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THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
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The Grand Babylon Hotel
By E. A. BENNET3 s
(Copyright. The Frank A. Munser Company.) .
The strange goings on In a big London hostelry, which changes hands
In rapid transit fashion, character latlo of the American millionaire who
comes Into possession of It and Its mysteries.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
When Theodore Racksol?, an American
millionaire, bought the Grand Babylon
Hotel In London he soon found ne had
an elephant on hlv handi. Its reputation
aa a "hoodoo" venture waa sustained
when, a few day after he toak charge.
Reginald Dlramoct. In the service of
Prince Aribert, uncle of the Grand Duke
or Posen, was murdered on the premises
and hit body was mysteriously carried
away.
Mr. Racksole dismissed Jules, the head
waiter, as a suspicious character; and the
disappearance of Miss Spencer, the bu
reau clerk, followed.
Her place was taken by Nella Rack
?' daughter or the owner. The new
clerk a Interest was attracted by a vis
itor who turned out to be MIm Spencer
In disguise, and the girl followed the
lormer employe to Ostend. where she con
fronted her at the point of a revolver.
She forced Miss Spencer to admit that
Jules waa really Tom Jackson, her hus
band: but by strategy Miss Spencer
wrested the revoher from Miss Racksole
and the heiress fainted. When she re
gained consciousness she was on the deck
of a small yacht. There she was met
by Jules, who annoyed her by his fa
miliarity. The former waiter was sud
denly called to a halt by Trince Aribert,
who appeared on deck with Kella's little
revolver In his hand.
In the meantime, Mr. Racksole discov
ered Jules Intruding among the guests at
a private ball gnen at his hotel. He later
learned that Prince Eugen had tried to
borrow a million pounds from Mr. Levi,
a London money-lender.
CHAPTER XII.
Rocco and Room No. in.
OX the afternoon of the same
day the Interview Just de
scribed had occurred In the
morning Racksole was visit
ed by another Idea, and he said to
himself that he ought to have thought
of it before.
The conversation with Mr. Sampson
Levi had continued for a considerable
time and the two men had exchanged
various notions and agreed to meet
again, but the theory that Reginald
Dlmmock had probably been a traitor
to his family a traitor whose re
pentance had caused his deatn had
not been thoroughly discussed; the
talk had tended rather to Continent
al politics, with a view to discovering
what princely family might have an
Interest In the temporary disappear
ance of Prince Eugen.
Now, as Racksole considered in de
tail the particular affair of Reginald
Dlmmock, deceased, he was struck
by one point especially, to wit: Why
had Dlmmock and Jules maneuvered
to turn Nella Racksole out of room
111 on that first night?
That they had so maneuvered, that
the broken window pane was not a
mere accident, Racksole felt perfect
ly sure. He had felt perfectly sure all
along, but the significance of the
Xacts had not struck him.
It was plain to him now that there
must be something of extraordinary
find peculiar importance about room
No. 111.
After lunch he wandered quietly up
Etalrs and looked at room No. Ill;
that Is to say, he looked at the out
side of it; it happened to be occu
pied, but the guest was leaving that
evening.
The thought crossed his mind that
there could be no object In gazing blank
ly at the outside of a room; yet he
gazed; then he wandered quickly down
again to the next floor, and In passing
along the corridor of that floor he
stopped, and with an Involuntary ges
ture stamped his foot.
"Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "I've
got hold of something No. Ill is ex
actly over the state apartments."
He went to the bureau and issued
Instructions that No. Ill was not to be
relet to anyone until further orders.
At the bureau they gave him Nella's
note, which ran thus:
"Dear Papa: I am going away for a
day or two on the trail of a clue. If
I'm not back In three days, begin to In
quire for me at Ostend Till then leavo
tne alone. Your sagacious daughter",
"NELL."
These few words in Nella's large,
scrawling hand, filled one side of the
paper. At the bottom was a "P. T. O. '
He turned over, and read the sen
tence, underlined. "P. S Keep an eye
on Rocco."
"I vionder what the little creature Is
tip to?" Mr. Racksole murmured as he
tore the letter Into small fragments and
threw them into the waste-paper basket.
'ihen. without any delay, he took the
lift down to the basement, with the ob
ject of making a preliminary Inspection
of Rocco in his lair.
He could scarce bring himself to be
lieve mat tnis suave and stately gen
tleman, this enthusiast of gastronomy.
was concerned In the machinations of
juies and otner rascals unknown.
Nevertheless, from habit, he obeyed
his daughter, giving her credit for a cer
tain amount of perspicuity and clever
ness. The kitchens of the Grand Babylon
Hotel are one of the wonders of Eu
rope. Only three years before the events
now ujvler narration. Felix Babylon had
had them newly Installed with every
device and patent that the ingenuity of
two continents could supply.
They covered nearly an acre of super
ficial siwe. Tliey were walled and
floored fron end to end with tiles and
rrarltlo. which made it possible to wash
them down overv morning ilke the deck
of man-of-war.
Visltcns were sometimes taken to see
the potato-paring machine, the patent
plate drier, the Babylon spit (a con
nivance of Felix Babvlons own), the
oilier grill, the svrtem of connected
t"ck pots, and other amazing phenom
ena of the department.
Sometimes. If they were fortunate,
they n.isht also sce the artist who
jculptured ices into forms of men and
beasts for table ornaments, or the first
napkin folder In London, or the man
ho dallv Invented fresh designs for
pastry and blanc manges.
Twelve cheiM pursued their labors in
there kltchen3. helped by ninety assist
ant chefs and a further army of un
considered menials. Over all these waa
Hocco. supremo and unapproachable.
Half wav along the suite of kitchens
Itocco had an apartment of his own,
wherein he thought out those manifl
JCTt combinations, those marvelous
feats of Hucculcncc and originality,
which had given him his fame.
Vlhltors never caught a glimpse of
Rocco in the kitchens, though some-
times, on a special night, he would
stroll nonchalantly through the dining
room, like the great man, he was, to re
ceive the compliments . of the hotel
habitues people of Insight, who recog
nized his uniqueness.
Theodore Uacksole's sudden and un
usual appearance In the kitchen caused
a little stir. He nodded to son-e of the
cbef-s hrt said nothing to anvone, mere
ly wandering about amid the maze of
coppei utensils and white-capped work
ers. At length ho saw .Rocco, surrounded
nv several adtnlrlnc chefs.
Rccn was bending over a freshly
toasted partridge which lay on a blue
dish. He plunged a long fork Into tho
hack of the bird and laised It In the
air with his left hand
In his right he held a long, glittering
carving knife. He was giving one of
1 his world-famous exhibitions of carving.
In four swift, unerring, delicate, per-
of the oartrirtt-V Tt .!. I
V neB "e cieaniy severed me limDd
achievement how wondrous none but
xne reauy sKiutui carver can properly
appreciate.
The chers emitted a hum of applause,
and Rocco, long, lean, and graceful, re
tired to his own apartment.
Racksole followed him. Rocco sat In a
i chair, one hand over his eyes. He had
not noticed Theodore Racksole.
"What are you doing. Mr. Rocco?"
the millionaire asked, smiling.,
"Ah!" exclaimed Roqco, starting up
srlth an apology. "Pardon? I was In
venting a new mayonnaise."
"Do you invent these things without
materials, then?" questioned Racksole.
"Certainly. I do dem In my mind. I
tlnk dem. Why should I want mate
rials? I know all flavors. I tlnk, and
tlnk, and tlnk, and It Is done. I write
down. I give de recipe to my best chef
dere you are!
"I need no't even taste; I know how It
will taste. It Is like composing music
De great composers do not compose at
de piano."
"I see' said Racksole.
"It is because I work like dat dat you
pay me tree thousand a year," Rocco
added gravely.
"Heard about Jules?" said Racksole
abruptly.
"Jules?"
"Yes. .He's been arrested In Ostend."
the millionaire continued, lying cleverly!
at a venture. "They say that he and!
several others are implicated In a mur
der case the murder of Reginald Dim
mock." "Truly?" drawled Rocco, scarcely
hiding a yawn.
His indifference was so superb, so gor
geous, that Racksole Instantly divined
that It was assumed for the occasion.
"It seems that, after all, the police
are good for something. But this Is the
first time I ever knew them to be worth
their salt There Is to be a thorough
and systematic search of the hotel to
morrow," Racksole went on. "I nave
mentioned It to you to warn you that
so far as you are concerned the search
Is, of course, merely a matter of form.
You will not abject to the detectives
looking through ypur rooms
"Certainly not," and Rocco shrugged
his shoulders.
"I shall ask you to say nothing about
this to anyone," said Racksole. "The
news of Jules' arrest Is quite private
to myself. The papers know nothing
of It. You comprehend?"
Rocco smiled In ills grand manner,
and Rocco's master thereupon went
away.
Racksole was very well satisfied with
the little conversation. It was perhaps
dangerous to tell a series of mere lies
to a clever fellow like Rocco; and Rack
sole wondered how he should ultimately
explain them to this great master chef
If his and Nella's suspicions should be
unfounded and nothing came .of them.
Nevertheless, Rocco's manner, a
strange, elusive something In the man's
eyes, had nearly convinced Racksole
that he was somehow Implicated In
Jules' schemes and probably In the
death of Reginald Dlmmock' and the
disappearance of Prince Eugen of
Posen.
That night, or rather about 1:30 the
next morning, when the last noises of
the hotel's life had died down, Racksole
made his way to Room No. 111. on the
second floor.
He looked on the Inside and proceeded
to examine the place carefully, Equare
foot by square foot. Every now and j
men some crcax or otner sound star
tled him. and he listened Intent for a
few seconds.
The bedroom was furnished In the or
dinary splendid style of bedrooms at
the Grand Babylon Hotel, and In that
respect called for no remark. What
most Interested Racksole was the floor
ing. He pulled up the thick Oriental car
pet and peered along every plank, but
could discover nothing unusual. Then
he went to the dressing-room and Anal
ly to the bathroom, both of which
opened out of the main room.
But In neither of these smaller cham
bers was he any more successful than
In the bedroom itself. Finally he came
to the bath, which was Inclosed In a
paneled casing of polished wood, after
the manner of baths.
Some baths have a cupboard beneath
the taps, with a door at the side, but
this one appeared to have none. He
tapped the panels, but not a single one
of them gave forth that "curious hollow
sound" which usually betokens a secret
place.
Idly he turned the cold tap of the
bath, and the water tloirin In niah In
He turned off the cold tap and turned
on the waste tap, and as he aid so his
njiee, wmen was pressing against the
paneling, slipped forward.
The paneling had given way, and he
Baw that one large panel was hinged
from the Inside and caught with a
hasp, also on the Inside. A large apace
within the casing, at the end of the
bath, was thus revealed.
Before dolnjr anything else Racksole
tried to repeat the trick with the waste
tap, but he failed; it would not work
ogam, nor couia ne in any way per
ceive that there was any connection be
tween the rod of the waste tap and the
hasp of the panel.
Racksole could not see into the cavity
within the casing, and the electric light
was fixed and could not be moved about
like a candle.
He felt in his pockets and, fortunate
ly, discovered a box or matches. Aided
by these, he looked into the cavity, and
saw nothing nothing except a rather
large hole at the far end some three
feet from the casing.
With some difficulty he squeezed him
self through the open panel and took
a half kneeling, half sitting posture
within. There he struck a match, and
It was a most unfortunate thing that In
striking, the box being half open, he set
fire to all the matches and was half
smothered In the atrocious stink of
phosphorus which resulted.
One match burned clear on the floor
of the cavity, and, rubbing his eyes,
Racksole picked It up and looked down
the hole which he nad previously de
scried. It was a hole apparently bottomless,
and about .eighteen inches square. The
Curious part about that hole was that a
rope ladder hung down It,
When he saw that rope ladder Rack
sole smiled the smile of ahappy man.
The match went out.
Should he make a long Journey, per
haps to some distant corner of the ho
tel for a fresh box of matches, or
should he attempt to negotiate that
rope ladder In the nark?
He decided on the latter course, and
he was the more strongly moved thereto
as he could now distinguish a faint, a
very faint, tinge of light at the bottom
of the hole. JV1 ,,
With Infinite care he composed himself
Into the well-like hole and descended
the ladder. At length he arrived on
firm ground, perspiring, but quite safe
and quite excited.
He saw now that the tinge of light
came through a small hole In the wood.
He put his eye to the wood and found
that he had a fine view of the state
bathroom, and, through the door of the
state bathroom. Into the state bedroom.
At the massive marble-topped wash
stand In- the state bedroom a man was
visible, bending over some object which
lav thereon.
The man was Roco.
Contlanatloa of Tils Story WUI
Be Found In Tomorrow's
Isaac of The Times.
No Deceiver.
"And then" said Ermyntrude, paus
ing. "Yes. And. then?" exclaimed Gwen
doline. "He asked me if I had ever been
kissed before." Gwendoline gave a
gasp of compassion.
"Oh, you poor darling!" she cried.
"How awkward! Of course, you said er
nor
nonr rtwentlnllne " KAld F.rmvntmrto
j raising her eyes to those of her com
panion, "cio you snow mat tne truth is
dearer-to mo than all else?"
"Yes, I knpw," whispered Gwendoline,
pressing her mend's hand, "What did
you say?"
-" I said," replied Gwendoline, return
ing the pressure, "Oh, Claresee, how
can you ask?" Exchange.
Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
Going to Bretton Woods Tomorrow
Japanese Ambassador and
Wife Will Return
Thursday.
The Secretary of. Slate and sMrs.
Philander C. Knox, who have been at
their country place at-Valley Forge,
Pa., for the greater part ot the, sum
mer, will go to the Bretton Woods,
tomorrow, to spend the month at the
Mt Washington.
Japanese Ambassador and
Baroness Uchlda will come to Wash
ington Thursday from the summer
headquarters of the embassy at
Buena Vista, to make preparations
for their departure the, last of the
month. The Ambassador has Just
been appointed minister of foreign
affairs in the cabinet of the Japanese
Empire, and they will leavo for Japan
within a few weeks. Baron Uchlda's
successor as ambassador at Wash
ington has not as yet been named.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitford
Return From Summer Trip.
Mr. and Mrs. George Langdon Whit
ford have returned to their home on
Newlands- street. Chevy Chaso, from
their summer hpme, "The FarmB" at
Waterloo, N. II., where they spent July
end August and "Tho "Weirs,"' N. H.,
where they hav been for the last few
days. ,
-4
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dencgre, who
spent the summer In London, where they
leased a house for the coronation fes
tivities, have returned to this country,
and are occupying their summer homo
a: West Manchester. Mass. .
Miss Helen- leo Js spending a few
weeks at the Casino at Newport.
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards,
X'. S. A., Is spending a few days visiting
his mother In Ohio.
?
Baron Uxkull of the Russian embas
sy, has gone to Newport and Is a guest
at the Muenchlnger-Klng cbttage.
4
Senator Taylor and Wife
Going to Tennessee.
Senator and Mrs. Robert L. Taylor
will close their apartment In Stonelelgh
Court next week and go to the moun
tains of Tennessee for a month.
Senator Taylor Is now spending a few
days in Tennessee speech making.
m... rcenra-n W. Rav and Miss An
toinette Ray will return to Washlng-
ton the latterspart of the week from
Gloucester, Mass.,
where they have
nAn ih. iMsinn.
Miss Marie Ray, who has been with
hr mother and sister, will ln a
house party for several weeks.
Everybody's Question Box Answers to Queries )
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Times Inquiry Department:
Will you kindly tell me If there Is any
plsce In the elty where I can send thw
kittens? Also, could you tell me would they
send for themT li-
You can send your kittens to the dog
pound, but they will not come after
them. If you wish to send your kittens
somewhere to be cared for there Is a
place at 124 D street northwest.
Time Inquiry Department.
Could you kindly Inform m through the
inquiry Column how I can clean a very
soiled raincoat? It Is a rubber one. "J most
of the spou are of yellow; clay ";
Thanking you In advance- for anything you
may tell me, I am, yours truly. C K. M.
Wash the spots with soap and water,
but do not rub It too hard.
Time Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly tell me If It Is necessary
to pass the Civil Service examination for
employment in the mint? If so. where can
I obtain the necessary papers, and what Is
the salary paid? Thanking you in advance,
I am, F. F. E.
It Is necessary to pass a civil service
examination. You can find out all In
formation at the Civil Service Bureau
as to papers and salary paid. The sal
ary .varies In the- different departments
of the mint.
Times Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly publish in the Inquiry Col
umn the date ot the next inauguration?
And oblige, yours truly.
The date of the next Inauguration Is
1913.
Time Inquiry Department.
Please answer the following questions:
What year did Aurellar enter Rome? What
was the name of the Queen he captured, ana
what was her fate? Who wrote "The Rise
and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire?
Thanking you In advance, I am, yours truly,
BTUDENT.
Aurellas entered Rome In the year of
272 A. D. Venovla was the name of
the Queen he captured. She died about
274 A. D., and her fate was to die as
his Queen. Edward Gibbons wrote the
book to which you refer.
Times Inquiry Department.
Please publish In your Inquiry Column
which Is the first day of the week, Sunday
or Monday? Yours truly, A. F.
Sunday is the first day of the week.
Times Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly tell me the blrthstones for
the different months? Also tell me the best
way to clean a Leghorn hat? Thanking you
In advance. I am
A CONSTANT READER.
The birthstone for January Is gar
net; for February, amethyst; March,
bloodstone; April, diamond; May, em
erald; June, pearl; July, ruby; August,
sardonyx; September, sapphire; Octo
ber, opal; November, topaz; December,
turquoise. -A straw hat "may be clean
ed from dust and sunburn by cutting
a lemon In half, covering the hat with
powdered sulphur and then rubbing
with the half of the lemon. Dry the
hat in tho- sun and when perfectly
dry, brush off the sulphur.
Times Inquiry Department:
Times Inquiry Department. -
I have a Brussels rug which Is very faded,
but has no boles' In It. Is there any way
that I can' brighten up my shabby carpet?
Yours truly. A TIMES READER.
Cut an ounce of yellow soap Into small
squares and make It Into lather with a
pint of boiling water. Add. to this a
quart ot boiling water and an ounce of
horax. Place the "mixture on th xange
and bring tc- a boll: then remove It and
when quite cold add each an ounce of
alcohol and ammonia, and half ounce of
glycerine. Wipe .this over the carpet
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Mrs. Anderson Returns
To New England Estate
Mrs. Larr "Anderson, who has been
spending a few days n Washington
superintending thn closing of their
handsome residence on Massachusetts
avenue 'for 'an Indefinite period, has
returned to The Weld, their beautiful
estate at Brookllne, Mass,
Mr. Anderson, who has recently been
appointed. American minister to Bel
glum, is now abroad, but will return
shortly to accompany Mrs. Anderson
across. They are due at Brussels
early In November.
--
Mrs. H. W. Kennard, wife of th
British charge d'affaires at Havana.
Cuba, has returned to this 'country,
and is spending t few days the guet
of Mrs. Meyer, wife of the Secretary
of .the Navy, at the Meyer country
place at Hamilton, Mass. She Is ac
companied by her infant. son born a
few months ago at Havana. Mrs. Ken
nard was formerly Miss Harriet Nor
rls, of Washington, her marriage to
Mr. Kennard taking place a few years
ago when Mr. -Kennard was- secretary
of the British embassy here. Mr.
Kennard will Join his wife shortly, and
they will sail from New York Septem
ber 30 for his new post at 8t. Peters
burg, to which he was transferred from
Washington, with duty In Cuba for
the summer.
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Mrs. Hendrick and
The Misses Hendrick Return.
Mrs. David Stewart Hendrick. Miss
Hendrick and Miss Lillian Hendrick,
who have been spending the summer
In the Adlrondacks, have returned to
Washington and. opened their resi
dence on Bancroft place for a few
days. The last of the week they will
go to The Plains, Va., where thty
will be members of a house party
which their cousin, Irving Munford,
of New York, is giving at his es
tate. High Acre Hall. Later they will
go to Lake Hopatcong, N. J., for a
week or two before returning to
Washington, In October, for the sea
son. .j.
Mr. and Mrs. Svnret W. Hendrick
are spending" some time at Atlantic
City.
Mr. Justice Lurton
And Wife In Germany.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Lurton. wlio
have been abroad since the latter part
of July, are now in Germany. They
will sail for this country September 27,
and expect to arrive in Washington
ibout the October 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Van Devanter, their son-in-law
and daughter, who accompanied them,
will come to Washington with them.
The Justice and Mrs. Lurton spent
the early part of the season at their
home In Tennessee and at the Vir
ginia Hot Springs.
and rub vigorously with a clean flan
nel, until the color becomes bright- You
will be surprised how bright your shab
by carpet can look.
Times Inquiry Department.
Is there anything that wilt make white silk
stockings white again after they have turned
yellow from putting gasolene on them? I
have boiled them and put lemon Juice on
them, but they are still eIlow. Can you
suggest anything else?
Y A lJiNOlAfl XfcIUAl4.
Try washing them In cold water In
which a little washing blue has been
dissolved. This process has whitened
white silk and it might whiten your
stockings.
Times Inquiry Department.
Would you kindly Inform me through the
7nqulry Column If the following sentence Is
correct grammar? "A number of thing
have conspired to detain me here." Tours
truly, N. M. M.
No; the expression is incorrect In a
grammatical sense. The correct ex
pression would be: "A number of things
has conspired to detain ma here."
Times Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly publish In your paper If
there Is such a thing as crude coat oil?
Thanking you in advance for your Informa
tion, I am. yours very truly,
A CONSTANT READER.
There Is such a thing as crude cqal
oil, and It comes under the head of
petroleum.
Times Inquiry Department.
I hear that cocoa butter U good to use to
fatten the neck. Will you please tell me
where It can be bought and bow used?
A CONSTANT READER.
Cocoa butter will fatten out the nesk,
and It Is used as a massage cream. You
can buy It at any drug store.
Times Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly inform mo through The
Times Inquiry Column how to clean white
and colored silk cords? Also tell me If It Is
necessary for the President of the United
States to sign a, pardon of a .murderer, or
Is It ijust necessary for the governor to
sign It? A SUBSCRIBER.
You can clean your silk cords with
gasolene. The President does not sign
a pardon unless It comeSUnder a Unit
ed States court. The governor of the
State In which the murder was com
mitted signs the pardon.
Times Inquiry Department.
Will you kindly Inform me if children born
of American parents In foreign countries are
subjects of the flag under which they- are
bora? Thanking you in advance. J. H. W.
They are citizens of the United States.
Times Inquiry Department:.
Will you kindly give me" a recipe for
orange marmalade, and oblige
v A CONSTANT READER.
Slice two dosen unpeeled oranges and
remove the seeds. 'Mix with them -two
lemons. These, as well as the oranges,
mvst be shredded very thin. Measure
the Juice and add enough water to make
three quarts of liquid. Put all in "ft
stone crock, cover,, ndv set in a cool
place over night. Turn Into a preserv
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Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Are
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. York Shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goelef Gerry,
who have been occupying a cottage
at Bar Harbor'for the summer, have'
gone to New York, from where they
will sail shortly to Join Mrs. Gerry's
mother, Mrs. Richard Townsend, atj
Carlsbad. Mrs. Townsend has been
abroad since early in the summer.
Margaret M. Killeen. of P street, f
is spending some time at manon, ainaa.
4 .v
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lurton. Jr., and
their children, who spent 'the summer
at their home in Nashville, -Tenn., have
returned to Washington.
4
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Culp. who are
now In Capada, are expected to re
turn to Washington the latter. part pf
this month
4 -
Mr. Justice And
Mrs. Van DeVanter to Return.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Van DeVanter,
j who have been spending the summer
at their old home. In Wyoming, will re-
I turn n WflnMnsrton the latter Dart of
this month.
J.
Judge Barney, of the Court of Claims,
and Miss Barney, who have spent "the
summer at West Bend, Wis., will
return to their apartment In the Cham
plain early In October.
4.
Dr. Hamxnett
Returns After Summer Trip.
Dr. Charles M. Hammett hasreturned
to Washington after several weeks at
Atlantic City and Old Point Comfort.
Miss Luella P. Chase has returned to
her homeln Covington, Ky., after an
extended visit to hor brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ellis.
4.
Mr. ami Mrs. Bates Warren have
closed their country place. Montgomery
Hall. In Virginia, and will come tp
Washington for a day or two en route tb
Atlantic City. They are making the
trip by automobile.
Dr. L. Fleet Luckett has returned to
Washington and opened his home on
Rhode Island avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Wolf have re
turned to Washington after a trip to tho
White Mountains. " ,
Miss Florence Cohn has returned
from a motor trip to Baltimore, where
she was the guest for the week end
of Miss Marion Goldstrom.
ing kettle and bring slowly to a boil.
Simmer until the peel Is very tender.
Now stir in a pound of sugar for every
pint of juice, and boil until the skin Is
clear In appearance. Remove' Trom "the
Are, and, when cool, turn Into the Jelly
glasses.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please let -me know the exact date of the
"good roads convention" at Richmond, Va.?
Yours truly, R. W.
November 20 to 23, ISM.
Times Inquiry Department.
Kindly Inform me when the examination
for a letter carrier will be held. Also what
kind of an examination do they have?
Thanking you ery much for this Informa
tion, I am, yours truly, B. L. I.
The examination Is held November 1.
and the Civil Service Commission will
bend you a book with full information
In It regarding the examination.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish In your Inquiry Column
the true history of St. John's College at
Annapolis. Md., and oblige. Tours truly,
M. B.
St. John's College was chartered in
17S9. It was developed from King Will
iam's School, which was established In
1696, and it is, therefore, one) of the
oldest of American colleges.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will you kindly tell me where the ancient
prayer originated that is circulated around
with directions to send It to nine different
people and that by doing this, on the ninth
day the sender will experience some great
Joy: but failure to do so will cause the
recipient some great misfortune? Is this
Just an ancient superstition or Is there an
object In tt? Thanking you for any1 Informa
tion, 1 am. Tours sincerely.
A DAILY READER.
There Is no authentic orlsln to the
prayer you speak of, and there Is nO
objected to it other than a superstitious
one. '
Times Inquiry Department;
Will you kindly print a good recipe for
pickled crab-apples, and oblige.
A HOUSEKEEPER.
Do not peel the apples but wipe each
one carefully. Weigh and allow four
and a half pounds of sugar to seven
pounds of apples. Put the sugar and
fruit In the kettle and Just enough
water to cover the lower layer of fruit.'
Bring slowly to a boll, and cook until
the apples are clear and tender, but
not broken. When they can be pierced
with a stiff straw they are don Have
ready, boiling, a pint of vinegar that
has been spiced with cinnamon, cloves,
and mace. The cloves may be whole,
the cloves and cinnamon broken into
bits and all boiled In the vinegar for
ten minutes. Add the spiced vinegar
to the boiling fruit Ave minutes before
the apples aro ready to take out Re
move the apples, 'spread on platters;
boll the syrup and vinegar until thick;
pack the apples in Jars, and All these
to overflowing with the boiling liquid.
Seal at once.
an emergency. You can obtain a II
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME "
The Sandman's Stories
THE FIREFLIES
O
NCE the firefly was Just a
plain bug flitting- about'ln the
nlghtjlke any other bug-, un
fit tho. alrlaa oava I U
power to give forth the light which we
now see at night.
The fairies were always bothered by
the goblins, who, as you know, are al-
ways bent on mfachlef, and they would
lie In wait for the fairies at night and
then jump out from behind stones and
trees to frighten them.
One night they frightened one fairy
so that she dropped her wand and ran.
Of course she was quite powerless with
out It and she wandered about the
woods vainly trying to find, her mates.
After a while the fairy queen dis
covered her and took her home In her
little carriage.
The next night the 5 queen called a
meeting. "Something must be done." she
said, "to put an end to the pranks of
these goblins."
"If'we could only see," said one fairy,
"they could not Jump upon us so sud
denly. It Is only because they startlo
us that we are afraid of them. 4
"If we had a light on the end of our
wands." said another, "but that would
not be bright enough; "what we need is J
iu imvc UK" is an mrui'Bii me wooas
and fields."
"If some of the bugs would carry lan
terns and be ot some use," said another,
"Instead of flying about In such a use
less fashion. It would be easy to have
our way lighted."
"There are all those little brownish
flies with red marks on their bodies,"
said another fairy, "they fly about so
slowly that we are. always bumping Into
them, they could carry the lanterns
and we would always nave lights, for
those flies are everywhere.
"I will ask them, ' said the queen.
The little brown flies were sent for
The Correct Place
To Hang Pictures
Many people njake the mistake ot
thinking that a. good picture will look
well In any place and in any style of
frame.
Others recognize the fact that fruit
pictures look well only In the dining
room, and that plctues of authors be
long In the library or wherever books
are kept.
Even when tfie subject of the picture
Is in accord with the room, such par
ticulars as the angle at which the light
will strike the picture, the height to
hang It, the background and the kind of
frame must be considered.
Few pictures can be shown to advan
tage against a large flowered, highly
colored wall paper.
fHEr yypouVLjg, m yreaxfgt.
The Sun thanks Anty Drudge.
Sun ' My, how I do like to shine and dry clothes washed '
with Fels-Naptha soap. Anty Drudge is my Test .
friend. She never makes me re-bleach clothes-yel- '
lowed by boiling.-"
Anty Drudge "Thank you, Mr. Sun. But I deserve all
the nice things you say. And let me add: If all folks w
would only adopx the sensible Fels-Naptha way of
washing1 and abolish boiling how happy they
would be."
In India the women soak dirty clothes
in water, lay them on a flat stone and the-i
beat them with another stone.
Hard on the clothes, certainly!
But isn't boiling and washboard rul
bing nearly as hard on clothes?
To say nothing of its wear and tear on
- your health and strength and good looks.
Fels-Naptha saves ydur, strength; saves
the "clothes; saves time, labor, money,
.health.
Just soap the things with Fels-Naptha;
r6ll and put in cool or lukewarm water
for 30 minutes.
The Fels-Naptha loosens and dissolves :
the dirt. All you need do is rub lightly,
rinse and hang out to dry. ; ,
Besides the"ease of using Fels-Naptha,
- you'll find it makes the things whiter,
sweeter, cleaner.
Be sure to use cool or lukewarm, wa
ter no boiling. Just follow simple direc- 'j
tions on the red and green wrapper.
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AND THE FAIRIES.
and the queen told them her plan.
YOU Will be th hnndnmmt hn ha
flies at night." she told them.
"But the goblins wlIL surely try Uf
catch us," said the flies, "we do not
like them and they will take us to their.
pome under the rocks. If you -will pro
tect us from the goblins -we will gladly
carry your lanternc." ,
"The goblins will try only once to
catch you." renlleil the nuwn. "for tW
J heat from your lanterns will burn them!
na tne ongnt lignt win bund them."
Tney will run away from you. I can!
promise you that." J
So each little fly was given a tiny
lantern with a dark and a bright side,'
so that when they did not wish to. ba,
seen they could turn the dark side ouU
The next nlgilt the fairies started out?
and the fireflies with them. . '
The goblins were lying in wait for the
fairies, but when they saw all the fire
flies they thought at first that the
weeds were on Are. J
But one of the goblins saw a firefly"
when he turned the "dark side of bl
lantern out. and. he told the others.
"Let .us catih tr.em," he said; "the?""
are Just what we want to light the dark i
passage leading to our homes.
But when they reached out their little
hands they quickly dropped the flreTly
and ran, but the fireflies chased them,
swinging their lanterns and blinding the
goblins so they could not see their way.
They were glad when the fireflies left
them, and they went Into their rocks,
and after that the -fairies were safe1 and
the fireflies also. '
And wherever you see fireflies ytAi
may be sure the fairies are there also,
and you may be equally sure that the
goblins are a long way off.
(Tomorrow's story: "Freddie and the
Stork."
Here's a Recipe
For Vanilla Souffle
Melt an ounce of butter In a stew
pan; stir In a tablespoonful of flour
and a half pint of milk. Boil until a
thick raste is formed. Take off the
stove and let cool a little. Stir tn
an ounce of granulated sugar and-a
teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring Then
beat in the yolks of three eggs one at
a tlmo. Whip the white of four eggs
to a stiff froth and fold them in
lightly and quickly. Pour tho mix
ture into a butter mold which should
be about two-thirds Ailed, cover w,lth
the tc? or with buttered 'paper and
steam for half an hour. When done
turn out upon a hot dish, garnish
with a circle of Jam and serve very
hot ,
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