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The Story Of Beautiful Girl Who Bore the Burdens Of Her
Family and How She Eventually Found True
Love and Lasting Happiness

that would pay anything like
$21 a week"
Her voice trailed off into 81.
lence. 1t would be far more
pleasant to be out here with
Aunt Emily than sitting In Mr..
Peevey's office week after week,
knowing that just across the hall
Millie was doing her best to make
John Nye fall in love with her
and that was exactly
what MilIie would be doing!
Il wish l could come with you,
Aunt Emily" she said again, and
got up from the steps. well,
I've got to run along. It's
almost time for Mothers hot milk
and her sleeping powder"
powderp snorted her young.old
aunt. stuff and nonsensei
That's what it is! II she'd stir
herself around and do a little work
now and then she'd not need any
sleeping powders. Shed be glad to
fall into bed at night and"
1--WE got to go! Sally broke in
sharply. and went. She wouldn't
let anyone-not even Aunt Emily
say a word against her mother.
Poor Mother! WHY, anyone
could look at her and see that she
wasn't well, with all that unhealthy
fat and the puffs under her eyes.
kEN
For a wonder, Beau and MilIie
were at home when Sally got
there. They were scarcely ever at
home for a whole evening.
Mrs. Jerome sat with them at
the dining room table. They had
had their supper and had half
can of sardines and some potato
salad for Sally.
The potato salad was still in the
pasteboard container in which
Beau had brought 1t from the
delicatessen. When Sally was not
at home to get a meal the family
always went to the delicatessen
for what it wanted to eat.
Beau had been smoking num-
berlesS cigarettes. The ends of
them lay before him on a saucer,
and he was reading an ad in the
evening paper when Sally came
into the room.
He looked UP, grinned at her
and went on reading.
Nothing makes a man or girl
so popular as knowing how to play
a musical instrument. Learn to
play a banjo. ukulele, mandolin or
guitar. and be the life of the party
wherever you go. You can buy
one on the instalIment plan
from"
Sally interrupted him. "Beaur'
she said to him. and there was
despair in her voice. PLEASE
don't buy anything else on the in
stallment plan! Look at the stuff
we re trying to pay for now-the
monograph and the radio. And
1t isn't any good now that we've
got itr'
Beau looked from his mother to
Mlllie. You'd think she was nav.
ing for them to hear her rave.
wouldn't you?" he asked. Beau
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I'm going to start by serving
chicken dinners on Sunday.
Everybody tells me I'm a good
cook
You arer' Sally assured her,
But you're good school teacher,
too! And school teaching is such
a nice job-such a ladylike job"
Her aunt shifted. "Yes, and
I've been doing 1t for exactly
% years. and I'm sick of it. 1
want something new-somethng
that I'm not sure / can do.
Something that isn't an old
story! She seemed to bite down
on the words. and through the
blue-gray dusk, Sally could see
her eyes snap with enthusiasm
and energy.
Yes sir.ee-ee she added. with
a nod of her head. "Something
that's going to keep me hop
She turned to the girl sud.
denly. Want to take a chance
with me?" she asked. II have a
notion I'm going to make money
not right at the start, of course
but later on"
Without a seconds hesitation,
Sally shook her head. I'D love
to, but l can't" she said a bit
wistfully. You see, I'm sure of
my job with Mr.. Peevey-I'm
sure of the $21 a week he gives
me. And il you and l didn't
make money at this wayside in
business, don't know where
I'd go to get a part-time Job
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smart you are and everything.
He likes clever girls who have
something on their minds besides
their hats, so he says. I don't
know what he ever did see in
poor little me Do hurry up
with the dishes, Sugar, 80 you
can rinse my hair for me, won't
you? 1 never get the soap out,
and it's always so sticky when
I do it myself. And I DO want
it to look nice for tomorrow
night"
"AlI right" Sally answered alb
sently. She was standing at the
open door of her clothes closet,
looking at a black satin dress she
had been wearing to the office
for almost a year.
THAT dress is just about worn
out" she added. There's a hole
in each sleeve. I don't know
whether I could fix it up or not"
She hung it over the foot of her
bed and went out to- the dining
room.
Mrs. Jerome was still sitting
there, arms crossed over the
pages of the woman's magazine
she was looking through.
'I was just wondering II
could cut the sleeves of that old
black dress of mine," said Sally.
leaning over her shoulder to look
at page of fashion prints. IL
nIn
they say short ones are coming
back into style"
''They are. Just look here"
her mother replied. Here's
picture of a dress with hardly
any sleeves at all. Just tiny
set-in ones. Who's that knocking
at the back door?"
Sally went into the kitchen.
Outside on the back porch stood
Ted Sloan, pipe in mouth, hands
in trousers pockets, silently wait
ing for her to open the screen
door.
Hello" he said shortly, when
he came in and took his usual
seat on one corner of the we'll
scrubbed table. Where were you
tonight?"
She looked up at him with her
clear, eager eyes.
why, out at Aunt Emily's,"
she told him, wondering why he
looked so grim and. serious and
why he seemed so moody and
down-at-the-mouth.
He said nothing more, but
chewed the stem of his pine
thoughtfully while she went in
and out of the room, stacking the
soiled dishes on the sink.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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just after he met Beclty-an
Icy winter morning. And this fel-
low had broken in on chat with
Abelard to tell them something
sordid what was it? Oh
yes, about robbery-the star
who had been his friends sweet
heart and there had
been something, later, about black
mail. Meanwhile
1T was after that I met your
sister," Scarlet continued blithely,
"I remember quite clearly
"A biscuit, Mr.. Scarlett?" said
Nan.
THANK you, they're delicious,
and I'm hungry as a bear. I
was just telling your brother how
I met you. think was walk,
ing down the street with a little
girl from the show--a little girl
with a big voice, Becky McClos-
kew and 1 can't
remember how she ever knew you,
Lady Travers He
watched Estabrook out OF the
corner OF his eye, and had the
The Washington times., 1927-10-05
Beatrice Burton Author of Her Man" The Fapper Wife
and Other Popular Novels, Penned This
Story of Life and Love

part Of the two dollars I let her
have the other day" she said.
Mile laughed. "T. A. g. L"
she answered lightly, "T. A.
G. L"
Mrs. Jerome leaned forward.
What does that meant. A. G.
IT" she asked breathlessly. She
had hard work keeping up with
the slang that Mile and Beau
brought home from the workaday
world.
1T means try and get it,
Sally answered her solemnly. I'm
other words, it means that Mile
has spent it all. and that for that
reason l cant get it from her"
1t certainly does. 1t means
just that. I'll tell the waiting
world" agreed Millie. "It also
means that, since the family is
dead broke. little Millie had better
get busy and wash instead of hay-
ing It done in a beauty shop to-
morrow 1t sure is tough
to be poor, isn't it?"
She got UP. pulling her crepe
kimono tight around her lovely
slenderness. and trailed off into
her own room. Her voice drifted
back to the dining room lazily:
Sally. make some liquid soap
for me. will you. lovey?"
When Millie wanted Sally to do
something special for her she
always called her "Lovey" and
Sugar" and Honey Baby"
Sally rose now at the sound OF
her voice. "All right" she called,
and then turned to Mrs. Jerome.
''Mumsie, don't touch these dishes.
I'll be back to clear them away
just as soon as change my
dress"
"AlI right, guess I'll go and
lie down in the porch swing for
a bit them" sighed Mrs. Jerome,
rising heavily to her feet. II
wish / hadn't eaten a bit Of sup
per. My stomach feels like lead.
She often said this aafter meal.
But she never missed one.
In the bathroom was a glass
fruit jar where Sally saved all
the odds and ends of soap. 1t
was half full now.
She took it into the kitchen and
emptied it into a little kettle with
some water. Then she dropped a
pinch of borax into it and left it
to boil down into liquid shampoo
for Miles hair.
Don't forget to squeeze some
lemon juice into it, too" Mile
said to her when she went into
the bedroom to get into her
bungalow apron. Like most
blondes, Millie had an idea that
lemon juice would help to keep
her hair light. Sometimes she
talked about adding some per-
oxide to the rinse-water, too, but
so far she had not done it.
How to keep her hair was one
of life's great problems to Millie.
So was the kind of lip-stick to
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began to brush the crumbs up
into a little heap.
''Well. Beau" she began, after
a minute, "I don't suppose it IS
any OF my business IL you want
to buy a guitar. only"
She stopped for a second and
emptied the contents of her little
leather coin purse upon the table,
cloth.
Here's all the money we have
to last all week, and this is only
Wednesday
There were four dollar bills and
some loose silver. Sally scooped
it up into her palm and dropped
it back into the little purse.
Her troubled blue eyes went
from Beau to Millie, who was
languidly smoking a cigaret and
dropping the ashes into her empty
soffee cup.
II may have to ask Millie for
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ADVICE TO LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax

why do you not ask him to the
next informal party you give at
your home? Or you might invite
him to your home for dinner some
evening. 1t would be a good
idea to cook the dinner yourself.i
Make 1t simple, but very good.
No man thinks less of q girl for
being an expert cook and home
maker. But don't pretend to be
domestic unless. you are.
Give him a comfy time and
get him to talking about the
things that interest him most.
When he leaves ask him to come
again. If he finds YOU congenial
he will be only too glad to come
often.
Do not frighten him away by
getting sentimental. Let him take
the lead when it comes to love.
Perhaps he Is not ready to settle
down yet to any one girl.
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use, the brand Of perfume, the
right shade of powder.
She gave long. contented hours
to her beauty-rubbing cold cream
into her fresh skin-blackening
her brows and lashes-polishing
and pointing her finger nails.
But she never sewed a button
on her clothes. never mended
single pair of her gauzy stock
ings, never cleaned a pair of her
little slippers. 1t fell to Sally to
do all of these things for her,
just as she did them for Beau
and for Mrs. Jerome.
I'm going out for dinner to-
morrow night with Jimmy David
son." MiIlie announced, leaning
close to her mirror to ispect a
tiny redness on her forehead.
Dear me, 1 wonder If that's a
hive or a mosquito bite" she
murmured, half to herself, scowl-
ing at it.
Then she went on: "He's a
wonderful guy, Sally. / want you
to meet him some time
I've told him all about you. How
The Washington times., 1927-10-05
By RAYNER SEELIG

glittering under the mesh Of her
lashes. said: You'll have a cup
Of tea. won't you? Or shall it
be a highhall? I remember YOU
never cared for tea. She dared
not look at her brother. She
thanked God because Boris, al
ways sensitive to strain. took up
the difficult burden OF talk.
Estabrook, puzzled and angry,
racked his brain for the Elusive
recollection. It was true, obvious
~, that Nan had known this feI-
low, but where, when, how?
Scarlett was aware OF the dan.
ger lurking behind Estabrook's
brooding taciturnity. He said cas-
lily: Il don't suppose you remem-
ber me, Mr.. Estabrook
tea will do nicely, Lady Travers
with lemon, please
I met you at Abe
lard's. A long time ago 1t. was,
too.
"Of course-I remember now
Estabrook did, with a throb of
retrospective pain. It had been
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always pretended that he was pay.
ing for everything in the flat. In
his own mind. he was the head of
an expensive and extravagant
family.
Mrs. Jerome did not answer him.
Neither did Millie. They
both knew who was paying for the
radio and the phonograph.
1t was not Beau, for all his
brave talk.
1t was Sally, of course.
CHAPTER TX
Beau glanced up from his news.
paper sullenly.
II don't know why It's any of
your business whether buy
myself guitar or not" he said.
You don't have to pay for it,
do your :.
Sally did not answer him at
once. She dropped down into a
chair beside the untidy table and
The Washington times., 1927-10-05
What Has Happered $50 Ear;

JEROME clever and pretty is the prOp and msn
family
arated for nine years.
The family consists MRS.
LE and Sally herself Mrs.
town
In the flat below the Jerome flat lives young
love with Sally Mrs Jerome is dreadfuIy afraid that Sally
him
non The only man in whom she interested JOHN
scarcely knows him. " -
On hot Monday morning in
with the news that she's left her JOB because the
he was fresh with MIe
this H reason although Beags girl MABEL
son Me quits do
a thrill" - ' S9S ""'"'h
ie catches glimpse decides to run over and
mn ne needs stenOgrapher Sally
asks her II Of He
us one IO the one who has been working
tells
fingers = 80 - '"0 ""i's snap Vi "er
ies not home when she s however and he
make preparations
nr nat the next night Sally provide
and fruit
az mldngm Mle home evenings pleasure and
Saiy begins to tell her about Nye's job. F' $50
NOLU Go On With The SfOru
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
Steamed Peach Pudding

Two cups flour. AZ teaspoons
baking powder. one-halt teaspoon
salt, three tablespoons fat, one
cup milk, one cup sliced peaches,
canned or fresh.
Combine the ingredients to make
a batter, reserving one-hah cup
Of the flour to dredge the peaches.
Add the floured peaches to the
batter and turn into a buttered
mould. Steam " hours. Serve
with sauce made from the peach
juice II canned peaches are used,
or with cream. The pudding may
be steamed in baking powder cans
or in small moulds.
The Washington times., 1927-10-05
A Vanished Floor

For those who like a rather dun
finish and have a varnish ON the
floor, the following mixture will
be found a reliable one for keep
ing it in order: Mix together one
gill each Of raw linseed oil, tur-
pentine, and vinegar. Shake well,
and before applying have the
floor well swept and busted, using
a woolen cloth. Finish off with
a clean. soft duster.
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Invite Him TO Dinner
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- ! am in love with young
man about eight years my senior.
He seems to think lot Of me,
but does not ask for any dates.
/ have been out with him sev.
eral times. He always treats me
nicely, but does not seem to want
me for a steady friend. He does
not go with any other girls. He
does not pet like the average
young man. admire him for
that. Please tell me how can
win his love. BILLIE.
VoU can win his love only by
= being yourself, Btllie--your
most charming. lovable self,
Have you asked him to come
to see you? That is your priv
ilege as a woman, you know.
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Thts Dan iin on Historv

THE of the Thames River Canadal fought
October commanded by Tecumseh
who killed in that battle The Indians fled and did not again
organize against the United States in the war OF 1872
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The Coffee Tastes
So Good Because
The Flavor IS Roasted In

GOOD eoffeci Ths very thought of
NJ II. fragrant and tasteful, makes
one long for Steanling cup. But there
are 90 many coffee-nnakinR failuresl
IIiow can a housewife be surs of good
coffee every time coffee which really
brings to the table that ravishinR
aroma you smell round q roasting
soveni
The Dwinell- Wright Company. Fro
ducers and roasters Of White House
Coffee; have found the answer. As 4
result of 20 years Of embarrassing
sexperience. they have developed &
embarrassing process that Yoasts
aNe faUor n.
Special methods Of eontrol advanca
ths roasting Of White House Coffee
DWINETJ u7p !
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What DO You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
Questions on Editorial Page.

Questions Editorial Page
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Belgium T. Italy 8. India Mexico 10. Germany IL
Carolina 12 Fireworks 13. Hawaiian Islands, Premium
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Where WOLVES Still Roam,

fFEk WISCONSIN still has wolves County estimate
from bounty payments that they becoming
Gus The recent Legislature refused increase bounes
believing farmers needed no further incentive
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without allowing the precious coffee
oils to eyaporate. These oils, develop
ing IN the roast, produce the mellow
fragrance and flavor that make good
coffee 50 satisfying.
In the White House ovens, the natural
coffee goodness is roasted to definite
peak just enough to perfect the
full coffee taste, but not enough to
drive the life of the coffee out Of the
beans. Thus the flavor is roasted into
White House Coffee and not out into
the air.
1t you want to serve coffee that tostes
40 good as fine coffee smells whenit's
roasting, order Write House Coffee,
The Flavor Is Roasted Inl
GHT COMPANY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
Association Test

The purpose Of this test is to as
sociate a name with the correct one
Of tho four words which follow It.
Underline the word which you be-
Heve is the most directly asso-
ciated with the name and check your
list with the correct answers on
page IA:
1-Mischa Elman: /, violihist; 2,
pianist; 3, singer; 4, composer.
Back to Methuselah": l, Eu-
gene O'Neill; 2, George Kelly; 8,
James; 4. George Bernard Shaw.
S-Cheyenne: 1. Nevada; 2, Utah:
3, Wyoming; 4, lowe.
+"Siegfrted"i l. Goethe; q, Wag-
ner1 8, Rossini; I, Bizet.
@T1res; 1. tractors; 3, aufono-
biles; 8, wagons; 4, yachts.
6-James Oliver Curwoodi /, GO
tor; 2. author; 8. picture director; 4.
explorer.
7-Tepee: 1, Indians; 3. Egyp-
tians; 3, ships; 4, animals.
S-Decade; 1. time; 2, distance; 3,
art; a, machinery. e..
9-"Sorrows Of SATAN; l. Ronald
Colman; 2. Lillian Gish; 8, Adolphe
Menjou; 4, Constance Talmadge.
10-Oboe: 1, warfare; 2, sports; 8.
mythology; 4, music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11

Taking the politics out of the city government
an advance that is needed more badly as politics
lore and more shows it's grip upon municipal
bntrol.
Sudden shifting of the corporation counsel who
hd tried to protect the people and who showed con-
lderable courage in bringing suit against his SUI
briors for huge sums collected under the Barrett
wv is not at all reassuring
His removal would have been bad enough, but
hen his successor is known largely for his political
tvties and his peculiar usefulness to the boss of
be local machine, the situation is worse
Indianapolis has too long been viewed as polit-
bal asset by political parties The cost is becoming
burdensome that it's industries its residents and
S commercial houses are in rebellion.
The manipulation of payrolls, purchases of sup
Hes giving of contracts for political purposes are
p paid for by the people,
There u.s. of course, more reason why city
pvernment should be either Republican or Demo
Fatic than there is why it should be Methodist or
hptist brunei blonde vegetarian or carnivorous
ink of all officers in terms of national parties that
be people have consented to the election of city
Ulcers on national party tickets.
The one way of escape is through the modern
|ethod of adopting city manager system which
|lts the business affairs of the city in the hands
an expert in city affairs, not in the hands of
kpert politicians and ward heeers.
There Is popular demand for this change
I'D this change at Under the laws of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
"A WORD FROM CHAPLIN

None Of us has much, Jim-were all lot OF
lids afraid Of the dark-and we're glad when day
'ght comes It's no good to have fifty million people
now you-when--
There's not much difference in any of US
bore money-rore bother-more people you don't
ant to see-moneyu bring you just another kind
grief-that's ALL"
Charles Spencer Chaplin speaking-talking to
HIS friend Jim Tully.
They've said 1t again and again-the great and
be famous and the rich Of all times-that money
I'D fame are not alwsys happiness givers.
But still the masses strain and struggle and
|veat inch by inch toward those goals as summum
pnum Of life.
It will take even more than adored Charlie
|haplin, to the than most celebrities
tho bespeak the snare and deluson Of fame and
honey, to divert this human energy into other
hannels of thinking and doing
There is not one of who does not answer
|harlie with I'D try to stand it. Just give
nance at money and fame and I'll take care of my
hppiness, thank you"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
PinChot Serves

Governor Pinchot has refused to
certify William S, Ware as having
been duly chosen by the qualified
electors of Pennsylvania" to the
United States Senate, which is the
customary form.
Instead he has issued a certificate
that says "On the face of returns,
Ware appears to have been duly
chosen"
To make this substitution of
phrases more damning the Governor
declares in a letter to Vice President
Dawes that Vare's nomination was
partly bought and partly stolen, and
Chat frauds committed in his inter
est have tanned both the primary and
the election"
If anything were needed to kill
Wares chance of being seated, Gov
ernor Pinchot has contributed it, and
not only Pennsylvania, but the en-
tire country owes him something for
doing so.
Political conceptions such as Ware
represents have become too common
for the public good. Nothing can
prevent their becoming more com
mon, however, except the denuncia-
ton of honest men.
1t takes courage for Republican
Governor to say that the nomination
and election of a Republican Senator
were brought about by such crooked
methods as to make them doubtful,
but this kind of independence and
fearlessness is the only thing that
can save American politics from be-
ing swamped by the abuse of money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11

Our Music Situation Is Secure'-Pierre Key

in musical appreciation and ad-
vancement. l have always stood
up for the power of the photograph
as one Of the most marvellous
means for every citizen to get
great music into the home.
Orchestra Conditions
Mr.. Key rightly points out the
danger to the future of some of our
symphony orchestra. He states that
a. crisis impends and he states sew.
eral grave dangers. But all seems
to be well with the more leading
symphony orchestras in New York.
Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago. Gin.
cinnad, Cleveland, Detroit, st. Louis,
Minneapolis, Los Angeles and San
Francisco, he states.
He considers at length the prog
ress Of opera in this country-such
as the Metropolitan and the Chicago
Civic Opera
And this is true when he states,
Glance into our public schools,
those of you who are music doubt
ers. Behold there boys and girls
happy in their music studies.
In this music annual you will find
a complete and honest discussion Of
the music condition in other coun-
tries.
1t also contains data on many of
the leading singers, concert soloists,
symphony orchestra, grand opera
singers, critics, musical organiza-
lions and the like in this country.
Keys new music year book is a
credit to both the book world as
we'll as the music world.