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TtHE crowd shouted at her. but
= Rosemary held her ground.
This was something she knew
about. They could talk her off her
feet when it came to painting and,
philosophy, but she knew more
about feeding babies than they
did.
why. know dozens of cases."
she cried, her face vivid with this
new excitement There's our
washerwoman's daughter. She was
the prettiest, incest little girl you
ever saw, and she fell for this
free love stuff. She didn't get
any marriage license-but she
didn't get any chivalry. either
Just as soon as she got into trou-
BILE the man skipped. and that's
the way they always do. And
there IS
''Lisen to the kid laughed
Larry. She'll be hiring a hall
next" The words were light,
but there was a throbbing note
of tenderness that checked her
like hand.
They were stirring now. begin
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/. LITERATURE. Which book
more than any other, has inspired
the style of our best English
prose?
2. HISTORY. How old is the
Republic of Czechoslovakia?
8. GEOGRAPHY. What is
meant BY littoral?
A.. BUSINESS. What is a closed
shop?
5. MANKIND. What is the
present membership of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor?
&. HUMAN NATURE. Does an
individual ever get too ,old to
learn?
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. When
was the electric lamp invented?
8. LAW. What is the person
called against whom an action at
, law is begun?
8. CIVICS. What percentage
OF the total population of the
United States, including its pos
sessions. is ilIiterate?
10, ART. Which celebrated Eng
lish poet and artist earnestly ad-
vocated all through his life that
all things. even the humblest,
should be made beautiful?
II. MUSIC. What did Edward
Mcdowell, the distinguished
American composer, mean when
he said that BLACK notes ON
white paper are the despair of
composers?
IL. HEALTH. Why is iron
given as a medicine for anemia?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
!. LITERATURE. Washington
Irving 07S3-1S5O is buried in the
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, larry
town. y. Y.
2. HISTORY. The Inquisition
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BIRDS NEST
DELICACY

TN ndo.Malay there is bird II
L the Swift species that Guilds
it's nest entirely of dried saliva.
This nest is used as a food deli
cacy by the Chinese.
1t brings a high market price
and Is served only in the homes
of the wealthy. The coast caves
in East India where the birds
breed in great number are farmed
out at substantial revenue.
The small half-saucer shaped
nests are gummed with saliva.
When dried the material Is used
TO make a glutinous soup Al
though a rare luxury. there is
very little flavor IN the isingIlss-
like product of the little Swift.
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by A. L. WiIbert M. A..

, was formally established in the
Thirteenth Century by the Roman
Catholic Church for the discovery,
repression and punishment of her.
esy, unbelief and other offenses
against religion.
3. GEOGRAPHY. The Shannon
is the longest river in Ireland.
4. BUSINESS. Practically all
the money paid in by the members
of the building loan associat tons
is loaned to home builders.
S. MANKIND. For his services
to Great Britain as Viceroy OF In
dia- during a trying period. Lord
Reading has been recently elevated
to the rank OF marquis.
6. HUMAN NATURE. Phrenol-
ogy holds that the configuration
of the skull indicates the charac-
ter and abilities of the individual.
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. A sub
marine operates usually at a depth
of 40 to so feet.
8. LAW. An obligation Is a
legal duty to do or not to do q
certain thing.
9. CIVICS. Nearly $4,000 per.
sons were killed and about 10000
persons were injured in street and
highway accidents during the past
year.
10. ART. Joseph Pennell CISCO.
1926, the eminent American
etcher, also distinguished himself
in the fields of lithography and in
pen and ink drawing.
II. MUSIC. Marco Enrico Bossi
QS61-1925l was the greatest of the
Italian composers for the organ.
II. HEALTH. \ man may be-
come unduly influenced by his
own worries and become sick be-
cause he thinks he Is sick.
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work, and when she saw this medt
cine advertised in the "Star" and
other papers, she went to a drug
gist and got a bottle of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
She took it regularly, was greatly
benefited and now feels very muck
better.
Ethel May Snider's experience ia
similar to that OF thousands OF
other women Ia all walks of life,
who have sent testimonials to the
Lydia e. Pinkharn Medicine Com.
pany Of Lynn, Mass.
From Maine to California. from
Wisconsin to Texas, and from Ne
braska to Florida letters are re
ceived every day from grateful
women who say the Vegetable
Compound has helped to restore
their health.
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BY Beatrice Fairfax

An Authority on the Problems OF
Love and Marriage
WHAT is the best way to find
W whether the girl you love
is serious in her love for you?
This, question has puzzled many
q man.
/. Sometimes, of course, the girl
herself isn't sure whether she's
serious. There are moments when
! she's Indifferent. But at least
: It would be relief to learn this
definitely. Then waiting and
G wooing might be worth while with
q fighting chance to win.
: There are butterfly girls who
{ enjoy the moment with its laugh
: ter and dancing. and refuse 70
z take life seriously or speculate as
to what tomorrow may bring.
e On the other hand, there is the
> reserved girl. She doesn't wear
: her heart on her sleeve She
4 may adore the man who is pay
). ing her attentions, but until she
$ knows he is serious she doesn't
dream of disclosing to him. or
. encouraging the sweet secret in
y her own heart.
= Last, but not least. comes the
: very subtle, very clever girl, who
knows the power of mystery over
mans love and interest, and de-
? 1iberately keeps him guessing.
: To which type does E. BIS
= sweetheart belong? Here's his
letter:
: DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
= It am in love-yes. terribly in
love, for l cannot sleep nights.
And / cannot in any way find
out whether she cares for me.
.a I'VE are of the same age
23-and we have the same pro.
8 feasion. We are teachers.
g IT have known her for three
years. For the last year I have
= been going about witkaher on an
average Of twice a Week. She is
dear to me and would call every
r. night if / could.
a But cannot find a time when
she is serious. / cannot, no mat.
: ter how har6 1 try. make her
serious.
"she will never sit alone with
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ming to say good-by in little
groups. Rosemary jumped to her
feet. 1t must be very late.
Come. Rosemary, I'll take you
home" Larry was coaxing.
Homer Could she stay with
Nina?
But it's so late. l think I'd
better ask Nina if l can stay over
with her"
Larry shook his head, smiling.
"You can't stay at Nina as.
why can't i stay at Nina's?"
asked Rosemary wonderingly of
Larry.
Because - we'll - you can't.
Nina is one of those hermit crabs
who prefers to be alone. Aren't
you. Nina?"
Aren't l what?" asked Nina.
She came in with Rankin, hat in
hand, to say goodnight.
II said you were hermit crab
and didn't have room for Rose
mary"
Didn't have room for Rose.
mary-what's the idea?"
well, I'm offering to see Rose.
mary home, and she says
But you're going to stay with
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love.making. but that is as far as
it goes. Once they are certain
Of love, the eagerness Of love-
making lags and it is pleasanter
to turn away and seek new fields
to conquer.
So isn't the girl wise who re-
fuses to become serious until she
knows beyond shadow of doubt
that her admirer is in earnest?
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me in a corner and talk. She has
introduced me to all her friends.
She seems proud to do so and to
have me around.
81 do not go out with other
girls. nor does she. so far as I
know, go out with any other
man. During all the time have
known her she has not mentioned
a young man as a particular
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liant Gorgas and his leading lieu
tenants, Carter and LIE Prince.
They were fighting malaria and
yellow fever on the isthmus.
They were draining all natural
stagnant pools that could be
drained, covering others with oil,
abolishing water barrels, install
ing a civilized water system and
highly penalizing all persons who
permitted stagnant water to stand
on their premises.
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to a finish with her? E. B."
Before answering your ques-
ton, f. B., I would like to ask
you one question: just how seri-
Gus are you?
1 know you eagerly, desper-
ately want to learn whether your
friend loves you.
But have you the right to learn
the answer to that question be-
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many years before the MOSQUITO
theory Of malaria, conceived and
taught by DIR. Carlos Finlay, of
Havana, was scientifically con-
firmed by DIR. Walter Reed and
his brave associates.
A few years after that demon
stration was in Panama during
preliminary construction work on
the canal. There | met the bril-
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! fore you prove to her that you
are serious?
OF course you enjoy being with
her, are keenIy interested in win
ming her love. But do you Sc
riously love her? Do you hope
to marry her?
Most men like to make ardent
love to an attractive girl. They
are perfectly serious about the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-28

placer" Ellen banged the wall
bed shut and kicked the dress she
had worn last night into the
closet.
Rosemary tried to laugh, tried
to say something contradict ory,
but she couldn't. How could she!
How could Ellen stand 1t?
The dishes were piled up In the
tiny kitchen unWashed.
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; viii come back to her, so she let's
me wait.
docs she love me? Does she
care at all for me, since she will
not be serious? Or does she
value me just for the sake Of my
company and as a friend?
Il am in a whirl all the time.
Shall I try to find another girl?
Or shall 1 fight the thing through
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friend Of hers. She is popular, I
know, because 1 know her asso-
ciates. We are not engaged.
She knows 1 love her and she
takes advantage of it. At times
she will say something that hurts
me, then, if say anything to her
about it, she will not talk or let
me see her for week. You gee,
am a sticker and she knowA I
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of what was-once baby blue chif-
fon, and was now a muddy and
discouraged gray.
Why" asked Rosemary.
around. Most mornings / don't.
Then I have to wash on Sunday,
and, oh, I@don't know-I hate it.
Isn't this the hole, though? Did
you ever see such God-forsaken
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every ulHldHCo
the large roll
ing lawns had
de ora re
ponds with lily
beds and foun-
tains.
The celebrat-
ed DIR. Roberts
Bartholow in
vestigated the
conditions and
advised that
the ponds be
abandoned. In
all instances
in which his
advice was fol.
lowed the Tnala-
ria ceased.
nv hfc Wy a &
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Their most serious fight was
with the careless or ignorant peo-
pie who tolerated water to stand
and become breeding places Of
mosquitoes.
But they finally won ~ and
that's the way and primarily by
whom, the great Panama Canal
was built, yellow fever driven
from the world and malaria
brought under csntrol-in Pan.
anna.
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A pale sunbeam wriggled its
way down the light well, slanted
into Ellen's window for brief
moment and was gone. Ellen
occupied what is known as "a
back apartment" It was so dark
the lights had to be lit, even in
the morning.
II hate Sundays" she yawned,
slipping into a. bedraggled neglige
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-28

lied orris root. one-haf pound.
Stir the mixture together thor.
oughly. Sew a portion of 1t into
a white cheesecloth bag about
eight inches square. Toss this
bag into your bathtub Of warm
water and let 1t remain there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-28
FROG GROWS
BACKWARD

THE Paradox Frog Of South
i America is a curious creature
that in the tadpole stage attains
the enormous length of 10 inches,
When the frog Is full grown it
never exceeds two and half
inches in length. Thus it grows
backward
Seven of the ten inches of the
overgrown tadpole consists oftail.
AS the animal nears maturity the
tail slowly shrinks. BY the time
it reaches the taiiless stage the
whole of the mature animal is
one.fifth its former length.
Apparatus invented in England
has received telegraph messages al
a sReed Of 1000 words a minute.
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because of the fiber which it
contains, stirs the stomach and
intestines to activity. This aids
bodily elimination, hence directly
serves health, and beauty. Many
a bonnie Scottish lassie owes her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-28

lovely complexion to her daily
bowl of oatmeal "porridge."
The oatmeal bag Is a favorite
formula for smoothing a rough
skin. 1t can best be made as
follows:
Oatmeal, one pound; pulver-
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: preserving the softness Of the
skin. especially in winter and
when cold fall winds begin to
blow, as they soon will now. -,
Coarse cereals and among
them oatmeal is foremost are
enemies Of indigestion. Oatmeal,
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THAT'S about the fastest tms
mothers know for cooking hot
and nourishing breakfast.
Get Quick Quaker. Cooks faster
than plain toastl
Supplies the balanced food ration
of protein, carbohydrates and vita
mines plus the. bulk" to make
laxatives less often needed that
doctors and authorities advise.
Has the wonderful Quaker favor,
rich and toasty. You will be de-
lighted. Start every day, then, with
food that Stands by" through the
morning.
Your grocer has Quick Quaker
also Quaker Oats IS you have always
known them
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woman proved
to be too muck
| To-. Ethel Ma,
'Snider, r. r. ]
OF Hartford City,
until she started
taking Lydia q
PinkhaFN's Vsge
table Compound
Overwork had
so undermined
her health that
she had to give
up all outside
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-28
This Day in History

OUTS PASTEUR chemist and medical scientist died on
L. September Among his benefits TO the human
hydrophobia and rabies because OF ms
efforts the death rates diseases reduced
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Household Hints

A cleaning liquid is contained il
the handle of a new scrubbina
brush and fed to the bristles bl
pressing q valve.
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ADVERTISEMENT
FEELING LOTS
BETTER NOW
Writes Ethel May Snider Whc
Used Lydia E. PinkhAm's
Vegetable Compound

Hartford City. Ind.-Doing house
work and taking care OF a sich
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The Story Thus Far

Rosemary daughter Of large family rebels
college and living ome but lack Of money prevents her from taking
and bursts into her dreary PROSPECTS for the future Sne
and work. Ger who school teacher engaged to be married
Philip Eane nghbOrs returns from Japan and Rosemary
youth discuss plans
Phil
and of
Ing of bitter
With acquaintance, Rosemary
employment Nina "The Secret
Studio"
making angers her and she from him.
NOU Continue
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BY Chas. A. l.. Reed, MD.
Former President of the American
Medical Association

ONCE, many years ago, there
" was a verjtable epidemic of
malaria in Clifton, one of the
most \ beautiful suburbs of a
large city.
Investigation revealed that in
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"The Sphinr's Feet

THE feet of the Mystery of the Nile exhibition Tor
the first time in years. The Egyptian government has
undertaken the task of clearing some OF the
mountain of sand that has dred around the Sphinx
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CHIEF DEFIES
RANGERS

GINCE the Indian was given
~ full citizenship by act of Con-
gress, one of them has been smart
enough to take advantage Of the
prestige that goes with the in
alienable rights of full-fledged
American On the Glacier Ma
tionaI Park reservation of the
BIackfeet tribe an interesting dis
pute has arisen over the boundary
line. of Glacier Park proper. a
portion of the east line of which
is legally described as running
from the summit of Divide Noun
tain to the summit of Chief Noun
tain.
Chief Lifting Clouds allotment
generally was supposed to extend
hereby to the base Of Chief Noun
tain, but the willy red man,
prompted by a hunters instinct,
came to the confusion the line
extended on all the way up the
east side of the mountain to meet
the park line ending at the peak.
This gives him ownership of half
the mountain. he declares. Big
game is plentiful on the east
slope of this mountain. so Chief
Lifting Cloud legally considers
that he has mountain slope
game preserve of his own. He
hunts there at will, always gets
all the wild meat he wants, and
of course a plentiful supply OF
buckskin for the Indian holiday
raiment
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Times Daily Dozen
DIV A. =. Wilbert. M. A.

. I. LITERATURE. Who was the
real founder of the German
drama?
9. HISTORY. Who is the most
celebrated outlaw in English
legendary history?
3. GEOGRAPHY. What are the
names OF the five Great Lakes?
4. BUSINESS. What is the ma
tionaI wealth Of Uruguay?
5. NJ A n KIN d. Which three
issues of world importance are in.
volved in the dispute between
Chile and Peru over the Tacnar
africa territory?
s. HUMAN NATURE. What Is
meant by the old English saying
that lone man may steal a horse
but another must not look over
the hedge?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Who
invented the remarkable device for
transmitting photographs by radio?
s. LAW. What are the two
chief aims of the modern study
of law?
Q. CIVICS. How MANY bodies
OF American soldiers have thus
far been brought home from
France?
10. A r Il. Which celebrated
temple of the Philistines has been
recently unearthed?
MUSIC. What is "fugue"?
-. HEALTH. What is the func-
ton Of vitamins?
Answers 10 Yesterdays Questions
/, LITERATURE. Nathan the
Wise" one OF the great dramatic
masterpieces OF German itera-
tIre. was written by Gotthold
Ephraim Leasing 0729-178D.
2. HISTORY. Aspasia (Fifth
Century, r. Co., a brilliant woman
of the world. was the paramour
OF Pericles. the famous Athenian
statesman.
3. GEOGRAPHY. Warsaw is
the capital of Poland.
4. BUSINESS. japan buys
about 70 per cent OF its building
and construction material imports
from the United States.
>. MANKIND. France controls
Syria by virtue of mandate
which it received at the confer
ence which formulated the Treaty
of Versailles.
6. HUMAN NATURE. Study
and practice should be spread
over several DAYS so that the as
sociatiOnS in the mind between
the cid and new matter MaX have
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SALVAGING
SOULS

TN. the matter of salvaging USE
l. less articles and making them
fill an important economic part
in the many charitable projects
it carries on, the industrial de-
partment of the Salvation Army
has attained perfection. The old
newspapers, books and magazines
that are given by Washington
women, are the medium through
which many elderly men without
homes or friends are provided
with employment and com.
Portable shelter.
The. broken piece of household
furniture which is useless to its
original owner begins new
period of usefulness when the
workers in the industrial home
get through with repairing and
vanishing it.
The old coats, shoes, stockings
and underwear discarded by for.
tunate children prove a boon to
poor youngsters.
1t is entirely through such do
nations that the social service
department is supported. No
cash contributions are asked for
or received. All offerings will
be called for upon receipt of a
telephone call TO Main 1923.
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an opportunity to become fixed.
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Gates
are constructed in water-power
dams in order to control the flow
of the water.
8. LAW. Treason. felonies and
misdemeanors are the three
classes of crimes in common law,
3. CIVICS. Less than so per
cent of the qualified voters par
ticipated in the last presidential
election.
10. ART. The abacus Of col
umn is the square plate of stone
which rests on the capital and
supports the beam above.
II. MUSIC. In his symphony
From the New World" DvOrak
showed American composers that
they have wealth of material
in the folk, songs of their native
land.
II. HEALTH. The ductless
glands of the body are the thy
roid, adrenal, spleen. and the
pituitary in the brain.
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By L. Lamar Matthews

WMOTHER. may / go to the
IA picture show?' asked Rich
ard.
mo. You have been three
times this week and that's
enough"
We'll. this is circus picture
and I've got to see it. You know
it's not going to hurt me to go
just this once. Can't ! go?"
mo. you cannot" replied the
mother. II told you no and l
mean it,"
We'll this is a circus picture
and I've just got to see it. please
let me go"
Richard, L told you that YOU
cannot go 10 see any picture to-
day and that's all there is 20 il.
You are not going"
We'll, | don't see why you have
to be so mean TO me. You let
sister go everywhere she wants
to and all can do is Just stay at
home and be lonesome. Please,
please. let me go. / won't ask
you another time this week" And
Richards eyes grew a little dim
though not too dim to watch his
mothers face. He knew when
her "No" meant NO" and when
it might possibly mean some
thing else. So he kept up his
wall.
IF you don't let me go 10 this
show, | bet yOu'll he sorry" he
whined. / think you might be
good TO me sometimes"
And then Richard saw the look
Of evaporation and defeat fash
into his mothers face. Cant l
go, Mumsy?' he wheedled, pl6c-
ing his hand affectionately upon
her arm.
Yes. go' BY all means go! Go
this minute Anything to stop
your mouth" she shouted. And
Richard went.
That boy knew by experience
when his mother could be per-
suaded.
The next afternoon Richard
wanted something else. So he
decided to try his skill again.
Mother. may go to~the swim
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Psychological demobilization"
OF the Italian people has been or
dered by Premier Mussolini. News
papers are forbidden to print in
cendiary material tending to keep
alive the ''bellicose Technology
and spirit"
Charles II was probably the first
king ever to use the classified col
umns of a newspaper. The Mer-
GURUS Politicus, published in 1860,
regularly carried the kings adver.
tisements for the return Of lost
dogs, hawks and falcons.
The head of a London art school
has evolved a plan for the relief
of young artists unable TO sell
their pictures by having them rent
their works. A charge of So a
year is made for a picture valued
at $3.50.
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A WORD TO
WIVES

A BOWL Of madeup pastry
"A dough in the ice box makes
tasty desserts an easy matter.
One that is made in no time uses
three inch squares of pastry,
baked flat, q lump of preserved
strawberries. cherries or rasp-
berries and a topping of whipped
cream. If there is no cream to
whip a can of evaporated milk
serves the purpose admirably.
While the square of pastry is
baking, whip the cream, and put
ting the fruit on the pastry end
the cream over 1t takes no time
at all