little bird perch
ing l0n the fence rail and piping
his merry little aAh, Bob. Bob!
White
.''oh, you dear. Doris unused.
II wish squeedee was here 50 I
could understand your merry
song
What a funny thing!' laughed
a merry voice, and Doris turned
to find the happy little elfin sit
ting by her side.
You know, was Just thinking
of you when you spoke my name.
Well. well, II there isn't Daddy
Oh. You Doarv,
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N spite of this. he felt himself
O dominated by passion. cruel
III and at the same time voluptu.
ours, causing him to reach out his
arms to master and embrace
what he held within reach.
But his hands touched empty
space.
q Repenting her act. she had
4 stepped back. retreating few
steps. She was standing in the
doorway; ready to continue her
flight. mechanically strengthening
~her hair. and drying her tears.
s s q deep blush spread over her
features.
didn't know what was do
sing.a she murmured. Forgive
me. was so grateful to learn
that you wanted to help mel
Let's 30. she commanded
gravely. The servants will. soon.
be coming back from mass, I
s.shouldn,t like to have them find
Jus here. in my bedroom They
might think
aGreatly Puzzled.
Calming down. Lubimoff noted
! the Unconscious modesty and the
eevident uneasiness with which
she said this. He suddenly, re-
! called the woman of the study"
ION the Avenue du Bots and her
daring theories. Really was it
the same person?
As they went downstairs and
! out to the gate, she turned her
: head to him and laughed little
teasing laugh-as though she had
tread his thoughts.
Come and see me-again, .
she said in soft voice.
Come and see me again, :,
bAlicia urged in that soft voice of
hers; But Prince Michael. more
surprised by far at the unwonted
spassions which this amazing
woman had reused in him than
at anything she could possibly
have told him of herself. went
quietly away. making no answer.
giving no promise of return
The next few hours the Prince.
Spent pensive and silent. So
many new things had come III,
al at once. First. there had
been, the astounding revelation
that madcap Alicia. Duchess de
Delille. was the mother of son
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Women. But none of them was
to be found anywhere about villa
Sirena. All of them Castro, Spa.
doni, Novoa, even the Colonel
had gone away.
Michael recalled the splendid
scheme OF life he had worked out
q few months before for the Enc
mics of Women A community
of lay brethren shut off from the
world in spot like paradise;
music, astronomy, pleasant con-
versations, wholesome work. And,
now the monks were running
away on all sorts of pretexts,
and he, who was their head, also
felt the unexplainable need Of
following their example. Even
the Colonel. the faithful admirer
of that estate which he had con-
sidered the best work of his life,
seened to suffer from the same
feverfsh desire to get away.
To escape the tedipusness OF a
solitary afternoon at Villa. Sirena,
Michael put on his hat and over.
coat and started out. Some power
beyond his comprehension seemed
to impel him toward Monte Carlo.
He walked through the gardens.
turning away from the villa.
8 k,.F 4 Z ~ i
Toward the City.
Thus deserted. the edifice ap-
peared larger, and its frowning
and angry silence seemed to be
asking him why anybody had
ever been such fool as TO- waste
so much good material on box
like that.
Yet along the nearby road
street cars and carriages were
gliding, filled with people from
the city who were coming for a
glimpse of the smiling sea. of a
group of pines, or height that
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Household Hints


A sponge may be prevented
from becoming Shiny by washing
occasionally in warm water to
which has been added a little
tartaric acid; afterward rinse In
clear water.
Very simple vegetable courses
may be arranged, and most help
full they are when there is only
a little meat in the house or any
member of the party is from mo-
tives Of health or principle a non.
flesh eater. Brussel sprouts neatly
surrounded by boiled chestnuts,
white hutter beans circled with
rounds of golden carrot, stewed,
tomatoes with chip potatoes-all
form an easily arranged separate
course.
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Difference in Age.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

hAh MISS FA1FttAA:
/ am nineteen and I have
been going about with al girl
one year older for a couple of
months but recently, she says
that our friendship must cease
owing to the difference of our
age. / love this girl very much,
and would you please advise
what / should do? H.
THE difference in your age is
= negligible but you are young
to be thinking of assuming the
responsibilities of married life
unless you are in financial posi-
ton to do so.
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E.Who Occupies . Unique Position as
: an Authority on the Problems
OF Love and Romance.

fsWn0 UccupleS Unique Position as
an Authority on the Problems
? Of Love and Romance.
= @THe heights By great men reached
Were not attained by sudden
But fksy patls their oompanto,is
Were toiltn0 upeGrd IN the
night"
~ToU want to be a success,
don't your You want Ito be
enc of those who count for
: something in the world-one of
those to whom Iife's prizes are
awarded?
.Well-whS not?
Nothing can defeat you, no one
can keep you down-save only
:. yourself. II you doubt yourself,
your results will Justify your
own prejudgment of yourself. II
you are lazy you won't accom-
=, piish anything worth while. And
:. If you fancy that folks succeed
!. by favor of fate or influential
friends you are bound to sit back
and wait for a miracle to lift
you above the place where you
know how to get a footing and
hold it.
A great many workers feel re-
sentfully that the time clock is
an invention of an enemy of
= mankind. They are not wrong
The time clock is an enemy--to
( those who feel that they are ac-
I complishing something when they
beat the clock, and it was in
vented chiefly to deal with those
who want to evade good, honest
them-is to work beyond them
s work. The only way to deal
8 with time clocks and to beat
II you are worker why not
be q real producer? Don't worry
Nabout giving your employer more
than YOU are paid, for. You are
8 getting more than you are paid
4 Tor. when yoii learn to work
earnestly and with real Joy in
Z accomplishment.
There never was a. successful
man in the world whose attain
iaent came as anything but the
result of hard swork-of ceaseless
sendeavor. Don't sit around and
smumble.
But he enjoys his work"
No ono enjoys work 50 much
that he didn't have to learn to
IKE it. We. an. start out with a
certain inertia We all carry Over
from our protected babyhood q
stlong1ng to be taken care of
y + - - -
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The Postponed Marriage

DEAR MISS, FAIRFAX:
have been going with a
girl for about one year, We
have planned to be married
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ARenlarkabIe Fish

UNGFTSH are links between reptiles and fishes.
They cry like a cat, and in appearance are
more like snakes than the finny tribe. In adj
dition to gis, they possess air breathing organs.