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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius Beeckman-I
Invite Him

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- I have met very congenia1
young man a few times at par
ties at my cousins church. Soon
there is to be dancing party
at our church. to which outsiders
are invited. Would it be proper
for me to invite him as my escort,
although I have not been out
with him?
2. If it is, how should such an
invitation be worded?
UNDECIDED.
IVES, it would be quite proper
for you to invite this young
man to the church dancing party.
Certainly you could not have
known him under better condi-
tons than church auspices!
2. When such an invitation is
sent, it is best to send it in the
form of a letter. Write him some
thing like this:
My Dear Mr.. Arlington: Our
church is arranging to have a
dancing party on April tenth, in
the church social room, at eight
o'clock, and it would make me
very happy If you are free on
that evening and would like to
go to the party with me. Can
you go?
Best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
ton or only imagination.-Mary
p. s., Delaware, Ohio.


A LII of the senses that are de-
"A pendent primarily upon
touch-and taste as well as smell
are OF that class--occasionally
become more or less confounded,
or intermingled in their effect
upon the nerves. Hearing, too,
Is closely associated with touch,
since 1t il the result of the i'm.
pact or pressure of sound waves
on the drum Of the ear and Of
the reaction Of the movements
OF the drum upon the inner
mechanism. When the messages
conveyed to the brain by differ
emit nerves of sensation are habit.
ually associated. one may recall
or awaken its mate. Interesting
experiments have lately shown
that the glands in the mouth Sc
creting saliva may be excited to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Society having ordained certain
customs, men are bound to obey
the law of society. and conform
to its harmless orders,-Thack.
cray.
There Is no point where art so
nearly touches nature as when it
appears in the form Of words
Holland.
Look ere thou leap, see ere
thou go.-Tusser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

docile and harmless as he looks
in his baby pictures"
= +
Somehow. these 'Will-you-marry-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." propose Is
have all the flavor of premature
burial.
- 4
The first parlor snake was the
Serpent, who put it into Ewes
head to break up the Old Home
and start this moving day mania.
$50
To most woman, Tn main diff.
ference between being single and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

being married is merely the differ.
ence between keeping q taxicab
waiting and running after .
trolley car.
Few brides have to be 'TAd
to the altar" nowadays: most Of
them are practice.perfect and
could find their way there in the
dark.
= 4
A cynical epigram Is Just the
cry of the pain which bursts from
sentimentalist when he has
gotten a shot of lemon. juice In
the eye!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

No matter. what his rank mr.
position may be. the lover Of
books Is the richest and the han.
piest OF the children of men
Half the gossip Of society would
perish IL the books that are truIv
worth reading were but read
Dawson.
Our thoughts and our conduct
are our own.-FroudA.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

nal pairing and cooking of them. The "crisp apple pudding" suggested in the dinner is quite unusual and most delicious. Apples are usually one of the least expensive fruits for the city housewife to buy, so she will welcome the pudding recipe quite as eagerly as her sister in the country.
 Crisp Apple Pudding
 Four to eight apples, 1-2 cup boil ing water, 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon, l tablespoon lemon juice. 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, l cup sugar, 3-4 cup flour, 1-2 cup butter.
 Pare apples, remove cores and cut in thin slices. Put Into a well-but tered baking dish and pour over wa ter, cinnamon, lemon juice and grated rind. The dish should be about two-thirds full of apples. Mix and sift flour and sugar and rub in butter with finger tips. Spread over top of apples and bake in moder- ate oven for forty minutes. Serve with plain or whipped cream.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

"when he hears you sing that song. the one you sang the night before he went away:.When Other Tongues and Other Hearths.'
 Martha Dalton was thinking that she was past hoping. that she dared not hope any more. But she said nothing; merely smiled.
 There's another one, too, that he always liked" Betty reminded her sister. "'Oh Promise Me- Remem- Der it?"
 Margaret did. "Uh huh" she said dreamily.
 Martha Dalton looked at the two and vigorously scratched her double chin. They were, she said, the origi- nal pair of aces-the two most ag- gravating females she had ever known. Cant you come down to earth? Run along, now, both of ou. and be ready to scoot down to Cam denville when we hear from Mollie."
 The twins ran.
 Another letter-this from Prof received two days later, announced that he, Mollie and Jim were getting ready to leave New York and would arrive in Camdenville at eight-thir- ty-five the following evening. Mol lie, he said, had completely recov- cred and was in good spirits-"con- sidering things in general-and he believed that Nellie Downing had ss&1 s,~ ,1- the newspaper reporter who had helped them so much the night Jim was lost.
 Rusty and Betty both drew long breath when this was read and look ed at Martha Dalton in triumph.
 "There," said Rusty, ''is your TO- nance, Daily. The beautiful nurse, the Paragon Lady, is all that you said she was but she likes somebody else"
 Martha Dalton confessed that she was beaten. "Still," she said softly, Tt would have been a romantic end- ing" and she shot a mischievous glance at John Clayton. Please finish the letter, MT. Clayton"
 wen go over on the morning train," said he.
 That, said Martha, would give her time to get everything ready.
 Including the pies, reminded Rusty. Not once, since coming to Indian rapolis, had Rusty had the chance to demonstrate the power and accuracy of her right arnl-the arm that had saved Jim from ignominious defeat one day and cracked a head with Q croSuet ball.
 The chance came, however. Fred die Lawrence, he of the flaming mo- | ton picture directorial genius, gave her a chance to put it to the test. Freddie hadn't been around much of late, but Freddie had not forgotten | them.
 The hours that afternoon dragged along on feet of lead for the two girls. Dinner finally over, the girls started for the music room to while away the time. But they did not reach it-just then.
 MT. Frederic Lawrence" an- nounced the old butler in sonorous | tones from his stand in the doorway.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

brought Edna to Prof and her"
 He wanted her, he said, to make her home there, as companion and a kind of chaperon for the girls.
 This" he explained, twill be an honorary position - not that of an employe, of course and I want to put sufficient funds aside in the shape of an endowment so that you never will be embarrassed for want of money.
 i've spoken to the girls about this and it pleases them immensely. So now you see hoy utterly useless it is for you to be talking about going back to Camdenville and to work again. This thing they call work and you, Martha Dalton, have re- versed position. Hereafter instead of work telling you what time to get up in the morning you can now tell work to go plum to hell and ring for yours to be served in bed for you"
 That, it seemed was that. John Clayton had spoken. Martha Dalton was thinking that, after all, there was something in the story about casting a loaf of bread on the waters. II had taken twenty years .for Martha Dalton 10 get hers back But she got hers, all right-served in bed, in case she liked it that way.
 Margaret and Betty Marvin made n their little feminine condolences, the kind they couldn't tell their uncle, i he being a mere man. There was one little confidence. however, that her most durable corkscrew failed to extract. Still, that didn't matter, she consoled herself. It was all in the family, anyhow.
 Letters from Molie Elwell were not as frequent as they had been previous to Jim's accident. Prof did most of the writing these days.
 Most of their own letters were ad- dressed to her, though, and they looked forward to the day when they should see her familiar hand writing on an envelope. It would mean that Mollie Elwell was we'll again.
 When such a letter did make it's appearance one day it was fallen upon eagerly and answered indi- vidually and collectively by all of the house of Clayton.
 The letter bore good ncws-of the 1 Elwclls' homecoming, but to John l Clayton it also brought disappoint- ment. He had expected that Jim might
 1 It read as follows:
 "My dear ones:
 "All things, we are told, come to him who waits Perhaps they come i to her, too, if she has learned to be | a good waiter. Prof says that is ont Of the best things we have been do- i ing since coming east-learning tc
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
THIS TELLS WHY THE BOY IS
 ALWAYS HTNGRY


 BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN tEditor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine).
 Every time 9 muscle moves fuel is burned in the human body. A lumberman tramping through the colI and working constantly will give off about six times the amount of heat given off by banker in warm office who has not even cooled off in getting there.
 A child is much more active than an adult. A normal child plays, runs about, jumps and dances.
 An emaciated, listless child is not normal The healthful child, in order to meet the needs of it's constant activity, will eat far more food and with 8 much better appetite than will the listless one.
 The condition that develops is a vicious circle; because the child is thin and ill, it has little activity and little desire for food. Unless it gets the right amount of the proper kinds Of food, it will not become normal and will continue to avoid food. This does not mean that the sick child should be overfed. The nutrition of the body is an index of it's normality.
 A baby one year old produces to the pound of flesh twice as much heat when asleep as does a full grown man under the same circum- stances.
 An average 75-pound boy actually needs 40 per cent more heat to each pound than does a 150-pound man. The 150-pound man would not need twice as much total food as the boy, but only about 50 per cent more.
 Girls and women require some- what less food for each pound in weight than do boys and mean of the same weight.
 The two demands for food include muscular activity and body growth. It is recognized that the muscular activity of the child is greater in ! general than that of the adult. The demand for growth is also much greater. For instance, the heat output at the age of one year | is the highest of the whole range 1 Of life
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

During the first two weeks of Nurse Dalton's visit at the Clayton home she made three incffectual at tempts 10 impart to her host the in formation that she must return to Camdcuvilie. On the third attempt he stopped he at the beginning.
 NOW, listen worry carefully to me Martha Dalton," he said his Iins smiling but an undertone of real seriousness shading his voice. and forget about this going back 10 the old nursing job and living alone aagin."
 Hc hadn't forgotten, he said, and never should, what he owed her. My sister Edna was very dear to me, even if she did marry against my Judgment, and what you did for her made me your dcbtor for all time. That debt is in the class with the debt l owe Prof and MoIlio. Nothing that l can ever do ever will balance the accounts. But have the right to expect and insist upon being allowed to pay little interest on my ] debts,
 You are very fond of tho girls" ! he continued earnestly. That I ! know, And both of them think the ! world of you. Now, I've been con- . sidcring this matter for q long time
 ever since Mollie Elwell during | her visit here drew for me a word | picture of you as you looked that night twenty years ago when you
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
Quicksands of Love Adele GarrisOn's New Phase of
 ReueLofions Of q Wife

room. Everybody will be looking at them, and we can manage it"
 Her plan went through without a hitch, and five minutes later a taxi cab was whirling us toward home. But while Dicky, was rescuing his hat and topcoat from the check room attendant, Lillian had chance for a whispered colloquy with me in the corridor near the outside door.
 Just what did Leslie say 10 you while you were dancing?" she had demanded. Quick, Every word,'
 Rapidly I had repeated the few sentences which the dancer had ad- dressed to me-couching them in his exact language, something ridi- culously easy for my memory, with the rigid training it had received. Lillian knitted her brows as she listened.
 'H-m." she commented. "One perfunctory compliment for you. and the rest inquiries after Mary and a declaration that he had not seen her for a long time-look here-ask me to go home with you. persist if l demur.
 And then Dicky had come ID to us. and our colloquy had eased abruptly.
 Better tell him where to drop me-" Lillian suggested as we neared the vicinity of the rather shabby apartment hotel in which she lived.
 With the memory of her injunc- ton upon me, l spoke quickly, i'm peratively.
 Wen tell him nothing" l said. You're coming home with us. l haven't seen you for ages-it seems before today, and I've million things to talk over with you"
 "But I can't" she said, T haven't anything"
 "Yes, you have" I laughed. You brought your toothbrush and your favorite brand of face powder with you when you dressed in my room. And I can lend you anything else you need, So keep still and obey"
 You know who drives when one needs must" she laughed, but she made no further protest, and in a few more minutes we were back in the apartment living room.
 Copyright, 1927~ by Newspaper
 Feature Service, Incl
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Who first doth weight and count the cost Will ne'er allow his temper lost.
 Old Mother Nature.

Two of Peter Rabbits most feared enemies were after him over in the Green Forest. One was Reddy Fox; the other Whitey the Snowy Owl, who had come down from the Far North. Reddy alon was bad enough, but now that Whitey had joined in the chase, poor Peter was in a bad way. It didn't seem as if he had much of a chance. If only there had been a good bramble-tangle close by he would have been all right. But the nearest bramble-tangle was still some distance away. It was to this that Peter was trying to get.
 If only there had been low-grow- ing hemlock trees, with their boughs weighted down with snow, growing all the way over to that bramble- tangle, it would have made it much easier for Peter. He wouldn't have had to worry so much about Whitey. When he was under those hemlocks. Whitey couldn't get at him. It was when he had to cross open places that Whitey had his chance. And Peter knew that there was one long open place before he could reach the safety of the ole bramble-t -tangle. How he did dread that! He knew he would have to do some very live ly lodging to avoid those great curved claws with which Whitey would reach for him.
 "Oh, dear!' said Peter to himself, as he peeped out from under the little hemlock tree and looked across to the distant bramble-tangle; "oh, dear! How ever can l get across there? Whitey can fly faster than l can run. But if I stay here. Red dy Fox will catch me. What an aw- ful situation! It looks as if to stay is to be caught, and as if to run is to be caught. I don't see why some folks are so anxious for rabbit din- ner anyhow. It isn't fair for two 10 hunt one. No, sir, it isn't fair What chance has one got against two? Here comes Reddy and I've got to run. I don't see Whitey anywhere. but I suppose he is sitting up in a tree watching. Of course. he may have given up and flown away but such good luck as that is too much 10 expect"
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
IN DESPAIR OVER
 PIMPLY, RED SKIN
ITCEE0 AND bURNED-
 UGLY 10 LOCK AT
Healed al last, quickly and easily

Charlotte, Mich, Oct. 21: -"l have been a sufferer from a most unsightly skin disorder, my face be- ing full of pimples and blackheads and my complexion was very mud dy. It was very ugly to look at as it was red and frey and it annoyed me by itching and burning. l tried many treatments, but got no relief. When 1 was small baby 1 had eczema on my body and my mother used Resinol Ointment on it and she recommended it to me at this time. In desperation l decided to send for a sample of ResinoI. After using the sample l bought more Resinol as l was convinced 1t vas a splendid remedy. After had ap- piled it four times, the pimples be- gan to heal and at the end of two weeks they had entirely disap- pesred. Now, l have such conf dence in Resinol Ointment would not be without it." (Signed) Mrs, Alton D. White, R. F, D. Il.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
Madge and Jack Leslie Get a Great
 Hand at the Night Club

Hand at the Night Club
 did not answer Jack Leslie's comment upon Philip Veritzen's role fo taskmaker. and when he next spoke of 1t. 1t was only to voice a conventional phrase.
 "Please remember me kindly to Miss Harrison he said. and thank you for most wonderful dance."
 He left me at my table a moment later and as he bowed and turned away, I was miserably conscious that all the eyes in the place were turned upon me, and that the next instant there was another storm of ap- plause.
 You have them!" Philip Veritzen exclaimed and I saw at the instant, he was all snowman. And no wonder he added, with a smiling bow to me.
 I saw Dicky's lips set in thin line, then relax, and knew that his wish to play the game had out weighed his jealous choler.
 T knew you could dance, Madge,' he said, looking at me directly, but I never realized that you could do anything like that"
 You'll learn lot about your wife, if you live long enough Lil- lian commented, then she threw verbal bombshell-I guessed with premeditated aim.
 Better get ready to take your bow, Madge," she said. This crowd is certain to vote you the one en- titled to that ridiculous prize idea of Pats.
 "Oh no, mol" I said, panic-strick- on, while Dicky caught back an oath, and Philip Veritzen's face sud- denly held a look of kindly concern.
 I'll hold the fort" he said to Dicky, If you want to get out quickly"
 Dicky's hand went toward the billfold in his pocket. but Lillian spoke in a low peremmptory voice.
 Don't call any attention to our going. Pats likely to detain us. Phil can see to the bill and you can settle with him later, Dacky Bird. Get ready. Madge. We'll slip out while Jack and his new partner are dancing on the opposite side of the
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

Just then Peter made a dreadful discovery. Reddy Fox, instead of following him under the hemlocIl boughs, had been clever enough to run around on the outside and now was almost within Q jump of where Peter sat There was nothing for him to do but run, and run for all his might. With a big jump he started, and Reddy Fox after him, and so close that Peter was sure he felt Reddy's breath. Of course, he didn't, but it seemed so. And then, all in a flash, it seemed, a great white bird was lowering over Peter and reaching down with great curv- ed claws. From the tail of his eye Peter saw the great bird just in time and he dodged in that sudden way of his which has become famous. Whitey the Snowy Owl missed Peter hy hardly more than an inch. His in front of Reddy Fox,
 This was more than Reddv could stand. He felt that Whitey was inter- fering with his hunt. With an angry snarl, Reddy sprang forward and seized one of those great white wings. In an instant. there was a 1 terrible miX-up of red and white Over on his back went Whitey. The other great wing pounded Roddy and pounded him hard. The great claws tore Reddys coat, and Whitey snap ped that great hooked bin Of his in way that was quite dreadful to hear.
 As for Rcddy he was doing his best 10 sink those big teeth of his into the wing of Whitcy. but all he could get was a mouthful of feathers. He couldn't get his teeth into the flesh anywhere. So far a moment or two there was a terrible miX-up of red and white. Peter Rabbit fairly chuckled to himself He would have liked 10 watch that miX-up. but this was h'+ chance and he made the most of if. By the time Reddv and
 Whitoy had had enough of fighting 1 Peter was sale in the old bramble- tanele,
 The next story: Peter Gets Bow ser 10 Chase Him Home"
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
Menus for the Family
(By Sister Mary)

Broakfast-Sliced bananas with canned apricots, cereal, thin creuu. crisp broiled bacon, scrambled eggs. graham toast, milk, coffee,
 LunCheon- Spanish onions stuffed with baked beans. rye bread, spinach salad iallied oranges, fruit cookies milk, tea
 Dinner - Liver sayory, baked macaroni stewed onions. tomato jelly salad, whole wheat rolls, crisp apple pudding milk, coffee
 The woman on farm always has plenty of apples at her disposal and sometimes grows weary of the eter-
New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
VHZV NEA SERVICE NCJ


 To the home of Prof and Mollie Elwell in Camdenville, Ind, one night in October, 1898, Is brought woman who had tainted on pass ing train. That night twin girls are born to her and she dies without re- vealing her name.
 The story then moves forward IS years. The twins have been adopted and named Margaret and Elizabeth. They are called Rusty and Betty.
 Jim Elwell, the son, enlists in the World war. He then discovers that one of the twns loves him.
 He is shell-shocked at Sedan and reported dead. Later he Is identified in New York Hospital and his mother and father hasten to him to find his memory and speech gone. He is like a living dead man.
 The day before his parents are to take him home Jim wanders away from his nurse, Nellie Downing.
 4 frantic search is begun. Late that night he is found in Bellevue hospital, unconscious, his skull frac- tured, expected to die. He had been hit by a truck.
 The twins are in Indianapolis at the home of their uncle. John Clay ton, the mystery of their identity having been cleared up while Jim was in France. John Clayton is mo- tified that Jim, whose life had been despaired of. now has a chance to live. and he speaks of his joy to Martha Dalton. an old friend of the Elwells, and they discuss the possi- blity of Jim's being cured and mar rying Nellie Downing