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THIEVES BUSY
over HOLIDAY

With complete disregard for
holidays. burglars stayed on the
job while others welcomed the
new year. police said Tuesday. D.
L. johnson, 1922 So. I St. arrived
home 10 find a burglar who had
jimmied the back door entered and
stole IS worth Of new quarters. a
fountain pen, a flashlight and two
pounds of Christmas candy.
Charles Marchant, of Seattle,
who left his unlocked car parked
at 10l6 So. 43d st. lost a suitcase
containing three pairs of pajamas.
two pairs Of stockings and toilet
articles. and Christmas packages.
Mrs. Lee MscFarlane, 1925 So.
Park ave, reported her purse was
taken from a table in a downtown
tavern, together with S2.75, a white
gold wrist watch, and a pair of
glasses. An undetermined amount
of canned and bottled beer was
stolen from the 18th Hole tavern,
1878 Center St, burglarized New
Years eve, according TO report
made by Alberta Payne, 1920 So.
Adams ST.
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BIG LINE FOR
1910 LICENSES

Motorists stood in long lines
Tuesday at the courthouse await
ing turns to fill out applications
for 1910 license plates in order to
avoid arrest.
Lines outside the auditors office
equalled the ones of last Saturday.
when motorists were in rows from
the 10th st. entrance to the build
ing to doors of the auditors office,
just inside the nth st. entrance.
At the state patrol office, 9Th
and A St, where Auditor S. Cliff
ford Davis has a branch, hundreds
of motorists likewise stood in line
awaiting the new plates.
Tuesday midnight was set as the
deadline for 1899 plates. Starting
Wednesday the state patrol and
Tacoma police officers will begin
to arrest motorists driving vehicles
without 1910 plates.
Besides the courthouse and state
patrol. motorists may obtain new
plates at authorized branches
throughout the county and at the
AAA office in Hotel Winthrop
building.
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Taste
Today
BY EMILY POST
MAY Young Girl Accept
Jexelry From Boy:

Dear Mrs. Post: Is girl OF
IL too young to be allowed to ac-
cept a piece Of jewelry from a boy
friend?
Answer: A piece Of costume
jewelry-even possibly a piece OF
real jewelry IL of very trifling cost
would in this day be considered
quite proper to accept. She must
not of course accept anything OF
intrinsic value-above all, not a
ring that either he or she could
mistake for an engagement ring
when the other has no serious IN
tentions. Il add this because of a
situation explained to me lately
by a man who took it for granted
that the girl he loved and who ac-
cepted his ring was engaged TO
him. She meant nothing of the
sort. At the moment she is in
the hospital and he is in jail. This
is not the sort of thing usually
write about but it is not beside the
point TO ask several of my readers
to be careful about flippantly ac-
cepting or giving - rings that
carry with them no intentions.)
May Young Woman Say
"Some Other EVENING"
Dear Mrs. Post: If young wo-
man has had to refuse a certain
young man both times he has asked
her to go to the theater, is it per-
MISSILE for this young woman to
suggest a definite other night TO
avoid having him think she is just
making excuses to him? / am the
young woman in the case and like
the young man very much, and I'm
afraid he'll stop asking. There is
an old saying that things come in
threes and I'm hoping he'll ask
me once more. But If ! should
happen to have an engagement
again, I'm going to be miserable if
there is nothing can do about this.
Answer: If you have to refuse
the third time, reply frankly, why
do you ask me on the only night
I can't go? I can go any other
one, the whole rest of the week"
Then it is certainly up to him to
make another engagement, but if
he doesn't you may ask him to go
to something with you.
The Aisle OF a Department
Store
Dear Mrs. Post: am a buyer
in large department store. A
salesman comes in to see me often
and he has yet to remove his hat
when talking with me. Is it possible
that in a department store a man
doesn't have to remove his hat
when speaking to lady?
Answer: 1t is true that the aisle
of a department store is the same
as the street, and a man usually
keeps his hat on. But even on the
street a gentleman removes his
hat when he is talking with a lady
of his acquaintance.
Copyright. 1881
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for the evening. She chose a Cos
samer white dress. white for
heartbreak," she said to the silence
of the room.
She was still puzzling about the
strange encounter on the deck
when the bath steward entered.
will you see if the shower is
ready" she asked.
Yes. Miss, the shower room is
empty-three doors down."
Through the night, the black
ened ship cut through the heav-
ing Atlantic. A few more days
and it would dock in New York
hsrbor.
As Mary Carroll picked up her
bath kit, lights in the cabin
blinked and went out. In the dark,
a shuddering thud resounded from
below.
An ominous silence followed the
deafening sound. Then a terrific
din OF shrieking, gasping voices
struck the air.
Mary CROPPED for the bunk for
support. She felt slash of cold
water pouring in through the shat
tered portfolio.
She was pitched headlong across
the cabin as the convulsed Mo-
ravia listed TO starboard.
ITO Be Continued)
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8 MORE SHIPS
WARS VICTIMS

Three ships. including the 1.4oo-
ton Norwegian steamer Luna. re-
porfedly torpcdoed without warn
ing. were listed today as victims
q 50 warfare during the New
Years weekend.
The other two were British-the
2.O7z-ton tanker San Dclfino.
mined and beached on the east
coast without casualties among the
crew Of Al. and the 5.677-ton
ifreiehter Boxhill. sunk by an ex-
ploeion IN the North sea Sunday
with : loss OF 10 OF the crew Of 80.
ne loss Of the Luna was re
ported at Kopervik. Norway,
where the Norwegian ship Column
bia landed al IL OF the Luna crew.
The ship was rs miles off the
Norwegian coast. headed for its
home port Of Bergen. when ii was
sunk. Survivors said 4 torpedo
struck aft without warning. and
that the crew had been able to
launch only one lifeboat and one
raft
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MARGARETTA BYERS SAYS

the Cupid's bow mouth.
AT the right. we've sketehed the
same actress in private life. Clev-
erly she bares her forehead 10 bal
ance the double chin-and piles her
hair high TO offset il The brows
are thick and naturally arched.
The eyes are well accented. The
mouth is fun with natural con-
tours The oval necklace and low,
oval neckline. camouflage the chin.
Try these tricks and we think
you'll surprise yourself.
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, SERIAL STORY
BLACKOUT
CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VI
AS Anna turned slowly to leave
the cabin, Mary Carroll caught up
her own gold leather evening
purse.
Here" she cried, tossing it to
Anna. There's make up and
everything in it, just as it was the
last time I carried it. Wait for me
in the salon. If I don't have to
pillow through swarms of admirers
to reach you, I'll be disappointed"
It was the exact right note to
strike with Anna. Smiling, sud-
denly confident, she left the cabin.
When the door closed, Mary's
shoulders sagged. It had been ex-
hilarating to work the Cinderella
transformation. But now that it
was complete, the same black
mood she had been trying to fight
off overwhelmed her again.
She had promised to join Anna,
and she turned to her own dress
ing. Disrobing. she opened the
travelling case for the negligee she
would wear to the shower.
Her hand reached into the
pocket and touched a card. 1t was
the card she had tucked there on
that last morning in London two
days ago.
She read again its message -
AT Midnight"
The words leaped up like some
thing evil. Her tortured mind
began TO go over the events of the
past few days. This was the card
the waiter had brought TO the table
in the restaurant where she and
Vincent had dined. Vincent had
not shown it to her, but in the
near-panic during the air raid
alarm the card had slipped from
his hand and somehow had lodged
in the bow of her dress.
1t had frightened her when she
had found ii, but the next morn
ing she had dismissed her fears
in the thrilling thought Of sailing
on the Moravia with Vincent. She
had convinced herself the card had
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Deeply sincere kindlinexs IL the
foundation Of real charm - the
warm. glowing variety which puts
others It their ease and makes the
world ! plssssnter place in which
% live.
No matter how many books she
has rad or speeches she has lis
tened 70 on how to be charming.
no woman ever win be until she
has I truly kind and understanding
attitude toward the people she
knowB and those she meets. The
only kind Of charm worth bother
ing with springs straight from the
heart. You can't strike an attitude
Or charm and Be convincing
Nor can real charm be turned
MI and on to suit the occasion or
your particular mood. II you are
= kind person and, with rare ex-
ceptions. you are kind all OF the
Time. The really charming woman
can no more help being kind than
the woman without charm can help
beIng cruel In little ways and some
times IN big ones.
Kindness. and therefore charm.
come with Understanding Of the
short comingn Of human nature.
And It's - great 4 mistake to see
only the good side ~ 1t IL to see
cnly the bad. BY all means see the
good. But see the bad, too. And.
instead Of condemning. try TO un-
derstand the why's and where
fore's Of Il.
Remember, too, that good man.
ners - being founded a. they are
IN kindness and thoughtfulness--
are the outward manifestation Of
charm II isn't charming to be
rude. No charming person ever Is.
She may use the wrong fork, but
me doesn't say or do things which
hurt peoples feelings. She Ii kind
and therefore mannerly in any
which really matters.
B. C.
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been unimportant and meaning
less.
OF sudden, a shattering
thought struck her. That note.
The woman who had come into the
restaurant and exchanged such an
intimate glance with Vincent.
THE message was from Carlaw
Mary was unaware she spoke
aloud.
She dropped her head on her
hands before the dressing table
and in her alarm everything be-
came clear.
Carla Marchetta, the hostess of
celebrities. Carla, at whose May
fair house Vincent had been a
guest.
AS a reel unwinding faster and
faster, flashbacks came to Mary.
She and Vincent had been sepa-
rated in the rush to the shelter.
After the young American doctor
had carried her to the basement
shelter, Vincent had been strange
ly jarring.
Had it been because of Carla
that Vincent had failed to sail on
the Moravia?
mo, no." she moaned, I'm hys-
terical-I'm mad"
A sharp rap sounded on her
door. Expecting the steward. she
stood up and, wrapping her robe
around her. said. Come in"
The door opened slowly. Par
don, Mademoiselle, I believe this
is your beret."
The blond young man who stood
in the doorway, a forced smile on
his lips, spoke with a foreign in
Election.
Mary scowled. yes, it's my
beret," she said coldly. 1T blew
off when I was on deck"
The stranger nodded. "You must
not mind. Mademoiselle, because
bring it back myself instead of
sending 1t by the steward"
Mary looked at him. The only
one who would have known about
her tam blowing off was the man
who had been shadowing her on
the deck.
you were following me-" she
blazed hotly. How dare youir
There was nothing ominous
about the face or figure of the
flaxen-haired youth now. In the
light from the passageway, he was
quite innocuous except for his
eyes. He turned on her with a
haunted. beseeching look.
Taken aback for a minute by
Mary's sharp accusation. he re-
covered his poise and said in the
same low voice, us it wrong for
a man TO gaze at beautiful girl
who strides like a Vslkyrie on a
dark deck ?"
Mary stood invineible. II am
quite sure you were waiting pur- /
posely for me TO pass"
He bowed courteously. II am /
sorry If Mademoiselle misunder-
stood" He offered the beret to
her. Perhaps later ! may rave
the chance to prove what you be-
lieve is untrue"
Mary took the tam and bowed.
Thanks and good night" she said,
but her voice was no longer sharp. /
When she shut the door, she
had a disturbing feeling the young
man still stood in the passageway.
Resolutely, she rang again for the
steward. She mustn't delay any
longer In dressing TO join Anna.
Anna's gray uniform dress with
the prim white cuffs was stin on
the chair; her practical black
handbag on the dressing table.
Mary pushed them aside as she
began 10 lay out her own clothes
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
CENSUS UNDER WAY
TARTS ON PAGE ONE

$50. 600, 600 inhabitants Of the
United States. and will operate in
$4,000 districts.
The housing census will be the
first Of its kind ever undertaken.
The enumerators viii visit $1,000
600 dwelling units. Approximately
: 1000 900 ia ms viii be covered in
the agricultural census.
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REPORTS EASTWOOD ILL

Safety Commissioner Holmes
Eastwood was still confined To his
home Tuesday with an attack Of
flu. Chief Of Police Einsr Lang
seth. who called on him Tuesday
morning. said the commissioner
had been III since Friday.
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Answers to Test Questions

Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. Santiago de Chile.
2. Amundsen.
3. 100.
4. Douglas Fairbanks sr.
5. The Mediterranean.
s. Tennis.
Z. Kom-pu-ta-tiv; not kom-pu-
ta'tiv.
s. Peso.
Q. Two.
10. Variable condensers.
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TRAFFIC DEATHS
| SHOW DECREASE
BY UNITED PRESS

ny GNA AsV 1>sstr1
The nation counted fewer than
90 traffic deaths for its New
FEARS weekend today and the
Ational safety council found the
ltuation encouraging"
IT appears drivers and pedes-
ians have taken heed of the
arnings and sought to atone for
4 too high Christmas weekend"
= council reported.
A United Press survey showed
s persons died in the nation over
- weekend. ~ result Of motor
traffic accidents. train wrecks.
fires. drownings. suicide. exposure
and other miscellaneous causes.
There were 1s1 traffic deaths.
~ suicides, IS deaths in fires and
~ IN the miscellaneous listing.
which included drownings. expo
sures, falls and other forms Of
violence.
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CALL EXAMINATION

At request of Fire Chief Whit
aker, the firemen's relief and pen
sion board voted Tuesday to direct
that Capt. II. Donely Hardin take
a physical examination to de-
termine his fitness for active duty.
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RECIPES

Skate the old year out. Then
as the New Year comes in. gather
around the huge fire on the shore,
fill your bowl with this wonderful
fish chowder from Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt's recipes, and finish off
with slabs of apple honey pie,
cheese and coffee.
Fish Chowder Eleanor Roosevelt
(Serves 49,
Four pounds halibut or had
dock, IL potatoes, medium size,
II onions. medium size, / pound
rib salt pork, salt, pepper, quart
milk.
Cut salt pork. into small cubes
and brown until crisp in frying
pan. Drain and put into large
kettle. Add one layer sliced
onions and sliced potatoes and fish
cut in small pieces. and salt to
taste. Continue until potatoes,
onions and fish are all in kettle.
Add enough water to cook, but
not to cover entire contents. Cook
slowly until fish, potatoes and
onions are done, about 20 to IS
minutes. Then add milk, cook for
few minutes and serve with large
soda crackers.
Honey Apple Pie
% servings)
Three pounds tart apples, cups
sugar, 3 cups water, pastry, 4 cup
honey, i cup cream.
Peel and core apples; cut in
eighths into bowl of cold water.
Combine sugar and water in large
skillet; bring TO boil. Add as
many apples as pan will hold con-
veniently. Simmer until tender;
continue until all apples are cook
ed. Drain and cool. Line 9-inch
pie can with pastry. Arrange ap-
pie slices symmetrically in pas
try. Combine honey and cream;
pour over top. Bake in very hot
oven (450 degrees F. for 10 min
utes; reduce heat to moderate
1915 degrees FL and continue
baking for Is minutes longer.
Note; II a spicy apple pie is
liked, add a piece of ginger root
and a stick of cinnamon to the
syrup.
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-6APPY--
B1RTHDAy
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
Mrs. Pauline Burich, 1852 So.
NJ st.
DIR. ". w. Madison, 1905 No.
Verde vt.
Lyman v. Hall, 1915 No. saith
1T.
A. X. Mcmillan, S403 Nc. 10th
st.
w. r. Craw, Ill Carr st.
Mrs. Godfrey Berg, 52l5 So.
Park ave.
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Remove Fish OIL stain

To remove cod liver oil stains
from fabric, sponge the stained
material over a clean blotter with
carbon tetrachloride until the oily
spot is absorbed, using a clean
hlotter for each sponging. Then
wash in bland soapsuds and rinse
thoroughly.
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Each Thing in Its Place

When you give the children toys.
it's also a good idea to provide
them a place to store them tidily.
Toy chests, built-in shelves or
cabinets where each plaything can
be kept neatly are encouragement
for young ones to be orderly.
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kind|iness and Generosity
Are Companions to Charm
Deep Sincerity Possessed by All Men and Women
Who Are He'd High IN Estimation of Others
By CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey: agree with you that charm Is born of
kndlness Consideration of others and generosity can put
beauty into the planest faces.
When read the letters that girls write to you asking how
they acquire charm find myself wishing that they would
realize charm be acquired It is not given gift but
4 must be cultivated
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Dear Miss Grey: I am writing
you about the letter that appeared
In your column recently. II con.
cerned the marriage Of old persons
with young ones.
can't see any argument about
this matter. After all IL marriage
isn't built on love what Is IL built
on,
The young bride who married
an older man knew what she was
doing when she married. She was
past twenty and the average girl
can see clearly at that age.
She also said that her older hus-
band was too settled in his ways.
Well, ! am married 10 a young hus-
band and he won't go out either.
I would not complain IL my hus-
hand were OF a loving disposition,
but he Isn't. He just sits home
reading and listening to the radio
night after night.
Twas married at much younger
age than the woman who complain
ed about her older husband. / dear
ly loved my husband ut the time,
but because he has been 30 indif-
ferent. and has broken my heart in
80 many ways. have no affection
left for him.
! never knew what real happi-
ness was until I met a man much
older than myself. He Is the grand
est person ! have ever known and
his age means nothing to me. He
IL the kind OF q person / would like
to have my husband be.
The old saying that you get out
OF marriage just what you put into
IT," still goes. READER.
Again
Dear Miss Grey: May !. too,
enter the "May-December' argu-
ment7
l am all against old men marry
Ing silly young women. for few
young women know what they
want. have seen this work out
too many times and don't know
which Ia the more foolish--the old
men or the young girls.
In my neighborhood there Is a
splendid example Of the folly of
youth being attracted to a man
much older.
There Is young disconnected
wife who married when she hardly
was more than a child. Her hus-
band Ia not perfect by any means.
but neither 10 she---in fact she isn't
to rave about and should
have been spanked when she took
L upon herself to marry. She didn't
need marriage but she did need a
good licking.
Well, now that she has been
for few years she Is whin-
Ing and crying and trying to pass
The buck" to her husband and
blame him because he makes no
pretense Of treating her like a
larry princess. She Is attracted TO
! susceptible old man who let's her
iced his vanity and she really
thinks she loves him.
The whole business Is laughable
10 those Of us who can really size
up the situation. II this young
woman casts aside her everyday
young husband and grabs the old
won't be long before she
finds old Romeo as stale and indif- |
Ierent as her young mate. Further. |
he won't be nearly 20 pleasant to
ook at.
I can see why many women get |
divorced, but a selfish woman like |
he one ! refer to does not carry
much weight when she starts to
argue. b.
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The sketch at the left IL taken
from picture OF q famous act
ress dressed for her role Of Little
Buttercup" in Plnafore. Butter
cup. you remember. was "a plump
and pleasing person" So here
everything IL done to stress plump
ness. Note the width OF the bon
net. the tight collar outlining the
double chin. the bangs that cover
the forehead. the thin eyebrows,
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Remove Furniture Scratches
Trick With Cheese

Soft cheese is difficult to crate.
Try putting it through the potato
ricer when you need it for au gra-
tins or biscuits, etc.
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Here's what to do II head cold has
you stuffed up: Apply few drops of
ticks Vs-tro-nol.
This treatment is successful be-
cause ya-tro-fol IS ACTIVE MED
iCATlON - containing several
essential relief-giving agents plus
ephedrine-expressly designed for
nose and upper throat.
Cd IL actively penetrates cod
ciogeed nasal passages and u IL
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Ultra Formal Goavn

Although dress.
ing down" Is
the theme song
song of the
current eve
ming mode,
there still Is
plenty Of room
in the average
wardrobe for
at least one
ultra formal
gown for
special occa-
sions. II you
have . beau
tiful back and
nice shoulders,
your one and
only strictly
formal dress
might be some
thing as
spectacular as
the Lelong
model at right.
OF white
mousseline
with threaded
scarf train
in rust-red
mousseline,
the bodice
comes to an
elongated
point at the
front, ending
In a draped
neckline strap.
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MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions. then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. Should a guest at a party
raise a window without asking
those nearby If they mind?
2. Should hostess provide an
ash tray for every guest who
smokes?
5. Should woman protest I'll
get II" when a man starts to pick
up something she has dropped?
4. When husband and wife are
getting ready to go out, should he
hold her coat for her?
5. Is il correct TO say, Miss
Jones. have you met Miss Smith ?"
What would you do if
You are guest at party. and
someone raises a window so that
draft blows on you. Would you
ts) Move. without letting your
reason be evident?
OBJ Go over and close the win
dow!
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!. No.
2. Yes.
5. No. Let him pick il up.
4. Yes.
5. Yes. II you think they might
have met.
Best What Would You Do"
solution-(a).
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AluFGy HupS 10
remove oongeS-
ton that causes
50 much of the
misery For won
derful relief, Just
put a few drops
Of Ns-uo-nol I'd
each nosuL.
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Handy Hints
For the Housewife

Leafy vegetables such as Brus-
sells sprouts, broccoli. cauliflower
and cabbage should be soaked In
sailed water for at least a half
hour before cooking. Wrapping
strong favored vegetables in cook
ing paper while boiling prevents
disagreeable cooking odors per-
meating the house.
Remove Furniture Scratches
Ugly white scratches on polish
ed furniture can usually be re-
moved by saturating the scratch
with good machine oil, then
polishing with furniture polish.