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to Do When She's Lonesome ?" Miss FdirfdI Asks

thought I would attend business.
MY parents are absorbed in
themselves and have few friends
in town. so 1 cannot meet any.
one through them.
They give me a great deal of
money to do with just as /
please. But money can't buy
friends or happiness.
a. attended a business school
and am now engaged as stenog-
rapher by a nice firm. The girls
are very nice, but there are few
OF them and they all live so very
far away that it Is impossible to
make bosom friends Of them.
The men in the office are few
and all of them are engaged or
married.
Il am 81 and pretty. I know
I am pretty because at school
I won the beauty contest. One
Saturday all the girls were go
ing to the theater with their
gentlemen friends / couldn't
go because / had no one to go
with. A short time ago the Of
flee had a party at an exclusive
hotel. ! couldn't go to that,
either. l feel so out Of things.
''One Saturday afternoon be.
came SO lonesome that when
saw a sign advertising dancing
hall / bought a ticket and went
in. The music was enhancing
and the decorations were beau
tiful. / loved it the minute /
stepped in.
~ danced all the afternoon. /
never thought there were 50
many men in the world to dance
with. l had the most delightful
time l ever had in my life, so l
went there steadily Saturday
afternoons, telling my parents l
went to the movies.
lis it wrong for me to go to
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PROGRESS IN
CANADA

A TOTAL of 576 families NUM-
"A bering 3.16S individuals. have
been settled upon 1S4,28O acres of
land in the three prairie provinces
in the first 10 months Of 1925 by
the Canada Colonization Associa'
ton, subsidiary OF the depart
ment OF colonization and develop.
ment of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way operating without profit.
At the present time the associa-
ton has 1903 settled families I'm.
der supervision on 36S,752 acres OF
land, the value of farms and equip
nlent being in excess Of $4,000. 900.
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By Beatrice Fairfay
An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Marriage

An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Marriage
MANY a girl is doubtless ask
AVA ing herself at this moment,
IN a discouraged mood: Does it
pay to be particular about COM
panions?
Isn't it Mark Twain who re-
marked, BE good and you will lie
lonesome% wonder whether
every girl has not just for one
instant at some time OF her life
wondered whether it pays to be
very good. indeed. when the
price seems to be the loss Of at
tentions and quick popularity.
If so. every girl will sympathize
with the problem of Celie:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
81 went to a private school
out West from the age of seven
Until / graduated and returned
home at 10.
when l came home / Just
stayed there, going to moving
pictures and theaters, shopping
and walking, and. in fact. doing
nothing vigorously. always
went by myself. as I have no
friends.
I'VE attend a big city church
at great distance from home.
1t is impossible to meet people
there. for everyone goes in and
out OF church in a business
like way. My parents do not
care for the churches in our
neighborhood, so I do not attend
them.
There are no clubs here,
either. where one can become
acquainted. grew so tired of
always being by myself that l
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Or you pretend to know too
much. Besides. that's different. "
Different from what? From
you and Tony?"
Color started and coursed, like
a frightened hare, in the girls
face. "Of course it's different!
I mean-Prenny, I despise your
buttons when you make me say
things never intended TO mean
Ito say.
LET it go at that" he grinned.
''Prenny. is there any chance
OF BlacI1ie's getting free to marry
WfIIowdean?"
I'm afraid not. In fact, the
signals at present are set stormy.
BIakely's wife is suspicious.
How much does she known"
Not much. Enough to set her
OF edge. She might come back
to town any time"
''I'll warn Deenie. Not that It
viii do any good. She's mad. Oh,
well; all the wives will be troop
ing back TO their summer widow.
ers pretty soon. and the happy
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endangering your reputation
your very life-by throwing you
among those who may be un.
scrupulous, even criminal. Then
apply for a position In the office
of some large corporation of very
high standing such as a leading
trust company, banking corpora.
ton or insurance company. These
vast corporations select employees
very carefully with regard to
skill.
In such an office, among hum
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COLORING OF
HIBISCUS

IN many Of the pink hibiscus
4 the eye is crimson while the
various shades are faded. at
times. into the merest pink wash
in an almost white flower. says
Nature Magazine.
Often there Is more or less OF
the pure scarlet color. and then
there is the dilution-ths scarlet
pink. There are all mixtures of
crimson and scarlet combined in
various forms with q tinge Of
yellow or orange. Ne blue has
been found.
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taking care Of you and the fun
of bringing up the gids !"
Don't choke to death!''
After a pause, he said with a
gallant effort: rs Tony Lander
corning2"
81 wish you wouldn't always be
ringing In Tony Lander" she
fretted. mo, he ism t.
If it's to be really a farewell
d'nner-or are you reserving him
for the Saturday night movies2'
No, I'm not, she asserted with
superfiuous violence. Its just as
much good-by for him as for
any of you. More! I'll invite
him.
We ought to make the short
remaining time a whirl, reflected
Prenny. "I'Il fix program. OF
course, there's Claire Elway's
party to reckon on. Someone
said you We're trying to side-step
that. 1t isn't true. is it?
I've got to go to Canada. Bust.
ness
Then Claire must change her
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q CHAPTER %

CHAPTER 20
W. theory Of life starts" ex-
planned Derry to Prenny
= It'll. with the proposition that
.rriage is a failure. Then it
oes on to establish that-that"--
berry felt around for a garment
81 words loose and comfortable
enough not to cramp her idea
swen, that you've got right to
do what you like so long as you
don't hurt other people. How
much you hurt yourself Is your
own business. Life is ny money
to spend; I've earned my eight TO
live, and I'm going to pend 1t
as I dam pretty please. Dut' not
on marriage: that costs too much.
Willowdean's notions about
marriage were heretical, too,
weren't they?"
Were? ! don't know that she's
changed"
mo? Don't you think she'd
marry BlakeIy tomorrow, IL she
could?"
"Prenny. you know too much.
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I thank you for your kind adj
vice, which / will eagerly await.
"CELIE"
There is nothing in the world
more desolate than lonesomeness.
OF course you want-and should
have - companionship and good
times. dear Celie. The only ques.
ton IL, have you chosen a safe
way Of securing really congenial
companionship and good times
that will not bring regret?
You are masquerading under
an assumed name, doing some.
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date. 1t wouldn't be party with
out you
II suppose I could postpone my
trip"
do that little thing for my
sweet sake"
Finish your drink. Prenny, and
have another, and we'll jink
around to the theater and pick up
Deenie."
Walter Blakely they found al
ready there. He and Willowdean
had become quite reckless Of APP
pearances; he was at the theater
every night, as IL they had de-
liberateIy determined at any cost
to make the most Of the en-
chanted time which might come
to an end any unforeseeable day.
At the Recherche, where the
circle gathered at midnight, Will
lowdean made opportunity for a
word aside with Derry.
II got an anonymous letter to-
day."
about you and Blackie?"
Yes"
what did It say?"
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this place and dance with strange
men? I was so fed up on being
a little Puritan that I decided to
step out as the girls at the Of.
flee say. never tell anybody
there my real name or anything
about myself. If it is the only
way to meet people, what can
I do?
IAN Of the men in the ballroom
want to make engagements with
me. never go with them, but 1
often want to. ] can't stand the
monotony Of my life any longer.
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dreds Of other young women and
men. you would have every
chance to meet at least a few
who would prove congenial COM
panions and friends--a much bet
ter chance than in the small Of
flee where you are now employed.
Be very careful to keep your
record above suspicion. This
means much in making and hold
ing friends who bring out the
best in your own character and
will mean everything one day
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thing you would not care or dare
to let your parents know about,
making companions of men OF
whom you know nothing. You
can never invite one Of them to
your home. Isn't there a better,
happier way OF stepping out of
your dilemma than that you have
chosen, dear? To "step out"
seems alluring at times But it's
important to take step up, not
a step down.
Why do you not discontinue at.
tending the dance hall which is
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be some safety In : business mar
riage; there certainly isn't IN
love marriage
said WilIowdean: Il tried 20
drag Tony Lander here tonight. Z
s'WouIdn,t he drag2''
Not when he found you we're
10 be here.
.'FlatteranR chat; what2s smiled
Derry.
he said YOU didn't want 10 see
him.
Not so entirely accurate"
Do your
Eyes.
''Then why don't yours
Derry chuckled. ''That sounds
fatally twisted. / suppose I'm q
fool not to grab what can. But
-Deenie. I'm afraid OF that
young man. He's got the mar
riage germ and it's something
catching =
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when the right young man comes
along.
Don't permit yourself to do
foolish, dangerous things under
the influence of Encouragement.
Remember there is always a right
way out OF every dilemma Of
loneliness and unpopularity. Find
that right way, for it means
stepping out" Of your unhappi-
ness on to the path Of WORTH
while friendships and happy, sue
cessful romance.
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- T
ooh. the usual dark threats:
do you think it was from
herr"
mo. Too illiterate. II said
that she knew"
Her Version
sim afraid that's true. Deenie.
She gave carefully guarded yer
sion OF what Preston Smith had
told her.
What am ! going to do about
THAR" unused the actress.
Have you told Blackie?
''No, poor lambg' She looked
across at him with passion and
tenderness almost material. He's
worrying himself raw over this
as it is. / don't think it's ever
out of his mind.
"Deenie, couldn't you" Deery
hesitated.
Give him UP? No. Not until
I have to-" said the other firmly.
THAT isn't what was going TO
say. wouldn't ask you to, loving
him as you~do." Willowdean's vel
vety glance thanked her. but
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couldn't you be 4 little more care
full about being seen together?
Like this?''
There's so little time" muir.
INJURED the other. II feel as II
something were slowly closing
down on US.
s.Oh, 20 aheadl'' advised Derry,
changing her attitude with swift
yehemence. we've got only one
life to- live. I've been going
through that feeling Of time clos
ing in on me, too. But mines
definite. Z
You're not really going to quit
this game and be just dull time
clock. puncher. are you. Derry
- 'I'm not going TO quit You. old
girl. But I'm going to can the
rest of 'em definitely. It's all
right for. vacations, but my game
is business, not playing little few
erish. footless games Of love-
which is what I've really been do
ing. It looks as ii I'd 80 back to
my highly correct employer and
maybe I'll end by taking him as
part OF the business. There might
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flour. Add the stiffly beaten
whites OF the eggs. Stir three gem
erous tablespoonfuls Of stewed and
sweetened cranberries into the
batter and fry in hot fat. Drain
and serve with powdered sugar.
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Health or sickness!
The choice often rests with you


ONCE, the causes Of
many dangerous disor-
ders such as kidney
troubles, rheumatism,
neuritis, seemed obscure
to physicians. Then it
was discovered that all
too frequently such sick
nesses developed from
decayed. teeth which
distributed disease
germs to other parts of
the system.
Onca vol, realize This
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Crunberries for Thanksqiuinq Duu

a fritter batter. using any we'll
liked recipe. which will probably
be something like this:
To the yolks of two eggs, well
beaten, add half a cup of milk, a
tablespoonful of salt and a cup of
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l. The Grand Canal
2. Judges Cave
3. Melrose Abbey
4. Laval University
One word fills blank
s. "Ihe Hound of -" written by Francis Thompson
g. The Fraser River is in British
Z. A francoin is a
g. Mayfair is district in
Who
9. ASK questions I'll tell you fibs"
10. "Varietys the very spice of ife."
IL. "Al in the valley of death
Find the incorrectly used word in each sentence
IL. Have sang this song before?
b. The letter by Mary.
ID. You do your work careful
Is. Father will be there o and l..
See tomorrows paper to verify your answers
Answers to yesterdays
Oliver Wendell Holmes; Charles Dickens; Charles Kings
ley; edct B. vro acrosic; T. backgammon; g. cathe
dral; Godfrey Chaucer; 10, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Julia Ward Howe Lewis Carroll; Is, Shakespeare; H.
good (el(; 49, lay e; 49, Of CHAVEZ; II, bring take);
49, can (may).
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Staighten Up!
incest Laxative,
'Cascarets" lOc
incest

Don't stay headachy, dizzy, sick.
Nothing else relieves that bilious,
ccnstipated feeling so nicely ns
eandy-like "Cascarets." Take one
or two of these pleasant laxative
tablets any time, to gently stimulate
your liver and start your bowels.
Then you win feel fine, your head
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becomes clear. stomach sweet,
tongue pink, skin rosy.
"Cascarets" gently cleanse, sweet.
en- and refresh the entire system.
They never grippe, overact or sicken.
Directions for men, women and
children on each box, any drug
store.
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. together didn't have enough
dough or influence to pay for
the breakage or another meal IN
his place!
When higher instruction de-
velops destruction, then there Ii
something wrong with the method
or the mentality and should be
corrected.
These campus hoodIums are no
credit to their families or their
alma matters!
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}. they are doing Is seen IN the
detail with which they can re-
late their "cute stunts after
Wardsi
Shows hate to play college
towns because they are insulted
and peIted by the college rough
necks!
The other night bunch of
them were thrown out of q night
club for annoying and cutting
in on the dancers. Proprietors
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also have had to adopt the foot
ball tactics that the college boys
carry into their social life.
I am reminded Of a well-known
proprietor Of a restaurant who
agreed to serve dinner to
bunch of college boys. They re-
served a table in the main din.
ing room, and then started throw
! ing plates around at the other
diners. The proprietor, ordered
their check to be presented and
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! can offer Is that no roughneck
rah! rains! win be present!
There isn't an excuse in the
world for the way these boys
act, and the fact that they come
from good families. and are ex-
pected to be educated, makes
their college humor" all the
more an outlawry that should
be properly dealt with.
That they know exactly what
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, asked them to leave.
They burst forth into regular
organized rowdyism, but when
they were taken BY the collar
and the seat Of the pants and
thrown out bodily they wllined
and threatened what their proni-
nent fathers would do!
But the. proprietor had the
courage and good sense TO tell
them that all their fathers put
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The knowledge Test for
Times Readers

To be e0eAntormd person, What high points Utf
Uhtch should be ooughy familiar? These tests haze beer
GGrronged so as to coVer just those essentials.
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Prehistoric city In Nevada

MATERIAL years collected from what thougnt
W1 prehistoric Nevada The city Is IN
the southwestern the State and thought to nave existed
about thirty centuries ago.
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BY Fay King

By ray Ming
THE more see Of some college
boys the more / am in favor
of barring up the institutions Of
learning which they attend and
simply sentencing them the four.
year term with an armed guard
around the place!
They are about as welcome
anywhere as a bunch of bandits,
and the best credential an affair
The daily worker., 1926-02-26
"THE BIG PARADE = Reuiew

inadvertently the producer of "The
Big Parade" now showing at the Gar
rick Theater, has made a contribu.
tion to anti-war propaganda. 1t is
not anti-war by reason OF its argu-
ments or ideas, but because 1t ap.
proaches realism In its war scenes.
The death rattle OF machine guns, the
boom and shock OF 'cannonading, the
whirring Of aeroplanes, punctuate the
action. The miseries and horrors of
war-the mud, the lice, the poison gas,
the bayonetting. the bloodletting, the
beastliness, and the omnipresent
death, death, death--all are shown.
The film Is remarkably free OF war
hysteria and patriotism, except at the
beginning, when there is briefly pic
tured the parading, flag waving, and
war spirit which featured the en-
trance of the U. s. into the world.
slaughter. Even here, there seems TO
be present in the producers mind an
undercurrent OF critical questioning
which says: How crazy people
were! What Is all this for, anyway"
Indeed the entire war portion of the
film seems to move under this tenta-
tive query which finally expresses IL
self in Jim's rebelious and tortured
outcry: what ths hell do we get
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out OF this war, anyway" But the
producer, as tho frightened at the por-
tent OF the question which has been
posed, abruptly brushes It aside by
plunging Jim into action.
The story into which the war scenes
are fitted, tho thoroly hackneyed, is,
redeemed by some outstanding touch.
es OF verisimilitude. Jim's buddies,
Bull and Slim, bartender and strucl
tural steel worker, respectively, are
life-like, IL not true to life. Jfm's In
articulate wooing of the French peas.
ant girl and the latter's search for
him in the torrent of soldiers, "mov.
ing up" are noteworthy in this re-
spect.
Jim's attitude upon his return home
Is the logical continuance Of his ques-
ton: What the hell do we get out
OF this war?" He regards with sullen
dislike the father who urged him to
go to war, and seems bitter toward
the world in general
Only the tact that Jim is taken 10 q
fine home and his future secured pre-
vents the picture from placing finally
and uppermost in the minds of the
audience the question: "Yes, what the
hell did he get out Of the warp
G. M. tFt#
The daily worker., 1926-02-26

dependent than the capitalists of the
north committed an assault upon the
constitution of the new republic" in
order to assure themselves a legal
basis for their outrages. They inn
posed ON Cuba the Platt amendment,
demanded and secured the island IS
two best ports as naval stations and
put thru the celebrated reciprocity
treaty"
Cuba freed herself from the tute-
lage of Spain only to become a vassal
of the United States. The aforemen-
toned agreements" and amendments
to Cuban independence, anulled that
independence completely. Cuba has
no guarantee whatsoever against the
expressions of the United States; the
right to intervene is sanctioned by the
constitution itself, the fundamental
law of the land
The right to revolution is denied;
U. S. property must not be endan-
gered.
The Swndle Treaty.
By the reciprocity treaty Cuba was
obliged to let U. S. merchandise enter
free of duty, receiving in turn the
right to ship goods freely into the
United States. This famous treaty
The daily worker., 1926-02-26
BY ALFONSO BERNAL DEL RIEseo
(Member Central Executive Commit
tee, Communist Party of cuba)

BY ALFONSO 5ERNAL DEL RIEseo
(Member Central Executive Commit
tee, Communist Party Of cuba)
CUBA is an island, the largest of the
~ Antilles, situated at the very en-
trance to the Gulf of Mexico 1t is
only six hours steamship ride from the
United States; an airplane can make
the trip in forty minutes.
The population of some 100000,
about a third Of whom are Negroes,
stretches out over an area of 114,000
kilometers, whose fertile soil is cap
able of producing every tropical fruit
known. Despite the luxuriant variety
of Cuba's natural products, the finan-
cial interests of the Yankees have
made her almost exclusively land
of sugar The tobacco crop becomes
smaller every year, and coffee, the
traditional early basis of Cuban
wealth, has ceased to be cultivated
since the independence of Cuba and
the annexation Of Porto Rico.
Politically, Cuba has much in COM
mon with other SpaEish-American ma
tions. Her territory is divided into
six provinces, each with a governor
elected by direct suffrage but subord-
mated to the president. Every prov
ince is divided into municipalities but
such thing as municipal home rule is
unknown. The president has in fact
almost dictorial powers, is really a
yelled monarch-within the narrow
limits left to him by imperial over
lordship, that is. This has been dem
onstrated in practice by the history of
the tyrants Menocal and Machado, the
last named being the present reaction
airy dictator of the country, having
acted in that capacity since last May.
The independence that Cuba is sup
posed to enjoy was acquired after the
Spanish-American war of 1898. In
that year the Yankees intervened in
the civil war that was raging in the
country, following upon the myster-
ious blowing-up of the battleship
Maine. Thus ended Spanish rule on
the island, giving place to the dom
ination of the United States.
II.
Spain maintained more or less
yelled monopoly in Cuba and the
United States was determined to sup
plant her. The Cuban war of inde-
pendence presented to North Ameri-
can Imperialism, then in it's swaddling
clothes, one of its first opportunities.
No sooner had Cuba been declared in