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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06
LISTEN, WORLD!
'YOu Make YOur Dun Fate
BY Elsie Robinson

You may become frightened, and
50 put yourself at your enemy's
mercy
You may become mad or vim
dictive--
You may give way to self-pity or
hate
You may throw up your hands
and quit
Or you may roll up your sleeves
and dig in
IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR
ATTITUDE.
If you think that you're at the
mercy of Fate. then you're licked
before you start. But IL you think
that you can mold Fate to suit
your design, then you may master
any circumstance.
Stop wondering what life is 80.
ing to do to you.
Wonder rather what you can and
will do to yourself.
VIII you let the evil forces Of
self-pity, envy, fear and hate loose
upon your spirit? VIII you sur
render yourself to every chance at
tack? Or will you fight for your
self and hold yourself resolute
against the enemies without?
There'll be plenty of enemies
never fear! And they'll master
you If you let them. Will you let
them?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Brice Belden-

by DR.. Brice Belden
DEAUTY Is hard to define. but
- there Is no denying the fact
that beauty helps q lot to make
us happy.
George Santayana has said,
Beauty as we feel it is some
thing indescribable: what 1t Is or
what 1t means can never be said.
1t is an affection Of the soul. q
consciousness of Joy and security,
a pang. q drama, a pure pleasure.
It suffuses an object without tell.
ing why; nor has it any need to
ask the question:
Yes, beauty can exist for itself
alone. But 1t can and should exist
for US as well.
To surround ourselves with
beauty and to seek beauty need
not be an expensive nor laborious
undertaking.
Your home, for example, need
not be costly in its furnishings In
order to be artistic. harmonious
pleasing to the eye and restful.
Nor need it be a large building or
a spacious apartment. A hall bed
room can be made as attractive
as a marble palace. All that IL
required is a little thought and
planning. And IL one finds one
self awkward at creating such
beauty there are many books and
hA yaf
can give all the help one. needs.
Your clothes can also be beau
tiful. BY this do not mean un.
usual, bizarre or expensive gar
ments. Color combinations and
styles that fit the personality of
the wearer and enhance her nat
ural charm is what creates beauty
in clothes.
Women know more about the
beauty in clothes than men, al.
though men instantly recognize
such beauty when they see it.
TO supply our urge for beauty
variety is also essential. That
which becomes too familiar tends
to stale. Change the arrangement
of your furniture now and then
and you Will find q marked re-
newal of interest.
Music can supply us with
beauty also. and nowadays CON
veniently and cheaply.
Not everyone can afford good
pictures, but every one can man.
age somehow to visit an art gal
lery now and again. To view
the paintings of the masters Is an
inspiration in itself. An exquisite
piece OF sculpture revives our
esthetic sense and stimulates the
emotions.
The beauties of nature should,
of course, never be neglected.
City jewellers see too little green.
Occasionally excursions into the
country just to look at the woods
or fields or sea will never be
regretted.
Beauty in whatever form in
variably does something to the
mind that Is valuable.
Beauty makes you optimistic.
IT engenders enthusiasm. 1t re-
vitalizes you with Increased
energy.
When you feast your eyes and
ears on beauty you feel that the
world is not such bad place after
ALI .1.i-..-..
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MOTOR BOAT
RECORD

What promises to be the worlds
fastest motor boat, now under
construction at Molsheim, Alsace,
win cross the Atlantic from Brest
to New York, in 40 hours, accord
ing to the builder. The ship is
800 feet long and seven feet wide,
and it Is propelled by eight air.
plane engines. The designer hopes
10 make his craft go 81 miles
an hour, and plans to submerge
it for short periods of time in
rough weather. The engines are
to develop 80 horsepower and
will be capable of running for
so hours. using paraffin as fuel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06

NYHAT the other fellow does to
wv you is of relatively little Inn
p0rtance--
IT'S THE WAY YOU TAKE IT
THAT COUNTS.
You can't prevent people from
lying to you or about you--
You cant keep them from abus-
fng yoE or neglecting you or act.
ing ornery when you want their
sympathy and understanding
Nor can you do much TO alter
the lineup which Lady Luck hands
you--the sickness and suffering
the loss by death
All of these circumstances are
largely beyond your control. And
because they seem so very i'm.
portant you're apt to think that
affairs are hopeless because you
can't control them. That's wrong.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
!, NTROL THE CIRCIJM.
STANCES Or YOUR LIFE, BUT
YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR OWN
REACTIONS 70 THOSE CIR.
CUMSTANCES-AND THAT'S
THE IMPORTANT THING.
For example, when some one lies
about you. 1t isn't the lie which
damages your life--it's your own
reaction to that lie. And you NAV
react in many different ways
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ON CALIFORNIA; ~PrcKwIcKs MOTOR SLEEPER

aid SOCRATES said be was the gadfly singing men,
~ making them think.
Motor onnbues flying machines two gadfies that
sUilI make railroad men think-those that DO think
The day is near when all distance travel will be far
aoYe ground above railroad tracks and locomotives and
cost less than half the present price Of travel
And already motor omnibuses like the shown In this
picture caused railroads worry about dividends.
England the thing has gone far that railroad COM
panes compelled reduce their prices almost half
they could compete with cheaper equally comfort
able motor bus travel
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|. NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
-RY Helen Rowland.


A DREAM" IL any new girl
man happens to meet,
when the girl of the moment is
beginning to look to him like
nightmare.
Nowadays. a man seems to skid
right past the age of discretion,
without even stopping.
First, a woman gets on mans
mind--then on his neck. then on
his conscience, and finally on his
nerves.
When It comes to an argument
with q trolley-car, a fire.engine,
or a Jealous woman, the fact that
you were Sin the right" is no
great satisfaction-at the inquest.
At 10. a boy regards girls as
pests: at 90 as mystery; at 30
! as q danger: at 40 as divine dis
pensation, and at SO, as a re-
juvenator.
Somehow, man never starts
talking about the charms OF pla.
tonic friendship until after the
third kiss.
Apparently the average man
"turng over q new leaf" just in
order to see how much space there
il on the other side for making
fresh lot of bIots and splashes.
A man always wonders why he
never discovered how argumenta-
tive a, woman was until after he
married her--but what girl is go
ing to ARGUE with a man, as
long as he's telling her how beau
tiful, how wonderful, or how fas.
cinating she is?
Every man believes in eternal
1ove'--for one woman after an
other.
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ONCE-OVERS
Let Praise Begin at Home!
BY J. J. MUNDY

something well done? -" P - 49, '' -
You take whatever they do be expected don't
you. F'' H"So"'' 'S eS - w "
If your child brings home good school praise him it,
mother exceptionally good meal compliment
of him. ~ - ~
II daughter sends word from that she has high grades write
Or do write expected and
after all the money spending.
You know that when something exceptionally fine
way you are pleased and douby pleased when others call
attention to it,
While this is true you think Of extending compliments
others
More praise and less would make for happier families
Sympathy words of appreciation the
three qualities OF make home Ae most dear
n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06

George Moore
Gustave Flaubert
Charles Dickens
Leo Tolstoi
Johann Goethe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Vicissitudes of fortune, which
spares neither man nor the proud.
est of his works, which buries eno.
pires and cities in a common
rave.--taibbon.
Nothing can allay the rage Of
biting envy.--Clau
God helps him who strives hard.
: El1rtnldA6s~4a ... sIssyH =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06
The knowledge Test for
Readers Of The Times

Match correctly
/. Anna Karenina George Moore
2. Esther Waters Flaubert
3. Wilhelm Meister Charles Dickens
A. Madame Tolstoi
5. Bleak House Johann Goethe
Fill each blank:
s. Carboic acid is derived from
z. Ceysers erupive
8. The Dead Sea is lake in which - is accumulated
8. gorilla is the largest of the
TO- The spoutng Of whale operation Of purifying
Do you know:
the of the muscle that the
body from front to back from side side just below the
lungs?
H. what saint said broiled death
great gridiron?
IS. What desert $ the hottest region in the world!
seeing the Infant the
"Nunc Dimittis"?
rs. What is the primary Of volcanoesf
Answers ON Fiction RaGa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06
Do You Know

Farmers represent about 70 per
cent of the people OF Bulgaria.
Cey1on plans to erect a marine
aquarium and marine biological
laboratory I'm Colombo.
Soviet Russia Is the only foreign
government not recognized BY the
~ nited ~StaAa@. q. i, sss..,. az no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-06

II has been more wittily than
charitahly said that hell is paved
with good intentions, they have
their place in heaven Also
Southey.
obedience is the key to every
door.-MacDonald.
The opportunity Is often lost by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -, "a. j --.A-.-s
The Washington times., 1928-10-30
Story Of Reformed Racketeer and His
Deep Love for an AristOcratic
Southern Beauty
Read This First:

IgeUU IKL6 FLTSL.
Eddie their
education. Befnice gug into
Benice night,
when he elected Job something within him
nauseated leading.
gigantic silk Eddie through
window, 'hopped q raler" and headed South.
NOW Go On With The Story.
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cate golden flower that was spirit
uaIly live with an inner vital
flame. Some hitherto u1felt SEN
sation reached and penetrated him
with tremulous rays Of light. His
mind remembered her symmetrical
body, the living blue of her eyes,
the soft gold of her hair. But
stranger than mere physical
beauty was the sweep.o of a peculiar
refinement that fingered, achingly,
around him like a faint perfume
that was the relic of an un-
known sweetness gone beyond the
possibility of recapture.
With every passing second the
gulf between them widened, she
was gone and there was no hope
that he would ever see her again.
Once more Bernice Veressi came
back into his mind-sensuous. car
men-fpped. reaking with hot house
passion. In comparison with the
golden girl Bernice and all the
others of her kind became in his
clarifying understanding. coarse
and vaguely disagreeable with
tawdry cheapness.
For a stretching period OF time
he reviewed the women he had
known: all of them to be weighed
and measured in comparison with
the loveliness of the radiant girl
who had ridden, so briefly. across
his vision.
He saw the pale and dull faces
of factory girls. the redeemed
cheeks and lips of the dance halls
flappers, the free and easy girls
engaged in man-hunting on the
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payements, was oddly fantastic.
And the air--his lungs filled with
clean freshness that was soft
and balmy. Strange, be.
wiIdering sensations stirred in his
breast, and there were almost
terrifying moments when he felt
that he was alone and helpless
upon the face of the earth.
He came to lazy creek and
went down to the waters edge to
wash his face and hands, and
dried them with his handkerchief.
Further on, he came to bend
in the road, where there was a.
grassy bank. He sat down to eat.
With his back against a tree and
his legs stretched out he partOok,
without undue haste, of his food.
When he finished, he drew out
a pack OF cigarettes and slowly
inhaled the luxury of a smoke.
Over q distant field he saw
three or four great birds floating
in circles and he imagined they
were eagles. He had never even
heard OF buzzards. The sun was
getting hotter and his tired eyes
slowly closed. There was almost
no thought in his mind-he didn't
want to think at all-he just
wanted to forget.
And then, for no reason he
could explain, his eyes suddenly
went open.
Al girl on a horse was riding in
the road past him. They were not
more than a. dozen feet apart. She
wore riding suit and she was
looking at him with the bluest
eyes he had ever seen. Her blonde
hair was cropped, but there was a
suggestion of ringlets. The sun
had given an outdoor tinge to her
complexion and. somehow, she was
different from any girl he had ever
even dreamed about. There was
something aloof in the personality
that looked at him with slight sur
prise in the eyes; something self.
possessed and dignified and fine,
with an evasive, indescribabIe
beauty.
Funny-TIis mind flashed back
to Bernice Veressi and in the flash
Of a second he was comparing the
two. He couldn't understand why
1t was but, in the tWinkling Of an
eye, his whole conception of Ber-
nice had changed-obscurely, he
realized that the girl in New York
would never again stir his senses.
He was through with Bernice---
for all time.
CHAPTER FOUR
When the girl had passed out of
sight Eddie was touched with a
pang of mysterious unhappiness.
She had crossed his vision and
there had been new kind of stir
at his heart. Just for an instant
the scales had dropped from his
eyes and he had perceived some
thing indescribably fine and beau
tiful.
She had reminded him of a deli
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sands OF Coney. There were the
olive-skinned beauties of the East
Side with bold lustrous eyes and
brazen sophisticatfon in their
harsh voices. Never again. he
knew in his heart. could his
eyes look on their kind with ad-
niration or desire.
Suddenly, Eddie got up and
moved. along once more down
the country road. Somewhere
in this quiet, sleepy land he
knew he must find a hiding
place and settle down. The
feeling of exile was upon him:
the New York which had been
his whole world would never re-
ceive him back again. The
Big Guy and the mob would
never forget nor forgive.
The sun of early June poured
with gentle heat on his back.
This road narrowed and IL d
through woodland with the thick
green of pine and bracken on
either side. Wild laurel touched
the roadside with the great bushes
of pink clustered blooms. Eddie's
ears, accustomed to the clamor of
the city, strained for familiar
sounds. There was a balmy
sweetness in the air and the
thrilling of birds was all he
heard.
"A million miles from no.
where" he muttered.
For almost an hour he walked
and then an automobile stopped
beside him. A dull.looking man
opened the door to the front seat.
Hop In" he said, "Ill give
you a lift"
This was q strange car and
EDDIE was unusual to the Gus
toms OF these people.
All right" he said with sud.
den decision. f'It's pretty hot for
telloW like me tramping through
the country"
The driver made no attempt
to draw him into conversation.
For a few miles they rode along
in silence.
Once more Eddie's heart gave a
start. They passed the golden girl
on horseback, but his glimpse of
her was fleeting and confused.
When the driver announced he
must turn off the main road, Eddie
got out of the car and resumed
walking. After a while 1t was
borne upon him that it was useless
to continue the aimless wandering.
The few houses along the way
were bleak, ramshackle and tum-
bled down. Most Of them, he OBJ
served were occupied by negroes.
Before one gaunt and sagging
structure standing in the center Of
an uneultivated field Eddie stop.
ped. With a speculative eye he
estimated the probability OF find
ing a place to stay-for the pres
ent, at least. In his pocket was
a thin roll of bills; later on he
could look for work.
For the first time he noticed an
automobile standing beside the
road and partly hidden by trees
and bushes. simultaneously. he
saw a man come out of the front
door of a house and stride down
the path toward the car. Some
thing in the walk of the man de-
noted danger--the choppy stride
of plump legs, the swing Of arms,
the flush on his face.
Coming up to Eddie. hA paneAd
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''WelI, sir, I reckon my wifell
have dinner ready in about two
hours il you care to wait" There
was slow drawl in his voice that
soothed Eddie.
Guess I won't wait, Mister, but
you can wrap me up some cheese
and crackers"
With package of food under
his arm Eddie stepped out on the
porch of the store. The proprietor
followed him.
Mice weather we're having,
sir.'' The man was amiable, but
he was too polite to express any
curiosity.
THE Weather's great" Eddie ad-
nnftted. THAT your dog there?"
Yep, he's mime"
Eddie took the paper off the
package and tossed piece of
cheese to the dog. A convulsive
movement of the throat and the
gift disappeared.
you sure got a great animal
there"
Once more Eddie shook hands
with the dog and, because he was
reluctant to feed his own famished
stomach before his felIowman, he.
moved off down dirt road that
wound away between tracts of
timber and neglected fields.
His whole life was now defi-
flitely behind him. He was like a
man walking in a dream. His
surroundings were so utterly un-
familiar that nothing seemed ex-
actly real. Even the yielding earth,
Under his feet accustomed to
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Have That FootIight Sheen

ADVERTISEMENT
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1T him with ! slight niystificaticn.
she knew ne WAS not telling the
truth.
Yes. passed you. she said.
'eYou were sitting under 4 tree
but ii doesn't matter. You're 4
stranger around here, aren't
your
sYes.m, I'm 4 stranger"
I'm so glad you happened along
at this time. a slight tremble
was In her voice. sIt isn't ex-
actly pleasant Tor me to so up
to that house alone You see, Mr..
Penfield Paradine, who lives
there. n an old man and he
doesn't like my father or any Of
our family at all He's sorta
high tempered and cantakerous-
he hasn't ever spoken to any Of
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living like q dog when he could
get $500 or $500 for his junk. The
old idiot grabbed down q rifle
off the wall and chased me out.
I ought to have him pinched!y
The man was now In his car ana
moving away.
Eddie looked at the bleak home
stead and curious feeling OF
sympathy moved inside him. After
all, q man had a right to chase
a pest out of the house with q
gun, II the guy started an argu-
nent, and got insulting. But at
the same time, Eddie realized, it
was no time for him to hang
around an old gentleman who had
his mind on shooting somebody.
Once again he started down the
road, but there was a. shout be-
hind him. From the direction Of
the house an old negro came run.
ming and throwing his arms in
the air.
white rnang' he called in d
waiIing voice. Come help me
I quick, white gennuImun! Marse
Penfield he's had q stroke All
think he's gwine to die right
uow!'
Eddie halted as the words
reached his ears.
What's AL the hurrah about?''
he called out.
Almost exhausted, the negro
reached the road.
.sMarse Penfieid has done got
the apoplexy from Citing excited.
Oars got to be help Ruven him
right this minnit or he's q goner,
shuah!''
At that moment the bewilder-
ingly attractive girl on horseback
came riding around bend In the
road. She drew up her mount as
she beheld the excitement on the
i1egro's face-she was going to
stop-she was going to speak and
Eddie was going to hear her voice.
CHAPTER FIVE
Sbme latent instinct rose up
instantly in Eddie's breast. and he
pulled off his hat. The girl slid off
1 her horse and came toward him,
leading her animal by the bride.
At close range she was seen
more purely exquisite than he had
lildB44IE0e ACE DOQy AlOWEQ Win
elasticity and behind the flower
like quality Of her face there was,
remotely. q hint Of courage and
strength.
She scarcely gave him q glance
but spoke directly to the old negro.
Her voice was as soft as the balmy
Virginia air that surrounded
them-an enchanting incubation
of tone was rich and Ieisure1y.
What's the trouble, Uncle
Tobe?"
The white lxinky hair Of the
negro was a frizzle over his black
face.
THANK God, you is heah, Miss
Marian. Marse Penfield is had a
stroke and he dies righS now, les.
sen I git hulp-"
The girl knotted the bride rein
around the fence post. For the
first time she looked at Eddie.
"You come along. too she said
softly, without excitement
certainly" said Eddie, with a
stunned, awkward feeling.
Now that he was standing close
beside her he was overcome with
the realization that the atmos
phere around him had become
suddenly rarified--that every time
he breathed his heart beat faster.
No girl on earth had ever affected
him this way before.
The negro hurried on ahead Of
them toward the house.
Didn't l pass you down the
road?" she asked him, with per.
feet poise.
For some unaccountable reason
he lied. I'll don't remember
Her blue eyes looked straight
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Thrills Action Conflict and Romance Abound II This Sea
Of New Yorks Gangland and the Quiet
Countryside Of Virginia

us for 20 years or more. But Il
he's sick or dying
Eddie nodded wisely.
II the old boys in froublo /
suppose that wipes out all the
hard FEELINGS" ne remarked, with
an attempt at philosophy.
But as he spoke, ne felt he waa
talking out OF the sido Of his.
moath IN the New York marsl
ner. Vaguely he was conscious
that he must be appearing crude.
ana almost ilIiterate before this
easy-spohen young goddess.
81 suppose you're right, she
said, but 1T does give me 4
strange feeling To 30 To his house.
that's why I'm glad YOU hap
pened alOngso wouldn't have
to 90 alone
CTO BE Continued Ton0rr0wD
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q moment before he got into the
car; he was breathing rapidly and
there was a little twitching of the
eye.
Can you beat it--I almost got
shot in there! That's your South
ern aristocracy for you!
His face was sweaty and his hot
eyes looked Eddie up and down.
What he saw was a trim youth
with a natty suit, sadly rumpled
and dust stained. The city was
stamped all over Eddie. Toward
him, the angry man seemed to
feel sort of kinship.
$50 you almost got shot, did
your Eddie asked, nonchalantly.
The other snorted. Il ought to
have that fellow in that house ar
rested" he declared. Mister, I'm
a dealer in antique furniture from
Richmond and I was just trying
to argue him into selling me some
of the stuff he owns-but no! He'd
rather live in poverty than sell
one stick of that old furniture. I
argued with him and he got mad
when / told him he was fool for
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One OF my "se-
crets" is m ere
cleanliness. T. h e
fascinating glo W
comes from the
regular use Of my
liquid Wave and
Sheen.
I shampoo my
hair once q week
under ordinary cir.
cumstances After
.it dries I comb it
and apply Wave
and Sheen. Then
Il place my combs
in the direction I
wish the waves.
(My hair is not
rt.rIxy \
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You can get Wave and Sheen at
any toilet counter. The price is IS
cents Your money refunded If you
are not pleased with results.
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A Humane Bullet

bullet has recently invented that will drug but not
kill wild animals The the bullet carries hypodermic
needle which discharges powerful drug which makes
the animal unconscious for several hours.
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BY Edna Wallace Hopper
TO my audiences my hair is of ever
lasting interest. 1t always looks alive
and women admire it's constant sheen.
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This Day IN History

On October 80 1915 Austrian. General Weber,
taon applied General Daz for armistce The Appra-
tion was referred 10 the Supreme Council Versailles