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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Phil" she would brightly suggest.
What's the good of going home?
Let's have dinner at Campi's. I've
got nearly two dollars. Let's see
q dollar and 81 xbjts.''
but. Margie -"
"Oh, hush! Don't be gloomy.
Come onto please me-if you
love mel"
IF you love me" was a phrase
of mystic significance. Used by
either, 1t made compliance with
the others wish imperative. They
agreed that it was not to be en-
ployed lightly, but resorted to as a
last appeal in any matter of grave
importance. Marjorie made use Of
It's talismanic power much too read
lily, Philip thought, but he always
respected it, nevertheless. There
was nothing he would not do for
his wife to show that he loved her.
If whatever she wished was put be-
fore him in the light of a test of
love, he could not refuse to accept
the challenge and give her the
proof she demanded.
"All right-ouly -"
"Oh, Phillippio-you're a darl-
ing! You're always so SWEET
Her praise never failed to thrill
him pleasantly.
"Shall / phone homer"
mo. Better let me. Mama
might be cross, it's so late letting
her know. I'll talk to her"
But it meant her paying for his
dinner with her mothers money
and that was an unpleasant and an
Irritating circumstance for him to
accept.
The occasion inevitably came
when Mrs. Jones threw the fact in
his teeth.
"Let-me-tell-you, Mr.. Philip
--Margie gets her spending money
from me-and not from you, and I
guess under the circumstances it's
none of your business what she
does with ity'
He had to accept this, too, but 1t
was bitter and left a sour taste
in his mouth. He chafed at
his inability to- enlarge his income.
he mustered sufficient courage to
ask for a raise and had his re.
quest CURLY refused. Immediately
after the last game of the football
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Money was a problem. Mrs.
Jones frequently gave her daugh-
ter a dollar or two, which Marjorie
readily accepted. and sometimes
begged, Philip suspected. He could
not bring himself to ask her not to
take it, for it provided her with
means to purchase small pleasures
for herself that he dOuld not sup
ply. 1t CALLED him, however, to
think she asked for the money,
and he did not like her spending 1t
on himself. He gave her ten dol
lars a month, but he knew this did
not begin to include what she
spent.
Let's dine downtown tonight,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Griffith Adams. /"

: season, he resigned from the Re-
lance Club and refused Wilbur
Lansing's offer Of a loan of five
dollars with which to buy two
coveted seats for the big Cal
ifornia-Stanford game on Thanks
giving Day. The very evening he
declined his friends generous pro-
position, Marjorie tangled two
dollars before his eyes. She would
not tell him where she had got
them, although he knew well
enough. and later on he saw her
spend the money for matinee seats
at the Alcazar for herself and
Virginia Parsons.
Constance enjoyed warm
friendship with girl named Elsie
Trevor, who had worked with her
ct the Golden Rule Bazaar. There
had been much talk Of this toy
concern taking over the manage
ment of The Emporium, new de-
partment store, hitherto to failure
as a commercial venture. Con-
stance brought home the informa-
ton that the rumor was a fact,
and at the same time expressed
a wish to be away from home for
a few nights to visit Elsie Trevor
In Berkeley. Elsie's mother was
going to Los Angeles for ten days,
and there would be no one at
home to do the cooking for Elsie
and her brother.
"Elsie's been wanting me to
come over for ever so long. She's
got a younger brother, Stanley.
who works in a bank. She amt
no good in the kitchen. and while
Mrs. Trevor's away she wants me
to come over an help out getting
dinner. D'you think you
can spare me, Mama,-with the
dishes and all? I'll be gone no
more an q week"
Philip liked his wife's ready
offer to help in her sisters
absence.
'Oh. go along, Conie,--for Heav-
ems sake! I'll help Mama. You
make me tired! You're always
doing things for me and every
body else, and if there's one teeny
thing you'd like to do yourself,
you make the greatest fuss about
it, I can wash dishes just as
well as anybody and I don't see
Why shouldn't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
TASKS FOR THE BOY
NEW LAWS NEEDED TO END IDLENESS

Gerry store afternoons and sell q
candy substitute.
A third bought a check-stand
at beach solely for the purpose
Of giving business employment to
his boy.
All interested persons should
make an appeal for relief Of this
disturbing situation. A provision
in the statute authorizing the
younger boy to be employed short
hours and at restricted work dur
ing vacation would prove great
boon to certain worried parents
and a greater blessing to their
idle sons.
Meanwhile, make the best Of a
bad situation and find some kind
of legal employment for your tall
young husky, even If it is nothing
more than house cleaning.
ADVERTISEMENT
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Narrative of Compelling Interest by the Author of 'he
Amateur" and SALT the Education Of
Griffith Adams"

Philip found 1t far more pleasant
in the kitchen with Marjorie there
helping to clean after dinner. He
elected as his task the washing of
the pots and pans, as he preferred
this dirtier, more vigorous work.
But Mrs. Jones could not bring
herself to look with complacency
upon the younger girl as an as
sistant. She screwed up her lips
and vented small bursts Of I'M
patient breaths as she regarded
her daughter, elbow-deep in soapy
dish water or scrubbing a greasy
plate with the sinks wire brush.
"Tss.t, - Marjorie! What'll be-
come of your hands, my child,
Haven't you got a pair Of old
gloves or somethin? Ny dear!
I've struggled all these years so
you could have decent hands
it'll take a months lemon juice to
get 'em fit again. And
you're running your skirt! The
waters sloppin' right through
your apron! There's no need of
your being awfu1ly vigorous about
il, Margier'
The last was a reserved re-
monstrance, for her daughter
threw herself into the work with
unnecessary thoroughness. Philip,
himself. could see that however
well-intentioned his wife might be,
she was not suited to kitchen
tasks. She took twice the time
to them her sister did, but was
full of criticisms Of her mother
and the absent Constance.
''Mama,-will you kindly tell me,
what's the use of letting the
water run on these greasy dishes?
It splatters all over everything and
gets floor dirty and you've got to
have decent hot water off the
stove; soaking don't do any good.
And I should think it's
bout time you and Connie got an
other sink brush. Ugh,
I'm going to boil this one right
now. The swill pals got
a leak in ibid you know that,
Mama? Comics been putting
folded newspaper in the bottom
for. don't know how long! /
suppose she would go on that
way till kingdom come"
Go Be Continued Monday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

which could be reached for 20
cents car fare, or took long walks
in the Park to the children's play
ground, or tramps to the light
house at Bolinas or picniked on
the hills in Berkeley, back of the
university. They were alone, and
in one another's simple company
found much to amuse them. They
laughed great deal and practiced
small jokes upon each other-an
infinite source Of entertainment.
Usually they took sandwiches and
fruit with them, and it was quite
the event of the day to search for a
secluded and attractive spot In
which to enjoy their lunch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

day out One might think she little innocent girl just
out of convent instead of unmanageabe painted dancing
mad girl of twenty-one.
MR.. GEORGE: There you again. Why must tear
to pieces?
MRS GEORGE: Women be hard women, but I
haven't noticed tender hearedness
in this Mamie nothing but lead him
I'm much worried to what will become Of him than
about Mamie
MR.. GEORGE: As usual, you refuse to face the point /
grant that Mamie FOOL but the life has been
long scandal You beautifully ignore what Mamie is do if
she does want to get clear of him.
MRS. GEORGE: She stop fnching, dining, dancing.
playing tennis boating with
his flowers, his fauteuils She you for
little advice
MR. GEORGE mpressed) you know that's an excellent
idea of yours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
HOW TO ATTAIN 1
By Maria Jeritza,
The Famous Prima Donna Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company
and One Of the Most Beau
tiful Women of the Day.

A WOMAN'S arms have much
N to do with her general ap-
4 y pearance of beauty. This
is especially true in this era of
sleeveless and very short-sleeved
costumes. Even when a long
sleeve is worn nowadays it is
usually designed to follow the
exact outline of the arm beneath,
and reveals rather than conceals
its contour.
Therefore, modern women are
even more eager than were their
grandmothers to attain rounded,
while perfection of shoulders,
arms and hands.
The elbow, although it should
be inconspicuous, is Of utmost i'm
portance to the beauty of the
arm. Do you examine your ell
bows regularly to make sure
they are adding to your appear
ance. not detracting from it?
The elbow should suggest q
dimple, but it should not be fat
In coloring it should be either
white or creamy, depending on
whether you are a blonde or a
brunette, and it should be tipped
with a delicate rOsiness, just as
your fingertips, ears and toes
should be.
1t is appalling to consider the
tendency of most elbows to be-
come not merely dusty, but
Erimy. And because they are not
easily observed by their owners.
too often elbows go all day and
we'll into the evening covered
with an ugly coating which would
embarrass their possessor IL she
dreamed it was there.
It is a wise plan to examine
your elbows carefully every time
you wash your hands. The
chances are they need washing,
too. especially IL you're wearing
O short-sleeved gown.
Are your elbows thinner than
you wish they were? Cocoanut
oil just before you retire each
night, well rubbed in, will i'm
prove their condition. Then a
drop of alcohol or eau de cologne
should be patted in just to re-
move the last trace of oil and to
help impart the dainty rosiness
you desire.
II your elbows are fat, omit the
eocosnut oil and rub. them thor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
EVERYDAY
MISTAKES
In Speaking

F--m Speaklng--
Wrong.
after walking a mile she set
down to rest"
Right.
after walking a mile she sat
down to rest"
The past tense of the verb ito
sit" is sat-" not set"
Wrong.
II was nearly froze, it was so
cold"
Right.
Il was nearly frozen, it was so
cold"
The past participle of freeze"
is frozen
Wrong.
Every mice in the house was
squeaking."
Right.
Every mouse In the house was
squeaking." Mice" is plural.
while every" is singular.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
The Picnic

Let's camp right here! A lovely
= spot
Dame Nature to acclaim!
Lunch y boxes made Of tin were
not
Invented without aim
Wen eat a-sttting on the ground.
For Nature we revere,
And strew our rubbish all around
To prove that we were here.
At Mother Natures shrine we'll
kneel
And bless each plant and tree;
And, using perfumed phrases,
We'll
Indorse the sceneree.
Conserving with the flowers is fun
For beauty-loving folk;
For, after all is said and done,
The country amt no joke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
By VIM. A. McKeever.
Noted Lecturer and Authority on
Educational and Sociological
Subjects.

A Law now in force in many
"A States forbids the employ
"A ment at wages of any boy
or girl under fourteen.
A placard seen everywhere in
store windows reads. boy
Wanted" and the job there beg
ging for a taker is often precisely
what the typical long-legged
thirteen-year-old needs to build
him up physically during vaca-
ton and to teach him business re-
sponsibility. What is the matter?
you ask. The legislation here in
volved slipped cog. that is all.
There should be provision
that any half.grown boy may be
employed during the school vaca-
ton period at places strictly ap-
proved or specifically defined by
competent authority. AS 1t Is
now, a double error exists, the
more serious aspect of which is
the idleness of the body and the
mind Of the adolescent.
OF course there is a remedy for
the present legalized idleness of
the thirteen-year-old, but the ma
jority of parents seem to lack
the ability to apply it; that is, to
put the young son at work for
his parents or at some small bust
ness of his own.
In a determined effort to meet
the foregoing difficult problem
various schemes are being under
taken. For example:
One city father has obtained
permission for his thirteen-year-old
and two others to raise sum-
mer garden on a vacant plot of
ground.
Another has arranged that his
son shall have a corner in gro
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Dangerous Men

Gus man, let the melodramaS
say what they like. The
fact is that he's a man with
a bad record. He was dis
missed from a corporation,
no one knows why; he's
been divorced twice. No
doubt Mamie's freshness at
tracts him, and I've no idea
how she's going to get rid Of
him.
MRS. GEORGE: No, darl-
ing, l dare say you haven't,
but I'm sure Mamie has.
Pm sick to death of you
and Mamie. It's Mamie,
Mamie. Mamie. dav in and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Frogs by the thousands are
needed annually for scientific re-
search in the hospitals. Before
the war collecting them was
quite a lucrative business, but
few men will take the trouble to
catch frogs nowadays.
Many persons believe that rheu-
matte pains are greatly relieved
by wearing q certain kind OF
metal ring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

was TO D0COIIlS LIIS
mother of my
ninth child, and !
thought ! did not
have the strength
togo through with
it. ! took Lydia E.
Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound,
and it has surely
done all I could
ask it to do and !
am telling all my
friends about It, /
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

have a nice big baby girl and am feel
ing fine. You may use this letter to
help other sick mothers. Mrs. CA.
MoEDE, Box 634, Window, MINI.
My Fret Child
Glen Allen, Ala have been
greatly benefited by taking Lydia p.
bearing-downf feelings and pains. Twas
troubled in this way for nearly four
years following the birth of my first
child, and at times could hardly stand
on my feet. A neighbor recommended
the Vegetable Compound to me after
/ had taken Doctors medicines with
out much benefit. Ithas relieved m.
pains and gives me strength. I recon-
mend it and give you permission to
use my testimonial letter. "-MrSs1DA
RYE, Glen Allen, Alabama.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Midsummer EUe Customs

IN France Midsummer Eve is spoken of the Eve of
the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, and in Brittany
from every hilltop beacon light glows. These are
known as the Fires of Saint John.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
BY Charles G. Norris,
Author of Nationwide Reputation
and Writer Of Popular
Novels.

:: ;s .. !: ;. 4 e.: ;
to remain in the dining room after
the hour Of bedtime. The parlor was
closed to them, owing to Mrs.
Grotenberg, for that lady desired
IL for herself at an early hour.
The dining-room was the only
place that had been available for
the engaged couple. But after
they were married, Mrs. Jones did
not see the necessity for this un.
justifiable waste of gas. Young
people, she announced, should he
in bed by 10 o'clock; late hours
ruined a girls complexion and
the gas rate was exorbitant;
they'd find that out fast enough
for themselves when they had to
pay the bills! She persisted in
her tactics of sending her daugh-
ter and her husband to bed, even
after they had retired to their
own room. If their light burned
longer than she considered neces-
sary, she would presently rap on
their door.
Time you were in bed -.
Gas costs money!"
And If this admonition did not
prove Immediately effective she
would rap again, threatening to
come in herself and turn out the
light.
Indignation Aroused.
The bare suggestion of such i.
step reused Philips Indignation.
He frustrated it's possibility by
fitting a key to the simple lock
and locking the door. The discov-
cry of what he had done incensed
his mother-in-law, as he knew it
would. The occasion came, when,
after Philip and his wife had
gone to their room, Mrs. Jones
carried out her threat, tried the
door and found it would not open.
why. this doors locked! +.
You've locked this door," The
note Of surprise betrayed her cha
grin. The next morning at break
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Recommends Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
to Other Mothers
IlllllllIllIIlIIIIIl

Window, Minn.-"Iwas so rundown
that was just good for nothing. l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
The Cause of PeLLagrG.

~ Health Service have demonstrated that pelagra-
the disease that for long time thought to be caused
by eating spoiled corn, is caused by unbalanced food
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
8 WedFkZtrNe: P1de MA
kASS = Novel of Marriage - Nv Charles IT, Nor

". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Dangerous Men
MIR. GEORGE that Mamie's escapade with the
Vn she would be when she
' left him in with his automobile.
But it that he's pursuing her. He's dangerous
MRS. GEORGE: So is Mamie dangerous girl.
MR. GEORGE: No dangerous girl is effective danger
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-29
WANTS MORE PLANES
Assistant Secretary of War Advocates
Ten-year Building Program.

Detroit. Mich, Oct. 29.-Dwight
Davis. assistant secretary of war; told
Detroit business men today that he
would ''refuse to be held to tn respon-
sibility" placed upon him by Congress
in the matter of adequate provision
for the mobilization of material to
meet wartime needs, unless Congress
passes legislation to relieve what he
described as n serious situation as to
the army air service.
Mr.. Davis declared the air service
should be authorized to begin a ten
year building program on n modest
scale. Our airplane industry is starry
ing TO DEATH" Mr.. Davis said. For
eign nations are building up n flour
ishing airplane industry, capable of
conversion TO war needs. by
large appropriations for planes and by
heavily substituting commercial avia-
ton. We are allowing this industry.
absolutely vital to our national defense,
to die lingering death.
''In my opinion. Congress should i'm
adopt ten-year program on
a modest scale. not as an aggressive
meaure or in competition with other
but solely TO meet the deficit
in planes needed for purely training
and defensive purposes. Even if this
were done. we would not have as many
planes at the end of the ten years as
other nations have now. II something
is not done. refuse to be
held to the responsibility put on me by
Congress-"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-29
FOUR ARE HURT
Car of Soldiers Overturns in Sunday
Accident.

Three Camp Normoyle soldiers were
seriously injured and a woman was
slightly injured at > 80 o'clock Sun
day afternoon when two automobiles
eollided at the intersection of the
Bandera and Culebra roads. The three
soldiers were in one car driven by
Private Richard Baulch. The car was
turp.d over and the driver suffered a
fractured collar bone. Private Rus
sell Palmer sustained a broken nose
and cuts about the face and Private
Mike Boloski sustained broken right
arm. All three soldiers are members
of Company "a" Third Motor Repair
Battalion. Camp Normoyle.
The other cGr was driven by Joe
Pantusa. 40 West Travis street.
Mrs. Pantusa. an occupant of the
car, was slightly injured in the acci-
dent.
III. Barfield, stopping at the South
ern Hotel, was severely bruised at
10 40 o'clock Sunday night when he
was knovked down by n motor bus
while crossing the street near the in
tersection of Main Plaza and Dolorosa
street. The injured man was taken
to the Robert b. Green Hospital for
treatment
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-29
244 KHAN PARADERS
TO ANSWER CHARGES
FOLLOWING ARRESTS
Defied Orders of Mayor Not
to March Down Streets
of Ohio Town.

Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. e9.-Two
hundred and forty-four members of
the Portsmouth Ku Klux Khan are 20
appear late today in police court to
answer charges Of obstructing traffic
following their arrest Sunday after
noon by police while a parade of
hooded men was marching into a To-
cal church to assist in cornerstone
laying.
SOf the 244 arrested, 1ST were in
khan regalia. according to police. Po-
lice also intimated that a charge OF
melting n riot may be placed against
persons who burned fiery crosses OPP
posite the police station while the
marchers were being booked"
Police said application for a per
nit to parade was requested Saturday
and refused and that klan leaders had
been warned not 10 parade.
According TO police, members OF the
khan gathered Sunday afternoon for
the parade and before it got under
way Chief of Police Joseph Distel
warned leaders of the marchers not
to parade under penalty of arrest.
As the parade moved toward the
heart Of the city squad OF police
headed by Chief Ristel stepped the
head of the column and told them they
were under arrest. All were released
on their own recognition.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-29
HOTEL GUESTS PANIC
STRICKEN AS 2 MEN
STAGE GUN BATTLE
Fight Follows All-night
Drinking Bout, Po-
lice Say.

New York. Oct. 29.-Thomas Gil
len. of Philadelphia, was shot and SER
iously wounded in pistol duel with
Joseph f. Mclean of Brooklyn at the
Hotel Langwell early today. Police
arrested Mclean rs he was standing
over Gillen's body.
The police said Gillen registered
at the hotel a few days ago with a
woman as "W. J. Donovan and wife"
The woman said that another woman
who was present fled screaming as the
men opened fire. lodging into angles of
the hallway and running from door
way to doorway. Guests were panic
stricken.
-. Mclean pointed pistol at the POI
liceman who arrested him and strug-
gled with him. Physicians who ex-
amined Gillen at hospital held little
hope for his recovery.
After his arrest il was discovered
that Mclean also had been wounded.
He was shot in the jaw. wrist and
breast. Three bullets struck Gillen in
the abdomen, neck and hand. Neither
man would say what the shooting was
about.
The shooting. according to the po-
lice, came after an all-night drinking
bout. The two women, who were with
the men, fled screaming to the street
and have not been located.