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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
By FAYn FRANK

mother sent. her calling. and. to make matters much worse. the family as a whole found itself far from popular, and Amy less so. To the boys of the town she was still baby. to the girls an infant. Whoever heard of girl of 15 going around with a mere infant of 13?
 So it came to pass that. mother de- cided to give dance for .Amys debut, and this attempt proved rather embar- rassing, as only three boys and five girls came. Poor Amy was bored silly, and mothers nerves ruined. After this many attempts followed. Expensive theatre parties, luncheons and the like. all causing the one result; the family was the laughing stock of the town. Mother was q nervous wreck; the daughter, poor thing, was miserable, and still mother could not push Amy win enough force to get her into ''so- ciety.'
 This is only one example How many mothers do the same thing: Aren't there plenty of daughters who are being hurried along continually-plenty of mothers who spend their lifetime mak- ing my daughter a belle of society :! Are you doing the same thing? If you are, you are killing your child. Let her alone-she will make her friends and form a "set" of her own. By push ing" her you only make her hostile to you and hateful to her friends.
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children as long as they loved to work tp make it better. Never again would she allow her own selfish dreariness to darken and render distasteful the spot warmed and frightened by love. And the stove. Yes, sure enough, the stove. The beginning of all their good luck.
 "I think that range is the god of good fortune andrit was waiting there at the turn of the lane for us. When we claimed it we entered into new and brighter path"
 The Brown neighborss did not call it luck. though. Neighbors generally don't
 @That Tom Brown has picked up the last year." commented Banker Adams as Tom left the bank one day.
 z"Thought surely we would have to foreclose him, he was so behind last summer. But last fall he began to pick up, repaired his house and barn, changed his farming methods to the
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CHAPTER AZ

C1HhAN fS Instead she began to think of last evening and of the joy her dancing had given her. She was glad she had told her father that she had been to De Lisle's. She need not distress herself with the remembrance of having de- ceived him.
 Yet, she had not told him all. She had not mentioned that she and the ex-teacher had danced, had given some hing almost like performance for the edification of the patrons of De LisIes saloon.
 She shook her head impatiently What if she had not told her father this? Her silence had done him no harm. The confession would perhaps hAve added to his worries. No, her conscience need not hurt her on that aeere. What did hurt was the remem- brance of the quarrel she and Lois had indulged an in their parents presence this morning. That had worried him.
 Anyway there was no harm in danc- ng.. If her father could be made to zee the art from her standpoint, he would understand. But she was ac- sually glad that she had not annoyed ,tim by trying to make him see it.
 She had been walking fast for 10 minutes. Already she felt that she |mHst return home. It was all very veil to determine not to be anxious nut she must hurry back and see how ger father was.
 Abruptly she turned around and re- raced her steps. She was almost run iin9 when she reaehetI her own gate
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way and saw a man, coming from the opposite direction, pause there. It was dusk now, but in the uncertain light she recognized Harold Sumner.
 Miss Horton!" the minister ex- claimed, q did not get your message until 10 minutes ago. I came right around. I am so sorry for your trou- ble! I am glad you sent for me- Marian glanced apprehensively at the house. The spot where she and the minister stood could not be seen from the windows. A large tree hid it from the house.
 II did not send for you," she ex- plained, still breathing fast from her recent haste. "But-I am glad you have come. I was wishing I might see you"
 She had not meant to say it, but she was off her guard. Impulsively he took her hand in his.
 T am thankful you felt that I might be of any help to you," the man said sincerely. How is your father?"
 In a few words she told him the situation as she knew it. She was sur prised to find how easy it was to talk it out to this comparative stranger.
 You have my deep sympathy" he said softly. "We will pray that your fathers life may be spared. Yet, we want him to live only if he can be at his best. Not if he is to be a hopeless invalid"
 But at that she snatched her hand from his grasp. q want him to live anyway-anyway she exclaimed pas. sionately.
 (TO Be COntinued)
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most up-to-date. ideas and such. crops as he has marketed you'll not equal in the county. He. always worked hard enough, but no spirit in him. Slack. And slack in appearance, too.i Now he goes dressed neatly and his wife, when I saw her in at church Sunday, beat all the other farmers wives in taste. Children as polite as you'll find. That boy Jack opened a little account here last week-watches and grabs every odd job around. Wonder what stirred up that family, anywayg
 Parrish, the hardware man, hap. pened to be depositing his days sales, but it never occurred to him that the shiny stove he had given Molly Brown year ago as first prize in the annual Parrish celebration was the charm that had wrought all the magic change.
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Tsbls Fer Bcehs And MaSArines
 A narrow table that is a magazine rack as well, has bnalf edge at the bottom to keep the magazines in place. "A trough for books is placed under |fhe rack. ft 1'
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W.tcl, Fob Reappears

A perfect little accessory that com pletes the tailored ensemble is tiny
 watch with monogramed fob that
 is tucked into the pocket of the boy
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New Silks Have Flower Patterns ,. New silks show charming patterns of field flowers on backgrounds of blacA. white and bright blue.
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Dudley's Rhymes
A Modern Romance.

An up-to-date youth made q call on a maid. An up-to-date girlie was she
 In jewels and satins and diamonds ar rayed, she lolled on a velvet settee. She asked hm to sit and he took gold chair and, clearing his throat, he began to tell her the mission that brought him up there-this up-to-date, snappy young man. T own seven autos" said he right away. I'm buying eight more in a week. My yacht cost million. I'm starting next May some tropical languor to seek. I own thirty horses all thoroughbreds, too, and many a race do they win. My big country dwelling is equalled by few. To-mor- row twelve servants move in. l skate and I tango and parties l give that set the 400 agog. My kennels are filled with the best pups that live. I'll pay any sum for dog. At tennis I'm great and at bridge I'm king. My
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Pearl Buttons Trim Frochs Doxeps of tiny white pearl buttons appear On frocks of black satin. Some
 times they extend down the front from meek to hem.
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wardrobe is stunningly grand. Since
 marriage, though foolish, iss till quite
 the thing, 1 ask you to give me your
 hand" The girl, when he stopped, gave yawn and looked bored, but promised to be the youths wife. "To be an old maid I could never afford" said she, ''but I'll live my own life. If you will agreed to keep out of my way we'll wed, as a matter of course." He prom ised. They married and lived. from that dag. in misery-till the. divorce.
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Poudre Blue a Popular Color
 Poudre blue, the new color for spring, is expected in sport frocks, in crepe de chine dresses for afternoon, and in chiffon for evening.
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Ribbons Trim Hats
 Bows of ribbon with many loops are placed at the back and n little to the left on several of the smartest hats.
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In 179O the English people in the United States formed S3.5 per cent of the population.
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edged with a narrow band of red and buff. res a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
DR.. PIERCE TO GIVE THIRD
OF LIBERAL SERMONS

Liberal religion has gained a
hearing in the National Capital
through the leadership of DR..
Ulysses G. B. Pierce. whose course
of four sermons on 1.-THE Inevitable
Readjustment Of Liberal Thought"
! is attracting widespread attention.
In the third sermon Of the series
DIR. Pierce will speak at tomorrow
mornings service of All Souls
Church, to be held at B. F. Keith's
Theater, on 1.-THE New Salvation:
Mans Salvation in the Light Of
His Origin,
Dr. Pierce has been preaching to
capacity audiences to whom he has
explained that the Unitarian
Church in Washington, of which
Robert Little was the first minister
in 1891, and whose congregations
have enjoyed Claiming, BuIlfinch,
Edward Everett Hale, Samuel Long.
fellow and number Of other great
ministers Of free religion, has never
changed it's attitude or it's "mod-
ernist" Interpretation of the Scrip
lures, Maj. Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann. bass; Miss Gretchen
Hood, soprano; Richard Lorleberg,
cello, and Lewis Corning Atwater.
pianist, will furnish the musical
program tomorrow morning.
Methodists Aid Germans.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-The Metho.
dist Episcopal Council of Boards of
Benevolence has voted $4,000 to
aid their ministers and - deacon
esses and their children who are
suffering privations in Germany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
'KL0VGLE VALLEY
PURCHASE IS
URGED
President Sends Supplemental
District Estimates to House
Of $416,o6o.

Urgency of immediate purchase
Of the Klingle valley tract Is en-
phasized in supplemental estimates
for the District before the House
today. following submission of the
figures by President ,oolidge. The
total is $41S ,960.28. M
The President recommended &C
QUESTION OF the tract for $500, 600
He pointed out that the land may
fall into private ownership, inter-
fering with the District park plan,
IL purchase be delayed.
Sewer construction Is provided
for in the estimates by an item
for 100000, and $4,000 is asked
for extension of the water supply.
School needs amount to $50, $50.
Other provisions are for Column
bia Institution for the Deaf, $2,750;
to supplement appropriations 80
as to accept a bid for construc-
ton of the Raymond School.
$4,000; to pay judgments against
the District, $3.72O.2S; for addi-
tional plumbing inspectors. $4,000;
engineer and stenographers for
The Brent Commission, $4,000, and
to meet increase in rent for CT
flee Of Recorder Of Deeds, $1,000.
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DIR. ABERNETHY
WILL LECTURE
ON HOME
viii Begin Second Set Of
"Fireside Sermons" To-
morrow Night.

To meet the popular demand
growing out of a similar series
of sermons delivered some months
ago, DIR. w. s. Abernethy, pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, has an.
nounced a second series Of Fire
side Sermons, for Sunday eve
nings, on the general theme Of
THE Home and It's Problems
This series has been worked out
to cover all phases Of home life,
its relationships and responsible
ties, dealing with these in such
a fashion as to be particularly
interesting and helpful to young
people. The topics for the vari.
Gus Sunday nights are as follows
Tomorrow, What Is a Home,
February 8, "Courtship Before Mar.
riage;;" February 10. "Courtship After
Marriage" February "a. THE era
Nile;;" March 2. Father Does It."
March 9, Wanted: Mothers; March
16, Enemies of the Home" March
%, 1.-THE Ebb Tide OF Love- March
80. "a Specific for ALI House.
hold Ills. -
In addition to the Fireside Ser.
MONS a large chorus of specially
trained voices will furnish sew.
eral numbers each Sunday eve.
ming In cooperation with the male
quartet consisting of W. W. Ray.
ymond, George F. Bayliss, Fred East
and Charles Moore. Herbert F..
Aldridge Is precentor and director
OF the evening chorus.
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c. r. sTAUFFER TO PREACH
At CHRISTIAN CHURCH

C. r. Stauffer will preach both
morning and evening at the Ninth
Street Christian Church. having as
his morning subject, 1.-THE Leaven
at Work." In the evening the SER
mon will be Discovering God"
The second session of the Church
School of Missions will be held
Sunday evening at the Ninth Street
Church at GAS. Last Sunday eve
Ming 200 persons were in attend
ance in the seven Mission Study
classes.
The Berean Mems class of the
Ninth Street Christian Sunday
school will hold it's annual BAN
ouet on Tuesday evening at 1880.
]. L. Bateman is the president:
Representative J. NJ. Robson, OF
Kentucky, the teacher, and Judge
Gilbert o. Nations, assistant teacher.
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Church announcements
Church Services JomorroW

Who Finds It Harder to Behave
in This City, Women or Menu Is
the question Of e. Hez Swe4n to-
morrow night at the Centennial
Baptist Church at 8 O'Clock. rhe
morning subject at IL O'Clock 10
Hands Invisible
DIR. George Green WHO for the
past seventeen years mas been
the medical missionary Of Fifth
Baptist Sunday school win preach
ct Fifth Baptist Church tomorrow
morning and show stereopticOn
views Of his missionary work at
night. When a student DR.. Green
was for q while the assistant of
DR.. Meador at Fifth Baptist. DIR.
Green Is located at Oghompso,
West Africa, where he has q
hospital and does missionary and
evangeltstic work. He las a
consecrated wife ana four daugh-
ters two Of whom were born in
Africa |
DR.. J. Stanley Durkee will preach
at the First Baptist Church, Six.
to0Hlu ana ~ streets at IL a. IN,
taking for his subject IF Only
You Knew" at p. M, Silent
Building" This sermon has been
preached by DIR. Durkee all over
the United States and in many
foreign countries and is one of his
best. "Solomon's Temple was
builded without sound Of ham.
mer, ak or any tool OF iron. Our
characters are builded in the
silences, but there must be noise
somewhere ere the world knows.
IL these characters shall be true
worth we must build God into our
lives" Young people especially
invited to the evening sermon.
Swedish services at $50 by the
Rev 8. Swanson.
A luncheon will be held under the
auspices of the Presbyterial com.
mittee on missionary education next
Wednesday at o'clock at Metro.
politan Presbyterian Church. Those
specially invited are officers Of Pres
byterian local societies. study class
leaders and wives of pastors.
Among the speakers are Mrs. F. s.
Bennett, Of New York. vice presi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
TIE STORY OF CTIICKIE
By ELENORE MEHERIN

sweet. beautiful future. Five or
six years-oh, long time-mira-
cIes happen in five or six years.
They might happen for them.
Young, ardent. brilliant-Barry
was ali Of that, What he wouldn't
do in five or six years!
Nevertheless, she thought of
Jake, and with piQue. He was
surely home by now. She hadn't
seen him, hadn't heard from him.
1t tore rather sorely at her young
vanity.
Janina said to her one after
noon: "How's Jake? Haven't
given him the wide open door for
fair, have your"
Chickie answered, unthinkingly:
He's given 1t to me-
Blank establishment went palely
over Janina's face. Don't tell
me!'' Then she smiled. A wise
boy he is with the ladies! Well,
my dear, guess Jake gave you
your chance. Now he'll treat you
to little absence. II you want
Jake again, you'll call on him."
"Oh. lala! He'll have q long
walt. / see myself doing that
little thing!'
But she did.
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DIR. YEUELL WILL
BEGIN SERIES
Of TALKS
Traveller of Note to Speak
Three Nights at First
Congregational.

At the First Congregations
Church, Tenth and G streets north
west, an unusually interesting
series Of lectures will be given
beginning Monday night and going
through Friday night.
Monday night at o'clock DR.
Herbert Yeuell begins a series OF
three lectures. Doctor Yeuell has
travelled widely through Europe
and America and his lectures are
authentic. He possesses a mar,
velous voice and wonderful per.
sonality. He has been called the
Mansfield of the present. His lee.
lures are dramatic and wonderfully
Illustrated with colored pictures. On
Monday night at 8 o'clock Doctor
Yeuell will speak on THE Passion
Play Of Oberammergau." He met
the chief actors in their homes and
reproduces this wonderful play aid
ed by 200 beautiful colored pictures,
On Tuesday at o'clock he will
speak on sunny Italy and Her
Romances, and with 200 pictures
he will tell the story of his life
in Sunny Italy.
On Wednesday at o'clock he
will speak on France, Yesterday
and Today" This is not a war
lecture, but he will deal with the
political situation in France and the
influence of her policies.
On Thursday at 8 o'clock Mrs.
Charles r. Vickery will give the
graphic story Of the life Of a
widow in India, telling in her own
way the life OF. a personal friend,
"Pundita Ramabai." She will ap.
pear in Oriental costume. Her
voice, her manner and personality
merge into the personality Of the
child widow as she tells Of her
struggles against the prejudices of
her country.
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dent of the board of national mis-
sions; Mrs. Charles Roys, executive
secretary of the women's depart.
ment Of the foreign board: Miss
Marie Gillespie, missionary from
Persia; Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe,
synodical president and Mrs. Har-
vey S. Irwin, Presbyterial president.
The presiding officer win be Mrs.
w. L. Darby. Tickets may be sc.
cured from Mrs. Frank Edgington.
DR.. w. L. Darby, secretary Of
the Federation Of Churches, will
preach tomorrow morning in the
Congress- Heights Methodist Church.
The stock of Bibles and Tesla.
ments furnished by the American
Bible Society Is now on hand in
the office of the Federation Of
Churches. 941 Woodward Building.
These books are sold at cost and
there will doubtless be a large de-
mand for them on the part Of in
dividuals and church organizations
in Washington and vicinity.
80
DR.. H.. e. Brundage, pastor Of
lexington Presbyterian Church. has
accepted the Craftsmanship OF the
committee on daily vacation schools
in the Federation Of Churches. It's
/ personnel is now being selected and
a meeting will be held at an early
date to develop plans for the pro-
motion OF work during the ap-
preaching summer.
DR.. Jason Noble Pierce will peak
tomorrow morning at IL O'Clock at
the First Congregational Church,
Tenth and g streets northwest, on
the subject, Brothers Of Christ"
The vested chorus choir will assist
the. quartet in rendering the music.
At the popular musical vespers
tomorrow afternoon at 4:46 o'clock.
Harry Edward Mueller. organist,
will be assisted in the program by
Miss Gretchen Hood, soprano, and
Miss Viola Abrams, harpist.
At the 8 o'clock service the vested
chorus choir, assisted by the quar-
tet and under the direction Of
Harry Edward Mueller, will give
Mendelssohn's oratorior Elijah"
part /. DR.. Jason Noble Pierce
will speak on Elijah"
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DIR. CHAPPELL To
BE PASTOR IN
MEMPHIS
Resigns Mt. Vernon Church
After Six Years in Charge
of Passionate.

The pas.orate Of DIR. Clovis G..
Chappell. pastor Of the Mt. Yer.
non NJ. e. Church, will end to.
morrow with the evening services
There will be morning services
at IL o'clock tomorrow which will
be broadcast. There will be a
receiving set in the Sunday school
auditorium so that those who can.
not be accommodated in the chapel
will be- able to hear the last words
Of the retiring pastor.
Has Built Church Up.
Doctor Chappell is leaving. tc
take charge Of the First Methodist
Church Of Memphis. Tenn. During
the last six years, since Doctor
Chappell has been pastor of Mt
Vernon. he has received more than
$500 members into the church.
When he came to- Mt. Vernon
the membership was less than 500.
The church now has an active
membership Of more than $500.
The amount raised by the church
before Doctor Chappell became pas
tor was about $4,000 q year: the
amount now Is $66, 900.
During the last four years over.
flow services have been necessary
each Sunday in the Sunday school
room to satisfy the attendance.
A remarkable feature of DR.. Chap
pelPs work is that there has been
conversions at nearly every service.
His preaching never ceased to bring
results. Many people inquired Of the
secret Of the success Of this man
and the only answer ls his personal
devotion to Jesus Christ and his
compelling straightforwardness.
Special Program Made.
The church Is one Of the most re-
markable in Washington. expanding
to meet the needs of every depart
ment. The Sunday school is organ
ICED to meet the latest requirements
Of its membership. 3 Special pro-
grams are. constantly planned to
meet the Social and physical life OF
its young people. It is q church
that IL known as the young peoples
church, and has hundreds Of volun.
tary workers that devote anywhere
from three to ten hours each wesk
helping to carry out q wonderful
system Of Christian work.
Last night at tho mid-week prayer
meeting, q reception was held for
DR.. and Mrs. Chappell. In spite OF
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CHAPTER XXXH.
Youth Dreams.

At 9 o'clock the house was still
wrapped in the cloistral hush Of
the early morning. Chiclxie awak-
ened to the sun dropping a
golden ray across her bed. She
opened her eyes slowly, the mem
ory of the night coming over her
with a thrill. She saw herself
drawing his head down. Her
thought flushed warmly.
She lay there wondering, yield
ing herself to the exquisite little
waves that rose over her. Now
and then she said with a smile:
Loves me! OH" She sank
deliciously into these memories
as into a warm. sparkling pool
Finally she jumped from bed,
dressing with a buoyant swift
ness, lapsing at brief intervals
into the dream.
She went out and stood on the
balcony. On the terrace was Bar,
ry Dunno. He had his hat off,
the beautifully set head raised,
his profile sharp against a clear,
blue sky. Her heart frightened
30 glorious he seemed.
At that moment 1t was incred.
ible to her that he had spoken;
still more astonishing that she
had answered. Now she rejoiced
IN the sudden release of her emo.
lions. AS though she had been
standing on a dark threshold, un.
willing to move-and suddenly
found herself in the full sun light.
1t poured on her soft, golden, like
o rush Of songs.
Suddenly he saw her--came
over quickly. She leaned down,
laughing into his eyes. He
said with his lips: II love YOU"
She answered, grinning: II know.
Say something else"
These two images of him flashed
into her mind-remained there
indelible and luminous. After.
wards when she thought Of that
Sunday--she saw him always
standing there like that.
His presence gave b touch Of
sheer beauty to a day that would
otherwise have aroused and trou-
bled her-the girls coming to the
breakfast table in the filmiest of
neghgees; the shocking stories
tossed off gaily; Marge, the runa.
away, sitting on the lap of her
finance, sullSily allowing him to
feed her; the frank absorption OF
the couples one in another.
Chickie expected some general
concourse Of the guests-an i'm.
Imense basket lunch-then off on
some hilarious picnic. But by
noon the guests had all disposed
Of themselves with apparent sat-
isfaction. Some were at the tennis
courts, few Of the harder ones
were swimming, others in groups
of two or four had briskly ordered
the cook to put up sandwiches.
They went whisking away In ma
chimes.
Janina, very fresh and handsome
IN an orange skirt, appeared at
~ o'clock. She was in an anna.
Bile mood. We'll. my dear. how