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By L. Lamar Matthews

JIMMY burst into the lighted
IL room from the darkness Of
the hall. Her eyes were wide
with horror and her face was
flushed from the exertion of es-
Gaping from some unknown ter
ror. Also she was a little bit
ashamed Of her nameless fear and
hoped that nobody would laugh
over her tempestuous entrance.
Nobody noticed it except grand
mother, and she drew the child
into the shelter of her good right
arm.
II was always afraid Of the
dark, too,' she whispered.
'You know. grandmother" said
Emmy. Il always feel as if there
is somebody right behind me and
that the next instant he"Will grab
me. l almost die while I'm try
ing to open the door"
Probably half the children in the
world have the same sensation,
and that moment just before one
reaches the safety of the light is
the most terrifying. One mother
who spent hours Of agony during
her childhood because she was
afraid Of the dark leaves lights
burning in every part of her
house until the children are in
bed.
II want them to have the pleas
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UP to his principles and ideals.
the chances are he will win this
girl of his choice.
OF course. "tin-horn'S sports
may choose as wife a girl who
is also a ''good sport" and free
with her kisses. The divorce
courts are cluttered up with
records of Just such marriages.
There is physical danger of in
lection in promiscuous kisses
That risk is greater than is usu
ally realized. But aside from TINS
possibility OF infection with some
contagious malady danger turks i'll
kisses.
Physical infatuation often be-
gins with kiss. Thissis in Itself
a danger. For infatuation ne y
pleasant stir Of the pulses. tas
quickened heartbeat--nay easily
be mistaken for love. Yet infatua,
ton without a foundation of SUIT
able, congenial friendship and mu-
tuai respect is fleeing, selfish am,
utterly unsafe. so it is wise not
to kiss the young man you admire
until you are sure that you and he
are tried and trustworthy friends
and suitable companions. Then
your happy kiss may be the test o.
love.
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gestion is given for overcoming
fear of the dark:
Tell the child something on this
order:
1--WE can make it dark when we
choose by shutting our eyes.
Blind people have it dark all the
time; how do they manage? BY
feeling and listening.
Let US see what we can find
out that way. Let us both shut
our eyes and walk round the room.
You touch something and tell me
what it is. Now, I'll do some
thing and you listen and tell me
what / did.
Nov we'll both go out. You go
four steps from the door to the
room. I'll stop here and turn off
the light. You come in when call
and find if I'm in the~chair.i
"Now, Wen both go out. You go
in again while it is dark and see
if you take just the right number
of steps to the chair. If it is a
book 1 have left there you may
bring it here. If it is candy. you
may eat it.
Nov, see how quickly you can
go upstairs. Now, try again with
your eyes shut. Do you know how
many steps before you, turn?
Nov, I'll blindfold you. Try
and be quicker.
Now, this time I'll lift you part
the way.up. Find out by your fet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
By Beatrice Fairfax
ESTUST a. littlt love, a little

d kiss.
81 would give the whole of life
Tor this, runs the song.
What are these kisses for
which men have literally laid
down their lives.
There are kisses we remember
always and which are inexpressi:
bly, dear to memory even after
the death of the loved one who
bestowed the kiss. What is the
meaning Of kiss, which can
make it so precious?
What is the relation between
love and kisses?
degrading?
Or are they harmless and de-
lightful pastime as many modern
young men and girls seem to
think?
AN affectionate salutation by
contact with the lips" is the die
tionary definition of a kiss, while
affection" means strong ami
tender attachment; love-" So a
genuine kiss, from it's very mean
ing and nature, is an expression
of love.
Since the word "kiss'' comes
from the old Gothic, ito choose"
1t implies q caress bestowed only
on the chosen" man or woman,
making a kiss a rare compliment
Needless to say. a kiss bereft
of fits message of tender. loyal.
self-respecting love is bereft of
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der 10 times. Drop your torso
and head and rest one moment.
Then lifting your torso once more
in the same manner, turn your
head to the, right as far as pos
sible 10 times.
OF course you scrub your chin
and neck every day in warm
soapsuds. Always rinse them in
icecold water, rubbing up from
the base Of your neck to your
Achin.
! If you have a pronounced dou-
bic chin, you may like to tie it up
overnight in a muscIe-lifting band
for about five nights every fifth
week. To do this, dip - face
towel in cold water, or if you pre-
fer, dip it in cold water, then
douse it with your favorite astrin-
gent. Place it under your chin
and hold it in place with an elias
with safety pins.
Do not fasten the band too
tightly. Leave it on all night or
until the wet towel entirely dries.
In time this Will tend to lift
and firm the muscles of your
neck and chin. In applying an
astringent tonic to your face, al
ways include your chin and neck
in the treatment, then slap your
underchin with the back of your
hand until it is rosy with aroused
circulation.
If you will faithfully follow
these suggestions. Lam sure you
will he delighted with the inn :
proved carriage of your neck and
chin and their slender. youthful
contour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
By Maria Jeritza
Prima Donna of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One of
the Most Beautiful Women
of the Day

Of the Day
WORSHIP of healthful beauty
w is slowly but surely giving
us new standards of feminine
loneliness. Modern women feel
that it is not only a qualification
to their own pride and vanity,
but a duty to others, to look as
lovely as possible on all occa-
sions and to retain the firm
muscles and slender curves of
youth indefinitely.
Among features of enchanting
youth most difficult to retain as
the years pass by, is a firmly
nodded, gracefully slender chin
and throat. Yet a young face is
grotesque if set on sallow
wrinkled neck or offset by
triple chin.
Youthful chin and neck con.
tour is not to be gained in
day or by quick tricks of the
charlatan. The wise woman be-
gins early to guard against flaws
Of beauty, which may otherwise
slowly but surely set their mark
on her until she suddenly dis
covers that her youth and lowell
ness have flown.
If you wish TO avoid a double
chin 10 years frem now. start to-
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they were worth by these girls.
who were not any more fastidi-
Gus than Dick himself They
agreed with him that kisses were
fair price to pay for an ice
cream soda or a trip to the
theater.
AS usually happens in su c h
cases. Dick has fallen in love.
not with one of these young
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ONLY Love Lends Beauty to Caress Says Beatrice

all meaning and becomes the
cheapest sort of self-indulgence.
Who that values sincerity and
real love would care for such
kisses?
Kisses never hurt anyone"
claimed Dicky: so he held a pet
ting party with Anne one day.
Betty the next. and so on ad
infinitum. His kisses were usu-
ally accepted for Just about what"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
School Taxes

EXPENDITURES for public edu-
- cation in Basel, Switzerland,
a city which constitutes a canton
in itself, were 1O,636,610 francs in
1924, or about $2,00O,O00O. The
population is only 142,574, and the
expense of education. amounts 20
an annual tax of more than $14
upon every inhabitant of the city
Calvin M. Hitch. American
consul,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
Color of Ducks

TN many species of wild ducks the
Il males are large and strikingly
colored, Their mates. upon whose
shoulders fall the family cares, are
smaller and dressed in somber
garb. says Nature Magazine The
dun concealing colors of the
female serve to protect both her
and her eggs from the prying eyes
Of enemies.
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love. She suspects that marriage
would not make him over-he
would go right on making love
to every attractive girl. This
is not Alice's dream of happy
love and marriage.
Alice is encouraging instead
a plain. Industrious young man
who has faith in love and wo-
men. Walter is working hard
to build up his practice as dem
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and Harry of his acquaintance,
and whose breath doesn't smell
of synthetic gin. He likes to
know that the woman who will
share his name and mother his
children is modest. trustworthy.
capable of seIf-control and self
respect. and places high valua-
ton on herself.
If the man himself has the
record of one who tries to live
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
ADVANCE OF
SCIENCE

GPEAKING of science and syn
~ thesis, calls to mind the case
Of Michael Faraday, the English
man who, in 1881, rotated a cop
per core between the ends of a
magnet to prove that this simple
operation induced an electric cur
rent that flowed through a wire
attached to the core.
With this as a basis, Faraday
later invented the dynamo. The
invention and perfection of the
dynamo was the link between the
scientific discovery and its practi.
cal utilization.
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list SO that he can afford to
marry Alice and make home.
She knows that he is kind,
dependable, ambitious-thath he is i.
capable OF heading a home and
family and making a woman
supremely happy as his wife.
When it comes to serious love
and marriage. a man generally
picks out some girl who hasn't
been kissed by every Tom. Dick
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

and~easy standards. but with a
lovely and charming girl who
withholds her kisses because she
neither respects nor loves Dicky.
She feels the fascination Of his
good looks and confident man.
ner. But she also sees him for
just what he is--a young man
seeking only self-indulgence. in
capable Of self-control or self
denial. holding cheap ideas OF
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Destroying a Child;s Fear OF Dark

urel of going in any part of the
house at night without being
afraid" she said.
A better way. however, is to rout
the fear from the child's mind.
In book called 1.-THE Child: His
Nature and His Needs" this sug-
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when you get to the turn and
see how quiet you can be-
It seems so pitifully useless to
permit children to go through
agonies of fear when little in
telligent effort would enable them
to overcome If.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
A Word to Wives

Every officer and man i'll the
Navy and Royal Marines may now
be ordered to make occasional
flights in aircraft as part of their
ordinary duties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

flabby that they cannot hold them
selves erect.
your chin on your chest while
you walk or read or work, take
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

especial care to overcome this bad
habit and include the following
exercise among the half dozen
you practice each morning:
=. Lie flat on your stomach on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

floor with your arms straight at
your sides. Now lifting your tor
so from the floor without assist
ance from your arms, look as far
as you can over your left shout
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
New Seventeen Mile Gun

HE United States Army has 12inch railway mortar,
which weighs pounds and thows 700 pound shell
about II miles, projecte hghexposve and 228
pounds of smokeess powder used
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

Otherwise the muscles of your
chin may droop forward gradually
until finally, like stretched piece
Of old elastic, they become so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
Keeping Telescope Warm

electric stove in Of coil wound around the
"A tube invented keeping telescopes
temperature guard against fluctuations which impair
accuracy of measurement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
Salient Facts

A good loaf should have nut
ty" flavor. should be a perfect
cream in color and contain only
the best ingredients, thus ensur-
ing it a sweet flavor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
MEANING OF
TWILIGHT
F OUR earth had no atmosphere

IF OUR earth had no atmosphere
n daylight would begin abruptly
when the sun appeared above Tie
horizon. says Nature Magazine. 1t
would be replaced by total dark
ness as soon as the sun sank be-
low it. Morning and evening twi-
hight are due to the reflection Of
sunlight shining upon the upper
layers of air when the sun is toe
low to be visible from the earth's
surface.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21

Smoking, according to one ex-
pert, is tending to make women's
voices harsh and cultural, enla"g-
ing the vocal chords and creating
a general catarrhal condition
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-02

Representative r. Walton Moore
will be the principal speakerIat the
entertainment in celebration OF the
opening Of the new Robert z. Lee
school on the night Of November 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-02

with new calculating attach.
aent FOR typewriters. domestic
money values are quickly trans.
lated into these o. any foreign
country.
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MO n I CONFER
BREWTES

ROCKVILLE, Nd. Nov. FORTY.
two members OF the recently.
organized Junior Republican League
OF Montgomery county met at the
home OF Mrs. Mary +. Stock,
Bradley Hills, and decided to make
the league permanent The presi.
dent, Mrs, Charles Beard, named
as a committee to prepare a con-
stitution Alfred D. Seller. and Miss
lola Price and Claaress Stock. The
committee win report at meeting
Of the league late IN November.
Licenses have been issued here
for the marriage Of Charles r.
DrexiIius. OF Washington, and Miss
Lucille Bragg, OF Richmond, Va,
and Calvin w. Shultx, OF Meyers
dale, Pa, and Miss Leona L. May.
hugh, OF Alderton, Md.
Many Montgomery county club
women attended the semi-annuaI
meeting Of the Montgomery County
Federation OF Women's Clubs here
yesterday. Mrs. o. G. Merrill. presi-
dent, presided. A meeting Of the
chairmen Of the educational COM
mittees of the various clubs Of the
county preceded.
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PINCH HITTERS
WE'D At SHOW

Visitors to the Food Show being
held this week III the Washingto ton
Auditorium were rewarded by
substitute wedding after having
waited three hours last night, fol-
lowing d change OF heart Of the
bridal couple origipally scheduled
Mrs. Molly Butler Hatch. % years
old. Of Del Ray, Va, became the
bride OF Corporal Kilsran Vahan
Hawaiian, III. 8. NJ. C, Of che
washington Marine Barracks.
They were Immediately ghOwered
with foodstuffs, electrical appliances.
kitchen utensils. Hilverware and
other gifts donated BY exhibitors.
The couple originally scheduled
for the public wedding were Edna
u Davis and Fred w. Wallace but
daring the day they decided to get
married at the grOOm's home, 140l
Orren ST. N. q. This wedding was
also delayed when the marriage
license could not be found.
IT was located after some search
lin the pocket OF w. Sidney Fore
man, assistant manager Of the Food
show.
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School Boy TAINTED
On Patched Pants
PLAYS Hockey

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Nov. 2.
Donald Mackey, 12-year-old boy
of Chambersburg, had an un-
usual aiibi when his mother was
summoned for trial, charged with
failing to send the boy to
school.
''They called me Patches.
and / was ashamed" the boy
told Magistrate Miller.
The taunts Of his classmates,
because his clothing was tat
tered and patched, caused him
to stay away from school.
Mrs. Mackey was dismissed,
and the Magistrate took the
youth IN charge and said he
would see that he was not tor
nlented.
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The monthly meeting OF the Par.
ent.Teachers Association of the
Matthew Fountaine Maury School
will be held at the school Thursday
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-02
JEWISH CENTER FETE
TO BE GIVEN AGAIN

Scoring q tremendous success the
opening night of its presentation,
the carnival-cabaret, given by the
Jewish Community Center and the
Council Of Jewish Women will be
repeated tonight and tomorrow
night at the Center Sixteenth and
@ streets northwest.
Gaily decorated booths. games, re.
freshments, dancing and q tabloid
musical show, the Spanish Black.
bottom Revue, are included in the
evenings entertainment.
Tonight will be club night and
the various Jewish societies will be
represented by large delegations.
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cts a gih!'

I'll say it, ! Gifti one s.
the most useful yOu could
give 70 any nan, woman o.
child. II IL : delight 10 the
eye. II Il a. practical . II
i good-looking.
X Is ! trusty Guide II the
dark of night. Always ! con-
venisnes and often . He
saver, Il should be IN every
home, every automobile.
Appropriate on any gift
occasion.
II Ii . gsnuine Eyeready
FIashlight, and II haa al the
newest and best Aashliglt
featuresl
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CORONER HOLDS
TWO SUICIDES

AT flfst thought to have been
killed from an accidental Flow 81
gas in his room. late yesterday.
IGeorgo Thomas BendaIl. So years
'cid, 69T r st. M. W., II now
Thought to ba suicide BY Coroner
". RAMSEY hewitt.
Police say they we're told BY
|Bendall's sister, Mrs. Louis w.
Thompson, with whom he made his
home, that her brother came home
intoxicated yesterday. She put him
ito bed and reprimanded him. she
lett the house and upon returning
sfnelled etts.
She went to the room and found
the gas on and the doors and
windows closed BendaII was pro-
|ilounued dead upon arrival 81
Casualty Hospital.
Coroner hewitt issued 8 certificate
|p9 Dtliciae iii the death of Frank
Pierce Cox. ~, 1874 Wisconsin Ave,
N. w, who shot himself through
the head yesterday.
Cox had been III III health Tor
several years. Ejs wife WAS pre-.
pairing his lunch III the next room
when she heard the shot.
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Hampton Molly Clayton waiting for dance
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Miss Lucille Bragg, leaving the
home OF her brother, William l..
Bragg, of Clarendon, yesterday
morning, met Charles Drexiliis, Of
Washington, and slipping off to
Rockville, Nd, was married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-02

The Williang Workers class of
the Cherryda!e Methodist Protestant
Church last night gave a surprise
party to the pastor. the Rev. C. r.
Holiday, in the parsonage.
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ARLINGTON G D .
VOTING LAGS

With but one living candidate on
the ballot in today's election voters
in Arlington county were slow in go
ing to the polls.
Representative r. Walton Moore,
Democrat, is candidate for re-elec.
ton to Congress. A few weeks ago
his Republican opponent. J. w.
Leedy, died.
out Of more than 500 voters in
Clarendon only 100 had voted up to
10 o'clock. Indications are that the
vote in the entire county win hardly
exceed 1000.
More than 900 .persons attended
the surprise shower given to the
Rev. #. p. Llackey and Rev. Edward
Johnston OF st. Charles Catholic
Church, of Clarendon last night I'M
the auditorium Of st. Charles school.
The offer Of the United States
Public Health Service to cooperate
with the Arlington county health
department to stop the spread OF
diphtheria has been accepted, DR.!
r. M. Chichester, county health of
ficer, said today.
DR.. Chichester said there was no
cause for alarm and that the disclose
Is not spreading.
The dance given last night by the
Ladies Welfare Club Of Arlington
county in the Ballston Junior Hall,
with more than 500 attending, came
to climax when two masked couple
entered the hall in fancy costume
and announced double wedding
was aboutlto take place.
It was & mock wedding.
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The special revival services being
conducted in Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church of Bailston, by the Rev.
William F. Right. will be continued
throughout the week.