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suspicion either disappears or be-
comes intolerable. A good many
people have an idea that thinking
can in some way affect the out
come of the case, and hesitate to
face their fear of cancer lest it
might make the result certain.
The fact is that fear never
caused cancer. nor did the alb
sence of fear ever protect any
one from it nor cure anyone OF
1t. A cancer is definite disease
which can no more be Influenced
by the mind than can splinter
in the hand. If it could be pro-
duced by fear a great many more
people would have it, and large
number who actually go to
physician find that their fears are
groundless.
There are three factors in the
condition OF a cancer patient
the general health, the mental
outlook, and the cancer. The
imagination may play an impor-
tant part in the condition of the
patient, but will not affect the
cancer, except that it may lower
the general tone and resistance
of the body to any disease pro-
cesses.
AS a cancer develops the pa
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Times Daily Dozen
NV A. l., WiIbert. M. A

!. LITERATURE. Who wrote
this celebrated line: Zone touch
of nature makes the whole world
kim"
2. HISTORY. OF which beauti-
full woman has it been said that
a fraction of an inch on the tip
Of her nose would have changed
the history of Rome?
3. GEOGRAPHY. Which great
industrial country in Europe has
no coal resources of it's own?
4. BUSINESS. What is "strad-
die" stock exchange term)?
5. NJ A n X n d. What is the
density of population per square
mile in England and Wales COM
bined?
6. HUMAN NATURE. Why is
Dragging often a confession of
failure?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. What
is the function of the stem of a
plant?
8. LAW. What is meant by the
right of eminent domain"
8. CIVICS. What is the total
national debt of the United States?
10. ART. Which great museum
is stocked only with the creative
and artistic side Of it's own people?
II. MUSIC. Which class Of in
struments in the orchestra are
sometimes called the battery"
IL. HEALTH. Is eczema con-
tagious?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
/. LITERATURE. Robert Frost,
a celebrated American poet Of the
present generation, has made New
England the background for his
finest work.
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Rosemary Merton the Heroine of This Serial
Bohemian Life, Finds Herself in the Midst OF Very
Difficult Situation

the kettle on. The boys will be
home in a minute. Just ham,
burger and Drowned potatoes.
You could fix them. couldn't
you? And the carrots to cream
you'll have to hurry"
Yes, ma"
And. Rosemary. there's a pie
In the coolerw
She went as far as the door,
came back and touched mas
shoulder awkardly. Ma, are
you sure you're all right?"
"Why, lovey, / never saw you
so upset! It's my staying in bed
this way. I feel 50 foolish. in
bed in the daytime and feeling
all right again. For two pins
I'd get up
Ma"
"Well, all right. A little onion
in the hamburger, lovey. and
be sure to cream the carrots,
Joe won't eat them plain. And
I'll be up in the morning."
She was up in the morning,
brisk and starched and busting
as ever. They couldn't keep her
in bed. "Nonsensei I'm all rightw
she said.
So Rosemary went to work.
But later in the day she went
over to Nina.
Nina" she begged, cant 1
talk to you for just a few min
utes?" Nina hesitated. I'm kind
of busy"
'oh, but please, Nina. I'm so
worriedr'
They walked to the little door
that led to the stairs where all
their talks had been. But she
couldn't look at the stairs again
couldn't bear to think OF them.
Let's go down to the base
ment insteadr'
She Had Enough
Nina lit a cigarette and sat
down on a packing case. $50
you're fed up on the back stairs
and the Secret Studio?"
"Oh, Nina-I can't bear to
think Of them-after yesterday I
I was up with Larry when that
girl came in and"
$50 I gathered. For a minute
thought it was you
'Nina!"
"Wen, 1 know Larry -"
Nina" She was trembling now,
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Face Cancer Problem Without Fear

Most people seek to suppress
their fears rather than take steps
to remove the cause Of them.
They do not want to be told
they have cancer, and are will
ing neith~r to be afraid of it
nor to be thought afraid of it.
BY temporizing, they do the very
thing which gives them ground
for fear and in the end causes
their worst fears to be realized.
Fear is not for the most part a
senseless emotion, but Is a very
useful warning which more sten
rouSes people to take proper
measures for their security than
leads them astray. Without fear
no one would escape danger.
The person who knows that
early and skilful treatmen- will
often cure cancer and who
takes his first symptoms to a
physician is using his fear in a
rational way. 1t leads him to a
course of action which is not
only desirable but Indispensable.
No one would condemn such a
person for being afraid-any ;er.
sible person would say that he
was acting wisely. Many l'le
We a horror of what they caL
The knife" Fortunately much
can be done for them by SYM
pathetic explanation of the scope
of modern surgery. The opera
ton for the removal of an early
cancer is often merely trivial.
Cancer can be cured by removal
when it can be discovered in its
early stages, when it is within
surgical reach, and when it is
treated skilfully and radically.
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Nell,' he stated frankly. "If
you think it's right it goes with
me. After all, we must remem-
Der that we are living in the
twentieth century"
Eleanor turned away from him,
hurt and angry. Was this the
way for a man to act toward the
woman he professed to love?
Matters rapidly drew to a crisis.
Eleanor, as the thread of her life
became more and more entangled
with Ned Wynne, was subject to
ever more closely recurring out
breaks of restlessness and discon-
tent. She preached to her hus-
band, one evening, a subject that
had been some time in her mind.
Fred" she hesitated, Il think
we made mistake, you and /.
We should never have married."
Fred slowly raised his eyes
from his work. Why" he ar
sued. I'VE always have been con-
tented enough"
"Contented-that's just it:
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wifery. How much of her SER
vice he had taken for granted
the nunberless little labors of love
she had performed for his COM
fort. That chapter, now, was
ended. Ended? No. With an
oath he reached for the phone and
called various numbers where he
thought he might find her.
He believed in his wife. Yes,
he knew she would never do
anything which would cause her
to bow her head in shame.
TIE loneliness OF the house
palled upon him. He never
dreamed it could be so hollow.
The walls seemed to harbor the
stiffness Of death.
The gray Of morning found him
pacing monotonously up and
down the little living room. 1t
could have been no more than 5
o'clock when the silence was
rent by the shrill ring of the
telephone bell.
Long distance calling" the
operator said. Then, after
maddening delay, the voice of
Eleanor, Fred"
Eleanor! Where are you,
dear?"
ooh, Fred, I-can you forgive
me for my madness? I have been
out at mothers in the country
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cred nightgown, the one saved
lin case of sickness"
Her hair was damp on her
forehead and there were little
beads of sweat on her upper lip
1.-The pain" she murmured. lust
for a minute. Sort of a stitch
in my side. and Kitty losing her
head and phoning for you-I was
that upset!'
well. I thought I was acting
for the best" said Aunt Kitty
plaintively. "I never was much
of a hand for sickness, and when
she was taken that way"
"All doubled up on the kitchen
floor in heap when I came in
from the butcher's-" ,
Crude Hands
Ma patted her hand. Mas
hand. dark red against the white
spread. Full of little blackened
cracks from peeling potatoes,
securing frying pans. Mas work
worn hand clasped over her
smooth white one She wanted
to hold 1t to her heart. to cover
it with kisses, to battle it in
her tears. But she was afraid
afraid ma wouldn't understand,
afraid Aunt Kitty would ar,
afraid-oh, why was. she G-4d
to tell ma how much she loved
her? And the little moment
passed.
Rosemary, I wish you'd put
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By w. M. Robinson

TLEANOR, wiping the last shin
II ing dish, dropped it with un-
necessary clatter on the cup
board shelf.
Dishes" she shuddered. Same
old grind. morning. noon AID
night
Eleanor had been married ten
years to Fred, steady, plodding
old Fred, with his shabby
clothes, his thick spectacles and
his premature stoop. BY day
he burned out his eyes reading
copy for a big city newspaper
night-times, with his nose buried
in musty books, or bent over his
battered tipping machine, he pa
tiently worked on the Great
American Novel. His little wife
with yellow bobbed head, bent
knitting under the lanplight,
often of late. looked at him and
thought some long. long thoughts
Talk to me, Fred" she often
exploded. "A woman might as
well be married to wooden i'm
age"
Fred invariably pushed aside
his work with a patient smile.
I'm afraid, he once remarked,
in that hating way which had en-
deared him to her, I'm afraid l
haven't been very good company"
Eleanor took the defensive, as
though he had claimed otherwise.
"a woman is entitled to some COM
partnership" she flared. why
don't we do things like other mar
ried couples-theaters, dinners.
card parties?"
Because your husband is not
money-getter, he acknowledged.
almost abashedly.
This had been some months after
Eleanor had first met Ned Wynne.
The pair, who had been thrown TO-
gether on the occasion Of one of
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NOp Go on With the Story

DOSEMARY pointed with shak-
~ ing finger. The money lay
under the easel. fat wad Of crisp
paper money. Sloan Whitneys
money. Which Gerrnaine had
thrown in Larry's face!
Funny to think of it being
Whitney's money. And all Larry's
fine, beautiful, brave theories
about free Lowell That was fun
nfer still. Free: Free for Larry!
She began to laugh Historically.
Sloan Whitney's money paying
Tor Larry's free love
Such long way down the
stairs. The last few steps, down
into the basement, were the
longest. 1t took so long to get
down them. You had to set each
loot down so carefully.
Nick, the shipping clerk, was
mailing up a crate. He stopped
when he saw her. IT hope your
mother amt worsel' he said.
What was he saying? She
looked at him stupidity.
Didn't you get the telephone
call? Graham was looking for
You a long time ago. 1 didn't
quite get what happened. But
they want you to come home"
Ma lay in the big walnut bed.
wearing her best white embroid.
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2. HISTORY. Thomas jefferson
is generally considered the author
of the Declaration of Independ-
ence.
3. GEOGRAPHY. Raleigh is the
capital of North Carolina.
a. BUSINESS. The annual ex-
ports of Canada to the United
States amount to about $780,
100000.
5. MANKIND. The soldier is
considered the best insurance risk
in peace times. the death-rate in
this occupation being only 5 per
thousand
&. HUMAN NATURE. Ennui
means mental WEAKNESS produced
by overindulgence or lack of in
terest In work or life
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. yell
low cottonseed oil is bleached with
Fuller's earth.
s. LAW. The transfer Of prop
erty by husband to his wife
without a consideration is regard
ed as fraudulent when it is done
for the purpose of depriving cred
itOrs of their just claims.
8. CIVICS. Eight States have
abolished capital punishment.
10. ART. Thomas Sheraton
0751-1806) was a celebrated Eng
lish cabinet maker and designer
Of furniture.
IL. MUSIC, Nicholas Rimsky-
Korsakoff d844-1908), the famous
composer. was an admiral in the
Russian navy.
~. HEALTH. When the blood
has 'ost a large amount OF water,
as In Precipitation. 1t draws water
. out of the body tissues, thus pro-
ducing the sensation of thirst.
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Why" he suddenly shifted the
subject. What made you bring
up the question:"
"B ause - Eleanor's voice
trembled-"I believe I'm in love
with another man"
"Wynne," stated Fred, conscious
Of sudden drawing in the flesh
OF his face. She nodded. Moth
ing was heard for some moments
but the measured ticking of the
clock on the mantel. Then Fred
sighed deeply.
Well" he said, steadily, per
haps 1 have been-too wrapped
up in my own concerns to think
of you. I don't blame you"
Eleanor suddenly Durst into a
storm Of passionate weeping.
"Why-oh, why must you be SO
reasonable-so logical about
everything! Oh, If you'd only
gone off into a ragel Now, I'm
sure it is all over" she cried,
sweeping out of the room.
The house was strangely silent
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never really in love. You don't
love me; in fact, doubt if
you know the meaning of the
word"
THAT isn't So" he denied.
earnestly. at is you who have
not discovered what love is.
Romance-the ardent passion of
the imaginative twenties. with
its VOWS and protestations-that
isn't real love; it's only dramatic
ing. 1t is the slow and steady
pace through life together, the
growing together in the mind,
as well as in the body, the
working and planning and suf-
fering together. that is real
lovev'
NO" said Eleanor, positively,
that is no kind of affection to
hold a woman still in her twen-
ties. She must be made much Of,
taken about, paid homage, if she
is to be happy. Your kind of
wife is only a cheap substitute
for a housekeeDer."
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Read How a Beautiful Girl Rebels at
the MOnOtOny of a Drab Home
Life i'm the City

stay here another moment, some
times; as if ] must lock it up and
never come back. But you'll get
over your hurt. You'll get over
it because your heart wasn't
touched.
You didn't love Larry-you
just had a few little schoolgirl IL
lusions smashed. What does II
matter to you that he's gone, ex-
cept that someone you liked a
little turned out q cad?
wait till you've loved with
every ounce Of your strength,
every beat Of your heart, every
drop OF your blood-and then try
to face the places where you were
happy once!
A Mask Of Pain
Where was Nina's lazy drawl.
where was her gay Indifference?
The freight flashing showed her
face a pale mask Of pain. Her
tawny eyes burned. Her slim
white hands were c1enched.
Nina Nina meant she loved
Stanley Cuyler, her fathers
friend; Stanley Cuyler who was
married to the fat, jealous old
woman in the SOUTH Oh, poor
Nina, poor, unlucky, beautiful
Nina
Softly. shyly, Rosemary touched
Nina's cheek. Tell me-" she said,
wouldn't it help-just little?"
There's so little to tell. And
it goes back so far.
ST don't remember when I
didn't love Stanley. guess / al
ways did. When I was little
girl. When he used to come to
the old house to see Dad and
bring me dolls and great boxes
of candy he couldn't afford-he
was so poor then. so poor.
HE was everything to me. ro-
nance and sweetness and gener-
osity and beauty. He was part OF
my childhood. Part of the sweet
smoky nights when I'd sit on
Dads knee by the fire in the IT.
brary with Stanley smiling at
me from the old wing chair oppo-
site.
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

An airplane being designed in
Germany for nonstop flights II
the United States is intended to
carry 100 passengers and TO make
a trip from Hamburg to New York
in So hours.
Boil an egg hard and separate
the yolk from the white. Rub
the former through a wire sieve
and use it for sprinkling over
various savory dishes. Chop the
white or cut it in fancy-shaped
pieces.
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the next afternoon, when Fred en-
tered the front door. His eye was
caught at once by the white OBJ
long envelope propped up on the
hall table.
Fred" he read. IT am going
away for a while to think it all
over. This is a crucial moment;
we must find out where our hap
piness lies. If yours is with your
work-then take it. AS for ME, l
must find the truth in my own
heart-and live it. Eleanor"
He read and reread the words,
seeming unable to grasp their
purport. The shifting fogs of his
mind resolved themselves at last
into a yawning, aching blank in
the midst of which flared out the
thought, Eleanor is gone
He prowled ainnlessly through
the flat, noting the preparations
for the evening meal, set where
his hand would be sure to fall
upon them, the hundred and one
touches of her painstaking house
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Fact is, we had quite a little love
nest upstairs, it seems. Funny
you never found it out-you were
SO chummy up there. Yes. they
had a great old time up there
screaming, and-say, where were
your
Her Sick Parent
"I went home-my mother was
sick''-
That's right remember the
CALL" He did remember it, dash
it; she had gone home. We'll,
when the young man declined to
get the license she swore out a
warrant"
"Larry-a warrant"
And he changed his mind.
Yeh-you missed it. Real shot
gun wedding. So, as I say, we
don't have to send a wedding pres
emit. They didn't leave any for
warding address,
Mr.. Haley shook his head.
Quite scandal, I'm surew he
said.
Mr.. Sims licked his lips. "YoVn
never hear from him again"
II never want to-" Rosemary
cried.
Mr.. Sims looked triumphantIy
at Mr.. Haley. you see?" he
said. You seer"
So Larry slipped out of Rose
mary's life, silently, shamefully,
leaving only hurt and bitterness
behind.
All the dear, funny places he
had taught her to love were
haunted for Rosemary haunted
by Germaine's white, tear-streak-
ed face and Larry guilty; beseech-
ing hands.
81 feel 500 smudgedp she
told Nina, in a little burst of
confidence one night when, in g
rarely soft mood, Nina had begged
her to come to the little apart
ment on the hill for dinner.
81 feel as though 1 could never
see the places where we went to-
gether without seeing Larry's face
and hearing that girl cry-those
terrible thin screams. Nina"-
Nina got up and poked the fire
that didn't need poldng. 81 know"
she said softly. 81 feel that way
about places where Stanley and
have been together. About this
place. AS If couldn't. bear to
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1 can say. How did you get away
fire escape?"
"No-Berthe. But didn't know,
Nina-I didn't -"
Nina stood up. Graham will be
missing us. I'm sorry If you got
mixed up in the Germaine blow
up, but you should have had bet
ter sense. You don't need char
acter references so long as you
play around with the crowd, and
/ warned you to go light on the
solo entertainment. Now, forget
it! No use crying over split milk.
Besides-I've got troubles of my
own
She pushed the pale-gold hair
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ANIMALS

NNI1E Graapnel-plant is a South
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Even the lion, king Of animals.
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spines Of the fruit may pierce
his skin. The torturing claws are
immovable, and when he tries to
tear out the fruits with his teeth.
they fill his mouth and cling WITH
such tenacity that eventually he
dies of starvation.
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Dramatic Moment in Te Secret Studio

off her forehead with a despair
ing, desperate motion. We'll,
let's get back to the hard labor"
X X X
Nina didn't seem the same. The
whole atmosphere was charged
with a secret, dark excitement.
Ugly little thought waves see
sawed back and forth.
so your friend, the artist, got
married all of a sudden?" said
Haley to Rosemary.
Larry
1.-THE same. AT the''-- he
was searching for the right word
the urgent of the bride.
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sick with the recollection Of
Larry's words, Of the feel of his
hot breath on her cheek. nina,
Larry did scare me to death for
minute -"
Nina smoked on in silence.
why didn't you tell me! No
body told me. You must have al
known about Germaine and -"
Tell you! Didn't I tell you to
let him do the visiting? Didn't /
warn you to keep away from
there except when we all went up
for tea? But you would go, and
you can count yourself darn lucky
to be out of it scot free, that's all
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Origin Of Word

TIME word biscuit" literally
means "twice-cooked." 1t is
derived from the French-Latin bis,
twice, and cult. cooked. The origin
of this twice-cooked bread was the
need of providing ships crews
with bread which would remain
eatable during the long time that
sailing ships had to be at sea
without means OF replenishing
their stock of fresh food. When
designed for very long voyages it
was baked four times.
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al I e e [ ! I s
course.
One of these
i n f ! uences is
fear.
Many people
in the e a + y
stages of can
Ger do not APP
proach physi-
clans for accu-
rate diagnosis
and treatment.
and a g r e a t
many hesitate
t h rough fear.
T h e y h o p G
against h o pc
until the con-
dition w h / G h
ar OuSed their
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outlook will often improve and
he may gain in weight. This
change, however, does not af-
feet the growth of the cancer,
and it is only a matter Of time
before the patient relapses.
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tient suffers loss Of weight and
other troubles. and becomes de-
tected and often seriously de-
pressed; il now, for some season,
he thinks he is going to get we'll,
his general health and mental