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arts on Page 1) A really be surPrised. at all.” The occu suite leaned back in his chatr and smiled widely, “As a matter of fact, I am flattered, for it vident that you are endowed with money-mi instinct and that You ingly recogn others. . T shall seo what I can do} for you But while we are on the subject of tips, would you mind help of my eded to do as di- moment later an- nounced apologeticalty “Here's all} I find, sir, It’s mostly pennies.” He} exposed a handful of small coins “Look in my coat, f you will.” But the second search resulted as had the first. “Strange!” murmured Ne guest, without rising, “I must| have been robbed. I remember now, & fellow crowded me as I left my} train, Um—m! Robbed—at the very gates of Bagdad! Dallas ts a City of Adventure. Please add your tip to the check, ke it $2. I'd like +@ have you serve me every morning, tor I cannot abide an acid face at breakt: It sours my whole day,” Calvin Gray finished his breakfast, | amoked a second cigaret as he @anned the morning paper, then ho @ressed himself with meticulous care. Ho possessed a tall, athletic form, his perfectly fitting clothes had that touch of individuality affected a certain few of New York's ex clusive tailors, and when he finally surveyed himself in the glass, there was no denying the fact that he pre- sented an appearance of unusual dis- tinction. As he turned away, his eyes fell upon the scanty handful of small coins which the waiter had re- moved from his pocket and for a mo- ment he stared at them reflectively, then he scooPed them into his palm and, with a smile, anounced to his image: “It would seem that it is time for us to introduce ourselves to the man- agement.” He was humming a tune as ho rode out of his richly furnished auarters. The governor's suite at the Ajax is on the mezzanine floor, at the head of the grand staircase. As Gray de- acended the spacious marble stepa, he saw that the hotel was indeed doing a dig ‘business, for already the lobby waa thickly peopled and at the desk & group of new arrivals. were plaint- ively arguing with a bored and super- cillous room clerk. Some men possess an effortless rec knack of commanding attention and/ inspiring courtesy. Calvin Gray was one of these. Before many moments, he was in the manager's office, ex- once businesslike jsonallty, never | be he merchant, | stract asset, hier | Was equally noticeable upo fland amiled and nodded his « compreher “I get you,” tald he. “And you're right. The lease hounds would dev you to death if gave them chance. Now then, if there's any way in which I can be of service oc. you Gray's tone was at “Please give me the names of your leading bankers 1 mean tho strongest and the most well, diser cet During the next few minutes Gray received and swiftly tabulated In mind a deal of de information usually denied to t average stran ger; the impression his swift, search ing questions made upon the hotel mavager was evident when the latter told him as he rose to go: “Don't feel that you have to iden tify yourself at the banks today, If we can accommodate you—cash @ eck or the like “Thank you.” The caller shook bi head and smiled his appreciation the offer, “Your manner of conduct ing a hotel impresses me deeply, a I shall speak of tt to some of mi Eastern friends, Live executives are | hard to find.” It ts imp describe that quality ch sible to analyze or to of magne n which we commonly term per= jess it Js the most potent influence tn our social and our business lives. It is a gift of the gods, and most conspicuous successes, atever line, are due to it. No then cc dividual whe even repellant, and rises to full accomplishme eon of pure strength of cha out of ten the m wh san acter; bu n who gets banker, promoter, or crook, does so by reason of this ab. this intangible birth right Gray possessed that happy quality d made itself felt by the walter who brought his breakfast and by the manager of tho hotel; its effect © girl behind the cigar counter, where ho next went. An intimate word or two and she was in a flutter, She side tracked her chewing gum, completely ignored her other customers, and helped him select a handful of her chotcest 60-cent Havanas. When he finally decided to have her send the reat of the box of 60 up to his room and sighed for them, she considered the tranraction a tribute to her beau- ty rather than to her ability as saleswoman. Her admiring eyes fol lowed him clear across the lobby Eyen the blaye pell-captain, by vir- tue of his calling a person of few en- | thusiasms and no illusions, edged up | to the desk and inquired the name of plaining. suavely. “Now that I have) tha distinguished stranger “from the introduced myself, I wish to thank you for taking care of me upon such short notice.” No't! Gray aDpeared to know exactly “It was the only space we had. 1¢/®hat ho wanted to do, for he stopped you wish, Il have «your changed as soon as—" “Have you something better?” Haviland, the manager. ‘laughed and shock his head. ‘That stiite'ts our pet and our pride. There's nothing to beat it in the whole Southwest.” rate?” “Twenty-five dollars a day.” “Quite reasonable.” Mr. beamed his satisfaction. Gray We've put beds in the parlors of the others; and ‘frequently’ we” have to double up oir guests” “This of] ex- citement is a blessing to us poor inn- keepers. I presume it's oll that brings you here?” Gray met the spéaker’s interroga- tory gaze with a negative shake of he declared. not in the off business and I have no money to invest in it. I don’t even represent a syndicate of Eastern cap- ifalists. On the contrary, I am a penniless adventurer whom chance grand saircas¢. These words were “It is very nico. May I inquire the |AJ"* hotel. and Th rooms | 4t the telephone booths, inquired the| meet my son, Lieut, Roswell. number of the, leading afternoon Aewspaper, and put in a call for tt. When it came thru, he asked for the “Searcely! | Cit¥ editor. Ho closed the sound-| “Was Lisut, Roswoll in’ F =e is mes- | proot door before voicing | sage, then he began, rapidly: ‘City editor? aye a tp for you. | I'm one of the room clerks." Listen! | Calvin Gray ts registered here last night, on gum shoes. Gray! | Calvin Gray? Better shoot a report- jer aroind and got a story. ‘It 1s'the only suite we have lett,| You'don't? Well, other people know | {him. He's a character—globe trotte soldier of ‘fortune, financier. He been everywhere and done every- | thing, agd you can get a great story | it you'y | make him talk. | casty {stuf But he won't loosen Of!, I suppose, but— Sure! Under cover. Mystery Another big syndicate prob- } On, that’s all right. I'm {an old newspaper mah myself. Don't | mention it” All American cities, these days, are much the same. Character, atmos- jphere, distinctiveness, have been alone has cast upon your hospitable | squeezed out In the general mold. For | tainty did count: with them as capi. could soe, as he| tal, a man could take a profit at any | spoken with a suggestion of mock! made his firat acquaintance with | time. jall Calvin’ Gray | first Impressto ‘ot a man’ clever enough to | said, warmly, “if we ean bo of serv. ooo | BOYCOTT Dainties Can Be Me Today’s Recipes Call for Fruit Try Mrs. Swezy’s Sugarless Foods KETTLE THE SUGAR! ude Without It ATTLE STAR Cymtliia Grey: BY CYNTHIA GREY Can the wife who earns more money than her husband hold his love or care to have his love? “No” answers one correspondent who has observed a¢ of women who make more money than they BY WANDA VON R | 4 pint hot mili Sugar stays ap! 1 cupful canned fru Do you agree with this person's view? Do you lenow of nll flees oo we. Were vis | Lcqubtil “canned "©| instances where the wife is earning more salary than her Paiva: s comes down. Tho] \ teaspoonful aalt husband? If so, are they apparently contented? M ve food| Grated rind of lemon One reader's views are as followa: and ttle, telle ene whites Dear Miss Grey: I was much interested in the query set 1 | Dis ive ti seenotereh ‘“©\ forth in your column regarding the wife who earns more y ‘ | milk: stitring constantly Ada money than her husband. I have known two women who ) the shelves and drag down| gradually, ae it thickensa@tho fruit| earned more than their husbands. In each-case the matri-| At which remains of the winters | juice, ‘The amount of this may vary) monial ship finally went on the rocks. It waa not because anned fruit supply, There is not whtly according to the richness of| 4), . ‘4 : ee i KY ng like frult to keep, at least, the| your canned fruit. Add the salt ana| ¢/¢ couple was not suited to each other, or because they were pos ect | grated lemon rind and cook in the| "Ot average good people. today she submitting two]double boiler, stirring constant It was, as you suggested, a purely psychological reason anned fr SS Gesert recipes, which | until pe Nepeerp Y, may re The man felt humiliated in one case, In the other he felt she says haye pr 1 |the out fruit and ad en remov ; ona hana me trom’ the fice. pearihe’ ses that he was more or less a failure in life | give two sugarless recipes in which | whites beaten stiff and dry and In each case, the man turned from the competent, capable| the now directions in season call for fresh fruit (These to accommo: | whose families have a) attacked and red the | last quart Jars of chi date thone ready co! rie In addition to Mra, Swexy’s recipes today ne t into this department by ar ” “dd ave. N is also to be submitte too, believes that frult id be used} extensively, and t us that her} “frult-filled sandwic are decic favorites with friend hushand, who | prefers them in his lunch to sugar | | sweetened denne rta. | Tho recipes folk FRUIT BLANC MANGE | 6 level tablespoont n st h.} 1 cupful cold apolis, of Portland, Moe., ¢ land, Ore. A Califor rightness | and a Florida warmth, to tt New England alertness to the p trians, a Manhattan majesty to some of th wer office buildings, these} were the most outstanding of his} Into the largest and tho newest of these buildings Gray went, a white! tile and stone skyscraper, the entire | lower floor of which was devoted t0| an impressive banking room. He sent card in to the president, and spent pour the hot mixture very. slowly) wife of his first choice to an incompetent, clinging vine crea-| over them, cutting and folding until) ture, who couldn't be a real helpmeet to him, but in whose well blended, Turn tnto a buttered best CR ges ugh doe, Het t | mold and chill, Serve cold with| €¥¢s he was someone to be looked up to. | cream or the following sauce In telling you of these cases, I do not advocate that PUDDING women should not work or carn all that their ability will SAUCE net them. I think the only solution of the matter will be Beat the yolks of the eggs slight . ly and mix with them one cuptul of] te gradual change of men's attitude toward women. the fruit syrup, If there not A MAN, enough syrup, use half a cupful,| eee one-fourth cupful syrup one-} should a gentlen ko hands, pus other day I cha fourth cupful water, making a cUD-| with « lady on being Introduced? hear of an elderly 1 ful of liquid, and add additional! ‘7pig depends on the lady; tt ta her|| in fact, she's 79, and the widow Savoring extract when done, Cook! piace to extend her hand if she|| of a G. A, R. Her husband er hot water, stirring constantly | wishes to do sa, but ladies rarcly|| passed away last fall and she tn i it thickens, add a pinch of salt! shake hands with yentlemen when|| nearly blind, All of her life sbe and about % cupful of the fruit! introduced — formall Gentlemen wished for a Persian kitty ashed with a fork if there ts any| aiways shake hands wlth each other|| Now that she is all alone, sho left after mi g the pudding, and] oy being introdu longs more and more for this y a tablespoonful of butter, The sauce partes but she hasn't the money to b verved either warm or cold,| Give mea formula for an astrin n the cold pudding. If desired, 4) gent lotion? It must be a white one, cupful of whipped cream may bel "Water, 1 quart; pearl barley, 2|| male—the little lady does folded in the sauce if cold. handfuls; boll until the barley ts aoft.|| & about pedigree—just any STEAMED PUDDING Strain the liquor and add 50 drops of|| white Pern kitty would be a WITH CANNED FRUIT | the tincture of benzoin, |] blessing and would receive the Meandalon ehartibe’ are wapeclally ee best of care. Have you a cat of appropriate with this Mach race of the world 1a most] this description you would be 1 cupful flour. numerous? willing to give to the little lady, 2 teaspoonfuln baking powder. It {a eatimated that there are 655,|| or do you know of someone who \% teaspoonful salt 000,000 Mongolians and 645,000,000|| has? If you do, will you call East 2 tablespoonfuls butter. | Caucasians, |] 8445 and the parties there will see | eee that the cat is taken to the little 1 beaten ege % cupful fruit lives julee, How many lynchings are there in|] widow, as she across the apa ten minutes wtih that gen-| 1 tabelspoonful corn sirup. | the United States each year? Bound. CYNTHIA GREY. jtleman, Ho had called merely to g (If not sufficient juice for pudding| In 1917 there were 38; 1918, 67;\\—$$_—________/ quainted, to he explained: hel and also for mauce, omit the Juice in| 1919, 4; 1920, 61, and 1921, 64. | How can kerosene be colored red wished to meet only the heads of the/ tne patter, using instead %4 cupful ont | Almost any oll can be colored red strongest financial inatitulons; hel or milk and ts blespoontuls of *Missiaaippi” mean? by dissolving in it a quite smail had no favors to ask—as yet, and h¢| sirup) allced peaches or cherries ver’ or “Father of| amount of suitable dye. The dye docs have no business whatever! atic and sift the dry ingredients.| Waters" or “Gathering of Al Wat-| no good, and too much might cause hem. On the other hand—well,| work in the butter with the tips of|ers” or “An Almost Endless River| the wick to crust rapidly. ho was a slow and careful investi¢®-|the fingers. Beat the exe and add| Spread Out.” The word ts Indian, | __ aes : = r, but when he moved, it was with /to the fruit Juice or milk (see direc ee Bhy | Promptitude and vigor, and in such) tions above) and add gradually, beat-} Does a woman of an event he wished them to know amooth. A up, Turn into| who married a na who he was, Meanwhile, he destred| uttered cu empty baking pow-|can citizen prior to no publicity, and he hoped hiv pres-| der ¢ mone hour, Or it} 1922 ezce in Dallas i not generally known—it mig’ eriously | interfere with his plans. | Before he left the bank Gray had! | met the other officers, and from their) | manner he saw that he had created a decided Impression upon them. The} bank president himaelf walked with| him to the marbio railing, then sald: | “Td like to have you wait and we become may od Into a buttered shalt | to: ¢ low pan and be baked half an hour] vorced? or m™ rve wit can fruit No. pudding sauce | ——_—____—— —_—~ AN 1 oring, like a few drops of lemon DDING SAUCE Juice, may be advisable. level, tablespoonfuls cornstarch, | FRUIT BUTTEK % teaspoonful salt. | (FOR SANDWICHES) % cupful water. | By Mrs. &. C. Keefe, N, 88rd. st. Safe Deposit Boxes Hoa| 2 Supful canned frult Jutee, ¥%4 cup cooked, drained prunes. | 2 tablespoonfuls butter. % cup fign, |Just back. from. overseas, and—the] sex the conrstarch, aalt and water| 1 cup raisins. | For Rent j boy served with some distinction. Alt, 4 smooth paste. Heat the fru] %4 cup dates, } father’s pride, you understand juice to boiling, then stir in tiw{ %4 cup nut meats. $3.00 Per Year cornstarch mixture and cock, stip 1 tablespoon lemon julce. {Stay soquired, quickty. ring constantly, for five minutes,{ 2 tablespoons prune juice. ae 7 } “Ob, yes. He'll be in at-any min-| aga the butter and when melted,| % teaspoon salt, | n e Co. ute." |nerve, It may require 4 cupful wa-| Wash frult; seed dates and raisins; | ress . | A shadow of regret crorsed thé) ter additional if the fruit juice is| put all fruit and nuts thru a food | Bankers | caller's face, “I'm sorry, but I've ar- got in | ranged to call on the mayor, and I've | juice, no time to lose. son with” ‘The 98th field artillery.” The shadow fied. Mr. Gray was | vexed at'the necessity for haste, but he would look forward to meeting the | Young hero Jater. “And meanwhile, What unit was your Roswell, sentor, |iceo to you, please feel free to call jupon us. I dare say we'd be safe in honoring «a small check.” He laughed pleasantly and clapped his A fine man, Gray decided as he paused outside the bank. And here was another offer to cash a check— |the second this morning. Good ad |dress and an expensive tailor cer Gray's fingers strayed to the , Modesty that had precisely the effect| Dallas, he might have been treading | small change in his trousers pocket Of a deliberate wink, and Mr. Hav-| the streets of Los Angeles, of Indian-|and he turned longing eyes back| ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Olive Roberts Barton RAGSY LAND “Let's peep again and see curious Nick. The next placé the Twins visited on their adventures was the Land of the Ragsies, What! Never heard of the Rag- sies? ‘Well, well, well! Th strange. But then! Nancy and Nick hal never heard of them either until an accident happened one day. If it hadn't been for that I dun't suppose they ever— Goodness alive! There ft go again, always getting off the subject. It waa this way: The Fairy Queen sent for the ‘Twins to take a imessuge to Mr. ‘Tingaling, the little fairy landlord ot “Whispering Forest. It was about re- ducing the rents of the Yorest Folk on May day. ‘Weil, Nancy and Nick were going along, not thinking of a thing, when suddenly Nick's sharp cyer saw xome smoke coming out of a hollow stump. “Look, Nancy!’ he whispered, tak | falry they hod ever beheld, ing her hand pnd pointing, ‘‘#ome- body's been having a fire, Zhe two of them tUptoed poftly if we can gee anything,” said over and peered down blackness of the stump. Yes, sir, it was smoke! It came right up into their faces and almcst made them sneeze. i “Oh, look! There's a emudge of soot on your nose, Nancy,” laughed Nick, * “There's one on yours, too!’ said Nancy. “Right ther Both children began rubbing at the sooty places on their noses, and, of course, instead of going away the smudges only got bigger “Oh, don't let's bother! Let's, peep again and seo if we can see any- thing,” said curious Nick. "{ do be- Neve this old stump is somebody's chimney. Why, yes it is! It's as plain as anything. Of ccurso ita a chimney! Why did we think it was a stump?” “Because the migic amudges have opened your eyes, son!" raid a voice, and turning, the ehbiidren beheld the raggediest, tattered and torn litth: He was into the a Ragsy (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle Stuy) |toward the bank interior. Without doubt it was a temptation, expecially inasmuch as at that moment his well- manicured right-hand held in &rasp every cont that he posscused. ‘This was not the first time he had been broke. his younger days he had more than once found himself in that condition and had looked upon it as an excit- ing experience, as a not unpleasant |form of adventure. To be strapped |in a mining camp, for instance, was |no more than a mild embarrassment. | But to find oneself 38 years old, | friendless and without funds In a city |the size of Dallas—well, that was more than an adventure, and it af- | forded a sort of excitement that he | believed he could very well do with- jout. Dallas was no open-handed frontier town; it was a small New York, where life is settled, where men are suspicious, and whero for- tunes are slow in the making. He wondered now if hard, fast living had robbed him of the punch to make a |new beginning; he wondered, too, it the vague plans at the back of his mind had anything to them or if |they were entirely impracticable, | Here was opportunity, definite, con- crete, and spelled with a capital 0, here was a deliberate invitation to avail himself of a short cut out of} his embarrassment, A mere scratch of a pen and he would have money enough to move on to some other Dallaw, and there gain the start he needed—enough, at least, so that he} could tip his walter and pay cash for his Coronas, Business men are too gullible, anyhow: it would be a good lesson to Roswell and Haviland.| Why not-~ Calvin Gray started, Mightly; the abstracted stare was wiped from his face, for an officer in uniform had brushed past him and entered the bank, That damned khaki again! Those service stripes! They were forever obtruding them- selves, it seemed. Was there no place where ono could escape the hateful | sight of them! His chain of thought had been snapped, and he realized that there could be no short cut for him, He had climbed thru the ropes, | taken his vorner, and the gong had rung; it was now a fight to a finish, with no quarter given, He squared | his shoulders and set out for the hotel, where he felt sure he would find a reporter awaiting him, he recoiled) caller on the back, | On the contrary, during | very rich and thick. Or, if @ weak| chopper. Add lemon juice, not highly flavored, additional | juice and salt. Mix well. 211 Cherry St. prune | I PAGE 15 ion, sety-three d thirty. Mins in her office Grey wil and ¥riday, from 1 p.m on ie and on Tue and Thursday s the largest from 11 a » 12 m. each Please do not come et L t plane ts the “Vithe other times, as it seriously inter- I feres with her writing. —— POINTS MADE KY POETS 1 and peace my lot Be I * best bestowed oF y yare ed be done, te th der Pope. 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