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Here Is a Secret of Beauty

it my duty to share my secret
with my sisters"
And friendly, pleasant idea
that is!
About the face-against-pillow
recipe for beauty, / don't know.
OF course. We all understand that
anything which presses against
the soft skin and muscles Of the
face causes wrinkles in time.
Haven't you seen old ladies with
hollows in their cheeks caused by
the habit Of boring in with q
forefinger?
The mere pressure OF g. pillow
against the face would not, It
seems to me, produce beauty.
II the face were laid upon the
pillow for a certain number OF
hours each and every night-eight
or nine at least--I think beauty
would be quite likely to be the re.
suit. For there Is nothing, no
preparation In the jars and bot
ties and boxes: no mud-pack,
lifting" massage, that will erase
wrinkles, brighten the eyes, soften
and tint the skin and make a
woman good to look at generally
like long hours Of restful sleep.
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; bering embers Of passion ready to
leap into flame.
I'm tin1e." Kelvin said with
amusement, ''r1y clothes win get
as ragged as Robinson Crusoe's
and III probably be reduced to
wearing slxins--if I can get some
SKINS"
Joslyn became practical. you'll
have TO have cIothes-and things.
You can't continue to live In that
dress suit"
dinner jacket" he
corrected her. Yes. I'll need 3
suit and other things. I'll make
list and you can hand it to the
salesman. There may be q little
trouble about the suit, but II you
get something in dark blue and
tell them it's for a boxo about five
foot eleven weighing 165 ought
to get rough fit. You can say
you're buying It for your brother,
tell them he broke his leg"
His Offering
Kelvin produced a billfold and
put three fifty dollar banknotes
on the table.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ne uSSO
the endearing term with uncon-
scious ease. 'HThat won't be
enough to buy any Fifth Ave.
nue. outfit. but it's enough to do
pretty well on Broadway" APP
parentIy as an after-thought, ne
added another fifty dollar bill.
For a top coat and hat. When
I think Of the clothes I own
and can't get at! But if there's
q chance for a getaway I'll need a
hat and coat"
Behind the surface lightness
Of speech, the black tide Of his
hopeless situation rose up around
James Kelvin clouded his
dark eyes with nurky, shackei.
ing despair.
Lord can't help thinking Of
the difference between us!'' he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
DO THESE DOVES USE BRAINS ?

plete enticement from her treas"
ures. Then off she goes, entirely
out Of sight. that you may soon
forget her. or else alights on a.
distant tree to watch anxiouSly
your passing.
The ornithologist' has no ade.
quate explanation for this distress
similitude that so many birds eX-
hibit. 1t seems so intelligent an
action in birds otherwise poorly
endowed. Yet 1t Is not intelli-
gence at all, but instinct, since it
Is a complicated trait which evil"
IDENTIFY appeared in some remote
bird ancestor. no one knows how
or why.
The stimulation of distress was
preserved, perhaps, because 1t
first saved the young from cats
and dogs and many Of the early
enemies of birds, but it IL useful,
just as well, against man. In
this respect the mourning dove
displays it better than any other
k@A&8D3
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Kelvin Realizing the Urgent Need of More Appropriate
Clothes Ii He Is to Escape, Sends
7 JOslyn to Buy Them

) cried suddenly with an anguish
ing leap to his voice. You're
free-you can look 'ern all in the
face and tell them to go to hell.
If I as much as set my foot on
the street I'm in q steel trap!
The chances are a hundred to
one I couldn't even get as Tar
as Jersey City without being
recognized and picked upg'
1t might be worse, Joslyn
reminded him. You might never
have escaped at all
he rasped, as though his throat
were rusted. "And what for?
Because was in 3 common,
everyday fight and the fool had
to die because ] hit him on the
head with something. That's the
screaming. ludicrous thing about
| itn'
If he didn't get hold Of himself
right way, Joslyn decided, the.
growing conflagration OF his enO-
ton might end in q frenzy.
Her feeling toward the tempera.
mental fugitive became more pos
sessive, more responsible. Her
fascination was deepening into q
tenderness that put an actual
ache in her heart.
I'm not going to let you be
caught" he said, with an effort
at calmness. IF I'm responsible
for his-and I suppose ! ann
I'll do anything = 9"
Kelvin was on his feet, walk
ing around like a Gagged animal.
You're an angel" he declared
tensely. I'm not a coward, but
this thing is getting on my nerves
pulling them out by the roots.
It's been taking all my strength
to keep up this bluff Of good ma.
tured cheerfuIness. II had some
whisky I'd drink q quart OF 1t
that much ought to knock the
devil out Of me-"
Joslyn had no liquor In the
apartment, and she resolved that
Kelvin would get none. "Con1e
here" she said, rising.
She stood before him, a slim,
symmetrical figure, exQuisitely
virginia. In her little navy blue
cloth dress with its girlish turn.
down collar at the creamy satin
of her throat. Come herer' Kel.
vim came. to her, crushed her
in his arms, with an almost bur-
tai movement, kissed her with
straining, dominating intensity.
Joslyn threw discretion to the
winds, made no effort to avoid
him-returned his embrace with
an ardor that ,equaled his own.
When he released her she was
weak, dizzy and she wavered
across the small room to the
divan against the wall, threw her
self Imply into q corner with an
elbow resting on the stuffed arm
and her hand propping up her
reeling head.
She had been moved before by
Kelvir's caresses, but this was
like being struck by lightning.
Whatever 1t was, it had q flame
like quality that satura ted her
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eyes took on an obscurely baked
expression.
.sThe nights young vet" he
said. mysteriously.
10 Joslyn. iii the decline Of sen.
sation, the words were without
Significance. There's no Ice. hut
the faucet win be cold enough"
she told Kelvin, affectionately.
He let her so ana stood On his
feet looking down at her 80 she
leaned back si1pinely on the di-
van. Il don't know what to think
about YOU he said slowly.
Through her dropping Ids Jos.
lynn thought how handsome he
was with the flush on his face,
the gloss of his softly waved hair
disturbed by tossed, unacctls.
toned disorder
His Opinion
.sYou don't know what to think
OF n1ewhy?'
You're either the wisest or
the most innocent proposition
I've ever been up against. =
H6Win what way
Kelvin drew his lips tight and
shook his head. Just now why.
did you turn back? I'd swear It
wasn't because YOU really wanted
to quit. Was 1T,
r don't know. exactly. Jos
iyn's voice was coIored With
something OF the puzzlan1enE that
was in KeIvin's But I'm sure
Il wasn't because I was afraid
Of being bad. Maybe you can
tell me-
"I?'' Kelvin was gently sur
prised How should knoW2 III
seems like we've known each
other for ages. dear. but really
It's astohishingly short In days.
The eternal feminine was In
the depths Of Joslyn's question.
ing dark eyes. You said was
proposition-the strangest orie
you'd been up against. don't
like to be called proposition
1t sounds cheap. Tell t1eyOu
must have known lot Of other
girls, haven't you"
What difference would that
maker Kelvin replied evasively
II certainly never knew Girl
as-as marvellous as you. e
A luxurious sense that she
commanded the situation stirred
in Joslyn and she smiled At =
wonaan's superiority over 4 man
'You might fetch me that drink
of water--if you don't want to
talk about your other girls, she
| said almost banteringIy.
Kelvin eyed her with q worldly
| slant. You're little devil, all
right! You're wonderful and yol
pack an awful smash. You're 3
devil hut you're something else,
| too something can {
quite get.
Not until the water touched
her lips did Joslyn realize how
| dry her throat had become. Kel
win stood waiting for the glass
which she returned to him with
outstretched arm. When he had
| put it away she motioned him to
sit beside her.
no Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
Risks 7hrOuqh ATTENDING Public Dance Halls Alone?

she should be than of good
times. Then I'll be happy.
Stay home If you have to. Per.
picked, but don't go to a public
dance hall. Some day the right
man will come along, who viii
appreciate your ideals. You will
never be sorry that you missed
the so-called good times that
some of your friends are enjoy
ing. I wash had girl like you,
Perplexed."
Many a girl who is morally
straight and remains so attends
the public dance halls. But meet
ing all sorts and conditions of
men there, she may be subjected
to remarks and criticisms that
nice girl does not care to listen
to. She may be invited from the
dance hall to dives and dens that
are extremely dangerous to her
reputation and life. At best, the
cut-in system in vogue at dance
halls gives every stranger pres
emit in the hall, regardless OF who
he u.s. the chance to dance with
her.
OF course there are a few per-
fectly managed halls such as
those run by settlement workers
and by a few big cities under
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
By Lucy Lowell
WHAT IL your pet recipe for
Wv feminine beauty?

MIaAI ID your pet IScApo AVS
" feminine beauty?
Do you think that beauty may
be coaxed from the little Jars and
tubes and boxes on your dressing
table?
Do you think it turks in the
gymnasium, in the sw / m m n 8
pool or on the tennis court, ready
to be carried away by the young
woman with the most physical
prowess?
- Or do you think that it's
fragile thing that lives with
dreams and is won only by long
hours of sleep?
Or, well, what do you think
about beauty?
One girl sends me her own
favorite receipt for good looks.
And, perhaps, what some women
will have still more interesting
than the fact of the recipe itself.
Is the fact that it Is meant for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17

men who are seeking for such a
girl as YOU"
I have just space for q short
third message:
"Teu Perplexed." writes r. R.,
"that regardless OF what her girl
friends say, she is absolutely
right in the stand she has taken.
Any other man will tell her the
same thing, unless he is one OF
the dance hall cake eaters she
mentions in her letter.
"Some day she will meet the
right man. And when she tells
him she has never cheapensd her
self by attending public dance
halls unchaperoned, it is going to
make q mighty big difference.
AS the Irish would say. She Is q
girl after me own heart
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municipal management, to which
none Of these objections apply.
Let us hear what my second
correspondent, who signs himself
From a Million in One" has to
say:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
II have been a constant reader
OF your column for some time,
but have meyer been tempted to
express my opinion until / read
the letter from 'Perplexed.' She
is one woman out Of one hundred,
representing all that is good and
holy in her sex.
'I have met a great many
young women. but never have 1
heard such views expressed. She
says she is crazy about dancing
but does not go to public dance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17

by fine young men and particular
girls.
Are you willing to tag yourself
cheap. shop-worn, handled goods?
Or do you prefer to keep yourself
very sweet and precious. so that
Mr.. Right Man will find IN you
the Girl of his Heart. his lifelong
inspiration as sweetheart, help
mate and wife?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
An Amazing Story Of An Innocent
Girl Who Leaves Home to Seek
Fame in New York

about what's waiting for me out
sidey' Kelvin declared with low
intensity. What does anything
else matter when I've found
you? There'll be 3 way out, for
us. What we feel Is too alive
and powerful to be smashed flat.
Five minutes ago the fact that
was In q hopeless mess with the
police was the most horribly I'M
pcrtat1t thing III the world
now it's nothing. You're the only
girl IN the world who could do
that to me, dear.
What Happenedf
Jos1yn yielded In the pressure
Of his arms. she was limp, physi-
calIy helpless; her expression
was dazed. but some instinct
born Of her inexperience made
her question: What has hap
penaa?''
Her voice was wan, but Kel-
wins words were powerful. reas-
sliring. "Ncthing has happened,
dear nothing can happen that
won't be wonderful aud beauti-
full. On. you lively. lovely crear
tlre.'
Even with the exl1austlng
weakness burning like raptur-
Gus fever In her blood, JOslyn be-
came remotely conscious uf her
situation its frr6triev-
able consequences. out of the
past, as from some dim distance,
there was haunting voice
words strug-
Cling FOR recollection. And then,
vaguely. she remembered. The
voice was Minnie Gumbo's.
!. Kelvin bent his head forward,
kissed her with prolonged sensae
ton. He drew back his head
ana looked with humid eyes at
her flushed face with its closed
1 lids.
JosIyn drew him closer. Kiss
me again, dear" she whispered.
Even as Kelvin's lips met hers,
Joslyn realized through her sheer
physical suspense that they
couldn't go on kissing each other
endlessIy without some culmina-
ton which would be beyond range
OF her present experience. s And
that vague elimination that goal
was hedged about with some
fundamental prohibition. some in-
stinctive resistance that was quite
apart from her own conscious re.
taxation.
The whole impulse Of restraint
rose around her slowly, without
calculation, without any qualms
OF conscience. Tt was 40 though
she had been wading in water
that had rapidly grown too deep
las though she had turned back
without fear or any trace Of a
moral consideration sss 1t was
as basic as that.
"I-I think I'll have q drink Of
water" She smiled Imply.
Kelvin held her tightly for a
moment longer and she made no
resistance-but her form was in.
ert. extinguished: there was an
escape, beyond the possibility of
immediate recapture. Of the surge
that had rivalled his own. His
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So 1t depends. doesn't 1t, dear
girls. on the kind Of friends you
wish to make?
We are known by the company
we keep. If you associate with
public dance han cake eaters"
even to the extent OF dancing
with them. never doubt that you
will be regarded as on their level
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h ais unchaperoned. Surely,
there Is character. self-denial and
brains, which are not found in
every girl nowadays.
''I do not mean that girls who
go to public dances are necessar.
lily worthless and without char
acter. To me, all women are
sacred until they prove them
selves otherwise. But, neverthe-
less, thoughtful young men have
their own secret opinion Of girls
who can be singled out by any.
one in a crowd and whirled about
the floor like dummies who were
made for the amusement of men.
Surely these girls also must be
self-respecting and good. But
they lack brains and common
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Go on With the Story From. Here

SVOU can come back here and
help me II you want to-"
4esiyn called to him.
I'd only get In your way" he
protested. "And besides. I don't
want TO spoil you. ] believe it's
customary for . lady on a de-
serted island, to preside over the
bon fire. It's q primitive life,
you know. and the males have q
tendency to become selfish. lazy
brufes.s
S. The whimsical intimacy OF his
tone stirred little furry Of
pleasure about Joslyn.
A dreadful "a hours he had
been through. she thought
brutal and devastating : the
responsibility for another mans
: death, his own wonderful career
: Srretrievably ruined. his life and
Yet he hadn't complained great
been unruffled. flawless.
Rogers Or anybody-was color.
4GSSs 1udul1IldI0s Ctdulys Anu hc
would be with her tonight and
: eeunt1ess other nights stretching
eeut ifto an indefinite. promising
future. There was a pleasure
20 immediate In the thought that,
even as she arranged dinner, JOS
siyn felt the beginning OF q soft.
yet urgent vibration.
They ate, scarcely aware OF the
food that touched their palates
It was a meal OF frightened light
!. heartedness; despite the pleasur-
able ferment that worked in each,
{ neither was quite able to throw
off the black shadow of Bates
Geath-the overhanging, irnmeas-
iirable danger to Kelvin himself.
The heat of; mutual magnetic at
4aacfiAn Was fhara. though. slun-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority ON the Problems Of
Love and Marriage

6SNTHAT do young men think
w of girls who 90 to public
Dance halls?" asked "Perplexed,"
some time ago in a letter in this
column.
She explained that she refuses
90 go to dance halls unchaper-
Oned, but that some Of the girls
laugh at her and assure her she
e missing harmless good times.
Dear Miss Fairfax" writes a
correspondent in reply to the let.
ter of "PerplexeS.'
In my opinion. any girl who
hangs around dance halls today
cheapens herself. / would never
consider any girl for a sweetheart
whom met in such a place.
I, myself, like dancing. I am
very modern in every other way.
But I would not cheaper myself
by going to a public dance hall
or ask any girl to dance without
first being introduced to her.
II hope to meet some nice girl
like "Perplexed" some day-one
Who thinks more Of being what
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sense to know that they are invit.
ing trouble and giving q wrong
impression Of themselves. To the
cake-eater such a girl Is de-
light, but to the real masculine
soul she is unappealing.
Frankly, I would like to meet
such a girl as Perplexed. shall
keep on waiting and hoping until
find a woman I can respect az
well as love for my mate.
Just a message to you, Per-
picked. Keep your wonderful
ideals and some day there will
come into your life q man worthy
of your love, who will make you
happy and glad that you are
what you are. AS you look back,
please remeqaber this message,
representing millions OF young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
MOURNING doves have no
AVA scolding notes, but, like the

MOURNING doves have no
4SA scolding notes, but, like the
sandpipers and plovers, have a
more remarkable defense for their
nest than aimless flutterings and
noise making.
The brooding bird sits tight
until you, unsuspecting, approach
within foot or two, says Nature
Magazine. Then she goes with a
rush and a flutter that sends
your heart into your mouth. To
the ground the bird drops and
what a limping, fluttering AMI
distress she there displays.
1t takes years of training On
the bird students part to resist
mo boy ever resists) the tempta-
ton to run and catch the
wounded bird. But when you ar.
rive the bird RECEIVERS sufficiently
to flutter away, and when you
race after she gains new health
with distance between you ana
her nest. until finally her re-
eoyery IL assured hv your coIaa'
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I am careful not to sleep on my
arms. My face and pillow must
have direct contact.
1.-THE pillow should not be too
soft. Lie with the flesh gently
drawn away from your mouth,
nose and eye. toward your ear.
The result will be wonderful be.
yond your expectations.
Having discovered that direct
contact between the face and
the pillow creates beauty, feel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17

young women between thirty and
forty.
Between these ages, says this
girl the curved contour of the
cheek begins to sag. She goes
on:
1.-THE, laughing wrinkle be.
tween the nose and chin be-
comes pronounced. Massage is
a simple eradicator, but it
sometimes grows hair on the
face. When I retire for the night
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The Story Thus Far

Of home
that the mid blood her feminine
On brother.
t w q sas s6eS friend Of he and .,ranr dinner party
Liter Ssgn 9pgh e Han sse FOR empioymen In his 9f enc
%
10
Sn elves Kelvin shslte Kelvin clasps her in his
@gEaos e dOor and Skis u ayn Poe. -
Esnine aas,ons sns e allowed depart realizing that
&c vists Rogers apartment
He her 50
the NTH the scandal bloss and she longer dancer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
Do You Know?

Tiny reflectors fitted with red
crystals have been invented to be
mounted on top OF automobile head
lights to show drivers that the
lights arr shining.
With a new implement bulk lee
cream can be served In slices OF
Uniforua S1zes -
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tried to utter some word. but the
sound was more nearly a sob,
an uuintelIigib1e murmur.
II don't give a hang now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
Pistol Sights

To aid in aiming a revolver
sights have been invented that
are mounted on slides along the
barrel to extend several inches
in front OF and behind the
WNAaGD@A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17

was sitting beside her with his
arms around her shoulders. He
kissed her again with his fingers
digging into her flesh. Joslyn
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fiber, that burned away in some
strange, white incandescence all
strength OF body-of mind.
Kelvin came to her swiftly,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
This Day In Our History

an AUGUST 1907 Robert Fulton launched the first
" steamboat Clermont her maiden trip up the
Cermont Albany after thrtywo hours
running time hundred and fifty miles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-17
The Winged Motor Boat

UNIQUE winged motor boat called the Sea
n Flea recently built in Rance. skins the
like flying seventy-five miles hour It built to
attempt Marsees to South America