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crOSS-eyeS at us and finally
looked forward with one and back
ward with the other.
For PHYS sake" / exclaimed,
"he can look in every direction.
They must be on pivots."
Zone of his means Of protec-
tion," said Bunny carelessly.
"And the other?" asked Bobby.
There you see it," said Bunny,
pointing to the lizard.
Sure enough, as we watched
this strange little reptile sudden
ly spots came out all over him.
Hes got the measles" gasped
Bobby.
But before he finished his SEN
tence the chameleon's spots had
melted into stripes! Then he
changed from the leaf-green
which he was when we first saw
him to blue! Then to dull
brown, and finally to a dirty
yellow!
Hes trying to scare US,
laughed Bunny.
But how does he do it," asked
Bobby.
Some naturalists say they
don't know" I answered, land
others claim that he has two
layers of pigment or color cells
one light and the other dark
underlying his thin skin, and that
he can change them at will.
will he ever mover" eX-
claimed Bobby.
There, he's putting down his
foot to take a step and by my
wrist watch it's been fifteen min
utes since we first saw him.
Takes some folks a long while
to make up their minds" said
Bunny, as we watched the cha
meleOn climb up into the tree.
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OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Avoid Springtime FreckIes BY Using
Precautions Listed Herein by
Madame Jeritza.

The cream WIN protect your
face from blernishes caused BY
sun and wind. Leave on rust
enough to slightly noistsn and
soften your skin. Your face pOw-
der will then rest on this moist
surface instead Of sinking quick
~ into the pores and choking
them.
For the woman who can't stand
cold cream ana face powder -
mixture Of one-third benzoin to-
two-thirds rose-water may serve
the same purpose for II keeps
her skin soft anu moist. Possibly
pure Venetian taIc. busted n
lightly win serve 40 . finishing
touch to her toilette instead Of
heavier powder.
Olive on and almond OF IN
equal parts with . drop or two
Of benzcin added wiIl-liI1e cold
1cream-prevent frecIxle. So win
pure cocoanut oil.
Prevention ii better than cure
in the matter Of tan. sunburn.
and freclxles. And the ''ounce Of
prevention" may well prove to
be an ounce Of pure cold cream.
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SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
by Helen Rowland
Where Shalt Thou Find One -?

= END me thy lantern, o
Diogenes! Yea, lend me
- TWO lanterns! For that
which l seek is harder to find
than an honest man." and rarer
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tempted to MApIE JeRITaA
leave off your fur piece and put
on your new spring coat, be-
ware-within an hour or tw5
gales of sleet may send you
scurrying to the nearest shelter.
blowing frost and chill through
your very bones.
It's. wise these March days to
keep an extra umbrella, rubbers
or goIoshes and comfortable
sweater within easy reach at the
office or class room. Then, If
the weather defies the weather
: man, you can still defy the
weather.
Smothering oneself with cloth
ing isn't necessary on fine days.
But needed adjustment to the
thermometer can be managed by
substituting a lighter silk frock
for the heavy wooden one-always
provided the extra wrap for emer-
gencies is near at hand.
Wear a small hat that fits your
head snugly. unless you wish to
entertain all onlookers by your
Wild race with the wind for your
lost head-covering
The woman inclined to freckle
and burn begins about this time
of year-if she's wise-to take
precautions. This is her critical
season. II she can ward off
freckles during March they're far
less likely to appear later on.
Either cold cream or oil is1an
excellent safeguard against tan.
sunburn and freckles. Before you
start out in the morning, rub a
little cold cream into your skin
with an upward, outward move
ment. Rub it in as well as you
can, then. If you choose, dust
powder lightly over the surface
Of your skin.
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w III EN- IN
DOU BIT
mrs. Cornelius BeeckInan-

The Order Of Precedence
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II Please give the order Of
precedence for woman and her
escort when entering the theater.
church and restaurant. H. L.
TN theater, either precedence
4 is correct; it depends on the
choice of the man. Some men
prefer to follow the usher and
have the lady follow them, main
tanning that with this order, they
have the time to get into position
at the head Of the row, and help
the lady into the row in which
are the seats. However, other
men object to having the lady fol-
low them and stand aside while
the lady follows the usher. Either
form is correct.
In church the man usually
follows the lady. In a restaurant
the lady usually follows the head
waiter, and the man follows her.
The determining element OF
these orders is the question as
to whether or not seats or places
are to be found.
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BORDED HAIR looks wonderful WIN
the tiny tint of Golden Clint snSmpoo'
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I'm sure l saw something
move among those leaves,

[/TM sure l saw something
move among those leaves,
II Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby.
pulling me over near a tree which
he had indicated.
Maybe it was the wind"
suggested.
mo, SIR" said /, II am quite
sure l saw something"
1--WE can wait moment"
laughed. mo one is ever in very
much of a hurry here in Morocco.
For that is where we were-that
very interesting country of north
ern Africa, which borders on the
blue Mediterranean.
Might as we'll sit down." said
ably under the brancb~of the tree
and gluing his eyes to the spot
where he insisted he had seen
something move.
sat down by him and we
watched the foliage. In moment
Bobby nudged me and said:
1T must be dead"
WHAT" asked, following
Bobby's gaze.
Look at that green lizard there
among the leaves-you can hardly
tell him from the leaves. But look,
he is standing there like statue"
You're right" said 1. l think
it is chameleon"
II wonder if he will change
color" whispered Bobby.
Wouldn't be surprised" | an
swered.
We waited. There that lizard
stood-on the branch of the tree
with one foot poised in the ar
as if ready to take step-but
never putting his foot down.
That's the funniest thing l ever
saw" said Bobby. "Do you sup
pose he is dead and just fastened
TO that tree? Why, he never
moves"
True it was, that llttle hAat"
never moved, but remained az
still as if he were stutfed ana
lying on your desk.
Hes alive all right" said Bunny
who up until now had said nothins'
Look at his eyes"
Look at his eyes! | should
say / did look at his eyes ana a'
that very moment BOBBY
claimed:
"He's making faces at us!
And / don't blame Bobby Tor
saving that, because as the httie
chameleon stood there with MS
little foot still raised as II II were
a wooden foot he turned one eye
to the right and the other eye 10
the left. Then he made real
ADVERTISEMENT
12I
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Second Installment of Modern Novel,
Conferred On Heart and Mind
of the "Flapper."

with a soft, cynical laughter:
I'm not very necessary to either.
Not first with either"
She was in the dangerous MOOD
of the woman who feels that love
is falling her, and if love fails
there is nothing left.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Tooth of Neglect.
Nora Lee sat with her hands
tightly folded, her eyes shooting
fire toward the back of her hus-
bands head. On this night when
she thungered for ccmpanionship--
for sweet, soothing words--of
course this would be the very
night he must choose to ignore
her!
She wanted to blaze out at him:
PUT down that pencil, Dane Herr
rick! I'm here' Your wife! I'll
not be- snubhed like this. I sup
pose it's no concern of yours if
my heart is breaking
These thoughts made such a
claTnor in her head that even the
room clashed with her indigna-
ton. She had sense of outrage
because her son was so utterly
lost in sleep and her husband
plunged completely in his own
pursuits. She could have wept,
being so left alone.
Then she began to wonder If
he would soon call her over and
ask for suggestions-if he would
show her the swift, indefinite
sketches. Perhaps not. He
didn't do that very much now.
She didn't even know what he
was working on. In the months
when. she was so wrapped in her
child he had ceased to bother her
with questions.
She recalled with wounded re-
sentiment that he no longer
brought home the plans for her
perusaI; nor the magazines that
interested him. Lying on the
bookshelf were dusty, unopened
pile of these.
well-what of il IL she had
neglected this interest? She had
a soul to build 80. what is
the building of a house compared
to that?
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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A Problem in Signature

A Problem in Signature
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Would you please let me
know the correct way for me
to sign my name, when my hus-
band is living and married
again? Is Mrs. Belle Thomas
Brown correct, Thomas being
my maiden name2 B.
UOU may choose either the
4 name Mrs. Belle Thomas
Brown or Mrs. Thomas Brown.
Nowadays most divorced women
choose to take the last name OF
their maiden names as the first
name of their new name. This. /
think, does give great dignity,
although in your ease it does not
work SO well, since your maiden
name, Thomas, also happens to
be a mans first name.
CMrs. Beecknan will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
a PrOcrnstinating LcOer
wrvrsea ~ wrawN 4 ~.

8
A PrOcrastinating LcOer
NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
II I am In love with young
man OF my own age, TWENTY-FIVE.
We love each other deeply but he
says he isn't good enough for
me.
We've been engaged many
times, but always something turns
up to prevent our marrying.
He claims that / am the only
girl he loves and still he re-:
fuses to marry me and Quarrels
with me because ! don't love
him enough.
VIII you advise ms?
ETHEL.
THERE may be q good reason
! for your fiance's postponing
the marriage. Financial difficult
ties or other equally complicated
problems may stand In the way
Of his marrying now.
Have q frank but affectionate
talk with him. Ask him to tell
you why he repeatedly postpones
the marriage. If he tells you 1t
is impossible for him to marry
within three or four years. you'll
be wise to release him, though to
do so may seem hard now. For
very long engagements are dis
tinctly unwise.
/ trust that patient love may
lead to a happy and harmonious
understanding between you and
your fiance and to your speedy
marriage if that is best for you
both.
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RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Orange Drink

Orange Drink
One package of raisins, cook
for fifteen minutes in half gallon
of water; strain. Into this liquid
squeeze pulp and juice from one
dozen oranges. Add Juice OF one
lemon. Sweeten to taste. Mash
the raisins in their liquid before
you put through strainer. Put
on ice. Drink as you like it,
diluted or not. The longer you
keep it the better it Is, if kept
cool.
MRS. SARAH McCALMONT,
Fourteenth street northwest,
Central Station
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By ElenOre Meherin.
The Biggest and Best Story q
Her Career.

1uS 0ARSeSG anu DCSS SSS3S
Her Career.
TNHEY'VE taken the most ex-
quisitefS delicate things in
the world and turned women
loose to mold as they would. But
women have proven too petty, too
inappreciative for the job. They've
lain down on the stirring task.
THEY'VE called it the "humdrum
of life. If they had the spirit
of the psychologist, the zeal of the
great creators. they would call it
the magnificent adventure.
A WORLD FOR YOUNG.
"And they wouldn't be sitting
here on their plenteous avoirdupois
while their young goes scamper-
ing to hell or elsewhere as it sees
fit. Instead they'd be making
fine world for these young to in
habit.
when men take the job away
from us and send us out to play
with stocks and brick and mortar
they'll make something of it. And
they'll have so much fun doing 1t
we'll be dying of envy and want
ing to snatch back the work
we've forsworn."
In a tumult, Nora Lee drove
home. What an impolite. angry
spirit Ida Burnett was! Because
her husband was faithless she had
. grudge against all the happy
women in the world.
But Nora Lee wanted to reach
home before her son was in bed.
AS she rushed through the living
room she saw Ellen putting flow
ers on the table. The nurse maid
came at / in the afternoon and
left at 6.
Call for Daddy"
Ellen said. smiling: Hes asleep
Mrs. Herrick. And Bertha is
gone"
Already? It's not yet. Why
did she put him to sleep so early?
He was tired
She checked the unwarranted
tears, went in and. stood at the
crib. The little boy looked like
his father, though he had Nora
Lees eyes and her hair. She; was
glad that she had only given him
the best she had.
He had a beautiful black horse
and wagon held within doubled
arms. She leaned down and
touched the closed lids and lightly
took the toy from him.
His lips parted with a faint
eager: Daddy
Nora Lee WINGED. Otter she
suspected that the boy loved his
father better than he loved her.
She wanted the two to worship
each other, of course. But still
she wanted to be first with both
Was Love Failing.
Just now she felt robbed and
piqued and unhappy. Dane had no
right to bring nurse maid in
here! Send her back to wanton
idleness! It was selfish and
thoughtIess in him.
She was preoccupied during din
ner. She wanted to talk about
these vital things-take a long
walk and come to momentous de-
eisions.
But after dinner he sat at a
desk and sketched. She had
learned that he didn't need to
work at night-that is-there was
no hurry about the work. But
when he had an idea it seemed
to drive him, and he was alb
Sorbed and Indifferent to every
thing else while he developed it..
Now sitting across the room
watching the brown. cleancut
head half lowered, the thought
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than a woman
without a COM
pick.
Behold, l seek
a man that is
wise in his
judgements Of
women!
Yea, even a
man that pre-
ferreth quality
unto numbers,
in his loves as
in his drinks,
and t ak Q t h
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Old Man of the
Mountains

THE rocks on the mountainside
4 at Franconia Notch. n. H.,
form an almost perfect human
profile called THE Old Man Of
the Mountains which attracts
numerous visitors every year from
all parts of the country.
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pones Tor q
w lille all
dreams of ar
butus peeping
shyly through
the snow.
Now, above
all other sea-
. o n q. on .
should dress
CareLuuy. FOrs
while the air
in the morn
ing in 40 de-
lightful you're
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
~YHEN were the Cliff-dwel-
Nv lers of the southwestern
" part Of the United States
driven out?
2.-when did Master Betty, pre-
cocious English actor, make his
debut?
3.-When did Clotaire 1, king Of
the Franks. rule?
4.-When was Irminsul, the Sax
en- idol, cast down by Charlie
magne?
5.-When was Meyerbeer's opera
"Dinorah" first produced?
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The mission Of San Francis
co de la Espada, near San An
tonic, Tex. was founded in 1871.
2.-Milka Ternina, great opera
singer, first visited America in
1896.
"A British mission visited
Thibet in 19O2-1904.
4.-The Hebrew descent into
Egypt was made about 1900 B. c.
5.-Wallenstein. Austrian Gener-
al, was assassinated February
25. 1884.
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By Maria Jeritza,
Prima Donna OF the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Of the
Most Beautiful Women
OF the Day

"HIS is the time of year when
we begin to look forward TO
spring. One day there's a
suggestion Of blamy southlands
in the breeze. But tomorrow q
blizzard more than likely post
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

No man can guess what power,
to speak well over the radio may
mean in years to come.
The other night bridge parties
laid down their cards, women on
farms stopped the late cleaning
up of dishes, their husbands came
in from evening chores, tens of
millions listened to the Presidents
clear, incisive matter of fact voice,
discussing in plain fashion the i'm
portance of national economies and
laying down, to the satisfaction of
e nearer, the simple truth that
the peoples money belongs to the
PEOPLE.
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

1t was an innovation when Wood
row Wilson, so perfectly dressed,
drove to the Capitol and talked
direct to Senators, Representatives,
the Supreme Court and others.
"Wonderful audience" the world
said.
But it was no audience at al
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

house party was Frank Glen1ster.
the Elton boy who would not be
separated from his gun. He. also.
was Of the younger branch lately
brought to the front by the hand Of
Death. AS the son of a brother Of
Dudley, killed In an Indian frontier
skirmish,. he'.was heir presunptive
to the title and estates. Since he
was ar engaging %youngster. ana
Dudley intended to provide a more
direct" heir. the new baronet made
much Of him without any %apprehen.
sive jealousy.
The rest Of the guns" who gath
cred round the table in the glade
were gentlemen from neighboring
houses. brick.faced squires, a sport.
ing parson and one other. That tx
ception was the exception who did
moi fall exactly into either category.
The Right Honorable Stephen Colne.
as the owner of Colnbrook Towers,
might have been deemed a squire.
but he was certainly not hrickfaced.
His well-bred, intellectual counte.
iioiN "oS VI III oihtiOo
pallor. due to the long hours spent
as a Cabinet Minister on the
Treasury Bench.
The period of %liqueurs, whisky and
nicotine. arrived. One of the brick.
f~aced-squires had taken advantage
'ofrthe general somnolence to work
off as original a story culled from
warming to the risky climax when
the words were literally jerked out
of his mouth by the Elton boy. who
was sitting next him.
Mark Overt yelled the youngster,
Selling his gun and leaping 10 his
feet.
The host removed his cigar and
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

that he refused to part with 1t. lay.
ling it on the ground beside him and
slyly choosing the end seat for that
purpose. Sir Dudley sat at the head
of the table. with the plethoric dow.
.ager on his right, the others ranging
themselves casually. all but a tall
soldierly young man who was at
pains to maneuyer himself into the
chair next Kathleen Glenister.
This was Norman Slater, a distant
connection by marriage Of Lady
Marrables. and a captain in the Rife
Brigade Sir Dudley regarded him
with scant favor and had only in
vited him to the Grange because the
old lady had frankly declined to
leone herself unless Norman was
asked. :. And Lady M%arrables, y. as
'Kathleen's guardian, being indis'
pensable. the young officer had been
included in the small house party.
Sir Dudley was far too much a man
Of the world to be rude to a guest
whom he had reason to believe was
his rival in love. He had indeed been
extra. civil to him, allotting to him
the best Stands at the shoot and
treating him effusively as a kins-
man. which he was not. Lady Mar
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

rabies was a sister of the late Sir
Philip Glenister. George and Kath-
leen's father, and Norman Slater
was a son of one Of her deceased
husbands sisters.
Another male guest staying in the
house was the silent, run1inative
man with q sharp, hatchet-like face
and cavernous eyes, who in an evil
dent fit of abstraction sat down on
the other side of Kathleen. Doctor
Willoughby Melville, the spe-
cialist from Harley Street. owed his
invitation to professional services
rendered to his host some years be-
fore the latter's succession to the
baronetcy. Dudley Glenister, then a
feverish operator in the "Kaffir Cir.
Gus" had badly broken down after a
week of wild speculation. and was
now paying a social debt to the. great
physician who had healed him.
The only remaining IMAM of the
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

looked skyward. Don't be a dom
key, Frank" he shouted. Its only
a crow"
Frank Glenister was not to be de-
MED. He had already crammed a
cartridge into the breach-There
was no time for two-and raising
his gun, he fired at the bird that by
now was sailing directly overhead. 1t
was q clean miss and, sharply
swerving in its flight, the crow dis.
appeared over the tree.tops at the
far side of the glade.
But it had evidently been a close
call for the winged marauder. caus-
ing it to drop its plumber. Plop into
the center of the luncheon table fell
the grfsly object, cannoning Off a
dish Of pears and. as it finally came
to rest, confesSing itself to be q
fieshless finger from n human skele,
ton.
ITO Be Continued
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

@~V
Uncle Joml2(

We used to wear mee-breech-
es in the buddin' spring of
youth-when a feller's legs was
worthy and digestion told the
truth. - When the Stone-bruise
was a fashion, and the drowsy
bumble-bee nursed the soluble
vourin' passion to defend his
liberty. Yes, we used to wear
knee-breeches in the economic
day, when a keerful mother fig
gered that the long ones didn't
pay. - And she'd sock abbrevi-
ations on her young an hope
full son, - till the camoufage
amounted to about the same as
none!
Today-we wear knee-breech-
es, though we're slightly over
grown; It takes about a forty
eight to span our torrid zone
A loose, colonial quicker grips
the half-besotted shin - with
extry fttin' sox to store our
corns an bunions in. The gent
Ter sex applauds US when We
swat the tiny sphere, but-be g
yond the pale of kn-folks-they
can hardly be sincere!
Richmond planet., 1925-07-11

compared to the vast multitude
that heard President Coolidge talk
direct to the people of the United
States.