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The Washington times., 1923-02-17

making millions and barely man.
aged to save their lunch money
out of their weekly pay.
Thoughts of Spring.
Perhaps it was the gay colored
flowers, product of a sweat shop,
that brought the thought of
spring to the lips of a sick
looking young woman whose only
known name was Lily.
I'D rather spend the summer
out in the fields under the daisies
than in this place"
A sister optermist patted her
arm: Don't worry, my dear, you
WILL" she assured her with the
harshness of youth.
Her name was Angie Sprunt
and she had sized Lily up as not
long for this world; with all her
bluntness, she was not unfeeling,
and she figured that Lily would
be better off almost anywhere
than in the basement of The
Mammoth.
For herself she felt a little SUI
perior to the rest of the workers;
she had once graced the stage as
a member Of a chorus in a cheap
vaudeville troupe. She always re-
ferred to her art" when speak
ing Of those days and by assum-
ing airs and a knowledge Of the
stage she had come to be re-
garded as a sort Of paragon by
her fellow workers.
Angie made no pretense of
speaking the English language as
taught in the schools; she had ac-
quired her linguistic facility from
sources that frowned on grammar
and substituted directness Of ex.
preston for elegance thereof.
What little heart she had she
had bestowed on Max Pluto, a
gentleman whose size and ro-
tundity suggested anything but
idealism. And here again romance
smiled as he had a right to do.
Mr.. Pluto was in the shoe de.
partment, and on this particular
morning he had been busy with
several cranky customers: all
the time that he was trying to
assure them that shoes a size
too small were large for them,
the strains Of the piano banged
by Jimmy Fitzgibbons reused in
his soul the ecstasy Of the dance.
Jimmy was the hero Of the
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

Jlmmy's raucous voice sang
out:
With you within my reach
Out on a moonlight beach,
What wouldn't / do
To yOu-oo-oo.
Romance again; the words
seemed to make appeal to the
crowd Jimmy did rushing sale
of sheet music.
Hes got the stuff" said Max
Pluto. wandering over toward
Angie in a spare moment.
He sure has" said Angie,
chewing gum while she spoke;
SAY he's the candy kid; Jimmy
is all right"
THAT moonlight beach stuff Is
what gets EN-" said Mr.. Pluto.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

article, she guessed she could
have any size she wanted.
After much indecision, Sara
Juke's crochetty customer. de-
cided that she needed corsets
with extra long hips, and as
there were none of these on the
shelf, Sara excused herself to con-
suit the floorwa1ker.
go on down to the stock
room and get some," he told her.
She passed Angie on the way;
the latter had a tray of artificial
flowers under her arm. 'Oh amt
they beautiful" exclaimed Sara.
Them things, they're a piece
Of cheese" replied Angie ignor-
ing the efforts of a customer to
attract her attention. 'Say kid.
amt you goin' to the skatin rink
tonight with Harry"
Sara shook her head; II gptta
hurry, there's a dame waitin'."
LET her wait" was Angles
response, they're too fresh any
way these guys; say, what's
wrong with you? Why do you
let that cheap skate Harry Smith
keep you away from all the good
times?"
Sarah Defends Him.
HE DON'T" Sara defended
stoutly; ''he wants to sit out in
the park tonight-it's nice there
and he's got a swell present to
give me-
Angie had hen own opinion of
how swell the gift was, but she
did not give voice to it; instead
she ierked her head over toward
Jimmy, who was still singing, his
head thrown back and the imita-
ton diamond in his scarf spark
ling under the electric light.
when you could run around
with a live wire like Jimmy, what
do you get out of Harry Smith?
Honest, Sara, you give me a pain.
How do. you get that way?"
az should worry about Jimmy
Fitzgibbons," Sara answered and
hurried off to the stock room.
On the way she passed Jimmy,
and he smirled at her and when
she returned with an arnload Of
packages he was in full swing
with a ballad Of love, springtime
birds and flowers.
Sara paused a second to listen;
Jimmy finished the song and
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies a Unique Position in
the Writing World as an Author
ity on the Problems of Girls.

<<TF ONLY something would
Observation-Disclosures so
it's something to vary the
terrible monotony."
Who hasn't said this?
Who hasn't felt at some stage
Of his existence that life was so
dull and uneventful and barren
that even an earthquake would
be welcome for the chance that
its upheaval would make things
more interesting than they were
at the moment?
The selfish discomfort that
causes this point Of view has
nothing constructive - nothing
helpful-nothing sturdy in its
chemistry. The sort Of discon-
tent which is primarily with self
makes for growth and struggle
for unfolding Of personality and
gifts. But the discomfort that
merely longs for excitement-for
the "bonne chance" which may
come along at any moment-has
nothing valuable in its chemis-
try, for it doubts the things for
which it most longs.
Nothing pleasant ever hap
pens to me-" write Augusta. II
see folks all around me having
the incest kind of adventures.
They get invitations and presents
and promotions and things right
out of a clear sky. But I have
to work and strive for everything
I get-and that isn't much. Do
you blame me for feeling un-
happy and not quite seeing why
something nice can't happen to
me?"
Life doesn't cuddle her real
favorites. Sometimes 1t seems as
If the lucky folks" were the ones
TO whom all things come without
effort on their part. But that
is not the truth.
The real lucky ones" of life
are those who learn to use the
powers which are theirs IL they
will but develop them. There is
no greater good fortune for most
Of US than the adversely which
teaches us to 60 beneath the sur.
face and find out of what we
really are capable.
All our turmoil and confusion
Of planning may go astray. The
things for which we longed may
not be attajpabIe. But the dis.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

in the basement Of The Nam.
moth.
The casual observer would
have said at once: Here is a girl
who does not belong; so much
will a fresh complexion and hon.
est eyes and an inviting mouth
do for their possessor. Sara shat
tered a few illusions when she
spoke: Honest, Madame she
was saying to a fat lady who
was trying to get into a corset
much too small, you oughta take
something not so tight - sure
thing"
The lady cast a glance OF
scorn on the clerk and informed
her in East Side jargon that so
long as she was paying for the
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tion," cried Mrs. Bette Beetle.
did understand you to say
that you lay eggs?"
Indeed I do" laughed Mrs.
short-coated Beetle, "just like all
of the beetle race do. Why, of
course, I lay eggs. What a funny
question to ask! But there.
maybe you're just a young beetle
and don't know any better 20
forgive me II I answered sharply.
take 1t for granted that a beetle
knows everything. or course,
one as young as you has lots to
learn. Maybe you can tell me
one thing. Is 1t a new fad or
Just habit you have of curling
your tail up over your back the
way you do when you walk2
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
By Hereward Darlington,
Phi. ID.
Noted Writer and Author OF
Works on PsychO-Analysis.

i lie Os
Noted Writer and Author Of
Works on PsychO-Analysis.
n ROBABLY every reader of
this article has read the
Il two famous books of Lewis
Carroll-"Alice in Wonderland"
and Through the Looking
Glass" He may have read them
when a child; but If he will re-
read them now, from the point
of view OF modern dream psy-
chology and analysis, he will be
surprised to find how accurate
they are, and what a light they
threw upon the whole dream
problem.
Let us take just a few illustra-
tions from these famous books,
by way of showing this. It will
be at once evident that the
author has chosen for the ma
terial of his dream stories just
the sort of material with which
a child's mind would be stocked.
A meadow, a rabbit, ETC., are
the opening events and person
ages whom Alice meets. AS
usual. Alice herself Is the CEN
trail and most important person
age-the heroine-who observes
and enacts all the principal
events and roles, and around
whom all the chief characters
revolve.
The manner in which scenes
change and glide into one another
is also very characteristic Of the
dream world Thus the little
shop is transformed into the boat
on the river and the knitting
needles in Alice's hands into oars,
only to be retransposed into nee
dies again later, at the time the
river insensibly changes back
again into the little dark shop.
The egg changes as RhA an
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
BY Blanche Silver.
Two Queer Little Mothers Meet
One Sunny Day.

One Sunny Day.
<kWYY ELL, well, good-morn-
Nv ing. good nsishbor,"
laughed Mrs. Short
coated Beetle. ST suppose we're
related. I take it from your dress
you must be a beetle. Am I
right2"
The newcomer rested her large
eyes on the friendly little insect
and sighed.
EYES," she drawled, I'm a
beetle-Mrs. Bette Beetle-also
a short-coated beetle. But as to
being a relative, I don't know
about that. Are you living around
here?"
"well, 1 should say so"
laughed Mrs. Short-coated Beetle.
II couldn't find good place to
lay my eggs, so r.
''Now I know we are no rela-
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Smile at This

First Boy - Who was Nero.
Tom? Wasn't he the chap who
was always cold? Second Boy
No; that was Zero-another man
altogether,
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Household Hints

Whipped cream will 80 much
further If the white OF an egg 10
added to the cream before whip
ping, Allow enc white to half o
pint af cream.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Screen Version NoUeLized.
By Jane Mclean.

~ PRING had woven the spell
Of it's magic over the ccun-
~ try; the dogwood was in
blossom and the air had that de-
licious odor that permeates the
blood and gives FEASIBILITY to
that favorite axiom about young
mans fancy lightly turning to
thoughts of love.
Even in the city the god Of 70.
nance lowered over the parks
and with reckoning fingers called
the millions OF workers to cross
the Hudson and seek reward at
the end of the rainbow.
Who is more cosmopolitan than
romance? He is no respector of
persons. He is equally at home
In the big mansions on Fifth ave-
nue. and in the teeming tene.
ments of Delaney street.
It was not strange that he had
entered '"The Mammoth" depart
ment store and found victims al.
most against their will.
Still, it was a tribute to his
power that in the busy base
ment, devoted to the selling of
cheap millinery. music, shoes, no
lions and marked-down goods
generally that he ruled with q
sway as absolute as he welded
In q leafy lane under the witch
ing spell of moonlight.
The girls and the men who
worked for The Mammoth did so
because - because they needed
the money; and the fact that it
was not much and the hours
were long and the quarters any.
thing but cheerful were silent
opponents Of how badly they
needed it.
There were all sorts there;
fat and thin; girls whose parents
had been scarcely a dozen years
in the land of the free; girls
whose grandparents had come
from New England and settled in
New York; men who dreamed of
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
The Way Of the Bamboo.

THE bamboo tree not usually blossom until it is
thirty years old. Then it blossoms, produces seed
prolifically and dies. A famine in India in 1911
prevented by premature blossoming Of the trees
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
The CUnny Bat.

RATS avoid collision with trees etc. when flying IN
pitch darkness not by sight, but by emitting pow
erfu vibrating note This vibratory arwave reacts and
so warns the bat automatically of danger.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
A Beau BrummeL.

Jimmy was moreover a Beau
Brummel, and as he sat with his
straw hat on his head, one spat-
ted foot working the loud pedal
and a cane laid ostentatiously on
the piano, he presented a figure
that might have won the heart
Of any girl. Max Pluto watched
the little crowd gather while
Jimmy tried to put over the song.
He was an admirer of the singer
and predicted great things for
him.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

basement. To be able to play
popular songs, as he played them
and sang them, too, were accom-
plishments worthy of admiration.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

CThe unusual story, "The Nth
Commandment, by Fannie Hurst,
has been created into a power
full photo play by Cosmopolitan
PrOductiOns-dire Of Frank
BOrzage, scenario by Frances
Marion, it will be released as a
Paramount p1cture.)
C..n... Honen;nna Mna,nIsnod
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Read This Story of Every Day Life on
This Page Day by Day and Then
Watch for It on the Screen.

making millions and barely man.
aged to save their lunch money
out of their weekly pay.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

Actors and actresses must be
a delicate lot of people"
"Why?"
"I often see their names at
tached to patent medicine cd
vertisements."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
BRIDE SHOOTS
SELF And Dies
Crawford White Finds Wife
in Her Room Dead

Shooting herself in the head dur.
ing the short absence OF her hus-
band at o'clock Sunday evening.
Mrs. Violet Adelia White. 20. a
bride Of two months. died almost
instantly at her home at l542 5Oth
ave. s.. She was the bride OF craw.
ford white. Seattle attorney. and
last state president OF tho Fraternal
Order Of Eagles.
The suicide took place In Mrs.
Whites bedroom shortly after
white had loft TO visit his wife's
daughter by former marriage,
Dorothy Johnson. a pupil at Holy
Names Academy.
Mrs. White wns 10 accompany her
husband but remained at home
complaining Of headacta. when
White returned with the little girl
he saw many people about his house
and rushing inside found that his
wife had killed herself.
The suicide was attributed TO III
health caused by the severe heat
in the Eaat. whore the Whites
spent their honeymoon. Mrs. White
was formerly telephone operator
living at Astoria. oregon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
ASK COURT TO
RETURN OPIUM

Declaring that % taels of opium.
In first.clnss shape. their personal
property. had been taken from them
Illegally by customs agents. Andrew
Austin and John Smith. arrested
two months ago near Bellngham.
petltioned federal court thru their
attorneys. Monday morning. for re-
turn OF their property.
The defense commended that inas.
much ms the men were searched
without n warrant after thoy had
abandoned their car and raced thru
the woods for some distance. closely
trailod by the customs men. the
drugs had been illegally seized and
should be returned.
Judge Frank S, Dietrich refused
the petition of the defense and de.
clnred that the search was accord.
Ing to law and did not infringe on
the constitutional rights OF tho men
searched.
Possession Of drugs makes tho
person owning them liable to u term
OF years In federal prison In ease
they are held without consent OF the
government Austin and Smith are
In no way connected with govern.
ment service, according 10 federal
md ntg
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
TWO PLAYMATES
BUR N AT STAKE
Comrades Arrested as Trag-
ic Game Ends in Death

SPRING LAKE. n. J.. Aug.
27.--Play turned into stark trag-
edy early today, when Charles
Spindler. If. and William Hub.
bard, 10. died after being virtu
ally roasted alive.
Dick Forman. Is. and Taylor Huh
bard. rs, brother Of William. are
held IN jail. pending investigation.
During play. which included the
game Of Indian, Spindler and Hub.
bard were tied TO tree by the
older boys, police say. Excelsior
was piled around the youngsters.
a match was applied to the pile,
but instead Of the excelsior burning
itself out quickly. oii.soaked ground
around the tree sprang into the
flame.
Unable to break thru the wall OF
fire. the older boys ran for help.
while the two victims shrieked in
agony.
Spindler and Hubbard were
charred and unconscious when
dragged from the burning
ground. where they had fallen
when the ropes that held them
10 the tree gave way.
At Spring Lake hospital they
returned to consciousness for a few
minutes
They set fire TO u.s." was all
they told police. Just before they
died. They would give no names
and steadfastly refused to reveal
any information which might get
their companions in trouble. The
lads died seven minutes apart.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
new NOVEL TO
START IN STAR
MarshalPs "The Isle Of Ret
ributiOn" Next

Another thrilling story by
Edison Marshall Is TO he re-
leased for publication in The
star, beginning August 80.
Star fiction readers know Marshall
already. THE Snowshoe Trail" and
"The Skyline of Spruce earlier 70.
leases, by the sLme author, imme-
diately won the widest popularity.
The Forthcoming novel. "The Isle
of Retribution.' is Marshall's best
yet
1t is tale of the Far North,
concerning which he writes with
virlity and understanding = athroh
with rugged life, lovelfull of daring
adventure and tense situations.
Cruising the Polar Sea, Ned Cor.
net is east away on an ocean.girt
speck of land. With him ARE Lcnore
Hardenworth, his ivtrothed. who
fails and hetrays him in the time of
his greatest need. and Bess Gilbert.
n working girl, whom he learns TO
love.
ON the islet the three fall into
the hands OF Doomsdorf, superln.
telllgent suprcmely strong, morally
beast, cruel as the Arctic which
is his home.
The story Is OF Doomsdorf and
Ned. of Boss and Innore-a story
no reader WAL lay down until he
has read the last word. II Is to
begin In thursdays issue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
Child w I'LL
Get alLlons
Baby Peggy Award
ed Huge Wages

NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-Thres
IN and one-half year old Bag Y
Peggy. the latest crowned NOR lie
queen. will draw at least si.1 DO.
600 per year for three years and
a bonus OF 100000. accordiv e 10
Sol Lesser. who has contf acted
for the Baby's tervices.
Peggy. who started her career
as an extra girls in bal " parts.
Is a daughter OF Mr.. gnd Mrs.
John Montgomery OF Los An
geles. She has per- .ormed in
scores OF short pictur es.
Los ANGELES. '.al., Aug. IT.
Little did James NJ yntgomery and
his wife dream I NO years ago
that their tiny daughter. Baby
Peggy Jean. VIZ nld be drawing a
salary today Of 81 500. 600 a year.
But such are y le bonanEas found
by the fortuu ate in Hollywood.
In these wo years the child
became so f.amous that Sol Les
ser. presid ent of Principal Pic.
lures. Inc !. decided he had to an.
mex BABY Peggy to his roster. So
she sen lwled her name for an
amouni said TO exceed the salary
OF Jaef lie Coogan. who, so far. has
had = le child honors in The mo-
ton picture field all TO himself.
~ by Peggy grabbed the first
rur of the ladder of fame and
foe tune on the Century Comedy
10 I. She helped along while in
. wo.reelers. Then Carl Laemmle.
president OF the Universal, saw
her. He took her to the Uni.
versal City for the filming OF
three pictures. the last of which.
THE Little Immigrant she is
now completing. Her best pic.
ture. the one that riyeted her
fame. was "Edith's Burglar"
adapted from the Frances Hodg-
son Burnett story.
She begins her career under
the Lesser banner in October.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
AIRMEN START
TEST FLIGHT
Two Flyers viii Try to Stay
Aloft for SO Hours

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Aug. 27.--By re-
fueling in mid-air, Rockwell field
army aviators for the third time hero
are attempting to establish speed
distance and endurance records for
$500 kilometers or more.
Captain Lowell II. Smith and Lieu
tenant John +. Richter. hoped Off
at 500 a. m. for what is expected TO
be so hour aerial ordeal for them.
in a specially equipped dc Havilnnd
plane. The flight may be extended
to three days.
Lieutcnants soifert and Hines
made three perfect contacts with the
record attempting plane flight short.
ly after 10 a. m. Captain Smith and
Lieutenant Richter called for o cush.
Ion. which was quickly delivered fol
lowing by two deliveries OF gaolIne.
totalling 90 gallons. Forty.fivc gal.
Ions was delivered at each contact.
taking about two minutes each.
Gasoline also will be transferred TO
Turn 10 Page 4, Column p
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
100000 CACHE FOUND
BY WORKER; MAY BE
BERGDOLL'S FORTUNE

uAGERSToWN. Nd. Aug q.
IL -Penniless yesterday pos.
SCISSOR OF 100000 today Lee
Houser. laboror, is going about
his usual tasks, stcadfastly re-
fusing 10 tell where he has
cached his money.
Houscr. Just Ike n story book
character. found some real bur.
led treasure. He discovered II
in n tin box by roadside while
he was engaged in the prosaic
task of digging with n pick,
At first he salo the tin box
contained only $4,000. Later
he said there was that sum in
gold and 100000 more in green.
backs. He refused 10 dIvulgc
whore he had concealed his
prize,
The belief here IA that the box
found by uouser Is the one bur
led by Grover Cleveland Dor 1.
doll, draft dodger. when he wSs
making preparations to fk G.
Borgdoll escaped from custody
when he obtained pcrmi@jop tc
come TO Hagcrstown and sulrch
for the treasure,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
LITTLE GIRL IS
KILLED BY CAR
0ne-Armed Driver Is Held
Pending Investigation

Struck by an automobile driv-
en- by Charles Hinebaugh. SO. a
one-armed man, living at 7i17
Latonia ave, Mary Henderson.
six.year.old daughter of Mrs. II.
Henderson, LOG Howell ST., was
almost instantly killed at 10
o'clock Monday morning on 10th
ave. n. E., near 55th st.
The little girl was playing with s
companion. Sunshine Melcher, near
the home OF Mrs. ]. r.. Melcher.
5221 18th ave. N. E., where she had
been staying, when the accident
occurred.
With her playmate. Mary started
TO run across the street. In the
middle Of the road the two girls
saw the approaching car. Sunshine
continued across the street, but
Mary turned back directly into the
path OF the auto. according to
Hinebaugh's report.
Hinebaugh stopped his cur.
picked the girl up and rushed
her TO the office of DIR. w. l..
Hall, University Bank building.
The little girl was dead when
he arrived Mt the office, the doc
tor reported.
Hinebaugh went from DR.. Halls
office TO the Densmore police sta
ton, where he surrendered. He was
removed TO headquarters awaiting
an Investigation by the coroner.
Mrs. Henderson recently camc tc
Seattle from Canada with her little
girl. She is a widow.
Hinebaugh declared he was trav
cling but IL miles an hour when
the accident occurred.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
Six Killed When
Train Hits Auto

BfNGHAMToN. N. Y, Aug. IL
Six were killed and seYcn seriously
injured when an Erie train struck
an auto AZ n grade crossing yestcr.
day. II was foggy The dead arc
Matrisis Ridls. Tony Kamlnsky,
Karlo Buberik, Mary BuberiIc. all Of
Endicott, and Frank IIardick and
Katy Twaryones, Bnghamton.
Helen Buberick. child, seriously in.
jured. was daughter OF Mary Blu.
bcrik.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-27
MOB CHASES
RICH YOUTH

CHICAGO. Aug. 27.-Cyrces NJ.
Adler. "a. son of Max Adler, mil
lionaire vice president OF Sears.
Roebuek s Co. faces arraignment
IN police court today on charges
OF attacking Miss Sylvia Wagner,
10. and carrying concealed weapons. J
Young Adler was under polio
guard all night after he had beg r
chased from the home of the giy n,
aunt by an agry mob Of frig nd.
and relatives who shouted Nor onr
and Lynch him.
He stood off the crowd W ith I
revolver.
The alleged attack occury ID dur
ing an auto ride with Al Ter. III,
girl asserted