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The Washington times., 1930-12-31
DIET AND HEALTH
By Dr.. Logan CIendening-

The problem Of inStructing
children about the processes Of
life seem to be almost aS diff.
cult to solve Is It was before
the. mighty intellects Of modern
reformers turned their dazzling
illuminations on it.
This observation Is prompted
by q conversation I had with
thrse mothers the other eve
ming. Among them they have IL
children. ranging in age from
20 years to 4 years. Some are
boys, some are girls. The
mothers are well educated, intel.
Ngent and whoIesome1minde
and the families are prosperous.
They are what used to be called
good mothers;" they certainly
love their broods devotedly. Il
would be absurd 70 say they did
not have the best interests Of
their children ct heart. Equally
absurd TO say they do not realize
the dangers attendant on being
Q male or Q female IN the pres.
ent age or fluid standards Of
sexual morality. or that they
are unaware Of the things that
have been recommended to say
70 children on the subject.
A very representative gather.
ing, one may conclude. Yet
they al confessed complete
doubt as 20 how to convey the
information or whether it was
wise to attempt It at all or not.
''My boy. II years Old" said
the first, "carne home the other
day and said, Mother, every boy
In my class knows where I came
from but me-what about it?"
what did you answer?"
II said. You came from me
that's where you came from.
Do you taink I would love you
and look out for you so weu II
you weren't part Of my body?'
That's all ] have ever told him
about the great question Of sex." :"
"Al the books keep insist
Ing" contributed the second
mother. "that the modern idea
Of telling them everything frank
ly viii make them healthier and
guarantee that their children
are going to be healthier. But
! don't know. I didn't know
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A Story Of Real Life,
Complete in This Issue

She looked up at him, pale and
silent, awaiting her answer. Of
all the illusions In the world,
Mary felt sure the idea that
the exquisite, soul-stirTing
love-making Of the screens
greatest lovers. has anything to
do with reality, was the one
perfect illusion.
There was nothing thrilling
or romantic or glamorous in
the present situation. The
dumb. pleading look Ia the
gray green eyes and the tense
face Of o man whose hope Of
early happiness hangs on o
woman's anSwer-it was stark
reelity. In this moment sne
had dreamed OF, she came
face to face with love, as 1t is.
A powerful force that could
make or mar his life and hers"
You'll marry me-" he man.
ager in q choky voice. The
words seemed drawn out by q
tremendous effort.
Mary, staggered by her shat
tered dreams, saw him dazedly,
pieced together the need Of her
and saw In his eyes, with the
things he didn't say and made
the most Of 1t. She pressed her
fingers close tu his.
"Xes," she heard herself
whisper. vaguely.
Then the tenSeneSs broke,
Wayne took her In his arms
and In an ecstasy Of relief he
kissed her-precisely as arly
clerk would have-under the
circumstances.
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FASHIONS
F A N CIES


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CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

-Mrss Cornelius BeeckmanS
An Invitation Unnecessary
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
I am to be graduated from
high school in the spring. A
and B are graduating with me.
AS mother is q good friend Of
mine and is my Sunday school
teacher. and BIS mother 10 also
Q good friend. Since these boys
are graduating also, would 1t
be correct for me to send invl'
tations to their parents2
MARIE.
This would not be necessary,
and, under the circumstances,
1t would seem out Of place for
you to send invitations to an
occasion to which the boys have
q prior right Of giving tho IN
vitatton.
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NOW Continue

I'm not sure. he might feel
It Q little, but ] don't suppose
Q girl like me could interest him
much. It would take someone
like you, Connie someone his
equal, to make him fall. But
that hasn't got o thing In the
world to do with the way I
feel toward him. I'm hooked"
Her voice, her own surprise,
were colored by Q kind Of super.
stitious awe ut the emotion that
EMBODIED her. Evidently, she was
as puzzled as Connie, but she
had convinced herself Of the
authenticity Of her own feelings.
Connie asked: Haven't you
felt this way before about any.
one else?"
"Oh, sure; but it was always
milder," Kitty admitted, frankly;
Take Duke Carson, for Ia.
stance: maybe there was . time
! was almost in love with him,
but almost means nothing. I'd
even thought akout marrying
other fellows-but ! don't have
10 think about Jim. My heart
feels him. He's 30 different from
any other man I ever knewl"
Comics disturbance grew: the
very franknesS Of Kitty made
the situation increasingly dN.
Hicult.
"Jim Is very much different
from the men you knew on
Tenth Avenue" she told her.
"HiS whole background Is diff
ferent, and I don't think you
understand him any more than
he understands you."
Is There Q Difference7
~ was wondering about that"
kitty said, gazing blankly ahead
Of her. do you suppose there
Is really any difference between
men and women-I mean, do
money and education and
society make them as different
as, well, as dogs and cats are
different?"
Probably not" Connie Cd
mitted, ''but Jim is such an
individual person. II It Is Of
all possible, dear, I think you
ought to put your feelings aside
until you know him better. IT'S
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UHAPTER a

VA4SA8 166 ~
The distress Of kitty was 30
Shockingly obvious that Con.
ME felt al of her own feelings
netting: ia her own breast.
actually, she could share the
nervous pain that belonged 70
Kitty. Instantly. she put an
arm around the troubled girls
shoulders.
Don't cry. dear . Jtm's not
Kitty looked at her face,
strained and haggard. Yet there
was fire In her eyes.
He may not be worth it to
you, but he Is to me. How
can you know what I'm feel.
"You have got to get hold Of
yourself" Connie urged her,
seriously, speaking with vigor
through the turmoil Of emo
tion. 'You must quiet yosSr.
self and try TO find out what
has happened"
II guess I have TO take your
advice" kitty Assented, hon.
estly.
The tide Of her emotions be-
gan to drain away, leaving her
bewildered and, som Q ow,
strand. Her heIplesSness, now,
appalled, Connie. To See.a girl
q woman-so stripped Of all
concealing pretenses was pitiful.
II can't understand how 1t
came 0bout 30 suddenly" slae
told Kitty. II should have
thought. as wise 60 you are that
you'd be the last person On
earth such q thing would hap
pen TO-"
Perfectly Innocent
II can't understand It nay.
self," Kitty told her. IT it
was anybody else I'd say they
were goofy. ! had no more to
do with Il myself than H ]
had caught influenza"
"InfIuenEa Isn't fatal always.
and sometimes 1t is cured very
quickly" Connie pointed out;
''but o thing like this won't stay
stationary. Something Is bound
to happOn-and you'll have 70
make o decision"
"I suppose It win really be up
to Jim," Kitty declared.
without your consent, no
matter what he feels, he win be
helpless. In the end. you viii
have the final say. You have
to decide what you're going to
do."
~ suppose III DO Whatever
he wants. r he wants me III
have him, ! suppose. But It's
fIlnny---Vne being Knocked TOR .
loop. like this. You sure don't
blame me, CONNER"
"Of course not: but II you
mean am ! je0louS-I'm not. IN
the slightest"
"But you're against Itl You
think I'm making Q fool out Of
myself"
1T don't think youll find Q
great deal Of. happiness with Jim
in the future. r I found GER
tain traits IN him that made
me decide not to marry him, I
think you're certain. sooner or
later, 10 come 81 contact with
those same ohiectionS."
Connie, despite the sensation
she was treadirg dangerous
ground, was swept on BY her
own honest intention 70 risk.
further, the perilouS business Of
trying to give Kitty IN idea Of
what Jim Tracy was like.
''You won't find much SINGER.
ity In Jim: there win be Q lot
oS selfishneSS and, I'm afraid
The Washington times., 1930-12-31
THE YEAR AHEAD
For These WhOSe Birthday %
January I


II January ! % your birth
day. during the coming year you
may have 0 few important mat
ters to settle-dealing particu-
larry with home affairs or your
immediate surroundings. The
past two, years have brought
some problems and the early
part Of this next year should
find them adjusted. Better
times are coming.
Important dates: Avoid e1-
ceSseS Of all kinds take no
risks and maintain routine from
January ] TO 40, February & to
20, March ! TO as, May 2 to 4,
June 80 TO July !, August Il to
10, october Q 20 10. Good for
general affairs, make efforts to
advance your interests from
January Z to ., January 20 to
20, February IL to IS, April 10
to ~, April % to 40, June 2S to
30, August ( to 6. September 8
TO 8, September 20 70 20. Con.
Trajectory dates show two op.
posing influences.
A child born January ] win
be active, eager and purposefVl.
He viii need careful training.
He win become IN ardent
worker Il he iS properly d.
rectAd.
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sight, that she herself had pro
voked this beginning oS III win.
The whole Truth
Don't you believe NEEDN'T
you trust met"
"Oh, ] suppose 80. I didn't
mean to say that-but you zee
I know the truth shout you and
Jim. he told me. IT'S al right
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for both you that you pre-
tend In public that you gave
him the air, but you know as
wen as he that he was tickled
to death TO get out Of It him
self. Even you got 70 admit he
seems happier now then when
you two were engaged"
Connie smiled tlainly. 30 that
was the line he had handed
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Chapter %


jim! This seemed odd to Con-
ME, even though she herself.
but shortly before, had fully
intended to plight her life
with his. Now, as though some
inner revolution had over
thrown all Of her previous emo
ton, she found herself COM
pletely outside any disturbance
that could be Comics by his
masculine attractivenesS. Jim
was still Jim, however appeal
ingly likable, no matter how
vital his SHORTCOMINGS might
he: she could scarcely con-
ceive Of him acting under any
circumstances without his per-
sonal charm.
81 think he's wonderful" ,"
Kitty breathed. why did you
let him go, CONNER"
The futility Of trying to ex'
plain to Kitty the reason for
the broken engagement kept
Connie from q direct answer.
The irrisdescent fancy in the
other girls mind would have
rejected logical reasoning.
Marriage between Jim and
me would have been 8 great
mistake" Connie said, vaguely.
"I'm not surprised at your
finding him interesting; but it
does amaze me q little that you
say you are crazy about him."
I'm astonished at it myself"
"How deep do you think it
goes?"
"It's O funny thing-some'
thing Just came over me, Con-
ME. That's all. He looked good
to me right away from the
start, but I didn't know I could
be crazy about him. Not even
last night when we were walk
ing around the yard. I liked
him then, Of course, but the
whole thing hit me today, sud
denly, with o wallop. It was.
like something had hit me 9
hard smash. You won't be mad
at me. viii you, connte?"
A Sad Accident
"of coursee not" Connie re:
piled. ''It's just q dreadful
accident. It might have hap
pened to anyone"
''It might be an accident, but
I don't think it's dreadful"
kitty said.
The violet-blue eyes were
softly lit; it was as though
something hard within Kitty
had melted, and suffused her
with an evasive warm radiance.
Across her forhead the low line
of black hair gave her, IN the
obscure light Of the veranda, Q
fertile look Of beauty. All Of
her old self-assurance seemed
shaken: whatever she felt, Con-
ME guessed, It was not JOY.
You want me to give him
up, don't you?" Kitty e&'
claimed, Unexpectedly.
Connie was silent, but she
was relieved that the other had
brought UP the subject.
"WeIl, It can't be done," Kitty
warned her. t'I didn't set out
to make Q play for him and he
didn't make q play for me. u
Just happened. How can I stop
o thing I didn't start? It
wasn't Ike I had made up my
mind and used my brain to do
q certain thing. Whatever 1t
was, 1t just came over me like
o flood. I feel it right here"
She pressed a clinched hand to
her heart. "It Just centers In.
side me, and nothing I think
or say has anything to do
with it. Can you understand
that. CONNER"
Someone His Equal
Connie ignored the query.
Her own feelings were not the
point at issue. It was impor.
tant, at once, to understand
clearly what had happened.
Does Jim know about this?"
II didn't tell him."
''It would be terrible for you
Il he didn't feel the same way"
Secretly, Connie told herself
It would be unfortunate II Jim
himself shared Kitty's feelings:
but tact demanded reticence.
Opposition, probably. would only
add fuel TO Kitty's flame.
do you think he felt it, too2"
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more interest IN your money
than In your love-"
"You would say thatl"
1ittys low CRY seemed sup.
pressed. deadened, as though she
had struggled 70 hold back the
words that had leeped. out oe
her distress, to her wits. It was
an accusation rising, inevitable.
Connie realized, with swift In
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Kttyl She had not, really,
thought him such Q cad.
Plainly. he thought himself
more clever than he really was;
IN reaching forward for Kitty's
money he lacked Q certain
grace. Not for Q moment did
Connie believe that he was
seriously attracted to the girl
herself: true, Kitty had good
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WHAT DO YOU
KNOW?
AGsUsr. To To1ays Test

AHsiUsTs To TOdayS Test
Questions On Editorial Page
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Scorned. 4. Marry. S. Parting.
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son. IL. The siege Of Fort Nc.
Henry, War Of 1879. 13. Henry
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IANnARY

II January 2 IL your birth.
day, during the coming year
you may find that some ina
portant matters win need I'd,
juSting. Refrain from o peE.
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quite possible you wouldn't Ike

quite possible you wouldn't Ike
him at ALL"
II could overlook Q lot" kitty
declared, ''bnt maybe ] won't
have the chance. It's ten 70
one he's Sttll IN love with yOu." |"
Don't you believe that for Q
minute" Connie protested.
Jim was never really In love
In his life. I actually doubt his
capacity Tor love-"
TITS Q funny thing about
me-" kitty unused. II always
thought I was hard boiled, but
now T've turned soft. I'm
actually scared TO death he
can't see me at all."
Suddenly, disastrously, she
flung On arm across the hack
Of her chair and. burying hsr
head In the crook Of her elbow,
her body racked with sobs.
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How much sFeaR work they might done had they
sanely. decemtly and lOng@g
Many persons think gifted great have the
right to do they pleaSha& they above the petty sensible
nR NVimR
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An Absorbing Narrative
OF Underworld Love
The StOru Thus Far

Just before wedding, Connie Calvert wealthy society g
learns her father previous marriage who
lives poverty in New York Kitty the gE sided ~ puks
underworld character tries exOrs huge
SUM from by threatening scandal but Connie induces
home and possessions Connie breaks her
he objects TO her plans regarding
Kitty. Jim calls.
Connie Kitty the perch and into the
house they have vanished m 10 attracted
Kitty Connie believing Tim philaudeTe concerned Tor
Kitty. Jim takes kitty out.
NOD Continue
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oe the worlds greatest gnuses have died daR0s
the victim Of disease contracted from NE oe dissipation
IL mot drinking and dpetng that made them genluges
Their Gfs eat that they nOuihod In mite oe being
haMHlOnnWNA by weak Will
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Alas they the penayl Successful short
ingOrOusly when they promise most
In suIang the famous aspire to that exceeucy
them famous. Not those exceases which made them fan
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Scalp troubles Of any kind should not be held
lightly nor should we be satisfied merely with local
treatment.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
READING FINALLY
 BREAKS ITS LINK
Defeat Montreal Royals in Only
 Game in International

By the Associated Press.
 The Reading Keys finally haze broken a six game losing streak n the International League, but they had to go eleven innings to do 1t.
 The Keys hooked up in q great battle with the Montreal Royals yesterday, the only game played in the league, and finally won out aft 1T two extra frames, to l.
 Bell started the game for .he Keys and allowed four hits and one run before he was lifted for a pinch batsman in the seventh. Grampp then went into the box and allowed only two safeties thereafter to get credit for the victory.
 Smith, on the hill for Montreal. pitched effectively and might have had q shutout but for an unluckv break in the eighth when Reading tied the score without a hit A walk, a sacrifice and an infield out sent Loftus over the plate with the tying run. Smith then frightened up and permitted no more scoring until the eleventh when Loftus dou- bled with two out and drove :n Jones and Whitney.
 The defeat dropped Montreal into q tie with Jersey City for fifth place.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20

Leo had his softer moments when he showed that he could be novel to tears. He had contracted to pro- vide a fighter to oppose Jack Brit ten at Hannas armory on East Main street, now occupied by part of Landers, Frary |: Clark's factory. When the great day came. also came Leo, but he was rot accompanied by the boxer he had guaranteed to produce.
 Leo had posted s1,0oo with the sporting editor of the Herald. On the morning of the fight he came 10 this office with his face draped in mourning and shed tears all over the sporting department. He eX- plained that he had paWned his Wife's diamond rings 10 raise the s1, 900 and now that his man could not meet Britton he realized that he was about 10 forfeit the grand. He but the terms called for one man and, if that man was not forthcom- ing, Hanna could claim the sl,o00.
 After Hanna heard his dolorous tale for ninety-nine times and the office was in danger of being inun- dated, Hanna threw up his hands and said 10 the sporting editor, GO 10 the bank. get his money and give 1t to him. He's breaking my heart"
 A few minutes later, when Leo received his s1,00o, his face was what novelists call "Wreathed in smiles"
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
SAYS NEW TARIFF
 WILL BE HARMFUL
Head Of General Motors Export
 Severely Raps Bill

New York, May oo CP-James n. Mooney, president Of General Mo tors Export company, addressing the Western Universities club today. said that the Hawley- -Smoot tariff bill if enacted into law will increase the cost Of living, retard America 2 commercial recovery and tend per manently to reduce the volume of American business.
 He said the higher tariff will be harmful to the great majority Of the people Of the United States, by additional burdens on everybody. burdens which must be borne by the industrialist. the work CT and the farmer alike"
 The burdens, he said, will have mo conceivable benefit to anyone but a few selected and favored bene- fciaries, by provoking other coun- tries 10 erect similar tariff barriers a gainst Us. it threatens the one de- velopment 10 which American in dustry must look for its principal future eXpansion: in short. the pro posed measure commits itself to the absurdlty Of striving to increase em- ployment hy restricting trade"
 The tariff might throw literally hundreds of thousands Of Americans workers out Of their jobs" he said. though fits aim professedly is to protect our labor"
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
COLLEGE NET TOURNEY
Dartmouth Has Two Men in Quarter Finals In Doubles Team in Semi Finals in Matches.

Brookline, Mass, May 20 LP-The Dartmouth tennis team entered the second days play of the New Eng land intercolleg giate tennis tourna- ment with two men in the quarter finals Of the singles and the doubles team in the semi-fnals.
 Dartmouth has two and a half points on the new eigbt-point cup put into competition last year. Ted Macdonald, Tacoma, Wash, captain and winner of the singles last year, is not defending his title.
 The Dartmouth pair, Johnson and Richardson, Hayes of Amherst, Jacobs of Bates. Weiss of Brown, Soaf Of Williams and Howard Of Wesleyan survive in the singAs. Hayes reached the semi-fnals dur ing the matches yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20

gand- Australia survivor as q prob able opponent. The European zone
 winner will meet the United States in the inter-zone finals. provided the Americans defeat Mexico in the American zone finals at Washington this week
 The Japanese team is unusually strong this year, with Takeichi Har- ada and Yoshiro Ohtd playing the singles and either Harada and Tamio Abe or Ohta and Abe team ing for the doubles. They are con coded an excellent chance Of reach ing the challenge round and 1t would not be particularly surprising for them to carry the Davis Cup back 10 Japan.
 The personnel Of the United States team for competition in Europe is still uncertain. George Lott, John Van Ryn, Winner Allison and Johnny Doog carried the bur den in American zone matches and the United States Lawn Tennis asso- citation has indicated that it intends to play these youngsters through to the finals,
 William Tildcn. IT., has played sensationally during his winter cam paign and there is d strong possibil- fly that he will reverse his decision to withdraw from Davis Cup play. The Philadelphian is playing in the current French championship, in which Cochet and Borotra also arc entered.