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The Washington times., 1926-04-26
MOTHS HOLD
FESTIVAL
By Hannah Wing

TIHE month Of May will find
i the clothes moths at the
height of their activity. BY this
time the female moth is hectically
hunting for a home for her
young. What she mas in mind is
a nice, coy spot along the seams
or in the pockets where the shell
ter is good in almost any type of
garment so long as it is wool or
part wool or fur. Fur is excellent
and feathers are not scorned t'y
the home-hunting moth.
Since the young moths, whose
welfare she has in mind, must
be assured comfortable living,
the moth is more than likely to
select a location near grease
spot or other trace of spilled food
which will give the necessary APP
peal to the appetite of the newly
hatched larvae.
For this reason, one OF the most
prOfitable types of insurance
against moths is dry cleaning Of
all Winter garments before theS
are put into storage.
valuable IuFS ana rugs are
safest put in the cold storage
vaults now provided by all large
department stores.
Garments may be treated
against moths by saturation with
a repellant liquid applied either
by immersion or spraying.
II one relies upon the use #
simple repellents. such as moth
balls or napthaleut flakes, then
be sure to sun and air and brush
the garment thoroughly to re-
move any possibility of eggs al
ready laid by an extra early
moth. Then sprinkle generously
with moth balls, napthalene
flakes, and seal in boxes or
folded newspaper, using paste or
glue or glued strips Of tape. or
paper to seal all cracks or open
ingS.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
HERE'S FOXY
GRANDPA

LIVER since Bobby was little
IL boy he has collected flowers
and leaves, pressed them and put
them in Q book I think this is
a very nice thing for boys and
girls to do. because then when
you walk through the woods Or
the country you are always on
the lookout for new specimens,
and plant life will be OF wonder
full interest to you all your life.
So naturally, when we were
down in South America. Bobby
was continually stopping n we
walked through the tropical for
ests TO pick the unusual flowers
and leaves Of the various trees to
put in his hat and take home to
dry and press for his botany book.
Just think, down there he found
growing in profusion the rarest
orchids and gardenias which at
home we only Sc in the glass
cases at the florists.
The forest was so thick that
We couldn't tell where the sun
was, but as. ] started to look at
at my wrist watch Bobby pulled
in his belt, laughed and said:
Twelve o'clock by my tummy,
Foxy Grandpa" Lunch time.
I'm feeling rather empty my
self, Bobby" I laughed "I think
it's time to stop"
II m tia Ground IInFloT
q beautiful big tree and unpacked
our lunch while the monkeys and
parrots chartered over our neads.
You found some good speci-
mems today, didn't you, Bobby"
asked.
Yes, SIR" replied the boy. Just
look at all these findings 1 have
in my hat" and we took each
flower and leaf out and examined
it carefully.
Then Bobby looked up at the
tree over our heads. i've never
seen this tree before, Foxy Grand
pa, he declared, 81 think III
take one of the leaves.
With that, Bobby jumped up,
reached up to the lowest limb and
put up his little hand to pick
leaf off of q small branch; but
as his hand touched the left he
gave a start and jumped back.
"It isn't a leaf at all. he ex-
claimed. 1T looks exactly like
leaf and its bug.
IT do believe it's one Of hose
Stick and Leaf Locusts which
remain on a tree for hours imi-
tating q leaf, while they wait for
a smaller insect to gobble up"
BY this time We were all on
our knees examining the little fell
low. and Bunny, who examined
this strange creature, critically
announced:
81 believe he belongs to the
Stick and Leaf family, but if you
will watch him for a while l
think You will find that he has a
popularity all his own"
What do you mean" l asked.
Just walt Bunny replied
quietly.
We watched the locust for a
moment, and then he did some
thing which made us all burst
out laughing. I'll tell you what
it was.
To begin with, he had very
long legs, and what made US
laugh so hard was that he folded
these long legs over his head so
that he looked for all the world
as if he were saying his prayers.
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The Price Of DisObedience

fectionately upon weary little
SON as she gave him the full
plate she had saved for him.
And the next time Barry was
given a task to perform he per-
formed it.
Now. Mr.. Arthur is the most
devoted of fathers. That is why
he exacts obedience OF his chill
dren. There are never any
wranglings, never any threats
of punishment, never any angry
words. He is always courteous
and always kind. But when the
children come up short in their
duties they are required to pay
for the short-coming. When the
debt is wiped out-that settles
it. Then the child and the
father are just as good friends
as ever.
And though Mrs. Arthur is the
indulgent kind and ever ready to
make allowances for the young
ones faults, she never interferes
and frankly admits that father
was right
All of which leads right back
to the statement that only those
who can control themselves are
: fit to control children.
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
BY A. L. Wilbert, M. A.

2. HISTORY. A ''lettre de
cachet" was a warrant issued by
the king In the days before the
French Revolution, which COM
nitted a. person, innocent or
guilty, to prison, without a trial.
3. GEOGRAPHY. Alaskan min
ing suffers from poor transporta-
ton facilities. scarcity OF labor
and the rigors Of q long and
severe winter.
A. BUSINESS. The tariff rate
on sugar is about 2 cents a
pound.
s. MANKIND. Judaism, Chris
tianity and Accommodation re-
gard Jerusalem as a holy city.
6. HUMAN NATURE. Fried
rich F'roebel (1782-1852), a Ger
man educator believed that play
was the purest and most spiritual
activity of childhood.
Z. GENERAL. SCIENCE. Wire
less was invented In 1897.
8. LAW. A fixture is a piece
of personal property SO affixed to
the land, as to become a part OF
the real estate.
Q. CIVICS. The United States
Government takes a national CEN
sus of manufactures every five
years.
10. ART. Art is mans highest
expression of his delight and
reverence for beauty.
II. MUSIC. Largo is slower
than adagio.
IL. HEALTH. The four wis
dom teeth appear between the
ages of II and 25 years or even
later.
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PUZZLES IN ETIQUETTE

mach nation has its own very
~ definite ideas on the sub
ject Of etiquette. A properly
brought up young girl or man
knows just exactly the correct
thing to do on any given occasion.
And that knowledge is just as
definite as their knowledge Of
the day they were born.
1t is difficult for US to realize
that all the rules that we learned
in childhood for correct behavior
would be considered entirely
wrong by other nations. We are
taught that the crime of crimes
in the way Of table manners is, to
eat with your knife. Yet there
are most aristocratic nations
among whom the knife is the
proper utensil for eating.
And most of the other rules
are just as local. We rise on be-
ing presented to q stranger, as a
general rule. When a lady enters
a room, the gentlemen rise and
wait until she is seated before
resuming their chairs.
In Persia, however, where Ell.
quette is governed by the most
rigid of conventions, one does
not rise when visitor enters
the room. The guests wait until
the new arrival has been seated.
then rise and bow and smile.
whereupon the recipient Of their
courtesy must Immediately rise
with them and return the greet
ing.
This becomes most interesting
when a wellknown parsonage en-
ters, for then the bowling and
smiling continues for some time.
But if an inconspicuous person
enters, everybody appears deep in
conversation and pretends not to
see him.
The entire procedure of a re.
ception is as follows: The chairs
are placed side by side around the
room. In front OF the chairs. in
ratio of one to four, are tables,
laden with fruits and sweets.
When the firsts guests arrive,
they greet the host, who sits near
the door, and then make their way
to q far corner. There they sit
for several minutes examining
carefully the room and it's 1ecora-
tons. Then they begin 10 con-
verse with their neighbors. AS
more guests arrive the chairs are
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

SAB. Girls Jumper Dress.
Cut in Sizes: 6, s, 10 and
IL years. An s year size re-
quires y yard Of lining for the
underbody. 2 yards of figured
material and Il yard Of plain
material for plastron and facings
on the tie ends, if dress is made
of 40 inch material and as illus
trated in the large view. If made
with long sleeves e yard more
of the plain or figured material
is required. Price 10c.
ALA. Girls Under Garment.
Cut in Z Sizes: a. 6. s. 10, Il,
IA and 16 years. A IL year size
requires 21s yards of So inch
material. Price 10c.
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the patient IS'G"~s
may Be completely FRUSTRATED.
II q different from q true cold
In the head" since ii Is not due
to infection. and Ia not infectious.
There L. no irritation in the hack
Of the throat. shivertng nor rise
Of temperature, and the attack
does not end in q discharge OF
pus.
= 1t belongs to a class Of curious
conditions which includes also
nasal asthma. horse and cat asth-
ma, proper asthma. nettle rash,
eczema, food sickness, paroxysmal
arthritis. colitis and nephritis. in
sect fever, broken wind in horses,
and possibly epilepsy and mi
graine, and there is no reason
to believe that this list is the
complete one.
The cause of all these condi-
tions is not simple, but there
seem to be four leading factors.
The immediate cause is irrita-
ton by some protein, generally
a plant pollen or the fine scarf
dust from animals.
Not all people, however, are
liable; the liabilities seem to run
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
Hau Fever and Treatment

nose from the air, but may arrive
through the blood stream, either
as a result Of eating some pro-
tein to which the subject is sensi-
tive or else from q bacterial toxin.
Some people are Ill whenever
they eat eggs; others get asthma
from milk foods. Asthmatics and
epileptics are often regularly at.
tackled on Sunday or Monday, on
account Of the large weekend
meals and long rest.
Some people have severe at
tacks of asthma whenever they
come near horses or cats, or
whichever animal they are seasi-
tive to.
The third casual factor is a ner.
vous one and for many years
the whole thing was regarded as
a neurosis. Repeatedly these at
tacks occur as the result of some
emotional disturbance such az
bad news, excitement, danger,
emotional music, and are often
brought on by mere suggestion III
a sensitive person.
A woman who was sensitive
to rose pollen might have an al
tack through smelling an ar:i-
fetal rose.
A "nervy'' subject is more ike
~, on that account, to be 5ensi-
tive, but on the whole these pa
TENTS are as mentally sound as
anyone else. That the condition
Is not purely a neurosis is shown
by the fact that an attack can be
induced artificially in a non-sen-
sitive person by transferring to
his nose the serum of a hay
fever patient. He will then be
sensitive to the same kind OF
irritant as the patient.
In the hay fever subject there
is often some small abnornalIty
i'm the nose, which ACCOUNTS for
the sensitiveness showing itsa'f
there rather than in asthma or
a skin condition.
The treatment may take sew
eral lines such as operative, for
the nasal abnormality and psyche
therapeutic for the nervous fac.
tor. The simplest way Is to avoid
the particular irritant II possible;
If not possible. much may be f1no
by obeying the rules Of general
health and increasing the res 81
ance of the body to the !rrita-
ton.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
Forget Yourself!
Be Kindly to
Others
lng I undue promansnos N

ing unouO pEUnOnoo m
speech
Nearly an Of ~ are . little
conceited and Hike to talk about
ourselves. But most Of M learn
from experience that we can't
hold interest and affection that
way.
Two women were seated at the
tea-table NEXT mine the other day.
One began long anecdCte with
as many rs sprinkled through
It as there are In your letter. The
other woman, obviously her host
ess, tried to seem interested.
Quickly the speaker grasped
this situation and deity shifted
the conversation. BY a few eager,
tactful questions she drew her
hostess into talking of her own
hopes and plans.
had been bored became all inter
est. So delighted was she to find
4 sypataetic audience that she
at once invited her friend, the
good listener, to d charming
opera party she was planning.
Men are like women In that
they love to talk about them.
selves to an eagerly interested
audience. Nothing bores a man
SO quickly as woman who in
sists on talking constantly about
herself.
Do you wish to hold the inter
est and friendship of the man
who interests you and If pos
sibIe to attract also his lasting
affection? Then study him.
Adapt yourself to his moods.
Play the games, read the books,
see the plays, learn the music
that he finds thrilling.
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The Famous Writer
Gives Practical
Suggestions

Who Occuples o Unique Position
LIN the Writing World IS an
Authority ON the Problems
Of Love and Marriage

Authority ON tine PFOOIemS
Of Love and Marriage
beautiful girls usually re-
- ceive a great deal Of atten-
ton and admiration. They are
invited to everything that's going
on and have more partners at
dances than they know what to
do with.
Yet it often happens that
beauty has an even harder prob
lem to solve than girls have who
are plain, unassurning little "no-
bodies" in holding interest and
love.
Mere beauty soon becomes Dor
ing and men turn to girls who,
because their looks are less al
Turing. have cultivated the abid-
Ing gift Of charm.
Dear Miss Fairfax writes
''B. L.:
"I am an attractive young
woman OF twenty-five. I have a
high school education, am a grad
uate In music and am as well-bre
a the average girl-probably
little better-bred than ordinary
girls.
at am of the stately, dignified
type with a figure that men rave
over, which is the. envy OF all
the women know. have brown
eyes, brown hair. In fact, I am
considered a very handsome
woman. Now for my problem:
''I meet numbers Of young men.
Most of them are very desirable,
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
By L. Lamar Matthews

YW1E Arthur family all except
i Barry-was at dinner. The
pretty table with the weIl.cooked
meal would have made most any
body smile, but there was no
smiles around that dinner table.
Outside, the swish and creak
OF the lawn-mower bespoke the
fact that the lawn was being
moved in the cleaning. And
Barry's empty chair at the table
spoke eloquently of the youthful
laborer.
1.-The child's dinner will all be
cold" Mrs. Arthur had whispered
as they sat down.
II can't help that dear" Mr..
Arthur replied. II told Barry this
morning to NOW that lawn. He
failed to do so. Now he will have
to do his work before he can
have his dinner"
And Notwithstanding the fact
that Barry's mother had pre-
pared two dishes that her small
son especially enjoyed, and de-
spite her resentment over the
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
SHE REIGNS
IN POMP

MYTH royal monarchs through
w out the world striving to
Guido one another in manifesto.
tons of democratic simplicity.
Queen Marie of Rumania IS re-
tanning the pomp and splendor, of
an old world court, according to
the testimony of an American
woman writer, just returned from
a visit to the Queen. in an article
in May Good Housekeeping Maya
zine.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

1. LITERATURE. which Eng
lish poet wrote these lines: And
then my heart with pleasures
fills, And dances with the daffo-
dis?
2. HISTORY. Which great en-
peror was called the tanner OF
menu"
8. GEOGRAPHY. On which
river is Cologne, Germany?
4. BUSINESS. Which class in
the community suffers most from
the initiation Of currency? 81
5. MANKIND. Which il Eng
lands biggest domestic problem?
6. HUMAN NATURE. Why do
inventors rarely make any money
from their inventions?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Which
are the two chief elements in the
air.
8. LAW. What Is property?
8. CIVICS. Who is the Repub--
ican leader of the United States
Senate?
10. ART. Who produced the
remarkable head of Voltaire, to
be seen in the Louvre, Paris?
IL. MUSIC. Who wrote the
opera based on Tolstoi's powerful
novel called Resurrection?
IL. HEALTH. Which is the
greatest single cause of tubercu-
losis?
Answers to Saturdays Questions
/. LITERATURE. Sir Conan
Doyle IL the author Of the cele-
brated Sherlock Holmes" detec.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

filled and the ceremony OF greet
ing or ignoring newcomers pro-
vides their entertainment.
Seating ones guests at table
is a formidable task in Persia. A
guest who is not seated accord.
ing to what he feels to oe his
proper station will refuse to &C.
cept the invitation rather than
suffer the indignity.
The center Of the table Is the
position Of greatest prestige In
Persia. Those at the ends are of
no Importance whatsoever and
have been greatly honored in re.
ceiving an invitation at AL
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

child's punishment, she wisely
said nothing. Anything that Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur eyer had to say
to each other about the manage
ment Of the children was always
said in the privacy Of their own
room.
About s o'clock, young Barry
finished moving the big lawn,
put away the mower and meekly
came in for his dinner.
I'm starved" he told his
mother. And mother smiled at
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

ST have been told by friends
both. girls and men-that I have
a very lovable disposition and a
lot of common sense. Can you
tell me what the trouble is?
II don't wish to appear con-
ceited in telling you these facts,
but you win surely understand
the situation better IL give as
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

nice young men, and at first they
all seem attracted to me. In
some instances they are swept
off their feet. But 1 cannot hold
them. They-or last from one
week to two months. ] have the
power to attract at sight, but 1
am absolutely lacking in power to
hold interest and love. Men tire
of me.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

many details 40 can about
myself.
Summing up the entire prob
lem, have no trouble in attract
ing men. But how can ! hold
their interest and love? am
especially anxious to hold and
keep-one particular friend with
whom am now going about.
viii THANK you 50 much for your
advice"
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

in families, and different people
are affected by different varieties
of irritant.
These protein irritants are le-
gion; they include any animal or
vegetable substances In the at
mospheric dust, scales from the
skin Of animals, all the pollens
Of plants, the spores of all the
fungi and other lowly vegetables,
also vegetable substances such
as wheaton flour and sawdusr.
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CANNOT HOLD FRIENDS. WHY7

Doesn't this 90 to prove that
you are just a little egotistical
my dear, as the result doubtless
of the many compliments you
receive?
Egotism, according to that wise
book, the dictionary, means
things and talking over-m1ch
of ones self, and especially, "giv.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
HABITS OF
JEWS

THE present inhabitants of Jeru-
l. salem are $50 little changed in
custom, habit or even style OF
dress that the modern visitor
might imagine himself moving
among a people centuries old--at
the time of the early Roman &C.
cupation, according to William
Lyon Phelps. who is now In
Palestine, in travel article pub
lished in May Good Housekeeping.
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rs ATTRACTIVE LOOKING

In my opinion, your own letter
answers your question. 'B. L."
Looking over it you viii find that
Of it's six short paragraphs, five
begin with "I," while several
paragraphs end with ''me." ''my'
or myself"
Most OF the girls who write
me regarding their desire to
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

= II 2 . . ms .
profuse flow
Of watery dis
charge fro m
the nose and
much swelling
Of the lining
membrane.
The UTnp-
tons may Per
sist for O few
minutes or eev.
eral hours and
come On ana
pass @W 9y
with remark.
able sudden
ness.
II violent or
long continued
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hold the love Of the man they
admire, devote the greater part
of the letter to describing the
fine qualities Of the man, giving
perhaps, one short paragraph to
a summing up of their own. ap-
pearance and personality. Your
letter gives Mr.. Man one brief
sentence. Even that sentence
begins with az"
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
BY Chas. A. L. Reed, MD.
Former President Of the American
Medical Association.

VOU, who are victims Of hay
j fever, or rose fever, will know
that much time is wasted and
much suffering caused each sum-
mer by attacks of hay fever,
which shows itself in paroxysmal
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
Who Said 1t

Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few"
Pope gives this fitting defini-
ton in his Thoughts on Various
Subjects"
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
Here's that Something
Different" you crave in
a cereaI-PuHed Rice
By JENNY NOURSE
Domestic Science Export

XHTHEN the family is hard to
w please. and nothing tastes
good"-give them something differ
ent. A change is what they wai.:~.
Everybody tires of. the same thing
over and over.
Try Pulled Rice, it's wholly and
totally different from any other
cereal that comes to your table -
food that's good" for you that you
don't eat for that reason, but be-
cause you love it.
Try Pulled Rice it's steam puffed
8 times its natural size; then richly
oven toasted. Rich in favor. it tastes
like toasted nutmeats, crunches ID
the mouth like fresh toast; cereal
food with the enticement of con.
lection.
You'll find it so different, so de-
licious and attractive that you'll wan
to serve it every day. Thousands
will tell you this. Obtain today al
any grocery store. Comes ready tc
serve-no cooking.
Quaker Pulled Rice
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"StickICss" Starch

When making starch put small
scale Of soap in the water and the
starch will never stick to the iron.
Mrs. o. f. Owens, Is Boyd Ave,
Takoma Park, Md.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26

So much so that Bobby shouted:
Hes praying"
That's how he gets his name,
explained Bunny.
What is his name?" Bobby
promptly asked.
THE, Praying Mautis, an
gwered Bunny.
But what does he do II fOr?'
asked Bobby.
IF you will notice." explained
my little rabbit, "he has yer.
sharp teeth along those legs. He
just waits until a little insect
comes along. then be seizes 1t
with those teeth and it's lunch
time Ter him.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
An Old Idea Of Roman Houses

EcET excavations at Osta ancient rome dis
II prove the theory Roman house putt
open court windows faced and had plank VANS oh me
street side.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?

/. When was foreign slave
trade forbidden in the United
States?
2. When did Cardinal Newman.
noted English author. die?
3. When was Philip II King OF
Spain?
Answers to Saturdays Questions
/. The statue of winged vic
tory was found in Samothrace in
1868.
.. The celebrated Countess Ma
tilda reigned in Tuscany, Italy,
from 1915 to 1115.
3. James Whitcomb Riley's
Character Sketches" was pub.
hshed in 1887.
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
No Nails in This House

ONE of the sights of City, N j. is the Michigan State
u House built Philadelphia Centennial 80 and
moved to its present later is held together by wooden
The Washington times., 1926-04-26
Delicious Bread

Take a stale loaf Of bread, re-
move from the wax wrapper
carefully, slice the bread as you
would for the table, put together
and replace wrapper and put into
hot oven for 10 minutes. Then
take from oven and remove the
wrapper and you NiIl find it
delicious.--Mrs. Chas. +. Camp.
bell, Cherry Valley ST., Ballston,