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The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Foxy Grandpa's Story
WERE HER KITTENS CONG TO HAVE LONG EARS

eyes had lost all their sparkle. He
was certainly a sad-looking little
rabbit.
But the minute that Bobby an
nounced the arrival OF the kittens
Bunny perked up. His ears stiff
fened and his eyes shone, and the
n1orlent he heard those words.
Bunch had kittens" he darted
out of the house as il a fox was
on his heels.
Guess he's gone out to con-
graduate Bunch" laughed.
Perhaps he'll cheer up now"
After lunch I said to Bobby:
I'm go out and call on Bunch
now. Bobby. Do yon want to
come alons, ?"
Bobby jumped UP to escort me
out 10 the barn where the new
babies were. and when we went
into the barn we heard the feeble
mecwE Of the kittens.
walked over to the box where
Bunch was proudly purring over
her. kittens and licking them until
you would think she would lick
all the fur off.
1t was rather dark in that cor
ner. and 1 had to strain my eyes
70 see them. But finally 1 did.
b.
"one, two. three, four. five,
SIKH
"Six?' exclaimed Bobby.
Il only counted four"
There are certainly Six" 1 re-
reated, as I lifted one Of the soft
little creatures in my hand.
held it UP.
Its going to have long ears"
shouted Bobby.
Upon ny soul, it looks that
way 1 egreed. THAT kitten
looks like a rabbit"
1T not only looks like a rabbit, >"
said the Voice OF Bunny from the
doorway. but 1t is a rabbit"
How does that happenr' /
asked in surprise.
"A friend Of mine, who lives
down the road, was killed day be-
fore yesterday" said Bunny sadly.
These orphans were left. I
didn't know what to do. But
when l heard of Bunch's new kit
tens told her about them and
right away she told me to bring
them to Ter and said that she
would nurse them and bring them
up with hef kittens"
What a good cat she u.s." said
/, strokinR her.
"She surely is" said Bunny,
with choke in his voice. This
will certainly change my. feelings
toward all cats, Foxy Grandpa.
l guess they're not all bad. after
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was standing at a Broadway bar
gulping a glass of whiskey.
All that afternoon I continued
to drink, visiting various saloons.
Dusk came, but I did not return
to the club for dinner. I recall
being In d corner saloon on
Seventh avenue about 8 o'clock
that night. but do not know
how I got over to that section.
Some time later when attempt
ed to board an eastbound car
on Forty-second street with the
intention Of getting back to my
quarters I missed the handrail,
lost my balance and was precipi-
tated into the street. An auto
mobile just missed me, striking
me a glancing blow that Knocked
me forward on my face.
1 was bleeding when arose
and made haste to get away from
the crowd that had miracuIously
gathered. A passing taxicab stop
ped at my signal and took me
aboard. I stanched the flow of
blood from my nose, forehead
and chin as best could, and
when the cab arrived at the curb
I managed to get to the eleva.
tor and up to my room without
attracting attention. I washed
my wounds, ordered a drink sent
up from downstairs, and retired
with my face bandaged.
What the Mirror Showed
Next morning when / looked In
to the glass / was crestfallen.
There were four raw places on my
face, and I was scheduled to
speak at one Of the most Influen-
tiaI and exclusive organizations Of
the city at 1890. decided
thai TIC engagement WO0lO A1N~
to be Cancelled and was about to
call up Osborne and tell him I
had been in . slight accident,
when a knock came at my door
and he walked in.
For some reason I did not lie
to account for the bruises. 1 told
him / had imbibedfto much the
night before and had fallen on my
face while trying to board a car
to get home.
I expected him to censure me.
but after brief expression Of re-
gret he said something about get
ting me patched up" 50 that i
could keep the engagement for
that noon. OF course, Osborne
had not the remotest idea that l.
was a confirmed lrinker. he inn
agined, I assume, that l had gone
out to see the white lights and
had taken a little TOO much
liquor
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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DONALD LOWRTES STORY Back in ri
New and Amazing Serial Describes One
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom
IN New York few days later /

~ New York few days later
was one Of the speakers at the
prison conference, and Osborne
told me the next day that he had
received q number OF invitations
for other speeches. I had secured
quarters at the Harvard Club and
was busy with my Corona. writ
ing the final chapters OF my
Life Out Of Prison." / was much
gratified to learn that others
wanted to hear me speak, and
Still more gratified when / was
called up and asked to speak be-
fore the Colony Club, the Ethical
Culture Society, at Cooper Union
and other places, Somehow had
expected to find New York cold
and blases I had lived there asa
boy, and knew, or thought I
knew, that It took real talent and
unusual ability to attract attention
there. To my surprise I found
the people almost as human and
intelligent as those Of dear old
San Francisco.
CHAPTER XVIII.
I had filled two or three Of the
lecture engagements and began to
feel that had an important mes
sage for the New York people
when I slipped another cog. and
incidentally came within an ace Of.
losing my life.
Osborne was stopping at the
University Club. but came over
70 the Harvard Club for luncheon
nearly every day. We were meet
ing many prominent persons at
least was-and seldom lunched
without guests.
Daily ana hourly It was becom-
ing more and more imperative
that should keep myself fit, that
I might retain the standing had
acquired and prove that an ex-
convict could rise to the intel
lectual and social level Of the re-
fined environment in which
found myself.
One day after lunch was left
% my own devices. I had been
spending the mornings at my
desk and the afternoons had
been taken up with various en-
gagements - calls, matinees,
o'clock teas and the like. But
this afternoon / was free.
An Eventful Afternoon.
I was scheduled to speak before
the Colony Club at luncheon the
next day, and the Importance Of
the enlargement made me feel that
I ought to devote some time to
the preparation and memorizing
Of notes. I started to return to
my room upstairs with that pur-
pose in view, gut instead Of
, doing so I yielded to q desire for
. walk. A few minutes later
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AIR MAIL MONOPOLY
SOUGHT, Is VIEW HERE

Monopoly Of the air mail service
and virtual control of the CONNER
of air express and passenger trans
rortation business. expected to de-
velop rapidly over mail lanes. is
viewed by postal officials as the
goals at which Henry Ford and
the National Air Transport, Inc,
are aiming in a nationwide battle
Cor the Governments air mail routes.
Announcement by Ford indicates
that he plans to organize a gigan-
tic air mail service with a view to
obtaining contracts from the Gov
eminent short y. The National Air
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
HEAT AND BABIES
DR.. Reed Tells What Prickly Heat Is
and How to Make Baby
Comfortable.
Comfortable.

baby ought to have y fIaniiel
beliyband Ii just q granny super
stition that has tortured count
less millions of defenseless babies.
Give the baby q bath with tepid
water containing very little
borax. Or iii the absence 81 borax
aflittle sodium bicarDonate. about
an even teaspoonful Of either one
IN Il quart Of water. Dry the
skin with d soft. absorbent cloth.
but without friction. Dust the
skin with 4 little fine talcum,
after which let the baby lie naked
for a time.
These same principles apply 70
the tendency Of the baby's skin
to Decome irritated IN the folds
and creases about the groin.
crotch and bullock.
But keep flannel away from the
baby's skin during the summer
time.
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Burned BY Gasoline

COLUMBIA, Pa, July IL While
cleaning clothing with gasoline by
the light of a kerosene lamp, VIII
liam Thurman, of Marietta, was
seriously burned when the gasoline
exploded. He was saved from being
burned to death by neighbOrs, who
extinguished the flames on his
clothes and then saved the home,
which had ignited.
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Transport Corporation announced
also that it will soon begin opera
ton of overnight express transpor.
tation between New York and Chi
cago.
Postmaster General Harry S. New
will call for bids within the next
service on eight new sky lanes to
service on eight new sky lanes to
be established in the fall.
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term, - asso-
ciated with =
feeling Of heat
IN the skin in
which there IL
also = sensa-
ton Of being
prickley with
needle points.
At each Of
these points
there ID 4 little
red speck of
which there
may Be great
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BY DR.. Chas. A. I. Reed,

Former President 81 the American
Medical Association
NlE7E heat Of summer often
\ causes the condition that y
known as prickiy heat.
1t IL important, however, to
know whether your baby has
prickly heat or something more
serious.
PrickIy heat, which Is not con-
fined to babies, is. so ca'lsd be-
cause it comes during the heated
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Side-WheeIers Coming Back.

The side.wheel ferryboat is com
ing back. The first Diesel engine
electrically driven ferryboat is 70
ply the Ohio river between Louis
vile, KY, and Jeffersonville, Ind.
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

WHEN was the American war
w ship Wasp built?
2. When did the Kickapoo In
dams migrate to Texas?
s. When did Louis Levan, the
noted French architect, die?
4. When was the great Prus-
Eian castle Rheinfels taken by the
French2
5. When was the treaty of Vii
lafranca between France and
Austria signed?
Answers TO These Queries VIII Be
Printed Monday.
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ANSWERS

10 Yesterdays Queries.
I. Rhode Island was visited by
Verrazano In 1924.
2. Newton discovered the law
OF gravitation about 1870.
3. Windsor Castle, England, was
founded by William the Conquer
Or In the eleventh century.
4. Holman Hunt painted the
Light OF the World in 1854.
5. The famous Junius letters
appeared from November 81, 1853,
70 January 81. 1772.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-19
LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT

Well, I'll say one thing, Leslie
dear, and that is your husband may
have his faults but when he gets
into action, he is that often men
toned but seldom found human dy-
namO.
| was nearly wild about Jimmy
Condon, as you know, for Mr.. Pres
cctt told me that he left the two let
tiers that l enclosed to him for you
to read. was glad he did for
knew that you would understand
You would know as | did that the
boy was not wholly to blame.
Sometimes, Leslie, when l see va
little ignorant scheming she-devil
like Mabel Carter making every man
with whom she comes in contact
bow down and kiss her feet, l feel
like raising high hands to heaven
and forswearing both men and wo.
men forever.
The world, the flesh and the devil
seem to kick up such awful hula
baloos at times and then, my dear
down deep in my heart know
am rather envious Of those super
women. Don't look at me as though
had said something terrible fol-
you know / could never be one OF
those vampire creatures, however
much | would want to be, and wher
l think, dear, of the thousands and
thousands of blessed women like
you, l get my balance back again.
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PRESIDENTS SECRETARY A
MIGHTY TOUGH JOB

cate and fully as important job
as any cabinet member, but he must
manage to keep himself inconspicu-
ous-to efface himself.
Everett Sanders ought to fill the
bill.
He has been, for four terms, to
all appearances just an ordinary
run Of mine" congressman, from
Terre Haute, Ind, but when you
come to ask questions about him
among his fellow lawmakers, yor
discover that they all like him and
that, without making any fuss iabout
it, he has lot of influence.
Sanders was the son of a Hoosier
clergyman. He is 43 years old.
He has served in the 65th, 9th
and 6Sth Congresses, but did not
seek reelection to the seth, ala
though it was conceded he would
have had walk-away.
He was among those mentioned
as vice presidential possibility at
the Cleveland Republican cnvention.
The administrator wanted Slemp
on account Of his political skill and
experience, especially in the south,
for he is one of that rare species,
a southern Republican.
Having done his work and done
it we'll, it has been known for some
time that he wanted to get out of
office.
Besides, his relations with Senator
William M. Butler, Republican nat
ional committee chairman, have not
been the most cordial.
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BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

Washington, Feb. ia pair of
the softest, silkiest kind of velvet
gloves are an essential part of a
presidential private secretary's
wardrobe, but it is equally essential
that there shall be a pair of iron
hands inside them.
Everett Sanders Of Indiana, who
will succeed C. Bascom Slemp as
private secretary to President Cool
idge on March 4, is reputed to have
the necessary equipment, sartorially
and anatomically.
Of Sanders ability as a salesman
this column already has spoken, but
presidential private secretary also
must be diplomat Of diplomats. Z
He mustn't offend anybody but
frequently he must do and say
things that are calculated to give
offense.
He must know everybody and all
about everybody. He mustn't let
anybody "get to" the president who
oughtn't to get to" him, but he
mustn't make the mistake of pre-
venting anybody from getting to-
him who ought to do SO.
He must be as smooth as silk to
the people he lets in and he must
make those whom he keeps out like
| it.
He must be par excellence poll
tician-a "fixer."
He must be supremcly loyal.
He has at least as difficult, deli
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-19
4 WISE JUDGE

King Solomon may have hau
monopoly on wisdom in his day,
but Chicago has judge who seems
to shine out like a Solomon in this
naughty age.
The Judge refused to grant di-
vorcc to the parents of seven chill
dren on the ground that separation
would work injustice to the little
ones.
Instead of granting a decree, he
instructed the mother to return
home and prepare her best family
dinner-further. he invited himself
to he a guest thereat.
The good woman did as instruct
ed; she prepared the best dinner
in many year and the Judge.
mother, father and children all en-
joyed a regular family company
spread
1t turned out to be love feast.
| The parents were reconcile: each
agreed to forgive and forget and
| the children sti., have a happy
home.
Even King Solomon in all his
glory could have done no better.
Most disagreements are caused
by trifles: most divorces could be
avoided if the family would Sit
| down to a good dinner and tax
things over.
And suffering would be saved the
real sufferers of most divorces -
innocent little children.
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In New York

New York, Feb. 19.-Here's Goth
ans latest crossword joke:
whats one-letter word for
breakfast food?"
81 give up. What?"
az
OF course, you must know the
New York dialect to appreciate that
joke.
Despite all the protestations of
oyster growers and restaurant men
that oysters now on the market are
pure and carry no threat of typhoid
the slump in the oyster market here
continues. Most of the old-time
places that sold oysters on the shell
from street counters have closed
their windows, doing only the usual
restaurant business within. One OF
the big hotels has row of in
simultaneously heated steam stew
pans. In the past six times | have
eaten at that counter. have seer
only one of those pans in use.
Seen walking across Brookly,
Bridge: A woman with large sea
on her neck. Around the scar sh
had tattooed q sunburst design, evi
IDENTIFY for the purpose Of. detractin,
attention from the scar.
| Observation-Disclosures seems to be tn
chief characteristic Of the raisroa
passenger, One Of the railroads op
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=: The TQnQle =:

l don't know what your husband
said to Jimmy when he returned
here. He had long session with
him and when the boy came out of
his office he looked as though he
had been run through mangle. If
he felt as flat as he looked Mr.. Pres
colt had certainly done him some
good. If ever you saw cowed
young egotist, that kid was one.,
thing perfectly horrible, dear, but
between you and me l think Mr.
Prescott was little harder than he
, might have been if he had not re-
membered the first time he saw the
lady. remember he was quite in.
clined to think she was maligned
and lovely creature, l. think, my
dear, that poor Jimmy had to take
some Of the lashing he was giving
himself.
1t is all right now, however. Jim
hasn't looked sidewise since Mr.
Prescott got back. He is working
harder than ever and l lent him
the thousand dollars to make up the
payroll, no one except ourselves is
any the wiser. fhi
Her vamping ladyship is some
where on the way toward Soutl
America and Mr.. Prescott is pattinf
himself on the back and acting very
righteous and grand.
Oh, Leslie, Leslie, isn't life won
derful and aren't men scream.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-19
ASKING A FRENCHMAN ABOUT
HIS WIFE
(Des MOines CapitaD

NDCS AholHSS NdplLdlJ
Emulating the, American repor {.
ers who practice under the title c
"inquiring reporters" a French re-
porter went out to inquire certain
things of his cOuntrymen. Among
the questions asked was: Mon
Sieur does madame. your wife. use
paint? And do you approve Of
it,"
The answer proves the gallantry
of the French also their cleverness
in diplomacy. Madame" SAID the
first man, IL am very sorry. |
shall not asnwer your very indis-
erect question. 1t is possible that
nv wife paints, but | am good
husband and a gallant man: | must
believe that her beauty needs no
articles"
ANOTHER replied: What are
you asking? A woman does, we'll,
whateve~ she does do not wish
to be mixed up in household af-
fairs"
"Madame,' was the response Of
the third. lax my opinion on the
Communist pe.'il, on the fall of the
franc and sla,l answer you. But
on this. | know nothing. | find
all women beautiful
And finally an oil workman an
swered the question OF his inter-
locutor: "My wife is too old to
bother about her face. Bat do You
know what | have given my young
daughter? Two boxes Of powder.
Poor girl, she must do as others
do"
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TO FANCY
FLORENCE Borner)

Fancy. let thy troupe come fitting,
Take inc. back to bygone scenes,
Let me wander to my Homeland,
AS l wander in my dreams:
Let me see again the places.
That knew in days OF yOre,
Let me see again the faces,
l will never no more
= Fancy, let thy troupe come fitting.
Charm the weary hours away,
~ Il am feeling sad and lonely,
And do not care to stay,
Where the only thought Is gaining,
ADDING to their stories of gold,
Few are Friendships hands retaining.
They and wealth but few can hold
aat@ IN b..
Fancy, let thy troupe come fitting,
Drive the burrows from my brow,
Dancing through the evening shadows,
Il can sense their presence now:
Let their tender hands enfold me,
Friendships of the golden past.
Let t:feir memory ever hold me.
For they were too sweet to last.
Fancy let thy troupe come fitting,
Laden each with ibeautiOus things.
Pearls of thought and gems of rapture,
Where Remembrance fonLy clings:
With these gems upon my fingers
Let me sink in sweet repose
For the Thought of Friendship fingers,
Like the fragrance of the rose.
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ON HEALTH
MORE FOOD WINTER

Girls, wearing silk stockings and
thin clothing on cold days, should
cat an extra dish of cereal, or a
slice of butter and bread or glass
of rich, sweet milk, according to
Mrs. Jones Of Anytown.
Cold weather demands that the
body have more food for warmth.
If food is not available then the
body burns up its own tissues.
This burning to make up for a
deficit in food is apt to be unmerci-
full in leaving sharp lines which arc
not always attractive.
Many angles enter into the ques-
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Grating out of New York reports that
in the past year more than 10000
lost articles were found in its coach
Is and stations. In that number
were 1900 umbrellas, 800 watches, 400
punches of keys, 600 ovepshoes and
800 pair of gloves. In all Ais ar
ticles were returned to their owners
The amount of money found was
$1486, the largest single sum being
$500. ia
Among the lost articles were
wooden legs and glass eyes, Almost
every day the lost and found depart
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

"Have you got any Midnight
Oil?" asked Mrs. Owl when Mister
Peg Leg, the fairy peddler, knocked
at her door in Maple Tree Flats.
Munich Mouse, the janitor, had
taken the little man and his friends,
Nancy and Nick Gas tiny as fairies
themselves in their magic shoes) up
in the elevator.
Then he had hurried away again,
Munich Mouse had, for he was afraid
of Mrs. Owl with her great eyes and
crooked beak.
"Have you got any Midnight Oil?"
asked Mrs. Owl when they were all
inside her apartment, and Mister
Peg Leg had started to. nnpack his
|wares.
midnight OIL" exclaimed Mister
Peg Leg in surprise. "Why | don't
think l have-or rather, mean l do
think l don't have. But l have
fans, and sun-bonnets, and
"Sunbonnets! Sunbonnets!" cried
Mrs. Owl. "The idea of trying to
sell an owl sunbonnets when we
never 60 out in the daytime. Moon.
bonnets would be more like it. Dc
you have any moonbonnets for sale 2
mo-" said Mister Peg Lei. 81
don't think have, mean do thinl
I don't have, but l have picture
frames and soap and perfume ant
pickle-jarA and fly swatters and
"Ill take fly-swatter," said Mrs
Owl quickly. "They make good froi
bait and like frogs. But are yo'
sure you haven't any Midnight Oil?
wouldn't any other kind of OF
do?" asked Nancy. Mister Peg Lee
can get you some Elbow Grease
Mrs. Bunny just bought a great bi,
jar"
"Elbow Grease!" shifted Mrs. Ow1
81 suppose that is to timber up thei
joints so they can hop better. Wei
: l don't hop. l don't need any Elbo'
Grease. Not unless it makes 20
wise like Midnight Oil. No, +
rather have Midnight Oil and if
, can't have it, / don't want an!
, thing"
"What do-you want Midnight, o
for, Mrs. Owl?" asked Nick.
well" said Mrs. Owl, "it is tn
way. The other night | was sittir
on tree near a house where poop
, we're talking, and Mrs. Smith sa
{ to- Mister Smith, Say, John, our Sc
will soon know everything in Il
I world if he keeps on burning Il
Midnight OIL So ! want some
!. burn. Then I will know everythil
! from Flop Field Mouse's hiding no
to Phil Frogs swimming hole.
won't have to waste so much tin
hunting"
+ "Ho! ho!" exclaimed Mister p
, Leg. $50 that's it! Why any XII
q of oil would do, Mrs. Owl, just
= long as you burned it at minnigl
That's the best time to study, y
q see.'
ooh, dear! Is that it," cried M
Owl. "That wouldn't do at all.
don't want light, for ! don't ws
) too many people to know where
v. live, thought it was magic oil y
h took on q spoon. guess the +
swatter will be all today, thank y
CsA again" j. g,.,,
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MANDAN NEWS
WEIGH TO SPEAK
TO WOMEN'S CLUB OF
ILLINOIS FEBRUARY %

Major A. B. WEIGH of this city will
leave the latter part of the week for
Rockford, Ill.,, where he will deliver
an address to state meeting of
women given under the auspices OF
the Rockford Women's club in the
auditorium of that city. Mr.. Welch
will talk on "Mandan Indians in
clu ding in his lecture the story of
the "Crying Hill" incident-the COM
ing of Verendrye-which was depict
ed in pageantrv here last fall at the
time of the fair and will also relate
publicly for the first time the story
OF the fate of Sakakawea an outline
of which was published in the Pion-
eer recently. The invitation to Mr..
Welch to address the meeting at
Rockford on February "a. was ex-
tended. last year following his ap-
pearance before the Chicago Histor-
ical society.