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nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

~ | am a girl % years OF age
and secretly married to a man OF
IS. Before he met me he made an
agreement with his mother that he
would stay single until she died.
If she knew he was married II
would break her heart.
I am so h~eartbroken from hav-
ing to run from pillar 10 post as
my parents are not living and /
am staying with friends. l do not
work. 50 / couldn't board Do you
think IL would be best for me to
quit him2 He has promised 10
leave home In the FAN after he
gets all OF his business together.
but | don't see how l a wait
that long WORRIED.
WORRIED: Secret marriages may
w be very romantic, my dear. but
one always suffers terrifically for
the little romance that cones from
them. Why doesn't your husband
get you a little apartment 1t would
be SO much better than having TO
depend on ones friends. or you
could go TO work until such time as
you two could be together. Having
nothing 70 occupy your mind. nor
your time. probably makes you mag.
nifty everything. my dear. No mat
ter how trivial. I think I should
take some o OF a position. rather
than have time hang so heavily on
my hands. You would get a better
slant on things in general. and I
know II would make you happier
until the time when you announce
your marriage.
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full particulars send a self-addressed.
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
f. d. Q.-What car be done for a
finger which has been burned and
although healed Is parched and ten
der and very sensitive at times?
What can be done for a per-
slstent crack in the upper lip which
foes not seem 10 want 10 heal
Al would ad-ise having your
doctor look at the finger ana sug-
sest the further treatment necessary.
IL would be difficult TO prescribe
without examination.
apply a good cold cream daily
aud avoid ~mOistening the lips while
on; Of doors.
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Seen on 9Th Ave.
By Miss Shopper

Bathing suits this al are very
exciting. or course. there Is the old
reliable standby. the black one-piece
wooden model. This Is becoming TO
almost every girl But the new
colorful printed suits, the striped.
modernLstic jerseys. and the anus
ing silks are fast taking the place
OF the simple suit. Many Of these
new bathing suits have a bathing
coat or cape TO complement them
One word OF warning. however. In
selecting your bathing costume. be
sure 70 try II on. Many that look
Just too cute for words In the hand.
are simply poisonous on.
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3 Vera WinstOn-

NUSUALL L smart Is this
dress Of tweed and crepe
which calls upon a short cape
10 complete II. The cape is hardly
more than a circular scarf. simple
and ~unadorned. but II adds ire
mendous style 10 the costume.
The bodice Is OF beige crepe de
chine, banded for its neckline and
complimentary trim. with narrow
strips OF brown velvet. The skirt
imposes an Irregular line upon the
bodice in adding a nodded hip line
under a brown velvet belt. Unusual
skirt pleat!nE completes a very
smart ensemble.
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Above all. exercise must not be excessivel
stress this fact because excessive exercise
Is the way most people practise it
Leading a sedentary life indoors. in an Of
fee all week. they think that by playing SO holes
of golf on Saturday afternoon or Sunday. or
walking twenty miles. or playing ball all day
that they are counteracting the bad effects of
six days Of indoor work
On the contrary That sort Of exercise is
like whipping up a tired horsel
1t il just as absurd to do all ones exercis-
ing in a single DAY as it would be to do all our
eating in one day.
What we should aim for Is q well-rounded
lifel Exercise every day-not once a week.
Plan each day so that you viii get in all the
elements Of a well-rounded life in twenty-four
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AHu WHtN YOU WuTh, W0Tk hATu-
When you play. play with interest
and zest. That you will sleep hard"
as a result goes without saying.
Exercise Is part or plav and two
hours OF II each day for physical
exercise Is plenty.
Spend another two hours In read
ing-One or these In serious reading.
Spend two hours in the pursuit OF
a hobby-something you really like
to do. even if II be 50 harmless n
pastime as stamp-collecting.
Spend the remaining two hours OF
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burns and endless accidents.
The day after the Fourth used to be one day
of the year when the newspapers were filled with
reports of death and injury from accidental
causes. Since the advent of the automobile every
Monday is record day for such reports. We have
too many as. and s." drivers-persons who buy
cars on Saturday and drive them for the first
time on Sunday. The highways are crowded,
recklessness prevails and accidents are the nat
ural result.
a clean wound is never particularly serious.
A wound into which dirt has been carried IS
always a thing to be dreaded. 1t is particularly
dangerous If the dirt Is the filth Of the street or
the filth Of the stable or barnyard.
This is because such dirt may carry the germs
of tetanus or lockjaw. The germ is carried in
the i~ntestines Of horses and cattle, so any soil
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Ell HOME KITCHEN
BY JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON
Sensonnble Salads for Summer Days.

sweet salads. as wen as those with
piquant flavorings. Even simple
salads may be varied 70 seem elab-
crate by the dressings used. Salad
making Is an art worth c~ultivating.
n there r numberless dressings
outside the usual mayonnaise and
the French dressings that are so
universally served
Lettuces should be carefully washed
and the water shaken off. then
chilled TO crispness before the salad
Is laid up on the leaves. Dressings
are chosen appropriately for the
salad made, and made only OF the
best materials.
Jellied Cucumber Salad.
Pour q half pint OF boiling water
over a package OF prepared lemon
jelly. When dissolved add a cupful OF
pineapple juice. half a cupful Of
diced pineapple, a small bottle Of
drained green cherries. the same Of
the red cherries. a large grated GU
cumber. half a cupful OF chopped
nuts. a teaspoonful az onion Juice. a
half saltspoonful OF salt and a little
busting OF red pepper. Turn into a
wet mould end put IN a cold place 70
set. Unm0uld and serve on lettuce
leaves masked with white mayor
naise made without mustard. beaten
light with whipped cream.
Avocado Horseshoe Salad.
Cut slices Of avocado. alligator
pears. in horseshoe shape and cut
thin circles OF truffles 20 represent
the nails. Serve on lettuce leaves
with q light French dressing made
OF a tablespoonful OF oil 70 two table
spoOnfuls OF lemon juice. a tea
spoonful OF onion juice. salt and
pepper. III liked. a teasnoOnful or
grated onion may BE- added 70 the
dressing.
JellIed PIcked Beets.
Boil the beets a. usual. skin them.
dice them. and put in a marinade
made OF three-quarters OF q cupful
or vinegar. Juice OF a large onion,
pepper salt. a half bay leaf. six
cloves. a tablespoonful OF sugar and
a piece or stick cinnamon. Let stand
for two hours. Turn q quarter on a
cupful Of cold water over a dessert
spoonful OF powdered gelatin Put
into a saucepan "A cupful or boiling
water, a half cuptul OF the marinade
strained. two tablespoonfuls or horse
radish. a tablespoonful OF sugar. a
little salt and pepper. turn In the
gelatin and bring 20 boiling point.
Strain the beets from the marlnade
Cool the gelatin mixture. then Il
the beets. Pour into a wet mould
and set 10 harden. Unmold on let
tuce leaves. Serve sliced with may
onnaise or boiled dressing.
Frozen Cheese Salad.
whip a pint ~ double cream stiff
and dry. Mash two packages or
fresh cream cheese with a little Of
the cream 70 moisten ~. work in
a tumbler of mint jelly and a half
cupful Of blanched and chopped pis-
tarhio nuts. Blend all with the
" put into a small round mould.
cover tightly end pack IN salt and
ice for two hours. Unmould on let
tuce leaves and garnish with green
cherries. a small bottle well drained
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Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie
nEAR n y LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ There are two boys that have
both told me they loved me. Some
times / love one. then the other.
What shall | do in this case?
WORRIED.
WORRIED: I'm sure you don't
w love either OF the young men.
so the wisest thing for you to do is
just be friends with them both. You
will know when you're truly In love.
my dear, so just put love out OF your
mind for the time and accept the
friendship Of both the boys.
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Words of the Wise

Few persons have sufficient wisdom
to prefer eensure which is useful 10
them, 10 praise which d-ceives.
La Rochefoueauld
Small causes are sufficient %
make q man uneasy, Uhen great
ones are not IN the t1dy: 10r
wGnt OF q block he DiH stumble
az q stroD. -STiit.
Fate hath no voice but the
hearts impulse. Schiller.
The difficult part of GOOD
temper consists la forbenr1nce.
md accommodation TO the III
hHmOrs Of Others. -EmpsoH-
tie who goes round about IN his r.
quests, wants commonly more than he
chooses to appear 70 want. -Lavater.
When any calamity has been
suffered the first thing 10 De re-
memberec Is. h0l0 much has been
escaped johnson
He who can take advice u sometimes
superior to him Who can give il.
Won Knebel.
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1T used to be the thing for the hostess to
have her dinner served first-so the other
people could see what the right forks and
things were to use.
"But now, everybody is supposed to know
and the hostess has other people served first,
80 they can eat the dinner while it's hot"
"Hump-ph," said the burly man with the
eyeglasses, wonder how they happened to
think everybody knows? Now, this fork, for
instances this for my salad, or for my
roast? You'll never prove it by me and if |
should take a wrong fork"
The burly mans wife gave him a poisonous
look.
uAnvhodv yyouid think voutd hepn hrought
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SPREAD RECREATION
OVER ENTIRE WEEK
This Business of Packing All Your Fun and
Exercise Into the Weekend Is Not
So Good, After All.
BY DR.. LOUIS K. BISCH.
Eminent PSYCHOLOGIST.

should exercise above all things. Not only the body,
III, but the mind as well, requires exercise.
But exercise must be planned and thought out if it = to
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Do everything in moderation each Jay and your entire week. en-
tire month. entire life will also be sensible.
Eight hours for work, eight hours for play, and eight hours for
sleep IS a n old, out most sensible program to folowl
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YARN weather calls for q
wv change IN the home menu.
from heavy 10 light foods.
Salads frequently take the place OF
meat or are used IN different forms
for the other courses. There are
hearty salads iellied frozen and
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up in a saw-nH," she said. and never saw a fourtined fork in your
lfe-to hear you talk"
Everybody laughed because the burly man Is very rich and had
a rich grandfather and a rich father and a society mother and a
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DANGER Turks
IN POWDER BURNS
Tetanus Yields to Treatment These Days But There
Is No Certainty That Lockjaw May
No Result From Wounds.
Rv ROYAL s. COPELAND, NJ. D.
United States Senator from New York.
a~~,rr To,o ~ fecfoner m Heglfh Mem York on

InlLel STATES CCHdVUI IUW ~" IVIN.
Former Commissioner OF Health. ND York CITY.
n Y OW the Fourth Of July is here. This is the boys day. til a day
III of noise. 1t Is the day Of firecrackers and cannon.
Az Unfortunately, the Fourth Of July is not only a day Of
natural reioicing and glori ficaion, but it is a day Of explosions. powder
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contaminated bv the excfetions q animals may De InlecIeu WIN MS
agent
Lockjaw is a very serious and even fatal disease The agony Of
fhe sufferer is terrible TO hehold. | can hardly bear to think of the
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Answers 70 Health Queries

ID. p. G. o.-Las; Summer my
nose was broken by "A baseball and
was not properly attended 10. Who
shall ! see TO have IL set?
A.-consult your doctor and he
Will advise you.
III. T. Q-What DO you advise For
a ~six-year.old child who has terrible
Nightmares?
A.-Nightmares are usually due to
deranged digestion in a neurotic
child. but may also be due to over-
fatigue, overwork at school and
anxiety about school duties. AIDE
noids. enlarged tonsils or worms may
DO the cause. as are also indulgences
IN unusual articles OF diet. or eating
too heavy a meal before retiring. For
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c0VyrsA,. 1875. Newspaper r,a,ur. Service. InA
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GOODNIGHT
STORIES
by Blanche Silver
Dotty Has a Chat With !
Queer Little Sexton
and His Wife.

<kNRACIoUS on US" exclaimed
Dotty when she saw the
two queer-looking bugs sit
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By A

IkA o." said the pretty little woman. with
the bright black eyes. you're
wrong.
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Three-Minute Journeys
Those Grim Touers of Silence.
By TEMPLE MANNING

kk"HOU shalt not derile the1
earth" is one OF the impor-
tan maxims OF Zoroaster.
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He who can take advice Il sometime,
superior to him Who can give il.
Won Knebel.
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A.-Consult your doctor and he
Will advise you.
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natural rejoicing and
The Washington times., 1928-02-27

Is there a real hope for her? !
mean for her walking?"
There should be! I'm sure Of
it. / won't think that there isn't.
That would be just too much.
She's more than dear and plucky,
Heinie. You have no idea how
sound and true she is. In every.
thing. It's unthinkable that she
should be helpless for life"
1T puts a big responsibility on
you, having her here. And IL she
shouldn't be able to walk. Heinie
went on in his logged quiet, THE
whole burden would be on you
eventually. How can you meet
1t, jerry"
This was the bleak picture that
oppressed her secret thought
Stephanie helpless--she, Jerry, the
loser in love and life, eking out q
colorless existence for both of
them.
She showed the prospect impa-
tiently aside What would you
do, Jerry?"
I'D get by. A person always
gets by-somehow. But that's
not going to happen! 1t certainly
shall notY'
'She has no people but your
Maria and. me. We're enough"
Jerry" softly, "how are all
things going with your"
She gave a wry smile: IT sur
mise, Heinie, that you inquire
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to do, MacVeagh? Are you with
us or against us? Damn 1t, yon
haven't said word for an hour"
Johansen turned on John, with
his whining voice, 50 like a
weman's now.
"Pm here said John. I'm
saying nothing because I've MOTH
ing to say. Not now. I've had
a word or two to say, and
will again"
We've q right to know your
position"
You haven't a right among
you"
Come. come that's not so,
anyway" said Foster. Let's not
quarrel among ourselves. I'll
admit that I've been overconfi-
dent-careless il you like"
plain reckless, If you ask me,
said Carrier. And I speak for
Ames-just as / hold his proxies.
He'd say as much If he were able
to be here =.
Foster. II don't care. III it's my
fault-if it's some ones else--if
it's just bad mck--we're in
mess. We're in a tight place,
We've got to have you to pull
us through, MacVeagh. We've a
right to know that you're going
to stand by us in these meetings
tomorrow-that your stock will
be voted with ours
MacVeagh came from the win
dow, toward them. Unconscious,
perhaps, of the symbolism OF
what he did, he stepped in ahead
OF Foster, in one of the presi-
dents aimless moves To and from
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A Story Of Wild Youth

ing with merriment. So much so
you almost thought she didn't
care for this or that; didn't think
about herself at all. A shock to
find Stephanie crying.
Abruptly Jerry was remember
ing. The doctor was to make
arrangements for. the operation;
was to have told them today. Was
fStephanie afraid of this? Worried
for the outcome?
There was to be bone graft
stiffen her spine so that it would
bear the weight OF her body. Then
she would walk-freely as ever.
Had anything happened? Had
he found some complication?
Jerry reached over and lightly
touched Stephanie's arm. She re-
peated this twice: You're awake.
/ heard you.
The hands came slowly down
and in the vague, gray moonlight
streaming their porch, Stephanie's
eyes twinkled.
You were crying"
Il was not-just grabbing off
some deep breaths."
i've had a few deep breaths
myself, and that's not the way it's
DONE" said Jerry, stepping from
her own bed and climbing in with
Stephanie.
"Oh, all right, then! I weep to
prove to myself that I'm feminine.
This is the second time in my life.
Once was year ago when Maria
went home and left me-"
And tonight?'
A faint, whimsical laugh: You'll
think me an utter loon. 1t was
just lying here and featuring
meeting with old Stephen Marsh
my fathers father. Maria be-
lieves he's living. Stephen was
his only child and he adored him
| was just wondering what would
happen II l should pay him
visit-~tf l just went bursting in
on him-the living image of his
son. After all these years"
And ] suppose you featured
him sobbing with delight and be-
queathing you a million dollars?"
Stephanie's laugh simmered to a
long, child.like gurgle: Exactly!
Why else does one think of phan-
Loh SEdHuIdLHeFS! IHdI what
made me weep-the million dollars
and the oVerjoyed way he re-
ceived me. But principally the
million. / wonder if he's rich and
il he would make me his heir?"
Stephanie's hands went stealing
up to her face. She said in a
trembling quiet: Jerry, there's a
chance that / N,ont be able to
walk I'll be dependent all my
life. I'll just keep on costing and
costing. And you'll have to keep
on working because of me. It's
its more than 4 can stand-a
whole life of that
who said you won't walk"
The doctor and Maria were
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in a Ford depot wagon. And, al
last, Eileen saw what she had
been hoping -for-Helen Bishop,
arriving in the Bishop station car.
She waved. and pointed to the
space beside her, and Helen
waved back, and smiled, and
backed her own car in.
Morris coming, them" said
Eileen. I'm so glad. ] want
to talk to him. Will you let me
drive him back, Helen?"
But he's not comingi He tele-
phoned a little while ago. And
Teds going in. There's some ire.
mendous excitement in town
some sort of crisis. III was
afraid"
IT see." said Eileen.
II came to meet Carol Van
Dyne-you'd better come over this
evening, and well get someone
else for bridge"
II can't, Helen" Eileen started
her engine. rs Ted driving in?
wonder If he'll take me? I've
got to see Mort"
"Wait-you'd better telephone
him to wait-he's taking the road
ster and he was almost ready"
Eileen sprang out. She came
back. just as the train drew in,
her eyes shining.
He's going to wait'' she said.
CHAPTER XIV
In New York, late that same
afternoon, there were anxious
eyes, worried faces, tired, out
done men in the luxurious room
that was Arthur Fosters New
York office. Foster was there,
nervous and irritable. unable TO
sit still behind his ornate desk.
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NolO Go On With The Story.

strike a blow and fire a shot for
freedom.
Now all was changed, and yet,
deep down within her, she knew
that nothing was changed. Amer
lea was all about her here, and
she was fighting, and meant to
fight to the last bit of her
strength, for that small bit of
America that was hers. 1t didn't
matter that now, far above her,
droning airplane passed. where,
long ago, only gulls and eagles
had dared the reaches of the up
per air. It didn't matter that
what had been q mill in old
colonial days, besides a stream
that ran beneath concrete high
way to spill itself into the sea,
a red gasolene pump stood. Eter-
nal truths remained, and always
would. And love was, Of them
all the greatest.
Love had nothing to do with
pride, or ownership. or hate, or
fear. Love was love itself, or it..
was nothing. Love transcribed
fear. Love robbed what people
said about one of the power to
hurt one or move one. Love still,
as 1t always had and always
would. made what people did of
no Importance and what they
were the only thing that mat
tered.
Eileen was at peace when she
turned back, having gone far
enough upon the road. Now she
drove coolly, with calculation.
swiftly, yet securely. And her
way brought her, well ahead OF
the time that she had set, to the
station The afternoon train, the
train that brought such husbands
and fathers as were coming out,
and the women who had been in
town to shop, and guests, was
coming soon. Already cars were
arriving to meet it; early though
Eileen was she was not the first.
Here. gradually, as she waited,
there grew up about her an i'm
posing array of splendid motors.
Even the old cars had distinction.
They were eloquent of the settled
order of this life, with its lack of
need to make pretense, to fall
back upon display for proof OF
what reality could not prove.
There were women not at All
ashamed to come to this station
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John MacVeagh, grim and silent,
stood by the window. chewing on
q cigar. Power was in every line
of his strong body, but 1t was
mower leashed, harnessed. Peter
Carrier, cynical. a little amused,
even in the presence of a crisis.
lii another cigarette as fast as
one was half smoked. Carter
Johansen, all the sleek strength OF
him vanished, was almost in
state of collapse: his voice, when
he spoke, and he did most of the
talking, was querulous.
Its all very well to go on like
this, Carter" said Foster. You
talk as IL it were all my fault.
Damn it--how was to know
Bishop and his crowd We're plan
ming anything like this? ]
thought they were out of i"
"You thought! You had no
business to think. We've left
things in your hands-it was your
job to be sure, not to think. If
you weren't so busy trying to
keep your wife amused SO that
she wouldn't. have affairs behind
your back
Damn you! I'm not going to
take that from you.''
You'll be lucky il that's the
worst you get" said Peter Car
rier. Carriers a disgusting ass.
but you're just about as bad,
Arthur. We had this game in
our hands year ago. Now
you've let this gang steal a
march on us and its touch and go.
We wouldn't have a chance, ex-
cept for MacNeagh here"
"Yes-and what are you going