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This Day in Our History.
□'HIS is the anniversary of the entranee of Washing
x ton’s army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, in
yill. The sufferings of the patriots were in marked con
trast to the comfort of the British army in Philadelphia. -
WAYS OF A HUSBAND By Ann Lisle
Read This Entertaining Serial in Which
the Author Has Woven a Thrilling
Romance of the Problems of
‘Married Life.
By Ann Lisle,
(Copyright, HJ», King Features
'Syndicate. Inc.)
/ZVTTOU’VE always had afeel-
Y Ing of responsibility
JL about Tom and Daisy,
haven’t you?** demanded Evvy ab
ruptly, facing me almost grimly
across my office desk.
My fidth In the girl had been
so deeply established by her gen
erous and self-forgetting attitude
in the matter of helping find Neal
that I could answer her now with
as much of simple frankness as
Fd feel in talking to Betty. So
X said without beating about the
bush:
*T am responsible. I got Tom to
take Daisy into his studio when
rd had clear evidence that the
child had a streak of grave weak
ness In- her character. I knew
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
■MMSMMMWMSMBMHSSMMMMMMMNMH.Mg.
By Charles A. L. Reed,
M. D„
DO you always prefer fresh
fruits and vegetables to
their canned brothers and
sisters?
Why?
Is it purely c matter of the
sense of taste?
They posses other values, en
ergising values, that may be de
stroyed in whole or in part
by the manner of their prepara
tion. That energizing value ex
ists in the mysterious something
that science calls “vitamines.”
They belong to that class of
vitamines soluble in water and
that are called “vitamines B.”
It is Important for you to know:
That these vitamines are either
dissolved in the water in which
fbe fruits or vegetables are boiled
and are thus washed away, or
T hey are destroyed by boiling at
too high a temperature, or they
•re eliminated by both processes.
That this principle is recognized
hr all leading canning establish
ments, and Is one reason why
canned goods from such sources
ere always reliable food products.
The trouble fa too often with
the consumer who throws away
the juice or liquid that now con
tains a large part of the vita
mines B.
Another source of trouble Is
with the canning In homes where,
the absence of a thermometer
for determining the temperature
of the boiling fruit or vegetable,
tehee produces are subjected to
too high a temperature and for a
longer period than Is necessary,
a period that need not be longer
than fifteen or twenty minutes.
Fruits and vegetables can be
sterilized against all the usual
fermentlve germs at a tempera
ture lower than that required to
destroy vitamines B.
The above facts explain why
"dry canning”—by which is meant
placing the fruits or vegetables
in the cans without water and
without boiling and then steriliz
ing them by boiling the can after
it is sealed—usually yields not
csily better tasting but more nu
tritive products
They are especially abundant
In raw potatoes, which axe con
sequently the one most efficient
remedy for scurvy, a condition
that is often produced by the
too exclusive consumption of
canned food, especially on Arctic
voyages where other fresh vegeta
bles or fruit are not available.
Both beans and peas when
fresh are rich in vitamines. and
the vitamines of cabbages re
main in full strength after the (
cabbage has been pickled in Its
own juice In the form of kraut.
Flour made from the outer part
of the grain or germ, which Is
generally removed with the bran,
abounds In vitamines. Commer
cial bran is better for growth
purposes than pure white flour.
The best flour is made from the
whole wheat.
Vitamines B are abundant in
brewers’ yeast, a fact which ac
counts for its increasing con
sumption as yeast in connection
with the dally diet.
Vitamines B are abundant in
the yolks of eggs, raw milk,
fresh beef and other meats, in
com, especially in whole-grain
hominy, ordinarily called “lye
hominy.” and in- cornmeal mush
•nd oatmeal porridge.
(Copyright. 1»M. Klag-Features
L Syudloata, la«A
how much hold beauty and luxury
had on her. I might have thought
a step further and guessed what
a hold a man who had beauty and
luxury at his command would get
on her.”
“Why were you so Interested in
Daisy?” asked Ewy.
“Her sister —Kate Condon —was
the one dear woman friend of my
early days here in the city. I
lost track of Kate when I mar
ried. I was so happy and con
tented that I selfishly forgot all
the friends of other days. And
Kate died without my knowing or
helping. I think she longed for
me. So when her little sister
came into my life I wanted to give
her all I’d cheated Kate of. That’s
why I tried to stand by and why
I now feel so desperate over the
mess I made of helping Daisy.
“That young woman Is quite ca
pable of helping herself,” replied
Evvy almost grimly.
“She doesn't care much for any
one but herself,” replied Ewy.
“And that’s what’s saving poor
old Tom. I think he went to
London with some noble idea of
owing a great deal to her. I think
he felt he’d spoiled her life and
that he ought, to make it up to
her.”
“K noble idea, indeed—when
she’s another man’s wife!” I said
curtly.
“why should a woman be mar
ried to one man when another
can make her happier?” demand
ed Ewy. “it’s not much of a mar
riage if it hasn’t the real things
to make it so. Anyway, old Tom
went straight to Carl and had It
out with him.”
“You mean he talked it over,
man to man?” I gasped, astonish
ed that philandering Tom Mason
had found the courage to do this.
“I guess that talk was brew
ing from the minute Carl went
down to Atlantic City and mar
ried Daisy,” muttered Ewy cyni
cally. "And the more poor old
Tom fell In love with little Irma
Warren, the more conscience he
developed about Daisy.”
•Don’t!” I cried bitterly. “Don’t
read all these noble motives Into
Tom’s actions. Didn’t I see him
reopen the flirtation when he and
Irma worked on my apartment
together? And Tom was all ready
to philander—though he knew
Irma then!”
“Please don’t judge!” protested
Evvy. “You have to be a Mason
philanderer to understand fully
what the Mason weaknesses are
and where they can lead. Tom’s
been as bad In his way as I was
in mine, but now Tom has turned
over a new leaf”
“He’s turned over a new leaf,”
I interrupted. “But you’ve turned
into a new person! That’s a very
different matter, Ewy.”
“Perhaps,” she said, tflowly,
“But I’m a Mason and I under
stand my clan. Tom will come
back soon—this week, I think.
He wanted me to come first—to
pave the way—with you. But
you know who it is that’s pulling
Tom back—you know who’s held
him all the while.”
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?
1— When did Jerome Bonaparte,
afterward King of Westphalia,
marry Elizabeth Patterson, of
Baltimore?
2 When was ihe burlesque
opera, "Bomba e:es Furloso,”
written?
B—When8 —When was John Barry,
American revolutionary naval
commander, appointed commo
dore?
4—When did the Dutch settle
New York?
6 —When did Portugal gain Its
Independence?
Answers to these queries win be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS
To yesterday’s questions.
l“~The Spanish-American naval
battle off Santiago, Cuba, waa
fought July 8. 1898.
2—Mrs. Slddonw, the famoua
English actress, made her Ameri
can theatrical debut at Boston in
1881.
B— -The exquisite cathedral at
Siena, Italy, was begun in the
thirteenth century.
4 Solon, the wise man es
Greece, lived in the sixth century
B. C.
5 The welting shoe machine
waa invented in 1371 by Good
year
THE WASHINGTON TIMES * • The National Daily • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1923.
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A Love Story &
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T DTK’S world is never lonely even incongruous as this
sounds—-even when Youth Is lonely I For Youth peoples •
world with folks of fiction and fancy.
When I was a little child. Hansel and Gretel were very real and
very live to me I looked for them behind every tree. King
Arthur and his knights rode my prairie trails. Now can you tell me
how I could see a great Percheron charger with a clanking Sir Dlna-
SE *^ d v<° n prairie? But the Western wilderness was
•“ v ® ’’7 th hlm and his knight-comrade, Launoelot Du Lak, Gawalne,
Wnd m? lr Oareth * singing, fighting Tristram, in a colorful crew.
Then came the lovers of the world—Aucassln and Nicolette, and
for me the grass—even the prairie “buffalo-grass,” was likely to be
flowered, If I happened along at the right time, with Nicolette’s white
feet; these two and a host of others, like a bright company, two and
two, ready to play with me and turn my life Into romance and ad
venture any time I could steal away.
JTouth dreamg go much—while waking—that ths coven of a book
FASHION FADS
AND FANCIES
By Mildred Ash
BROWN’S all the rage in the
millinery world now. Dark
brown satin hats in small
models are worn in cloche, turban
and off-the-face shapes and are
simply trimmed in ribbon or with
jeweled ornaments. Extremely
smart is a single band of rhine
stones, placed across the front at
the base of the crown.
Enmeshing Meshes
—delicately patterned, and, for
the most part, featuring lacy de
signs, make the newest Parisian
veils—and their wearers—simply
irresistible. Made in domino, ob
long and circular shapes, many
have glittering touches of metal
lic lace. Tans, browns and black
are in greatest demand.
Extending the Glad Hand
—and what hand wouldn’t be
glad to wear the exquisite French
gauntlets that have achieved such
Immediate success? Os light tones
of suede, these one-clasp gloves
have flaring "bat wing” cuffs,
elaborately perforated and lined
In a contrasting shade of glace
kid.
Playing Possum
—has long been a familiar phrase,
but now ’tls quite true that Amer
ican opossum continues to be the
smartest trimming for the stun
ning light-toned sport coats which
revel in deep collars, cuffs, hem
bands, and often, front borders of
this flatteringly youthful fur.
Concealed Wealth
—is to be found In the tiny coin
purse, hidden In the folds of the
batik crepe de chine handkerchief,
to be tucked in the pocket es the
tailored suit or dress.
On a New Footing
<—the old paisley patterns return
in the exquisite brocaded fabrics
from which the most cunning
dance sandals are made. With
ankle straps and out-outs ever the
Instep, many of these enticing
little slippers are trimmed in
bands of gold kid. The Spanish
Louis heels are brocade-covered.
FOXYGRANDPA’S STORIES
THEY HAVE A HARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING
LASSOED AT SEA.
IT was summer time and we
were spending our vacation
up in New Foundland. It
was a beautiful country, and we
particularly enjoyed the fine
fishing.
Every day Bunny, Bobby, and
I went out in a rowboat near the
shore and in the evening we came
home with the boat laden with
fine fish. It waa great sport.
But one day we came home with
out a single fish Tot we were
lucky to come home at all. And
I will tell you why.
As we were towing along to
our usual fishing ground. Bobby
looked across the water and said:
“Look, Foxy Grandpa! What 1s
that?”
I turned my gaM in the direc
tion in which Bobby was point
ing and there was a great mass
of something floating on the aui>
face of the water.
“There must have been •
wreck,” said I.
“Yes.” agreed Bobby. “It looks
like a big bale of goods.”
“It_mtght be allk or 'something
valuable,” I commented.
"Let’s row over there,” sug
gested the boy.
"That’s a good idea,” I an
swered, pulling In the direction of_
the floating mans.
As we approached it, Bobby
reached for the boat-hook and
when we came near it, he reached
out his little arms and plunged
the hook into the floating bundle.
Like a shot out came a great
long rope-like rm and flung
itself across our boat and seized
the gunwale on the other side.
"Cut it quickly," shouted
Bunny, jumping to his feet and
picking up the knife which we
used to epen oysters.
*
are not just bootocovers to tlMan,‘but are entrancing, bsskonlng
doon behind which live people who smile and sigh, and and
love, in houses that stand very real in ooms nameless, lovely coun
try. Let Youth but nod, and the tiny lover and his damsel creep forth
under the candle light and court upon the red and gold bobk that is
their home. ■ -,z .
So when the old man whose heart atm dlfnge to the love of his
Youth, nods, does there creep forth the tiny figure, from a yellow old
loveletter, clad In gray silk, of the girl whose miniature he studies
in the firelight
So does there still live In the bright real world of sunshine, for
his dreaming mother, the dancing figure of the little child who la
gone.
How thick the world Is with these tiny people—folks of Romanoet
the gesturing people of History, the smiling creatures of Memory.
They move In the shadow. They dance In the sun. They smile
from the green leaves. For Youth the world Is never lonely or for
those with the young heart, —NXLL BRINKLEY,
I dropped my oars. I didn’t
have time to think. I didn’t even
wonder what this huge thing wu
that was attacking us.
I grasped the knife In my hand,
and what a struggle I had to cut
away that heavy, live rope whiob
was clutching the side of our
little boat. I sawed and sawed.
And as I worked away Bobby
shouted with terror.
"It’s got others, Foxy Grandpa,
and It’s ready to shoot them.”
I glanced out of the corner of
my eye as I cut and cut, and
there in the water were two of
the most horrible eyes I’ve ever
seen, glaring at ms from a hor
rible head raised out of the water.
As Bobble had said, growing right
out of the head were many more
of these awful arms.
I gave a terrible blow with my
knife and was successful. For X
had cut the lasso away from ths
boat. Then I jumped for the ears
and started to pull away from the
monster for dear Ufa
I had wounded It, luckily, and
it started floating away. And as
it went It spurted forth from its
mouth an inky fluid—so blaek
that the whole sea around us
looked like ink.
How I did row! None of us
could speak until we got safely
back on shore.
As I pulled into the dock Bobby
asked, breathleeslyi
"What was it, Foxy Grandpa?”
"It was the terror of the sea,
my boy. It was an octopus."
"No wonder the Bailors call it
a devil-fish,” muttered Bunny, as
I lifted him up on the wharf.
In Wednesday's story Bunny
proves that Foxy Grandpa's hens
are doing their duty.
(Copyright, 1923, by International
Feature Service. Inc.)
WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE
"Our creature comfort*."
This phrase so often used of
things that make for physics!
ease was originally employed
by Matthew Henry in his "Com
mentarlea”
"Truly there Is a tide In the
affairs of men; but there Is no
gulf stream setting forever in one
r - * • 99
UU WLIOXIe
Life Is no calm, somnolent sea,
Lowell says- tn "Among My
Books."
"No book Is worth anything
which la not worth much."
Every worthwhile book contains
a great deal of useful Informa
tion, according to John Ruskin
in “Ths Queen of ths Air.”
“Frailty, thy name Is woman."
This apostrophe Is from Shake
•psare’a "Macbeth.”
mere is no knowledge that la
not power."
Emerson reaffirms the truth of
the old saying that knowledge
is power In his essay en “So
ciety and Solitude."
fCepyrirht, Itßt, King Features
Syndioate, Xno.)
Do You Know—
By introducing the cultivation
of quinine to India the experts
at Kew Gardens reduced the
price enormously. In 1860 the
Government of Bengal was
spending 1800,000 a year en this
drug.
It has been proved possible for
the heartbeats cf a patient to
be transmitted by wireless to a
doctor many miles away.
Household Hints
White marks made by hot
plates can be removed from any
wood with spirits of camphor ap
rfterwards with a good furniture
with a soft rag. polish
polish.
Tke Mystery-Haunted. Pleiades.
fFHIS strange glittering cluster of* bright little stars,
A which has given rise to more superstitious fancies
than any other constellation in the heavens, may be seen
any night now, crossing the meridian high in the south.
LOVE OR A CAREER?
By Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies a Unique Position
In the Writing World as an
Authority on the Problems
of Lots.
i
HELENA to secretly married
to a boy who is afraid to
tell his mother that he has
a wife. Helena lives at home
with her mother and waits for
her hueband to find the courage
to acknowledge her. She. is lone
ly and unhappy and she la sup
porting herself, and now an op
portunity has come to her to go
forward to great success—bat
this, she claims, will take her
away from the man she loves.
She wants me to decide which she
Is to sacrifice—her love or her
brilliant opportunity?
Why sacrifice either?
While there is no doubt that
under Ideal conditions, woman’s
place la still the home—as it has
been throughout the ages ideal
conditions are not every wfaeie
prevalent today. Making the
home, training the children, term
ing the domestic end of the mar
riage-partnership are the happy
and normal things for a woman
to do. But modern economlo
conditions do not always permit
this.
First of an, our scale cd Bring
and of wages often forces the
wife to be a wage-earner. Sec
ondly, there are women who are
equipped to do office work or to
express themselves in seme form
of activity connected with the
professions, and who simply can- ,
not make salads or beds or pre
pare the sort of dinner a tired,
hungry man enjoys. Such a
woman does well to go out and
earn her thirty-five or forty dol
lars a week and pay part of this
salary to someone who knows
how to prepare the creature com
forts which make a house a
home. But In a case like this,
the woman Is not compelled to
choose between love and a career.
I have known women Who were
compelled to go out and earn the
living for three small children
and an invalid husband, and who
still managed to make a real
home. I have known women who
had nothing to do but keep three
pretty little rooms in order and
who served delicatessen suppers
and neglected to sew buttons on
their husband’s Shirts.
Every problem of love plus or
minus a career Is an Individual
ona When a woman marries a
man who will not be contented
say on the basis of haring a
home-making and not a career
seeking wife, she is Inviting fric
tion and unhappiness If she re
fuses to concede anything to the
feelings of the man she loves.
Louise Homer Is an Ideal wife
and mother—and a great musi
cian. Her home Ilfs is famous
for its beauty and understanding.
But there are opera singers whoso
•temperament* has caused them
to cars more for fame and ap
plause than for tho yearnings of
the men who wanted wives not
public entertainers ■ to bear their
names and their children.
But generally "temperament*
is another word for temper. It
means selfish unwOllngness to ad
just your nature to that of
others. And temperament la
is more likely *•» handicap a
career than to make it.
Now that we have considered
AMBER ~~|
Lithuania produces more
than three-fourths of all the
amber used in the world.
Amber in Lithuania is presumed
te hold magic powers to ward off
disease and danger, and it is the
good luck stone par excellence
tn all of Northern Europe. Every
bride has her bit of amber, every
new-bem child receives a piece,
and its presence in many forms
In every household, even the
most humble, shews the universal
potency attached te it. The carv
ing of amber is among the folk
trades of the Baltic countries and
in Lithuania has become a fine
art. Clear amber is more popular
than the clouded, which is so
often seen here, and which was
known for centuries in pipe-stems
and umbrella handles before the
present vogue es stringing It Into
necklaces and girdles. A wealth
of pretty legends clusters about
amber and its carvers and the
good fairies enter the story al
ways bearing the yellow stone.
So much interest attaches to am
ber that some of the folklore
about it la to ba translated into
English. , k
<► the problem in general, let us
help Helena to find the answer ?
she may not have read between -|
the lines. It may bo that if she ;
made a dignified success of life, 1
her husband would be so proud of 1
her that bo would overcome his £
reluctance to ten bis mother what i
manner of woman ho has won
for his wife. It may be that if 1
Helena wont on to fame she 1
would drift away from the man *
whoso oowardloe has made him 1
fail her for four months. It may 5.
bo that if she declared her inteo- £
tion of going on with her career, B
her husband would bo electrified 1
into action. <
Hers is a problem to which J
only conditions can provide an Z
answer. Tho woman who really B
loves and who feels that a career <
is going to cost her that love can J
never bo really happy if she sac-1
rifices her heart for her ambl- *
tion. But tho woman .who gives £
up her every opportunity for a Z
man who te not brave enough and £
honest enough to protect and f
cherish her is likely to meet £
with small reward for her devo- 1
tion.
It to woB worth while for aZ
woman to sacrifice a career for 3
real love if she faces that choice. 1
But to give up an opportunity for
a weakling may r>>t meet with £
any just reward. The thing for*
a woman in Helena’s position to*
do to to make tho man recognise £
that if he wants to hold his wife’s *.
love he must deserve It and must -•
bo proud enough of that lovo to
claim It before all theworld.
I NEW
HATS I
By Rita Stuyvesant-—« |
rCD mid-winter mflllnery Is 5
now being presented in all 3
the smart shops. The heavy-j
velvet and plush hats of the J
Autumn, have given place to ex- 7
qulsltely dainty chapeaux of ;
pastel taffetas and faille silks, 4
Soft satins, too, in two-tone and Eg
shaded effects are flattering. Hats if
of this type accompany the dark
fur with distinctive charm.
Small hats with close fitting *
corded crowns, cut In sections to I
fit the head perfectly, are pro- J
rided with a brim that either j
turns up off tho thee abruptly, er ."Z
one of the coquettish mushroom £
shape. A noticeable feature of *-
tho winter hats is the absence 1
of any brim at the back of the ;
hat, to prevent the high fur ert-g
lar from being annoying. S
One model has a small fitted 4
crown, and a brim of double >3
material, pleated around the front J
from ear to ear, but narrowing
to nothing at the sides and back. 3
A dashing bow of the taffeta
placed at the side.
Other hats in tho peach Shades
are combined with small crushed
velvet berries or flowers ar- ‘
ranged tn bunches at either side
In becoming fashion. Ono lettuoe
dfsen hat has a beehive crown.
with narrow poke brim, adorned
with lovely silver flowers.
French blue satin that Hands
into gold creates a fetching hat
to brighten the dark fur coat.
One model to turned up In thoZ
front, and outlined with a nar
row band of moleskin. A pom
pom of tho moleskin to worn at
either side.
One hat with a dose fitting
crown, has a turban-like crown'
es rose, elaborately embroidered
tn silver cording stitched flat to
the brim.
Fur hats to match eeats have •
crowns of gay silk taffeta whOo*
many taffeta hate have trim-'
mings of bits of fur.
Orchid changeable taffeta Io
made into an exquisite little hat
for a blonde. The hat is a small *5
draped turban, trimmed with a
great duster es raisins, in tones
of erohld, wistaria and lavender.
ODDS AND ENDS
Santa Claus Should experience
ne difficulty in climbing down
chimneys this year, as few people
can afford to buy wood to burn
In the fireplace.
A comfortable fortune awaits
the man who invents an adding,
machine with enough figures to
estimate the relative value of?
German marks.
Mrs. Piffington Poob- is always: - ;
talkin’ lately ’bout upliftin’ the
common folks, Must think she’s
a derrick, 2