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I ý I----------1--~--1r RBI Apt GII ERr r nn Y O O O- Nation's Celebrities Gathered at Washington ASHINGTON.-Washington is stealing Broadway's thunder. Time wa~ when your country cousin went to New York and strolled up and down SMadway when he wanted to see the nation's celebrities. Now he has come SI Washington. Strolling through the earrdors of Washington's hotels in TATIS Se course of a day, one wonders if ART log gere are any celebrities left in New 1T er, The hero worshipers mist - have to confine their worshiping to the aIrie stars and chorus girls, because dl of the literary and art high-lights Sura to be In Washington. Newspaper men of note have !talbe up their permanent headquar. " WS is the national capital. The "gerS estate is represented here by the seam of the nation's journalists. and lunch time at the Press club appears Mte a congres of famon journalists gathered to debate ways and means. famous artists, ranging from "Tad," who draws comics for the delight of Sawlspaper readers throughout the country, to Henry Reuterdahl, whose , a me paintings are welcomed in any salon, roam the streets of Washing 'he par"agraphers have had their Sing at fun in the senate and depart . g Don Marquis has brought his "archie" here, while "F. P. A." has Serried the mailman with his great number of contributions which go to , n - up "The Conning Tower." The sporting men are not altogether missing. John K. Tenetr, president oa the National league, has come here, and scores of other men In the gght of sport come and go, most of them coming here to join the aviation S- p, which is regarded as the sporting war game. All of the are the "foreign celebrities." There are, of course, Washing. g own celebrities. It is a busy day for the "hero worshiper" who comes , Iowna these days, and there are lots of sprained and strained necks when Spassengers board the trains at the Union station. ied Relief From Strenuous Work in Sports A MMR CA'S adminitstrative oclalas have to play. They could not stand the Sstraa of the eneron task of war-making ift they did not All of them have S k hobby. Presdent' Wilson s a golfer of no mean ability. He has never played to any great extent In public, & i but those who know his game dlaim it Yis wealY food." Seeretary Lae gtfs a ltitle, but he gets most of his exercise out of the morning setting-up exerises which Walter Camp conducts three or four days a week for high odcals. Postmaster General Burieson likes to do some fishing. Week-ends, when $ It Is possible, he slips away to a stream in the Mie Ridge mountains or to Chebpeaksl bay and gathers in t Mny tribe." ewion BLSre msay be secretary of war, but he is strong' S the wate. omy from bl s d he Is rh the greatest mariner in it cbimet. Seet~ flay ker r great del~ht i gofg down the Potomac dver in the Mayflower or the Sylph, and he takes a liver trip whenever he lds himasel going just a little bit stale. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo gets away frem Washlinton when he begins to tire. In the Pennsylvana meuntals, with Mhis family, he takes s walks nto the country Q the seatoer s and oa essmen thse are a sese er mar, of real galf - ;aista and they can be found almost sny afternoon at ne o the W' aton country dabs. Many of the Western legislators go in tfr driving lry efcial has some form of diversaion which he inds time to pactice , ine used be a fear that the meebers of this admistratteo wili o stale, Sik ey uregomled the val of reeatie tIn wh tes when the brden i.. tur n e bum g m talm. aid Scientis Do Work n Seiest MOl M behis a dmp of tres Ia th e outskirts at th dity, WelnagSte has a hen of mysatersy it is tdally reognisd and eialy pseteetet Within aWlW at this mystaerius hoom us stranger ever peups. I is the been waete the geateat war labor tory in at werid--the bureau at steadea Wiln thi b ling there ae emns a ob emeltis and sed e wers ds and sight si esnvenmms to aid Ameres and the aies In the eaet of the war. The mas eminent of Ameresan dalistsk have been gath eed ftr wask fales e ea In aBswed to eater the binIS.e male h as seewe edwaes. ul usm the highest eelht in ehbaS. No outsider knows what goes a w , there sen a see of a nat Ameslem nuses at work them now, jt impsng aiplaus engine whd wail make the Amern rp sthe east ad wleast Sat ever estered into battle Dmar has t ta these egao Is d ted mlves up er a week to d Mela the engie OS. e nrt no e- ar w th e Amet wr at wiek thes. Naval and marine metrueters sand iweters - u t s Warhn a W t Stahsen dabs a e hutnows, eves th everam bas es t ner iwe les rn -Crt werk Sas. Feahaps m geat and -wral aspive wE bhe 55 nmt a mm te abmrs the ~es of in saed fr e swai bm the buw - ts when we esme f et a s C es or spory' us em. aws. uPerhps e tn lp rm e w Ct yw en the war may h bt .. . bms ef maAd~rl friit Plaed ha I.. is Ts ases eaes w~e evry Amenoms d.en in au petentaimi-- Lar h rs seem stt s Many mesensdo ao 55 heroes se pa ots otf se pes wars. Seine askg aattee cem eatlvr e ao the S ad ng- a - emeng e Sarst of Was asw -ns - - u tm I s e .es S. ' s a ma santg em es ·M )e as a hwes II atm in Ad... e.. s. 5 - u * a t see begg . She a-m ae 1 a - 5· o A *Aýý ·-I.L - ar ( $ I~·rE~·l*;as Ism1~ tut ow f . dt a b vol 3Vm* " m-- pm 's - - d~~ ~ ~ 2 I.ESj!1 I 4 i ý f r 'Ol·Hudon HEN you do the seemingly commonplace thing of buy- h: ing a ticket for a sail up ti the Hudson. you are em- m barking on no commonplace thing at P all. For rest assured of this: You are ti about to travel the most beautiful wa- hi terway in all the civilized world. Zoe Beckley writes in the New York MaiL to There are mighty rivers in Africa. L they say, that take the breath away w for sheer solitary grandeur. And the i Amazon, with vast and sinister forests. And Florida streams, mystic and f( weird. Virginians point with pride to at the broad Potomac with its fle es tates and quet reaches. Come with me, wll you, for a little w voyage from Desbrosses street to Al bany? And from the economical vant- a age point of a $2. nine-hour trip, let us d see some of the things that make this t1 "Empire" river so lordly-and so hu- I man. At the left hanm, as we start orth, are the Hoboken docks, not pretty per haps. but touched with interest be cause of the huge interned German ships that had almost taken toot at their piers. The sweet green promontory of Stevens Point, where the institute Is, " sticks out defiantly from between ter minals and warehouses that try to x, choke it. Yet the castlelike home stead ai the serm family maega s to keep its look et aristrocratic sereal ty, despite the crowdings of commer- P chaim. At Weehawken, where trolley ars h w sigag so imbly up the heights Is' te spot-hen a picturesque and aEMy ledf; now merely "opo West Phrty-memn stdet"-w-hef Hamilton and Burr met ea the field b oe hior" la 180 o The boat goes so fast that In a p minute it seems we are paa g River t ide drive, wch soma day wll be emneeded the leeiest street nla the wee. oew we PMa. the district of tel _ . . ..... eof tae bass rli la at the ee, as it siems, rem s the uo. li mae lasl apartment -enk meass saring more fam les am sme seme villages, ma a feature t athils and beauty. ata uswe Chingii The mat, afmpsa leveles of the tiar n here, wham the am rural tmklagVert W aga pat reaches oat toward the magnificent rise eo the PadIes at lhrt Las. Barring the few homes that mow po et throrew the tres at the top t t theme 04t dal there is set snb a proeese let at diuremee 9-. twea hew they look today and haow t they looked when George Washagtea sad MN staff watched from them the destruemo o Fapt WahLnagto on the t stern eaghes eas a ea a t d a lha age m lined ea a rreat thra the heart of Jerse 1 The appeal of the Pallade is m fresher each time you sall past them. As the steamer purrs aloe, you need only Barrow your eyes a little to slat a oat things ýle at had, and preent it is I , that lac wse hdians IP tag proee upon the flat rocks high above the river, watching Hendriek Rdenm beating erthward in his t1a I lnea the Palisades have beomel part t the statet park, New Teshmen mae g lg better acquainted with teo. sat SlM hatelt hadIy ass par 1 a In a themased tlew the weeo I wonders et ths IS-meil strip, its prl eval raDvies s streams ad forests, Ma wfldMewe a the fair Siei that swap beck from the little old hamlet I at the tap, I W a lise lee Creamt I WIe It has been sealosdemy a metee sr emsi eyearn that D ly I M le w t the prsmment it the I mtted tes, isnvi lee nmman the . r-- t the aser i, hat this d eB- I ear a dmed t thale ah IS ber it the e ightedh umy , a--" la e ,in ia dmes who may r may nit have ena - o vale- me a whigh -a a d eatead wel th 1 s daglbo A esao I I~SDum-a3 aen Artists hunted them out. and a few hardy camjpers explored the wilderness they found. But to this day there is more untouched ground along these Palisades for New Yorkers to play in than in any other territory within a hundred miles. Under the shaft-like walls. and close to the rim of the river. between Fort Lee and Piermont, is a row of tiny white tents with boats drawn up, gaily painted canoes and little sailboats. Bare-legged kiddies run out hoping for "waves" as our steamer passes, and the campers wave and halloo. On the right, the end of Manhattan island is marked by a high rise of woded land and that famous creek in which was lost the intrepid Dutchman who tried to swim it "In spayt den duyvel" to warn the farmers up coun try that the British had landed on Manhattan isle. Notwitlyttgnding the squealing rail tids that tow trestle it where it Joln the RBpdson, Spiyten Duyvel still e a good deal the look of a pretty Just north at Spuyten DIyvel is a mountalnatte, which aqd to be called Tibbet's hill and had a fortification. now replaced by the tall shaft of the Hendrick Hudson monument. The story goes that the little Half Moon was attacked at this point by Indians. ear the Majestic Palsades. The lovely woodedThlllaides we now pass on the east bank are where the rich men -of Riverdale have their homes and where the picturesque con vent of Mla t it. Vincent peeps out free ta q ' - If .the da~la clear yau can glispse a large casete houre which was belt by dwta"lrmest, famous tragedian of a generamton ago. It now forma part of the coavent, and Is headquar ters for the American branch of the Slsters d Charity of St. Vincent. The allmdes no* grow aore more masjeetc, and the east bank at the slyer MI coal-looking and clad with trees thrfogh which the houses IS the suburbs of Toekers begin to peep. If you were dteed and hot at the be glailg at the trip, you are se ted by this time despite yorself. There is something,,a the vry width of the Hudson sad the calm of the great clif to th west and the vast sCeep of water as, fr ahead, it swells into the Tappan See, that blurs remes branee of ct cares ad makes body and mlaknela. The bai puts in at Yoerse and gives you a'chance to see a suburb that is a thriving city. You leaI that this old Dutch town, only IT mIa' from the Glattery, has ,U peP ae and h ful of lively bulsai li tsests. On the Budson's west bank asptes the squat, neat innings Alpaine. begiai'g at tea river's brim and stra tng up the propltous wooded 1. You can almost mIU the tdamp smeeanes of the forest, quiet and ailm one the weaty, but abloom with pie ale parties every Snday from edy moraning till ay past dark. r tl.is all state park property new. ee s the people aind protected from quarymen. Yo can't quoese' the village proper fhom the river, for it is at the top it the d-~, a bt bach • methe eiLk, a sweet, rstc hamlet, as rsetmae fr the world as tha It wm ladeed ale cmmualty. P?ehe a-o the gress brow of the Pauadm at this pd a samm love -b % a t* or ate aelsW ste dlde cn o the a woodsy wals for. the down. Nero ,l? kfeak and Alpine the icutry is more bdatniful with eery ain locaaty iO the Metemrra nas sea, am by ardsev song trssd the he of eosade ad seed them I tI(,r kemuetl. iase, by a agme t spe~ eed~,tutn has ea oe a be ap p_- ed to bew l, iag f. . e. .. w ho h m se r emendte ru and t!. ,b u ku ib tMhe wiag sea " - theto. ho h S i , mheUs 1i eb er mad that er Am him --aY sett a we bel 0ut a r .a ROADS REDUCE LIVING COST " Make for Prosperity More Than Any Other National Undertaking, Says Alaskan Engineer. "Good roads, more than any other national undertaking, make for the prosperity, happiness and contentment of the people," declared Col. W. P. Itichardson. engineer in charge of high ways in Alaska. "This is particularly evident at this time, when in every large city there is protest against the high prices of food. In my judgment, good roads, more than any other agency, will help to solve permanent ly the high cost of living. Transporta tion, of course. is at the foundation of prices. It is truthfully said that where there is inadequate transporta tion food prices mount high. We know that in cities prices are greatly in ex cess of those in rural districts and it 9 is all a matter of transportation and distribution. If we have good roads, . we can get our products to market. It s r I Goad Road Over Rocky Mountains. we haven't, we cannot. Products on the farm are worth nothing if they emasmt aSd a market I am eoaviued that the most important governmental work is in the improvement of the roads. In this day of motor trucks it is much easier to haul products to the cities or to railroad terminals than it was a few years ago, but we must have good roads to deo tt. Thee is not the ghtest dst that good roads many times over pay for themselves. They ame a fra taI coomic ne emelty. "The littlal utilay in the building of good ads ma seem large, but it is sm In co mperem with the benets Mat mere. - Alaska we have ap prealmately m Mrs of Improved reads vareyia thum the ordinary oa try frat ed to the best kind of ma eadam, e" Nme there is a streteh of road over which In the summer time thoeamds of os of products are hauled." POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE MiWedo Idea That improwd Niul ways Are Woll fe r Som of ]or roads are very epe thingl fir y commnities The farmer who dmka that m wd highways 'are mamly for the beneft of those who drIve autbmoebies shoul refeet on the as ot a vweoaegaastlaaItl by a department t aieulture, which hods tt te caeut o haulln farm -rde ever dhy coatry roads is fl coats a tun mil, wherena ovet hard-rneoe roads it is ealy I8 ces. -Teoth's Companies. OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAB and Let Thorn Mae Thoir Ows th mn Keep E hsmul Do not wat afor aithlas: buld a daca ct out iea the road. DI e ver Isrewly. Use the pokei t Islet team yo ows, amd ive them thdr. tim.. *.h keep mov*ng Say wflB be going swifly emu After a- hasve Od4 the ·ur a yar, at haveo Immr when to drive rP ay and when to drve lowrly, ye am ea amy whip O vr a mettlosa tram. Veth as Cao Cro ,A Au spt ses at whutr veeh oees b rot as a eowr etp t a ittle rpe abto ied wti tM. One bde v wue eo ee haI f rye per seo ahat ridg :Oe a M o at he a- get - h dr ee. , iar aLa * re wrm le tb a m me at wmes Dr el magie **eme d The Married life of Helen and Warren By MABEL Originator of "Thr arried By Life." Author of "The Jour. HERBERT URNER nal of a Neglected Wife-" "h Woman Alone," Etc. HELEN'S EFFORTS TO SAVE A CLEANER'S BiLL RESULT MOST DISASTROUSLY (Copyright. 1917. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) line. lon t light I the- "tve until ['!tl tlhhreu h "'cau- th tion, lHelen. "I «Iu.e just ;n- Ie inll t putill i n i :0 iron feor them ir l,,ilies.'" g r u i S hied Dora. who to llnever took an or- "1 cler without some hI: Mabetl ierbi Ura h objtctlon. fe "Well. they eant wait. Now, don't strike any lmatclIeht. het (;et ime thlat big lpan you use for the w starch·." In the bhathrtoorm Helen emptied the hi whole half gallon of gasoline into the .t starch pan and dipped into It her chi- fie fon waist. The filmy material wilted down as t, It soaked up the fluid. Her hands ittn "* rubber gloves, she swished it around. held it up to drain. and pinned it to the shade before the open window. After dipping a lace collar and the net yoke and sleeves of her gray taf- r. feta. the gasoline was still clear q"t enough for something else. While she tt was at it. she would clean those pink he satin slippers. Ip: Even with the open window, the stupefying fumes were now sickening- te ly strong. Hastily, with held breath. tU she Immersed the slippers, brushing cl them with a soft nallbrush. The soiled gasoline she always 1. saved to use again after it had cleared hi by standing, but now, too dizzy to pour it back into the small-mouthed I" bottle, she emptied it out Into the (2 washbasin. Then, escaping from the h, bathnrom, she closed the door on the it stifling fumes. tt "Here. Dora." as she took the starch pan out to the kitchen. "wash this out ti well. This gasoline bottle's empty- s I'll put it here dm the lower shelf Be careful not to use it for anything else." " When, a little later, she went back to the bathroom, the waist, except for the thicker parts around the neck and tl sleeves. was almost dry. It was beau tifully white. Had she sent it to the !i cleaners. they would have charged $2 and done It no better. tl It was ow after three ad she was d anxious for the tbings to dry quickly y so there would be no traces of odor when Warren came home. He had repeatedly forbidden her to use gasoline, Insisting that be would c pay any amount of cleaners' bills rath er than have her take chances with ' I this inflammable fluid. The dress on the towel rack she re arranged so the air could get to the yoke and sleeves, but the slippers em the stone ledge atside the windw ' t were still quite wet. She had just examined one and set It beck when a lighted clgar butt, toesed from a window above, fell straight into the pink satin toe. A sizlzling ash and the gasoline- t soaked slipper was aflame. For a see and Hele steod petrified. Them. jerk g up a longphbadled bath brush, she S thrust it off the ledge. But it was tooa late! The blase had leaped to the Q thin lace wast. Sereamlag for Dora. she hurled the a waist Into the bath tub and turned as 3 the water. But new the dress had I caught and the flame were leaplng up the tiled wall 1 D Dor bursting open the door, stared I r penle-stricken, then rushed biek c Sshrleking: "'ire! Fire!" The water, now a111mg the taub ex a tlaguished the walat; but the dress, 1 which hung on the towel rack, w a Sstill ablase. Frantically Helen tried to I poke it down Into the tub with the Sltohandled brah. Then reachling rover to turn on the shower, the lames L caught the late of her kimnaoe slaeeve, atunrated with the gapolne fumea. She mlght earsly have smothered It I with the heavy bath mat. but now, parlysd wtL terro, she ne wdln * out, to flghtened even to scream. Bahdly she dashed through the hall doer that Dr had left open. Aftr that everything was a ded blur. The draGhty elevator bdft fanned the flaming sleeve so she Low , stumbigly down the enetreing steir Sway. aetted voale, rm~bL g eet sda Dorm's stSI piercing shrieks o "FirerF Smseemse eragt her. Somethl~ heavy was lrwn about her. T1 esat blrred into eblviem. ,ee asent fWr her bbad," It wa a womana's vole, lowered to a disaeet "I l he al right," a mt 's" l W1e,6 dep ad smiuL. S e several mssents after the cr h a ess o at vote, BHelea. tall , d(m to the tshtering darkns, kept her q elemd. A sharp paln In her shoulder. Some e was n asg~" her ar. Them he d alen d that the mm heading ever a - DeLter Mus In, whoe o6o was a the abt dr. eat .a3 -g ew," rernuriagly. a Ittl a this," ranh5r head a DeppiEs h .ack a the piow, he nw D1 s ad Mr. Theempsom. their a serinenstt th feet o the bed. tadlo ut - ak o the doeter was Sn Basee wh w at a aptwment a am easd d..m sens m t a i nthe psetsetive dtaes a d mn haerem w e of straug.. j - se o 5gr to - r ,, ,Itho 111 :ii d M rI. R, I ,%i ,iei ered,. "I!! :n,\vwer it. "l - y}u4 1~" a l I ,:i he," a.sked the ,eletor. .1- th1 ouLh t,. l,,.:t.. he. ',enu sed ,thr,,lhiin llI. lielen raield her band ,hr h,,:,l,. Thr. x:' a Iblood<hll 1: 1 f,. I of crisp 'int' ei h:air. Then a :e",in trerr.r ut: her fear-stiff'ned tin r,,r-; eried oever her face. ".No. youer farte isn't touched." com forte',I the doctor. divining her fears. "Yoet ot ,ff very e:asy--.-,sldine is dangerous stufT. Do., that' bandage feel toe, tight?" .\ s: of th' outIer door. TIhough hier fatee was: to the wall. she knew it wa:s \Vatrren who burst into the room The next sm'e'ul hbe wav kneelina ,by the h,,el. The vague dread Of his stern reprehenion fell from her as sde felt his ceir-ling arms. "It's ill right. Mir. ('urtis.." the doe tr'.~ vie was quietly rea-saglng. ",nly a slight burn under the art." "Hlow did It happen?" huskily. "t'lening something la tgasoline." "a ;:oline '" Lcroned Warren. "Yes. they will use it. Your wits run ,lout intlc the hall-worst thing e,'tili havey done. If Mrs. Reed hil thrown a rug about her it might haue heen serious. Everybody elte seUS paralyzed." Mrs. Reed! So she owed her to Mrs. Reed' The words th the blurred blackness before cloeed eyes.' With awkward, unsteady Warren was smoothing back the hair. "She's suffering a little from I'll leave some quieting powds. eanse she can't sleep. You can her one at nine and repeat in a if nec'essary. I'll call in the to dress the arm." The doctor gone. Helen for the time looked up at Warren. H' strangely white and haggard. "Oh," faintly. "they Mrighte when they 'phoned." "That's all rlght--don't think~ Does your arm hurtr' still the crisp. roughened hair. Her head moved in denial, ing to admit the pain. Mrs. Reed. who had been the other room. came to the doa't need me now, Mr. you should later-just "I won't attempt to thank la - Reed." Warren rose from the the bed. "There are 8o0e can-" 'bb. please doa't speak at very glad I was able to do We had almost the seae oar fhamy-I suppme thought of te rog." He was followng her to Their low lamered isi the bal. Helen's tarm lled thegh . hearsing the tragedy. The What damage had be deset. visloas of a heevy repa 1 tiled was and poreeaa by the ames. Warren was again by the she did not look up. ,Jlt seemed easier to Me rosed eyes Now that dth she was straatngs agalst a desire to baret late yearned yet dreaded for t A fort her. There was a letm sdlsmp. hoMfIa her head streht ,nnad a, airy. F111 . asme the rhythde delte. and the recedng rumbaIMg "Well Kitten, how hbt iase? Is one legeese gNw enogh?" Holes moded. Mtlug he sta diees. Another Si dma aske. qulveringly: "IDear the bathr.e i re the wails a1rý tI " -lave't looked," br .s, aD right-that's al that Irdge i es tr p at MU leave that infheaml sit "Oh. Il aer nae it ai - ln5 r t I wo WS A Jolt like this is pre atty of a" Thean with "Wel, yor woat hav is hair for a while. Yovmae tygod sod b ,othat A fonainbole The fermer algeme a ot the dofeamat cemputy - .. d, "will ry aMh eet whether r maet a the Iraee the proe ty mt, when hit by th ay. This was a wre he would av get hn eW p meesthm g, a i - - -q"