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IDENTIFYING
INFANTS

Three separate systems Of iden-
LITIGATION are used at st. Marks
Hospital. in New York city, to
identify infants. AS soon as the
baby is born, prints Of Its right
foot are taken on blank. On
the same sheet of paper finger
prints Of the mothers right hand
are recorded. While one nurse
takes charge of the finger and
footprinting, another places a
string of beads around the baby's
neck, sealing the string together
with lead seal.
These special beads are stamped
with the letters Of the alphabet,
so that the baby's name is spelled
out and thereby forms an &C.
curate means Of Identification.
Before the baby leaves the birth
room for the nursery. marker
is placed around it's right wrist.
This marker consists Of adhesive
tape lined with flannel, so that it
will not chafe. On the outside Of
the tape is linked the mothers
full name, the history plumber
and the sex of the child. Each
child Is then placed in the nursery
in a separate crib, the crib is
marked with card giving the
essential data for Identification.
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Were going to keep him only
until the wedding, Cy," said Mrs.
Lexington not answering his
question, $50 please don't fuss.
You have only one daughter,
you know"
That had always been her
chorus when she wanted things
for Lily or the house that had
to be beautiful and luxurious
because IT, was Lily's home.
We're doing 1t for Lily, Cy."
And 50 he had always done what
she wanted, no matter how hard
he had to struggle to keep his
head above the floor Of debts.
Lily went to sleep that night
to the sound OF pickering in the
library below her room-her
fathers low, 4 protesting voice,
and her mothers quick. angry
tones.
Perhaps Sues right-and money
is a big part Of married life and
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NOw Go on With The Story.

, that night, or ever again. The
only thing to do was to forget
him-not to speak Of himnot
to think of him.
But when Sue wanted to talk
about anything, she talked about
it. It was as impossible to stop
her as Il Is impossible TO stop
the rain from falling and the
morning from coming.
THAT certainly was slick lit
tie turn-down you had the other
day from that taxi driver" she
said, musingIy, and then she gave
her sharp wicked, little giggle.
.'It tickled me to see you get it,
after the way most men tall dead
at your feet, old kid!
Still glggling, she started down
the stairs, and Lily went down
after her, feeling about as cheer
flii as Daniel did when he de-
scended into the den Of lions.
~
That night Mrs. Lexington had
all the things for her dinner
party that her husband had told
her they could not afford.
She had the new butler to serve
the dinner.
She had the banquet cloth Of
fiIet lace and Italian cut-work
that she had paid $500 for.
She hal the silver-trimmed
cocktail glasses, and tiny silver.
trimmed liquor glasses that she
had been weeping and pleading
for for over two weeks.
She had q centerpiece Of white
orchids and red orchids for the
middle of the table, and cloisonne
enamel ash trays for favors.
"It was marvellous dinner
party" she declared with great
satisfaction when the last guest
was gone. She sat down before
the little fire in the library and
kicked off the silver-cloth slippers
that had been torturing her for
hours, and began to pull some OF
the hairpins from her hair. "But
thank goodness it's over-al.
though l suppose life in this
house will be fairly exciting from
now until the wedding day."
Her husand looked at her
thoughtfully. "What do you
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THE GOD OF
BATTLE

That Marshal F'och, who com.
manded the allied armies during
the World War, is what the
English call a man Of prayer, Is
pointed out by George Sylvester
Viereck in an article in this
weeks issue Of Liberty Magazine.
my religious faith" the Mar
shall told Viereck, has been a
constituent element in my char
acter, and hence it has entered
into the part I have played as a
man and as a soldier"
ION one OCCASION" explains
Mr.. Viereck, "there took place
among Foch's staff a discussion
Of the personages Of Importance
who would participate in an i'm
pending battle. On this occasion
Foch said: You have not men.
toned God He too will be
there"
WAR" Marshal Foch told the
writer, brings home to all Of us
the practical Importance Of re-
ligion. I believe firmly in a di.
vine Providence. In the hands Of
that divine Providence and all
men are instruments"
"Foch freely avows his belief"
continues Viereck. ''that soldiers
who know how to pray know how
to fight. He cites the American
soldier, stonewan jackson, as an
instance"
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lettuce around it. The rolls that
had hardened over night. The
warmed-over potatoes with the
cheese hardened around the edge
Of the baking dish.
It was q most unappetizing
meal. But it had to be eaten,
for Mrs. Lexington economical
by never wasting a crumb-and if
one meal was feast, the next one
was practically famine.
But Mrs. Lexington ate her
dried-up roll as IL it were food for
the gods. Before her on the table
was the morning paper, and on
its society" page was a large
picture Of Lily. She read the
paragraph beneath it aloud with
great gusto:
miss Lily Lexington, whose
engagement to Mr.. Staley Drum
mond was announced last eve
ming at q dinner given by Miss
LAxington's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
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JERRY.

} with her f1ame-lit eyes and lips
redolent Of songs.
And he, watching her, felt q
stirring, an uneasiness. a want
ing. AS when one watches a
star shooting In lonely splendor
from sight.
He said little fatty, even to-
day there are girls who are
wearied of surface pleasures
: girls seeking a deeper
meaning to life.'
She closed her eyes and nodded.
smiling-"One or twor'
She thought holly, pityingly:
you think Mary Eunice is one
of them! All, yes-interested in
immortality, isn't she?"
He was now standing at her
side, looking at her sketch. "How
are you getting along with Biers?"
Finished 1t yesterday. Looks
darby"
Hesitantly, feeling his way and
stealthily regarding her profile:
You're almost finished with
Mary's place? She's immensely
pleased"
1T would have been finished
ages ago but she keeps changing
her mind. She finally decided she
wanted handtufts from Spain.
They take months. Whens will the
Monterey manor house be ready?"
Its not started yet. She's
changed plans on that. too. She
doesn't know much Of architecture
Oh tn
In other lines. It makes her un.
certain of her taste and quite
Tickle. But she's very pleasant
70 work with. Don't you find her
"Yes-she's not interferred with
me: And that's always q com.
Money hasn't spoiled her,
that's all. She's attractive. don't
you think?"
very appealing. She's also
lucky, isn't she? I heard she
won $125 the other night after
we left. hope you didn't lose It,
saxon. The old adage-the rich
get richer and the poor get
poorerp'
Il lost $17-that's all. Mary
plays a wonderful game. It's not
luck but good head.work that
wins for her. She's really bril-
hant In many ways. Wasn't that
clever thing she said the other
night about sharing the immor-
tally OF the universe?"
1t was" answered Jerry, in
matter-of-fact tones. "He has
many things like that--lighted ar.
rows driving with fire into your
thought?"
Who are you talking about?"
The man she quoted - VIII
Durant in the STORY Of Philoso-
ply"
saxon gave her a blank look.
she went on amiably: "It's that
part where he comments on
Spinoza's religion"
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morning paper-the part that had
had her photograph on It'll
CHAPTER VIII
Nobody ever had taught Lily
Lexington good manners.
She knew which fork and spoon
to use at dinner party, she knew
how to enter q ROOM and the
proper way to pick up a dropped
handkerchief from the floor. She
had been trained to do such things
properly all her Life, true enough.
But so far as real manners
went, she had none.
She never stopped to think
whether she was hurting peoples
feelings or not, before she did,
and said unkind things to them.
She was cruel the way q charm
ing child il cruel--thoughtlessly.
So now 1t did not occur to her
that she was doing q rude ana
cruel thing when she asked Pat
France why he had cut her pic
ture out OF the paper. He did not
answer at first, so she prodded
him again.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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By ElenOre Meherin

even by stupid women-even by
saw-dust dolls"
Centuries Of scheming on the
part Of the weaker wits has de-
veloped the go-get-him-and-keep-
him.instinct, ole dear. That's your
answer" said Inga infallibly.
"For centuries, each individual
woman Of US has been pitted
against all other women in the
fight for the male. Not only to
nab him but to hold him as an
exclusive possession--a necessary
monopoly If we and our children
would survive. Each other woman
is a possible enemy-a possible
home.breaker.
Cant you just feature the first
cavewoman lying awake nights
and aware Of the very alluring
debutante growing up in the
neighboring cave? Aware of the
omnipresent menace to her home
and her brood?
"How she must have dug a hairy
chin into q hairy hand and cogit-
ated long into the dawn on the
ways and means Of brow-beating,
without his guessing it, the pre-
cious and slumbering brute at her
side. How she must have plotted
to outshine the coy and tender
Miss in the next-door dug-out.
ITO keep the very hide on her
body she was forced to foresee and
outwit; to be alert and shifting the
danger always.
tits this craft, developed
through 10000 years in the mid
night moodings of women and
woven into the very instincts of
all girl babies but you, Sylvia,
that enables even stupid woman
to hoodwink the superior but un.
aware male. That enables the Nell
lie Spears Of the world to marry
the Rod Porters."
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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''Or the kind OF mutual de-
light two people would have who
rushed together into a burning
building and rescued 10 orphans
from death.
Were OVERRIDING s. A. so
heavily that its fast becoming a
drug on the market. Everybody's
got IT. or a counterfeit. And
there's no longer the slightest
mystery as to the where and how
Of q woman's lure. II everyone
took to writing Hamlets, how
long would Shakespeare last?
We'll, everyone is taking to
sexation. Our children, to escape
the utter boredom of 1t, will be
forced to invent new SINS"
You're q frightfully restless
and critical person. Jerry"
'No-just plain greedy. I want
joys deeper than bootleg Scotch
can furnish; thrills wilder than
sofa-sheik stuff can produce.
/ want more than life gives, It
seems. AS Shaemus O'Sheel puts
it:
"'This is the doom of those
whose desire is unbounded,
TO feel in the dark
The wall insurrmountable,
TO hear beyond hearing the
song that shall never be heard.
TO see beyond seeing the pic
ture that shall not be painted:
TO sense forever
I'm wind and water
In wood and meadow,
In city and solitude,
More than the heart can hold
or the mind encompass.
This is our DOOM, we weavers
Of Times pale garlands.
TO seek forever and find not
the Rood and the Rose.
The Lips and the Grail that
beckon us in our Dreams A
bitter doom, ole dear! But the
dream is worth the seeking even
though we know it shall never
be found"
She seemed wooirg that dream
The Washington times., 1928-03-09

happiness" she thought, drowsily,
her red.gold head pillowed on her
arms. Mother and dad would
have been a lot happier IL they'd
had more Ynoney--that's certain"
And so she went on arguing
with herself that maybe she was
doing the right thing and the
smart thing by marrying Staley
Drummond. Well, she would be
a good wife to him, at any rate
and she would have everything.
EverythingI
The next day was the second
last day Of the month.
Tomorrow will be the last day
Pat drives his cab" though Lily,
sitting at the lunch table with her
mother, an hour after she opened
her eyes.
One the table before her were
the remnants Of last nights feast.
The salmon rnayonnaise looked
sad and sloppy, with the wilted
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Cyrus Merriton Lexington Of
Montpelier road"
''I wonder If Pat win see it,"
thought Lily, looking at the pic
ture over her mothers shoulder.
Suddenly longing to see him
once ore swept over hereafter
tomorrow she would have no
more chances to run down town
and climb Into his cab and
would be the last day he would
have his cab. And besides. It
hurt no one IL she simply spent
q half hour with him. did It?
"But what If he refuses to let
the day / was with Sue" she
said to herself, as she dressed
in a new pale-gray suit and
robins egg blue hat, and pinned
some robins egg blue flowers
on her shoulder. "Well, I'll have
to take that chance-that's all.
She had to see him!
BY a splendid stroke Of luck
his cab stood in Albermarle
street. Li1y's heart seemed to
leap and bound Wnen she saw
It, and then to lie very still in
her breast.
AS she neared it she saw that
Pat was talking to small. plain
girl in dark blue, who stood be-
side the cab, smiling up at him.
$50 this is how things are!
This is why he treats me like
criminal. a vamp. and a door
matt! said Lily to herself. "He
has a girl Of his own" And
she felt sudden scorching jeal-
ousy Of the plain, small girl.
She walked straight up to the
cab and laid her white-gloved
hand on the door. "Are you
busy, or could you take me for
a passenger" she asked, and
from the corner Of her eye she
saw the small, plain girl in dark
blue give Pat smile and then
turn away into the crowd.
She got into the cab.
Tucked behind the Jump seat
was a folded newspaper, and
Lily saw that part Of it had
been cut out. I" -" It was
part Of the society page of the
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suppose tonight's shindig set us
back, Elsie?" he asked. lifting his
chin from the stiff collar that
was scrapping 1t.
Mrs. Lexington sighed and
frowned. ICY, must we always
talk about. money!" she asked in
a very tired voice. Tonight
was lovely-We did our best by
our little girl. and gave her 9
beautiful party. Everyone had
such good time"
II didn't have good time,
said her husband, scowling. 1--WE
gave Lily a fine dinner all right,
but we could have done 1t just
as well with the old glasses and
the tablecloth we've been using
for parties right along, couldn't
we? Gadzoolxs, every time the
new butler came around with a
plate, I felt as II he was a
bill collector. What are we pay.
ing that bird, anyway"
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Tar b it from me to advise
yon TO marry = man you don't
care about" she went on. nodding
- Lily III the glass, ''but you've
I teen going around with Staley
Tor such 4 long time that you
must Be crazy about him or you
couldn't have stood him for 70
kong"
She looked up at Lily, turning
her dark little face, which its
vivid red lips and eyes that were
Hike two spots Of black velvet in
its artificial Wilderness. But Lily
kept perfectly still. No
use 70 say anything now, she kept
thinking. The time to say that
she wasn't "crazy" about Staley
lad gone by.
Besides, there's lots mora to
marriage than Just lovel'' Sue
spoke again. There's compan-
iOnshlp StaIey is your kind
Qf person. He talks your lam
gpeg9. and knows your kind OF
people. YOUR always be great
pals. And then there's money
Lily. you'd be q failure, & joke,
and q total loss married to q poor
man. To q man like"
Oh. let's not talk about itr'
Lily broke In quickly. It seemed
tD her that she couldn't bear to
have Sue talk about Pat France
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''I'ye not read the book. I
didn't know she was quoting"
"Oh. didn't your She turned
abruptly in a whirlwind Of emo
ton and began clearing up her
table. Furious, angry words came
blazing to her tongue. She found
1t hard to stem them.
"You didn't know she was quot
ing? Did you know she kept you
up till g. m. and robbed you
of the next days fervor! Do you
know she's a selfish pig who
doesn't give a damn II your work
goes to pot so long as she has her
rubber Of bridge! Lord, you poor
baby, you don't know enough to
come In out Of the rain. do you?
Someone ought to fetch your
She was pale and excited with
the necessity Of silence.
He said, rather startled at this
sudden frenzy Of action, "Why do
you have to clean house when /
come in for a 10-minute visit?"
''In three weeks from today I'll
tell you why! I'll tell you exactly
whyg
The wild statement proved q
prophecy.
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CHAPTER Sc

CHAPTER Do
An hour after Saxon left, Jerry
remained sketching. She worked
with intent, exhausting fury.
That was one beauty Of anger-it
got her brain excited; made all
the cells blaze up. She finished
the panel; felt grizzly pleased and
exceedingly tired.
Then she remembered that
Maria would be out. Stephanle
was alone and waiting for her TO
come. Perhaps getting dinner ana
oyerstraining herself. Hell ana
dannnation," she thought irritably,
'I wish he'd keep out OF this
shop"
was delighted to hear Inga hold
ing forth. Inga and Sylvia had
dirt to rake, so had taken 1t into
their heads to come down and get
dinner. A nice habit they had.
"Well, another good man gone
wrong" said Inga, eating the peas
as quickly as she shelled them.
"Mear1ing what and who?"
"Rod Porter has run off with
Nellie Spear, the darling Of Paris,
ana allowed her to marry him.
Think of the stunning Belvidere
place overrun by the likes Of Mel
lie Spear!'
"I've made biscuits. They'll be
readv in ten minutes. Let the
green peas CO." said Sylvia coming
from the kitchen and wiping
floury arms on her apron.
"What I wish someone would
answer" she went on, winging de-
bonairly from the kitchen to the
clouds, 'is this-how Is it that
men. claiming the higher intelli-
gence, are yet so easily shared
The Washington times., 1928-03-09
HOW SKUNKS
FIGHT

Under the Skunk Geneva Con-
vention the use Of q gas-aftaclk
is strictly forbidden In any
battle which only skunlxs are
engaged, says Nature Magazine.
In such fight the coimbatants
depend entirely on tooth and
claw, sometimes that fierce death
in-the-dark. the great horned owl,
will occasionally pounce on q
strolling skunk. Usually, how.
ever, he finds that the latter's
antiaircraft armament is too
strong for him and retires with
out honor to bear about with
him the aftermath OF his raid
until his next moulting.
The Washington times., 1928-03-09
NEW BOTTLE
MAKER

A bottle blowing machine has
been developed in England that
can make $500 bottles in an hour.
II consists OF is units, each a
sepa, ate bOttle-making machine,
which rotate around q central
column, being driven by a 15.horse-
power motor. Glass bottles in 15
different shapes and 10 different
capacities can be blown stimuli
taneously by this machine, which
IL capable OF making any size,
from eh to l6 inches in diameter.
The Washington times., 1928-03-09

Little Dan will shake the oak tree.
Oak Tree will give me a cup.
I will take the cup to the brook.
Brook will give me some water.
/ want it for Little Tuppen.
He is choking, choking, choking!
Il will" said the blacksmith,
''if you will get me some IRON"
Mother Hen ran to the dwarfs
who dig the iron from its bed
way down in the ground.
(Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
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The moth has peculiar tongue It rolled in tiny
- looks like the harsprng Of watch and this is on the
ser side Of the insects head Il looks quite small when
eoaed up but it can be uncoled IN flash.
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Paste Mondays first picture on the out
side of your book cover. Cut out pages from
strip and paste in your book. Page opposite
cover is page /. Read your story ana
color your pictures.
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What DO You KnO1D?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
Questions on Editorial Page

Questions on Editorial Page
s,o4i. Canada Germany Greece Alaska NSva
TPumbul Sir Arthur Sullivan 10 Runnymeds H. Egypt
venus 10 Jules Verne ID Marx 10 Sl P Aen
The Washington times., 1928-03-09
Rope from Bananas

Ropes bananas, and although Manila is
not resble hemp it is much cheaper The rope ade
arfirev
THESE stems contain q coarse, tough fibre
The Washington times., 1928-03-09

TO Makes Book Of "a pages, cut six
strips ~ inches by inches. Fold these
like pages Of book. Cut cover from stiff
paper inches by 10. Sew pages into cover
with big stitch.
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Love in q MilIiOnaire's Mansion or In a
Poor Mans Flat Is Lilys
Problem of Future
Read This First:

LILY LEXINGTON Of CYRUS
AMXlNGTONS
1azes her higher ambition rich
after
SUSAN
her through the herself attracted
uniform
taxcab Then forgetting about
her that doing kind Of
r.ag that he q nyenng
Maon card with N bears the drivers PATRICK
NHANCEs1 and his picture
evening Stay
that Staey wants
Staley
Identification
suspicious
thinks her capabI being with driver when
ID In, .7=
saV town. promising long distance, and
she hunts ID
FRIEND
ray she to
forget
~ wonderful EtaIey herself
~ -. KTy 81 sF4E y1n.. !.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-12
WHEAT TRADE
QUIET, EASY
Holiday Finds Only Minneap.
oils, Winnipeg, Duluth
Markets

Minneapolis, Oct. 12.-(R-Wheat
trade was quiet and easy today
with outside markets closed in OBJ
servance of the Columbus Day holi-
day. Very little interest was shown,
and prices were confined to narrow
limits, and the tape was standing
still for minutes at stretch. Win
nipeg and Duluth were the only
American markets to remain open
in addition to the local pit.
Receipts were smaller and the cash
wheat tendency was better for some
types. No. ! wheat testing IL per
cent protein was quoted at 1c under
to 4c over December, Is protein &c
to lie over, IA protein 13c to 18c
over, Is protein 22c to CSC over.
Extra dry or fancy stuff was scarce
and was quoted at lie to &c more.
Durum wheat was unchanged for
milling quality, with the tendency
strong for milling quality and weak
for anything below No. 3 mixed.
Winter wheat was nominally un-
changed.
Flour trade was fair to good.
There was good demand for corn,
and offerings were smaller than es-
timated.
Oats were unchanged.
A quiet to slow demand was ex-
perienced by rye.
Mailing quality showed q firmer
tendency in the barley market.
Prices quoted at 53c to CSC.
A good demand was felt in flax.