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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
Donald Lowrie's Story
Back in Prison Why?"

ances from my lawyer and Mr..
Cfantler. / didn't understand the
fine Of 6Z cents, but learned sub
seduehtIy that nearly all prisoners
sentenced in Pennsylvania are sim
ilarly ordered to pay an impossible
fine. 1t is in accordance with q
verv old law. which has never
been repealed.
The Western penitentiary, !
saw at once, was prison of the
old school with fear as the ruling
agent. "A year before my arrival
the prisoners had burned down
all the shops in protest against
poor food. There was q tensity
In the atmosphere.
I had been moved from my
first cell, I-54, to the opposite side
Of the north wing, into cell BIS.
That side OF the wing was sup
posed to be the most desirable be
cause. when the windows were
up, one could see the lawn and
the river. But B-35 had been oc-
cupied by q consumptive before
moved into it, and had not been
fumisated.
The sun never entered any Of
the cells. They were ideal places
for the culture OF tubercular
germs. did not know that B-30
had been occupied by a man az
flicted with tuberculosis when l
moved into 1t. I did not learn
about 1t until long afterwards.
Requests Typewriter.
One afternoon I stopped the
deputy warden and asked permits
sion to have a typewriter. AT
first he acted as If I had asked
him for ton OF dynamite or a
dozen rifles Such a request was
unheard Of. Al prison was no
place for a typewriter. I ms
there to do time. not to i
business.
Two days later the deputy
for me and informed me that -. :,
warden had agreed to let me have
a typewriter, but that it must be
q "noiseless"
But was too elated at getting
q typewriter at ali to split hairs
about the kind. thanked the
deputy warmly, and wrote to an
agency in Pittsburgh that same
day. The response was prompt.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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Watch Your Step the Next
Time You Walk

woman acquires the taxi habit
or the street car habit because
her feet are so improperly shod
that they hurt if she tries to
walk more than one block.
If you value your health and
beauty, get sensible pumps or
oxfords for walking and reserve
your dainty, slender, high-heeled
slippers for dress occasions. They
really are entirely out OF place
with street costume.
Another cause of our very im-
perfect modern feet is faulty pos
ture. II you are seated at this
moment wonder whether one
foot Is not curled around the
other or the rung Of your chair.
This is not as it should be and
leads to weak arches, enlarged
joints, ill-shaped feet.
When you sit, stand, or walk
your feet should point neither in
nor out but straight ahead. Sit
on a high table or ledge and
swing them and you will see how
naturally they assume this for
ward polling position. So re-
form your feet--keep them
straight.
Walking is the very best exer-
else for both feet and ankles.
Dancing experts--Pavlova herself
will assure you Of this.
Here's an exercise which will
bring most of the muscles OF your
feet and toes into play and
strengthen and supple them. Also
IL you practice it strenuously sew
eral times each day 1t should
slenderize ankles too thick for
the beauty line.
Sit erect in your chair, your
feet placed comfortably on the
floor. Now cross your right knee
over the other and clasp your
crossed knee. This leaves you
with your left foot braced on the
floor, your right about eight
inches from the floor.
Point the toes of the elevated
foot as far up as you can. Pause
a moment then try to turn them
up still further.
Next point them to the floor,
stretching them down \ with all
your might. Repeat twenty times.
The second movement of the ex-
ercise consists in making circles
in the air with this elevated foot,
letting the pointed toes lead.
Circle twenty times to the left,
twenty to the right.
Now reverse the exercise-that
is, cross your left knee over your
right and repeat the exercise
twenty times, pointing and cir
cling your left foot.
This exercise, in addition to
of Fn OFT
hence adding to the elasticity of
your walk, should give trimness
20 your ankles and arches and
aelp to keep your feet warm this
winter by improving circulation.
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He did not look up. would
you mind working g. bit late to-
night?" he said. I'm behind
with my correspondence
I'D be glad to- she answered,
forgetting all about Tom Fitzroy,
for the moment do you want
to dictate to me now?"
He nodded and she sat down with
her pad and pencil, at the corner
OF his desk.
mo one can take this from
me-" she thought, as she took
down his letters. Even IL he
marries Doris HING. I'll still be
able to see him six days of the
week-to hear his voice and sit
here beside him, sometime"
There was a sort Of cold COM
fort in the thought.
AT half past six all the letters
were written and she carried
them in to him and laid them on
the desk.
She watched his firm brown
hand, as it picked up a fountain
pen and wrote his name, John
A sudden longing to lean over
hand took her. She tried not to
think about it. She fixed her
eyes on the western sky. 1t was
violet with the first twilight.
Its getting dark. I'll drive
you home" she heard him say
harshly.
She shook her head. mo,
thanks. I'm often out at night.
1 don't mind"
''I'l drive you home" he re-
peated.
And when she came down stairs,
he was standing in the hall wait
ing for her. Outside, the shining
car that he drove stood at the
curbstone.
What time do they eat at
your house?" he asked, as they
settled down. six thirty"
six o'clock" She wondered
why. he wanted to know.
Then they've had supper" ne
answered, land you've missed it,
anyway. I'm going to take you
for a drive out into the country
just short run. TIN rest you.
You've looked awfully tired all
day."
I'm noti she answered, her
eyes glowing. Suddenly she wasn't
tired. The WEAKNESS she had felt
all day had dropped from her like
a shabby garment. She felt won
derfully alive and keen, and filled
with happiness.
I'm going to show you q little
road where went Sunday-nlI by
myself" he went on, presently, as
they left the close-packed houses
behind them. Its getting too
dark to see it, really. But you'll
feel the peace that's there"
Then neither of them spoke for
several minutes, while the soft
spring wind rushed in their faces
and lifted Mary Roses hair in
little dark sprays.
Here it is he said, and swung
the car away from the Stanfird
road into little lane.
They slowed down. All around
them was the strong pungent odor
of the pines. And they lifted tnair
black pointed tips against the sill
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LOVE LETTERS
THEY'D LIKE
TO RECEIVE
This is a copy Of fallen sol
dier's last letter to his spUeet-
heart. He sleeps IN Flanders.

This is a copy of a fallen sol
dier's last letter to his sweet
heart. He sleeps IN Flanders.
MY BELOVED ONE.
MI The blow has fallen.
know the truth. To say my soul
is crushed does not half express
my deep sufferings. try to.
look up and say, Thy will be
DONE. / will try to piece tor
getl1er the broken threads in LIES
loom and continue to weave the.
pattern God has planned. But,
oh honey, when the love light has
been snuffed out, when the sun
no longer shines, when the moon
beams have lost themselves in
blacklist shadows, and the stars
in heavens blue hide their
twinkling glow, what Is left for
memory to feed upon?
tell my broken heart our
love was too sacred, too holy, too
much of the other world, to be
revealed to our friends here. So
only you and know of this soul
passion. When read the letter
telling me you were to wed an
ONACIs III III AAA6t GAAe9 AASAA
screamed out, No, no, no! 1t
must not be!' / was stunned.
/ could not realize my dream of
happiness was over.
But after long walk along the
r. returned to my room,
and read again, and yet again,
the awful lines burning them
selves into my brain, and now /
know / must give you up.
only pray God you shall be
happy. know your hearts best
love Is mine. That is some COM
Tort. Maybe fate will be good to
me, and let me sleep in Flanders,
but should / return / vow to
you, light Of my soul, / shall
never try to see you alone. / UNI
derstand, honey. / know money
alone parted us. Goodby. God
bless you in life and in death.
BOB.
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n RAISED my body, then stood
on my feet. / was very dizzy.
Get back on that bed, ordered
my guardian, threateningly.
I laughed.
Stern Reality
"Oh, get out of my way. You're
not therei" I exclaimed, lunging
at him, fully expecting to en-
counter spaces received a ter
rifle blow in the face, under my
left eye, and II knocked me to the
Back on that bed. repeated
the voice, 'or III knock the life
out Of you. -
/ sank to a sitting posture on
the side of the bed. Blood was
already streaming from a bad cut
under my eye. / started to get
up to go to the bathroom so as
to avoid soiling the rug at my
feet, but was again ordered to
remain still.
Then, and not until then, came
the sickefing realization that /
was really under arrest; that the
men had seen, and the one who
remained, were not apparitions,
but real officers Of the law.
To attempt to describe my feel
ings II futile. I could not have
felt worse facing a firing. squad.
1t was the end of everyt eing.
had presumed to match my wits
against society and sought john
Barleycorn as an ally. Society,
as usual, had won. had been
taken red-handed. There was no
possible escape. The man who
stood before me was unquestion-
ably armed, and / was already
dazed from the blow had re-
ceived. / sat there and let the
blood trickle to the floor, trying
to think.
Sentenced
One month and two days after
my arrest / was taken to court
and permitted to plead guilty.
had been assured beforehand that
/ would not be .harshly dealt with.
The courtroom was crowded with
spectators, bu: I was taken direct
ly to the judges bench, WHARF the
proceedings were held In q low.
conversational tone. not audible 20
the crowd.
The Judge asked me how it hap
pened. told him / had been
drinking heavily and had, to a
great extent. lost my mind, and
that had been intoxicated when
found. Both charges had been
preferred against me, and the
judge. slight, nervous man. fin
gered the documents indecisively,
or so 1t seemed.
THE Judgment OF this court is
that you. James a. JamisOn, be
confined In the Western Peniten-
tiary of Pennsylvania for not less
than one year nor more than fif-
teen months on each of the two
charges against you. and that you
pay a fine Of 6A cents in each
case"
Before I knew it I was being
led away. was greatly relieved.
had been anticipating not less
than three years. despite assur-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
HOW THIRSTY
is A TREE

TNHE inventor Of galvanized iron
Il ash cans, probably never
would have thought to offer his
product to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture as equip.
ment for a forest laboratory. Yet
at the field station on Mount
Manitou, operated by the Rocky
Mountain Forest Experiment Sta
ton. a battery Of some forty or
fifty of these cans has been in
stalled this year.
The cans. says G. @. Bates,
director of the station. are the
principal equipment in an import
ant Transportation test, or, In other
words. a study of the relative
thirstiness bf different tree species
in various soils. Four soils are
used, in which trees are planted,
ten or twelve to a can, the greater
part Of 700 one-year-old seedlings
The size of the test made ash
cans the most economical sort OF
flower not to use.
TO measure the amount OF mois-
ture the little trees require, the
cans are sealed in around the seed
lings. leaving only a small COW
cred opening where water in meas
ured quantities can be poured in.
The dampness or dryness of the
soil in the cans may be estimated
at anv time by weight. No water
can escape except by TRANSPORTATION
through the leaves. Seedlings will
be pulled up. weighed, and photo
grained. from time to time during
the next four years. About forty
plants Of each species are expected
TO be lin at the finish" in 1929.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
USEFUL HINTS
FOR HOME

Brush the bread over with milk.
and put it into cool oven until
hot through. If eaten as soon as
it begins to get cold after this
treatment it tastes like new bread
Baked bananas make tasty
dish easily prepared. Six ripe
fruit should be placed in a dish
with little butter and lemon
juice, and baked for fifteen min
utes. No sugar is required.
IF wallpaper persists in peeling
off despite re-pasting, it can
be secured with flat-headed carpet
nails, on the heads of which
pieces of the paper have been
gummed to make them unnotice-
able. Again, doors and floor
boards often shrink, causing a
draught under the door. Such a
gap is easily got rid of by insert
ing pieces of paper to build up
the carpet or linoleum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
BEWARE THE
COUGH Or COLD
THAT HANGS ON
Chronic Coughs and Persist
emit Colds Lead to Serious
Trouble. You Can Stop
Them Now With Creomul.
sion, an Emulsified Creo-
s0te That Is Pleasant to
Take.

Persistent coughs and colds lead
to serious trouble. You can stop
them now with Creomulsion, an
emulsified creosote that is pleasant
to take. Creomulsion is a new
medical discovery with two-fold ac-
ton; it soothes and heals the in
Tanned membranes and inhibits germ
growth.
OF all known drugs, creosote is
recognized by high medical author
tiles as one Of the greatest healing
agencies for persistent coughs and
colds and other forms of throat
troubles. Creomulsion contains, in
addition to creosote, other healing
elements which soothe and heal the
infected membranes and ston the
irritation and Inflammation, while
the creosote goes on to the stom
ach, is absorbed into the blood.
attacks the seat OF the trouble and
checks the growth of the germs.
Creomulsion is guaranteed salts.
factory in the treatment of persis-
tent coughs and colds, bronchial
asthma, bronchitis and other forms
of respiratory diseases, and is ex.
cellent for building up the system
after colds or flu. Money refunded
if any cough or cold is not relieved
after taking according to directions.
Ask your druggist. Creomulsiorl
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

$50 over violent, or over civil,
! That every man with him was
God or Devil"
There are many men like the
one Dryden speaks of in these
lines from "Absolom and Achi-
topic.
'sATannegs must adorn IE1Owl-
edge, and smooth its way through
the world. =
Courtesy is Of the greatest
value to every man, Lord Ches-
terrified wrote in his Letters.
OF the soul! Sweetness of life.
and solder Of society,"
These apt descriptions Of
friendship, Robert Blair has writ
ten in one OF his Poems
ooh. Tyrant Love!
Wisdom and wit In vain re-
claim,
And Arts but soften US to feel
thy flame"
Love Is the great conqueror.
Pope proclaims in his poem,
Summer
Being all fashioned Of the self
same dust,
Let us be merciful as wen as
just"
Longfellow. In Emma ana
Eginhard." urges us to be merci
full.
''Mfnd unemployed is mind nm
enjoyed"
The minds pleasure consists
in work, Bovee asserts In Sum
maries of Thought"
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Story Thus Far

FIossie and Mary Rose Mid
deltOn are two pretty sisters,
the daughters of a widowed
mother. Both of them work
for the Dexter Automobile
Company.
Flossie helps keep the files
under Miss MacFarlane. Mary
Rose is secretary to the sales
manager, John Manners, and
is i'm love with him. But he is
engaged to Doris HING.
Mary Rose discovers that
FlOssie is carrying on a flirta-
ton with the president of the
company, Hilary Dexter, q mar
ried man with grown children.
And when she begs FlOSsie to
give him up, the girl threatens
to leave. home.
Mary Roses own love affairs
reach crisis when Doctor
Tom FitZrOy asks her to
marry him. She refuses him
because of her deep feeling for
Manners. One night he asks
her to have dinner with him,
but she refuses, telling him Ii
wouldn't be fair to Doris HING.
That same night FlOssie is ar
rested for speeding i'm Dexter's
car by Lennie Blair, q young
policeman, who is the son of
the neighbOrhOOd gossip, Aunt
Kenny Blair. Mary Rose keeps
the fact from her mother.
FIOssie is so excited by her
arrest that she fOrgets 70 put
her hair up in curriers', and the
next morning announces her
intention Of getting per-
manent wave. Mary Rose
points out to her that q wave
costs $50, her whole weeks
salary, but FIossie tells her
that IL she won't give her $50
from the family savings, she'll
borrow it from MIR. Dexter.
So, of course, Mary Rose gives
it to her, and FlOssie has her
wave. On the way back to the
office, she meets John Man
ners and asks him to take her
to lunch. Manners does, and
when Mary Rose comes in
from her own lunch, she finds
FIOssie perched on Manners
desk, kidding" him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS
BY Alice Langelier
international News Service Staff
COFTespOndent

PARIS.
TNAsMUcH that the flowers
i won't bloom until spring,
Paris shops are bringing out
some charming artificial ones to
decorate many of the chic cos
tunes for street and evening
wear.
The chrysanthemum is taking
the place Of the carnation which
has been so popular for the past
year and it is perhaps a very
happy change for its form lends
itself more readily to decorative
treatment and interesting igradua-
tons of color The smartestl
decoration for the tailleur is now
the flower with the leaves in
beautifully cut leather and its
center in petals of gold. Orchids
i'm velvet, silk and chiffon are
attractive when worn on the rich
fur OF either street or evening
wraps.
Worth uses the gradenia in
different tones with his evening
gowns. Another pleasant use Of
flowers as decoration Is the
bordering of a comb for evening
wear with tiny taffeta rosebuds
to match the trimming of the
dress. Patou uses feather flow
ers on a feather-trimmed gown
and Bechoff has discovered a new
flower of ostrich feathers. The
stem forms the shape and the
feather fronds are pasted into
the shape of a rose, a carna-
ton or a gardenia. The result is
very light and dainty feather
fancy. A, very striking model
from Patou's comes In black
crepe trimmed with nothing but
a huge whirigig in changeabIe
green cock feathers.
Speaking of feathers, there is
a general tendency toward resur-
recting them for hat trimmings.
The old weeping-willow has. come
back and there are pheasant
feathers, aigrettes, cocks and
every other variety OF plumaaa
on the market.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
FLOOR WAXER
AND POLISHER|
BY Hannah Wing

MO sooner did vacuum cleaners
IN make the care of rugs and
carpets easily possible, than house
wives began to wonder when, if
ever, the waxing and polishing of
floors might be made a less
laborious task.
For a fairly long time there
have been floor scrubbers, waxers
and polishers made in machine
sizes for the use of the profes.
sional cleaners who care for the
floors in hospitals, office build
ings and large institutions, but
these have been too large in
size and too high in price for
home use.
At last the idea has come to
the, manufacturers and there are
now no less than four electricalIv
operated floor machines for doing
this work in the home. with
each one some new Improvement
has been made until at present
it Is possible to secure a floor
Waxer and polisher that is Hebt
enough to be easily carried about
that Is no more expensive than a
vacuum cleaner and that is equal
~ simple and easy to operate
and does a better job than eveY
was done by hand.
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- : A Story
AOVe OOS111N1 THE wife" = Of WaShingtl
Every Man Is in Love With His Stem
ographer-Or His StenOgrapher Is
in Love With Him, Says a Student
of Human Nature.
IL II True? Read Beatrice
Burton's AnsUev


ALL afternoon as Mary Rose
n worked at her desk between
the desks of Miss Brown and MISS
Minnick she asked herselI a ques-
ton over and over:
eff John Manners asks FIossle
to lunch with him, why shouldn't
20 with him. when he asks me-!
Then another thought came to
take its place:
"Perhaps he isn't in love with
Doris HING at all-perhaps he's
still looking for the girl he'll
marry"
Could that girl be Flossie?
She sighed sharply, and her
hands fell. from the typewriter.
She thought of John Manners
eyes as they had looked at her
last night, from under the shadow
of the dripping lilac tree, and OF
his hand on her arm-nls
voice
Day dreaming?" asked Miss
Minnick archly.
Mary Rose jumped, and Went
on working. orad
..No-just lazy she answered.
aspiring fever's making me oopey'
! suppose. 80, nr,nn;c,,
spoke again---in whisper TINS
time. There's Manners pest
girl" she said, and Mary Rose
looked up. She certainly keeps
tab on him, doesn't sheY
All in palest gray, Doris HING
was coming across the outer OF.
flee. There was a gray fox scarf
around her neck, and on 1t was
pinned q pale pink rose:
..She couldn't help looking won
derfuf in a dress like that! Mary
Rose thought, looking down al
her own plain office dress.
Envy
AS Doris HING passed her desk,
she looked down and smlleo.
Mary Rose smiled back, and fol-
lowed the tall girl with her eyes
until she disappeared into Jonn
Manners office.
1--WE come to take you nomc
for dinner" she heard Doris say
before the door closed behind
her.
She leaned back in her chair.
pressing her hands against her
tired eyes.
How size wished herself in Doris
Kings pale gray suede shoes at
that moment How she wouiu
have loved to go into his office,
all silk and perfume and roses,
and to say, I've come to TAX
you home to dinner" Perhaps to
be kissed by him.
oh" she thought, II can't bear
to think of him kissing her. I
wonder IL he does? J. suppose
So
The telephone rang.
Hello" It was Tom Fitzroyss
voice. Would you like to go
to a movie, tonight, Mary Rose?"
ST WOULD MarySRose answered
eagerly. Eight o'clock?"
Seven thirty" Tom answered.
''I'n bring the stink-wheel, and
wei go in style and gasoline
fumes"
Somehow or other, it comforted
her at that moment to know
that Tom loved her.
As she hung up the receiver,
the door of John Manners office
opened, and Doris HING came
out. She was not smiling now,
as she crossed the office. And
she did not look to left or right.
A second later the buzzer on
Mary Roses desk summoned her
to Manners office.
"Yes?" she asked, opening the
door.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
PRAIRIE DOGS
FOR FOOD

INDIANS on the Navajo reserva-
Il ton in Arizona use prairie
dogs for food, and consequently
object TO the usual methods of kill
ing these pests by the distribution
of poisON bats. They are willing.
however. to cooperate with Gov.
eminent and State officials In
eradication campaigns carried out
by running water down the prairie
dog burrows after a heavy rain.
forcing the rodents into the open.
where they can be caught or
killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
SERVE BRAINS
A L'ANGLAISE

PARIS.
A LWAYS thrifty, the French
"A housewife makes a delicious
dish of the cheaper variety of
CONCEALED brains which are not
quite good enough to serve like
the fresh ones. Dreaded a Fang
laise. they make "a nourishing
and very easily digested dish.
Thaw out the meat and divide
into two parts. Season well, flour
and dip into an egg beaten with
two spoonfuls of oil. then roll in
grated cheese and let cook slowly
with butter. Serve with melted
butter.
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:

in more ways than one-that is,
il they smart and burn at every
step-you're paying q high price,
are you not, for your smartness.
Why wait until your arches begin
to break? Why not start today
to give your feet Il fair chance
for beauty, health and comfort?
Chiropodists tell Us our feet are
going back on us because we don't
use them enough. We wear out
too little sole leather, too MANY
balloon tires in getting from place
to place.
On the other hand, many a