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Smyrna times., 1923-06-20

Rev. Henry G. Budd, D. D., was re-
elected president of Wesley Collegiate
Institute, Dover, at the annual meet
ing of the trustees of the Institution
held Wednesday. In considering the
new campus project, President Budd
reported having received gifts of
eighteen additional lots recently,which
brings the total amount of land Sc
cured to date up to about seven acres.
After receiving this report, the trus-
tees decided to proceed with the new
project and for this purpose decided
to organize a holding company to ham
die the matter.
Smyrna times., 1923-06-20

The class Of 1928 of Sudlersville,
Nd, High School held its commence
ment exercises on Monday at o'clock
in Cox Memorial Hall. Those who
are to graduate are Sarah Pauline
Coleman, James Baynard Roe, Evelyn
Caroline Schmidt, Mary Rebecca Wal
raven, Evelyn Elizabeth Ringgold,
William Thomas Jones, Julia Jessie
Johnson, Roy Randall Goodwin.
Smyrna times., 1923-06-20
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities

Kent Lambert and family, who rec
emily arrived from Panama, are occu-
pying their bungalow in the old camp
ground woods at Chestertown, Md
His daughter, Adelaide, who holds the
swimming record for Panama, expects
to compete with a number of cham
piOn swimmers in this country during
the summer, and soon will go to New
York for exhibition purposes.
Smyrna times., 1923-06-20

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The Washington times., 1923-07-31

; would come right out Of that
hole, but he didn't.
While I was resting I saw,
about ten feet away, something
sticking out Of the earth. They
were Bunny's two white ears
looking like two crocuses which
had just come up.
AS ! was watching him and
laughing to myself. they disap-
pcared, and in a moment up out
of the earth they appeared at an.
other point.
For PHYS sake" I exclaimed
to Bobby. What under the sun
is the matter with Bunny and
what kind Of an animal Is he to
dig under the ground and POKE
UP his ears SOP"
Again his ears disappeared as
ran over to catch him.
In another moment I looked far
off in the distance, and. there
was Bunny sitting up on his hind
legs and wiggling his ears at
me. And then he came running
toward me.
You gave up the race, did you,
Foxy Grandpa?" he chuckled.
What chance had 1, Bunny"
I laughed. What kind of a place
were you in, anyhow"
"Well, Foxy Grandpa, if every
rabbit could get into as safe a
place as I found this time, I tell
you the hounds would never
catch a rabbit. Without knowing
it. I happened into Mr.. Badgers
house and he's got more rooms
and Railways and long tunnels
than any other house I ever visit
ed. But I'm glad to say that he
happened to be out just when I
popped in, because if he had
found me might have been
served as special supper dish
for Mr.. and Mrs. Badger and the
little Badgers"
I'm glad you saw his mystic
maze, Bunny, but don't you think
it would be Just as we'll to leave
this part of the woods?" 1 asked
as we started on our way home,
do any more racing that day!
In tOmOrrOws stOry-How they
discovered q natural incubator
In Australia.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

wv HAT a good time Bobby,
" Bunny and I had wander
w ing through Epping For
est near London, England!
Bobby" said I, cant you
imagine the kings and plumed
knights in olden times and the
ladies in their velvet habits al
most sweeping the ground, riding
through here hunting a stag?
Why, 1 can almost hear the yelps
of the dogs and hear the shout
that went up when the hunting
horn was blown to tell the hunt
ers that the stag was in sight"
Well" Bunny chuckled, I'm
glad they decided to turn it into a
pleasure park. because If there
were any hunters around now the
dogs might decide to hunt M.
And I wouldn't think much OF
that"
SNPPOSO COtAAO Jugs WcEO ALLEE
you right now, show me what
you'd do" I said jokingly.
"Great" Bobby exclaimed.
Foxy Grandpa and I will pre-
tend that we're two hunting dogs
and we'll try to catch you,
Bunny"
I'm off" shouted Bunny. Now
see If you can catch me-"
Away he darted through the
beautiful green forest as If he
were a white arrow shot from a
bow, with Bobbie and me on his
heels.
What a chase he gave us!
Sometimes he would stop and sit
on his hind legs and laugh until
we almost caught up to him. And
when we'd nearly reached him,
off he would dash again.
You little rascal" I cried one
time when he was almost within
my reach.
thought I had him when, like
a flash. right before my very
eyes. that little rabbit disap-
peared. He had popped right
into a hole.
To tell you the truth, Bobby"
I painted, I'm glad the race is
over. 1tll take me half an hour
to get my breath. In q race with
Bunny, you and certainly are
outclassed."
thought, Of course, that Bunny
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
Why the Marriage of the Principal Characters Of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

he went to the salon.
Having a good timer" asked
father slowly, the way he did, that
let you see how he knew perfectly
we'll you weren't.
mot so very" she answered.
Neither am l." he returned,
though you needn't mention it to
momma." There were always a
great many things that were not to
be mentioned 70 Maman, and a lot
Of quite Other things that were
not to be mentioned to father, and
Isabelle told her things she didn't
want Jeanne to know, and every
thing that Jeanne said was not to
be mentioned either to father or
Maman. Marise, coming back
from school, used to feel when
she opened the door Of the apart
men, as though she were walking
into cobwebs spread around in
the dark, and you mustn't on any
account brush into any one of
them.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
OVER-GENEROUS GIRLSt
" BOUNTIFULS SOMETIMES ARE ANNOYING ii

to do, but she makes me take
that ten-minute drive to call for
her, and wait ten or fifteen more
minutes for her. and then listen
to her tale Of woe.
1--WE get to the luncheon late.
I have to do the apologizing, and
as I can't take hours and houl
for luncheon I have to leave in
the midst Of things. I wouldn't
mind taking a street car, and I
might even manage to afford a
taxi now and then. What can't
afford Is being everlastingly
grateful to Mona for doing ne
the favor I don't want"
Which reminds me Of the gen.
erous friend who brings me a
cigarette case every time she
takes a trip. And 1 want to
break myself Of the smoking
habit" said Frank drily.
Whereupon every one in the
office broke out with his or her
pet complaint concerning some.
one who insists on lowering him
or her with favors or gifts Of an
unwelcome nature.
Are you one of those who '1ove
to do things" for those of whom
you are fond?
Don't be Snug about your gene
rosity and kindness. There is
no cause for pride in your own
satisfaction in thrusting favors
on folks who prefer to fend for
themselves.
Often the business Of being
generous" and helpful" Is moth
ing but a way of satisfying our
own concept Of self-as a noble
person flinging largess of gifts
on an adfniring multitude.
Don't feel noble at other folks
expense. Don't put people in
your debt for things they don't
want and will have to struggle 10
repay.
Don't be obnoxiously kind.
Study the folks you love and IL
you really want to do things for
them, do the things they want
not those you like to please your.
self by doing.
II you want to feel fine and
generous. send a contribution TO
an organized charity, or go frank.
ly to someone you love and con-
fess that you long to make her a
present and dent know what to
give. There Is plenty of chance
to do things for folks-but first
you must find out what they
want YOU to do.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

Marise stopped thinking about
that. learned forward and began
kneading the softened tallow at
the upper end Of the candle.
Father could say all he liked
about candles being a bother,
they were lots of fun. This bart
up next the flame got just right
30 you could poke it and it stayed
put, any way you wanted 1t.
And it was fun to lean the
candle over ard drop the melted
tallow on your hands in little
drops that got hard and yoa
could peel them off.
AS she poEed at it, dozen pic.
lures flickered through her
mind; the bridge over the AdoUr
with the river flowing yellow
and strong under it and the bright
painted vessels loading and unload
ing; the sister who opened the
door at school, always so calm and
silent; the playground at school
with the black-aproned girls, their
faces twisted up with running and
screaming and catching each other,
and the same girls at their desks,
with their faces all smoothed and
empty, looking up at mademoiselie
as though they had never thought
of doing anything she told them
not to; the schoclroom itself, bat
tered and gray with age; the old
black desks with the slant lids.
that lifted up; reverend mother
stopping in to hear a lesson, with
her old, old quiet face; Maman,
so pretty and stylish, looking so
sweet when she made mistakes IN
French that nobody minded, or
thought Of laughing at her.
Contrasts.
Marise tipped the candle over
carefully and let some melted tai
low fall on the back Of her hand.
AS she set it back and waited for
the tallow to harden. she was think
ing how very different from home
Bayonne was; the Basque fish
women, with the shiny fish IN the
round, flat baskets on their heads;
the white oxen with the sheep
skin on their horns, and their red
striped white canvas covering,
pulling those two-wheeled carts;
everybody strcaking it along in
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
CUTE FROCKS
FOR KIDDIE
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

~ URING the hot Summer
days, the Riddles need
H. many cool frocks to keep
them looking fresh and attrac-
tive. The child from two to six
or seven years may have the
daintiest little frocks made by
hand, If mother can sew at all.
For the charm of these Juvenile
frocks is chiefly in their extreme
simplicity. You may use a pat
tern and make numerous frocks
from it by varying the material
and trimming.
One frock for a child of six was
cut from white crepe de chine
and trimmed with pleated frills.
It was a straight little model,
sleeveless, the armholes being
finished with inch-wide bands of
the material. The top of the
frock was faced with a half-inch
strip, and a satin ribbon. orchid
reversed with flesh color, was
drawn through this casing. Three
pleated frills were used at the
bottom Of the frock.
Fancy the loneliness Of a peach
coIored wolfe frock for a child of
five, trimmed with narrow black
lace. This frock also is made in
one straight piece, shirred at the
neck and finished with a deep
cape bertha. split at the Shout
ders. This bertha was edged
with the narrow black lace, frilled
a little. There were no sleeves,
and the armholes were finishd
with the lace.
For mornings what could be
sweeter than q frock of Dutch
blue handkerchief linen with
trimmings Of whittier A pantie.
frock is convenient and comfort.
able and saves petticoats. This
frock consist of a slip-on blouse
that comes almost to the knees,
and is tied with white organdie
sash. attached from either Of the
side seams.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

she would see either father or Ma
man, because there had been com.
pany to dinner again. She gath
cred the tallow drops together and
dropped them in the base of the
brass candlestick. Then she re-
membered that Jeanne would scold
If she did that. These candlesticks,
like everything else in the house,
had to be just SO. or everybody
caught it. She swept them out
again with her fingers, and stood
holding them in her hand, looking
around her for some place to put
them. I h e wastepaper basket
was too open; they would fall right
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

MR. GEORGE: Risky for both them. It's risky for the
man because she'll get old quickly his own illusions All
get old pretty quick when they're married. how much
quickly Henrietta going do it if she maes at forty
three? And there Henrea side of the She's taking
risks
MRS. GEORGE We all do when get married
MR. GEORGE: Well, she'll take risks. At her age
she's her habits dead and she won't change them She's
already accustomed to managing home and SO shell get no
marriage change, Henrietta is old to change
MRS. GEORGES Rot! Jimmy Smith is at least ten years
older than she is but think he ought to marry
child of Henrietta will be much
dating (MR. GEORGE: She'd better be) :. than any
young girl especially if it's girl like Mamie If Henrietta
with father twenty accommodate her
self ANYBODY And by the you're only three years
What you Henrietta do Be of that
Copyright by King Featu
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

canvas sandals and berets, talking
French and Basque and Spanish
and never a word Of English. And
yet, Marise reflected, as she slowly
peeled off the hardened tallow
drops, none of that was the real
difference. And there was a real
difference. The real difference was
somthing inside you. You felt
different, as If you'd looked in a
glass and seen somebody not quite
you. It was
Somebody was walking slowly
down the brick-floored hall to her
room. 1t was fathers heavy step.
That was nice! She hadn't thought
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

has plenty Of experience;
she's very sweet-tempered;
otherwise she couldn't have
stood her father all that time.
And she's the most affec-
tionate woman / know. In
fact, she has all the virtues
you're always wishing I
possessed.
MR.. GEORGE: Agreed,
agreed, I'm not running her
down. / recognize Hen
rietta's virtues, but all the
same, I think it's rather a
risky match.
MRS. GEORGE: Risky?
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
The Story of Two Young People Who Were Destined for
Each Other Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

It! She could remember just as
well when Napoleon and his
Spanish wife first began to come
down there so the Empress could
get near to Spain as possible.
Many and many's the time Jeanne
had seen them in their springy
barouche, driving right along this
very street. he with his eyes as
dead as q three-days-caught fish's,
and she as handsome as any
Basque girl!
GhOStly Stories.
They weren't all stories Of
Jeanne when she was little girl.
Lots Of them were Of what had
happened hundreds and hundreds
of years ago around here. There
were ever so many stories Of
witches and ghosts and sorcerers.
There were plenty OF those still in
the Basque country. There was
a sorcerer living in that little
tumble-down house near the
river on the road to St. Barthel-
envy. Why, Jeanne's own mother,
years ago, one day looked up
from her spinning and saw a
nnonstrous pig, big and black.
She jumped up and ran out to
try to catch it. Her grandmother
went out too, and there were a
lot Of the neighbors who were
trying to drive the pig away. But
it didn't pay a bit of attention,
butted at them so fierce when
they came near they were afraid,
for he was as tall as a calf, and
whoever saw q pig as big as
that? And then the grandmother
made the sign of the cross, Span
ish fashion and like snap.
ping your fingers, didn't the pig
change, right before their eyes,
into a little wee woman they'd
never seen, and she went up in
the air as thin and light as a
loose spiders thread, and drifted
away and there was nothing
there.
The little American girl knew
enough to know that this story
couldn't be true, Of course. And
yet Jeanne's mother and all those
people had seen it. They saw a
pig and it turned into q wee
witch woman.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, 'The Brimfning Cup"
~ Achieved Popularity Through
j out the Country.

"a wARISE laid down her book
sN again, lost in one OF
her recurrent attacks of
Amusement at there being so
many different Jeannes inside
that one leathery skin. There
was the Jeanne who came
20 every morning to take or
ders, and folded her hands on
her apron, and sort of stopped
70 herself over and said, "oui, Ma
fSe<dame," to everything Maman
8 said You'd think she was scared
to death Of Maman, and yet she
invent away to the kitchen on the
- other side of the landing and be-
Iii came another Jeanne who never
; paid the least attention to what
Maman had said, but ran the
house just the way she thought
= It ought to be.
There were two Jeannes right
- there, and there was another one,
. the outdoor Jeanne, who took
her to school every morning
how funny that in France 4
great girl of eleven had to have
x somebody tagging along every
time she stepped outside the
- bouse. This was the most inter
esting Jeanne Of all. She told
stories every single minute. Lots
.10f them were about when she
IS had been a little girl-gracious
think of Jeanne ever having been
o little girl! That was ever 50
long ago, before the Emperor and
Empress had made Biarritz the
fashion. Jeanne said those were
the good days, when the Basques
= had their county to themselves,
ana you never saw a hat on any
woman's head; they all wore the
black kerchief for everyday and
r1antillas on Sunday for Mass,
and lived like Christians. Jeanne
could remember when Biarritz
was just little fishing village,
q decent place, and now look at
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
DO You KnouU That

Investigations have shown that
the food value of butter Is higher
during grass feeding in summer
than in winter, when roots, hay,
and concentrates" take the place
of grass.
AT one Of the largest watch
factories in the world fifty loaves
OF new bread are used every day
for cleaning the delicate parts Of
watches.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

Marise would feel her opinion OF
Americans going down even lower
than it was. Marise could always
feel everybody's opinions as they
went I'D and down. And how she
did hate to feel them going down
-anybody's about anything! She
always tried to fix it so they would
go up. She now planned to fluff
the eiderdown to a puff again.
after father had gone back. She
didn't say anything about 1t to
father. You never did, about that
sort of thing, even Maman didn't,
although it made her awfully pro-
yoked not to have father care, and
she always said a lot afterward.
Marise didn't even say anything
to him about the white down that
would be sure to work through the
cover of the eiderdown and get on
his clothes. Father wouldn't care
if it did. There were such lots Of
things father didn't care about.
But Maman would. She must re-
member to brush him off before
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
By Beatrice Fairfax.

*" HERE comes Mona Par
ker's car again. 1 wish
- she wouldn't inf1ict it
upon me-" cried Jamey.
"Inflict?" I asked.
Yes. inflict," said James stub
bornly. Every time I'm invited
to some function and Mona knows
about it she sends her car for
me-
That sounds very sweet and
thoughtful" I suggested.
1t sounds that way all right"
agreed Jamey. But the car
comes for me- and then 1t stops
Tor Mona. Mona hasn't a thing
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
BLACKHEADS SHOW
YOU ARE CARELESS
Tremendous Use of the
F a m o u s B | a c k and
White Beauty Creations
Is Proving This More
and More Every Day

Not so long ago a renowned authority
On the care of the complexion said:
Snow me person who has ugly black
heads in their face and neck, and will
show you one who is either not giving
her skin any attention and care at ALI.
or Is careless in not using the one sure
and easiest way to keep these COM
plexion runners away"
How true this is. Women and 1irls
especially will try to hide blackheads
instead of getting rid of them, and it fe
really so easy to do IL there is no excuse
for anyone being Inundated by going
along the street showing that they do
not give their skin the proper care.
Just take a few seconds every night
and first clean the face with Black and
White Cleansing Cream; then, after
wiping this off with a towel, apply a
film of Cold Cream to be absorbed by
the skin TO supply the oils which the
wind and weather have beaten out dur
ting the days exposure.
This makes your skin live, active and
6lAckheads literally wash out after you
do this one or two nights. because they
are softened and forced out by the fine
ingredients used in making the Black
and White Beauty Creations. You will
be so delighted with the way these crea-
tions make and keep your skin clear
rosy and charming that you won't let
night go by without giving your face
these few seconds of attention.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
The Origin of Colpbous.

THE word used to designate herdsmen on the
ranches of the far West first applied to British
marauders and Tories who pundered the people
the Hudson river during the occupation Of New York
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

through on the floor, and what q
fuss there would be over that! Oh.
: there was the fireplace; If you put
things way back Of the sticks.
Jeanne didn't gee them.
She was just Strengthening up
from reaching back OF the wood,
when father came in. He said,
Hello, kid" and she answered,
Hello, poppa," They did this for
a kind Of a Joke, to be extra
American when Maman couldn't
hear them.
Her Father.
Her father Eat down on the edge
of the bed, making a big dent in
the fluffed-up crimson, eiderdown
quilt, which Jeanne rounded 80
carefully each morning, and which
she never let anybody disturb.
Not, Of course, that Jeanne would
dare to say anything to father, IL
patron She would only grumble
in Basque, under her breath, and
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
Who the JngeLLOns We're.

THE Jagellons dynasty that reigned Lithuania,
Poland, Hungary and Bohemia, began with Jagellon,
who became King of Poland Ladislas III v in
1899 and ended with Sigismund H. who died in 1872.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

WI. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Over Forty.

MRS GEORGE Aren't you glad that Henrietta is getting
IVH married? It's a she didn't do It years ago.
49, MR. GEORGE: should say so! She's fOrtyhree isn't
she?
MRS. GEORGE: Yes, but don't that matters She'll
make twenty she
Evening star., 1923-01-01
SEE THE OLD YEAR OUT
WITH FESTIVE PROGRAM
American College Women in Greece
Inaugurate New Clubhouse,
18 institutions Represented,

ATHENS, January 1.-American COL
Iege women in Greece saw the old
year out at a dinner inaugurating
their new clubhouse in the Rue
Philhellenes near the Acropolia The
club has twenty resident members,
all of whom are engaged in orphan
age or refugee work for the Near East
Relief. They represent two states and
eighteen colleges.
The club is housed in a fine resi-
dence lent by Gen. Sutzos, a Greek
philanthropist, who is greatly inter-
ested in the work Of the American
college women among the Anatolian
orphans. The clubs executive COM
mittee includes Mary Hayden of
Washington, Vassar; Glee Hastings,
Spencer, Iowa, Wellesley; Margaret
Robinson, Grand Rapids. Mich, Mount
Holyoke; Carlotta Wells, Altadena,
Calf, Bryn Mawr, and Nettie Austin,
Kansas City, University of Missouri
Evening star., 1923-01-01
MUCH WATERED WINE
DISCOVERED IN FRANCE
Government Prosecutes for Fraud
and Also Protects Good Name
of Champagnes.
By the Associated Press.

of Champagnes.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 1.-Preventing
wholesale and retail wine dealers
from watering their vino is one of
the new problems of the internal
revenue department Of the French
government.
Every drop of water introduced
into wine means just so much less
revenue to the government. Also 1t
is argued by the department of
agriculture that the consumer of wine
has q right to a pure product, il he
wants il and should be protected
Furthermore, the consumer is apt to
put some water in the wine after he
gets it home, if only for economy's 5
sake, and it is evident that II he is
sold diluted wine in the first place.
the government will be defrauded
just so much more.
Before the war, when wine was
very cheap in France, dilution was
unheard Of But during the past year,
out of 1O,472 samples of wine taken
from suspected dealers, 1926 samples
were found to have been watered
heavily, and 2,07O convictions for
fraud were obtained.
In oder to protect tho good name
of French champagnes, there have
been many arrests recently for mis-
representing sparkling wines as
champagnes Any real champagne is
ALWAYS labeled with that word on
the bottle, it is explained. and the
purchaser can protect himself when
he orders champagne by looking for
the word champagne" both on the
bottle and on the cork. If this word
is not there, then he is drinking a
substitute.