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home OF Betty Washington. sister of
George Washington.
A puniber Of gu ests were present.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey gave
talk on the Monroe Doctrine, and
piano solos were rendered b. Mrs
Charles v. Inlay. and vocal solos by
Miss Edna Sheehy. which were great
ly enjoyed.
State Conference of D. C. Children
OF the American Revolution met
Tuesday morning in the children's
room at Memorial Continental Hall.
State Director Miss Helen Stout
presided. Miss Van Ness was elected
historian, to succeed Mrs. Ebert
Wood, resigned. Mrs. Sfmonds was
elected corresponding secretary. to
succeed Mrs. w. w. Sloan, who was
appointed q promoter. Mrs. Ellis
worth will succeed Mrs. Frank Ray
as chairman of magazine subscrip
ton, and Mrs. Earl Fuller succeeds
Mrs. Elbert Wood as chairman of the
press, both former chairmen having
resigned.
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Reserve Headquarters.

Girl Reserve headquarters Of the
local Y. w. C. A. have clubrooms and
an Office at 11th and NJ streets north
west, where all girls between twelve
and eighteen are welcome. These
rooms are fitted up for the use of the
members, their friends and other
girls as well. There are many Girl
Reserves in the city.
Girls in the grade school in the
seventh and eighth years or in junior
high school can get detailed informa-
tion by inquiring of Miss Helen NC
Neil, Girl Reserve director, at 11th
and NJ streets. She will be glad to
see these girls and help them organ
iae If they wish 1t.
Girls who are under eighteen. who
are working at various trades. are
also welcome to membership. The Girl
Reserves are open to all.
The second story hour for Girl Re-
serves will be this afternoon at 1880.
Last Sunday the fire burned beauti-
fully and the girls enjoyed a fine
time.
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The District ID. A. r.. State Omcers'
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Oue-Armed Golfer in Matches.

Cecil Gardner. a son Of Maj. Gard
ner of the British army, has the
distinction OF being an expert golfer
although he has only one arm. He
enters the championship matches of
the Shooters Hill Golf Club, near
Dunbar, and he plays against the
best In the club. He enters the more
closely contested matches with a
handicap Of only sixteen, which is
considered remarkable. as some play
ers who have the full use Of both
members have that handicap and
higher.
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Origin of "The Woolsack." "

"The Woolsack," the seat for the
lord chancellor. so often referred to
in literature and history. is in real
ity seat for this high dignitary
1t is a square bag. covered with red
cloth, formerly sort Of chair with
out arms or back, on which the chan
cellor took his ease, in his capacity
as speaker of the house Of lords.
It was originated when wool was the
chief article Of export in England.
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Pubic concert, Central High
Community Center. tonight,
Sis o'clock. Admission free.
Doors open at Z o'clock. Pro-
gram:
March. selected Washington
Community Orchestra, Charles
v. Banner. director.
(a) America"
(b) Salute to the Flag
(c) Oath of Allegiance"
(d) "Doxology"
Everybody.
(a) annie Laurie"
(b) "Massa in the Cold
Ground"
(c) Our Visitors"
td) Acquaintance Song"
Everybody.
(a) 'Murmuring Woods. List
(b) Second Arabesque."
Debussy
Eveline Hurcum. pianist
(a) Marching to Glory"
(b) Tramp. Tramp, Tramp"
(cl God Bless Our Native
Everybody.
(a) "Romance"....... Svendsen
CD "Minuet" ..... Paderewski
Helen Belt. vfolinist.
Helen Nash at the piano.
(a) Flag of the Free"
OBJ "Children's Tribute
(c) Keep the Home Fires
Burning"
Everybody.
(a) Long, Long Trail"
(b) 'Tipperary"
(c) Rose Of No Mans Land"
(d) Goodbye, Nav.
Everybody.
Announcements
(a) "Viilanelle". Dell'Acoua
(b) I'll Bacio". ...... Arditi
Nine. Henriette Coquelet, COL
oratura soprano; Margaret
Bowie Grant at the piano.
(a) Taps"
(b) 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Everybody.
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Goes to School at Seventy-Three.

Mrs. NJ. Howarth is London's oldest
schoolgirl. At seventy three she is
pupil at the odd job class at
Brixton's Woman's Institute and is
deeply interested In all her studies.
She is credited with being one of the
most apt of the students, and intends
to complete her course.
Evening star., 1923-11-11
Y. w. G. A. Ambassador
Leaves for China.

China is changing its centuries-old
course. It's youth is providing the
new channel The Young Women's
Christian Association is great factor
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Household Hints

Two ounces of fuller's earth,
boiled in half pint of vinegar
and the juice of three onions, is
splendid for removing scorch
marks from linen.
To whiten linen, add a spoon
full of borax to the last rinsing
water; this will also give it a
slight stiffness when ironed,
which is better than starching for
handkerchfefs.
To make cold starch that will
keep for several months, mix to-
gether half a pound of starch,
q tablespoonful of turpentine,
teaspoonful Of powdered borax,
and three pints of boiled water.
When the day is fine, oppor-
tunity should be taken to bleach
linen and cotton articles on. the
grass. Place them on the lawn
with the soap still in them, and
leave for several hours, sprink.
ling with water as they dry.
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mination to understand them ana
their motives. II seemed to him =
small thing that Larry should
have gambIed himself into virtual
bankruptcy; q trifling thing that
he stood now to lose what scraps
might otherwise have been saved
from the ruin Of his fortunes. But
IL was a great thing, in his sight.
that Larry should meet disaster
30; should be ready, after all the
buffets fate mad dealt him, to tilt
with her again.
,Halleck, grown businesslilxe In
his association with Astor, was
the one who remembered that
there were things to be done.
Wed better go over to the
firehouse and see to the arrange
ments for the fight" he said.
"In bet no money, but for the
honor Of little old New York I
want Brewster to have all the
chance he cant!
"Rightg' eaid Breyoort. His
conscience had troubled him, but
he shook off that feeling swiftly
now. After all, he had done what
he could; IL Larry Delavan chose
to make a fool OF himself, no one
had the right to stop him. And
It was a sort Of folly for which
Brevoort, naturally enough, had q
great deal OF sympathy.
So they went off, ana Pat,
ignored. abandoned, was left be-
hind. She was half crying when
she went into the house. and
Kelley regarded her with a stern
disapprovaI.
''FIe-he- hes g-gone off to get
ready for o silly pr-prtze fightV
she said. .'Oh. Kelley -he's bet
tin the last penny he has to his
name In all the worldr'
'sure, and tia his money" said
Kelley. stop bein' such . cry
baby, boy! Boys Of your age
should laugh at fightin', not cry
ct the thought Of itr'
..It's not the fightin' -but he's
bettin' on wind bag, not q
fighter that would have 8 chance
to win for himr
Kelley laughed ct her.
''sure, what do the likes Of you
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LITTLE PILOT SAVES THEM FROM SHIPWRECK

; the churning water with his keen,
big, blue eyes. Then he shouted:
Yes, Foxy Grandpa. There he
is and his pilot fish is still with
him.
For protection from the other
big fish," I answered, land also
for choice morsels which the fish
neglects to swallow when he
gobles up his fish dinners"
While we were talking, noticed
the first mate watching our
friends, too. And suddenly. with
out any apparent reason, the lit.
tie pilot fish turned his course,
darted away from the ship and,
like bolt, the great shark fol-
lowed him.
They've left u.s." explained
Bobby. And as they departed, /
noticed that the first mate turned
mounted the ladder and disap-
peared through the fog upon the
bridge.
Then a strange thing happened.
The engines stopped dead. We
could hear the bells signaling to
the engineer. looked at Bobby
and Bobby looked at me- Then
another signal full speed ahead
rang out In the fog. Our ship
turned around completely and off
we started, in the opposite direc-
ton.
"Something's up" I murmured.
But never knew until we had
safely landed in port exactly
what had happened. But I'll
tell you. And would never have
known it myself If the captain
had not known that I was so In
terested In all living creatures.
This was the case, as the captain
told me.
We were completely off course.
The fog was thick, and he could
not get what he called q posi-
ton. And would you believe 1t,
the first mate was out there on
the stern of the ship watching
the little pilot fish because one
of this species will never go in
shallow water. And when the
little pilot left the ship, the cap
tain turned his course and mads
for the sea. And do you know
that thousands of years agt
ancient seamen relied on these
same little pilot fish for safety.
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n" HE captain looks very
much worried, Foxy
Grandpa" said Bobby
one misty morning as we were
crossing the Bay Of Biscay in a
small steamer. g.
Eyes, he does" 1 answered, but
perhaps that Is simply his ex'
preston as the result Of years Of
anxiety and hard work." I added
to comfort the boy who seemed
rather disturbed.
Perhaps that is IT," Bobby
agreed hopefully. "It is q hard
job to be captain Of a ship and to
have such responsibility, isn't it?"
''There is none gseater is the
world" answered. MANY a
time when the passengers are en-"
joying themselves playing games
or sleeping comfortably, the cap
tain is hard at work on the bridge
in all kinds Of bad weather. 80
that the ship can keep her course
and land her cargo and passengers
at their proper destination"
Its hard work when there is
no sun and when it's foggy, isn't
it, Foxy Grandpa?" Bobby asked
anxiously looking at the fog into
which we were running.
eyes," I replied. when the
captain can't get a sight Of tho
sun or stars 1t is very difficult for
him, because you know q ship is
navigated by observations of the
sun and stars by an instrument
called a sextant."
"Well," asked the inquisitive
Bobby. what does he do Them"
"Then comes the hard work." I
answered. 1.-THE captain or his
navigator sits down and works on
the problems in mathematics
just like you do your examples in
arithmetic"
"Whew," exclaimed Bobby. ST
don't know whether want to be
a captain or not"
Come, Bobby" said I laugh
ingly, Tets go and see If our
friend the shark is still following
u.s." For a great shark had been
in the wake of the ship for days
and we had been watching him
with great interest.
We walked to the rail at the
stern of the ship and there was
our friend still with us. Bobby
leaned over the side and scanned
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By Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies . Unique Position In
the Writing Werld rs an Author
ity on the Problems Of Love.


Who Occupies q Unique Position In
the Writing Werld rs an Author
ity on the Problems Of Love.
~ o you so through the world
expecting others to solve
IL your problems, to stand by
you in difficulties, to smooth
your path?
II you do, your are bound to
encounter difficulties. For every
one is 90 busy managing his own
affairs, Harvesting his ewn ma
ture to the requirements OF life
that it isn't fair to expect anyone
to stop and adjust your mental
attitude.
OF course, any fine and loyal
friend will try to give you a help
ing hand when you are in diff
cu1ties. But, what can anyone do
for your He can advise, comfort,
offer suggestions, and even make
efforts in your behalf. But In the
final analysis is anything he says
or does really yours unless you
make the effort ITO understand
and apply his words, and 30 to
take advantage Of his aid?
Perhaps you are too lazy to de-
velop your own resources. You
may be one OF those who feel
that IL someone would just give
you sympathy or understanding
or provide you with the right op-
portunity you'd be bound to make
good. But would your If you
can't rely on yourself to face your
problems and to surrnount your
difficulties, how can you count
on that self to make the right
use of the advantage someone
else puts in your path?
No matter what opportunity
someone else gives you, It is still
you who must make good. So
why not provide your own oppor-
tunity?
Within yourself, whether you
will acknowledge It or not, Is
every factor for success. In your
own power to think and act on
your decisions lies all your equip
ment for. SUCCESSOR failure.
Thinking isn't easy. It 10 the
natural result of laziness and
inertia to sit back and wait for
someone else to make your de-.
cisions. But no one can stand
beside you from morning tin
night and do your reacting to
conditions for you.
Each OF us has someone to
count on. But we are likely to
pass by that someone In fear or
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\ Delightful Romance With
an Unusual Heroine
A Charming Serial Of Love and Adven-
ture in the Picturesque Day Of the
Beginnings Of the AstOrs and
Vanderbilt Fortunes.

know about fightin'f" he asked.
And ne pointed slyly and mis-
chievously toward the gate.
where some Of the same urchins
who oncs before had brought
humiliation and disaster to Pat
were lurking. AZ they saw her
turn to look at them they recog
nized her and began to Jeer. In
Pats cheeks the angry color
rose. She turned to Kelley.
you want TO know what
know about fightin', do you"
she asked.
And, without waiting for an an
swer, she dashed for the gate.
Kelley, amazed. stood stiII, look
Ing after. Tot fell upon the
urchins like a hurricane. This
was q far different fight from the
first one. SHE took her tor
mentors completely by surprise;
she scratched and bit ami kicked;
she fought according to no rules.
and her ono thought was to strike
and hurt, no matter by what
means.
Just IN front Of the Schuyler
house Pat stopped to gather z
last handful of mud. Most Of her
enemies were out Of range now;
one, jeering and haunting. had
stopped well out Of range. 80 he
believed. And Just then Mistress
Ariana de Puyster, followed by her
maid, came tripping down the
walk. She threw up her hands in
horror a0 nhe saw Pat.
ooh. & vow-this IL too much"
she said. s'If Larry win not chaa.
tise that dreadful boy, the watch
must do It.
Scarcely . second did Pat hest.
tate. Her true enemy, the crea-
trre she hated worst Of any In
the world, stood before her; her
hot hand enclosed soft, trickling
mud. She drew back her arm and
sent her missile with deadly aim.
As It struck its target and scatter
ed, Pat shrieked In mad delight;
waited long enough TO see the look
Of Mortified amazement that Ari-
ana gave her, and then, laughing
Historically, ran home.
CTo Be Continued Monday
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LITTLE OLD NEW YORK :
This Story Will Be Shown Soon in
Motion Pictures, Starring Marion
Davies at MOore's RialtO
Theater November 18

pered under his hand. I'm just
fooling with them. I won't back
Brewster-he's too light to fight
the Terror. anyway"
Very Defiant
who says that?" Brewster's
ears were keener than Larry had
believed them to be. "who says
I'm too light to fight the Terror?
I'd give him ten pounds ana
beating any day In the week.
big talk said Irving. 81 like
a fighter who let's his fists speak
for him."
"A mans got to stand up for
himself these days, sir" said
Brewster sullenly. ''Ray-you
tell them what I did to Fighting
Bill Marsh" Then he lowered
his voice, in his turn, and grin.
ned: But don't tell them what
Bill did to me!'
Brevoort all this time had been
studying Brewster. Now ne
turned away with an air OF
fina1ity.
why, it's absurdr' he said
'This mans no more match for
the Hoboken Terror than Wash
or I would be! If they ever get
into ring together I'll give five
to one against Brewster
Five to oneY' There was
gasp Of surprise. The odds were
very great. And Brewster, after
all. was a fighter OF reputation;
he had come off best in many
q battle in the old firehouse. II
was certain that he could more
than hold his own with any man
of anything like his weight In
New York. You'd bet q hum
bred, 1 suppose7" said Larry,
rather Indignantly.
Anything you please-up to
ten thousand against twog' said
Brevoort, indifferently.
The old light cleaned again
in Larry's eyes. Ten thousand
dollars-against two! The very
sum he needed. He could scrape
together the two thousand or
collateral as good as the money
And ten thousand, dollars-if he
wont OF what use was the two
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ON Yourself
DO you TRY TO USE YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT?

scorn or mere blind stupidity
Self-ths equipment Of mind and
minds power to choose wisely
and to put choice into action is
the great equipment for achieve
ment which is yours and mine as
well as that Of the general OF an
army or Of the ambitious ashnan
who wants to bring out qualities
that win fit him for . better job.
Our heritage Is a rich one. It
lies within our minds and II an
unconditional heritage without
single string TO it'-unless we
refuse to use it and put it into
action.
II you can't count on yourself.
you have nothing on which to
count. But IL you learn to rely
on yourself, nothing can keep
you from making your life a real
success.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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SECRETS OF HEALTH
AND SUCCESS
WHAT THE DOCTOR Read INV EMILY,S HANDS,

the skin more or less shriveIed,
there probably exists some form
Of wasting disease other than
tubercuIar.
If the tips Of the four fingers
have little noduIes, called He
berden's nodes, there is q ten
dency to equity disturbance which
is probably due to remote low.
grade focal infection.
If the ends of the fingers are
permanently enlarged and the
nails show a tendency to become
fngrown, there Is probable
chronic pulmonary trouble, al-
though this condition is often
found In the presence of a dis.
ease that ought to make you say
no to the man who has it and
asks you to marry him.
If the fingers are bent the
wrong way and the joints stiff.
ened, all amounting to a deform-
ity, the condition being called
arthrttis deformans, there exists a
low-grade Inflammation Of the
joints and tendons.
But II the whole hand-bones.
muscle and tendons-has grown
beyond normal size, there Is ev.
dence Of disease of one of the In
ternal glands of the body.
So, you see, there are many
things the doctor finds out while
he is grasping your hand, glanc-
ing at 1t, smiling and asking you
to be seated.
Yes, all that you have said
may be true. But how did ne
know that 1 had been convalssc-
ing for about two months?" in
quired the naturally Interested
Emily.
"Oh, that was because of your
ringer nails. You see, they tell
an important story. Look at
your finger nails now, Do You
see those transverse ridges extend
ing from their edges to about the
middle, and that from this point
back to the cuticle they are per.
rectiy smooth. Well, those ridges
are formed at the cuticle during a
wasting illness. They cease t.
form when the illness is over. It
takes from four to six months for
the nails to grow out. Yours
nave grown about halfway out.
That's the way the doctor knew"
Cute, isn't hep" said Emily.
Monday Why you should
watch your weight.
copyright, 1929. King FeataR
syndicate. 1nc.)
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u exactly"
The hands are indeed very sig.
nificant, and the observant physi.
clan studies them carefully.
There is the presence or alb
sence Of vigor In the handshake,
the grip or absence Of it, the ex-
istence or nonexistence Of tremor
that makes an impression.
A person with a large, vigorous
booking body, but with soft, ferni-
nine hands, suggests long invalid
ism, probably Of the tuberculac
type.
If person Of such type has a
grip that is sudden and twitching
or intermittent. there is probably
nervousness due to fatigue.
If the hand is hot. dry, flabby,
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thousand to him in his desperate
condition? Why-here was
chance to recoup some, at least
Of his losses; to meet his obliga-
ton to Fulton, to start anew,
with something like a clean slate.
Pat read his thoughts. She was
desperate now. But she could
do nothing. She had to stand by
helpless, tears Of despair and
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at her brothers. arm. Come on.
your she called. There's much
to do IL the fights to be tonight.
after air.
Brevoort looked distressed and
worried. Halleck was amused;
Irving, as always, interested.
The things that people did in
trigued Irving; filled him with
wonder and with a great deter
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nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am desperately in love
with a young man who is en-.
gagged to be married. On &C.
count of important family rea-
sons he cannot break the en-
gagement and wishes me to
elope with him.
What would be the wisest
thing for me to do?
ANXIOUS.
no nothing. If the man really
cared for you honestly and
tenderly, nothing would prevent
his going to his fiancee and put.
ting the situation UP to. her In
order to save three people from
unhappiness. To run away with
him on the eve of his wedding
would be q cruel shock to the
other girl-a dishonorable course
which probably would bring dis
grace and unhappiness ON all COR.
oOrned. - sa,:s.ssl i - ssEssssss
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floor. did not suffer any pain, but I
was decidedly nervous and could not
sleep. For nearly two years was this
way, and the doctor was frank enough
to tell me that he could do no mora
for me. Shortly after this I happened
to see in newspaper an advertise
ment of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. In q few days the med
icine was in the house and had begun
its use and / took il regularly until
/ was well. / recommend the Vege-
table Compound to others when ]
have the opportunity. " = Mrs, MAY
LINDoUIsT, 2814 Independence Ave,
Kansas City, Mo.
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birth and no one
thought / could
ever be any bet
ter. Then came
the Change of
Life'and Twas not
prepared for what
| had to suffer. /
had to go to bed at
times to be per-
fectly quiet as !
could not even
stoop down to pick
anvfhinpfr the
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anger in her eyes, while Larry
told the Brewsters he would back
the Bully Boy that night; Whine
he closed the wager with Brevoort
who, to do him justice made a
protest.
Larry. Larry" ne said.
Don't do It! said I'd bet
and must , IL you hold me to IT,
But I swear I meant only said
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mansion.

it to show you how hopeless
thought 1t was to think OF back
ing Brewster. He has no chance
against the Terror
Enough of that" said Larry
CURLY. brewster count on
you to do your best
HE will, your worship-leavo
that to mev' cried Rachel. Tri-
umph transferred her; she tugged
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glanced at Il,
held IL for a
moment, a n d
8 aid: 3" It's
a BIO ut two
months since
you began con.
valescing from
an exhausting
illness. What
was It? Ty-
phoid?"
Did you
ever! He hit