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often sat there on the hot nights
Of last summer, and near them
other couples had sat. It was a.
kind CT Lovers Lane.
But tonight it was dark and
deserted when they turned into it.
Dexter drove up beside a large
willow tree that they had called
their tree, and stopped his car.
With one sweep of his arms he
turned off the lights and took
Flossie Middleton in his arms.
She tried to scream, although
no one could have heard her il
she had, for the nearest farm
house was half.mile away. But
his mouth, coming down hard up
on hers, stifled that scream.
At last Dexter was having the
kiss he had longed for with kind
of mad hunger for six months.
Flossie tried to push him away
with both of her little hands, but
it was no use. He held her In
arms that were bands of steel.
She began to cry.
No, no, no." she sobbed, but
Dexter seemed not to hear her.
He kissed her again and again,
shaking his long thirst for her.
CHAPTER XIII
Now, it is not be supposed for
a single second that Flossie Md
dleton had never been on an auto
mobile "petting party" ccfcre in
her short, reckless life. Far from,
it. She had been on dozens OF
them.
Since she was Is she had had
many brushes" on as many men,
one after another. Like many Of
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Find the Woman" by Arthur
Somers Roche.
when Knighthood Was in
Flower" by Charles Major.
THE Face in the Fog" by
Jack Boyle.
"The Hound of the Basker
yiIles," by A. Conan Doyle.
THE Fortune Hunter" By
Ruby Ayres.
"The Auction Block" by Rex
Beach.
"Beauty's WORTH" by Sophie
Kerr.
sisters" by Kathleen Norris.
wine of Life" by Arthur
Stringer.
Back Pay" by Fannie Hurst.
THE Streets of Ascalon," by
Robert w. Chambers.
1.-The Wild Goose" by Gouver-
neur Morris.
"For Love-" by Ruby Ayres.
''Btrthright," by Kathleen Nor
ris.
"When a Girl Marries," by Ann
Lisle.
1.-THE Woman God Changes"
by Dom Byrne.
1.-The Inside of the Cup" by
Winston Churchill.
1.-THE Love Came" by Virginia
Terhune Van de Water.
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learn TO Care ScrupuLously for Your Appearance

Allow an extra half hour for
your toilette. Take your jar OF
cold cream-the cream that you
find agrees with yo ~ skin. Meas
ure out a teaspoonfuI of it and
mix it with almond meal until
you have thick paste. Thin 1t
with hot water until you can
spread it easily.
cheesecloth with Sits for your
eyes and nose. Steam your face
five minutes over a tea kettle or
in your wash basin with a towel
to shut in the steam. Wipe off
the steam with absorbent cotton.
Your pores are now open wide.
Dip the cheesecIoth in hot
water and spread your warm
paste OF almond meal and cold
cream between the two pieces.
Press this mask of cheesecloth
to your face allowins your nose
to come through tile Sits cut
il the cheesecloth. Place your
Turkish towel over the mask to
hold in the heat. Lie on your
back twenty minutes with this
pack on your face.
Remove the mask, then go over
your face and neck and ears first
with absorbent cotton dipped in
warm water, then with ice ap-
piled through clean white hand
kerchief. If ice isn't available.
battle your face instead with cold
water and dry it gently.
You'll find that the complexion
mask as an emergency aid has
wonderfully refreshing effect
and leaves your skin clean, soft
and clear.
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MEMS RIOTOUS|
WARDROBES |

MEN not only dress to stroll
lVl the bouIevards these days.
They dress to stay at home. Visit
Irwin Cobb in his winters study
on upper Park Avenue and you
find him regally enthroned in a
house gown of deep silken purple
with gray cord and lapels and
two-toned chevalier house boots
to match.
Drop into the heavily dripping
cavern of brocades where a GER
tain poet courts the muse and
you will find thH poet-as a poet
should expect to be fOund-in a
gorgeously tinted robe-de-nuit
blending with the bizarre color
scheme.
Earl Carroll in his roof bunga-
low in the thick of Broadway's
roar Tolls in the real robe of a
mandarin, the back Of which is
flamboyantly decorated with a
golden Chinese pheasant. ,
There are breakfast pajaIi1as,
lounge outfits and rest suits in
the wardrobe Of every well-dressed
New Yorker. George NJ. Cohan
writes plays in a dazzling robe of
salmon pink.-O. o. Mcintyre, in
Hearst's International osmopoli.,
tan.
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her high heels and started away
down the road toward the brick
pavement.
She was sure that presently he
would come driving after her, to
beg her to get into the car and
to ask her pardon for the insult
he'd offered her. And then she'd
have him under her thumb again!
But he didn't come.
And only when she saw the
lights of his car flash as he turn
ed it, and then vanish in the
opposite direction. did she realize
that he had left her. Left her
flat in the black country read at
/ o'clock in the morning!
She stood there for minute or
two shivering in the thin satin
cape that did not begin to cover
her short chiffon ballet dress as
it should have. Then she start
ed to walk home along the bricks
Starts to Walk
After the second mile her feet
began to hurt terribly. Her slip
pers rubbed. her heels until one
of them made blister.
She bent and took them off and
limped along in>her thin stock.
ings.
On either side of the lonely
road. the trees doomed black and
weird. Every now and then Flos-
sic passed a house. but she was
afraid to go in and ask for shell
ter.
ITO BE Continued Tomorrow
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passed. Almost all babies
possess rose.leaf complexlons'
silky hair, rosy lips, dimpled
little hands. exquisite bodies. II
all our lives we gave intelligent,
sensible care to this birthright
of beauty, we might preserve it
throughout the years.
II you are wise, you will care
for your appearance as scrupul-
ously as you attend to your work
or your most priced possession.
In this way you preserve what
loneliness you have and may
bring back beauty that has seem
ingly flown.
Care of The health underlies all
beauty. Health is founded on in
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exercise. This is especially like
ly to occur at holiday seasons. 1t
happens to most Of us at one
time or other that we crowd our
days and evenings with engage
ments in such a way that sleep
and relaxation are curtailed. At
the end of such a period, we look
as tagged and jaded as We feel.
Then it is that the complexion
mask proves a reliable first aid to
beauty.
Let us suppose you wish to
look your freshest and loveliest
this evening, yet your skin is a
bit muddy with the pallor that
follows exhaustion or lack of
sleep.
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Skinny, Serawny, Underweight Men
and Women Quickly Gain Needed
Weight The New \ Modern Way

One woman, tired, weak and discour-
aged, put on 10 pounds in five weeks
and now feels fine.
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and if any thin person don't gain at
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But be sure to get McCoy's,r the
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Too Late To Tell
Dexter She
Hated Him

DUT tonight, as he looked at her,
ID Hilary Dexter felt that he
couldn't do without ;FIossie much
longer. He. wanted to hold her
in, his arnls-all her sweet. warm
slimness crushed close to him
her rel mouth that was like a
red flower bruised by his kisses.
She had played with him long
enough.
"Let ditch this sh;ndig". he
said in low tone to her. as they
Joined hands in an old-fashioned
Virginia reel. She nodded and
smiled with a flash Df her eyes
that were like brilliant blue jew
els.
Ten minutes later. wrapped in
her thin satin cape, she came down
20 him. where he waited for her
in the shadow OF the great build
ing.
Aren't we wicked to sneak
away like this?" she whispered,
laughing softly in the darkness.
81 don't know what Sam will
say when he can't find me-"
Hell probably say that it's
funny that we've both disap.
peared," Dexter answered. And
the rest Of them will probably
think what he says! We should
worry
Something in his tone made
her look uneasily at him. She
wondered if she ought to get
into the big car and go riding
with him alone. True enough,
she had gone with him plenty of
times before-but he seemed SO
queer, tonight. Not himself at
ALL And she had had too much
OF that punch. Her head felt
light and dizzy.
Get in he said harskly,
and in she got.
As they left the town the big
clock on the tower Of the Post
office Building pointed to mid
night.
Flippant
'Dingbats" FIossie exclaimed.
1sT didn't know it was that late,
did you? The party'H be break
ing up. We'd better go back"
Nothing doing" the man
answered shortly. by the time
we got back they'd all be gone,
anyway"
But Sam" Flossie walled.
Forget Sam!" Dexter interrupt
ed her. He put out one arm
and swept her close beside him.
Flossie tried to wriggle away,
but he held her in q grip Of iron.
Forget Sam. You belong to
me-"
Flossie made a pert little face
at him. "Sa+ayi How do you get
that way?" she asked: HAnd
please take your arm away from
my ribs. Don't forget that I'm
the same old touch-me-not girl /
always was"s
Her tone was flippant. but her
heart was beating wildly. For
the first time in her life she was
afraid OF a man. She was NOR
tally afraid of Hilary Dexter.
She decided, at last, that per-
haps her best plan was to say
nothing, and let him hold her.
She even nestled against him,
just to prove to herself that, she
was not afraid. Butsshe was, for
all that.
Ten miles out from town was
shady little road that ran along
the banks OF the Potomac and
she knew that Dexter was head
Ing for that road now. They had
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In the Home

To prevent sausages bursting,
prick them thoroughly and cook
them slowly.
Methylated spirit and whiting
will remove any marks from mir
rors and give a brilliant polish.
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Whad'je Like To Read
We Wanta Know

TVHE WASHINGTON TIMES wants to know the kind
of fiction it's readers like For the past few
- years been doing it's utmost to print the best
serials available for newspaper publication.
Look over the list below pick the story you liked BEST
write letter Con side of paper of not than 200
words telling why you liked it, and send tto the Magazine
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The Times is offering So for the letter in the Fayorte
Serial Contest The letter will be judged for STYLE correct
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Saturday. January It,
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good sense in living according to.
rules of health. Your regime will
soon become second nature to
YOU and will not 4cosN you con-
scious effort. Be sure to include
exercises to timber and stretch
your body each day, as well as
couple of hours outdoors.
OF course there are times when
even the most orderly person is
likely to forego her usual regime
of wise living and indulge in
overeating together WITH under
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ternal and external cleanliness.
Going still deeper into the SUBJ
ject, you'll find health is founded
on wholesome thinking.
Prepare a simple regime that
fits your own circumstances.
This regime should provide time
and opportunity for care Of your
hair, nails, teeth, complexion and
body each night before retiring,
for a similar but simpler regime
each morning and for general
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and place it
where it will
receive Zig h [
and air in or
der 10 pre-
s e nv e it s
b e 4 u ty. All
our possessions
bring W ! t h
them a certain
+ Q 8 possibility
to care for
them. g.
So 1t is with
beauty. Unless
we give intel
ligent and sys-
tematic care
to this gift of
the gods it is
likely to van
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Who Said 1t

BE wise today. it's madness to
defer:
Next day the fatal precedent will
plead:
Thus on. till wisdom is pushed
out of life"
Delaying becomes IA habit,
Young points out in Might
Thoughts"
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YOUR GREAT CHANCE

Tens of thousands of thin. rundown
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BY Maria JeritZa.
Prima Donna of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One of
the Most Beautiful Women
NJ kHaxa Tor,

OF TIE Day 7
THERE are few things to be
i had for nothing in this world.
And perhaps this is just as well.
We are inclined to appreciate
more. what we have t. make an
effort to earn.
If you are given a beautiful
plant you are obliged to water it
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WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN AND
WHERE

l. WHEN did Rufus Putnam,
founder and father of Ohio"
die?
9. When did the Venetian
Islands become refugees from
Teuton invaders?
8. When was the University Of
Texas opened?
4. When was the Russian Bal.
tic fleet annihilated by the Jap
anesep
5. When was Debussy's opera,
"Pelleas and Melisande,' first
produced?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
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ANSWERS
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TO TJdUUE WWy - NUCE1Uo
!. William Shirley was colonial
governor of Massachusetts, from
1741 to 1856.
2. Rensselaer, Polytechnic In
stitute was founded in 1924.
3. Napoleon overthrow the Re-
public Of Venice in 1897.
4. General John r. Reynolds,
I. S. A, was killed at Gettys-
burg July /. 1868.
3. Roger Williams, founder of
Rhode Island, died in 1888.
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TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.
acknowledgements Betsy" at

acknowledgements Betsy" at $50
pm.
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Leonard, vaudeville, at 2:15 and SIS
pm. ....
EarIe-Eddie Foy, vaudeville, CON
tinuous 80 to IL pm.
Strand--"Steppin' in Society,"" must
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White Cargo" drama, at
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Columbia $500 THE Magician" at
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Midnight Lovers"
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Palace verybody's Acting" at
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making the examinations annually re
quired by law He said only 33 1-3 per
cent to so per cent of this work can
be done with the limited force, the
rest running over to the .>aXt year.
Under the proposed Insurance
CODE" he said, 'the force Of my office
would be increased sufficiently to fiGlp
out materially. We need an actuary
! to discover If the rates asked for in
surance are ample or too high. We
need additional clerical help. and also
another stenographer. Our crying
need Is q decent, workable insurance
! code"
| Regarding title companies, he stated
that all of them in the District con-
tended they We're not doing any inSur-
ance business. although they are in
cluded under the code as proposed.
| They merely guarantee titles, he said,
and do not insure them for any speci-
fed sum, according to their statements
to him officially
81 think regulation is needed with
! respect to title companies" he de-
clared, but l do not think they
should be included in the provisions
of the code"
He declared that the National Board
of Fire Underwriters was standing out
against the proposed code because 1t
gives to the Superintendent OF Insur-
ance control over rates. which. the
board contends. should not be taken
away from it. Twenty-three States in
the Union have governmental control
over insurance rates, he pointed out.
Mr.. Gibson and Representative Ham
mer of North Carolina developed that
the Board of Fire Underwriters OPP
posing provisions Of the proposed code
was the same rate-flXing group which
made the premiums on fire insurance
at such an amount that the losses
over q period of years averaged a bit
more than one-third Of the premiums
taken in, allowing almost two-thirds
margin for doing business.
rs some one blocking passage of
this code?" Mr.. Baldwin was asked.
yes" he replied. He then affirmed
that the opposition came from what
was termed 1.-The insurance lobby"
II was threatened by them" he
added. IT was told that II I didn't
stand in with them they'd get me. "
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding
magistrate at Police Court, will appear
before the committee tonight to dis
cuss congestion of jury trial cases
there, and Louis Brownlow, former
District Commissioner, also will be a
witness to explain the workings of a
city manager system in municipalities.
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RECLAMATION IS PR0BED.
Three Special Advisers Prepare Re-
port on Southern Trip.

Three special advisers on reclama-
ton and rural development, recently
appointed by Secretary Work to in.
vestigate opportunities for suggested
rural development in the Southern
States, have completed trip of in
spection and are writing their report.
The advisers are Howard Elliott,
chairman of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way, who is chairman of the COM
mittee; George Soule, director of the
National Bureau for Economic Re
search. and Daniel G. Roper, formerly
commissioner of internal revenue. The
advisers, with DIR. Elwood Mead, COM
missioner Of reclamation, and others,
left Washington on December and
visited properties in North Carolina and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee, comforting
with railroad officials and others to in
quire what areas in the South might
profitably be developed for reclamation
and settlement.
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Castor Oil Helps
Man to Win Prize
For Best Beard

BY the Associated Press.
TIMMONS, Ontario, December
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cash, a gold watch, ton of an
thracite coal, a rocking chair and
a safety razor, for the longest,
fullest growth of whiskers in n
given time, yesterday revealed the
secret of his achievement.
O'Gorman, who is a prospector,
told his admirers that he laid his
good crop and it's long texture to
aStor oil
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90 on record ais indorsing the eff.
forts of the National Guard con-
tingent to- procure an armory that
vim not only provide proper facili-
ties to the personnel of the guard.
but afford proper protection to the
public property thereof and be
architecturally a credit to the Ma
tional Capital.
sCol. r. e, B. Mckinney. presi-
dent Of the association, has been
designated as the committee of the
Reserve Officers Association to CO
operate with the National Guard
in the fight Il
S The next retirement in the Army
VIII be Maj. Gen. Charles q. Memo.
her. former chief Of the Air Service
of the Army. and now commanding
general OF the Ninth Corps area,
who will pass to the retired. lisf
March 20. Brig. Gen. John b. Bel
linger, assistant to the quarter.
master general, will retire April 10.
The new station pf Major III. H.
Arnold, chief Of information of the
office Of the chief of Air Service. is
expected to be announced early next
*NGAss5r 9AAt1J Will 1CctNG
many friends in Washington when
he departs for his new station.
Col. e. J.. Williams. executive Of.
ficer Of the office Of the chief Of
the Militia Bureau, will complete
his tour OF duty as executive officer
OF this office on April s when he
win become available for duty with
troops. His new station and as
signment has not been announced
yet but It is believed that Col. VIII
Iiams will be gSven q berth that
will take advantage of his recent
tour of duty with the Militia Blu
reau as he has a most thorough
grasp on the problems that confront
the National Guard and the per-
sonnet thereof
Captain Allen, aide to Major
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when the agitation for the dist
position Of the forts that had out
crown their usefulness to the Army
first came up The Washington
Times sent representative from
its Army and Navy Departments 70
Fort Howard s Nd, for an inspecs
tiof, of that post. This reporter
found that the guns of the coast
artillery that theoretically guard
the portals of the City of Balti-
more. had not been fired since the
year 1919: that the men OF the F1rst
battalion OF the 18th Infantry We're
using quarters originally construct
ed for small number OF men OF
the artillery, and that the officers
were living in shacks throughout
the year.
The morale of the infantrymen at
that time was very low. The post
was crowded beyond its capacity.
The officers of the headquarters Of
the 18th Infantry brigade got the
pick OF things and the regiment was
lust plain tout of luck.
Fort Howard contains l55,637
acres of land and is located in Bal
tif11ore county at North Point, not
FAR from Sparrows Point. 1t was
purchased for $3S, 614.2S from the
Department Of Commerce and the
sum OF SCI, 1862 was spent for
improvements. The estimated sale
value Of the land is $321sO00.
-
The Reserve Officers Association
Of the District Of Columbia; at its
January is meeting. appointed Col.
Glendie b. Young, commanding Of
ficer OF the 320th Infantry, as chair
man of committee to draft set
of resolutions endorsing the cam-
paign OF the District of Columbia
National Guard in securing a new
aru1ory here. This week Colonel
Young presented the following resos
luton to Mai. Gen. Anton stephan,
commanding the District National
Guard
THAT this association desires to
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lar construction over the whole
head. or rs persons, subjected to
i special examination, SIX had
uniform hair over the whole scale.
Prof. Polyakov cited lone case IN
which two men were accused Of
murder. and It was necessary TO
identity q wisp Of hair found
cIutched lii the murdered mans
hand. Prof. PolyaIEov found that
the hair could have belonged TO
either Of the suspected men. but
that It also was virtually identical
With the hair from the professor s
own head.