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The Washington times., 1924-11-14
THEY DID HAVE TURTLE SOUP.

r r there Is anything in the
world that / like to eat it 10
! green turtle soup. And 50
does Bobby.
While we were In China Bobby
heard some friends Of ours talk
ing about the big turtles that i've
III the sea along the coast.
Immediately he said:
do they ever have turtls eoup
hefe?"
One Of the gentlemen laughed
and said:
'"They do. ana, what's more,
wen have some tomorrow night.
Indeed, early. tomorrow morning
I'll take you out and wen catch
our own turtle-if wee lucky"
"1lI so, along" said Bunny.
twitching his vshiskers.
THEN we are sure to have
luck" chuckled the man. How
does your left hind.foot feel?"
''It has been itching all the
day." said Bunny, leaning down
and scratching his foot. THAT Is
4 sure sign that il / 60 along you
win catch 4 turtle"
"We'n catch him like the Chi.
riese do, too" said our friend. ~
know one who has trained bait.
Ill see II he can so with u.s."
OF course we have travelled. 50
much and have seen so many I'M
usual sights and become familiar
with so many strange customs
that We are supposed to know
nearly everything. So we didn't
say anything while the gentleman
was with US to let him know we
were puzzled.
Tomorrow we'll see this trained
bait" ventu-ed Bobby.
Early the next morning we
started out in samnpan---one OF
the sturdy boats used by Chinese
fishermen. We sailed out on the
ocean, ali the while on the lookout
fora turtle.
Suddenly Bcbby's lSeen eyes
sighted one floating on the sur
face of the sea. He shouted:
There's big fellow"
Our Chinese fisherman lowered
his san ana rowed over near The
turtle. Then he brought a bucket
out Of the bottom Of the boar,
"kxcellensly trained bait said
our friend.
Bobby's eyes were Ike saucers
and ! put on my CLASHES. The
chinaman reached into the water
in the bucket and drew out Z
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
By Elenore Meheria
The Biggest and Best Story ~
Her Career.

The last few hours in the old
home Of her eirlhood Nora Lee
spent alone. she was taking With
her Margaret's treasurer the
desk, the chest, the few rich tap
estries all her mothers books.
she stood ii Margaret's room,
opening and closing the drawers ofz
the, bureau. glancing back over
her shoulder as though Margaret
were watching. relieved and at
peace again nov that all would
be glad with the dear gypsy
child Of hers
The golden spring day found the
young acacia tree in bloom. Here
often had Margaret and Andrew
stood. Here often had Nora Lee
cried out IN delight seeing the red
and gold SO llistrous in her moth.
er's hair. She pressed the long,
plunly branches with the fcatll
cry yellow balls az ainst her face.
She dried the tears with the soft
leaves. Dear home Of love and
porrow--leaying it--closing the old
familiar doors opening the new
hoping 50 much tearing SO little
So she went from Margaret's
dwelling. regretfui vet with an
eager heart, ready to meet the
world as years and years earlier
Margaret went carrying the child
In her arms.
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A Wife's Meditations
AVE LEARN OF HER
Helen Rowland

l# 80
his opinion that the world is
growing worse instead Of better.
as the spectacle Of q sane. intel.
lgent girl calmly going back %
corsets aud cultivat.ng the new
"waistlina.n
When a man decides that
woman Is driving him to the
devil he always feels that it is
. case Of ''hobiesse cbl.ge" for
him to 80 right out ana prove it.
The sweetness and nobility
with which one woman some
times surrenders her husband to
another woman is just that gen.
erous impulse we all have to give
away something for which we
have no further use.
Copyright. 1924 King Feature
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

Of the brain. crAaLss AiREEp
HE has lots Of gray matter is
often used to express high intellec2
tuality.
The gray matter enables US to
think by the expenditure OF
energy, especially IN the gray
matter itself. although the energy
OF the whole body contributes to
the process.
This energy is kept active by
the supply Of nourishment to the
whole body. and especially by
the supply o. nOurishment through
the blood to the gray matter
itself.
Fatigue Of the brain or brain
Is due to exhaustion Of the
energy stored in the brain cells.
This energy must be replaced by
increased blood supply 70 the
brain.
On the contrary, excessive
blood supply to the cortex-sach
as occurs in many fevers--nneans
correspondingly excessive mental
activity manifested in delirium.
IN certain forms of excessive
blood supply to the brain, not as
sociated with fever, but due to
emotional states, increased men
tai activity may be manifested
by ectasy.
Plato said that deliriunl was 9
blessing sent BY the gods, The
soothsayers Of Delphi and Dodona
became divine soraeles when IN
delirium. Modern religious ma
MACS belong to the same cate
CORY;
Theotocopoulos, mentally de-
pressed great artist, patient in
the asylums Of Spain, when in
delirium executed masterpieces
that now adorn galleries of
Prado and Madrid.
The practical lesson for all
brain workers is to keep UP the
blood supply to the brain by
abundant food and conserve the
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fiat fish with nothing particularly
unusual.loolSing about It,
But then what do you think
We saw? That fish had 4 ring in
his tall And attached tosthe ring
was long. fine but very strong
cord like fishing line!
Nearer TO the baking turtle
we rowed. When we.were quite
close to him. the Cninanan drop
ped into the water the fish with
the ring in his tail and away
swan the fish as the Chinanlan
paid out the lire.
He was suclSing-nsh, we soon
discovered. and the sucking.fish
soon discovered that q fine biz
turtle was IN the neighborhood.
Now a turtle is a ssickiny-fts q
favorite form Of yachting. SO
what did that fash do but dart
straight toward the turtle ana 60
aboard and fasten himself right
onto that turtle good and tight.
Then the Chinaman pulled in
his line little BY little. IN came
the turtle. not dreaming wha.
was going on, but just thinking
that he had q passenger aboard.
In a little while, the turtle was
alongside and the chtnaman Made
him secure BY tying q rope under
his front flippers.
Trained bait is right" said
Bunny in arnazement.
"Too bad you can't enjoy the
turtle soup tonight, Bunny" said
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
BLIGHTED ROMANCE IA BLESSING
Beatrice Fairfax Urges Efficacy Of Work On Those Who
Would Forget Unfortunate Love Affairs and Quotes
Letter To Prove Her Point

ferent subject. That Is why hard
work. demanding the best efforts
of which we ore capable, brings
surcease from the sorrow Of dis.
appointed love.
Many woman and many 4
man has proved this fact ii Al
pefience. II often happens that
great and noble career Il built
On the Foundation Of i broken
heart.
June. rather than break her
mothers heart, broke her own by
giving up the man she loved and
who loved her. June's mothers
objections were based on June's
youth she was eighteen and on
the fact that the man she leved
belonged to different religious
sect Ten years passed IN which
the lovers did not meet. Both
more thrown into the companioii-
ship Of the man June had always
loved Touched BY their faithful
devotion to each other during ten
years, June's mother relented and
gave them her blessing. They are
TO be wed next month.
Both June and her fiance have
grown infinitely more charming
and lovable through the seif-dis.
cipline Of those years Of re-
lsntlesa, self.imposed hard work.
Neither forget the other, but both
found peace and both attained
great success through ceaseiess
effort. They are finer in every
way than when they first met
and parted. is they thought, for@
ever.
Yeu who feel that the hur.. of
lost love Is greater than yon CAR
bear, win nsver regret trying
hard work as your heart-halii.
And be knro. your work viii bless
you in more WAYS than one. You
win gradually learn to forget ar
least to FORGET the Keen pain VI
your Disappointment. A. months
md years pass. bitternessand grief
viii turn to peace and finally ~
renewed happiness. 6
But even more important y0u
win GROW. stronger and ftnsr,
more useful. interesting and .ehasaa..
ing through conquered adespasEss
and work well done. And you
win acquire along with other gifts,
the priceless gift Of hunlor For
strange though il may seem, the
delightful quality Of seeing things
in their true perspective grows
through experiencing grief IS wei
az joy.
All these achievements Of yours
i viii make you loved and sought
after. And SO. slowly but surrey.
youswill be preparing yourself Tor
a truer and more lasting happiness
and affection than the love that
failed.
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
THAT DENT IN
YOUR CROWN
Alice Lanselier

BY Alice Langelier
PARIS.
GkyK1Io put that dent in your
" crown, Mary"
The railliner, Of course,
for that's the latest crink in hat
fashions in Paris. Caroline RE
boux, who is the very smartest
French modesto that Paris can
name. started the ball rolling with
her little plush hats. with high,
deI1ted.in crowns. The only trim
ming Is the crownband OF ribbon,
or felt, which runs through sits
in the narrow. briIn. holding It IT'D
to the crown, either across the
front or a little to the side. Or
casionalily q flat fancy pin Is
placed on the hpturned brim, Or
one Of the fancy hatpins is stuck
through the crown.
The dented hat is the natural
outcome Of beauty's battle with
fashion. The hikh crown which
has been launched this season has
proved to the very unbecoming to
many women. There had to be
some kind Of q change, and SO the
dent was adopted. It gives height,
but not too much OF It.
The newest trimming In vogue
Is now on the very top of. the hat.
Leonline is showing q charming
panne model, with a flat ribbon
bow on the very peak Of 1t. a
hat of mole-gray plush has mar.
row, curled brim Of pale felt, with
q strip Of It curler upon top. A
black velvet hat is stitched with
gold thread and completed with q
soft brush, or pompon, with gold
busted points.
Fuchsia and violet tones prom
Use to be vely popular for wln.er
wear. There is plenty Of colors In
the smart hat shops, although, s4s
usual, many chic women will con-
tinue to- wear black and sombre
brown shades. The finer models
have q MAG nificent brush Of
osprey in some vivid color, full
and sometimes long. The draped
we've. turban is being offered Tor
afternoon wear, often with d curl.
Gus fluffy cnignon Of hair attach.
ed to 1t, which hints toward 4
change in hairdressing and per-
haps a return 10 cutls ana cuils.
2
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3 young man six years my senior.
Two days before the wedding
found out about the other
woman. / was distracted and
fell very bitter for 4 long time.
when my enlightenment was
broken. ! held good position
With excellent prospects for the
future. Feeling that | had to
have something ID occupy my
mind, / went back to work and
put my heart and soul into the
job. I climbed the ladder slowly
but surely and reached my goal
at the beginning of the year.
II have q number Of friends,
MANY Of the opposite sex, but I
have naver ceased to care for
my old sweetheart
ii has NOT been easy, but IL
Broken Up follows your advice,
hope she win find the same
peace 81 mind and heart that |
have.
How many men and women
have through whoie-souled, con-
structfve work learned to forget
and also To climb to their higher.
better selves!
1t il while we are thinking
about our sorrow that We are con,
scious Of its pain. Relief comes
through bsndins every thought.
every energy on an entirely diff
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
Basis for Sound Thinking
READ WHAT SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT TT.
DR. Charles A i. Reed-----

energy Of the brain BY abundant
sleep.
Abundant food does not mean
stuffing ones self. but in eating
normal amount OF we'll
balanced diet. Conserving ones
energy does not mean that you
are TO. expsnd your energy
literally gquander tin EXHAUST
ing dissipation such as over.in-
dull diligence in alcoholic drinks.
rich foods. long hours al cards or
over.indulgenca in ill,adrissd ath.
lstic sports.
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1. When did the United States
break OFF diplomatic relations
with Germany?
2. When did the Communists
seize the government of Russia?
8. When did Italy capture
Gorizia?
4. When was Sadi Carnot,
President Of the French Repub.
lie. assassinated?
5. When were the first Dolphin
classics published2
Answers 20 these queries win be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS
to yesterdays questions.
Alabama was first settled
by the French in l7O2..
1.-The Russiahs took Ezeruna
in Asia Minor, March s. 1916.
sThe French Expedition into
Egypt took place from 1913 to
1901.
4-Csa Nicholas abdicated
March Il, 1917,
5-The Russian Republic was
proclaimed September Is, 1917.
copyright, 1924, King Features,
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
WHOSAD TT
AND WHERE

6sTTE who considers too much
n will perform little"
- successful man must be a
man OF action as well as Ut
thought, Schiller says in ''WilIiam
Tell. /"
''Flattery is naOnstrous in q true
friend"
A real friend should tell the
truth even IL It hurts US, John
Ford asserts in THE Lovers Mel
ancholy."
Simple duty has no place for
FEAR
When it J, is a question OF duty,
we must never consider the conse.
Quences to ourselves, Whittier de.
clares in Abraham Davenport. 2
Copyright. 1924 King Feature
Syndicate, Inc,
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
Writer Of Great Serial Chice Presents New Novel Of
Modern Life, Conferred on the Heart and the
Mind Of the "Flapper

10 parties three n.shts every
week; entertained her .hwseties
on other nights and the "sweet-
les took her Tor long auton1o-
bile rides. Billie. who seemed 70
Nora Lee Ii perpetual astDnish.
msrt, as though her three young
daughters had grown w over
night from babies into rivals;
Billie, who was past forty and
looked no more than twenty-eight,
and her bridge clubs, her tea en-
gagements: her evening dancing
classes, where she dragged dad /"
her movies and her supper par,
49,
Watching Lies Show.
IN III this hectic coming and
going, Nora Lee was an outsider.
standing On the curbstcne Of life
watching the garish show 20 BY.
Now. with Maxwell Reeds letter
repeating sunny phrases 70 her
mind. she had feeling, that the
hand struck into 4 lifting tune
just IL II came near her. Her
feet ana her heart took up the
happy chords.
Friendship f course. one might
have friends. She and Dane had
discussed this point. He had quite
casually mentioned party given
BY some wealthy heiress or otner,
to which he and other students
had been hidden. In glowing de-
tails ne told Of the singers who
entertained them, the champagne
opened BY the girls father. She
was a peach ana not bit
snobby. though she has money
enough TO buy and sell you and
me"
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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that he prefers a woman he en-
joys LOOKING at, TO one to
whom he has to LISTEN.
Sometimes mans love dies Of
starvation and sometimes Of sui.
location; but mostly, it just goes
into a gradual decline from q
weak constitution.
The "peacenlakel., is usually
the dear. little spoil.sport. who
comes in and tries to Polly
anna" you just as you are win
ming the fight.
You can manage to live hap
PLY with the average man il
you can. Just go on patiently long
enough for his advice" to give
cut.
Nothing so confirms a cynic in
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

wye all think, or least think
M We think.
Wv Our thi1k-nachine is the
brain or at least that part Of
the brain that is called its cortex.
Cortex means bark" or cover.
ing
The outer part Of the brain is
called its cortex because it Is
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
WHO Occtlnlss 4 Unique Position
! In the Writihg World as in
Authority on Problems III
Love and Marriages.

- ethS sNkttANk N1flu ~ IN
Authority on Problems III
Love and Marriage,
~ EVERAL weeks ago a letter
signed. Broken Up was
- printed IN this column. The
writer was on the verge a men.
tai and physical collapse through
GRIEF over the action Of her
fiance In breaking troth on the
eve of her wedding.
She brooded over her trouble
night and day. For this reason
she feared she would lose her
position, as she. was nsg.eeting
her work She wanted to so
away to avoid meeting people
who knew Of her misfortune.
she asked what she could do TO
forget.
N my reply, ! advised her to
stay and face things, throwing
all her energy into her work.
Now comes letter from
Marie" which / shall quote in
fun:
s6DEAR MISS FAIRFAX" she
~ writes, Il was particularly
interested in your comments on
tie letter you received from the
girl who signed herself Broken
Up
At eighteen ! was engaged to
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

the slouching. graceful form. as
he stood with an arm about her
that night in Belveders when he
seemed to hold life like glitter.
Ing diamond In hts hand. turning
II SO that she was spellbound witch
the thousand fires in the shifting
facets.
He was coming home right away
and she must then teach Inn
how to be that great, pIatonic
friend as was already solsmnly
ngreed and sworn hAtween them.
In Comics Home.
she let her thoughts wander.
tapping ahsently delightful de.
lightful- 4
It was two months since she
had come to live with Comics
folks. In the beginning she was
So grateful for the presence of
other people that she had not no.
ticed the empty n1onotqtly Of her.
nights and days. She accepted
the quiet that was hers as the in.
evitable fate Of one who loved.
She wrote in her diary: Nora
Lee Meadows. how long viii ii 81
thus?" and underneath Ia micro
scopic letters. Nora Lee Her.
rick she FLUSHED ana laid
the pen in quiverine haste over
the last word. Two years, per.
haps three, she would have 10
wait this long before Life caught
her up on its dazzling great tide
Of emotions and happiness.
Connie was living now. patter.
ing along on the bright surface
Of things; sal,ie studied fnriously
and fell In love with her proses.
sors. She came home weekends
bursting with ever new excite.
etlents. Nina. the youngest, went
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biuish.gray in
color an d
therefore is
darker than
the deeper
structures, just
as the eortex
!. Of the tree Is
iaYker than the
underfytng
wo ody su b.
stance.
This is the
often-spoken Of
gray matter"
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
Polish Steel
EireirO1ls

To polish steel fireirons. take .
small quantity Of benzine, oil and
hathbrick. Rub ii with flannel,
and afterwards polish with dry
dustsr or leather, and an excel
lent polish will be the result.
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

to marry. be.
cause he dis
covers that
! feeding q fam
ilS is no more
expensive than
feeding d
beauty chorus.
a e ain, a.
man prefers
musical come.
dy I'd grand
opera, proba-
bly, for the
- - 4 tAAnnAha
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
By Helen Rowland.
With TabascO Sauce.

NIERE are only two women
who ever really stir a mans
mag. nation his Might.
haYe.heen's and his '.Goins,t o.be. !"
After a woman has gone down
for the third time in rnatrtmony
4 takes more than q pulmotor to
restore her faith in men and
bring her heart back to the norm.
SnyY1afaYs1Ae . Iaot 49,. a,a
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

yHE right color rose satin always lovely enough in
itself to leave almost untrimmed In the frock at the
II left bow that is Japanese in feeling Is the only
drapery that breaks the line
The gray georgette at right from Worth upholds the
Psan idea Of the mode with its tight sleeves and slender
silhouette The bands Of fur add contrasting Of
color and texture *a.@sss...+s
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
RECIPES OF
CONTESTA ANTS
Orange Jelly.

Orange Jelly.
tablespoons aela4ine.
y cup cold water.
x cup boiling water.
y cup sugar.
cup orange juice.
tablespoons lemon Juice.
Soak geIatine five minutes IN
cold water; dissolve in boiling
water; add sugar. orange and
lemon juice, and put in cold place
to stiffen. MRS. u. M. GALE.
Ballston. Va. "
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
CHAPTER LII.
Maxwell Read Returns.

II have mot asked YOU Tor IOye,
Nora Lse. And ! shall no., 50
there ii surely no reason why you
deny me your company. We share
20 many tastes and are in no
danger Of boring each other. May
we not nave hours of pleasant com
panionship, Nora Lee? They would
mean great deal to me and
might even be exhilirating to you.
May leone again, please? II is
two months since our last meeting,
Two months is q very long time 10
me. Noea Lee
Alongside this letter from God
frey Bell lay another. Both We're
In the pocket Of Nora Lees sweat
er.
Because Of them she was now
excited. Her fingers suffered on
the typewriter keys.
Letter From Reed.
. The other letter was lrom Max
well Reed. He had b EN- in Homo
lDlu several months and just learn
Cd of her bereavement. 1t was a
nice. friendly letter, fanciful and
struck with colorl It made her
Sc. tropicaA gardens, volcanoes and
sat;ny. brown forms diving
through warm, silver waves. Oh,
what rich, adventurous life he
had--the way a man should live
roam the seventy and seven seas
plunge fathoms deep In every
known Joy. Then one would have
that easy fascination: that throb
and magnetism in every little
! ord one said.
She saw the sleek, black head;
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
Tower Of Butter

THE Tower Of Butter il the
name given to the southern
tower OF the Cathedral Of Rouen,
France, because It was built with
the offerings made by those who
obtained dtspensations to eat but
ter IN Lent,
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

Sometimes bachelor dec.das
The Washington times., 1924-11-14

Noth.ng g confirms 2 cynic in
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-01
Are You Guilty
Of Helping PerpetuQte
Minority Rule [?

The Republican State Central
Committee has designated this
week of August 4 to August 9,
inclusive, as General RcGistra.
ton week in all counties Of the
state.
Washington sthte is entering
upon a political campaign which
promises to be one Of the most
important in it's history. Grave
and vital issues are to be decid-
ed. A President, five congress
men, and a complete state and
Legislative ticket are tG be elect
ed. The successful candidates
will be those who receive a plu-
rality vote.
In recent yeasIs there has been
a general apathy on the part of
the citizens of the nation, and
this state. toward elections. This
is shown by the gradual decrease
in the percentage of the votes
cast. In the presidential election
Of 1920, less than 40 per cent OF
the potential vote of the nation
went to the polls. The result has
been that the nation is having a
minority, instead of majority,
representative government.
Virtually all the political ills
of the Nation can be traced to
this neglect on the part OF the
citizenship to exercise it's right
Of franchise. This condition is
becoming menace to repre-
sentative government.