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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
AN ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Meeting Ralph Lacy, Anne Feels Sure She
Can Straighten Things Out and
Bring Jim Home
By Ann Isle.
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
Big Popular Success.

whose Present serial fndS OCOFcu
Big Popular Success.
copyright. 1923, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
WV ITH my determination to
" call on Ralph Lacy for
w help in handling the Dad
Lee-Dick West situation, CAME a
great sense of peace.
A good nights rest and a hearty
breakfast sent me down to the
office in a whirl of energy that
actually landed me there ahead
of Miss May The first thing l
did was to telephone Mr.. Lacy's
office, but young Jerry reported
Mr.. Lacy out of town for the day.
Miss May came in just as
was getting under weigh. We
compared notes. and then both
plunged in-she to get out new
copy for the Darlington Shoe
Company, with which she is hav-
ing a marked success, to finish
UP the first DaIton-Sturges full
page advertisements for the Sun
day supplements.
Need Of an Office Boy.
We've both about all we can
do" l said, strolling to the outer
office at noon to ask Miss May
to bring me in sandwich and a
container of hot coffee from the
drug store. THAT is, If you
don't mind"
II do mind" she smiled hack.
II don't like the idea of, your not
having time for lunch. IT it
comes to this often Wen need
an office assistant"
1--WE must get boy n once,
replied. But think we need
a fellow worker of our 1wn cali
Der. Each of us is undertaking
two big campo 'gns. which IS al
most too much. And any minute
may see new clients coming along.
We can go on having our draw
ings made outside, but tdat needs
a bit of experimenting, too.
Lets put in an ad for an of
flee boy said Miss May prac-
tically. He could save us lot
of steps. And if you like we can
both be on the lookout for an as
sistant. But 1 must say that
haven't one smldgin more work
TO do than / simply adore, hand
ling
Whereat she left me, and l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

By VIM. A. McKeever,
Widely Known Lecturer and Au-
thor and National Authority
on Juvenile Problems.
~ ARENTS should know that
the men and women of large
= ability are people whose lives
are thoroughly regulated by habit.
Accordingly, they should begin
early to teach their children to be-
come masters through the power
Of habit.
Every good habit your child &C.
quires adds to the strength of his
power Of achievement. Recently l
watched a small railway engine
start a train of eighty freight cars.
1t first backed as far as possible.
then started the first car. The
force OF this first car, now in mos
ton, was added to that Of the en-
CINE and these two started the Sec
Ond car. 1t was not the engine
alone, but the engine plus one, plus
two, plus three cars, and SO on,
which Constituted the whole force.
Now. you help your child draw
an increased life load every time
you add the momentum of a good
habit. And, of course. the bad
ones pull back to the same degree.
They are the box cars with the
brakes on, stailing the whole train.
When we examine good sue
cessful career as to it's regulated
habits we find that regulation cen
ters around few simple daily af
falrs-simpfe eating, restrained
drinking, regular exercise, meas
ured sleep, controlled Think e. In
deed, we find invariably that the
big life IS the mark of some man
or woman, who lives a routine of
modest frugaiity, about that which
might be expected of mere peas
ant.
1t is the unregutated life which
soon goes on the rocks. All around
me- | see youths borne with the
inheritance of splendid genius who
are practically throwing away a
possible brilliant career through
unregulated daily conduct and dis
sipation.
Strange as it may seem to the
misIed youth, there is nothing
which VII net more pure joy and
sense Of wellbeing in. the. future
than a system Of well regulated
and well controlled habits Of daily
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
Household Hints

Cold tea is excellent for clean
ing vanished paper.
Coarse sugar is one of the
causes of heavy or hard cakes
Pudding cloths will wash more
easily if borax is added TO the hot
water.
Very rusty steel can be cleaned
by rubbing with hot vinegar and
salt. Polish with a flannel
Before wearing new shoes
place them in a warm place for
a few minutes. This will make
the leather more pliable.
When filling cake tins with
cake mixture, fill enc with water;
this will prevent the cakes from
browning too quickly.
Grease spo ) on suede shoes will
disappear if they are rubbed with
a piece Of cloth dipped in pure
glycerine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
WHO SAID IT, AND WHERE

ward appearances. Lord Chester.
field Q694-1773 tells his son in
his famous Letters"
"a king should die standing"
This remark attributed to Louis
XVIII 11755-1S2D of France, is
also related of the Roman Emp
error Vespasis,R,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

luck, with British tenacity, mere
~ for the pleasure of overcoming
it. The women, bonny and distin-
guished-looking, with very low
necks and long trails to their
gowns, calculated "Oh"' in
amazement, each time the crou-
pier with his rake carried off
their heavy bets; while the men
drew from their inner pockets of
their tuxedos new handfuls of
bills, greeting their defeat with
metallic laughter.
A Warning.
In one blow Spadoni lost
twenty thousand francs. Lubimoff
had the fatal presentment of a
sailor who feels beneath his feet
the shudder of the ship about to
be torn open, of the soldier who
feels instinctively the beginning
of his rout.
Another blow; and the bank
lost again.
Michael cautiously drew near
the chair occupied by Alicia.
1T is two o'clock. 1t is time
to go home" he murmured, whis-
pering his words into her hair as
he bent over her. You are go
ing to have a run of bad luck; /
can feel it coming. Tell Spadoni
to get up
Alicia raised her eyes and
looked at him in surprise. She
seemed intoxicated, unable to
make out what he was saying.
She refused with a slight shake
of her head. She had faith in her
own luck
Confidence Justified.
Fortune saw to it that her con.
fidence was justified. The banker
was winning again. carrying off
all the sums placed on both
sides Of the table. But this did
not convince the prince. He con-
tinued to feel afraid, and his
worry made him brutal
He went over and stood at
Spadonfs back, in order to drop a
word to him discreetly, while
looking in another direction.
You ought to stop at once. Call
the game off. It's long after clos
ing time \anyhow."
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
"TO err Is human"

ITO err Is human"
This Oft quoted truth Is found
In the first Philippe by the great
Roman orator Cicero 1Oo-43 b. c..
You mus look into people as
well ~ 1T them"
We must study peoples char
acter 40 we'll as observe their out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
This Day IN History

THIS the anniversary of the BIRTH 1889 of Robert
Burns, of the greatest of English lyric poets.
His ballads have endeared him readers all over the
world. He died at thirty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

SHOuSn 10 eat the SanQWt"n ana
delicious apple Mss May brought
me later, and to linger over the
delicious hot coffee, which stin1u-
lated me to the point where /
could drive right back into he
current of work. / was so com.
pletely immersed that actually
didn't hear the telephone buzzer
sounding in my office and looked
up in amazement~ to see Mss May
silhouetted in the doorway.
1--WE taken care of all the other
calls that came in this after
noon," she said. But here une
which requires your attention"
took up the phone without
mentally coming out of what 1
was doing to the point OF wonder
ing who was on the wire. Idly
said:
Mrs. Harr son speaking. Who
wants her. please?'
Ralph Lacy" came back crisp
Iy. You asked me-and / told
you
found myself laughing out
my reply as if there really were
something very jolly and hu1npr.
Gus afoot.
BLESS Jerry's heart! He must
have held good thought over
you and lured you back specially
early" said.
mo. Not specially It's get
ting on toward six, though I sup
pose time is nothing in the life
of a serious worker like you"
Times lot in my life this
evening. I'd have been glued to
my desk indefinitely. so perfect
was my faith in young Jerry and
the miracle I persist in feeling
he has worked I said, feeling
pleasantly relaxed and con1forted
by an anticipation of the help |
knew would be mine as soon as
I discovered just how best to ask
for it.
At HER SERVICE.
We'll, here 1 am-and entirely
at your service, even as Jerry
was" replied Mr.. Lacy, with a
note of steadying down from
pleasantly to facts. Just tell
me what's wanted of your adver- :
Using manager and then consider
it DONE"
II knew-you'd be like that"
said gratefully. I'm in need Of
help. There's a serious prob
lem"
"All right" Mr. Lacy returned
crisply. TT will take me twenty
minutes to get to you. Is that
satisfactory"
''You take my breath away" I
laughed.
RAPID transit may take NINE
he replied. adding succinctlv.
See you in precisely twenty min.
utes by the clock. So long"
Putting down the receiver,
folded my arms on the desk and
laid my head on them. was
80
have been going through. I re.
allied that I was hungry and
tired and aware of carrying every
problem in my vicinity for some
one, Yet after struggling under
a burden OF worry over Betty and
Tony. and Carlotta and Mabel
and few others. I had faced my
own impotence to ease Jim's bur-
den. And Jim counts on me
ne has no one else on whom he
can count.
Whats the matter. dear?" VEN
-ured a timid voice.
Lifting my head, l burst out
without plan or preparations:
I'm so happy! I'm going 20
straighten things out SONY hus
band can come home. I'm sure
| ann
you're sure you are?" sasped
Miss May with an accent on the
second you" which she probably
didn't intend.
I'm sure Ralph Lacy is" I ca
planned.
Miss May gave me a long, level
look.
He's wonderful boy. I'm not
sure you know how-wonderful,"
she said slowly.
Then, without another word,
she closed the door and was
gone.
Now, just what did she mean
by that?" l asked myself
Even now I'm not sure that
know ,
u Go Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25


frocks,
~ glerng jewels platinum
but decorations of setting
Lovely they make her look deiousy
trve her to they
hue which light the wings of the butterfly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25
Why we Stop GrOWing

WE stop growing because certain body cells lose their
" power to increase in size and to produce other cells
1t of the marvels of physiology that this is
and wise provision of nature.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

Dan Engrossing Story of Life and Love,
Thrilling Episodes and Unique Situa-
tons From Master Pen.

This famous story has been
created into q superIative motion
picture by Cosmopolitan Produc.
tion direction Of Alan Crosland.
u will be released rs q Para
mount picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

"YHEN the winds OF Winter
" ramble up and down the
barren land, and the bit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-25

kk"HERE are limits to your
love of sentiment, then,
chief" sneered Drum
Evening star., 1923-03-02
CONGRESS CLEARS
PATH FOR THE END
House Passes Farm Credits
BiIl-"FilIed" Milk and De-
ficiency Measures 0. KID.

Congress yesterday cleared the
path to its adjournment Sunday py
passing three of the important meas
ures at the top of it's list. leaving
only comparatively minor measures
for the two days left for active work.
The farm credits bill was passed
by the House and sent to conference
by an overwhelming vote or 305 TO
a6 while the Senate was passing the
filled" milk bill and the last appro-
priation measure. the third deficiency
bill. Numerous small bills also
were passed by the House. and the
Senate held a night session to work
upon it's grist of minor measures.
Prompt agreement. .si. In conference I1,ffL nee
S157,OO0,0O0 deficiency appropriation
hills was predicted and their enact
ment was regarded as certain.
With the important legislation safe
ly on its way, collisions occurred In
both Senate and House for right Of
way for remaining measures. In the
Senate the government employees
salary reclassiication, the child labor
constitutional amendment and the
"truth in fabric bill We'd for con-
sideration. The Norris constitutional
of Congress and the date OF presi-
Dental inaugurals. and SCORE Of
othre measures were in the balance
In the House jam. The reclassiflca-
ton bill was made the unfinished
business.
Several hundred nominations were
confirmed late yesterday by the Sem
ate, but the many recent judicial and
other measures were in the balance
over.
The Senate rejected the confirmation
Of Walter L. Cohen, negro republican
leader Of Louisiana. to be controller
Of customs at New Orleans. Action on
the nominations Of D. r. Crissinger.
controller Of currency. to be governor
of the Federal Reserve Board: Of
Representative Mondell, republican,
Wyoming, to be director of the War
Finance Corporation, and other i'm
portant nominations went over.
Among those confirmed was H. H
Classic, local lawyer, to be a member
Of the tariff commission, and Of Will
liam G. Deming to be a member Of
the Civil Service Commission.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
GERMAN EMBASSY
FEARS RUHR CRASH
Oppression Creates Tensity
and Danger of Explosion,
Is Statement Here.

French expressions" in the Ruhr
have forced the German population
into an atmosphere of high tension"
so acute that, according to formal
statement by the German embassy
here last night, 1t may in the near
future lead to explosions"
The German official apparatus in
the region, it was said, had been SO
paraIyzed by the French that 1t could
no longer guarantee "the maintenance
of peace and order" The statement
follows:
Owing to the latest events in the
Ruhr territory. especially owing to
the ever more numerous and brutal
expulsions. draconic sentences by
ments in the streets. and through the
expressions Of entire towns such as
Rocklinhausen, Gelsenkirchen and
Bochum. an atmosphere OF high ten
sion has gradually been created in
causes the possibility to be feared
that this atmosphere may in the near
future lead to explosions.
Still Passively Resistent.
"The German government still
maintains a policy of mere passive
resistance as hitherto applied and in
this policy Is backed by the unani-
nous support of the officials and the
entire population. Should. however.
the population, already severely
tried, let itself be led to acts of
desperation, the German government.
owing to the paralyzation by the
French Of the German official appa-
ratus In the Ruhr, will not be in a
position to guarantee the mainte-
nance Of peace and order in the oc-
cupied territory.
How far the German admins
trative and economic apparatus in
occupied territory has been disor-
ganized by the French Is shown by
the following:
"By order Of the commander Of
the 12Sth French Division German
security police of Essen. urban and
rural district. has been dfsbanded.
Security Police Demanded.
"Disarming Of the German security
police Is also reported from other
Evening star., 1923-03-02

committee?" replied Senator Lenroot.
"On February II bill was intro
duced in the Senate and referred to
the committee on the District of
Columbia covering tais very lam
guage and the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia reported the bill
out favorably, and 1t is on the calen-
dar." replied Senator Phipps. "On
the same date, February II, in the
House a duplicate of the Senate bill
was introduced by Congressman
Hardy of Colorado, and it was refer
red to the House committee on the
District of Columbia, and has been
favorably reported by the House
committee. The bill, therefore, hav-
ing received the approval of a stand
ing committee of the House as well
as a standing committee Of the Sen
ate, do not see how it can be subject
to a point of order"
1T is general legislation" said Mr.
Lenroot. The committee has no right
to report general legislation. l hap
pen to know that there is opposition
to the matter in another body.
know nothing about the merits of it.
1t may be all right, but l do know If
there be opposition in another body
that there will be no opportunity to
consider the matter on it's merits If
1t is attached as an amendment to the
pending bill. Clearly, 1t seems to me,
IL is, of course, general legislation
I think the chairman of the commit
tee, on appropriations admits that II
is subject to IA point of order
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Serves so Years
With But Days
Off for Illness

Two days lost on account OF illness
in half 4 century of service is the
record of Horace F. Chatfield. assis-
tant chief of the stamp Issue sec
ton, division Of stamps OF the Post
Office Department. who today went
on leave of absence preliminary to
retirement April 6.
On behalf of his associates. Third
Assistant Postmaster General Warren
I. Glover today presented Mr.. Chat
field with a bronze smoking set.
His retirement recalls the only in
stance when a strike occurred inter-
fering with the manufacture of post
age stamps. \ During Mr.. Chatfield's s
early service. in New York, the en-
ployes walked out" and for one
week no stamps were issued to post
masters.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
SPECIAL COUNSEL
.SYME MAY LOSE lob
Congress Forbids Utilities
Commission From Employ
ing Outside Legal Help.

With the climax about to be reach
ed in the long legal battle between
the Public Utilities Commission and
the Potomac Electric Power Company
over the value of the property, the
commission may find itself without
the services Of special counsel. Con-
rad Fl. Syme, after July /.
The appropriation act for the next
fiscal year prohibits the Commission
ers from engaging outside counsel for
any utility work. Engineer Commits
sioner Keller has written to the
Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade. Merchants and manufacturers
Association and the Federation OF
Citizens Associations asking for con
tributions to employ Mr.. Syme.
Mr.. Syme's services are essential u
the commission at this stage of the
case, for the reason that he was cor
poration counsel of the District WherI
the power company's plant was val
ued and has followed the litigation
through the lower courts since 1917.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

places, SO that the Ruhr Is gradually
deprived of all its organs of control.
which hitherto provided for the safe
ty and peace of the population.
"Expulsions of the following per-
sons took place up to the present:
The governor Of the Rhine prov
ince, all presidents and administra-
tive districts with one exception, the
presidents Of three main postal dis
tricts. of three railway districts, of
two finance boards. of two courts Of
appeal, forty-nine mayors. thirty one
postal directors, nine customs direc-
tors, six directors of the Reichsbank,
four editors of newspapers. two sec
retarieS Of trade unions, thirteen di-
rectors general of mining companies; !;
total. 652: besides that. approximate
ly 1000 members of families"
Evening star., 1923-03-02
KlWANIANS WILL AID
NEW CAMP GOOD WILL

The kiwanis Club yesterday in
dorsed d recommendation from it's
public affairs committee to be re-
3ponsible for the erection of the din
ing room and kitchen and baby"
shack at the new Camp Good Will
settlement in Rock Creek Park.
The cost will be ID little less than
$4,000, the estimates for the dining
room and kitchen being placed at
$3.50 and that of the shack, $2,4S0.
Roc Fulkerson, who submitted the
report. said that all other local bet
tcrmcnt work had been gone over
carefully. but that assisting extreme
iy poor babies and their mothers,
came nearest to the idea of under
privileged" for which the club had
set aside $J.005.
Claude w. owen opened the meet
ing, but owing to a severe cold turned
the gavel over to Gen. Anton Stephan,
second vice president.
Harry G.. Kimball. chairman of the
inter-club relations committee de-
tailed work accomplished at a meet
ing of presidents and secretaries of
the clubs in the Capital District, at
Richmond last week, and outlined
plans for several additional clubs
The club voted to hold d dance and
ladies night" entertainment at the
City CIuh. April II.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
EFFORT TOOBTA|N
SURPLUS NOW FAILS
Phipps Amendment to De-
ficiency Bill Loses on Len
roots Point of Order.
RENEW DRIVE NEXT TERM
Wisconsin Senator Declares Not
Enough Is Known of Act to
Rush Matter.
RENEW DRIVE NEXT TERM

A point of order by Senator Len
roos of Wisconsin against the Phipps
amendment to the third deficiency
bill. to confirm by legislative action
the report of the joint congression onal
committee recommending that $4,-
$4,000 Of surplus revenues of the
District now in the federal Treasury
be used for the benefit of the District,
last night prevented that item from
being included In the bill.
1t was the hope of Senator Phipps.
chairman Of the joint committee. and
many others that the item might be
placed in the bill and action obtained
on the matter of the surplus at the
present session of Congress. But now
that the bill has been passed without
1t there seems no chance of action on
the surplus at the present session. al
though both the Senate and House
District committees have reported
favorably on the proposal to permit
the District to use these surplus reve-
nueS.
Renew Effort Next Term.
The effort to have Congress to ap-
prove the findings of the joint congress
sional committee in regard to the sur
next session OF Congress, if nothing can
be done between now and Sunday at
noon, when the present session will end.
Senator LenrootS point of order was
not directed, he said, at the merits of
the proposal to allow the District the
use Of the surplus revenues. but was
made on the ground that Ii was general
legislation proposed on an appropria
ton bill. and that as there was oppo-
sition to the matter in the House it
would only result in della wing the an
propriation bill.
Senator Phpps and Senator Warren,
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee. both urged the senator from
Wisconsin to withdraw his point of
order
Point OF Order Sustained.
The Vice President. however. sustained
the point of order and ended the dis
cuSsion.
In making his point Of order Senator
Lenroot said that the Phipps amend
ment was very important matter, and
he doubted II any senator knows any
thing about 1t.
Senator Warren replied that the
amendment had been considered by
the appropriations committee and re-
ported. He said:
II am aware. as the Senator has
stated. that II is a matter covering
great deal OF ground, but to bring
IT down to a few words it means that
either we do or do not owe the Dis
trict of Columbia some four million
and odd dollars as a result of the ac-
counting that has taken place, going
up TO the present hour. 1t Is the
opinion of the committee that the
United States does owe the District
OF Columbia that amount"
Il would like to ask how much con-
sideration was given to it by the sub
Evening star., 1923-03-02
OYSTER GIVES ADVICE.
Tells Traffic Men to Enforce Law
But Not Be Overzealous.

Enforce the regulations but do not
be over jealous, was tho message
Commissioner oyster delivered to the
traffic squad Of the police department
yesterday at exercises incident to the
formal opening of the new traffic
bureau in the Graham building, 1402
E street northwest
The commissioner congratulated
Inspector Headley and the members
Of his command on the effective work
they have done recently and urged
them to be courteous and polite in
carrying out the law.
Others who spoke were Albert
Schuteis, Odell S. Smith. Charles A.
Baker, John J. Boobar. A. J. Driscoll.
Charles w. Darr, Inspector Shelby
and w. G. Platt, chief clerk Of the
Treasury Department, who was in
strumental in obtaining the new head :
quarters for the traffic bureau.
From now on all traffic men will
report and go on duty from the traf-
fic bureau.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

"Disarming Of the German security
police Is also reported from other