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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-03
Women's Wear Remnants

Straw and Combination Spring Hats. Sits.
Pure Thread Silk Hose. 76c pr. imperfect
Full Fashioned all Silk Hose, &1.2S pr. Imperfect
All sizes 81 to 10.
Clos (artifcial silk) Hose $50 pr; were more.
Full Fashioned Chiffon Hose, 81; were more.
Sizes 8h to TO- IrraguarO.
Fabric Gloves. ESQ, were more. Broken Sizes
Bungalow Aprons, $50. Sizes 80 to 40.
Black Sateen Bungalow Aprons CSC.
Flanneleste KimonOs N.4S; In attractive colors
House Dresses, $1.26. Bingham.
RAdium Silk Petticoats, $f.06.
Princess Slips. CSC. Sizes IS to 4s.
Dressing SacqueF, CSC. Were higher.
Cotton Union Suits, 1896 3 for 81: soiied.
Clos (artficial silky Stepins, S1.36.
New Dmity and Cotton S. Ponsee oyerblOuses and
Sweaters In sleeveless and slp-on styles, SI.4S;
were $195. Many wanted colors.
Philippine Chemise and Gowns S1.76; were higher
Boomers. Vests Gowns and Chemise 68c.
DOWN STAIRS STORE.
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charge that "women's political clubs
are a national nuisance, managed
by idle women" as too silly to
comment on" Women political
leaders. she said, are women of
varied interests who devote many
hours a day to things other than
politics. -
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LARGEST OF DEER FAMILY. And There Are Only a Few Thousand
 Moose in the United States.

The moose is by far the largest mem- Der of all the deer family. A large bull moose killed in the Maine woods weighed 1,123 pounds.
 Those antlers-and particularly the big ones from Alaska-are not to be understood or believed until seen. Their wonderful ''palmation" is an enormous more-or-less basinlike expansion. studded along one edge with long points of solid bone. A big pair of Alaskan antlers with the dry and clean skull once weighed ninety-two pounds and spread seventy-six inches. Those great 20-inch wide slabs of rough and rugged bone are nearly two inches thick and have a hill you need not look for this inter- would hold a gallon of water.
 A full grown bull moose sometimes stands seven feet high at the shoulders, and at all times he has seven outstand- ing points. They are (1) his enorm- ously tall and big legs; (2) his huge but short-coupled body; (3) his lofty shoulder hump; (4) his huge head and "bell;" (5) his fabby, 'convoluted and far-overhanging nose! (6) his thatch of long coarse and grass-like brown-black hair, sometimes six inches long on the neck and shoulders, and CD his inde- scribale shovel antlers, already men, tioned. Under the throat hangs rope-like strip of hair-covered skin. a foot long, called bell" The female moose has no antlers, and only one out of many possess a bell"
 The ancestors of the moose of North America came to us across the bridge of land that once joined Alaska to Asia. From the Alaska end of the Great Bridge the moose immigrants spread eastward as far IS the Mac
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For instance, with two pounds of peaches you now make five pounds of jam as against the three pounds made by the old method. That is why more sugar is needed for the Certo method, although your jam and jelly will not contain any more sugar per glass than by the old method and the cost per glass is actually less. This one minute boiling also preserves the real color and flavor.
 Peaches are now plentiful at low price, and housewives should be put ting up peach jam and jelly for next Winter. To make twelve glasses of peach jam: ., ,
 Try This Simple Recipe
 Peel, remove pits and crush we'll about lbs. peaches. Measure level cups @ lbs.) crushed fruit into large kettle. Add 715 level cups (3A lbs.) sugar and mix we'll. Use hottest fire and stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard for 1 minute. Re- move from fire. and stir, in 1 bottle (scant cup) Certo. Skim and pour quickly. Use same recipe for pear jam.
 Certo is pure concentrated fruit pee
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you my specs," and If you like what you have seen drop coin"
 Coins are dropped very generously
 One day. after lunch small boy came breathlessly. into the outdoor studio. Say, mister, my grandfather saw you in Dakota last year
 Yes" the artist nodded, T was there"
 My uncle saw you in Davenport" !"
 Again the man nodded, T was there, too."
 You must have travelled lot"
 q have been in all the great cities of Europe as. well as America, but like small towns best. Keep away from the cities, boys"
 One might infer. that the disenchant- ment of cities drove him to the open road, Whatever it was he. is happy for he told his small. listeners, as he nodded a frog for their especial benefit, T have friends everywhere, I love the great outdoors and I am happy."-Mil- waukee Journal.
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Delicious Peach Jam
 Easily Made in IS Minutes
 New Certo Method Never Fails Preserves the Natural Flavor Pe Requires Only One Minutes Boiling and Makes 2 Glasses Jam
New Certo Method Never Fails

The days of hard work over a hot stove and the guess work with its worry-and often with it's loss of sugar and fruit-in jam and jelly making is past and gone. A nation ally-known jelly maker has found. the way to extract pectin-that substance in fruit which makes the juice "jell" or set when boiled with sugar-and then to refine and concentrate it for American housewives. So wonderful is this product called Certo (SurejelD that over five million women have adopted it's use within three years. With it anybody who will follow a sim pie recipe can now make jam or jelly with any kind of fruit without failure in a few minutes.
 The Certo method is as simple and accurate as 1.-two and two make four" With Certo you only boil one min ute, not the indefinite period of the old method. This one minutes boiling saves not only your precious time, but it also saves the juice, the flavor and the color of the fruit, which was for merly boiled away. Consequently with Certo you make about ,one-half more jam and jelly than the old method with the same amount of fruit.
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wise they are permitted. Motor 1 taxation is rather like the English si tenn and is based on horse power.
 But tests, laws and regulations, I or strict, matter little. It is the mI at the steering wheel that counts. T French motorist is surely the most ss ists. He loves high speed and deligH in taking risks.
 Everything contributes to his love indllginga in fast. speed bursts. Usual French roads are perfectly straight al drivertcan see clearly ahead for least mile, often several miles. Th are also hedgeless, so that bends hal no terrors. As consequence of the straight, helgless roads scenery. ten to become monotonous, and in any ca enjoyment of natural beauty is as pleasure distinctly secondary to spe with the average French driver.-PaI Letter to the New York World.
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AN EMPIRES TROUBLES British Dominions No Longer Defer
 To Head Of The Clan

The British dominions have developed minds of their own. This seemed evil dent when Canada, Australia and South Africa were cold to Lloyd Georges sug- gestion it might be a good idea to help the Greeks stop the Turks. And now we have Canada refusing to ratify the treaty of Lausanne, by which Great Britain made peace with Turkey. Nom inally Canada is still at war with Fur key, after Downing street has declared peace.
 If this were the only display of con over. But the newest of the British wise insisting on recognition of its termined to have its own diplomatic it interprets the free" in its title.
 In past years, as in any family, there has been quarreling among the do- minions and with the empire govern ment. But foreign policy has been a community matter, with the dominions leaving such affairs to 10 Downing have argued that they should be con- suited Oe1ore they are comm1tteQ 10 any international stand. This departure, naturally, has been resisted in empire cabinets.
 Complications and embarrassing de- lays are sure to develop if Britain's diplomatic negotiations must. be halted after each step to learn the will of the domini6ns. But it is inevitable because of the diversity of interests that mem bers of the commonwealth of nations shall be given greater leeway in nego- tiations with other nations. Yet, unless each is able and willing to provide its own navy and armies, a difference in vital matters must remain with the gov ernment in London-Milwaukee Jour- Y,al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
MUD SCULPTOR IS GIFTED
A Vagrant Artist Attracts Gallery On
 Wisconsin River Banks

A Warrant Artist Attracts Gallery On Wisconsin River Banks
 Probably the only man in the United Ctates who makes his living with mud is J. B. McCord, who frequently tours Wisconsin cities in summer.
 If your city is set high and dry on a hill you need not look for this inter esting man, for only gurgling brooks. or purling streams attract him. Along their banks he finds material all ready for his skilled hand. With no tools but a shovel and a knife this genius brings out of the plastic dirt such crea- lures as only Nature has hitherto made from the same material.
 Small boys gather around him as he works. Elders content themselves with leaning over the railing of the bridge, but their interest and amazement is no less than the bafefooted youngsters who stand open-eyed as the shovel of mud is worked as carefully as any sculptor works his clay, and then by a delft turn here and a cut there it becomes an al- most speaking figure. No one who looks on can gainsay the talent or the train ing displayed. Surely some trick of Fate led this quiet, unassuming artist from the ateliers of Rome mad Athens to the muddy banks of Wisconsin streams. .'"
 In the days of Lincoln and Grant, who are the artists heroes, the read ing public was thrilled by novel by Samuel Baker called, Cast Up By the Sea" Although Mir. McCord. useless his looks belle him, is of latter generation than those who burned midnight oil to learn the fate of the mother and babe 'cast up by the sea-" the book fell into his hands and the story made such an impression that one of his finest crea- tions is a life-size replica of the long lost mother and babe.. When the futures are finished every fold of the water soaked gown and the strands of drip ping hair stand out. Even the finger nails can be distinguished and the re. suit is worthy of preservation in the costliest marble.
 While other great men furnish him with inspiration, Lincoln and Grant are his favorites, and when he has their likeness finished he is as critical of his work as any judge at the art insti- tute
 Might be better, might be better" he will say to himself, Did Lincoln better than that last time"
 Whatever fault the artist may find the spectators find none. Os his work hears completion the "bridge-row" find itself reading two placards. ''If you cannot read the other sign I will lend
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OUT OF PRINT

T have a friend who wrote a book of verse-a charming book-the stock of which lay for years with small sign of dimunition on the publishers shelves. One night fine broke out at the pub fishers and consumed everything on the premises, including the poetry. Till that moment my friends book had been a failure; now, however, it became a brilliant success. Every copy of the book was paid for in full by the in- surance company, and my friend was as much in pocket as if he had sold an edition to the booksellers. Poets, how ever, cannot expect to be so fortunate as this. Accidents of the desired kind simply will not happen to their verse. As result, it is only very exceptional poet who has ever the pleasure of see ing his books going out of print. The Blue Lion and Other Essays by Rob ert Lynd
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MOST sELrIsH MoToR1sr
French Driver Delights in High Speed
 And Risks, Writer Says

Motor car regulations in France are not very severe and police control of the motorists is very slack. There is no speed limit except in towns, where the legal limits is 20 kilometers (1215 miles) an hour. Everywhere, however, the motorist is expected always to have the car completely under control.
 But both this supposition and the speed limit are merely legal; nobody pays any attention to them, nor do the police enforce them except where sign boards are put up expressly telling the motorist to obey the rule. In France, of course, as well as in England, local authorities can compel slower speeds than the legal amximum where it is really necessary, and in such cases they tend to be obeyed, particularly where it is considered risky not to do so. .
 Cutouts which contributed so pleas antly to the tranquility of the country side must not be used while passing through towns and villages or. when overtaking cattle on the road. Other
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kenzie River, southward to the head of Bristol Bay, to the Alaskan Mountains, the Susitna River and the Kenai Pen insula. Beyond all that they went right on down the mainland of North Amer ica populating the Rockies and the Coast Range to British Columbia, Al berta, Yukon Territory, Eastern Ore gon and Washington, Idaho,. Western Montana and Northwestern Wyoming, there stopping a short distance south of the Yellowstone Park. In 1922 careful counts and estimates made by the rang CTS of the United States forest service of the moose then living in the United States west of Maine yielded the fol. lowing totals: Idaho, 367; Montana. 1142; Minnesota, 1,0S0; Wyoming, 1,734. Total, 4,323.-Wm. T. Horna. day in the Youths Companion.
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REWARD OF KNOWLEDGE A Clergyman In An Irish Boys School
 Gets a ",Jolt,"

Cosmo Hamilton, English author, re- gently related this story:
 A widely known divine was visiting a boys school in Ulster. After talk to the assembled multitude, he asked if any boy could tell him the name of the greatest man who had ever lived. Up went hand.
 Well, my boy?" said; the clergyman.
 Lord Carson" came the reply.
 Wrong" said the clergyman. as he recovered his breath.
 Another hand went up. =
 Well, my boy, who do you say?" encouraged the clergyman.
 Sir. James Craig, sir"
 Wrong again, snapped the person.
 Finally, a little lad gave the required answer. Judge of the. clergyman's feel ings, however, when he overheard the first boy remark, sotto voce, to the lad who had given the correct answer All right; wait till we get you outside, you alarmed little Sim Feiner." New York Evening Post.
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Suggestions For W tio.n
 D avs I ...

TF the suitcase looks shabby rub it with a soft woolen e tn dipped in
 a solution of equal parts of linseed oil and vinegar. Polish with a soft cloth and you will find it will do service for the vacation trip.
 Some women haste the pleats in the skirt before packing them. This is not necessary. Just fasten each pleat at the bottom with a paper clip, then hold the t,.irt taut and fold smoothly
 One of those little books containing with tissue paper between each fold. sheets of soap. should ayways be car ried in the handbag or pocket. ...so
 It is not necessary to eat everything on the menu just to get your moneys worth." Yacationists are prone to do this. Of course, everything tastes good, but overeating during vacation means you, will return less fit for your duties than you were when you left them.
 Be sure and take absorbent cotton, bandages and adhesive plaster with you. Some powdered boric acid and a small vial of tincture of iodine should be handy. The latter is now the pre- ferred antiseptic, but for those whose bravery is not sufficient for the iodine applications the boric acid will do nicely in case of flesh wounds that are so liable to occur when. one takes chances during the freedom of vacation time, "a t.
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tin and contains no gelatine or pre- servative. As matter of fact, Certo is the commercial pectin" so fre- quently advocated by food authorities and cooking experts in their articles on jam and jelly making in the lead. ing magazines and newspapers of the country.
 Grocers will supply you with Certo in a little brown bottle. In the recipe book attached you will find rec. ipes for nearly 100 jams, jellies and marmalades-some of which YOU have never tasted before, like peach, plum or cherry jelly, apricot jam, cherry jam, etc.
 Make a lot of peach jam this year. No house ever has too much of it.. with it's varied uses. As a spread on bread, etc., or on ice cream, buildings or fruit salads nothing is more tasty. Children love it. Be sure to get fully ripened peaches-the kind with the best flavor-and follow the recipe carefully. Note how much it makes and how inexpensive it is with Certo. Then you will do all of - your preserving the new, E7;sSiN easy and economical
 Certo way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
CAUSE FOR SURPRISE

A man claims to be able to hear through his spine. We are surprised that it is not woman. Judging by the present fashion in evening dress, she gives her spine every chance.-London Opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
MORE SIGNIFICANT

Did you notice the expression on Mrs. Browns face when told her she looked not bit older than her daugh- ter?'
 "No-but noticed the expression on the daughters. .'-Karikaturen, Chris tiania.
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< EASILY SATISFIED NOW

But, madam, a woman of your al can't expect to grow youngerw
 I'm not asking that, doctor. All want you to do is to keep me growil older little longer" Bulleti
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DIDN'T GET BY THAT TIME
 He-I'm sorry couldn't attend your birthday party, but had to take a business friend to the theatre.
 She-Yes, I saw her!
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Character
 While Child Is .s Adaptable
By DIR. ALBERT LOYAL CRANE

By DIR. ALBERT LOYAL CRANE have had no opportunity of be- ing with children and now, at the age of 19, I am the mother of a boy II months old. Will you kind ly give me advice on the following questions:
 l. Is it advisable to put an in- fant in his crib at bedtime and let him cry himself to sleep-or is this method too severe for so young a baby? l have been doing this for the past week. The first night he cried for three-quarters of an hour, and now he cries for about ten or fifteen minutes. Do you think this will stop entirely in time? If 1t does not, what should I do?
 2. When ]. say No" he will stop reaching for certain articles, only to go for them again immdeiately. A little slap on the hand has been effective, but from your articles I understand this is a bad begin ming. As I cannot explain matters to him at his age, I am really at sea.
 3. Kindly give me some informa- ton as to the proper age to start discipline. as my baby is 261h pounds and I feel that I would like to start training him properly men, tally as we'll as physically. MRS. K. w. M., Brooklyn.
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Lost articles are found, work is ob- tained, help is secured, real estate is sold, through Want Ads placed in The ge-Herald.
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73TTTT7ITTiT 'I'7 Y TIT
 itself, but as a means to an end-the end always being self-control. Obedience is temporary and immature virtue, which becomes mature and lasting only when it grows into free Sef-control.
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sheets of soap should ayways be car
 ried in the handbag or pocket ....so
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Consists of middy, knickers and tie. Special sVV Monday
The Washington times., 1924-01-23
TALKIT OUT WITH YOUR BOY
BY William A. McKeever-

not make very satisfactory head.
way in the moral development of
your boy by merely decrying one
of these types of social conduct
and praising the other. Your
child must be led but not driven
to derive his own opinions. Ready
made beliefs will not go deeply
into his head and heart.
Talk it out with your boy bit
by bit. At times let him be the
questioner and seem to lead in the
discussion. BY all means take
time, being careful not to force
a quick decision. Explain in out
line such matters as the cafe
party, just as you do the church
party. Ask him to compare as
best he can the effects of the
two on the health, the minds and
the morals Of the participants.
Even when, he seems to you to be
reaching the wrong conclusion,
do not rebuke or condemn, but
continue to guide.
You can always depend on the
natural child to evolve his own
moral decisions. His conclusions
will be safe and sane If you will
but be patient with your guidance.
About half the i'll conduct Of the
hilarious social groups of today
is in substance a form Of protest
against some ones denunciations.
The masses refuse to be driven,
but they are always glad to be
led. Now, the conduct of the
masses is very much like that of
children and youths. The ten.
dency is to take on a lowered
plane Of reaction in the crowd.
But the crowd is made up OF
men and women who were once
boys and girls, and the boys and
girls of today need quiet guid-
ance IN the formulation Of their
opinions and in the INSTALLATION
of their actions about to become
the mass behavior of tomorrow:
Talk 1t out with your boy.
Help him to create his own
judgments as to what is right
and wrong. Finally, he will tend
to become a strong and self
reliant citizen. Thus you, the
father, may begin today to shape,
the course Of public events for
the generation to follow. It is
a happy chance. VIII you meet
1t thoughtfully?
The Washington times., 1924-01-23

Ut is usually better to discuss
frankly with your boy what
Il you consider the ugly situa-
tions in social behavior than to
try to keep them from his atten-
tion. Unless you talk with him
about the questionable conduct
of all the larger social groups
some one else having far less
interest in his moral development
is practically certain to give him
a warped opinion of the matter.
For example, on New Years
Eve made the rounds Of the
assembled groups as found typi.
cally in the big city on that occa-
sion. Two extremes appeared. In
one place there were 800 people
who had evidently finished a
banquet, and they were now yell
ing and mixing as If they might
belong to band Of young saw
ages. Leftover biscuit, Inince
pie and tomatoes were being
thrown in all directions and many
Of the company had soiled clothes
and smeared faces.
Then, in another place. found
a group of 800 at church watch
night party. There was much
high-grade, inspirational singing
until the hour of midnight had
come. Now all were silent. while
one.-of the group reverentlv re-
peated to" the bowed liste $rs a
portion Of the Nineteenth Psalm.
This ceremony was very impress
sive.
But, my point is. that you will
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down his chubby little leg, with
every step.
Bobby was really getting wet,
so said:
Empty the jug. Bobby, but
give us. drink first"
We each took a drink, and as
Bobby was just about to throw
the rest Of tho water away Bunny
looked up, shook his head and
said:
But You may want another
drink, Foxy Grandpa"
"Then I'll wait until we find a
house." I answered.
Just come with me, Bobby"
Bunny said mysteriously, getting
up from the ground. "I'n find
you a cork"
: "Of all thingsv 1 declared.
Where under the sun are you
going to find a cork?" .
Right over on this tree"
laughed Bunny.
'Do corks grow on trees?"
Bobby asked.
Eyes, SIR" answered my little
rabbit. "They grow on cork
trees.
Bobby's eyes grew larger as I
handed Bunny my knife ana
watched the funny little fellow
cut away piece Of the bark Of
the tree.
AS he turned to Bobby and
handed him nice little round
cork, which exactly filled the bot.
tie, Bobby gratefully exclaimed:
THANK you, Bunny" you know
everything"
"oh, no, / DON'T" said Bunny
modestly. "But I do know that
the bark Of this tree Is cork, and
that 1t doesn't hurt the tree to
cut 1t away. Because the tree
grows a new coat each year after
the foresters cut away the bark
70 make corleG