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to find new fashions so reason
ably priced.
DAINTY NEW INDIES
IN DAFFODIL SILK
Tiny Gaffodils spread a
charming pattern over the silk
of these pretty undertakings.
They are nicely tailored and
bound with matching silk in
solid color. The gowns are
$2.95 and matching chemise or
step-ins are priced $1.95 each.
STRETCHERS AID IN
WASHING GLOVES, 25c
We've run this handy little
item before but we feel that it
is particularly apropos right
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air force" grins Jupp; then
you might have gone after
them with q butterfly net"
"BunkI" answers Kosole H.
nally and settles down to sleep
once more. And that Is best.
The rain becomes heavier. We
sit back to back and drape our
waterproof sheets over us. Like
dark mounds Of earth We squat
there in our little bit Of trench.
Earth, uniform and q little life
underneath.
A harsh whispering wakes
me. "Forward!-Forward!"
why, what's the matter?"
I ask, drunken with sleep.
We've to go up the line,"
growls Kosole, assembling his
things.
But we've only just come
here!" I say, myStified.
such damned rot" hear
wessling saS. '"The bloody wars
over, isn't it?"
"Up! Forward" It is Heel
himself, our company COM
mander, driving us out. = He is
running impatiently down the
trench. Ludwig Breyer is al
ready on his feet. There's
nothing for it; we've rot to CO."
says he -esignedl.', taking a few
hand grenades.
Thoughts Of Peace
Adolf Bethke looks at him.
"You should stay here, Ludwig.
You can't so up with your
dysentery."
Breyer shakes his head.
The scraping sound Of belts
being tightened, q clatter Of
rifles, the Sickly smell Of death
suddenly rising up again out
of the earth. And we had
hoped at last to have escaped
from it forever!
The thought of peace had
sprung up ;;:efore us like a
rocket, End though indeed we
did not yet believe or under.
stand it, the bare hope had
sufficed to change us more in
the few minutes it took for the
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Your Health
and Diet
By Logan CIendening, M. D.

by Logan Clen0enlng, M. IL"
Infantile paralysis is a dis
ease of late summer and au-
tumn. There are always a small
number of cases in the Tnited
States somewhere. This year
the Atlantic seaboard has had
a severe epidemic.
The disease is due to ir1fec-
ton with a germ or one Of the
filterable viruses. 1t damages
the nervous system with espe-
cial ferocity. The mysterious
feature of the disease is to ex-
plain how the germ gets he
nervous system without affect
ing any superficial structures.
Entrance of Infection
Most infections show by what
path they enter the body. Ty-
phoid fever is conveyed by water
or food and is absorbed through
the digestive tract, leaving in
flammatory patches in the in
testines at the point of entrance.
Diphtheria is air borne and
the signs of disease are all in
the air passages. But, differing
from these, infantile paralysis
enters the body, passes mysteri-
ously through all the outer de-
fenses and attack the nervous
system, we'll guarded and situ-
ated deeply inside the body
structures. The theory is that
it gets in through the nose or
throat, but nothing certain is
known.
A way to explain the disease
is to say that the virus has
an affinity for the nervous
system-just as certain
chemicals have an affinity for
each other. 1t is very elec-
tive affinity because the only
part of the nervous system
that is affected are the CEN
tral cells of the motor nerves.
It is their destruction which
causes the paralysis.
Cause Of Paralysis
Paralysis may be caused by
disease of many different parts
of the nervous system. It may
me compared for purposes Of
understanding to a telephone
exchange. If your telephone
will not work it may be be-
cause your own house set is
out of whack-which would
correspond to disease of the
muscle itself. Or it may be
because the wire from your
house to the local exchange is
broken-similar to neuritis,
such as the victims of Jake"
paralysis had. Or your local
exchange may be destroyed by
fire-and this is the condition
in infanti1e paralysis. A last
kind of telephone trouble would
result from the control ex-
change burning down-which
is similar to what occurs in
the paralysis following apo
pleXy.
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ling, strange, wild cries, that
loses itself in the distance.
"Off they CO." growls Willy.
IF only we could pull out like
that! Two wings and away"
Heinrich WeSsling follows the
geese with his eyes. Nov for
winter" says he slowly. Wess-
ling is a farmer and understands
these things.
Breyer, weak and wretched,
leans against the parados and
murmurs, First time I ever saw
that"
But Kosole has frightened up
at once. He gets Wessling to ex-
plain the matter to him quickly
once more, asking particularly
whether wild geese are as fat as
tame ones.
Whir Of Wings
More or less" says Wessling.
MY poor belly!" exclaimed
Kosole, his jaws working with
excitement. "And Is, 20 maybe,
good roast dinners flying about
there in the air!"
Again the whir of wings
straight above us; again the
hoarse, throaty cry swooping
down into our hearts like a
hawk; the tapping pulse Of their
wings. the urgent cries, gusts Of
the rising wind all united in one
passionate, swift sense of free
doom and life.
A shot rings out. Kosole
lowers his rifle and peers hun
grily into the sky. He has
fired into the middle of the
flight. Besides him stands
Tjaden, ready, like a retriever,
to dash out should a goose
fall. But the flight passes in
tact.
A Lot of Bunk
Hard luck" says Bethke.
"That might have been the
first sensible shot in this whole
war"
Kosole throws down his rifle
in disgust. IF only a man
had some shot-cartridges!" He
settles back into gloom, con-
juring all the things that might
have been. And as he sits, he
chews unconsciouSly.
eyes," says Jupp, observing
him. with apple sauce and
baked potatoes. what?"
KoSole looks at him poison.
: ously. "You shut up, you pen
pusher!"
"You should have joined the
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rumor to circulate than any,
thing in 20 months before. Till
now, the years Of war had sue
ceeded each othe4, year laid
upon year, one year Of hopeless
ness treading fast upon an
other, and when q man reck-
oned the time, his amazement
was almost as great to discover
1t had beer so long, as that 1t
had been only so long.
But now that it has become
known that peace may come
any day, every hour has gained
in weight. a thousandfold, every
minute under fire seems harder
and longer almost than the
whole time before.
The wind miaows around the
remains of the breaStworks and
clouds draw swiftly over the
MOONLIGHT constantly alternat-
ing with shadow. We march
close, one behind another, a
group of shadows, a sorry spec
tacle, Number 2 Platoon shot
to a mere handful Of men-the
whole company has scarce the
strength Of a normal platoon
but this remnant is choice,
thoroughly sifted. We have
even three old-timers still from
'fourteen-Bethke, WeSsling and
Kosole, who know everything
and often speak of the first
months as though that were
away back in the olden days
Of the gods and the heroes.
Each man seeks out a corner,
a hole for himself in the new
position. There is nothing
much doing. Flares, machine
guns, rats. With q well-aimed
kick. Willy tosSeS one up and
slices 1t IN two in midair with
one cut from a spade.
Then Came The Attack
Heel? It is WesSling who
groans. And Heel? Holding
them off: it was he that fired.
He is back again almost .imme-
diately. "Got the whole bunch
in the shell hole" he shouts.
and then two with the re-
volver." He stares down at
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Wessling. well, how is it?" But
Wessling does not answer.
Bandaged Wounds
One cannot see how deep the
wounds go. We bandage them
as we'll as we can. Wessling is
groaning for water, but he gets
none. Stomach wounds may
not drink. Then he begs for
blankets. He is freezing, he has
lost so much blood.
A runner brings the order to
retire still farther. We take
Wessling with us in a water
proof sheet through which is
passed a rifle for carrying, until
we can find a stretcher. One
behind the other, we grope our
way cautiously. It grows grad
ually light. Silver mist in the
low bushes. We are leaving the
fighting zone. Already we i'm
agine it over when a bullet
comes swishing up softly and
strikes, took. Ludwig silently
rolls up his sleeve. He has
stopped one in the arm. We'll
bandageS him.
We 60 back. And back.
The air is mild as wine. This
is no November, it is more like
March, and the sky is pale blue
and clear. In the pools along
the road the sun lies mirrored.
We pass down an avenue of
populars. The trees stand on
either side the road, tall and
almost unscatched, except that
here and there one is missing.
This region lay formerly we'll
behind the lines and has not
been so devastated as those
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miles before it that, day by
day, yard by yard, we have
yielded. The sun glints on the
brown waterproof and as we
go along the yellow avenues,
leaves keep floating, sailing
down upon it; a few fall in
side it.
A Horrible Sight
At the dressing station every
where is full. Many of the
wounded are lying outside be-
fore the door. For the time be-
ing we put Wessling there, too.
A number of fellows with arm
wounds and white bandages are
lining up to march out. The
hospital is to be relieved. A
doctor is running about, exam
lining the newcomers. He orders
one chap, whose leg is hanging
loose and bent the wrong way
at the knee joint, to be taken
in at once. Wessling Is merely
bandaged and remains outside.
He rouses from his stupor
end looks anxiously after the
doctor.
What is he going away for?"
He'll be back in a minute"
I tell him.
But must go in! I must
be operated on!" He becomes
suddenly terribly excited and
feels for the bandage.
THAT must be stitched up
straight away"
We try to calm him. He is
quite ~reen and sweating with
fear. Adolf, run after him!
He must comet"
Bethke hesitates a moment.
But under WeSsler's eye there
is nothing else for it, though
he knows it will be to no pur-
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Fashions change in bidding
as they do in clothing. There
was a period of direct bidding
when an opening bid Of a suit
strongly indicated a preference
for playing the hand at that
declaration. Unless a powerful
suit was held the custom was
to bid no trumpS upon strength
in three suits, regardless Of
what the fourth suit might con-
tain. .,...
Then came an ultra fashion
of always bidding a suit in
preference to no-trumpS, unless
the latter was guarded in all
four suits; of course lack Of a
biddable suit required no
trumpS to be bid upon three
guarded suits, even if the
fourth suit was unprotected.
Now a slight backward swing
of the pendulum Of popularity
does not decree that no-trumps
must not be bid in case a bid
dable suit is held also. OBJ
ably one system is not one whit
better than another, but Gus
tom decides what partner ex-
poets an opening bid to show
in the bidders hand.
BiddabIe Suits
Provided the whole hand con-
tains at least five probable
tricks, including not less than
az quick tricks, the following
suits are considered biddable:
A.1O.X.X
K.Q-x.X
K.J.le.X
Q.X.X.X.X
J-10.X.X.X
x-X.X.X.x.x
Great strength in three-card
suits at times may justify bid
ding almost any five-card suit.
Who would fail to bid Heart
on the following?
Had Ne. I.
1 A.A.K-J
N.e-e-S-a-2
Asa
~!A.K.J
For lack Of biddable suit the
next two hands must be bid no
trumpS.
I Haa1 Ns. g Aal1 Ne. 8.
A.A.Q-3 A.10-T.6.G
W.K.J.A W.J.0.S.A
4.K.Q-7 A.A-K.9
>.9-O-4-2 Oak
A void suit. q low singleton,
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lust because he married her
and signed a promise to that
effect.
And yet the advice givers go
right on handing out the same
old bunk about "how to hold a
husband" by keeping your hair
neat, feeding the brute, and,
cultivating your personality.
There is only one sure way
to hold your man, these Slip
perry days, and that is by max
ing a firm Of marriage-by ty-
ing your lives and your spirits
together with mutual aims, in
terests, work and ideals. BY
working together for the same
goal, whether it's building
home, rearing a family, max
ing a fortune or carrying on
professional career. BY pooling
your interests and sharing your
failures or victories, your hopes,
your secrets and your profits.
Keep your hair neat and
your nose powdered" OF
course! But don't forget that
there are twenty love pirates
right around the corner, who
spend half their lives between
the scented bath and the look
ing-glaSs.
Feed the brute" Why not?
But don't fancy that flour and
water paste wiz hold q map
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- n ByHA uhuof rnL
eNNenFU
A Story>o Of the Aftermath
Or the World War

much Of the tan and rust-ot the
dixie, and one coughs 1t up
again, hot and choking.
Jupp is picking his nose alb
sently. "Shop windows - and
cafeS--and women-oh, boy"
murmurs Jupp
ZACH, man, you just be thank
full you're back here out Of the
muck for q Bit" say I, and blow
into my frozen hands.
win Go to School
That's true" Jupp draws
the waterproof up over his thin,
bent shoulders. "What'll you do
when you get out Of this?"
I laugh. "I'll have to 60 back
to school again, I suppose.
Willy and Albert and land
even Ludwig over there, too," I
say, pointing back 20 where
someone is lying before a dug.
out entrance, under two great
coats.
Good heavens But you won't
do that, surely?" exclaims Jupp.
II don't know. Probably have
to-" I reply, and feel furious,
without knowing why.
There is a movement under
the greatcoats. A pale, thin
face lifts up and groans softly.
It is my schoolmate, Lieut.. Lud-
wig Breyer. our platoon COM
Tnander. He has had diar.
rhoea for weeks-it is dySentery,
Of course, but he does rot want
to go back into hospital. He
would sooner stay here with us,
for we are all waiting now in
hopes of peace; then we shall
be able to take him back with
us at once. The hospitals are
all full to overflowing, no one
is properly looked after there,
and once q man lies down on
it, he is only so much nearer
to being dead. Men die all
around one. It gets on O. fel.
lows nerves, alone there among
1t all, and before he knows
where he is. he has made an
other himself.-Max We'll, our
Stretcher bearer, has given
Breyer q sort Of fluid plaster
to eat so as to help him for
bit.
Here Come the Shells
Jupp signs to me. "L!stern!
There it is again."
"What2"
"The shells was talking
about before"
KoSole .Stirs and yawns. He
gets up, significantly examines
his great fist; he looks askance
at Jupp ind says, We'll, my
boy, il you're trying to pull
our leg again, you'll soon be
sending your bones home in a
turnip sack"
We listen. The hiss and
whistle of the invisible, arching
shells is interrupted by queer,
hoarSe, longdrawn sound, so
strange and new that my flesh
creepS.
Gas shells!" shouts Willy,
springing up.
Now we are all awake and
listening intently.
WeSSling points into the air.
There they are! Wild geese!"
Moving darkly against the
drab gray Of the clouds Is a
wedge, its point steering towards
the moon. It cuts across its red
disc. The black shadows are
plainly visible, and angle Of
many wings, column of squal-
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By Helen Rowland

Keeping q Husband Stationary
Once if a girl could get a
man as far as the altar, she
sat down and breathed a long,
sweet sigh of relief. Her life
job was practically over.
The marriage certificate was
as strong as steel. Law was law,
honor was honor, a married
man was q married man, and
a wife was life proposition!
But now-oh, the difference
to us! The wedding is just the
start in the love chase. And
the feat Of a woman's life is
not getting a husband, but
holding ONTO him, after she's
got him.
Men are so restless, divorce
is so easy and popular and posi-
lively "swank," that all the
good old marriage ties are get
ting as loose and flabby as a
pair of last years garters!
NO man seems legally bound
to go right on loving a woman,
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pose. I see him speak with the
doctor. Wessling follows him as
far as he can with his eyes. He
looks terrible as he struggles to
turn his head.
Returning, Bethke makes a
detour so that Wessling shall
not be able to get a sight Of
him; he shakes his head, makes
the figure one, with bis finger,
and with his mouth shapes in
audibly, "One-hour.
(TO b Continued
copyright. 1881. Magus Publishing
Co. Inc. by arrangement with
King Features Syndicate, Inc"
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Advice to the
LoveIorn.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems of
Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage
She Wants to Forget
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a girl of 18, considered
good-looking and I dress well.
I am now going to a business
college. The point, Miss -Tair-
fax, is that I have plenty of
girl friends but can't seem to
meet any boys. I believe in a
good time but I don't like all
this pettfng and drinking that
some girls indulge in.
I have been in love with a
boy for three years and I still
am, but he likes to drink and
he won't work, so I am trying
to forget him. which is the
chief reason that I'd like to
meet some nice boys.-B. E.
In your home town there
are several clubs to which men
and women both belong. There
is an arts club, several boat
clubs and also two or three
good bowling clubs. There are
also lovely walks easily accessi-
BILE. Why not suggest a Sun
day hike to some of your girl
friends, get them to invite some
men, take along a picnic lunch,
and this is just the weather
for such an expedition. Do you
belong to q church? Usually
there are church organizations
which undertake to have their
young people meet. Don't you
know some older women who
will act as your fairy god
mother?
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With Alice and EUeLyn

It seems these days that every
one is tearing off on motor trips
and taking in a football game.
And in the stores are such grand
things for just this, that we're
going to tell you about some Of
them.
First of all, we came across
the coat that's illustrated at the
left above. Following Fashions
favor in coat fabrics, it's made
of a rough woolen with looped,
boucle-like surface. But the sur
prising feature is that it's shower
proof! Not rubberized like rain
coats, or even cravenetted! The
wool, which by the way is Of the
finest quality, has been treated
and waterproofed before the
cloth was woven.
The Jap raccoon collar can be
drawn in close and warm. The
sleeves, with their empire sug'
gestion, are very new. And,
despite the ring.buckled belt, the
coats also held closed by but
tonS-like most Of the SmarteSt
coats this season. We were sim
ply dumbfounded when we heard
how much it cost-only about
$40, think of that!
A Hat and . Bag
With this we've sketched a
tricorne with a chic corded
brim. The close and snug fit
makes it perfect for motoring or.
travel. So comfortable to lean
back in, as well. The price Is
$3.50 or perhaps q little less.
The very latest thing in town
is the handbag that the girl is
carrying. It's made Of felt, d
big soft envelope, that's stitched
all over! ,.'
&&
For more information concern
ing this outfit write The Wash
ingtOn Times Fashion Depart
ment or call District $3.50, Ext.
1873, between 9 and IL Q. m. or
I and 5 p. m.
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The, ,fAarrv, ,Go-Round

against apple sauce and i'm
ported perfume.
Don't nag him" I should
hope not! But remember that
every downtown office is full Of
sweet little professional sym
pathizers," who make a bust
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twinge of periodic pain.
Harmless as it is, Midol tablet
blocks all possibility of periodic pain
for hours at a stretch. 1t isn't a
narcotic. But it acts in seven minutes,
and lets you menstruate in comfortl
Just ask the druggist for Midol.
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Household Hints

Do not use baking powder in
pastry that has to be kept for
any length Of time, but in
crease the quantity Of fat, which
will prevent it from becoming
too dry.
To remove mildew from mate
rails, soak them in q mixture Of
equal parts Of buttermilk and
water. Wash afterwards In the
usual way.
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OF b low QOuDleCOn urges d SulG
bid in preference to no-trumps.
Bid 1-Spade on each of the fol.
lowing hands:
Maal No. 3. Had Ne. S.
A-o-'-S-+-2 A;A;!o.7-!
&-K.J.O.S as
.: ~.A.K.7.3. %.K-lO.O-s
- Hand Ne. G.
A.A-fO-7.A
v-K.J.S.S
&.A.Q.0
%.6.4
At present the distribution"
fad runs strongly. Some of its
tenetS are no whit better than
those replaced-if as good.
Among other things players are
urged to bid no-trumps upon a
1888, division Of suits, rather
than declare their only 4-card
suit: For example, to bid 1-No
Trump instead of 1-Spade on
the following holding, although
one suit is wholly unguarded.
Hand Ne. Z.
A.A.Q-1O-O
V.9.S.3
Aka
A.A.l0-2
OF course two biddable suits
prohibit bidding no-trumps with
one unguarded suit, 1-Heart
must be bid on the following
hand:
Hand Ne. 8.
A-e-4
- ~-K.Q-10.7
&-A.K-S.3
A.K.S-e
Tomorrow: Shifting Partners
Bid.
Copyright 1881, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Incl
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How Does a -
Woman Champion
Manage?

Women champions
cannot have "of
days" Day after
day of practice and
play, and matches
that permit no
pos mem ents.
Then how do they
m anage during 6
menstrual periods
when other women
are sunk with pain7
They meet these
monthly emergen-
cies with Midol,
and they dom t
ever experience a
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What Do You
Know?
AnStDers to TodGy'S Test
Questions on Editorial Page

]. Montana. 2. Robert Ray
noldS. 8. Elongated body or
frame. 4. A transparent gem,
usually blush green. 5. Sailing
vessel used in the fifteenth cen.
tury, usually with several decks.
8. "The CloiSter and the
Hearth" Z. Figaro. 8. Daniel
Deronda." 9. 1870. 10. To
strike the ball with an inclined
racket. II. Yukon. IL. Ber-
muda. 13. CatSkillS. Ia Cue.
bee. Is. North Belgium.
Copyright. 1881. King Feature
Syndicate. Ine.l
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ness Of understanding" men
whose wives never dreamed of
nagging them.
cultivate charm and keep
him vamped." Yea, verify. But
never imagine that you can
hold any man by "sex-appeal,"
now that it is as plentiful as
silk stockings and as common
as rouged lips.
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But the trouble 10 that age often takes itself
too ssriOusly and does not take youth seriously
enough. ~
Youth on the other hand is often so eager
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or q low doubleton urges a suit
bid in preference to no-trumps.
Bid 1-Spade on each Of the fol-
lowing hands:
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Contrast q! ! act; !!:!!.! Bridge
'"The Official System"
By E. V. SHEPARD

,hoosinx Between Trun1ps and No Trumps