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By MILDRED ,
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(CoKjrifht. 1930. by Th?
Looking back upon It afterward,
Nancy realized that Constance Stan- ,
ley had "started something" when |
ahe presented her to the Desmonds j
as "Mrs. Burrard, one of our most!
charming young widows?Just be- |
ginning to go out again, you know" !
-? the guests at Connie's country
tlub dinner party?mostly intimates
of Nancy and the absent Gerry?I
were Quick to accept their hostess
'suggestion and further it hilariously.
It lent a bit of piQuany to an
otherwise conventional dinner to be
"putting something over."
And even Nancy, helpless since
the first when Curtis Stanley had
without warning thrust her role
upon her. found herself playing up !
with relish.
It was flattering to rcceive the |
undivided attention of the big hand-.
some Englishman, who was her
tinner partner ana the lion of the
occasion: it was amusing to flirt |
with him with the same sense of |
fairness snd good taste as in her
debutante days; it was relieving to
know that she would not look |
Heroes the table and receive a reWoachful
glance from Gerald.
Iteeve I*ewis. sitting on Nancy s
Wt opened her eyes to the consequences
of the pebble Connie had
carelessly set rolling
"It's mighty good to have you out
again Nancy." he said with twin-|
illnc eyes, careful that his voire
carried as far a* the major. "We j
liaven't seen much of you since xour j
-ah?bereavement." t
Nancy flushed and cast a glance |
out of the corner of her eyes ai j
the major.
"I wish you wouldn't, she whis- |
pered to l.ewi*. "I'm horribly super- j
-jrtitious. and Peru is a dangerous J
place."
He grinned. t i
"You can't mean that you don t
r. ant to be a widow? Kvery woman j
envies a widow and wants a chance j
at vamptsh black toss and the poor 1
"devil's life insurance."
Income Tax
- Facts You
Should Know
i
J CHAPTER VI
? ?
In computing net income, a de duction
for business expense or a
\ disbursement or charge mu^t have
certain qualities in order to be allowed.
It must r^'ate to a trade,
fcusiness, profession, or vocation
tfvarried on" by the taxpayer in
which he has invested time arid
*money for the purpose of a livelihood
or profit. A single transaction
or a series of isolated transac- i
^ions do not ordinarily constitute
Trade or business. A business is
, 2>cing carried on by its owner, even
-4hough all its activities may be con- |
-ducted by employes.
= A taxpayer may carry on more j
^than one business or trade if he
idevotes sufficient time and attention
to each enterprise, and may
-ilaim as deductions the business)
expenses of each. Mere investment j
t>f capital, however, is not sufficient j
Jto allow such claim. For example, j
"a manufacturer buying stock in a
Biine or oil well who desires to visit |
tne scene of operation may not claim
a deduction the cost of his jour- j
ney.
The deducton must he a "bust- i
Ties* expense and not an "invest- |
tnent of capital." Amounts expend- j
ed for the erection of new buildings,
installation of machinery, and the i
purchase of tools or implements of
permanent value do not constitute
business expenses^ beinjf merely a i
change in the form of capital and
Hot a reduction of wealth. Expenditure
for property which is used up
in the course of the year may be deducted
as a business expense.
Salary Dedocttoas.
The law provides for the deduction
as a business expense of "a
reasonable allowance for salaries or
- ther compensation for personal
Services actually rendered." Such
Claims arc subject to careful scrutiny*
by the Bureau of Internal Rev- j
' ?nue. and to be allowed must con- .
form strictly to the wording of the
iftlatute. The test of deductibility is
Whether the amounts paid are rca,i?na^o.
and whether they are, in
Suet, purely for personal services.
Reasonable compensation is held by
the bureau to mean only such
amounts as would ordinarily be paid
for like services by like enterprises
In like circumstances.
Claims or deductions for salary
payments are allowed only when
the compensation . is "for services
actually rendered." and for no other
consideration. For example, should
tockholders of a corporation draw
salaries in amounts which bear a
close relationship to their stock
holdings, and if such payments are j
found to be in excess or a reasonable
allowance for services rendered.
the excess would be regarded as
| * d distribution of profits under the
\ trulse of salaries.
Complete Return Required.
k 'I Each year's returns, both as to
'ncomo and deductions therewiould
be complete in itself.
fcVd taxpayers are expected and re-|
fcvired to make every reasonable effort
to ascertain the facts necessary
n\Mkc a correct return. Expenses. |
f Mobilities, and deficits paid or inE
birred in ltlS or prior years for
; > ilch oo deductions were claimed in
L return for those years cannot
Included in the 1920 return,
fosses ' by theft or embezzlement
Ejftzat^l&ed in one year and discovered
HR^ another are deductible only for
year of their occurrence. If a
^Eixpayer discovers a loss sustained
a prior year, he may render an
F^fceiend-d return for that year and
tdVta. a claim for refund of the exf
-sb x. paid by reason of his fail.edivct
such loss in his original
i
C l for deductions for -'p*rfrraJ
family, qr living expenses."
are expreasly disallowed by
revenue act. are not infre4
found in the returns. Such
include rent paid for a
^wages of servants, cost of
mpd clothing for the family,
^P^toalion of children, cost of up"ji
?PW automobile used for pleasure
or convenience, and all items
?=* nnacted with the maintenance.
* ?l-*eing. and pleasure of the taxer
and his family.
f
Husbands
K. BABBOt*.
relets Pebble.
Wbetter SjndlcaU. lac)
"And they generally spend the Insurance
buying bridal attire for
the next venture." laughed Nancy,
"No, Reeve. I'd rather be married.
curious as it may seem. It's such
a nice comforting feeling to know
that your life is permanently arranged
an^ you don't have to flirt
or make yourself devastatingly at->
tractive unless you want to."
You're a funny girl." said Lewis,
regarding her speculatively, "You
always look as innocent as a kitten,
you seem as innocent as a kitten,
but God help the man who thinks
you are as innocent as a kitten!"
Nancy laughed.
"One would think from your deductions
that you had given much
time and attention to the study of
one Nancy Burrard."
"I have," he admitted deliberately.
"Dare say you didn't know that I
considered you seriously as a candidate
for the second Mrs. I.ewls?'
Nancy accepted the statement tn
the spirit of badinage.
"How cruel of you to tell me when
it s too late!" she murmured with
mock regret.
"Oh. I don't know about that, he
said easily. "Pretty widow. Darned
attractive What's a divorce
more or less to Pes and me? We've
each been bitten before."
Nancy refrained from comment on
the divorce question. - "?
- "Alas! Remember that 1 am a
widow only for tonight," she sighed i
with a demure flutter of her lashes.
Lewis laughed.
"That's good! But you won t get
off so easily. Nancy my child! Connie's
made you a widow, and a
widow you'll have to stay?at least
until the Desmond departs. And to
my knowledge he's not leaving for
a good long time. Not to mention
the delay he'll probably arrange for
himself?if I'm any judge of the
way he's fallen for you.
He raised bis glass, giving her a
quizzical look across its amber rim.
"Here's to the first victim! May
each dog have his day?and give
me a wetk, please!"
Nancy was plainly vexed at his
significant glance.
"You are so ridiculous! 1 should
think Peg would train you better."
"Why not undertake the task
yourself?" he promptly suggested.
"Connie told me you had planned
to play little sister to the husbands
during old Gerry's absence. Will
you let Peg sign me up?"
Nancy deliberately turned a
smooth white shoulder upon him.
"Shall you he in this country
long, hajo'r?" she inquired sweetly
of the voung olticer who glanced
! up eagerly as she turned back to
I him. , _
"Rather longer than I had first
intended." he returned, looking
. squarely into her eyes.
Nancy experienced a slight sense
of shock as she realized that this
I was the first deliberately gallant
! speech she hail received since her
j marriage to Burrand; after a moment's
hesitation, she smiled with a
j new and exhilarating pleasure.
Tomorrow?Squaring HU ConwlflU'f.
Health tips
For Nation
(' Ml
B> I. 8. Public Health Service.
When a person has an epileptic fit
he will often utter a peculiar cry,
and then will fall to the ground,
foaming at the mouth, with face
i red and contorted. The muscles of
the bodv and limbs will twitch and
1 frequently he will bite his tongue.
After the convulsion passes the patient
will go into a deep sleep.
The object of first-aid treatment
is simply to prevent the patient
from hurting himself.
Do not attempt to stop the convulsions
or to open the clenched
hands, as this will only serve to increase
the convulsive movements.
The patient should be kept quiet, j
Iving on the back and clothing
loosened about the neck and abdo-1
men and a piece of wood or something
of a like nature placed be-1
tween the teeth and held there In
order to guard against biting the
tongue.
After the convulsion there follows
a period of unconsciousness.
During this period do not attempt j
to arouse the patient but warmly
cover him and allow him to sleep |
in some protected place until he i
awakens naturally.
Send any question concerning]
health to the Information Bureau. |
IT. S. Public Health Service. Washington.
P. C\ Ghre name and address
and you will receive a personal
reply.
Dry. Harking Cough.
I have a little, girl who coughs
considerably, a dry. hacking cough.
I have been told the tonsils are the
cause. Is there anything which can
be done or any gargle to use to reduce
them without having them removed?
While the cough may be due to
some condition of the tonsils or the
throat it might also be due to some
other and more serious cause. For
this reason, I would advise you to
have your daughter carefully examined
by a competent physician in
order to see whether she has anything
the matter with her lungs.
You should also keep careful
watch over the child's general condition
and weigh her at least once
a week, keeping a record of these
weights for comparison to see
whether or not she is gaining or
losing in weight or at a standstill.
If she is losing weight or not
gaining in weight satisfactorily h5Y
cough may be due to something
more serious than an inflamed
tonsil.
Child Malnutrition.
I have three children, the first
and the third are healthy, but TTt?
second child is very much under
weight. She is 5H years old and
weighs thirty-four pounds, dressed.
I have great trouble in making her
eat. She seems strong, yet she is
thin, fa there anything that wfl>
help her?
The question of food is not the
only thing to consider. XPU must
observe certain hygienic rures. such
as having this child go to bed at a
reasonably early hour, not later
than 8:30 at night. Keep the bedroom
windows open.
Care must be* observed to correct
constipation, to which end the child
must be taught to go to the toilet
at a regular hour each day.
She should take from a pint to a
quart of milk a day.
It may be advisable to have her
lie down for an hour after the noon
meal. Bundle her up well and let
her lie down in a sunny room with
windows wide open.
Master Clock
To Hundrei
m
JHl .',
MISS CAROL'S
Miss Carolyn Roberts, 2001 Sixteenth
street northwest didn't get
up hours before breakfast to rush
out to the U. S. Naval Observatory
to pose for this picture at the unearthly
hour of 8:16a. m.
Though she stood before the master
mind of the official observatory
clock .system which transmits the
most accurate time available this
side of the stars themselvt%. the
clock wasn't one-hundredh of a second
"off." And the picture wasn't
taken at night.
The explanation is simple enough.
Miss Roberts visited the observatory
at 3:l6^i o'clock in the afternoon?which
happens to be Just
5 hours behind the time of the
clock so .busily telling what time
it is Greenwich. England. This clock
is part of a system whereby ev.cry
possible error in operation is carefully
checked and compared with j
time In other parts of the world, j
Etery day at 12 o'clock noon and j
at 10 o'clock at night, these clocks
send the exact time through the air]
I by wireless and over nearly, 500.000 i
miles of telegraph wires, touching j
every point in the country where
the truth that "time is money" is]
a part of the American's creed
The number of private radio sta- |
tions receiving time signals was
I hardly appreciated by the observatory
until they were shut down by i
' the war. and the usefulness of tl\em
to the public was emphasized by
] the number of immediate requests
i for permission for their reestablish1
ment as soon as peace conditions
j prevailed.
The benefit of standard time sig]
nals to the shipping and inland
transportation interests of the country.
and to watchmakers, jewelers
and persons engaged in scientific
New York Cit
By O. O. !
NEW YORK. Jan. 16?A pase
from the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up betimes and to a Span- ,
ish place for breakfast with D.
Clark, the pamphleteer, and the
finest omelet ever 1 ate, cost J? |
shillings, but was worth it. I'll J>e j
bound. A beautiful lady there too.
with great rings in he'r ears and it j
was pretty to see D. c'lark talk to |
attract her but in truth most of her !
glances were for me and all the i
morning I was like a proud cox- ,
combe.
For a walk in the crisp air in my
greatcoat, newly furbished, and find i
myself in better spirits than I have
been of late, albeit my condition ]
and estate are unchanged. Saw A.
Daly, the play actor, who has quit
i a pood play to try a new one, he
j being a restless fellow but a brave
1 player.
I The sight of so many beggars and j
| men out of work is sad and I pray j
! these things will be better soon, j
I whi^ii appears likely. Meeting my
I wife we took a. coach to a hospital)
to see the children. Clyde and Jef-|
frey, who have had their tonsils
| clipped as tfie medical custom now :
| is.
| In the afternoon. Mr. Bell came
and away to a music hall, where
The Horoscope
For Today
January 17, 1921.
During the busy hours of this
day unfriendly stars rule, according
to astrology. Mars. Mercury and
Uranus are all adverse while Jthe
Sun shines with threatening rays.
It is a time to exercise judgment
and foresight in all business affalrs?which
may be more or less
unsatisfactory.
Uranus is in a place believed to
encourage pessimism and foreboding
that are destructive to "wise
activity.
All the coarser instincts are supposed
to be aroused during this
sway, the physical taking control
and dominating the intellectual or
spiritual aspirations.
The rule is unfortunate 'for harmony
and may be conducive to business
misunderstandings as well
as domestic dissensions.
Again there is a foreshadowing
of much gossip and slander wherever
prominent persons congregate.
The national Capital com?*s under
a sign that seems to presage many
evil rumors that are without foundations.
This is not a favorable day for
signing contracts, reaching agreements
or entering into partnerships
since all associations begun today
are likely to be of short duration.
Uranus gives warning of controversies
over aviation and possible
accidents to aviators.
The Sun gives warnlpg of ill
omens for interviews with superiors
in authority. It is not a fortunate
time to seek patronage or
support.
Mercury, which is the planet supposed
to control common sense, is
in sinister aspect. Temptation to dcr
foolish and ill advised things may
be overpowering at this time.
Military matters may be unsatisfactory.
especially to army officers
and those closely concerned
in executive and organization work.
Persons whose birthdate it is
may have a year of more dr less
anxiety. Travel and change seem
to be foreshadowed but caution
should be exercisd wherever money
is involved. ^... '' ' ?
Children born on this day may
be Inclined to be careless and extravagant.
They are likely to be
too artistic to be practical.
Is Accurate
ith of Second
I
?Photo International Film Service.
rN ROBERTS.
JeZ/8 Time /o World ,
In Wireless Flashes.
Here In the matlrr mind
of the l1. 8. Naval Obttrnatory
Time Service at (ieorgetown
Helghta, thr father of
all ofllrlnl ".>aval ObaenalorrM
docka In every nook
and eorner of the nation.
Though thin elouk la In
turn nuhjcct to the timekeeping
of even more delicate and
accurate chroBometera, It la
throuKh thr one pictured
herewith that time correction*
are tranMmitted automatically
by wireleaa around
the world every day at 13
o'cloch noon, and 10 o'clock
at night. Through thla Inatrwmrnt
varlatlona an minute
an I-IOO of a aiecond
In the other rlocka of the
?>atem are corrected.
>
and oth*r pursuits requiring accurate
time, not to mention the general
public, is bo tremendoua that
it in difficult to conceive of the confusion
and troubles that would arise
were thin service to be discontinued
I even for a few days.
It is often amusing to the officials
!at the observatory to note the sur;
prise of persons who thonght they
i possessed perfect time-keepers.
| when, on making continuous comparisons
with an accurate time slg|
nal. they find how much their supj
posedly accurate watches vary from
day to day.
y Day By Day
Mel XT Y RE.
we tfaw a burlesqued melodrama
j called "For Pity's Sake!" and moil
amusing it was and Mr. Klngsley
I the theater manager, took us# behind
the scenes and we talked with
the actor folk, who looked so
strange in their paints and powders.
Home, where I found the dog ir#;i
pool of blood in the bath, having
had a hemorrhage which affrighted
me as never befor^fcuid I sat with
him until some company came, but
I had no heart for them and wished
mightily for them to go. But later
the dog improved and we walked
long into the night through the
.park and full of fine thoughts of
this and that. And home, very
tired, and to bed. ~ *
A cattle dealer from Montana* invited
a friend out to dine in NewYork.
and they selected a hotel cafe
in the Times Square section. A steak
for two was among the things ordered.
It was a good steak as
steaks go. but nothing to write
home about. When the check came
the price of the steak was $4.25. The
cattle dealer refused to pay it- He
said he knew exactly what the steak
cost the hotel. The amount was 52
cents. He settled for $1.50 and got
away with it. We need a few more
cattle dealers here to assert thefselves.
The best chance for advancement
of an office boy seems to be in the
theatrical field. Five former office
boys are producers thi^year. Seven
are managing theaters and eight arc
publicity meh for theatrical attra?- i
tions. All of them naturally are
writing plays on the side, which is
the big ambition of every one connected
with the theater, from janitor
up.
New York has a squad of detectives
who roam the streets In civilian
attire to arrest women who solicit.
Most of the detectives arc
young men who give the appearance
of being rather sportively Inclined.
They dress in the Broadway
fashlon and keep an eagle eye out
for a flirtation.
The" other day a pretty. Innocentappearing
young maid smiled at one
of them. 'He smiled back and she
stopped and waited for him to cdme
to her. He did. planning, of course,
to place het under'arrest.
The story is one that might well
be elaborated into a short story or
novel. The girl had honestly recognised^
him for an old sweetheart,
and once he got a good look at her
he saw who she was. Their friendship
has been renewed and soon
they are to be married.
I BEG YOUR I
PARDON!
THE HERALD takes
precautions to be accurate.
But in making up newspaper
editions every twentyfour
hours errors are bound
to occur.
Readers of The Herald
are requested to address
the "Beg Your Pardon" de- 1
partment for the correction
of any errors which they
find in the columns of this
newspaper.
In order to hasten correction
of errors, readers
are requested, when making
their complaints, to tell the
column, page and date in
which the mistake occun.
- ?i
Dorothy Db
(Copyright, 19M. by tb? W bTHK
TRAVEL tlRK. sti
Not long ago I met, on the other *n
side of the world, a woman who is *hi
no longer young, and who suffered
from an Injury to her foot that &
made every atep a painful effort ?n
'Good Heavens" I exclaimed one na
day when I saw her face white and un
drawn with agony after a long 2^
climb of some temple steps. "What- ,
ever induced you to undertake a f
trip like this in your state?*'
"Because," ?he replied, "I am ?
growing old, and old people are
necessarily left much alone, and I
want something to think about in ca,
the long evenings wh$n I have to G^j
sit by the fire and knit. I'll never te,
lack for good company now, be- up
cause I'll always have with me thi
the memories of the entertaining to
thing* I have seen all over tlTe ?tl
world." ce]
Then she added: "I have spent ea<
a lot of money in my life, but the' otl
only money that I have spent that th?
I still have is the money I have re<
spent on travel. I enjoyed going inj
to places when I went, and I have qu
enjoyed them ever since in retrospect."
th<
"Right-o!" T responded. "Talley- on
rand advised everyone to learn how ini
to /Play a good game of whist In an
their youth, so that they might not
spend a miserable old age. He cu
might better have advised them to no
travel, for the consolation prise of tin
age is a railroad or steamship ticket, ha
Nothing else makes old people so nis
endurable to themselves, or to oth- ?r
ers, as getting away from home
and getting something different to 's
think about and talk about m<
"Indeed, ypu might almost say lo1
that travel is a panacea for half ho
the ills, bodily and mental and spir- 'n
itual, that afilict humanity, and ?e
that the best remedy for whatever Wi
ails us is to take a trip somewhere. pe
"Especially is this remedy effec- yo
tive with women, and especially ^
with middle-aged women. About
the time a woman's children get
married, or settled in their careers, H|
she Is apt to take a kind of |H
slump and grow fat and dull and |y
uninteresting, and peevish." and In
discontented. She isn't satisfied II
with her home, she finds fault M
with her husband, and either be- H
comes a morbid recluse, cnr takes m
up with faddy religions, or literary Hi
crazes.
"The reason is because she is HI
bored. She has been busy all her HI
life, and suddenly her occupation H
is taken from her. Her job is HI
finished. She is thrown back on n
herself for amusement and com- HI
panionship and she is duli com- HI
pany for herself.
"The remedy for her case is a |||
railroad ticket J^et he." get out of HI
her treadmill into fresh fields and J|
green pastures. Let her go and II
fill her mind full of new thoughts, 11
new impressions, new ideas, new H
experiences, and she will come Hi
back home happy, and contented, j H
and with a sane viewpoint on life, i
"Why even a month away from
home is equal to refurnishing the j
house from top to bottom, and
marrying a new husband, to any
woman.
"And there is nothing like travel
as a promoter of Christian charity.
Most of the gossiping and scandal-mongering,
most of the blackening
of characters is done by
women who think that all the
world must be judged by their little
inch-high standards, and that
everyone who doesn't do exactly
as they think right is going to
the eternal bow-wows.
'They will tell you that Sally Sue
Jones is no better than she should
be, because they think her frock is
an inch too low in the neck, and too
short in the skirt. They **11 call
Jennie Smith a huzzy because she
paints her cheeks. They look
askance at the man who is supposed
to be flirting with two girls at the
same time. But when they go to far,
countries where a woman is considered
modestly clothed if only her
eyes s^re hidden, no matter how
much of the balance of her person
is naked, where even baby faces are
painted to show #iey have good
mothers, and where the more wives HI
a man has. the better citizen he is ra
thought to be, they find out that |j|
morality is merely a matter of geog- ||
raphy. and they are not so quick to |H
sit in judgment on others.
"For the only way to be sure that II
you live in the only place whose |||
I I~) THE INQUIRING "1
I Keporter i
L j|
THK QIKSTION.
\\ hat Would You Consider an
Appropriate Resolution for
Benjamin Franklin's
Birthday?
THK ANSWERS.
r. P. HICKMAN, Tire frnldnt II
of Ike Franklin National Bank:
**I can think of none better than
one of Franklln*a own aaylngs,
Thrift la power to save and
succeed.'**
K. M. STRATCHrN, publicity II
representative of joint conference
on reclassllcatlon of, salaries:
"To Hf thrifty In all
matters after the example of
Franklin.**
MINNIK M. NRWTOW. Plana
Group. Government Hotelss "To
follow the admirable example ! U
et by that great philosopher."
MARK C, Bl'LL19i dental surireon,
Medleal Science Rulldlngr
"To make thrift week extend HI
throughont the year." [ j
DOUGLAS ANDKRSON, 1217 I
M street northwests ^Therc |||
should be other means of honor- ill
in* Franklin than mere In- j j
dividual resolutions.** ? i
CITYCLUB TO HEAR
MACHINISTS' PLAN I
E. C. Davison, secretary of the International
Association of Machin- j
ists, will address the weekly f6rura>
luncheon of the City Club at 12:30
p. m. Wednesday at the clubhouse,
Farragut Square, on "The Norfolk
Idea," the new plan under which
organized labor plans to fight capital
with capital. (
The international-machinists now
control the Mount Vernon Savings
Bank here and also own a large
block of the stock of the Commer- j
;ial National Bank, according to !
labor -traders. Under the Norfolk
plan, the machinists will use their
assets and credit to combat the
"open shop" campaign and in some
:ases to buy up the outstanding
obligations of industrial concerns
which give labor a raw deal. This
was done a few months ago at Norfolk,
from which incident the plan
^ets its name.
s ' _ . . ;.
it's Advice
Mter Syndicate. Inc )
tndards are absolutely correct.
d that your way of doing: thing's Is
e only proper way. and your point
view ia the only point of view.
never to go anywhere else. The 1
ly people to whom Squeedunk and 1
ibbit Track are the center? of th?
iverse, are those who never get
tside the limit of Squeedunk and <
ibbit Track.
"Travel is also the only real cure
r the divorce evil, and for do- >
tstic Infelicity generally.
Most married couples really are
?re fond of each other than they
Ink they are. They quarrel bejse
they are so fed up on each t
ler s society that they have got- I
1 on each other's nerves. Tears
on years ago they said every- I
ng to each other that they had |
say. They have heard each t
ler's pet stories and remlnisnces
over and over again, until j
ch feels like' screaming when the \
ler hits tAe old familiar trail of ,
ft hoary ioke, or the chtstnutty
collection, which wasn't interest- j
r in the first place, and has ac- t
ired no charms through age.
'When things reach- this pass in j
ft family, if o*e or the other would
ly buy a ticket around the world ,
stead of to Reno, hoir much misery .
d heartbreak could be saved.
"Absence would work Its perfect
re, and the traveled one would
t only come back with a fasdnaig
line of conversation, but after
ving seen the men and women of
iny countries, would not find his
her choic* so bad after all.
"But the main advantage of travel
thst it give? you imperishable
mories that are a joy to you ss
ig as you live. It broadens your
rizon; it makes you a millionaire
experience; and you can never
dull or lonely, because you alays
have thousands of strange
oples to bear you company in \
ur thoughts."
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GOING INTO TH
Bright, J
at Sur
MANY women \
house dresse:
Dozens of attr
They are crisp and
fresh, clean and de
colors.
At $1.95-br
ter sleeves, with or with<
colors.
At $2.95"Sr
collar of pique or self ma
At $2.95-^1
plain blue gingham. Sizes
proportions.
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House Dress Section. Thii
H I I I I I
Good Morning,
Judge!
By RUDOLPH PBRKIRI.
Trohloa. K**?.
Nice fresh country eggs. |i
A couple of dozen were sent 11
through the mail to Lincoln Barnes
Trom his folks in Virginia.
He had eaten,"all but three. These 1
he reserved to use with a little '
sherry. One day they disappeared. '
He asked Maude, his wife, about
them, but she said she had something:
else to do besides watch egg*.
Her answer peeved Lincoln and he 1
told her so. i
He was again peeved when she 1
told him she cared little whether '
?r not he was peeved in the first j
instance- He got more peevish.
According to her story, he struck
her on the jaw and warned her to 4
get ready for the trip across the ;
Jordan. I
She was not quite ready- for the
lourney. and sought help behind a
warrant charging her husband with '
an assault.
The court told him he would be
taking a little trip If he were nof
uarefoi whom he hit. Lincoln j
agreed to mind his own business,
and was put on probation, with the
understanding not to aJlow any
more eggrs?good, bad or indifferent
?to interfere with domestic felicity.
Ate Hmm. flat DMn'f Kmw If.
In the early part of the winter i
Joe Stone received s ham from his
folks In the country. He kept it
hung in the pantry of h's home. Hi*
wife was instructed not to us? it
utiles* he said so.
Instead of buyine a Turkey sn<J
spending a small fortune for it J*>e
decided to use tht nam tor Christmas
and have it laot all week.
When he went alter it. it was
gone?completely and absolutely. Not
ev?*n a lx>ne wan left. He ca ied
his wife.
"Dontcha know." she explained.
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New House
prisingly Small .
>vill rejoice at this good
> at good old-time low j
active styles and hun<
new; they are of fine in;
sirable; they are in delig
se Dresses of fine checked and
gingham; square or V neck; kin
>ut cuffs; white pique or self
!e Dresses of very fine gingham
stripes in pink, blue, green and
tenal; long */+ sleeves; adjust*
a Size House Dresses for the stc
ivender figured percale; black an
1 48 to 52, and generously mat
rc$s a Most Exceptional
rd floor.
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Did You
See This?
It lakes a great deal more than
scientific torn of mind to grasp
the beginning *nd ending of circle
within circle of the social elect.
But the phenomena can be observe*
at almost any fashionable rendezvous.
Two beauflfuNy groomed girl*
came down Peacock Alley from the
P" street entrance. One of them man
riushed snd ea*er. The other s bit
reserved. At the tea room door. '
they unexpectedly met three other
girls?<*ne of whom had s striking
ind comamnding personality. She
beamed on the reserved girl?
"How perfectly delightful! My
desr, I have been thinking about
you. Tou must have tea with us." j
She nodded her head Inclusively to.
ward the eager girl. The res*r\#>4 J
girl became excited, snd fawned \
her acceptance.
"Five?" And the waiter led th*m I
into the tea room. The unanointrd
but no longer eager girl followed *
self-consciously ? present. hut 4
scarcely a guest. And a clone oh
server might have noticed that th*
smile *he wore was not quits spontaneoua.
"dat Ah has been flxin' yore sandwiches
wid it for the pa*' few da*r>
Yo* eat dat ham w id some rabbidg*
las' Sunday.
Sure enough. Joe had been eatinp
the precious ham. and didn't knowIt.
He thought it was an ordinary
grocery store ham.
Without another word he threatened
to kill his wife, so she ?aid
and a warrant war secured.
#1 don't believe you would commit
a Aiurder Just for a ham."* th* 1
r*uri said to Joe. "But don't mak"
any more threats like the one your
wife ssid you made I'll take your
personal bonds this time."
iothrop
Qose 5:30 P. M.
T-,
THIS MORNING ,
Dresses
Prices
news about good
>rices.
Jreds of dresses,
aterials; they arc \
htful patterns and
striped percale or plain
lono or set-in three-quarcollars.
Many different
in fancy plaids, checks
lavender; sailor or roll
ble belt.
>ut woman, in pink, blue
d white stripe gingham or
ie to fit women of such
Value ' I