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mendously interesting, and the
most fascinating thing I do"
Among his readers are such men
as Ebert H. Gary, president of the
United States Steel Corporation,
and E. r. Albee, president of the
Keith Vaudeville Association. Both
men have written to the, Senator
that they improved their health by
following his newspaper directions.
He treasures, however, letter from
a woman in Canada, who lived
eighty miles from the nearest doc
tor, and sought medical advice
from the Senator, who was some
200 miles away.
81 try to keep people well: not
to cure Them" he says. try to
teach good living so as to avoid
disease. I want to extend the span
of life to- 100 years.
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Letters from Readers
Heads Hobby List
for Copeland
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON

Senator physician health authority publisher carpenter
writer stationary engineer unonist horcuturst and farmer
The labors and hobbies of Senator Royal Copeland Dem
of New York hand in hand biographer finds difficult
draw line between avocaons he follows for profit
end those he abors for pleasure In his meteorc
Copeland administered the health of the greatest Amer
CITY, settled labor disputes volunteer arbitrator built
twostory house with his hands, published newspaper
and written millions of words of health advice for American
newspapers On top of that he's union and carries
union card And he derives pleasure from every last of
fban7
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= ling" to mean the act or operation of handling
merchandise.
This is word sometimes misunderstood by both
the public and persons engaged in handling mer-
chandise. To some it merely the buying
of goods for one price and selling them for
another. In other words, a cold blooded trans
action ending at the counter or cashiers desk:
To the Greater Lansburgh & Bro. Store, the
word merchandising" has far comprehen-
Sive meaning. In this store, now nearing its
Sixtyfifth Anniversary. the operation of handling
peted until the goods have been securely and
neatly wrapped. packed boxed and courteous
delivery E>ade to completely satisfied customer
Our Delivery System is as near perfect as it is
humanity possible to make it. We have spent
years and years in study, research and investiga-
ton to make it 50, and we spare. no energy or
expense to keep it So No sale is regarded as
complete until the package has been delivered to
the purchaser at the precise place and moment
he or she orders it delivered
Our Delivery System wraps, boxes or packs all
goods for
Mail Order Department.
Telephone Order Department.
Shipping Department.
City Delivery Department.
For 20 years the Mail Order Department in our
store has served the public with consummate
satisfaction. It is conducted by Jane Stuart land
assistants), the personal shopper for. thousands
of Mail Order patrons Upon receiving a letter
from an out-of-town patron, she selects the
garments, goods other merchandise they ask
: her to buy, and she is just as shrewd in her
quest for good values and satisfactory merchan-
disc as the person who wrote the letter would be.
At all times during the day Jane Stuart is
passing through the various departments selecting
samples making purchases for persons in all
walks of life in many parts Of the country. BY
reason Of her long experience and correspondence
acquaintance with these persons, she has come to
know their individual preferences and tastes and
has filing cabinet filled with letters of thanks,
appreciation and compliments her faculty of
selecting EXACTLY what wanted at the price
wanted to pay"
The merchandise purchased by Jane Stuart is
sent to Delivery Department, there to be
neatly, attractvely and securely packed, weighed,
stamped and promptly sent out for shipment by
parcel post, express or freight according to it's
aize and weight. 80
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CENTURY-OLD SMITHY
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE

STAFFORD, Del. Sept. Fire at
Vienna, Nd, on the Nanticoke river;
twenty miles below Seaford, de-
stroyed the blacksmith establish
ment of James Fletcher.
This building was 100 years old
and built of brick with metal roof.
which was Of great help in keep
ing the flames from spreading to
the postoffice and other buildings.
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The senator's principal hobby is
farming. He owns a 130-acre farm
at Suffern, N. Y. upon which he
lives when away from Washington.
He works at the odd farm tasks
with all the abandon of a real
''dirt" farmer, but gets his greatest
pleasure from maintaining a prize
apple orchard. He planted many
Of the trees himself, but some of
them are $50 years old, and he
claims the Northern Spies, Bald
wins and pippins from his farm
are as fine apples as any in Amer
lea.
Born on Farm.
plains. ST love a farm; live on a
farm, and I expect to die on
farm. love the freedom and
wholesomeness OF country life."
Around his cottage home the
senator has cheated a garden of
flowers. Just now a thousand
peony blooms and an acre of iilacs
fi1l the air with fragrance. AS
Copeland says, 1.-THE air is redolent
with the perfume of flowers"
Anyway, due to his garden, the
senator entertains some 5000 visit
Ing bees every daYS attracted from
miles around by the perfume of
his flowers"
On his farm Copeland also main
tains carpenter shop. He knows
and can use some 800 tools. Some
time ago he built a two-story work
shop with his own hands, doing all
the manual labor. He does all 1he
ordinary repair work about the
farm and is a proficient carpenter.
81 have always loved tools" he
says. That's why 1 became a
carpenter and a physician, too You
see was attracted by the surgical
Instruments. And, after all, sur
gerry is only refined form Of car
pentry."
Made Engineer
As to his engineering status,
Copeland won that distinction by
the action Of the engineers union.
They elected him to honorary MEM
bership when he settled one Of
their strikes to their advantage.
His settling Of strikes, incidentally,
has extended to other lines of ef-
fort, stationary firemen and -con-
etruction workmen also needing the
.
happened in 1919, while, as health
Of New York City, hea
opposed Threatened strikes because /
OF the current influenza epidemic.
The record shows that Copeland
settled the strikes by arbitration,
and an unusual result was the fact
that both employers and employees
liked him better afterward
I'm union man now" says
Copeland. That's why T. only
spoke eight hours on the Isle Of
Pines treaty. Being a union man, I
kept union hours"
Owns Newspaper
Copeland is a real newspaper
man. He publishes the Nyack
Daily News, Of Nyack, N. Y, fire.
writing editorials for the
paper. Another of his hobbies,
well-known to millions Of Ameri-
cans, is his writing of a daily
health editorial for American news
papers. These articles have a ire
mendous circulation, and Copeland
receives responses from every part
Of the globe.
Last month I had 10000 letters
from people who wrote to me about
their health" he said. Its ire
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Imported Chiffon Velvet.
Yard, $4.95

All SilI1-BIack OnIy-SpeciaI.
Fashion predicts velvet for Fall and
this Is a beautiful grade all-silk velvet
in lovely colors suitable for afternoon
and evening gowns. Full 40 inches wide.
THIRD FLOOR-LANSBURG & BRO.
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Our Delivery Department is in q room 60x2OO
feet, making total of 1900 square feet devoted
to this part of our business. More than g COM
petent and courteous persons are employed here.
Goods intended for shipment conveyed to
this department by chutes and conveyers, and
are packed and ready to leave the store within
a short time after the purchase is made.
Our Telephone Order Department does "a land
office business, because it smplifies shopping TO
read our advertisements in the daily papers, take
the telephone off the hook at your home or place
of business and get into immediate communication
with the desired department and give the order
for merchandise
Although the Greater Lansburgh & Bro Stores
telephone number is listed as FRANKLIN 74OO,
as a matter of fact we have TWENTY-SIA
OTHER TRUNK LINES leading from Central to
our store, and LAG telephone branches located in
the various departments. This makes it possible
for telephone patron to get instantaneous SER
vice, and few minutes after the order has been
given the wire, the goods have been selected,
the slip made out, and the bundle wrapped and
ready for delivery truck.
We have a fleet of Is fast and attractive White
Delivery Trucks for making delivery in Washing
ton end its suburbs within radius of % miles Of
the National Capital. Each of these trucks Is
operated by a uniformed, careful and responsible
driver, who has a courteous and alert helper.
day, the first at 8 o'clock in the morning, and
the second at o'clock in the afternoon. In the
event of some special urgency, we make delivery
by special messenger in any part of the city.
Delivery once every day is made to suburbs
within Is miles of Washington. This means to
places sucn as ALEXANDRA, ROCKVILLE baHSton,
Cherrydale, Hyattsville, Bethesda, Seat Pleasant,
etc.
Twice each week we deliver goods in Virginia
as far Vienna and Fairfax, and three times
week deliver goods in Maryland as far as
Laurel, Gaithersburg and Washington Grove.
Our delivery days in distant Virginia territory
are Wednesday and Friday while Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday the days for delivery in
distant Maryland.
Besides handling from 1000 to 5000 packages
of goods in our Delivery Department, purchased
in our own store daily, maintain Service
Department on the main floor of our store for
the accommodation of patrons who also make pur-
chases in other stores.
If you have had experience with our Delivery
System and found the least fault with it, we
shall regard ourselves under obligation to you
if you will tell US about it. Some one has said:
"Our friends are those who tell US the truth"
We want your friendship.
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? 5 f.; c'''s' ' ''; $$l.95

A Beautiful Quality-Speclal
Pencil Blue, Bokhara, Cuckoo,
Black Prince. Epinard, Tanager,
Golden Pheasant-and so more
wanted shades in this fine crepe.
40 inches wide; firm weave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-07
36-Inch Imported Velveteen
Yard. $3.50

A LustrOus Grade, Very Low Priced
A rich, lustrous quality velveteen,
guaranteed fast pile and color. All the
most desirable Autumn colorings and
plenty all-black.
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54-Inch New Fall Silks,

Three Smartest Weaves-SpeciaI
54-inch Satin Crepe, 54.inch Satin Can.
ton. and 54-inch Heavy Flat Crepe, in
heavy dress weights-you need but ~
to ~ yards for q dress. Lovely Fall
colorS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-07

$500 Yards 40
inch Fall Crepes, CD co
Yard, OAoOC
Usual $2.98 and $3.50 Grades
Satin Crepe, Fine Flat Crepe,
Heavy Crepe de Chine, Rich Bro
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-07

5000 Yards Satin
Charmeuse, CT On
Yard, O1sOC
Usual $1.95 and $2.25 Grades
An exceptionally rich, lustrous
grade of all-silk charmeuse, shown
in forty or more of the most de.
sirable new colors-with emphasis
upon black! 40 inches wide.
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body to the shell. and in the
shell was the rightful owner.
HE doesn't care whose house
he takes" said Bunny.
NO" / said. And if he can't
find a house already built he
just fastens two leaves together
and lives in those or makes a
case Of reeds or stones, for he
knows full well he would be
gobbled right up by a big bug.
when the grub has finished
growing he retreats altogether
into his case and spins a silken
network over the entrance, while
it is a pupa. But when 1t leaves
this crysalis out 1t comes a per-
feet insect like the little lady we
saw making the deep-sea dive"
"She reminded me Of those
girls / saw once in the Hippo.
drome that just walked right
down into the water" said Bobby.
Must be great to be able to do
that"
Yes" answered. But her
life wouldn't suit you" I laughed.
why not?" asked Bobby.
Because she never eats I
said
Never eats"' exclaimed Bobby.
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TT was a beautiful, bright sum-
Il mer afternoon. Bobby, Bunny
and l were walking along he
bank of little stream.
Suddenly from out of a clump
of tall grass in our path flew
what we though was: moth.
1t darted right from the water
and then skinned along the
surface of the stream-iust as
if it were walking on the water
and it left a trail behind 1t. like
that of the miniature wake OF
tiny ship.
Regular hydroplane," suggest
ed Bobby.
We leaned over the bank and
watched it dive. ....
Did you see that pale green
thing on the end of it's body?"
asked Bobby, who has eyes like
a hawk.
Egg bag" said Bunny. Gone
down in the water to lay it's
eggs"
What happens to the eggs
down there under the water?"
asked the inquisitive little Bobby.
They hatch out" ! said but
are not caddis-flies at first-for
that is what the moth-like crea-
ture was"
Then what are they at first"
persisted Bobby. anxious to
straighten the thing out at once.
"Grubs," I answered
Then what happens?" asked
Bobby, keenly interested.
Something strange" I re-
piled. When the grubs hatch
out they have a kind Of shelly
arnTor on the front part Of their
bodies, while the back is FRO.
tected."
"Caddis grubs seem to be
aware of this, 80 they hustle
around until they find a protec-
ton,
Here, look at this" ex-
claimed. Look in this tiny
water-snail's SHE'LL and l picked
it up.
We looked inside and there
was Caddis fly grub, firmly
fastened by the hooks on it's
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Second InstalIment of Modern Novel,
Centered On Heart and Mind
of the ''Flapper."

see the day when you and l
would cease to love. ;" She an
swered with youths blind, exalted
faith: THAT day can never come.
1t was here now. He brought
it. He HIMSELF brought it to
her. Why had he done this!
Why had she let him do it? Why
had she not stood imperious,
strong, sweet, and said to him:
mo. The love is also mine. You
shall not, dare not hurt it, Why
had she not-subtly as woman
must - maintained the sole and
happy domination of his heart?
Lost Fight.
She shivered and pulled the
covers to her chin. She, too, had
failed. She had watched him pass
ing from her. She had felt pierre
ingly the charm and power of
Natalie Herbert! All - and she
had bought clothes to use as
weapons against Natalie's vital in
tellect: Natalie's glowing spirit
She shrank now, recalling these
vain and futile efforts. Why
had she been stupid like this?
She who was once so vivid. so
tineling and colorful thing?
When they were married. Lie
sparkled in her veins with the
same high glow that 1t sparkeld
in his. Why and how had she
sunk from these intense heights?
Why had she not kept step
with him? They started equal.
He had outstripped her-gone
on and on, while she wrapped
herself gayly in idle, luxurious
ease and put her mind to sleep.
She turned unhappily, drawing
hot, suffocating breaths. Not
fair! Life was not fair to
women. Fantastic images came
trooping to her thoughts. She
saw women-hundreds and thou
sands of women rushing along,
bound wrist to wrist with jewels
and baubles; weighted with costly
garments. They had no faces.
but only red spots of rouge where
the lips and the cheeks should
be. But they went rushing along:
as they passed meaningless
echoes battered after them.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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a

causes a. very UR CNAS. Al NEED
gradual insensibility that, in
many cases eliminates in death.
The trouble is that the air of
your room may become so grad
ually contaminated with carbon
monoxide that. even when awake,
YOU may not detect it's presence
when it is quietly putting you to
sleep.
If you are sleeping you may
inhale a fatal dose of carbon
monoxide without it awakening
you.
That is what makes it such a
dangerous fuel for heating bed
rooms.
Many people use it for heating
bathrooms simply because gas
stove can easily be attached TO
a burner. This is all right If
window is kept freely open at
the top and care is taken to see.
actually see, that every jet is
lighted.
But there have been so many
deaths in bathrooms from failure
to observe these precautions that
building permits will not be
granted for placing any gas con-
nections in bathrooms.
In one city in which some
twenty deaths from carbon mon
oxide have occurred during two
months of cold weather the health
authorities have found it cxpedi-
ent to publish series of "don'ts"
az follows:
Don't sleep in a room with
tightly closed windows and doors
in which gas stove is burning.
Don't use any type of stove
unless 1t is connected to Chin
ney flue or set in ventilated
fireplace.
Don't battle in a bathroom
while a stove is burning and the
doors and windows closed.
Don't operate any water heat
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HEATING WITH GAS
DR.. Reed Gives Some Timely Precau-
tiOns in Using Gas for
Heating Purposes.
err which is not ventilated to 4

er which IL not ventilated to q
chimney.
Don't permit solid tops ION
cooking ranges or wash boilers
to smother flames which are
turned too high.
Don't permit gas leaks IN your
piping appliances.
Don't continue to breathe t.fr
which causes your eyes, throat
and nostrils to smart. Get to
fresh air at once and then nave
the sources of the trouble inves-
tigated and corrected.
Don't allow an automobile en-
CINE to run in a closed garage
Don't remain in a closed m ofQr
car for an extended period while
the engine is running and The
car rs standing or parked.
Don't fail. to have the gas
appliances on your property in
spected.
II you are in gas-heated
room and feel Inconsistencies
gradually stealing over you. open
a window or q door or get into
the open. Then turn off the gas
and keep 1t turned off:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-24
HOUSEWIVES
CREPINETTES
BY Alice Langelier-

PARIS,
HOUSEWIVES crepinettes are
IL a kind of stuffed pancakes
that make a delicious luncheon
dish in France.
Mix one pound of sausage meat
with one-third pound Of bread
crumbs. moistened and pressed.
Add two whole eggs and one-half
an onion and three shallots finely
chopped and cooked with a spoon
full of fine herbs salt pepper and
a pinch Of nutmeg.
Make small, thin pancakes with
the usual batter, and spread over
each one a spoonful of the stuff.
fling. Fold into small triangle,
flatten, roll in bread crumbs and
brown in the griddle just at the
moment of serving.
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By ElenOre Meherin.
The Biggest and Best Story OF
Her Career.

Auc Digest ana best SIOIS VA
Her Career.
MORA LEE clasped her hands
~ over her eyes and tried not to
think: tried not to weep because
the father loved the little fellow,
yet had betrayed him: nor to
cover because the crushing mo-
ment of farewell must soon arrive.
But round and round whirled
the blurred, distorted thoughts:
back and forth fled the prodding
regrets; fears beat and beat on
her heart. Oh, why does the past
always creep upon the present,
why does the present need to fade
into cruel and aching futures. If
there were onlv this moment
those two in there happy with
each other and she lying quiet
and nerveless this mo-
ment perpetuated into years
Slowly she wiped the tears that
tr1ckled under her closed eyes.
She wondered in a torturing. be-
logged way if Dane were sorry; if
he would have wiped out that
night and the scenes that must
have preceded it.
Treason, Shame.
She wondered pathetically why
things had happened as they did.
They had started out so bravely
and with such high and shining
dreams. Oh, they were the young
and mighty ones to turn a laugh
ing face and bid Life let loose
what storms it would. They'd
breast them!
But they had failed. Imper-
ceptibly they had drifted apart.
And suddenly there was this bald
mountain of. treason and shame
risen between them. They could
never clasp hands over it or
round it. They were irrevocably
parted now.
He was no longer hers. Once
they had climbed hills and snatched
dear, stolen kisses; once he told
her with young sobbing joy: I'D
rather die. Nora Lee. than live to
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FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

For very good reason" ex-
planned. "a caddis.ny has no
mouth"
mo mouth" gasped Bobby.
How do they live?"
"They seem to get along very
WE'LL" 1 answered. But, az a
matter of fact, they don't live
very long. They only live for a
few days: then they lay their
eggs and die"
THAT would be long enough to
live If you couldn't eat" said
Bobby. Don't you think it's time
for lunch now, Foxy Grandpa
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ANSWERS.
to Yesterdays Questions.

to Yesterdays Questions.
|. The preliminary United
States English peace treaty. fol-
lowing the American Revolution
was signed November 80. 1882
Q. The Romans conquered Gaul
in so B.. G.
8. The Aztec Kingdom of Mex
leo was founded about 1852.
4. The battle Of Poictiers was
fought in 732. .
5. The Kingdom of Egypt be-
gan about 21SS B. c..
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The only way to keep a hus-
band or an umbrella, these days.
appears to be to hitch them on
your arm. and drag them around
with you everywhere you go.
OF course, filtration was only
a silly old pastime, which filled
the course of true love with
hazards; but, somehow, the game
was so much more exciting when
q woman seemed something to
be won, like a loving-cup, instead
of something to be lodged like
q tax.collector.
If woman Is still the "mys-
ferrous sex" it is certainly not
her fault. Heaven knows, she
is constantly trying to explain
herself, interpret herself" and
express herself"'
One reason why a woman's
work is never done is b ecause,
around the house. every mans
motto is Never do anything to-
day that you can get a woman
TO do for you tomorrow
After his wife has threatened
to leave him five or six times, a
man ceases to be alarmed or
excited. and just gives up all
hope that she ever will.
What no man can understand
Is how a woman can admire a
man whom she does not in the
least care to kiss; and what no
woman can understand is how a
man can want to kiss a girl
whom he does not particularly
admire.
A mans conscience Is an
alarm-clock. usually timed to go
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gerous in alb
sence of prop
err precautions.
Gas such as
you employ
for illuninat-
ing and heat
ing purposes
is. technically,
carbon mon
oxide.
w h e n
breathed in
on / derable
quantities it
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By DIR. Chas. A. L. Reed.
Former President Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association.

A RE you so situated that you
n must use gas for heating
purposes?
1t is entirely safe when proper.
w employed-but it is very dan.
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MILDEW

Mildew may be removed from
linen by soaping the marks when
wet and covering them with pow
dered chalk, which should b
rubbed well In.
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

NTHEN did the United States
w frigate Constitution capture
the British ship Java?
Q. When did Alexander the
Great cut the Gordian knot?
8. When was Edwin Stanton
Secretary of War. first removed
from office by President john
son?
4. When was the treaty OF
Adrianople signed? =
5. When did Corsica become
free?
Answers to these queries Will De
printed tomorrow.