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The Washington times., 1925-01-24
<<T OXY GRANDPA" said
Bobby, as he stood by

II" OxY GRANDPA" said
Bobby, as he stood by
II the rail OF the big trans
Atlantic liner on which we were
travelling, "I think it would be
great fun to take a ride on the
back of one Of those porpoises
out their"
II know q story OF a man who
took a ride on a dolphin" re-
piled.
"Oh!' breathed Bobby, tell me
about him."
We sat down on our deck
chairs and I told Bobby this
story.
Once upon time in the
ancient days of Greece there was
a famous musician or minstrel,
called Arion. And Arion lived at
the court of the king Of Corinth.
THE name of this king was
Pertander and he loved Arion
very much and took great pleas
ure in listening to the sweet
music which his minstrel played
upon his Tyre.
But like all minstrels, Arion
was relentless, he wanted to see
the world"
''He should have joined tthe
navy said Bobby very seriously.
I chuckled and continued:
Perhaps the Greek navy didn't
need any more recruits just then,
Bobby. But even If Arion didn't
go into the navy he went to sea.
'Periandcr begged Arion not to
go, but as the sailors say, Arion
had an itching foot He just
simply had to travel
$50 off to foreign countries he
went. He visited Italy and then
went to Sicily.
Finally Arion got tired and de-
cided that there was no place
r. like home, so he embarked on a
vessel to take him back to Cor
NTH.
But the crew Of this ship were
bad lot of men-regular pirates.
They soon saw that Arion had
many treasures in his possession.
which he had collected on his
travels. So they decided to kill
him and seize his wealth.
What did they do but ask poor
Arion which kind Of a death he
chose-to be killed and be buried
on dry land. or to be allowed to
throw himself into the sea!
"Arion decided on the burial
at sea. And with great care
dressed himself in bis purple robe,
ornamented with golden fringes
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what else did they teach us but
jazz and clothes and show from
the time we were in rompers?
Pleasures Greed.
Ibid my mother ever take me
out on a starry night and try to
plant some love Of beauty in my
thoughts? Did she have any creed
but pleasure? Not by a damn!
Billie was happy when I had as
good a dress as Betty Marks: when
Con joined the best sorority and
Dad got a raise so we could have
a bigger car. We could show off
as well as our neighbors, so we
were hunf1y-dory"
ooh quit, Sallie!'
Sallie shrugged. "It won't mat
ter to you If I go, will it? AS
long as you're to be married as
soon as this blows over?"
"Of course, it won't matter! Go"
Nora Lee didn't add that the plan
brought her q giddiness of relief.
Richards apartment, his luxurious
rugs and pictures were now a
weight that bore on her night and
day. She wanted to run from
them and the memory Of her shah
by treason to the high ideals of
her youth.
She had meant to accept this
brilliant. marriage; TO put love and
it's torment out Of her life. She
would take with hard, audacious
gaiety the fine, attractive future
Richard offered Plenty of COM
pensations he would bring for this
life destitute of golden vitalities.
Instead of the piercing tender
emotions that easily bring as much
pain as joy, she would have
wealth, ease. all the bright exter-
nal pleasures money buys. Per-
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Writer of Great Serial Chickie Presents Second Install
ment of New Novel of Modern Life, Centered On
Heart and Mind of the "Flapper"

haps there are more to be de-
sired? At least, one is sure OF
them!
But she had chung too many
years to the dream Of deeper, no.
lier, sweeter things-music OF
heaven and a child running to
her down a beam of light. All
these thoughts and hopes We're
hooks fastened immutably on her
spirit. When she tried to pull
from them; to speed, hard and
Joyous, down another road, these
hooks grappled; they would tear
her flesh from flesh but never
let her free. No one ever escapes
the tyranny of his past.
She had tried and failed; she
could never marry Richard; never
go his way. The break was inev-
liable, but she WINGED because 1t
had come about in a cruel, shabby
way. She felt mean and shamed
hurting him.
When they reached the apart
ment, flowers in a great basket
bloomed in tawny, autumn shades
the rich dark blues and flaming
yellows. A little card pleaded:
..etWhen will you see me, Nora
Lee? I am wretched. Richard"
Those flowers and notes came
every day. They added to her
gloom and unhappiness. She
wished she had waited, been a
little more. kind; not been SO rash
ly impatient in her dismissal.
Richard came the evening Sallie
left, and as Nora Lee was pack.
ing her books in her mothers old
Spanish chest. He came unan
nounced.
Go be continued Monday
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enough to have. made a career for
himself in the past-and yet weak
enough to permit her to map out
his future for him.
That he shall be the sun Of her
existence-and at the same time
revolve- about her with all the
alteration Of a satellite.
That he shall coddle and spoil
her as though she were a baby
and yet permit her to mother him,
and "uplift" him.
That he shall kiss her with the
perfect kisses Of a practised lover
and yet with all the enthusiasm
and eagerness Of a novice.
That he shall regard her love as
"priceless"-and yet cover her
with pearls and orchids, and never
take heed for the taximeter.
That he shall indulge her
whims. overlook her caprices,
dry her tears, laugh at her fol-
lies-and at the same time kneel
down and worship her as a
Higher Being"
That he shall trust her abso-
lutely-and at the same time be
madly jealous of every man who
casteth eyes upon her.
That he shall hearken patiently
while she confesseth the secrets
of her soul"-and yet regard her
as fascinating mystery.
That he shall understand her
perfectly"-and yet continue to
believe her the One Flawless
Woman In the World.
That she shall be the last
woman in his life-and at the
same time the first woman he
hath ever loved!
Verify, verify, how easily sat
isfied is the starving soul" of
woman, which asketh little here
below. save few slight mir
acles.
And wherefore hath NO man
ever succeeded in reading her
heart and gratifying her desires?
For they are so simple!
SELAH.
Copyright. 1925. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
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selection in marriage, now too
much in vogue, should yield to q
more intelligent choice Of men
for the perpetuation Of the. human
family.
This more intelligent choice
should be made, not by supplant-
ing the affections by science,
but by ,fortifying the hallowed
sentiment OF love with intelligence
based upon ample human ex-
perience.
The appeal to love should be
broader and deeper, and should
be based. quite as much, If not
more, upon those qualities, hid
den, or obvious, which have been
bred into the individual, than
upon more beauty, culture or
wealth.
Love, from "a date even pre-
ceding as well as during the as
ISOLATION leading to marriage.
should embrace a consideration
Of the welfare and. happiness Of
the innocent unborn. Thus
children are. as far as possible,
safeguarded in advance against
the perils Of existence.
The science by winch tHis end
is being accomplished Ia many
individual human instances is
precisely the same science by
which the farmer has improved
his grain, the grower his fruit,
the breeder his stock, and the
fancier his broods and litters
It is a science which, while
still in its early and develop
mental period as applied to the
human family, is yet founded
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WHEN IN
DOUBT
BY Cornelius Beekman-

Sending a Telegram
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Would you kindly tell me
whether it is. proper to send a
telegram to an engagement
party? A. s.
IVES, It would be a very friendly
1 and pleasant thing for you to
send a telegram Of good wishes
for the occasion.
Wedding AnniUersGry Gifts
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ win you please inform me
If it is proper to give woman
present on her wedding anniver-
sary? If so, what? T. A.
IVES, it is proper if you wish to.
i The kind Of gift usually de-
ponds upon the number of years
the couple have been married.
Write me II you want list of
the marriage anniversaries.
Mrs. Beckman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette sub
mitted by readers.)
Copyright, 1925. by Premier Syndi-
cate, Incl
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
By ElenOre Meherin.
The Biggest and Best Story %
Her Career.


Her Career.
"HIS kept up, Mingling with
the hoarse masculine tones
came pleading, half-sob-
bing treble: connie, darling, tell
him you weren't drunk! OF course
you weren't -. My poor girl
my poor child"
In the little kitchen where they
listened with their elbows hunched
at the table, Sallie glared at Nora
Lee. "They won't stop till they
drive her mad! Oh, Lord-listen
j. %, that" It was Billie implor-
ing shriIly: Don't say you did,
Connie! Oh, I warned you-I
warned your
Enough to Bear
,Sallie sprang to her feet, pulled
open the door and shouted at her
mother: For Gods sake, leave
her in peace! Hasn't she enough
20 bear?"
The two girls walked home in
q bitter silence, the suspense Of
five days wearing their nerves
rough and thin. Their faces tor
mented each other with un-
spoken questions. Would Mickey
get better? Would he be a hope
less cripple? Would his victim
recover, or would he die? Then
would the dear blonde gladiator
Be wheeled into court and made
q defendant in a murder trial?
Would Connie and. Nora Lee be
asked II they were drunk and how
much drinking had been done?
Some one would find out about
the wild hilarity. Some one
would learn that it was Richards
car and he had been too in
toxicated to drive it.
They no longer dared to breach
these questions aloud.
Now Sally flung herself in long,
angry strides. :'I ought to go and
stay with Connie. suppose. or
they'll drive her to suicide %
She rubbed her hand with brutal
thoroughness across her eyes:
lord, II 1t isn't the limit! They
warned US! But who handed
Mickey Grant an automobile be-
fore he'd cut his second. teeth?
Who loaded him with money he'd
never earned? Who gave him the
keys to the wine cellar, and let
him stay out six nights out of,
seven before he was sixteen? Billie
warned us! What a joke! AS
though she can't swallow her
cocktails and her soft stuff! Lord.
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Foxy Grandpa's Story
THE LEGEND OF ARION.

and placed a golden wreath on
his brow.
Then Arion. took his Tyre.
played beautiful but mournful
tune on it and plunged into the
sea.
you remember the Nereids, the
sea nymphs? Well, these lovely
creatures, hearing the beautiful
music, were near the surface Of the
sea when poor Arion made his
death dive. And what did they do
but have a dolphin waiting nearby.
''Oh, sighed Bobby.
Eyes, sir" said 1, there was the
dolphin.
Immediately Arion sprang upon
his back and the dolphin carried
him to his native shores.
"Periander was delighted to see
his friend, who told him of his
adventures. Then they waited for
the treacherous mariners to re-
turn.
Fernandez, when he saw them,
asked where Arlon was. They said
the last time they had seen Arton
was in Sarentum and that he was
very we'll.
with that Arion appeared in all
his splendor. The mariners fell on
their knees and begged for mercy.
But very justly Fernandez punished
them severely.
Served them right" said Bobby.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Salad Dessert.

Four oranges pealed and sliced
very thin; 4 large ripe bananas
sliced thin.
One cup English walnut meat
chopped fine.
One pint fresh cut cocoanut
mixed with your best mayonaise
dressing. Mix all in large bowl,
then chill. Serve on good-size in
dividual plates to add color to this
excellent dish; place on top two
or three red cherries. This Is eX-
cellent.-Mrs. Sarah McCalmont,
Fourteenth street northwest, Cen
trail Station.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
USING YOUR
FIREPLACE
Recognized Authority on An
Matters Pertaining to House
hold Management.

VIZ HILE it is the ambition
" of most of us to have
w a fireplace to make every
effort to get one, how few Of
On who have one make the most
Of IT,
Every fireplace owner owes
his or her hearthside a set of
fire tools-tongs and shovel and
poker. Half the fun Of the
open fire lies in rearranging 1t
20 make the flames brighter. A
hearth brush may be one or the
essentials which has never been
purchased, and this lack may
stand between the desire for a
fire and the act of lighting it
because Of the mess on the
t1dy hearth.
A Cape Cod fire-nghter for
the, colonial fireplace and other
types OF lighters overcome an
other reason for not having a
fire more often-that of the
trouble to light it.
Long.handled toasting forks
make it possible to have many
q family frolic around the fire.
Apples as well as marshmal-
lows may be toasted. Evening
refreshments may make use of
freshly prepared toast, fireplace
made. Quaint little trivets may
be used to keep the toast warm
on such occasions or when tea
IL to be served in front OF a
glowing open fire.
Peppers with long handles for
use over the fire make the pep
corn party Of a past generation
again popular:
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riage have entered into it without
knowing what it was all about.
There has been little or no
teaching either by church or
school, or even the press, about
the fundamental natural laws un-
DERIVING the relationship Of hus-
band and wife and the institution
Of marriage.
This instruction from both pull.
pit and platform, from house and
school room, but especially from
newspapers and magazines, could
be made most impressive.
The more or less instructive
The Washington times., 1925-01-24

YWVHE ensemble going strong. This Qeft) is in
three tones of kasha dark brown medium brown and
Il natural biege. The coat straight and narrow, is
triple all three edges showing down the fronts The frock
has blouse of the natural kasha trimmed with the
other browns the neck bands put pointed line
The skirt in the darkest brown, in deep boxpleats
Worth has revived the neglected blue serge for the
frock (rght) which has the effect of coat and frock
together 1t is trimmed simply with inset bands Of
the same stitched in herrngbone Down the front is
jabo of white crepe de Chine piped with blue This nd
Gates the survival of the jabot idea for spring.
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one hand-and
to make a fool
of him with
the other.
That he shall
tell her moth
ing but the
truth and at
the same time
vow that she
Is the ONLY
woman he hath
e V er enjoyed
kissing.
That he shall
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English Peerage.

TVHE peerage Of England 10
composed Of five orders
- duke. marquis, earl, viscount
and baron. The holder OF any Of
these titles is q noble: All persons
beneath a baron are considered as
just commoners.
To keep moths away from heavy
clothing. try the effect Of bIotters
soaked in turpentfne and laid ii,
the folds Of the garments. sss
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which 1 have
been trying to
di s c over the
chief causes
that lead to
the divorce
court.
I have be-
come firmly
convinced that
In the majority
Of cases in
W h i c h mar
rage is a fail
ure, the parties
IN tho mar
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1. When. was the Battle Monu-
ment at Concord, Mass, dedicat-
ed?
2. When was the famous song
Annie Laurie" written?
8. When was Comte, the French
philosopher, born and when. did
he die?
4.when was Edward vi king
Of England?
S. When did Judas Maccabeus
recover Jerusalem from the Syr-
ians?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed Monday
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1. The formal opening of the
Erie Canal took place November
4, 1925.
2. st. John, n. B., was destroyed
by fire June 20, 1877.
8. The foreign allies captured
the Taku forts in China June II,
1900.
4. Uruguay, South America, be-
came free in 1928.
5. The two Bulgarias were
united in 1885.
Copyright 1925. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
For the Home

Salt is good for the teeth. 1t
prevents film forming and
strengthens the gums. A little
shaken on to the brush two or
three times a week will have
beneficial results.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Clever Code

By means of d clever code, the
description Of a suspected per-
sons fingerprints can now be
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
| SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

The Starving SOUP Of Woman.
~ EHOLD, my daughter, how
x easily satisfied is the heart
- of a woman. s
For, 10, she demandeth only that
a man shall permit her to make
an idol and a hero of him with
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
DIR. Chas. A. L. Reed
Former President of the American
Medical Association.

xTOU may find it sometimes
~ worth while carefully to
II read the proceedings Of a
divorce case.
I have a notebook pretty well
filled with such clippings from
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
WHERE THE TREASURE IS"

Siogfried Roebling, of Trenton, ex-
pressed his keen qualification last
Monday evening when he learned
that Boy Scout work is being en-
Enthusiastically promoted in Lam
bertyile and New Hope Mr. Roeb.
ling is one of the heaviest contri-
butors to the Boy Scout movement
in Trenton. He was member of
the committee which selected the
camp site at Dimmck's Ferry above
the Water Gap last summer.
At that time a camp site was
being considered two miles out of
Lambertville, but it was given up
for site located directly on the
river. The New Hope Troop. COM
manded by Scoutmaster William
Jenkins, Sr., is camping there this
week. Lambertville Troop No. /,
commanded by Scoutmaster Ernest
Taylor is expected to be the next
to go to Dmmick's Ferry.
Mr.. Roebling's generosity in this
commendable work is paying him a
large dividend in personal satisfac-
ton. If you aren't interested in the
welfare of the boy, dig down in
your jeans and fork over green
back. Then notice how interested you
become.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
HAS YOUR PAY BEEN
INCREASED 1872 PER CENT
SINCE THE WAR?

The coal miners want another
raise They have had raises amount
ing to 1872 per cent since the war.
In other words they are making
made before the war.
Have your wages been increased
three times as much as you were
making before the war?
This brow-beater, Lewis, who is
the agitator for the miners, refuses
to submit the question for arbitra-
ton In other words he refuses to
have the public represented in a
fair minded discussion on whether
or not the buyers Of coal shall have
their legs pulled. He realizes bet
ter than anybody else that as soon
as the cards are put on the table
it will show that he is trying a
hold-up game on the confusing pub
lie.
The cost of living hasn't gone up
since the miners got their last
raise-but it has gone up to those
who have to buy coal since the
miners got the last of their 1872
per cent raise. Have your wages
been raised in the same proportion
as the pay of the miners?
Then is il fair for the miners TO
get another raise? Is it fair to
boost the cost of your own living
when you have to pay more for
coal?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
FREE" RUSSIAN CHILDREN

We are told by the Moscow cor
that one of Russia's greatest I'M
solved problems is to relieve the
thousands of Migrants, destitute
children and unemployed, who over
flow every city.
The greatest of these evils is
the number of destitute children,
which the bolshevik commissioner
of education has termed "the most
terrible ulcer on the soviet unions
body Many of these children, it
is said, are addicted to drugs and
others are infected with disease. All
are a positive menace.
According to M. Lunacharsky, the
commissioner of education, who is
directly quoted, Hundreds of thou
sands of these children, have degen-
some bordering on idiocy, while
others have had their wits so sharp
ened, and excited by collision with
life that they have become danger
Gus enemies to society"
Legions' of adult paupers clutter
every street and squat in front of
every church, crying dread please,
bread.
The commissioner of education, a
staunch communist admits that the
problem of destitute children is be-
yond the control of the state, and
in his appeal for public funds he
asks for private aid, stating that
otherwise all efforts will be use
less and "the great stream of va
grant children will not only pay a
horrible tribute of death but will de-
velop into a polluting flood, poison
ing the entire current of life"
Here is food for thought for our
American reds who talk about free
ing our American children from the
"chains of capitalism" by turning
them over to the tender mercies
of communist state.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
ADVANTAGES OF SMALL
NEWSPAPERS

From an ethical standpoint it can
fairly be claimed that the country
press and small city dailies have
a marked advantage over the big
metropolitan newspapers.
The smallers papers are conduct
ed by their owners who are person
ally known to the people and bus
mess men of the community and
read in nearly every family.
The owners, editors and pub
fishers are freer to express their
honest convictions than the highly
commercialized city press, too often
run by hired employees, principally
to earn dividends.
The small daily or country weekly
that lives up to its opportunities
represents the stand of personal
journalism in behalf of the com
munity.
AS long as the small city dailies
and country weeklies remain true
to their best traditions, with the
editorials devoted to constructive
policies, their influence in journalism
will increase.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
SMILIN' THU

Continued from second column)
dis house oh de Lawd whit amt
never had no cravin' an hankerin'
fer de 'ciety oh purity young gals!
Eff dey is All wants i'm ter stan
up"
He waited while his keen old eyes
searched every face in the congre-
cation. Silence of suspense hung
over the place, broken only now
and then by the whimper of some
tiny pickaninny being joegled on
his mothers knees; even the swish
of the fans had ceased while the
male members of the congregation
hung their heads and sat still.
Finally cadaverous-lookinr vel
lew man in the rear of the house
rose slowly to his feet 1t was evil
dent that Doc Bloom was not ex-
pecting it. He peered at him with
incrudulity. Finally he fished out his
steel-rimmed, half-moon spectacles,
polished them deliberately and perch
ed them on his nose. Then peer
ing out over the tops of them he
dmanded in a voice of thunder:
"Does yo' mean ter stan dar an
tell me dat yo' amt new had no
hankerin' aft de purity young gals ?"
"Yassuh, Parson," replied the vel
low man, Oats whut All means.
Abs a puah man, an All amt
nothin' else but"
Doc snorted. "Huh! Set down
yo' EUNUCH! SET DOWN."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
FILMDOM HOLDS ODD JOBS
OPEN TO DISABLED VETERANS
$4,000 Paid Last Week TO Ex-
Soldier Extras" Says Maj.
John A. J. Darrah

Los Angeles-Eighteen hundred
jobs as motion picture extras have
been obtained in studios here by
disabled ex-service men in capacita-
ted for ordinary work, and last week
$4,000 of filmdoms payroll went to
this type of screen talent.
How the "odd jobs of acting
were held open for disabled men
through the cooperation of VIII
Hays, directr general of the produ-
GERS and distributors, was described
by Major John A. j. Darrah at a
meeting of the veterans.
The ex-service men usually are
cast as soldiers, Major Darrah ex-
planned, and squads of them are
modified for screen duty at short
notice under semi-milirary system.
N. Y. Tribune
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-08-20
Freaks of Lightning

II is frequently said that lightning
never strikes twice In the same place
This is not so, Only few days ago
two houses near Brentwood. Essex,
England. were struck for the second
time within few months
Mr.. w. Larkins. the well-known
steeplejack was once called upon 10
repair a house In Sussex that had &C
tually been struck by lightning on
three separate occasions.
He found, on investigation. that the
building stood on n suhsoil of iron
stone such as Is found in many parts
of the weald of Sussex. This sub.
stance is, of course, a splendid con-
ductor Of electricity Hence the par.
TALLY of the lightning for the house
in question: