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The Washington times., 1924-03-19
HORSEWH|PP[D,
WIFE CLA|MS
Insult
Helen Burke Seeks Limited
Divorce, Citing Alleged At
tacks by Spouse:

Alleging neglect and extreme
cruelty, Helen Burke has filed a
suit in the District Supreme Court
against Thomas F. Burke. for a
limited divorce and alimony. Repre-
sented by Attorney Dora Palkin,
plaintiff says that her husband, in
the fall Of 1921, horsewhipped her
because she asked for money. He
also attacked her, she states for
the same reason in the fall of 1918
and again in 1919. The couple were
married November Is, 1916, and
have two children.
William r. Hesen, who replied to
a petition for maintenance filed by
his wife, Lena c. Hesen, with a
cross bill asking annulment Of their
marriage Of April 10, 1922, ON the
ground Of alleged fraud, has in
formed the court, in an amended
answer, that his suspicious about
his wtfe's supposed widowhood were
aroused when he overheard q con-
versation between her and another
woman. HeSen declares he de.
manded an explanation from his
wife with regard to her alleged
claim to being the widow Of
Frederick Clifford, but she refused
to explain.
Carrie M. Fowler sued her hus.
band, Archie r. Fowler, for a
limited divorce, alleging cruelty and
neglect. The husband is also
charged with having threatened. to
kidnap their young son. They were
married September 2, 1920.
Viola M. Groves, who sued her
husband James 8. Grove, for main.
tenance, has been awarded a decree
by Justice Bailey requiring Groves
to pay SIS weekly alimony and
also giving her the custody Of the
children
The Washington times., 1924-03-19
$4,000 CLOAKMAKERS
ASK 4O.HOUR WEEK

NEW YORK, March 19.-Confer
ences between leaders Of so 900 cloak.
makers of this city and three asso-
Citations Of employers on the terms
OF the agreement for the fall and
spring season will open within two
weeks. Each employers group will
deal separately with the spokesman
Of tho international Ladies Garment
Workers Union.
Increase in minimum wage rates,
unemployment insurance and other
provisions regulating work in tho
shops will be submitted.
The Washington times., 1924-03-19
CLERK VETERAN
WHO SHOT SELF IS DEAD

Twelve hours after he shot him
self in the lobby Of the Burlington
The Washington times., 1924-03-19
LEVIATHAN WINS RIBBON
FOR HIGH AVERAGE SPEED

NEW YORK. March 19.-Accord.
Ing to an announcement from thu.
Brussels office of the Atlantic Con.
ference Lines. the Leviathan. o..
Grated by the United States Lines.
maintained the highest AVERAGE
speed in the service between The
United states and Europe last year,
Inc comparative average speeds
were made public yesterday by
United States Lines officials hcre
as follows:
LeViathan. 1851: Mauretania, 23.5l.
Majestic, 1919: Aquitania, 22.aS:
Berangaxia. 22.21; Olympic. 21.Al.
The Washington times., 1924-03-19

Col, near here, early this afternoon.
He was riding toward Pueblo in a.
taxicab he had hired in Colorado
Springs this morning.
Jansen is said to have admitted
his identity, but denied he had killed
his wife. He Is said to have ad.
mitted however, that he had EN-.
ployed a Mexican whose name he
did not know to kill her. He is
said to have admitted to the police
that he had paid the Mexican $3.50.
The Washington times., 1924-03-19

Hotel. 1920 Vermont avenue north
west, Michael +. Garland, thirty,
died at Emergency Hospital yester-
day. Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt has
given q certificate of suicide.
Relatives of Garland are being
sought by the police. Garland was a
veteran Of the world war.
The Washington times., 1924-03-19
WIFE IN TRUNK CRIME
SLAIN AS SHE PRAYED

PUEBLO, Colo, March 19.-Mrs.
Bella Jansen, whose body was
found in a trunk at Ogden, Utah,
was slain as she knelt in prayer.
Fred Jansen her husband, told the
Pueblo police here. Jansen admitted
he had hired a Mexican to kill her.
Jansen was arrested at Eden,
The Washington times., 1924-03-19
DISTRICT MAN
ANDG|RL
a. ITIII
Arrested in Ohio on Charge of
Registering at Hotel as
Man and Wife.

MIDDLETowN, Ohio, March 10.
George w. Scroyer, Dayton, Ohio,
FORMER mayor Of that city, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 25
 There was strain of something very akin to cruelty in Manville's nature when he was either angry or crossed in any way or if he were questioned.
 Whose handkerchief is this, Man ville?" the words came of their own vo lition. Tt isn't nine.y
 What are you meddling with my things for?" He snatched the handker. chief roughly. How do know whose handkychief it isP I longed to tell him that I knew, but he looked at me so angrily, the veins in his forehead were so swollen, that I simply turned away, but not before I had seen him put it in the pocket of the coat he was wearing. "To return it to her," though bitterly.
 What have you been doing while l have been away?" he asked after we had finished dinner and he had seen baby. Anna looks we'll"
 She is well. I have done about aa usual. l had one nice evening""
 What do you mean, one nice eve ning?"
 "Oh, June gave a little dinner and went"
 His face darkened.
 Shall l tell you who was there?" l asked nervously. l had not thought he would object to my going to June's but I saw at once he was displeased and it made me self-conscious. I acted almost guilty. Without waiting for an answer I named the guests.
 "Who took you in?"
 "Mr. Mckee"
 With whom did you dancer"
 "Mr. Norton, MT. Mckee and Alfred I had a lovely, time," I added the last in the hope I might soften him.
 After this when I am out of town you will remain at home in the evening do not choose that my wife shall be running around as soon as my back is turned"
 But did nothing wrong. Manville. '
 "I did not say that you did wrong. simply said I would not have you run. ming around when I was away. Please remember. Now tell me what else you have taken advantage of my absence to do?"
 Nothing. I took walk every day
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The wonder of wonders, to the thou oands who see me daily on the stage, Is my youthful spirit, my vivacityy /my vim.
 Not my girlish looks, but my girlish go, is what women envy most. For mine is the freside age. Yet four times daily appear. ever on my toes, acting like girl in her teens.
 That is my great source of joy. What would youthful looks amount to if l felt old inside?
 A Secret I've Kept.
 have not told you the secret of this inner youth. l wanted to be sure about it--sure the wonderful results would last Now I know they last. seem to constantly grow younger. To day, in almost any activity, I will match any girl of 16.
 Now I tell you how do this, and offer you the same help. Some of the ablest modern scientists have eontribut- . cd to it. A world-farned laboratory now prepares the formula for you and me.
 call it my Inner Youth.
 Feeds the Glands.
 One Iactor Tn my Inner Youth IS gland food. made of glands. You know, perhaps, what glands are doing. How middle-aged women are made girls again by restoring gland activity My Inner Youth contains the gland which does that
 But it contains much more. It con tains phosphorus for q nerve food. It contains tonics to stimulate all bodi- ly functtone.
 The combination is the greatest youth restOrer known to 1eienee, be.
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LITTLE BEDTIME STORY
" TNoRWToN V. nuRe ess

Also before he had left the barn Danny had decided just where he was going. On the other side of the barnyard was pfc of old rails. It was straight for theee that Danny was headed. The in- start he saw Black Pussy, and that was before she saw him, be sdueaked a warning to Nanny Meadow Mouse at his heels. My, how their little, short legs did take them over the ground Their short, stnbby tails were straight out behind. ns If they we're pointins at Black Pussy as much as to say, I"You can't catch us if you try r
 They were not quito haH way across the barnyArd when Black Pussy caught sight of them. With a bound she was after them, and how sne did run Nibbler, psepine out from the doorway of the barn, held his breath with or TOT as he saw that one more jump would bring Black Pussy on Nanny, and per haps Danny, too. for Nanny was right at Danny's heels. Then, as Black Pussy made that jump. something hap pened Yes. sir: something happened. Danny Meadow Mouse hadn't dodeed enemies all his life for nothing. Just at the very instant Black Pusay made that spring Danny squeaked warming to Nanny and dodeed to the left, while Nanny dostd to the right.
 Black Pussy landed between them. her sharp claws clutching nothing at all but the ground. For just an instant she WAS too surprised, to know what to do next. You ses, she had been abso- lufely sure that she would catch at least one Of. those fat mice. Then for another instant she was undecided which one to chase. This was exactly what Danny had counted on. By the time Black Pussy had made up her mind that she would chase Danny both he and Nanny were very near the pile of old rails. Two second later Danny and Nanny were safe and Black Pussy was wildly clawing under those old rails in angry disappointment, while in the doorway of the barn Nibbler WAS hug. sing himself in joy and relief.
 Cousin Danny certainly knows how to look out for himself" squeaked Nibbler, as he scurried back to his home in the hAynow. Just the same, I'm glad I didn't go with them.''
 Next storys More Adventures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
DASH FOR LIBERTY

sH EYp eaustiously called the mid
 dle-aged man from the next apartment, getting the attention of the handsome young man with the ging- ham apron tied around his neck, who had emerged from his back door to put out two empty milk bottles. ''C'mon over here where they can't hear us r
 'Hughp asked the startled young man, trying to unite his apron and only tightening the knot.
 Are you helping her wash the dishes| inquired the middle-aged man severely. They rope you in on that trick first few months when you're be- dazzled and easy and then as time goes on and you get some sense it's too late. Now is the time to start as you're going to finish and I advise you to stay out here with me and forget to go in until she has the dishes done.
 eff she sticks her head out of the door and sees you conversing with a serious-looking man like me she won't dare call you, because every young wife with her husbands best interests at heart likes to have him get solid with men who may be able to put him in the way of good thing, and for all she knows I may be. the president of d bank and looking for cashier.
 Not only did do as you are doing, when l was first married, but 1 voltin- teered my services When she was 20. Belladonne, my wife, was one of those frail, fragile-looki1g girls who gave you the impression that spring zephyr would wait her out of the window, and it seemed shame to expect her to toll while sat and read the paper in my carpet slippers, as a man has a right to do after a days slavery downtown.
 ''In fact, I quite enjoyed wiping the dishes because 1t was such fun watch ing, the little cuTls at the back of her neck and the bril1iance of her eyes when she turned to smile at me.
 My wife has never been i'll a day in her life, is fresh as a daisy after 36 holes of golf, was never known to say she was too tired to do anything any body asked her to do and caf run all around me in circles in endurance-and she still looks fragile. When I am in my grave she will be brisk and hearty and she is perfectly capable of washing the dishes and everything like that, but whenever we are without help, which is most always these days, the minute din- ner is over and try to sneak into the living room she speaks to me and I run for the dish towel, because know that it is no use to argue.
 ''She catechizes me as wield the dish towel about what l did all day whereas if I were reading and she tried to pry 1 could growl 'H'm' and 'Umph' and tire her soul out. but unless I erea te a diversion by dropping the dish and smashing it, which, of course, reacts on me more than on her because have to pay for new one, there is no way to avoid answering.
 Now while my conduct is above re- proach you know as we'll as I do that we don't want to rehearse to them every little thing we do. For instance, noth- ing could convince Belladonna, when I take two hours off in the afternoon once in while to rest my brain at movie,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
THE REVOLT OF
 SUSAN HYDE
By CAROLYN BEECHEB

and June came over a lot, and-oh yes--Mrs. Norton called and Mir. Nc. kee came in one afternoon after June's dinner June was here and he thought baby wonderful. And"
 What did Mrs. Norton have to re tail? Some gossip, I'll be bound'
 ''She told me Mrs. Markham was in New York" was my tactless reply. Again his face darkened s
 What else did she tell you?"
 "Oh, have forgotten. Nothing of consequence.v
 Manville asked me numerous other questions anent what had gone on while he was away. was obliged to tell him of the servants, what we had eaten, every little happening of the household during his absence. He did not forget single thing--not one. And neither did he fail to find fault. By bedtime all my joy at his return had evaporated. He was at home, that was all.
 Does it seem strange that should re- count all the seemingly unimportAnt de- tails of our daily life? It is the only way can tell my story. It never was the big things which made me unhappy, rather it was the little pin-pricks of my existence; things which to an outsider perhaps would have seemed very little over which to weep and be miserable, but which to me loomed large and dis dressing.
 | That there are many men who, like Manville, meddle with all the details of their homes I know. Yet I doubt if there are many who carried it to the extreme he did. I was simply a nonen- | ity in my own house-a mother who was not allowed to have her way with her child honsekeeper who was not allowed to keep her house.
 As the months passed l grew more and more submissive. Manville more arbitrary. He also remained out a great deal. leaving me alone to brood. Had it not been for my baby whom had to cuddle and rock surreptitiously, I could not have borne my life, so diff ferent from June Cabots, the only girl of my own age with whom l was al all intimate. I could not help compar. ing them at times-June so free to dc as she pleased, Alfred so willing sht should have a good time.
 l was envious. too, of the way sht managed her little home. She planned all the meals, did the ordering, etc. often went to market with her ant hung over her with delight as she or dered her supplies for the table. Wher they wanted a new piece of furniture or anything in the way of house furnish ings she and Alfred talked it over ana decided how much to spend. Then sht shopped until she found what suited their taste and their pocketbook. never bought a single thing for oul home. I was not even consulted II Manville thought we needed anything h' sent it home. My taste was not con sidered in the least.
 As baDy grew older thought ] should be allowed to dress her. But il was a vain hope. She must wear little bloomers at all times and he bought them. I did so want to fuss over my baby girl she was so dainty and pretty but even with her his will was not tc be opposed Truly I had married s masterful man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
LISTENING IN ON EYE
that I am not heinously neslectins m,

that I am not heinously neslecting my duty.
 ''She can't see that 1t is good. policy to spend an afternoon At the club play. ing billiards with d customer and don't want to argue at night. want peace and quiet and what they don't know won't hurt 'em
 q love my wife, which l can see you are beginning to doubt, but that is be. cause your first enthusiasm has not been worn off and you are stilI in the stage when you had rather sit and look at her and marvel that such wonder should really have married you than read the baseball news. s3re
 "But the time will come when base ball news will appeal to you as your right and then what are you going to do? Archibald Twill be the slogan from the kitchen and you'll obey it just as I do when l hear my name. But I have today reached the point where I have decided to assert myself and end this slavery and if you are wise you'll do the same. As soon sa& dipner. Is over say you have to rur cNe 0 The drug store for a cigar and stay away till she's fin ished. iRrsak her of the habit and do |it iAnAaiately. Never again shall grab dish towel just because she's used to seeing me with q dish towel at 2 n. f!1z1lan nt iffGs N .'oooooo- hoo. Xrehis.gg called a girl ish I voice, from, the handsome young man s tflatss':Im waiting for yoer.,
 Where on earthols are you, <. John Thomasg" demanded crisp tone from behind the smiddle-Aged man. isz
 "Oh, well!'' sighed the Hniddle-aged man. ia .,an.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
The Adventures Of Danny And Nanny

The Adventures Of Danny And Nanny
 Begin
 Watch out, Danny. Watch out, Nanny
 Little folks as small as you
 Never. never ought to wander
 Far from home the way you do.
 TIMID Nibbler, the House Mouse,
 opened his mouth to shriek . warming to Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse so, they scsmpsred scrcss Farmer Browns barnyard at the very begin ming of their long journey back to their old home on, the. Green Meadows after spending the winter in Farmer Browns barn. But fimid Nibbler was too frightened to make a sound. There was Black Pussy just coming around the corner of the barn, and though he cousins of their danger the very sight of Black Pussy took away his voice. It is just the way with some timid people. So all Nibbler could do was to peep out of the door with horror in his eyes and watch what might hap pen.
 Now, never in his whole life had Nibbler dared cross q great, open space like that barnyard. His whole life had been spent inside that barn, and seldom had he ever yentured more than a few feet from a safe hiding place. When in the dead of night he had scam. pered swiftly across the barn floor he had felt very brave and bold. But to go out in the open as Danny and Nanny were doing, and in broad day light at that, was to Nibbler,s little mind nothing short of craziness. He had. done his very best to get them to give. up the idea of that long journey, and to stay with him in the barn. But they would go. Danny had laughed at Nibbler's fears. And now here at the very start his worst, fears were likely to be realized. At least that is the way it looked ko Nibbler.
 But Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse were brought up out under the sky insteAdSaf under a roof, and that made all the difference in the world. All their lives they had been used to unexpected dangers. and they were not caught mapping now. Danny had seen Black Pussy even before Nibbler had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21

"Just you wait a few minutes until my feet quit burning and III catch every one of you and put you on the waffle stone and see how you like it."
 T have never seen a meaner person in my life, even if she is my aunt" the Grocery boy said, Come on, Rag gedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and iit- tie Rags puppy dog. Let's not stand and talk with her. She is 500 peevish, no one can like her"
 When the mean old Witch saw the Raggedys leaving, my how she howled, "Waiti" she cried, ''I wish to capture you and put you on the hot stone and ,sizzle your feet" But the Grocery boy caught hold of the Raggedys' hands and ran with them, leaving the mean old witch to put on her sizzled, crinkled- soled slippers before she could follow them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
DOMESTIC DAYS
nv R0Y L. MCARDELT.

Turn off the steam! !1 cried Mir. Rangle.
 Mir. Jarr groped amid the hot yapor with a handkerchief around his head and turned off the valve.
 My rugs will be ruined" whimpered Mrs. Jarr, as the steam floated out of the window. Why did you hit the raditor with hammer and break q pipe?"
 .'I wanted to fasten the. darn ground wire to il" numbled Mir. Jarr, "it was coming loose again." And he new CT let on his hand was scalded-the hero. t 4a
 '"well, we can get a ground through the electric light fixture" said General Harbord Rangle; the expert. That is, unless you're discouraged, for, really, old man, I don't think you've got your radio assembled right. think your condenser is all wrong. It's too large and I don't think you can get any selectivity with it. And the variable condenser isn't connected up with the ground binding post. However, l can fix that"
 My outfits alright" grumbled Mir. Jarr. T assembled it with the cor rect parts according to the chart"
 Tt was such a nice man who wanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
My Vim---MyP Pep
How l maintain them By EdmG WdIIGce Hopper

I lieve l give 1t top place among mod ern discoveries, so far as women are concerned
 Consider my case. am old ia years work, perhaps, ten times aa hard as the average woman. have no rest, no home life. am ever On me at all times bubbling with vivacitys
 Take What You Need. I urge you to do what I do--takO what Inner Youth you need. I take it several weeks at time. When my vitality seems to overflow, stop it for time. When lose pep, when [ tire easily, take it up again,
 1 keep myself at my best--keep eveR at the mark-keep ever young, by tahs ing Inner Youth as I need 1t. For your own sake, do the aanass You may do 1t at my risk Youg dealer will sell yon one bottle undas my guarantee. If you are not deIl9hts cd with results, he will return your money, and charge the amount to ma
 The dealers named below sell Edna Wallace Hopper'S Inner Youth. The price is $1.25 per bottle. If it fails to bring you what 1t brings to me, it will cost you nothing. If it does, you would not take fortune for the youth it brings you back. t
 Do this now, Inner Youth, if ie does for you what it did for me, will be a priceless boon. But this, remem- Der, is for women onlynot for Inen. Please learn what it means to you. Sold by Greene Drug O., Parker'a Drug Go, Hagan.D Dunlap Drug Go, 0flehrist- -Tarrant Drug Go, Withimgtoa Pharmacy; DostersN Northington Drua | leos wholesale distrihutofB. Adv
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to sell me guaranteed set on install ments," murmured Mrs. Jarr.

to sell me guaranteed set on install ,ments," murmured Mrs. Jarr.
 "of course I can make it work Y said Professor Michael Pupin Rangle. SI could make q set out of a cigar box. a door knob, three bedsprings, an egg beater and door bell battery"
 "Stop swankine; cut out the banana oil r said Mir. Jarr angrily, You said you'd make f work, now go ahead and do it."
 . How can this awful mess even squawk if 1t hasn't got G ground'?f ask. ed the ruler of the Hertzian waves patiently. Wait minute. How did you expect to get any regeneration by this tickler feedback when it's bound here, and the primary is uhtuned; and just Slock, you haven't an aperiodic in < the secondary. Besides you should have used an S-ohm rhepstat for the detector tubes and 15lohm rheostat for the ampIifier tubes
 "Aw, cut out that sataiog monolog and make the thing work cried Mir, Jarr. You've been bullying about how expert you were till I've got a headache
 James S. Caulfield Rangle shook his head wearily. Listen to the little man." he said. standing there like d bump on a log with the ground wire in his hand when told him, after he busted the radiator, to attach it to an electric light socket
 7 Mir. Jarr walked sover to a wall Abraeket. unscrewed the bulb and thrust the looped end of the ground wire up into the socket.
 There was a flash and a pistol shot report from the short current, and evs cry light in the house went out; white Mrs. Jarr and the children shrieked in the darkness.
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in few minutes it will burn the soles from my slippers"
 All the time the mean old Witch was screaming this, she was hopping up and down. first upon one foot then upon the other.
 Silly" Raggedy Andy finally said. "why don't you get off the hot stone Don't you know that hopping first upon one foot and then upon the other just keeps the soles of your slippers, sig zling? Jump from the waffle stone"
 ''I did not think of that" the old Witch howled as she hopped acress the stone and sat down upon the grass.
 "Jut look at my slippers '" she cried, as she took them off and rubbed her feet. ''The soles are nearly sizzled off and are all crinkly." And she looked from one Raggedy to another just as if she thought it was all their fault.