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The Washington times., 1924-04-11

WYE had > rolled ourselves
" comfortably in our blan-
w kets and Bobby had kiss.
ed me goodnight. We were camp
ing out in a jungle in Brazil.
OF course, there were hun
dreds of beautiful parrots and
all sorts of tropical birds perched
around in the trees over our
heads. They had done quite a
bit OF chattering and cooling be-
fore they settled down for the
night. Finally, they became
silent, but the hundreds of mon
keys that live in the forests
hadn't. What a racket they
made!
Foxy GRANDPA" cried Bobby,
Il can't get to sleep! Those mon
keys are making too much
noisew
"They sure are" said I. Come
here, Bobby. I'll fix you"
opened my first aid kit, took
out the absorbent cotton and
stuffed piece in each of Bob
by's ears and said:
Now you can't hear them"
They're certainly howlers,
groaned Bobby, as he prepared
tc drop off to sleep.
You're right, Bobby" grunted
Bunny, sleepily. That's exactly.
what they are. They're bowling
monkeys"
l lay there awhile thinking
how nature had taught these
noisey little fellows to protect
themselves from their enemies
by their wild bowling, when all
Of sudden they stopped and de
parted to another part of the
jungle.
was just doing off when sud
denly heard another kind. of a
chattering and bowling. 1t was
monkey. talk, of course, but of an
entirely different variety. A sim
gle monkey chartered for while
and then all of sudden, it
seemed as il hundreds joined in
the chorus.
This continued for quite while
and you can imagine how it inter-
ested me. So / nudged Bobby
and Bunny and said:
Lets have a look at these fell
lows. I believe they're different"
was right. They were differ.
ent. For when we arrived at the
place where the meeting was be.
ing held-for it proved to be a
meeting-what should we see but
one big monkey sitting up in a
tree, like a minister in pulpit
waving his arms around and look.
ing for all the world as II the
The Washington times., 1924-04-11

A WOMAN, very stout, CAM
~ to me complaining of pain
in her left breast. She
was very sure that she had either
heart disease or beginning can
Ger, of which she was especially
afraid because a member Of her
family had died from that cause.
She had neither.
She simply had a very heavy
breast which she was not proper
~ supporting. It was causing
pain by pulling the nerves
stretching them-and also they
were pressed upon by the very
considerable development Of fat. A
properly constructed brassiere re-
lieved her of her discomfort and
likewise of her mental agony.
Another woman came to me
complaining of intense pain in
one of her breasts. Neither of
her breasts was developed beyond
the average size, but she was a
mannish sort of individual who
had yielded tC the then-prevailing
fad to have straight front"
She accordingly had been sub.
jecting her breast to an undue
amount Of pressure to force the
absorption and consequent disap-
pearance of what is one of the
charming attributes of any WON
ans body. On examining the
breast for the source of agonizing
pain Of which she complained, I
discovered that the pressure ap
paratus that she had been using
had not only compressed the point
of the breast into the underlying
gland, but had produced a sore
spot by RUBBING off the epitheliun:
or protecting layer of the skin.
This is precisely the condition
that marks the beginning of GER
tain forms of cancer.
In the majority of instances,
however, If the foolish pressure
The Washington times., 1924-04-11
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
-BY Beatrice Fairfax

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ At a party I met a young
man who took a liking to me. e.
he has taken me, too. Ever
mine out with him and lately
he has taken me, too. Fever
since then this girl friend Of
mine has treated me very
coolly. Among my circle of
friends unpleasant things have
: been said about my taking this
girls friend away. Would you
advise me to stop going out
with him? We have no
thoughts of marriage as yet.
DIXIE.
THERE is no reason why young
4 folks should limit themselves
to one friendship. But possibly
your circle thinks you were bit
sly and disloyal I in trying to
make an impression on a lad in
whom your best friend was in
terested. Don't throw away a
fine girls friendship to prove
your power or satisfy your van.
ity. Be square with her and you
can reach an understanding. You
wouldn't steal a stamp from her
desk when she wasn't looking.
Don't coax away the attention Of
someone she may feel your are
"stealing from her"
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND : By Ann Isle
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY VIM. F. Kirk.

w Asa 1AAA
q T.. :s:s Use; : !. - s::' s:::
- songs than what they rite
now, & / toald Pa last mite What
our teecher toald us & Pa LATED.
Yure teecher must be a kind
Of oldish CURL, amt she, Bobbie?
sed Pa.
l guess she is, l >sed, but
doant know how old exackly &
amt going to ask her, sed.
How silly, sed Ma. / am not
ashamed Of my age.
But you are different, sed Pa,
you aren't marked by the flite of
time, sed Pa. You look Ee.turn-
ally yung & fare. sed Pa to Ma.
But why cant thay rite just
as good songs now as thay used
to rite? sed.
Thay can, Bobbie. & thay do,
sed Pa. Carrie Bond has rote
sum song id resent yeers that
will live as long as any of them,
sed Pa. The End Of a Perfeck
Day is a song that will live, sed
Pa. l mite naim sum moar, sed
Pa, but that will be enuff about
songs for this evening, sed Pa
l want to reed about what Demp-
sey says about ware he is going
to git his next milyun dollar
purse, sed Pa.
That is the trubbel with this
age, sed Ma. That is why we
doant have moar butiful songs.
Peepul thinks moar of force &
speed & mummy, sed Ma, than
ever thay did in the yeers gone
by. If person has milyun dol
lars, sed Ma, all the other peepuI
rub thare noses in the dirt bee
foar him, sed Ma. Thay worship
the ground he rides on, sed Ma,
beekaus he newer walks any
moar & thay can't worship the
ground he walks on. Mummy
mummy, mummy, sed Ma, it is
sicken-ing, sed Ma.
1 motifs you newer git vary
sick wen l slip you fifty or a hun
nerd beens, deer, sed Pa.
You know doant care for
mummy as such, sed Ma. 1t is
only the butiful things mummy
can buy that appeels to me, sed
Ma, the fine dresses & butfful
hats & works of art, ETC., sed Ma.
Does Pa like them works of
art, too? sed.
The only work Of art yure deer
father likes, Bobbie, sed Pa, is a
big. thick stake broiled oaver a
bed Of coles, sed Ma. He wor-
ships that, Bobbie, sed Ma.
So do I, / sed. am going to
be jest like Pa wen grow up.
Amt it the trewth? sed Ma, &
then she didn't say no moar.
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but because he began looking for too earand often
Not because he the kind could live
Without because he met he could NOT live
Not because get because SO
tried to get him that it spoiled the
chase
Not because he had
for because he had the dsentange
from all the other in his life.
Not because Love; but because he was
consumed all his life long with the greatest the world
mans sublime beautiful, imperturabe love Of HIMSELF!
That is what keeps bacheorno his inability
love- but his marvellous agility in catching his balance
ing OUT of it-just in tme = -"
Not his logged power as he imagnes-but his little
cat-ike won't power"
Marriage matter OF chance choice but permanent
MOOD requires SKILL luck dexery eternal
GENIUS! o ~ @
Feature Syndicate 1nc)
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the Country.

thin this. Once I, had suspected
Rosa of having Manuelo come
into the camp of the Shipping
Corporation as a spy. Again 1
felt that whatever Manuelo does
is under Rosa's direction. But
what connection he could have
with Ruth Gregory's statue was
too devious for me to figure out.
Feel the texture of that, gaiter
with your fingers insisted. "It
feels SO much marble. 1t looks
so much like what the aviators
wore."
mo doubling" said Manuelo,
turning away as if his interest
were not great. Me 1 have taken
the table in a corner of a charm
ing restaurant for the quarter to
seven. Shall we not make to go
before it gets him too late?"
AS he spoke, the boy turned his
Oc"SN VA @NNSA 1IC6OEy anu nCr
statue and came toward me with
the gallantry which / had so
often observed in his actions to
Rosa.
you have an eager cavalier,"
said Ruth Gregory lightly. THAT
must make it so pleasant for you
while your husband and friends
are away. I'm afraid, however,
Mrs. Harrison, that Senior Ortiz
does not share our passion for
art"
While Manuelo was going to
get my cape, which / indicated
to him across the room, Z whis-
pered to Ruth Gregory:
Wont you find some better
place for the little plaster model
than that niche back of the
marble?"
But ignoring the fact that
had spoken in confidence, Ruth
Gregory laughed aloud with
husky mockery:
Dear Mrs. Harrison, don't agi.
The Washington times., 1924-04-11
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The Washington times., 1924-04-11
IMPROMPTU
FEASTS
By HANNAH WING.
A Recognized Authority on All
Matters Pertaining to House
hold Management.

THOR the after-theater bite or
the impromptu bridge party
II something piquant and
tasty and always ready on the
pantry shelf is the thing. The
grocer's shelves now carry such
a large and attractive line OF
these foods that it requires only
a little forethought in keeping
up the order list and a little in
genuity in selecting pleasing COM
binations to be prepared to offer
refreshments at moments no.
tice.
Among the crackers, tasty
cheese tidbits, are especially good
and become really delicious If
toasted bit. The new packaged
pretzels retain their BROWNIES,
saltiness and nutty flavor most
satisfactorily and go well, with
chatting dish soup or rarebit, both
Of which are canned possibilities.
With a glass of milk these crack
ers are excellent as a going.to-
bed bite,
Ripe olives Of a reliable brand
are delicious relishes, which new
regulations and methods Of can
ming have made perfectly safe
and certain.
Several new mayonnaise com.
hinations of olives or relishes
make excellent sandwich filings.
These with hot percolated coffee
make a quickly prepared type of
refreshment.
Besides the many, appetizing
kinds Of fish in oil-sardines and
anchovies-there are now zestful
fish pastes that make a quick
spread for hot. buttered toast.
Anchovy and bloater paste as
well as sardine and salmon are
among the best known pastes that
can be used as a sandwich filling.
The ice.chest should always
contain a variety of cheeses for
hungry occasions. Cream, club,
Swiss and Camembert should be
included. These with any Of the
saltines or soda crackers Of the
dry, crisp kind are always ac-
ceptable and particularly so when
coffee accompanies them. Toast.
ing the crackers while the coffee
percOlates adds JOY TO the feast.
The Washington times., 1924-04-11
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The Washington times., 1924-04-11
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Three ounces cream cheese,
three tablespoonfuls mayonnaise;,
two soda crackers, three green
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Cut the peppers crosswise and
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The Washington times., 1924-04-11

strange language he used was a
sermon.
What do you think of that"
whispered Bobby, when as though
at a signal the entire audience Of
monkeys broke into a chorus.
They stopped at the command of
the leader. He preached awhile
by himself and then led the cho-
rus. Finally when he seemed t.
have said all that was on his mind
he raised his paw and looked, fol
all the world, like a minister pro.
nouncing a benediction.
Then the meeting broke up and
the members Of the congregation
scattered and went home.
We had watched this perform.
ance for about an hour.
Didn't that monkey act like a
preacher, Foxy Grandpa?"
HE certainly did," laughed
That's not strange" said Bun.
ny, cuddling close, They're
preaching monkeys"
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Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-04-11
By Ann Isle,
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His manner swept away all con-
Sideration of Ruth Gregory and
her Importance. And had an
impression that the sculptor was
storing this away in her mind for
future reference.
Miss Gregory thought you
might like to see her statue" l
suggested to break the tension.
At once Manuelo took a step
toward the corner across which
the curtains were drawn again.
He stopped as suddenly as he
had started. and made a jerky
little bow to Ruth Gregory.
N Il shall have the privilege of
see The Young Aviator before
he is exhibit?' he asked.
''Then you know of my statue"
she said with an artists gratifi-
cation in having her work famous.
There was moment of hesita-
ton. Then Manuelo said:
81, am here in this country of
yours for that / shall become
educate. Would i not be stupid
If / did not make 1 should read
the newspaper and the maya
zine? They have spoke of what
1t is when an artist-the painter
becomes also the carver"
Sculptor" corrected the artist
grayely, going toward the cur
tains and parting them with a
flourish. N
III Ruth y Gregory was so busily
engrossed in her own proud ad-
miration of her masterpiece that
she paid no further. attention to
Manuelo. But as 1 watched him
lazily rather than purposefully, 1
felt a certain lack of spontaneity
In his attitude. He stood at ease,
/: looking at the statue almost in
diffently. Then Ruth, with some
thing which was either coquetry
or an insistance on having her
work admired, cried out:
"Are you struck dumb-or dis.
appointed?"
II am deeply impressed! Man
uelo cried with a forced note in
his voice. 81 take him in slow.
First look from across the room.
Then l make me to approach. the
shrine" .sf 49,
AS he went cfoser to the
heroic marble, something in me
cried opt almost. of its own volt
ton: AZ u.
Touch it and discover for your
self the amazing difference be-
tween the warm life of the figure
and the GOODNESS of the marble
from which it is, hewn."
Manuelo turned and smiled at
me. ''For Sonora White Lilac to
command is for Manuelo to obey"
he said.
Then he laid his hand against
the marble.
But it was the back of his hand
with which he touched the white
base Of the figure from which
1.-THE Young Aviator" lowered.
When Manuelo Ortiz laid the
back Of his hand against the
marble base; of the statue of "The
Young Aviator" something in my
brain clicked. In a flash I visual
tied Rosa 7Cordova smiling at me
as she fairly urged me to take
Mafiuelo off her. hands. There
was deep design in the flattering
suggestion Rosa had made that I
was tsyoung and beautiful and
could capture the interest Of any
one I chose.
And now, as I looked at the
boy, I felt that Rosa was so sure
of; him that it delighted her to
play him at the end of her reel.
But I felt there was more to it
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The Washington times., 1924-04-11

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The Washington times., 1924-04-11
MEDIT ATOMS
MARRIED WOMAN
The "Born Bachelor"
BY HELEN ROWLAND

The Born Bachelor"
ACHELORS born made; and matter how often
born bachelor through the wedding ceremony he
- is still bacheor-at heart!
lives and dies with his baceor buttons it 10 not
never intended marry but because nature
intended him to marry NO marriesN
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Intentionally
1t is not because he is filled with caution and
cynicism; but because he is filled with the care
free, irresponsible spirit Of Pan-which can never
be caught and tanned by ANY woman.
1t is not because he never loved one woman
lot-but because he loved many women little.
1t is not because "the right woman never came
his way" but because when she did he was always
ION his way" to call on the wrong woman.
Not because he dreaded the storms and strug-
giles of married life-but because he dreaded the
"dead calm" of domesticitv
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WHEN DID TT
HAPPEN?

when did the first Presi.
dent of the United States take
the oath of office?
J 2-When did Joseph Rodman
Drake write his poem "The Cul.
prit Fay?
S-When did Hoe perfect the
rotary printing press?
5-When was Henry Cabot
Lodge born?
ANSWERS to these queries will be-
printed tOmorrOw.)
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The first Presidential cleo.
ton in the United States took
place the first Wednesday in
January, 1889.
2-The fable of the "Island Of
the Seven Cities" was common.
~ accepted in Southern Europe
in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries.
S-The invitation to land in
England was sent to William of
Orange on June 30, 1858.
4-The famous porcelain manu-.
factories were removed from Vim.
cennes to Sevres. France, in 1856.
5-The Treaty of Seville be.
tween England and Spain was
concluded in 1879.
Copyright. 1924. by King Fsatur.s
Syndicate. Ine.l
The Washington times., 1924-04-11

A WOMAN, very stout, CAM
"A to me complaining of pain
in her left breast. She
Evening star., 1924-01-12

s27,42S,O0O, or 8 per cent. for educa-
tional buildings.
Contemplated new work reported
during the year amounted to S4Sl,-
$4,000, compared with 1882 200
for work started. This is about a
normal ratio for contemplated work
to contract awards. and is an indica-
tion that the years building needs
We're more or less adequately taken
care of by the years construction
programs
December building contracts in the
middle Atlantic states eastern Penn
sylvania, southern New Jersey, Mary
land, Delaware, District of Columbia
and Nirginia) amounted to ,$24, ,b21,
600. While this was an increase of )
per cent over the preceding month,
it was a drop of "a per cent from the
previous December.
Total construction started in this
district during 1923 amounted to
1874, ,1S2; 600. a decrease of II per cent
from 1922. Last years total included
$176,013,000, or Al per cent, for resi-
Dental buildings; s55.242,000, or Is
per cent for business buildings; $49,-
091.000, or 13 per cent, for public
works and utilities; SAB, 900, or IL
per cent, for Industrial plants, and
$23,S76.000. or 6 per cent, for educa-
tional buildings.
Contemplated new work reported
in this district during 1923 amounted
to sS33, 3,426,00O, more than douDle lne
amount of contracts awarded. indi-
eating considerable untitled con-
struction demand.
Contracts awarded in December in
the southeastern states (the Caro-
linas. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee.
Alabama, Mississippi. Arkansas and
louisiana amounted to $31,S32 900,
an increase of 5 per cent over No
yember.
The years total Of construction
started in this district was s4S6,757.-
600, which included the following i'm
portant items: S15t. t.56S,000, or 81
per cent, for residential buildings;
SOS. 200. or 20 per cent. for PUBLIC
works and utilities; S74,256,000, or 10
per cent, for industrial plants; S66,-
T33. 900. or IA per cent, for business
buildings, and S4S.00S,000, or 10 per
cent. for educational buildings-in all
a very we'll balanced program.
Contemplated new work reported
during the year 1928 amounted to
sS91.47 900. an excess Of SO per cent
over the amount of work actually
started, S4S6.757.0e6 Since the nor
NAL excess is so per cent, this indi-
Gates considerab BILE unfinished pro-
gram.