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The Washington times., 1925-04-20
BOBBY THOUGHT He GAVE HIM A PLANT, BUT

1T didn't get it up here" said
Bobby. I'VE brought it with US
from Florida"
"Oh," laughed. Now I know
what you had in that bundle. 1t
was very sweet and thoughtful of
you"
1--WE do our own importing"
murmured Bunny.
We started oar stewed prunes
and I was just about to turn over
to see what the Yankees were
doing when heard Bobby gasp:
Look, Foxy Grandpa
/ looked up and saw that Bob
by's eyes were glued to the plant.
Then l saw what had startled
him so. For there sitting on the
green pointed leaf Of the pineap-
yle plant was tiny green frog.
He looked for all the world like
g. jade scarf-pin.
GOOD morning." said I. Are
you wishing me a happy birth
day, too?"
The little frog blinked his eyes
and then returned to the heart
of the plant.
How did he get there?" asked
Bobby.
"They live in those plants, Bob.
by" I replied. There is enough
water down in them to satisfy
the little frogs"
Just think, he came all the
way from Florida said Bobby.
And you thought you were
only giving me a plant!" 1 de.
clared.
Kind of a surprise package
WASH it?" said Bunny, taking a
nibble at a young radish.
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
Writer of Great Serial Chicke Presents Second Install
ment of New Life of Modern Life Conferred On
Heart and Mind of the "Flapper."

them both too much. II Dane
were here, Sonny might liver
She writhed under the flagella-
ton Of her thoughts. She went
back to the room and knelt at
the child's bed. He was still
murmuring: ''Daddy-my dad
dyr''s
And his mother was weeping:
My. Nora ]. Lee, cant I'VE
get him-watclr himr'
She got up nutely: I'll try"
1t was quarter past seven. #
he were leaving on the 8 o'clock
train. as she had first supposed
he would, there was a hope Of
meeting him.
Back through the wind and
rain. The wind caught the dane
ing sheets Of water. whirled them
in exultant helter-skelter, sent
them scampering against house
and tree.
name Echoes.
She said to herself. despairing-
": He won't be there.
know it!'
But when she went into the
station: when she asked the red
capped boys to page Dane Her
rick through all the cars: when
she stood there watching each
wet. wind torInented traveller go
ing through the gate, she
thought again and again: There
that's her .--.z
The air seemed filled with
echoes Of his name: Dane Her
rick here! Call for Dane Her.
rickY'
The gong sounded. The ticket
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man shook his head obviously:
He missed it. You can be sure
o. that. lady. Dead men would
have heard by now"
The train was moving away,
crunching, of the wheels-raucous
voice of the whistle-friends
waving farewells-
It might have been the train
carrying away the last hope and
pulse OF life; the last glirnmering
light Of earth. so binding and
profound was the darkness that
gathered. He wasn't going south
wasn't gong on this trip at all.
Impish things whispered: I'VE
know where he is. We know
She answered quietly: Where
he is. / shall get him. ]"
But she went in a staggering
kind Of madness to the taxi. She
gave Natalie's address in San
Mateo. She said again: Hurry,
please. have told you--a child
is dying"
Life and Death"
Now she was glad for the rain
and the gray devastation; glad
for the wind hallooing down the
road. Oh. the trees were bowed
and curved in it and the rain bore
against them in ruffian gusts.
You could hear the branches
sway; the leaves shudder; you
could see black shadows form
ing looming trooping in sudden
mystery across the path. Then
the rain obliterating trees, shad-
ows, path in scampering, leaden
sheets.
ITO BE Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
MEDITA
OF a WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

A1C1GAA 4eWW A1AAu--
Why Try 10 Fool 3 Woman9
WHY will any man waste his
w time. his energy and his
breath trying to deceive a
woman?
No man has ever vet sue
ceeded in fooling woman who.
loved him much less the woman
who happened to be married to
him!
A woman can always tell what
a man is thinking or feeling,
what he has been doing. and
even what he is going to dol
"A woman doesn't have to go
through a mans pockets in order
to discover that ne has lost a
lot of money. She knows by.
the way he avoids her eye, by
his lack of appetite. by the way
he groans at her Extravaganza"
and goes around the house turn.
ing out superfluous electric
lights.
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entering the office. ''Will you
get your notebook, please2
So ended the dream.
The telephone rang. It was
Phil.
Like to go to the theater,
Margie? / find / can get tickets
for the play YOU wanted TO see.
If you don't mind such short
notice. I'll call for you II an
hour.
Suddenly Margie's wistfuI mood
vanished.
Lie il wonderful Neither
said this when the two started
out into the pleasant evening air
an hour later. But both were
filled with an all-pervading sense
OF the absolute perfection Of
youth. the world and each other.
In love? Yes, to the extent
that every young mans fancy
and every girls as well In spring
time tightly turns to thoughts Of
love-
That was spring, two years
ago. This April, Margie's wed,
but not to Phil And Phil's en-
gagement to Anne has been an
nounced.
Under the spell Of spring. who's
not-Well, just q little in love-
not always, seriously.
The spring Of love resembles
the uncertain glory Of an April
day" says Shakespeare.
Leila is young and pretty. But
wherever Leila looked she could
only see her own misery staring
back at her through the spring
time green. Leila felt she had
nothing to live for because one
man whom she loved no longer
cared.
Resting d moment on a low
wall that marked the boundary Of
q dull grim building, she noted on
its veranda in rolling or rocking
chairs, human beings who seemed
older, more desolate than the
place itself.
Home for Aged Women = read
The Washington times., 1925-04-20

kisses her and invites her to din
ner.
She knows the moment a man
is attracted to her, by the way
his glance lights up and the
way he keeps looking at her.
And she knows the moment he
has ceased to be attracted to her,
by his listless manner and the
way he looks through her-at
other women.
By some primitive instinct,
some atavistic cIairvoyance, even
by his voice over the telephone,
she knows when he is going to
tell her a lie-even before he
tells it!
A woman doesn't have to look
for rice powder, blonde hairs or
a new sachet on a mans coat
lapel in order to discover that
he has been making love to
another woman.
She knows it by the distracted
way in which he kisses her--or
by the overdone ardor with
which he kisses her; by his sud-
den and unexpected little atten-
tons, or by his sudden and COM
plete forgetfulness.
She doesn't have to sniff his
breath in order to know when
he has had a drink. She can
tell by the way the wheels CT
his car crunch on the gravel
drive just how many he has
had.
She even knows by the way IN
which the telephone rings just
when he is at the other end of
it.!
And a man knows that she
knows! But, it's absolutely USE
less to try to persuade hira that
he can't fool her. next time, by
falling har q better ~
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
!. SPRINGTIME WHISPERS LOVE
Beatrice Fairfax Urges Every One to Drink Deeply Of the
Beauty and Happiness and Romance
Of Blossom Time

: the inscription over the entrance.
Suddenly Leila changed her point
OF view. She had money, health
youth. What had these old wonlens
these wrecks Of humanity, to live
for? Yet, they were brave enough
to live!
she hurried back to florist
shop she remembered passing
All your Iilacs, hyachinths, pan
Sizes daffodilsg, she ordered.
AT 81 neighboEho shop she
found bright pictured magazines
and peppernlints md preserved
ginger, dear to old pc Nple. Within
an hour she reache0 the Home
again, laden with her purchases
and followed BY b florist boy. like
q cloud Of spring blossoms
sThe lilacs, the lovely lilacs!''
croOned one sWeets1aced, bed.
ridden old woman. too blind 20
see more than q purple haze, but
drinking In lilac fragrance.
Reading aloud, transcribing
letters, arranging flowers, max
ing notes Of needed sconlfoEt
the hours flew by Tor Leila. So
she found her first GLIMPSE of .
way out of her self-absoEbed sOr-
row.
It's good to know that there's
brave way. Of facing heartaehe
even Ia spring time and trans.
muting them by the alchemy Of
kindness to flower fragrance and
sunIit joy Tor other lives.
Get outdoors be happy this
fine spring weather. Enjoy loves
gladness with hearts as young AZ
the year.
But Il romance should dlaap-
point you, remember spring
flowers grow from soil enriched
by falls dead leaves and winter
cold storms. Let your heartsbrealk
Of today prepare you to attract
finer love, to give understanding
affection, which win later on In.
sure happiness for your. marriage.
IL your hearts returned spring
time.
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
By EIenOre Meherin.
The Biggest and Best Story OF
Her Career.


Her Career.
NU4E doctor rose. Nora Lee fol-
lowed him to the hall, clinging
60 his arm. But a sudden paraly-
sis caught her throat. TOO
bad, Mrs. Herrick-too bad" he
offered kindly.
This was molten lead poured
down and killing her. Her
fingers clinched violently: You're
not afraid she asked shrilly.
'tSomewhat-yes. Fortunately
it's not a first degree burn and
when he fell into the. tub, so no
clothing adhered to the flesh.
But the initial shock for a child
Is very grave. I've given him an
opiate, but you see he's Uneasy"
"In pain? Suffering?" she
asked, family.
mot q great deal.
But then" she put her hands,
pressed hard against her cheeks.
'sYou don't think ne may die? He
won't .die?"
81 can't say. If he RECEIVERS
from the shock and no infection
develops he has a chance
IT'S possible he may not re-
cover at ALP
That's possible. hope to
save him. Mrs. Herrick. Too bad
Dane isn't here. Too bad you
can't reach him before he leavesP'
Verdict Uncertain.
She bowed her head. Might
Sonny die that soon! In few
days?"
He might"
She leaned against the door.
watching the doctor as he drove
away. He would return in a few
hours.
In few hours Sonny might be
dying-in a few days Sonny might
be gone and the still, dark lone
illness close like a cavern on
her soul
Then the father would return
and find the emily house; She
wouldn't need to rob him. Death
was going to do 1t for her!
She wiped away the swift, fur.
rowing tears. She fancfed Dane
coming up the garden walk, cali
ing to the wishing to swing
him to his shoulder-fancied him
entering the abandoned house.
Then the neighbors saying: why,
your little fellow is deadl You
didn't know! He was burned to.
DEATH!
Her heart sank visualizing his
utter desolation. But he had left
them-deserted them for another.
She saw the taxa yellow blur
IN the heavy downpour. She won
dered why she told the driver to
wait. Her thought answered:
''To get Dane. That's why.
You want him. You won't let
Sonny die and his own father not
know It. You can't. You love
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
By Beatrice Fairfax,

2 ~
who occupies unique position in
the writing world as an author
ity ON problems Of love.
gDoYs are playing marbles, girls
~ are skipping rope. young
couples linger on park benches in
the sunshine, spring poets are
busy, the same fat robins have
come to build in the tres or BY
the kitchen door.
'aTantarrara! the joyous book Of
spring
J Lies open writ In blossoms
we all, even the most matter
of-fact, feel a new surge Of life,
desire for adventure, thirst for
romance, the spring gypsy call.
Margie felt 1t.
IT don't want to work. de-
clared Margie to herself, jumping
up from her typewriter and let
ting her eyes Mnger dreamily on
the delicate tracery Of pink and
green and lavender that made up
the spring foliage Of the park.
Along q winding path she saw
man and girl idIing. Another
couple were chatting, entirely
self-absorbed on the nearest
bench.
ST wish / could spend all this
day outdoors in the sunshine,
sighed Margie. 'Stenography,
typing. what do they amount to-!
II wish" her thoughts trailed
away IN q vague dream.
Margfe wasn't sure just what
she wished for. ]. But she knew
she wanted fun and romance
to wander along q. country lane
pink with blossoms with some
wonderful man who loved her
to listen
whats the matter, Miss Jones,
Spring fever, laughed the boss,
The Washington times., 1925-04-20

Dental statistics prove
that four out of every
five over 40-as well 90
thousands youngeE
pay Pyorrhea's toll DO
you want to elude this
dread disease?
The Washington times., 1925-04-20

A n d she
doesn't have
to look at
his handbook
in order to
discover that
he has just
made a lot of
money. She
knows by the
spring In his
step, the CLINT
in his eye,
the real an
thusiasm with
w hic.h he
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
College For
Travellers

TN 1886 the English poet, Sir
Il Francis Kynaston, founded
the Museum of Minerva, a col
lege intended to give instruction
ito gentlemen before their taking
long journeys into foreign parts"
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
Ten Animals

MAHOMET admits ONLY ten
IVA animals into his paradise.
Among them were Jonah's whale,
Solomon's ant, Ishmaels ram,
Abraham's calf the Queen of
Sheba's donkey. Salech's camel,
Moses OK and Belkis' cuckoo.
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
The New Paris Fashions

Republished BY Special Arrangement Nth
Good Housekeeping, the Nations Great
est Nagnzine of the Home.
The Washington times., 1925-04-20
WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?

l. When were the battles Of
Atlanta, Ga, fought?
2. When was old st. Paul's
Cathedral, London. built?
8. When was Valparaiso, Chile,
founded?
4. When did the Anabaptist
uprising in Thuringia, Germany.
take place?
5. When did D,Annunzio seize
Fiume?
Answers to these queries viii be
printed tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-04-20

To Saturdays Questions.
1. New York CITY was the CAPT
tai Of the State of New York
from 1874 to 1897.
- The German fleet was mobi-
lized for the world war July %,
1914.
8. Edouard Manet, founder OF
the impressionist school Of paint
ing, died in 1888.
4. Sir Robert Peel was prime
minister of England for the first
time in 1S34-183N.
5. The Declaration of st. Ouen
by Louis XVIII. promising a con-
stitution, was published May 2,
1914
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25

arvon, apliqueselo de noche al acos-
tarse; use sufciente cantidad pa
ra humedecer bien el cuero cabe-
lludo y fr6tese suayemente con la
yema de los dedos.
Al amanecer, toda 81 no la ma
yor parte de la caspa ha desapa-
recido. Dos 0 tres aplicaciones mas,
completamente disolveran y des-
trniran toda huella, no importa la
nucha caspa que usted tenga.
Notara que toda picaz6n y ras-
cazon del cuero cabelludo termi-
nara acknowledgements, Y su ca
bello quedara sedoso, con lustre,
bien suaye y cien veces mejor que
antes.
listed puede obtener LIQUID
arvon en- cualquier farmacia Y cua-
tro onzas es cuanto necesita. Es-
te maravilloso remedio no ha ia
llado todavia.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25
PENsAMIENTOS

De las muchas ciencias Ia mejor
es La verdad tinica.
No digas 10 que eres. Procediendo
bien, tus acciones hablaran de ii.
La. gente generalmente cree meros
de 10 que uno es. Con tus procedi
mientos te conoceran y a medida
que vayan conociendo Sc iran de-
cepciohando a tn favor
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25

acusado como clfnico Y de su prac-
tica en- general.
In prueba. en- conjunto, indica
que el acusado no era un simple
curandero nj un impostor sin cOndi-
clones Ell absolute, durante los pri-
meros amos de SUI practica, sino un
hombre de cierta ambici6n con
YerdaderO inter6S en- ell eStudio de
la medicina, que tenfa una practi-
ca establecida V gozaba de Ia con-
fianZa y estimation de su clientela,
de sus compaI1eros m6dicos de Ia
comunidad donde vivfa. Antes del
actual proceso nunca fu6 perturba-
do en- Ia practica de su elegida pro-
fesi6n a pesar del hecho de que
ciertos miembros de la Junta de
Medicos Fxaminadores conocfan
bicn sus actividades. Apreciadas to-
das las cosas. 81 parece haber sido,
a1n antes dc asistir a la Universe
dad de Nebraska, 10 que Abraham
Lincoln, 81 es cierta La tradici6n,
podrfa haber llamado "un m6dico
con bastantes conocimientos adqui-
ridos por 81 mismo."
No es necesario, por tanto. re-
solver ahora, nj ha de entenderse
que resolvemos. que el juez senten-
ciador en- un caso como este no tie
ne discretion alguna al resolver la
question de que es 10 que constitu-
yc dentro del significado del dis
poni6ndose" de 1911 ''ejercer en-
Puerto Rico cualquiera de las pro-
fesiones" allf enumeradas. Desde
luego Que un zapatero un herre-
ro que recomienda alguna receta IA
vorita, 0 diagnustica el case de un
amigo enfernlo Y receta un medica-
nento, ron 0 sin remuneration por
tales seryieios, no estarfa compren-
dido en- Ell I'1sPONIENDOSE.
Debe .revocarse Ia sentencia ape
lada.
(Fd0.) III. NJ. Hutchinson,
Juez AsocIado.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25

- -
En- Francia converse con Una
muno. Me habl6 de Mejico. Su pa
dre, como es sabido, vivi6 ALI el,
en- cierto modo, Sc crio en- un medic
mejicano porque en- ell salon donde
sc reunia la familia habia, entire
adornoS y pleas de ceramica meji-
canos, un retrato de Juarez, a quien
su padre admiraba fervorosamente
Yo le pregunte: tiPor que en- vez
de cstar en- Francia, donde no tar
dar& en- cansar a usted ell ambien-
te, no Sc va usted America, que
es dcnde, mi juicio, esta la Espa-
ma verdadera?" Unamuno me con-
test6 que no Sc habia decidido a
aceEtar la invitaci6n que lie hic1eran
deSde la Republica Argentina por-
que asf Sc habria alejado mas de
su patria. Al hablarme vi retrata-
do en- ell semblante del ilustre vie
10. la expression de una gran no.
bleza Y una gran inquietud espiri-
tual, una verdadera trepidaci6n in.
terror.
y de Espaia, 5que piensa u.s.
TED de Espafia?
-Yo creo que Ell calidad moral
| Ell pueblo espafiol es el mejor de
Europa. Los hombres del pueblo no
saben, Ell su mayoria, leer nj escri-
bir; pero observandolos, 20 he te-
nido la prueba evidente de que las
cualidades morales y la instruction
son en- esencia independientes. Las
classes populares espafioIas tienen IL
isuperioridad de esa educacion que
Sc rcvela en- la convivencia con los
semeJaptes, en- Ell dominic de los ms
tintes malsanos. En- ese sentido ell
pceblo espaiiol es un pueblo quito.
con una superioridad cultural que
dcbe atribuirse en- primer termino
q la re religiosa...
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25
Lean los
AnelaaicOS

La sangre de las personals robustas
esta constantemente repleta de hie-
rro organize, que Sc manifesto en- una
gran abundancia de gl6bulos ro1os
En- las personals anemicas debillta-
das la carencia de hierro trae excesc
de gl6bulos bIdnc0s, destructores de
La vitalidad. ST esa condici6n Sc hace
cr6nica, la anemia puede agotar ente-
ranente la fuente de vitalidad, con
resultados que es facil imaginarse.
Para combatir esa peligrosa enfer-
nedad busquense todos los medios
posibles para revitalizar la sangre.
3uena alimentacion con moderation y
Hero Nuxado producer sorprenden-
ses resultados en- muehfsimos easos.
Hero Nuxado abastece Ell precioso
hierro organize que lie falta ala sangre
gradual pero seguramente la enri-
auece purifica. Es facil comprobar
81 efecto del Hero Nuxado. Dos
semanas suelen ser sufcientes parS
notar sus excelentes efectos revita-
iiZadores de la sangre v de los nervios
y como reconstituyente en- general.
Experimentado y recommended poH
autoridades mGdicas. Fidalo en- Las
buenas boticas.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-25
Continuation de la pag. 81

'Encuentro algo mezquino-me di-
joel hecho de que en- Europa no
Sc interesen por la Transformation
social de Mejico. La gran Repu-
bi1cs-continro- -puede contar con
.migo para ayudar todo 10 que ALA
Sc hiciere para difundir aqui su
1obra de significaci6n social y edu-
cacional. Mejico es ell pals de Ia
America espaiola en- el que tengo
mas tijos los ojos, porQue me pare
ce decisive para ell porvenir de La
raza latina en-, America ell triunfo o
ell fracaso de la politica social me-
jicana. Ademas, es digno de estudio
ese rais, porque es Suiza ell Tnico
en- Que han podido realizarse las
mas profundas transformations sin
que Ell orden Sc altere, sin caer en-
Ell estado anarquico.
Una de mis- acompahantes-
prosigue Gabriela--la sehorita Pal
ma CULLEN, pregunt6 ROLAND 81
no le seria grato ir a Mejico.
va 10 creo, pero no es possible
contar con TN porvenir tranquilo. Yo
creo que es inminente una guerra
entire Ell oriente y los Estados Uni
dos y en- esa guerra, Mejico Sc ve-
ria irremisiblemente envuelto.
---Mejico--continua- interesa a
este hombre extraordinario en- todos
sus aspectos. En- la huella asiatica
que ha descubierto en- ciertos ras-
gos de sus obras artisticas: en- La
transformation de la ensefanza; pc
70 tambien en- sus leyes agrarias, y
ESQ es que para Ell conocimiento de
las Teformas en- este orden, no ha
terido ROLAND los elementos de es-
tuno necesarios. Yo me atreveria
a pedir al Gobierno de Mejico-con
cluye nuestra interlocutora-que hi
ciera cnviar a Romain ROLAND esos
datos de que carece.
] DE todos los paises conocidos
Jcual encuentra usted mas digno de
estudio?-inquirimos.
Suiza, acknowledgements. Es es-
te pats de constitution democratica
sfncera, efectiva, idea que no nos
da Francia. Suiza deberia servir-
nos de tipo, para copiar sus insti-
tuciones gociales, docentes y ben9fi.
cas-. Sobre todo, estas illtimas po.
drian transplantarse la America
latina que en- vano Sc esfuerza er
!. cop;ar a los Estados Unidos, donde
todas las organizaciones en- esos or
denes nacen merced a desembolsos
ffaEulosos. Todo es admirable ed
Suiza: pero en- particular, la senci
llez 1e suS costumbres que afecta
Itambien a la vida del Estado. Es
Undesirable que ell lujo repercute er
Ell trastorno de Las finanzas. FL lu,
jo que Sc infiltra en- todos los 6rde
Ines de la vida del Estado, obliga
lpara sostenerlo, pechar excesiva
mente las classes modestas Y ests
ltributacion agobiadora Sc traduce er
ldesequilibrio econ6mico:
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