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shall 1 try to be contented
with things as they are?
"Will you please give me some
advice on this subject"
agree with you, my dear,
that it is cheap to go to a darce
with girls, then let a young man
escort you home. 1t is muca
more dignified to go and return
with the same group. If among
the girls there is one older woman
to act as chaperon, so much the
better.
Having a great many "dates"
means little so far as enduring
friendships, lasting love and hap.
py marriage are concerned.
And. after all, these are the ing
prizes, are they not?
Many girl has half dozen
! beaux dancing attendance one
season, then finds herself the next
year without beau. A wise girl
places. high value on herself,
makes herself as attractive and
interesting as she can, then enjoys
light heartedly any good times
that come her way, even though
her dates may at times seem few
and far between.
The great majority Of happily
married women were not tire.
mendously popular social favorites
in girlhood, but they were so
wholesome, sweet, and well.
balanced that they won the ad.
miring friendship Of a few men
and the adoring love Of one man.
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
By Beatrice Fairfax

s girl a failure socially unless
4 she has more dates" than
she knows what to do with?
Should she make herself unhappy
because dates" are few and far
between?
These are questions that aKitate
A Good Listener" and doubtless
many other girls also. as she sug.
gests in her letter.
Dear Miss Fairfax" writes
"Good Listener" ct seems to me
that nearly all the girls know
have the same problem have.
Once you gave me some good
advice. so I am begging YOU for
more.
II am 10. I am not beautiful,
but I am not bad to loci at.
/ am considered a very good
dancer. ] read all the papers,
can play the ukulele and am q
good swimmer.
= year ago was very popu-
lar. ! knew lots of nice young
men. They invited me to the
theater or a movie once in a
while. Some would call on me
odd nights and take me motoring,
But now it's different. / go to
dances with other girls. I still
go big at a dance. We always
have plenty of chances to 20
home with young men. but we
seldom do so. I think that looks
cheap. don't you!
Why don't young men ask to
take a girl to a dance instead of
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guilty and now She knew her love
for him was undying.
"You shielded me-" she said
huskily. If ! had told the truth
-
''Not' he said. There's moth.
ing in that, it was of no impor.
lance. You heard what Coleman
said. ! wanted to keep you out
of it, that's all. 1t would have
made no difference to me what.
ever"
''Ah, don.tg' she said, piteously,
''you are trying to shield me still"
"Cynthia-my dear, my dear"
he said huskily, his hand on her
shoulder, mo more of this. Have
] reproached you? You are the
last person in the world can
blame and understand"
"You-understand 2"
"Of course, I do. You were
lonely-miserable your
ideals had been smashed to pieces
and defiled. And when that hap
pens, there's very little left worth
living for. You didn't care what
happened to you and
Mulholland, who is a man with
an indomitable will and no prin.
ciples in the world, inveigled or
coerced you into marriage. What
means he took / don't know and
do not ask you"
His hand fell to his side.
Fate has played strange tricks
with us. Cynthia. And it is best
not to explain. / tell you this,
/ love you. and shall never love
any other woman. You are lust
my world to me. And you are
Mulholland's wife. To many
people that would mean little or
nothing. But not to you. Gym.
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THE door swung open as a
though it were Robert Master.
toms right to enter that house.
Cynthia led the way into the long
drawing room on the left, the
door closed and when thew were
alone together she threw her
60 him.
It seemed to Masterton that he
nad never seen her so gloriously
beautiful, in spite OF her pallor.
ana the shame and self-accusa.
! ton in her eyes.
Listen, Robert" she said. ssfor
PHYS sake let me speak, before
! you say a word"
She plunged into a broken med.
ley Of words-it was not a defense.
1t was a cry Of pain. She did not
try to justify herself at all. She
said nothing Of MulholIand; It was
her own madness in having doubt.
ed him that she dwelled upon. And
It was all incoherent, it was utterly
unlike Cynthia. The pitifulness Of
1t was like knife thrust into Rob.
ert's heart.
Stop, Cynthia--stopw he said.
All this can be left unsaid and
, forgotten! You believed me guilty
my dear girl, what else could
you believe? The whole world be.
heved it--on the facts and the
trial. Cynthia, my own mother
would have believed 1t, il she were
living. Twill not have you blame
yourself at all"
Undying Love
Cynthia looked at him, and a sob
rose in her throat. Such gener.
osity seemed more than human,
But she had loved him, despite all
denials when she had believed him
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
TO WRITTEN
SINKS

DERHAPS you are troubled by
i the tendency Of the white sink
to discolor. Often too harsh
abrasives have been used; and
once the scratching is deep
enough the rough surface traps
more and more soil. Mild soap
suds are the best routine treat
ment.
Occasionally the iron in the
water supply may appear as gray
discoloration, deepening to purple.
Use jayelle water, obtainable at the
drugstore, or hydrogen peroxide If
the area is not too large. Don't
try to scotr off the marks from
metal pans and cooking utensils;
they win yield best to a hot soap
washing. - From Delineator for
February.
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Il am going to tell you some.
thing ! couldn't tell anyone else
in the world" she answered. "but
it concerns you first and it's your
right to know it."
She told him, in a quiet level
voice, for she had mastered and
recovered herself, the story of her
wedding and the accusation that
had been placed in ner hands.
: Roberts eyes cleaned for the
fraction Of second, and then be.
came perfectly expressionIess.
"Ah," he said, under his breath,
Il did not know 1t had gone as far
as that" He turned to her again.
Can YOU remember the wording
OF this message you speak of?''
There was little likelihood she
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was as though he had raised a
barrier about him.
Tell meg' she insisted. do
You believe it. Robert? Have you
any proofs-any evidence?"
No Presfs
mo" he replied. 1T have-no
proofs. None"
Nor II And I can never dare
again to condemn anyone on sus-
picion. It is an anonymous charge
IA cruel. cowardiy thing. 1t is as
terrible, Robert. az the accusation
made against yourself, which was
false and has now been shown to
be false What right have
] to Judge? have judged once al.
ready, and the judgment has re-
colled on me-"
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you see some one else smile! That's
what happened to them. And no
sooner had they smiled than the
worry or confusion or disappoint-
ment, or whatever bothered them,
didn't seem so important as it had
seemed.
Perhaps the smiling motion was
Involuntary. But while the motion
which expresses emotion may be
wholly mechanical or even down.
right insincere, the use of the mo-
ton produces the emotion!
Are you justified in taking" Q
smile?
OF course you are! Try it. You'll
see!
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
Tasty Tarts

II me a pie.plate with q good
~ rich pastry or pie crust. Half
fill with cooked meat cut in small
pieces. Well,seasoned fricassee,
poultry, veal or cold boiled ham
or tuna fish are excellent. Add
thickened gravy or. white sauce
just TO cover. Bake until crust
Is half done. While crust is bak.
ing. stir together two tablespoons
melted butter, two eggs, little
milk or cream and grated cheese.
Spread this mixture over pie and
bake Is to 20 minutes. From De.
lineater for February.
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rim of her eyes. and then smiles
through them!
Wot 3 giftl
No red nose or swollen eye.
lids, no sniffling-just a dab at
the tip Of her powdered, tilted
little nose with her tiny per-
fumed hanky. No matter how
unreasonable her demands, they
are granted instantly!
The siren Of uncertain years
who relies upon her super-sophis.
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Now, do you understand how
things are with me? II have moth.
ing but this against Jim; it sepa.
rates us, it Is unproven. and he
denies 1t. He is my husband, and
his name Is my name. | have to
clay fair, to play the game. 1.
can't break with Jim--bid him CO.
why 1t would be turning him adrift
on the world. which would soon
point its finger at him and con.
denim him. when he had no de-
fence.
There wasn't any coercion in
this marriage; or IL there was
consented to 1t with open eyes-if
my eyes were blind, so much the
worse for me. The charge is
neither proved nor disproved, and
there are times when / feel sorry
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E Il
thia. nor to me We aren't
made that way, you and IT,
That is true" she said. 1--WE
cannot cheat. We must leave
that to the other side"
In Name Only
She rose ana looked at him,
quite steadily now.
Jim is my husband" she said,
Gin name only"
She knew in her heart there
was no need to tell him that,
but she was glad she had said 1t.
II did not suppose of course
you could be happy with this
man; but IL he Is making you
unhappy, causing you any suffer
ing-tb~ -Egh he is your husband
I It endure it,"
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
By Lucy Lowell

660MILEw said the placard in
y big red letters.
1t hung in the corridor where
everybody who passed-and there
were dozens Of them-had to see 1t.
A man came by with a face like
a rainy Sunday. You could see
that he'd just about decided that
everything is rotten and good.
three-coEnered crouch all he had
left to depend on.
He saw the placard, scowled at
1t, stopped in his tracks. He took
off his hat and rubbed his chin.
The corners Of his mouth began
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AdUice For the LOUeLOrn

just asking to take her home?
Would young men like me better
il / were more quiet? Would L
have more dates If stayed at
home more?
81 am neat looking. work
for my living. l come from a
good family, but we are poor.
Perhaps that is the reason
haven't more dates.
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
Care Of Plants

INDOOR plants need more mois-
ture In the air than is. sup
piled by the ordinary heated
house. says Nature Magazine. To
make UP for this lack. spray the
leaves with water every bright
day, and place 4 pan Of water
near the radiator Or register that
the evaporation may make the
room healthier for both plant and
man.
The Washington times., 1927-02-18

great-eyed. and-and--so ador-
able!
And-oh, dear--of course you
know the stuff the girl pulls who
is. just great big kidt'' AL.
ways so roguish and romping and
full OF fun and pep. Ready for
anything!
So impulsiye. Plays with dolls
the ornamental sort-and just
makes the tired business man
marvel how llnspoiled and child
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
The Trials Of a Man Falsely Accused Of
a Great Crime and How He Came
Back Is Graphically Told
Read This First |,

Through plot engineered NuIholIand and five aides
snss Suan Femme and Xereke Robert Maston
e Aants prison His miiOnaire grandfather
geleve beautiful
nowes e sreaty affected by the verdict The pers
and sentenced TO three in Atlanta
tnt her love i0r Masterton dead and her life
leaves million dollars
lana VIC brualy rusts him aside hours after Cynthia Is
ae receives note accusing
ui0land Of
me iocks hum out Of her room VeFeke dying prison. offers
pE0gha Nlastert0n
csye after giving him names the conspas Masterton sol
tMhs ne VIII the
ssncs nto hs own hands Back u Masterton befrends
DOCKING
Cynthia He
VD ~ and declines offer to take
NOsO Go On With The Story.
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would ever forget it: she gave him,
accurately enough, the gist OF the
note which Mulholland had tossed
into the fire.
Masterton was unjustly condemn.
ed he owes his conyic.
ton to a very skilfully concocted
plan OF Jim Mulholland's. who
reaped a double reward
thousands for the coup itself, be.
sides the fortune he acquires by
his marriage
is there any truth in this. Rob-
ert?" she said.
He did not answer. She scanned
his face. breathless with expect
ancy, but his features were as cold
and expressionless as q stone. It
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
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will interfere with their boudoir
beauty. Oh, yes. It's quite
proper to receive callers for tea
when one is indisposed and Nom
mer Is present-and to have them
find you, oh, so prettily propped
up on the chaise lounge in the
dearest. cunningest little babyish
jackets with swansdown trim.
ming, and little lacy bonnets with
rosebuds and bows perched over
curls, looking little pale and
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; ticated manner to interest young
men who wish to appear ultra
worldly and bored is just as
successful.
Nothing is quite so restful and
wrinkle. Graduating as to assume
mysterious, sphinx.like pose. 1t
calls for much sitting. little talk.
ing, no laughing and no enthu.
siasm,
You can't blame the girls for
not bobbing their hair when it
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for Jim. who has to bear the
weight Of 1t. And so we
live here, nominally man and wife.
He goes his way-and I go mine"
"You have put it very clearly"
said Masterton. He did not look at
her, and his face was drawn and
gray.
Her voice broke.
What are we to dor. she said.
Il cannot bear it much longerl
Robert. What is to be done2
What is 10 be done?" echoed q
voice.
The portiere opened. and Null
holland stood in the doorway.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
BY Fay King

NHEY are certainly getting
i away with it!
The girl who knows that she
looks pretty when she cries-she
cries just a teeny. weeny bit-can
think Of something sad, some.
thing that viii make her cry
any time, any place. She just
brings the tears dancing to the
The Washington times., 1927-02-18

like she il. So helpless without
mommer- writes such cunning
letters in a childish scrawl-and
saves those you write herl
I've known kindly rich old
gentlemen who took a "fatherly"
interest in these dear little crea.
lures to find themselves in court
being sued and sworn at by these
dimpled darlings and their Nom
meri
Sounds absurd doesn't it,
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
WeII-KnOwn Weather Signs

HALO round the after weather indicates storm:
morning rainbow Is regarded presagng rain and an
evening rainbow, the contrary promises fair weather red
sunrise often indicates wet weather.
The Washington times., 1927-02-18
This Day in Our History

THIS day February 1892 Of the greatest
fires Of the time The catastrophe took place in New
Orleans where portion Of city broke into flames causing
The Washington times., 1927-02-18

A land-hungry nephew announced that he had
had 4 dream in which Washington gave him
parcel of land. Washington heard him out,
smiled-and few days later handed the deed
to his nephew. It was striking proof that
dreams do sometimes come true.
The Washington times., 1927-02-18

Mary E. Dodge
Francis Scott Key
George Barr McCutchgnn
Frank Stockton
Henry James
Owen Wister
The Washington times., 1927-02-18

Oil the springs your mental machine by daily drill with these
questions: -
Evening star., 1927-09-18

DR.. and Mrs. Louis Lehr. who are in
their house at $500 Thirtieth street
for short stay, will sail Saturday
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Branch Valley and the picturesque
region around Romney:
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip NJ. Julien and
family, who have been at the Lake
Placid since the first of July. will
return to Washington in October.
Miss Mary Page Julien has taken an
active part in the sport events at the
resort, and has been extensively en-
tertained during her stay there.
Dr.> and Mrs. r.. A. Clark, who
have been spending the Summer
along the Lakes of Muskoko. Canada.
have returned to their home on
Underwood street. They motored
back by the way Of Lake Champlain,
whore they picked up their son Ken
meth, who was camping at st. Adams
Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Shellenberser
and their daughter, Miss Marguerite
Shellenberger. have completed a two
week tr ipto New England and the
White Mountains. and are at their
home on Tenth street They were
accompanied on the tour by Mrs. NJ.
T.. F'urr and her daughter, Miss
Martha Furr of Cleveland Park. The
party stopped en- route to Washing
ton to visit Mrs. Shellenberger's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Boswell. at Utica. y. u.
Mrs. Ray Snodgrass. who recently
returned to her apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel after passing
the Summer at Sherwood Forest, left
yesterday for Cleveland, where she
will he the guest Of Mrs. Mark
Hanna. III. going from there to
Akron to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rockwell. She will return about the
first of October.
Mr.. and Mrs. William !. Lavarre
have returned from stay of month
at Virginia Beach.
Mr. and Mrs Blair Lee and Mr..
and Mrs. Brooke Lee are guests at
the Gibson Island Club today. having
motored down from Washington.
Mr. and Mrs, Edward F. Colladay
are spending the week end at the
Gibson Island Club.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Mr. and Mrs. Henri de Sibour and
baby Helene are passing the month of
September Al Nentnor. y. j., where
they have taken a cottage
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Mrs. Joseph II. S. Bennett, widow
of the late DR.. Bennett of New York
and Washington. will spend the Win.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Nation Leaders Wcnd Way
Back to Posts in Capital

continued from Fourth Page.l
Gently returned from a trip abroad.
will so 10 Vermont Tuesday to visit
Miss Frances Hopkins for two weeks.
She will re Join her mother, Mrs. David
r. Blair. at the Wardman Park Hotel
upon her return.
Miss Patricia Dent, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Porter w. Dent of 2935
Cathedral avenue. has returned from
a months visit in Toronto, Canada
Mr. Dent is chief counsel and assistant
commissioner Of the United States
Reclamation Service
Mr.. and Mrs. GrosVenor r. Backus
will sail from Europe sundays sSeptem-
Der %. aboard the Ma ieStic for New
York and are expected to arrive about
the first of October. Mrs. Backus will
go to her |ummer home at Dublin
y. FL, before coming to Washington
for the Winter.
Col. and Mrs. Edward Clifford re-
short stay al Hot Springs, where they
went by motor.
Mrs. George T. Marye, who has
been with her son-in-law and daugh.
ter. Mr. and Mrs. William d. Thomas,
at Graystone for fortnight. left
Washington the first of the week for
her home in Rurlincame, Calf. My.
and Mrs. Marye will remain in Bur
lingame until the late Autumn before
coming TO Washington 10 open their
house on y street. Mrs. Marye made
the flying visit to Washington because
Of the serious illness of her baby
gra nddaughter. who is now on the
road to recovery.
Mr.. Harry Wardman. who arrived
on the Olympic Wednesday. has re-
turned to his home on Connecticut
avenue after spending six weeks
abroad with Mrs. Wardman and their
daughter, Miss Helen Wardman.
They spent several weeks at the Park
Lane Hotel in London. later going to
Bournemouth, England. and lie Tou.
get, France Miss Helen Wardman
will re-enter her school at Neuilly-
sur-Seine this month, where she is in
her final year.
Mrs. Joseph Bley, who has been
visiting DR.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. MacPher-
son at Clyde House, Wolverhampton.
England, following an extended tour
on the continent. will sail on the
George Washington from Southamp-
ton September 20. She will be accom-
panied by Miss Ella Shields, English
actress, and upon her return will join
Mr.. Bley in their apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Wallace ChiSwell motored to
Gibson Island yesterday to join Mrs.
Chiswell for the week end. and was
accompanied by his brother.in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Fenton F. Leith.
Mrs. Chiswell will close her cottage
at Gibson Island next week and re-
turn to the Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Frances Hill. debutante daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Phillips Hill.
who has been at Wakefield Manor
with her mother for several weeks,
will return to Washington at the end
of the month.
DR.. and Mrs. Louis Lehr. who are in
their house at $500 Thirtieth street
for short stay, will sail Saturday
Evening star., 1927-09-18

continued from Fourth PaCel
Evening star., 1927-09-18
PLAN WOMEN'S PARLEY.
Shanghai Club Members to Attend
Pan-Pacific Conference.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI-The joint committee
Of the Shanghai Women's Clubs has
decided to send representatives to the
Pacific Women's Conference to be
held in Honolulu. Hawaii, June 1923,
1928
The Shanghai delegation will be diff
ferent from that of any other group
attending the conference, as the body
will not represent any one country.
but all nationalties represented in the
women's clubs of Shanghai.
Much interest is being shown by the
local women's clubs in the coming con
ference. The committee is concerning
itse'f al present with determining the
personnel of the delegation to the con
ference.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. CYRUS Whitney Culver
and their two small sons have re-
turned from Seneca Lake. y. Y, where
they spent the Summer.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

aboard the Paris for Europe. They
will be absent until Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson Smith
Howell. jr., will return TO EvermaY,
in Georgetown, the middle of October,
after spending some time in Europe.
Mrs. w. 4. Moore of oakland.
Calf, formerly of this city. is making
a visit of two months with her sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Deards at Fontanet
Courts.
Miss Elizabeth Dove has returned
to ashington after spending the
Summer in Paris and London.
Mr. Franklin La Narre has returned
to Washington after tour of France,
Switzerla nd and Austria. Miss Lucille
La Varre will remain in Paris unIl
Autumn.
Mrs. Henry Trevor Cook has re-
turned to her apartment in the Wyo-
ming after an absence Of six weeks.
Mrs. Henry Leonard and her daugh-
ter. Miss Nell Thoron. will come to
Washington this week from New
Hampshire, where they spent the
Summer. Maj. Leonard. who is in
Colorado. will return some time in
October Maj. and Mrs. Leonard prob
ably will present Miss Thoron to so
ciety this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Whitney Culver
and their two small sons have re-
turned from Seneca Lake, y. Y, where
they spent the Summer.
Miss Charlotte Leroy Glover is
passing few days in Washington at
the Mayf1ower as she returns to her
home in New Yore City, having spent
the last two weeks visiting historic
old homes in Virginia. Miss Glover is
accompanied by Mrs. Thomas l..
Maxey of Austin, Tex. who will be
her guest in New York for a short
time before going back South.
Mr. and Mrs. Henri de Sibour and
baby Helene are passing the month of
September at Nentnor. y. j., where
they have taken a cottage
Mrs. Joseph II. S. Bennett, widow
of the late DR.. Bennett of New York
and Washington. will spend the Win.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Miss Frances Hill. debutante daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Phillips Hill.
who has been at Wakefield Manor
with her mother for several weeks,
will return to Washington at the end
of the month.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

good housewives than those of today,
Mrs. Joseph Gawler declares.
She bases her conclusion upon a
nationwide survey of home econom.
les teaching recently made by her as
chairman of the home economics di-
vision of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs.
The much criticized fiapper. she
finds. is displaying more interest
than her mother did in methods that
will make her good home-builder.
Despite eccentric barbering. man.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

ter at the National Park Seminary,
Forest Glen. Md. where she will ar
rive after October /.
Mrs. Elmer Noland and her dauch-
tors, Thelma and Doris. have returned
To South Bend. Ind. after visit of
several weeks with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs l.. G. Kelly, 431 Rtten-
house street.
Mai. and Mrs. Samuel Burleich
Milton are motoring in the mountains
of West Virginia. and have visited
historic family sites of the South