Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1926, Page 25

THE SU DAY THE STORY OF ELIZABETH, BY ANNE AUSTIN - MOTHER’S RECORD OF A" REMARKABLE CHILD Motherhood as a Career| Backed by Ambition to Succeed Is Combined With Other Labor. Here Is the Greatest Money-Saving Opportunity We Have Yet Offered We have purchased the entire stock from a prominent wholesaler (who has retired) consisting of a fine stock of Aluminum Ware, China and Glassware, Silverware, Electrical Fixtures, Dolls and Mechanical Tools, which we are offering at about 50 cents on the dollar. We are adding a few of our own specials to this sale. Come early to make your selections. Limited quantities. Army & Navy Trading Co. 8th & D Sts. N.W. [~ i corner| Open Evenings Until 8 O’Clock Chapters in the Growth of a 12.Year-Old Who Is Preparing to Enter College This Fall. | Romance of Two Fresh- men in College Whose Campus Life Led to Early Marriage. Unusual Achievements in > Training of Girl Give Vivid Impression of Efficiency. (Copymght, 1926, in United States and . Great Britain. by ‘North American News. Daper Alliance. Al rights reserved.) raising a child, and we had no money, and we had agreed to go on to school. But I stubbornly insisted on having my baby. Why should having a baby | interfere with going to college? I wish that I, at 30, still had the blind courage and optimism that were mine at 17. To the 17-year-old wife there was no heroism at all in work- Mother) or a career? great problem of women leaving teens has been solv By writimg herself and her sl ween or ing and keeping house and going to s P " r'(’,f,mc and l’:,‘epmm; tor a paby—an |§| | G‘enu e l;ndgsc:nt W:t;rtnfid ll-emqnndEe Sets, consi 5?100 Palndog S_teel Unbreakable New Style Al o at_the same time. ing of covered pitcher an all glasses. Excep- ears and Scissors Miss | Austin T was doing exactly what I wanted = L < 32 19 Golf Dolls. Fully outfitted tionally fine glass. Set..... CEMRRE & with golf club. Also barrel-shape set, « sl 65 s usssc— without cover. Set............ to do, and there was no heroism in that. It never even occurred to me to shortly after most necessary part of the T'had come of working peopl Aluminum Preserving Kettles. 98¢ Large Size Unbreakabl foliusing. rerice of always worked for what I got: work From8tol2quart............. el ok e e et e e . a & 3 & Rl e cxclintel e i Ing for a living was the most natural L oo AN SEei6h.7) SimchiNicker |G oEEiDiollss As above, | thing in the world arge Size Aluminum Plated and Japanned 79(: Value, $3.75. Money Question Bothers. Strainers. .................. S A e e Mandle Shaave. .. . . . Special, $1.65 So we lived in a tiny tworoom Aluminum Pots, with lids. Eadiea’ Exb d apartment the first months—a place Assm:ted QUEROAL. s e e ies’ Embroidering Twin Bl-Baby Dolls. Un- that w‘nnmn-d 1.l1w a palace to me be- Six-cup Coffee Scsusors. :ullg nickel plated. | breakable. Set in a cushion. L cause it was the domicile o 4,4y, 5, 51, 6 inch ¢ Sharles Benso as BERCOIMRERR: . . .o e el ize 12, 6 inches, ; ity S o o $1.39 Set of 2 Cc ramr Make your little girl itirons phtfosphy vathority of achieve: o innumer Jthe print shop Imported China Tea Sets, 23 pieces. rd hours: I g Painted flower designs in pmk blue and $498 Genuine French Pat- happy with one of these able themes, did endless 1 i I—The Twenty-Five-Dollar Bab [T, 65) Bavlocs Ol brown. Set......................o.. tern Steel Barber 89c lls at such low prices. y v 4 e i i E f,‘;:'hf}:; : gas plate, ainR = SHEREW .. o o oo s 25 only drop-light electric 6 ('1:1,x‘fvm;‘x'y"lm):‘h{;l‘:)".m« pos. | Kl - studied until 1 or 2 olelock in’ the Large Blue Porcelain Roasting fixtures. Very latest styles. at 1277 RATHER DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH THEMOTHER FROMDAUGHTER, | TICfng: #nd went g0 hed dred ou V"’J“ESS up to $20.00. “Would you & vise oth- ANNE AUSTIN, THE MOTHER, AT LEFT. = shed ¢ sophomoy ar N . — ot B o, e 3o || 7300 Genine Disston, | W hite Enameled Four. —_Special, $3.49 and take a chance on being left alone ¢ 4 N o e for - ins-Simonds an i i i it 5 eh11a 10 ra i i 2 ieir oo | i1y, W eNe 0iaer (oriheiwaa s sl ieva ey Veamictiiien s frow, B, Enetbelh aaioen Sedtemice t Bishop S s L VIRIL $1.50 Union Forged Steel make?" tall, and weighed over 200 pounds. [ |If T had told him, probably we should ;“”‘;, et & 5 i 1shop Saws enameled and blue 69(: —————————————|Carpenter Half 7 “an o woman do izt by her |am aiaid that 1 ki not 1ook auite o |not have mas sl oheen woMl®[TU VR L i s, Wi ) ' flowered. Set. 600 Pocket Knives. 49(: Hatchets C ot i o ke e o e e a0t i e o o T, M VIR e | et of o o bt o, cofe | Values t0 §200. .. b i ¢ iter?. Rundred pounds No Tilizabetht 1 eun't fmikine such | Rather foolishly. becaiise we so want . sugar and ten Variety of handles, stag, wood, 0B D e it % 1 having to go throuzh led a renl home of our own, Charles L | =5 |celluloid_and pretty models; extra (mlxr] - 'I!vq<‘:l|| qm;:‘f ESsHicns many Insisted on Baby. life writhout this particular baby of land 1 had mortgaged our ve: & White Enameled fine grade of sll,l-el blades. s e avecks sinee % | Magbe 1 xhould have told Charles mine. But 1didnt tell him. and we |to bhufld # little fourroom bur o = . g daughter, Elizabeth Benson, achieved | . ) Sanitary Buckets, with = ; ) I before we we «d that my heart | were miried, and--then 1 did on a lot that Vatoty of whils and muiow gl ) C " Ge e temporary fame by Quating from | wax set on having @ baby. But 1 could see his viewpoint perfectly. | given me. The forny T sliew andd atraight, Snehinds . . . | enuine William _A. high school at 12, and it became | giqp't tall_alout” thoxe things then, \e were too young to be tied down to [ fust like rent—you know how alluring mbers as Disston D20 and D23 Large size, made of heavy gal-|| Rogers Nickel Silver Tea known that 1 hav as the phras had not been sinee T was 18 v lived my own life Sl 2 s fully as if I it always sounds! But if you haven't e e BIG BERTHA SECRETS ‘3 REVEALED |7 et st earine a sce o n} last question is the porch, for fear it mean ap. s Yo PRTRS ON GERMAN INVENTOR’S DEATH | bt e S, e e thrill of it r(.. anything u‘; @ ’I;::nés e (Iom.l.ll;(lij»‘]l b morning always looked as In telling Blizahetis story, Tam | Gun Which Bombarded Paris Had 80-Mile Range. | s an installment of the natio not setting myself up as a model of what the husiness or professio o 9 o= M: . o S n e Ay Dt ol Fired Shell 25 Miles Up Into Air to Cover Savel o Toe. presiuming to lay down rules for child . I i {el—%o0 i8ck: #hab pre cious doll d to go to the doctor, rearin 1T have discovered no revo. litionary method of child education. — who ordered such delicacies as por vanized. Sizes 22in. 24in. 26 in. Spoons. Latest design. ||~ WA - $2.69 $289 $3.15 Genuine “Pexto” Forged | Engrayed. 200 dozen in 35¢c Presco Slip- sc Values up to $5.00 Steel Nickel-Polished the lot. Special— Joint Extension Pliers, Claw Hammers 98¢ Dc—zen Knurled Handles e $3.00 Bonney Swivel Bot- ufigocggz?la SL‘;‘:::Tf;_ tom All-Steel Vises. ble Spoons. Special— Special, $1.95 $1.49 Dozen —L__Size tpinch Jaws - $1.00 Value : “Ebony Handle French g Full weight. Va-|c o anl%niv::. y ;rseié Work Shirts ng a step on 200 High-Grade Tempered Steel Varnished Handle Saws 18in. 20 in. 22in. 24in 26 in. 89c 98c $1.00 $1.10 $1.20 100 Only $5.00 Large Size Yih'z:})m:h is the product of no wine and oranges. If vou haven't B ¢ Drill painfully worked out and slav By Setence Servico | N e shell reached heights ot 3 bread and potatoes, reas rills i ippi . SN N A e 1 miles, the shell reached igh of [ money enough for hread and potatoe: riety of ripping and inch shaped blndes Khaki or Blue Imaking more than two- |a_doctor's prescription of port wine | ¢ |and oranges seems highly humorous. BIERLIN, Auznst 7.—The secrets of | over srman cannon that ‘ third rom a distance of | Six o or half a mile higher than | And then there was sely guarded even | Mt. Everest. The time of flight w ready, and the doc TR three minutes. whole dollars ad to be saved up .\lnl wmothers who are competing with men | pory | Due to the t length of the |waiting for him. In the busi nd professional world | ¢, - I° .m gun and the heavy powder| e scraped together $10 for the lay- . and at the same time making good | Raus ser of the Krupp firm | charge, the comparatively light shell | ette by living on corn bread, boiled Jobs of motherhood. ed the | left the gun's muzzle at the veloci rice, turnip greens and buttermilk--10 But Elizabeth is what is called a of ar-|of over a mile per second, with the nts a gallon in this day-for more *child prodigy’ term which T .| enormous muzzle energy of 43,000 weeks than my s the result undoubtedly would been less satisfactory than F 79¢ Khaki Pants For the Big Men. Sizes 40, 42, 44 19c claw eye. Value T e A e, -y ™ 50c Disston Screw Drivers. Steel blades. Sizes 4 to 10 lsc over there are thousands of | afier Mbiver loathe, by the way—so that the story ¢ rmation confirms | foot tons—enough to lift the whole | member. No h -~ of her ring and her education ma their Jength [mass of the world's largest battleship | wanted a baby! No ouble S ixt Y R Vit S ® o Prc ran He aia th ible Specd, Extra Value With 8 Drills Set in Head Whlte sador Hats or about 128 feet.|a foot into the afr to those modern yi rmbled out of thre N - et L ot Two Fuses Provided. St e $5.00 Value All-Leather . ; - et Pajamas L0 alhe consequent motherhood, whether to | inch naval gun an inner tube of he shells l_fl::;hrl m. d'l(;m uu[!;:nr;;‘. ion 1 ¢ : Regular]$1.50 Crade K_hak] AV]atlon Romeos Fo— 27c devote themselves 1o a career, or to | inch 4 feet long, fitted, | ¢ ir target, the cit e — Navy Pullover For the House and Street Undershirts $2.75 - $12.50 Value All-Wool Double- ing to other Summer, when try to combine the two and over the part that projected be ; d of end on and L for ! o e .on .r 1t can be done. I did it. And[vond the naval gun an additional |! efore «the haby was born T had a A ni al Elizabeth, physically far above the | strengthenit hoop was shrunk on ‘wh lhr‘m v insure | windfall of luck. A college professor & average, happler than any other per | The total weight of the piece was 154 | theit explosion on impact. The fuse | had finished a book and wanted it | system worked successfully, for none |typed in a_hurry. T was so ill by that of the shells that struck Paris failed | time that I could not walk—had to do BroadCloth to explode. Another difficulty arose [all my housework in a roc king ¢ B B due 1o "the lon. Bigh fght of the | dragged trom room (o Toom | Union Suits Headlight The other is my own comparative | Lttle over 1%, inches at the top. shell: the rotation of the earth tended | husband wken he was at home or by | A8 S nR Al drdie v and | head was given an extraordinarily | 1o deflect its path, sometimes nearly | neighbors who dropped in. But there Regular 69c Grade the absolute knowledge that I have |Ing taper, 15 to 20 inches, to aid in nuch as half a mile. nothing to prevent my typing. son [ have ever known, and farther | tons. The weight of the 8.2-inch shell was ckness was Genuine -Government Khaki Riding Breeches advanced in school than any other child of her age in the United States, | 220 pounds; its wall t Overalls e i : Wwercoming the resistance of the aiv. | The terrifically high pressure, tem-| My charge for the completed minu- s oo iad e s o b - ture and friction of the discharge | script was §24.60. 1 could have wept C Blue White 3.00 Value Bed Blankets ppiness and personal freedom on 3 i _—_ 3 Car s S o el R e e | Fired at Extreme Elevation. | of the piece tended to make the barrel that it was not $25 even—the doctor's e g air 86 99 Plalds trary, 1 a e wainer | To obtain its unprecedented range, | bulge slightly. and because of its great | fee. Charles managed by overtime Wh l P sl 95 P B o e bR L e ol the gun tended to “whip work at the print ] -t ite Sailor ants Canvas Water Buckets, 15¢ = Buy Now and Save the i < levatio Theoretics 5 de; the ds r of a ¢ i i i i i i elevation. Theoreticallyy 45 d he danger of a premature e Slightly Soiled Canvas Toilet Kits. . . . . Difference wonld have been the proper angle. but | Plosion of the shell in the tube. This expenses. and when the big moment 1 Trousers Fell in Love With Poet. this would have been cor only in | did happen once, ruining one of the | Was upon me there was a practic 9(: Canvas Bags . .. B a vacuum, and to get the shell £ | four guns. The other three, | nurse on hand to take « A hos- 3 5.00 Val st 14 vears age 1 was onl¥ a|intg the thin air, where r o wan| Ing to the terms of the stice, | Pital was out of the question. Only Army Mess Kits $5.00 Value $- 00 Va e Wttle farther along than Elizabeth i ow. the gun was st s szreos, | were dismantled and destroyed. the rich went to hospitals 1o have Army Canteens Dress and Work 2-in-1 Plaid now. and only a very little older. T {The apnele o 50 . babies. wax very busy with final .wmm lrdito e And so Elizabeth was bor Army Jean Drawers |Army Pick and Shovel . . ined fixed, | ation ren orvect for differences in wind, | Rau $2.95 Blanket T felt | tions in my freshman vear at Baylor | i pressaro. ots o A | thori . or | very much grown up because 1 had Universite) Waca, o and for the Dk vc the ,,', e chaR el S ot 3123. {;\; my ‘elghteenth birthday one| 75¢ SHOE DEPT = $2.95 irst time in that wonderful vear my | each | separate. eho 5 e 5 week before, and T was the mother of | . - mind wis not wholly upon the seri Tl T Ut | range gun ! '-d("“‘ hie 'hf’ 1o | the most heautiful, the most perfec A Scarce Article ¢ Work Pants 50 Val ous business of ting an cducation. | these or { centimet girl baby ‘in the world. Her fathe R . e 3 . For Lwas in love.And T wasn't at wan 660 Dounds, - At the sange of 54| ed the n'.-lp ar, | Just as proud, now that she had a Huck TOWe] We carry the largest $2.95 Value s SEo= mil v Aint’ e jclaver frestimun TSt 0lo LOUNAs, S e renge ORI iy 0 0 SITDEED BT I thelmmn | R R T RS R e et 8 |stock of work shoes in the . Part-Wool Double- was in love wit d whether 1| vitzer of no great range, but of ter. | g€ of 20 vears and 2 months Regular $1.50 Grade .city, where you can pur- $l.50 Palr existed o not. an ™ MESSENGER CHARGED - ashing power, due to the enor-| Two children—and our baby, A chase an all-leather shoe f Bed Blanket S v ot TS Sl Claries A1 | [ of its shells and the | collese was opening again. $1.20 Dozen from $1.95 to $4.85 — and Men’ . 3.9 den Renson. and he had just { heav arge of higl X i m B ot — ant % e et WITH HOUSEBREAKING | carvisa. =" °F Meb explosive they | @@ 8 in tomareow’ e L R en’s Knickers $3.99 Foxa ntereon 3 Turkish Towels |—————— | Plain, Checked and Striped Frsb Reddction e |H. G. Leonard, Colored, Admits 20 OUR LEADER $1.99 Pair Y g0y henueh cdll Taking Trunk, But Denies Touch- | N 65c Value i S7'50 Kamp KOOk : All-L S i $1.00 slf;ghgairhoe Boys’ White Ducks STOVE Turkish Towels - For the Carpenter, 97(: P air 83'95 Small_Size Mechanic, Engineer, Etc. An Actual Give-Away $1.00 Dozen Army Russet Shoe Men’s White Duck|Gonuine Aty NEw Unbleached Sheet . Pants, $1.29 Hammccks : eacE!Zc . 1t Y%g.giggoan“;’eet Genuine Army Buck- $1.95 ing 841 Declared Missing: Harey G. Leonard. 29 s old, a celored messenger in the Internal Rev enue Bureau, was arrested vesterday etafternoon by Headquarters Detectives Murphy and charged king. He is held at| editon erest fresiman of them s id he notice a bashful, | COX p-vear-old wirl fresh-| With o took college far too seri-| the first precine | ed too conscientiously at' ~ Lecnard is charged with having | entes for the Eng.! taken a irunk from the home of Wal pay her tuition, | te Ellix, also colored and the com ously. grading t lish departmen Known for its natural beauty and did such stupid work as typing Il-’n‘\m:x_r 1~| R h‘-lu.- ’I\‘hml 1'\}|1v]l' on | Try This Sh k. Sh Ll joemieratojcennibicn J0 U St svit wnieh ot A MILLION-DOLLAR 81x50 Seamless 24 s S ee Last Call Wik in it. ! Cost Govt. $3 Plamnm. service- | iny. cheap,| Denving that he took the money | with thick, | from the trunk. Leonard explains | ohiAas or so crisp | that when he took the trunk to an | &nd white ax those of the other girls, | address on Sherman avenue he was DEVELOPMENT Carefully Restricted and Zoned Overlooking the Capitol—Only 5% Miles Away m Mocca,sixé }f:):nco Sole, $1.45 Pair Canvas Cots, $2.75 29¢ $2.95 Pair $1.50 Value Camp Stools . .. .55¢ 7, because 1 had to wash ron them | Intoxleated. and then when he saw | 5 2 N\ e B :,\n‘;“i}l-;:;\“”" nts snatched from work rl“:.\‘ 5 ,:‘,,«Ilh;v‘ll‘r‘n\-'! day he hired o Beaunf:l shad?d ;Ots.130x150 feet S G A e For Thole Wihio Werk Golf Stocklngs With Back, 79¢ BRI [ g By Army Felt House ded 69c Pair By o lived it 2703 Eleventh street 10c a sq. foot We both enrolled for the Sum r@nmnx* Charles and I. and Slippers A Val"e"““'ee' Army Khaki Socks Beach Chair Easy terms. No interest the first year, no ;}” SR . taxes until paid. A safe and sound investment. 79¢ Pair Sole %?gfi;(s) Shoe $1.20 Doz $3.45 mar 1| Akron Company Charges Local Or- Up-to-d d H R i Foot Rest Attached e | S p-to-date modern improvements Will Not Fade Lo tache: ", ganization Concealed Assets. Concrete streets, curbs and gutters. orna- Army Cashmerette Socks| Outwears Leather 2 to 1 “Genuine Army & Navy $2.00 Value e P Iment uf assets worth 30,000 mental lamp posts and street markers, city -1 igh- Bo g o e o d R \SHeD elet eIy T e rioR e b ool TG $1.50 Doz. 16-in. High-Top Boot| ~ Overall Jackets Pongee Shirts 2 District Supren by the - : Bl i e | wick T park and parkway ; private de luxe coach serv- Men’s and Ladies’ 35-50 Pan' ue and Khaki With or Without Collar not m It was certainly sound ice. Excellent transportation both road and econor reasoni we ed, tor we could save on room rent’ And what |2V did we care if the other w\.mm‘M'"”'"‘* nburg & saughed at us 1 vor. | DUTE, savs it a claim of $ Jege that ana Mrs ,nuun Probey’s and alleges that th 5 {local concern i insolvent and within 0Oil Skin Slickers Just the Shoe for 85¢ 79¢c Construction Work T e s S T— $2. bobig $2.00 Value $2.99 T $10.50 Value $10.50 Value Marine Khaki Shirts Overalls Oil-Treated, High- With Bib, Blue Top Mcccasin Shoe 99¢ A Limited Supply on Hand $1.00 $7.50 Pair Best Shirt Buy in the City ot Kk Usionalhs $350 Value | $5.00 Sport Sweater | yola) Git, rail. 1 company, % 18-hole goli course and clubhouse nearby. % Homes Financed and Built at Cost even told each other about | four months oncealed $30,000 Charles said he w so | worth of assets mm intent to hinder Visit Cheverly as our guest, without obli- would think he was a_grown. and _«‘112..\' (‘,.';x:m i conict s catich fhio st e s Lot suppose; and ol¢ n 1!also asked to e so that I shouldn't have to|business of Prob pending the Akl e e | meeting of creditors to select a trustee | CHEVERLY PROPERTIES in banlgruptgy DT on from 1 was not 1 sk per with who L e ““"i NoroiT . % ROBERT MARSHALL. President. st 5 e g ore Important. P. C. WERCKS, Sales Manager. . Maybe we were just a little afraid 5 ' of appearing rudiculous to each other | grom the 1 “onrier-Jonrnal Ofces, $06-8-10-12 Distrlet National Bank Bldg. All Sizes Calfskln Puttees sz 95 Khaki or Blue 1t we confessed that we were both | “You shand’s life 1s not Phone Maln 3747 Sales Department N\ s] 50 sz 25 P c B tor 1 lacked a month of | in o G air For the Golfer 7 c under age. being 17 when we married, and Il our spare money N Charles had fust passed his ninetcentl) @ insure the car.