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The Washington times., 1927-03-22
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
The New Vamp
INTER the New Vamp!

Fashions in women come and go,
like fashions in. hats or dances.
Dark-eyed sirens are ''out" this
season; and blondes. delicate,
ethereal, snowy white and dainty,
are considered the smartest addi-
tions to mans new spring
toilette. along with his blonde
spats.
Anita Loos started 1t all by tell
ing men that they preferred
blondes" A man never knows
what he prefers until some
woman proves 1t to him with an
affidavit and a diagram!
Then came a certain movie
actress and set new style in
Sirens" The new vamp-delicate
gentle. subtle, wistful; perfect
lady" in all things save her moralsi
At last the movie star has dis.
covered the truth! That the really
dangerous woman" is not the OBJ
vious, highly painted, bold, wriggly
type; nor the pert, staggering,
tomboy type. nor the beautiful
dumb-bell. She is the soft.man-
hammered, dreamy-eyed. elusive
woman, who appeals to mems
VACCINATIONS
Every man loves a THOROUGH
BRED, whether 1t be a horse or
a woman! Every man loves
what is technically known as "a
lady" no matter how much he
may play around with the other
kind.
A girl with a face that only
a curio-collector could admire, can
make good'' as a man-charmer
il only her manners are like vel.
vet, her voice OF silver, her dis.
position like silk, and her tech
nique finished and subtle.
A man may listen to the out
right, downright. fortnight woman
IL she makes enough noise. But
the girl he can't forget is the
one with the soft appealing ways,
the misty eyes, the gentle, cryp-
tic manner that starts him
dreaming--and keeps him guess
ing!
He may play around with the
tomboy, and dance and pet with
the wild woman and the baby.
doll. But when he goes looking
for a fairy princess, they do not
fit into his vision!
He may permit the bold 'Eet-
your-man" girl to pet HIM ana
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want to be. forced to choose be-
tween them, and you ought to
hear the row it raises.
OF. course. they're both mad at
each other and always talking
about each other to everyone else
and especially to me. When ]
won't take sides they get mad
at me.
I've lived with both of them
about two or three times each so
far. and honest, Elsie, am SO
Disguised with them that 1t has
just about killed by love. Why
can't grown people keep their
quarrels to themselves. And why
do they always want to drag
their children into them?
1t isn't the children's fault that
their parents can't get along.
The children will have plenty Of
trouble of their own to face some
day. Why should they be dragged
into their parents quarrels.
And now l have got to decide
which one I will live with. And
wherever go there will be
nothing but fights.
Honest, Elsie. wish you would
give them the works. d. K.
ia like to give thea the
works. little pal.
The Washington times., 1927-03-22
Lent Is For All OF Us
But Plenty Of BooTLEGGERs, Unfortunately.

Everybody Of whatever faith none should give thought
DO Lent
It is time for all Of to pause and take stock Of
moral equipmento ponder for while spiritual things
Never was observance Of Lent necessary than in
this hurried material age And nowhere is this annual period
81 religious reflection greatly needed than in large
cities
Not that big cities necessarily wicked than smaller
aeas Int because life there moves at such HIGH SPEED
hey are full noise and haste and jazz and uproa is
difficult to escape from the persistent turmoil from the
terial stress Of lfe
In church or Lenten meeting you CAN escape CO. Even
If faith may have re thin, the peace which dwels
in the House Of God will soothe and Comorw open the
windows Of the soul
The world deeply benefited by the pententi pause
that begins with Ash Wednesday and lasts till Easter No
brngsthe strengthening Of the spirit that from pen
tence and sacrifice.
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ONCE-OVERS

You don't like to undertake the hard and pulling do
you2
This has been fault and drawback all your life hasn't
it,
If you must concentrate accomplish, you avoid the
problem.
Rather than get down to hard study you willingly drift
Then the test whether be in school after life
and you fail ignominiously
You have funed Or failed many times that you have
begun doubt your ability.
But your failures are due to lack of brain power
any other disability your part except tnwngness
anything which demands close and constant attention
Have you created situations which would take the
exercise of good judgment and long study to cOnqueri
Such self discipline would be Of great value.
You may find harder to do this sort of thing than
when you were younger but it is not too late to begin
Many fail because they try to make life Of and
freedom from difficult tasks
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makes her plea before the judge
and is granted young Billy or
Bessie. And Papa is told to sup.
port them or break rocks for
the county.
Then what happens?
Having been freed from her
uncongenial mate and inharmonl-
Gus atmosphere, does Mama pro-
coed to establish q home filled
with peace and good will?
Well say she doesn't!
From that, day on the children
are regaled with sinister recitals
of Papa's perfidy, and weeping
accounts Of sill Mama has suf-
fered at his hands. When they
go to see Papa on their monthly
visits they are warned against
the monster before they leave and
quiszed on their, return.
Rare indeed is the mother who
maintains dignified silence
about the man from whom she
has parted. And as for striving
to cooperate with him for the
children's good-such things just
AMT, my friend.
Outrageous? Yes. Yet how
we'd howl If the Government de-
creed that children Of divorced
parents should be given q fair
chance and raised In institutions
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QUESTTONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.

Treating
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Will you please solve this
puzzle for us? A group Of girls
were rehearsing q play. The
coach said il we got through
early, he would ttreat" US all to
the theater.
After rehearsal he started to
hand to each girl the money for
her theater ticket-althougn he
himself did not go.
Some OF the girls went, while
some refused. What is your idea
about this? PUZZLED.
While do not think that the
coach used impeccable taste in
the way that he provided for his
courtesy, still I am sure that he
did not mean to be crude or the
slightest bit unkind. Perhaps in
this case you should judge what
he did by what he meant to do.
ST am sure his spirit was all
right, and that he meant to give
you a happy time. / think his
mistake was in the choice Of the
form of entertainment. It would
of course have been awkward for
him to go to the theater with
large group of girls, and so in
giving this kind of party he was
giving Hamlet without the
Dane"
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"If / drop an object from my
hand, say a baseball. does the
earth move up to meet the ball as
1t falls?-P. M. T.. Ridgewood.
N. j."
IVES; but this is one of the many
i things whose proof rests upon
reasoning rather than upon direct
evidence Of the senses. Whenever
a little schoolgirl runs nome, hop
ping, skipping and jumping in the
joy Of her heart, she makes the
whole earth hop, skip and jump,
too, keeping time time-time with
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Positions 81 the Altar

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Where do the bridegroom
and father of the bride stand at
a wedding ceremony? That is,
does the bride stand on the left
or right of the groom? F.
At the altar the bride stands on
the left of the groom, the rea-
son being that then. when they
turn from the. altar to come down
the aisle in the occasional, the
bride will be on the right Of the
groom. The father of the bride,
after he has come down the aisle
with her takes his seat in the
first pew on the left, in the end
seat. and with the brides mother.
When the part of the ceremony
arrives In which he presents his
daughter in marriage he steps
from the pew, goes to the altar
and performs his duty. Then he
again returns to the first pew on
/. the left. The attendant or attend
ants of the bride all stand on her
left, and the best man stands on
the right Of the groom.
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to be shielded by anything inter.
posed. When the earth, 5000
miles thick, gets between the sun
and the moon--as 1t does during a
lunar eclipse-the sun pulls on
the moon through the earth with
the same force as IL the earth,
were not there. The effect of
gravity decreases with distance.
but the only way to get rid OF it
entirely would be to go to the
earth's center. where tat least If
the earth were perfectly globular
and homogeneous in compositionl
attraction would be balanced on
all sides, and you would weigh
nothing at all.
And after going down less than
a thousand miles gravity itself
would begin to diminish, and from
there on it would weaken until
at the center its effect would
vanish.
The Washington times., 1927-03-22
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

In d e e d, I
t hink 1t il
about time that
Uncle Sam gave
8 u C h warning
are n t s the
works. 1t seems
to me that
there should be
some way Of
binding divorced
parents to keep
the peace before
the children or
to forfeit child
or alimony il
the peace is
broken.
So often di.
vorce is obtained
on the grounds
that sit is harm
full to bring up
a child in a
loveless home"
With tear-filled
aVRs M a m a
The Washington times., 1927-03-22
A RE you di.
"A vorced?

A RE you di.
"A vorced?
Did the court
give the chill.
dren with the
provision that
the other half
of the firm
should see them
once in a while?
And IL that
ARA n g e ment
raising the very
deuce?
Then here's a
letter that was
w rift en- for
YOU.
Dear Elsie:
/ surely need
your help. My
t a t h err a n d
mother are sepa-
rated. Both of
them want me
to live with
AAA-a 1nnst
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muss up his hair. But when he
wants to do any really technical
love.making on his own account,
he looks around for something a
little reserved. a little mysteri-
ous--a woman who leaves some.
thing to his imagination!
The new vamp may not have
any more scruples than the old.
fashioned kind hads but shs has
The Washington times., 1927-03-22
WISESAYINGS

Dangers bring fears, and fears
more dangers bring.-Richard
Baxter.
Gentleness succeeds better than
violence.--La Fontaine.
Fools may our scorn. not envy
raise,
For envy Ia q kind Of praise.
Gay.
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technique, dignity, good breeding,
sweetness and feminine appeal!
And these are tbs things that
every man desires in his OWN
woman! These are the things that
fire his fancy! Men do not fall IN
love through their eyes-but
through their imaginations.
And every man loves q THOR.
oUGHBREDl
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
Loves EAnb1rs Adele Garrisons Absorbing Sequel to
 Revelations of a Wife,
Beginning a New Serial

it, tell you. I'll have to get out and stay out"
 The intensity of his angor made me realize that an emergency con- fronted me. If I did not wish my dinner party to be utterly marred rot only by poor service, but by q painful domestic scene, l must get matters straishtcnod out before Jim went back into the kitchen. For an exasperated second or two, I rcnounced all feminism and lonEed for the days when it was lawful for an irate husband 10 use a stick no thicker than his thumb in the cor rection Of his reCrcant spouse. If ever a woman needed ssuch disCi- pline it was my tempestuous little maid. whose tantrums, at first en- toyed by Jim because Of their whim- sjcality and picturcsqueness, were now becoming shrcwish.
 I saw that Jim was too angry for any appeal save one-th7t of his chiyalric devotion 10 our family and his pride in us.
 I'm SO sorry, Jim" I said earn cs'ly, and I think perhaps it wouldn't ho a bad thing for you 10 go away for a few days visit with out telling Katie anything of your plan. You really have spoiled her and she is acting abominably. But for my sake and Mr, Graham's won't you try 10 control your anger, just for tonight? I am especially anX- iouS 10 have this dinner go off well, and if Katie gets any more excited than she is l am afraid we shall have an explosion instead of a din- ncr."
 Purrosely I laughed lightly as l finished, and after mental struggle reflected in his honest face, the shadow of an answering grin twist cd Jim's lips.
 she is terrible excited,' he said. the habitual loyalty of years tri- Umphing over his anger And I suppose I do fuss her up awful when she's got a dinner on like this. I'm so slow and she's SO quick" Copyright, 1927. Newspaper Tea
 ture Service, Incl
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
 Editor Journal of the American | Medical Association and Of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
 In the area south of the Potomac and the Ohio rivers and indeed in many other portions of the south l particularly, the disease known as pellagra is still a significant cause of death and of disability. In this condition there is a typi- cal eruption on the skin, associat- ed with loss of strength. indiges- tion, nervousness. dizziness, verti- go, headache and a burned or scalded feeling of the mouth and tongue. In a small percentage of the cases the mind is disturbed suf- fciently to demand asylum care but the exact relationship of the mental disturbance to the disease has not been accurately determined.
 AS Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the United States Public Health Serv- ice emphasizes in a recent consid- eration of the subject, the disease is rarely seen in persons who eat much meat or who drink fresh milk regularly.
 Comes With Poverty
 The disease may occur in anyone but the poor are the chief suffer- CTS. When the cost of food increases greatly the incidence of this disease rises rapidly.
 Investigations made fin many places lend increasing support to the opinion that pell2gra is the re- suit of living on an unbalanced dict and that people who eat mixed. well-balanced and varied do not 1 have the disease.
 The diet of the rural population of the south is made up mostly of cornmeal, hominy grits, white wheat flour, white rice, dried beans, salt pork, sorghum or cane mola sses and collards. or "greens." Apparently there is in it too little of some i'm
 portant vitamin to prevent the ap- pearance of pellagra.
 This vtamin is believed 10 be present in nearly if not quite all natural foods except the oils and fats. There is little in cornm cal, white flour or rice, but a great deal in lean meat and powdered yeast.
 Milk is one of the most valuable single foods for the prevention of , pellagra, but when lean meat, yeast vegetables and fruits are not in the diet, at least a quart of milk must be taken every day to provide an adequate amount of vitamin.
 Potatoes and Fruits
 The yolk of the egg contains a good deal of the preventive sub stance. Such vegetables as potatoes, turnips, string beans, tomatoes, cab bage and spinach, as well as the fruits, contain the vitamin, but in relatively small amounts.
 Thus nearly two pounds of to- matoes or quart of canned to- mato juice are needed to have the same preventive effect as a quart of buttermilk or half pound of lean meat or an ounce of powdered yeast.
 Dr. Goldberger recommends one ounce of powdered yeast a day for an adult, or half of this for a child under 12 years of age. for the con- trol of the disease in those on bad diets or in persons who already
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28

The annual transportation bill Of the United States is about S1S,000,- 100, 900, divided about equally be- tween the railroads and motor truck ing systems.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28

The urN story: "Cubby Makes Tp His Ninl."
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
Menus for tie Family
By SISTER MARY

Breakfast-Baked apples. cereal, cornmeal pancakes, broiled sausage, oven toast, milk. coffee. Luncheon - Spinach timbales, sliced tomatoes, bread and butter sandwiches, oatmeal cookies, milk, tea.
 Dinner-Baked white fish. with baked tomatoes. scallopel potatoes, hearts of celery, fruit custard tart milk, coffee.
 The dinner dessert is quite elabo- rate and might be served to your sewing or bridge club in place of ice cream and cake"
 If possible get the tiny individual sausagcs for breakfast. These can he broiled without any previous cooking. Larger sausage should be parboiled for 20 minutes before broiling 10 insure thorough cook ing.
 Fruit C,lstard Tart
 Six eggs, cups milk, 34 cup sugar, 1-2 teaspoon vanilla, 12 tea spoon lemon flavoring, peaches,
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
Q|!N( MURDER CASE
 by S. S. W VAN DINE @ scnBSHS
@ CHARLES scRIBNIRS SONS

on Long Island that l want to in connection with the Benson case, end I wish you'd locate him and get him up here as soon as possible. If you can find him in the telephone book you needn't go down person. ally. His name is Leander Pfyfe, and he lives, l think at Port Wash ington."
 Markham jotted down the name on a card and handed it to the de- teCtiVe.
 This is Saturday, so If he comes to town tomorrow. have him ask for me at the Stuyvesant Club. I'll be there in the afternoon
 When Springer had gone. Mark ham again rang for his secretary and gave instructions that the mo- mcnt Miss St. Clair arrived she was to be shown in.
 Sergeant Heath is here,' Swack- CT informed him, 'and wants to sec you if you're not too busy"
 Markham glanced at the clock over the door.
 q guess I'll have time. Send him in"
 Heath was surprised 10 see Vance and me in the district attorneys office, but after greeting Markham with the customary handshake, he turning 10 Vance with a good-na tUred smile.
 "still asquiring knowledge, Mir. Vance,"
 Cant say that l am, Sergeant" returned Vance lightly. But I'm learning number of most in trestin errors. How goes the eleuthn?"
 Heaths face became suddenly serious.
 That's what I'm here to tell the chief about" He addressed him self to Markham. This case is' a jaw-breaker sir. My men and my self have talked to a dozen of Ben sons cronies. and we cant worm a single fact of any value out of 'em. | They either don't kno" anSlilile' or they're giving swell imitation of a lot of clans. "They all appear to be greatly shocked-bowled over. floored, flah- bergasted - by the news of the shooting. And have they got any idea as to why or how 1t happened? They'll tell the world they haven't
 "You know the line of talk: Who'd want to shoot good old Al? Nobody could've done it but a burg lar who didn't know good old Al. If he'd known good old Al, even the burglar wouldn't have done if. Hell. I felt like killing off few of those birds myself so they could go and join their good old AL"
 (To Be Continued)
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
" VAN DINE
Characters of the story

Philo Vance.
 John FIX. Markham-District attorney of New York county. Wall street broker and man-about- town. who was mysteriously murder cd in his home.
 Major Anthony Benson-Brother of he murdered man.
 Mrs. Anna Platz-Housekccper for Alvin Benson.
 Muriel St Clair-A young singer, Captain Philip eLacock-Miss St. Clairs fiance.
 Lcander Pfyfe-Intimate of Alvin Benson's.
 Mrs. Paula Banning-A friend Of Pfyfc's.
 Elsie Hoftman-Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson.
 Colonel Bigsby Ostrandrr-A re- tired army officer.
 William II. Moriarty-An alder man.
 George G. stitt-Of the firm of stitt and Mccoy, public accountants.
 Maurice Assistant Dis trict attorney.
 Ernest Hcath-Sergcant of the Homicide Bureau.
 Burke, Snitkin, Emery-Detcctives of Homicide Bureau.
 Ben Hanlon-Commanding officer of detectives assigned to district at torney's office.
 Phelps, Tracy, Springer, Higgin- botham-Detectives assigned to dis triCt attorneys office.
 Captain Carl Hagedorn-Firearms expert.
 Dr. Dorcmus-Medical examiner. Frank SWacker-Secretary to the district attorney.
 $. $. Van Dinc-The narrator.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
CHA PIER NH Saturday, June 15: B n. m


 We entered the ancient building, with it's discolored marble pillars and balustrades and its old-fashion- ed iron scroll-work, by the Frank lin Street door, and went directly to the district attorneys office on the fourth floor.
 The office, like the building, breathed an air of former days. Its high ceilings. its massive golden- oak woodwork. it's elaborate low hung chandelier of bronze and china. it's dingy bay walls of painted plaster, and its four high narrow windows 10 the south-all bespoke a departed era in architec- ture and decoration.
 On the floor was a large velvet carpet-rug of dingy brown; and the windows were hung with velour drapcries of the same color. Several large comfortable chairs stood about the walls and before the long oak table in front of the district attorneys desk. This desk, directly under the windows and facing the room, was broad and flat. with carved uprights and two rows of drawers extending to the floor.
 To the right of the high-backed swivel desk-chair, was another table of carved oak. There were also several filing cabinets in the room and a large safe. In the center of the east wall leather covered door, decorated with large brass nail-heads, led into a long narrow room. between the office and the waiting-room, where the district attorneys secretary and several clerks had Neir desks. Op- poste to this door was another one opening into the district attorneys inner sanctum; and still another door, facing the windows, gave on the main corridor.
 Vance glanced over the room casually.
 "so this is the matrix of mu- nicipal justice-eh, What?'
 He walked to one of the windows and looked out upon the gray cir cular tower of the tombs opposite. And there, l take it, are the oubn cites where the victims of our law are incar2'ratcd so as 10 reduce the competition of criminal activity
New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
CUBBY SAYS GOODBY TO THE
 FARM By Thornton W. Burgess
We seldom feel an aching heart

We seldom feel an aching heart
 Until the time has come 10 part.
 Farmer Browns Boy.
 Farmer Browns Boy had been quite right in feeling that Mother Brown had stood all she could from that little Bear. Al the dinner table that night it was decided that Cub by would have to go back 10 the Green Forest. Farmer Browns Boy couldn't protest much when he real iZed all the extra work that little lear had caused Mother Brown by the mischief he had gotten into, So, although he hated to think of part ing with Cubby, he agreed that the next morning he would take him back where he had gotten him.
 So, earYy the next morning, Farm CT Browns Boy and Cuhby started for q walk. Cubby was on a chain. You see, Farmer Browns Boy didn't want to give him the slip. Cubby had grown and he could travel very nicely now. T. was great fun going to walk with Farmer Browns Boy. He had done that thing before. He wondered if they would gc over to the Laughing Brook. He liked to go over 10 the Laughing Brook and pull over stones and try to catch frogs, IL was great sport.
 But this time they didn't go to the Laughing Brook. They went Gown the Long Lane and across the Green Meadows towards old Pasture. When they reached the Old Pasture Chubby was picked up You see, the bushes were so thick ther" that the the old cowpa'hs Farmer Browns Boy trudg I. carrying Cubby and talking to him all the time, By and by they reached the very place where Cubby had caught his foot between TWO roots. That foot was wholly voll now. Farmer Brown '5 Boy looked around for some sign Of Mother Bear and tho other cub. hUt they were nowhere 10 hc seen or beard. That they had been ther" every day hc know by the locks Of th" berry bushes
 Well. CubbE,' said ho, "T guess you'll have to go back to your ram- ma. don't know vner" she is. but she'll show ID or I am greatly mistaken You can have a pertect- ly beautiful tim" with 'h.sn rluo- berries until shn cow,>. You're q little hlac', rascal tNars what you aro, and hate to think ot parting