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The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
RIVER VIEW

C. C. Drummeller and sons were
trading in Slater Friday. f.,
j. R. Heuman went to Glasgow
Saturday. Na'E' . !
Henry Kruger and family of near
Arrow Rock spent Sunday with A.
j. Kruger and wife.
John Heuman, JrT Of Cooper eeun
ty is visiting relatives here at this
writing. az ID
Mrs. M. M, Crosslin ia making q
protracted visit with her son Joe
Crosslin and family n
Richard Huff and wife of Gillian.
spent Saturday and Sunday with.
the formers parents Mi. and Mrs.
A. Huff.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
SWEET SPRINGS

Miss Dorothy Simran returned
Monday morning from a two weeks
visit at Columbia, Sedalia and 9TH
er points.
Miss Ora Root spent part of the
week in the county with her sister
Mrs. Fred Schenner who lives near
Houstonia.
Singleton Ray drove to Marshall
Monday to attend the lecture by
VIM, J.. Bryan.
Mr., and Mrs. Jones OF Kansas
City Visited Rev. q. b! Shanklin
and wife several days the first OF
the week gr
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
NEWS o CoLoRED
L

The A. M. E. Church at Mt.Leon-
ard will have a big basket dinner
and preaching next Sunday. Serv-
ices will be held at II IN. ,3and 8
p. m. All welcome. Rev. j. H.Rey-
nolds, pastor.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11

AUNT SARAH MASSEY died at
her home in East Marshall about
~ o'clock Tuesday night after a
long illness, aged II years or more.
Her husband proceeded her in
death about 80 years ago. She is
survived by five children-J. j.
Henderson, Mary Fippins, Anna
Graves, VIM Henderson, Matilda
Green. She was a consistent mem
Der OF the M. E. church for4O years.
Funeral services will be held at the
North Street M. E. Church next Sun
day at 2 p. m. being delayed in
order that all her children may be
present. She had a splendid repu-
tation. ia
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11

Mrs. Lucy obanion spent the
first of last week in Chicago with
her daughter Miss Devolia Bell
who is attending Zeigiield's Mnsi-
cal College. IIl ynleg NM,A
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08

Women Settlement Workers to GlUe
Musical Pzaylet at Wallace Hall

Hebrew Orphan Asylum at Miners
Theatre under the auspices of the He
brew Women's Orphan Aid Society, was.
seen by a crowded house yesterday. 1t
scored a big hit with the audience and
more than realized the fondest hopes OF
the society. so far as excellence and
gate receipts were concerned.
The cast was composed of Harry Gross
man, Max Grossbarth. Joseph Moor, Fer
dinand Heinelnan, Philip Light, Harry
Miller, Norris Grossman, Minnie Gold
berg. Susie Miller. Minnie Barrow,
Duke Roger, May Horwitz, May Samp-
son, Jennie Silverstein and Stella
Manasse. The affair was under the d.
rect management of Mrs. Frederick
Jay. Miss Miriam Arndt n Miss Rose
Marx, the president of the society.
Boxes were taken by MIR. and Mrs.
Louis Plaut, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Plaut.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hamburger, Mr.. and
Mrs. louis Schlesinger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram Rothschild, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Goetz, Rabb and Mrs. Solomon Foster
and Mr., and Mrs. Simon Scheuer.
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Well-knOwn Musicians TO Take
Part in the Program
Tonight.

NDER the direction of Mrs. Louise
" Vescelius Sheldon, with Miss
Ethel Austen as violin soloist
and Miss Marguerite Baihle as pianist,
and an excellent cast. the "village
Matrimonial Club" and living pictures,
to be given tonight at Wallace Hall by
the young women of the Sophia Ricord
Settlement House, will be a memorable
event. Hundreds of tickets have al
ready been sold, and indications are
that the hall will be crowded,
Rehearsals have been going on con-
stantly and the amateurs have reached
the point where the success of the af-
fairs, from a theatrical standpoint, Is
assured.
Mrs. Isabel McCloughan has consented
to assist the cause in a song and dance.
Cyril Mastin, baritone, will sing a solo.
The names of those who will AXE part
In the living pictures are: Mrs. Flor
ence Faitoute. Mrs. Edith Warner, Miss
Hazel Smith. Miss Mildred Turner. Mrs.
Grace Watts, Miss Laura Clark, Miss
Emily Watts. Miss Catherine Condit,
Miss Lotto Weishaupt, Mrs. Ada Jean
Var Welt, Miss Elizabeth Scattergood,
Miss Margaret Gray. Master BARLEY
Warner. Miss Amy Hewes. Miss Clara
Ball, Miss Mae Grosjean, Miss Helen
James, Miss Helen Underwood, Miss
Emma. Fits, Miss Sigrid Berg. Miss
Harriet Vaughan, Miss Louise Watts,
Miss Adrah Fits. Mrs. Susan "a
n1insfl, Miss Esther Gray. Miss Eleanor
Logan, with Samuel S. Halsey playing
the role of artist.
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| was startled 10Y God knows, and
not without some share, too. of her
alarm, and l began:
alicia, I didn't think of the time.
T.
But she interrupted me with a little
cry and sprang into the hall. / heard
the front door opening. and saw a large,
heavy man stall in. stalk is the only
word that describes it, because his air
was that of an overload who exacts
every privilege of his o~verlordship. His
eyes were shot with red, his broad face
was lushed-I knew why too well, and
1t was not for me at that time to criti-
else him.
'Alicia," he said brutally, II told you
not to wait. There Is no in 1t. I
come home when ] please!"
George she said. and her fright
ened, pleading tones cut me to the
quick, '1-I-there is"
She stopped, not knowing what to say,
m her eyes turned with involuntary
motion toward the open door of the
little parlor In which / sat. The eyes
of the mar followed hers, and 1 never
before saw such q blaze of wrath ap-
pear upon a human beings face. He
had caught the outlines of my figure
as I rose to my feet, and he stepped
forward. pressing the electric button in
the wall and flooding the parlor with
light from the chandelier overhead. He
turned upon the frightened girl with a
savage exclamation.
"Ah, Madamei" he said, and his tones
were so savage, so full of i%nsinuation.
that 1 could have killed him where he
stood, IT know why you are up, You
did not expect me so soon! But you are
clumsy about it. like a novice!"
The man laughed, and the laugh vas
at once avage and cynical.
alicia" he said, 81 would not have
believed it of you, and you such a little
innocent, if my eyes did not tell me it
was so"
"Georgel George!" she said, you are
hasty, you
But he interrupted her mercilessly.
Lets see who our fine young gen.
tleman is" he said. "Ah, a stranger,
But it's your last visit here, my man"
He drew a revolver from his pocket.
Alicia screamed, but | only laughed
and threw UP my hands.
81 give in / said. You've got me
this time. l felt that I was a goner
I heard the woman in the hall"
"What do you mean?" he asked,
amazed.
Il mean that the games up with ire,
this time" ! said, land I've got sense
enough to sec it. Here. take this. [
don't think you'll find a cent missing
from it,
| tossed toward him the woman's
purse hat I had slipped from the table
and into my pocket. Then l heard a
ieaoIN
committk
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
CATHEDRAL ALUMNI TO DANCE.

The annual dance and reception of
the Cathedral Alumni win be held in
Krueger's Auditorium April IA. AL
ready a committee composed of John
II. j. Hastings, Miss Regina Carmody
and William c. Donnelly has beer ap-
pointed to dispose of the boxes. The
event Is expected to be one of the most
important of the season. The general
committee In charge of arrangements
has not yet been selected. The asso-
citation is composed of young men and
women who are graduates from st.
Patrick's Parochial School.
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Alicia, my little Alicia. changed now
into a wonderful woman.
II thought it was George" she
said. 81 wondered that he should ring
hen he had a key. I sent the maid
to bed and l waited"
ALICIA" I said, to reassure her, at
is I, Harry Clarke. Don't you remem-
Der me We were boy and girl sweet
hearts for years. Alicia, what a mar
Vicious you've become!"
Harry! Harry Clarke!" she ex-
claimed, and unconsciously-I knew
even then it was an impulse-she held
out both her hands.
l noticed the little parlor, family
lighted by the lamp in the hall which
stood near its door, and 1 turned to
1t again.
Come, Alicia | said. Lets GO in
here and talk over the old times. It's
ages since I've seen you, and you can't
know how glad | am to find you
again"
She hesitated and looked fearfully
toward the front door. l saw plainly
a look of terror in her eyes, but such
was my infatuated state then that I
did not care for it, nor care to know
why il was there.
alicia, tell me that you are glad to
see me"
II am, | am, Harry" she cried, in
tones OF such intensity that now | was
startled. "But, oh, Harry, why have
you come here at this hour and as you
are % The hour hand had passed IL.
and then I ~enembere that il was not
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sigh and the sound of a fall, that was
scarcely a fall, because Alicia merely
sank down like one who would sleep,
but she had tainted dead away.
| advanced a step toward him, still
under the muzzle of his revolver.
You will find my pistol in my trou-
sers' right pocket" | said, 'and you
can take it with your own hand
He extended his left hand and took
the pistol.
"Well, you are certainly cool enough"
he said, not without some admiration
it came from the knowledge that he
had captured one whom he considered
so calm, and hence by doing it had
exalted himself. j saw, too, h a he
had begun to believe. He could not
help 1t in the face of the evidence.
How did you get IMP he asked.
THAT is my secret" | replied cun-
ningly. when you join our ranks I
may tell 1t to you"
He glanced at his unconscious wife,
half lying against a sofa, and then at
me. AS I could see by his eye, doubts
returned to his mind.
"You wear good clothes for a bur-
glar," he said.
"Why not?" l replied. in a fiippant
tone. I've earned enough to pay for
them"
A slow smile curved his lips. and I
saw then his whole cruel nature re-
vealed.
"Well. what are you going to do?'
| asked coolly, as IL / were tired of
waiting.
Still holding the pistol in his hand,
he advanced to the table and struck the
bell again and again, until sleepy SER
wants rose from beds and the sound of
footsteps were heard in the halls.
Take your mistress" he cried to
two frightened women who came. And
as for you, my gay visitor, Wen see
what you have to say at the police
station"
Two policemen came. and making no
protest, | went quietly with them to
the station.
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W State, no n taking notice. All
but I had one friend, Alicia! 1 would
go to see her now, talk with her of the
old days, and we would laugh ovei
them together. Here was the number
And the house, a fine. large red brick
building, stood back a little way or
the lawn, a light shining from the front
window and casting long bands of vel
low flame across the green grass.
1 steadied myself, opened the bronze
gate, and passed upon the lawn. The
lights OF the city still danced about in
their old, rakish fashion. but now ]
felt exhilaration instead of annoyance,
/ walked to the door and pulled the
ball. No answer came. and growing
impatient I pulled 1t again, the faint
echo of the ring returning as before
from within, and hard upon it the
sound of light footsteps in the hall as
they approached the door.
The door was opened and I pressed
in at once, saying to the maid who had
come:
Tell Mrs. Grey hat an old friend,
one whom she cannot have forgotten,
wishes to see her. Tell her it's Harry
Clarke
Impulsively I shut the door behind
me. taking from the maid her task, and
turned toward a parlor that / saw on
the right, intending to wait until Alicia
should come.
This is the place. is it not?" I said
to the girl, but she did not reply. mere
~ uttering a startled, choked little cry.
and / looked at her, made curious by
such odd behavior.
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the name Of gentleman, and the blame
was wholly mine. 1t was no stress of
fortune, no injustice from others, but
merely my own hot blood and lack Of
restraint upon self, lack even of the de-
sire for such restraint that had driven
me into a life. at the memory Of which
I still feel shame. despite all that has
passed since then.
1t is a gross appetite, the one that
wants liquid stimulants, but 1 had
taken more at the hotel than was good
for either my mind or my and
now this city of Louisville, that / had
known of old, was dancing about in a
rakish fashion, that half amused, half
annoyed me. Down the street a police
man whistled softly to keep himself
company, and I began to feel like the
policeman, unnoticed and lonely, until 1
had a happy thought. Alicia, little
Alicia, with whom 1 had played at
school, and who had been my childish
sweetheart, came suddenly into my
mind. She lived here on this very
street, Third avenue, and l remembered
the number. A year before in the West
L had received one of her wedding in
vitations. forwarded from several ad-
dresses, and a little later on an "At
Home card came, too. I had felt a
vague resentment that the girl whom I
liked best in my childhood had given
herself to another man, but 1t quickly
passed, because my life then was not
as to cherish the of her
pure face and shy ways.
Little Alicia! What Z. loyal, brave
child she was, AS enduring as a boy.
with a boys sense of honor. which may
be no better than a girls sense of honor,
but which Is different.
1 looked UP at the numbers and 1
that her house was two or three
blocks farther on. The man she had
was named Grey. I had seen
It on the wedding invitation. / knew
nothing about him, but he would have
be a good fellow to be worthy of
my little Alicia, as + had often
called her when she was IL.
I,had "a great feeling of loneliness. I
was aggrieved at the way in which I
v aiked through the metropolis Of my
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
ST. pATRIcK's MUSICALE.

A st. Patrick's musicale will be given
on the afternoon of March II by Mrs
Rudolph J. Goerke, of Hedden terrace,
at her home, under the auspices OF the
Women's Missionary Society of the
Clinton Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church. The decorations will be in
green, and the dainty invitations are
ornamented with pictures of sham
rocks. Miss, Ethel Smith, violinist:
Miss Elpha E. Green. soprano vocalist;
Miss Condict. of Bloomfield. pianist,
and Miss Lorraine Davis, e~locutionist,
will give numbers.
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Some Night Next Week.
Dear r g Doom:

Dear Margery Doom:
A young man asked me If he could
call, and l said sometime, but he didn't
say a word about what night. | would
like to have him call next week. Would
it be all right to write a note? What
shall I do? I do not want him to
think I am after him. PUZZLED.
It Is not likely thai he win think you
are after him. because you remeni-
bered his request. Write the note. if
you want him to come,
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AbsurdIy Jealous.
My Dear Miss Doom:

My Dear Miss Doom:
About a week ago I was to call on my
girl friend. The shades were up and I
saw her at the piano with a young man.
] did not ring the bell, but went home,
and the next day | did not speak to her.
Now I've got to thinking that maybe
she could explain it all right, but she
won't look at me. l guess she thinks I
did not go neal her that night, and Is
angry about it. Please tell me what to
DO. / hate to tell her what a chump
/ was. UPSET,
Call at your first opportunity, as IL
nothing had happened. This will give
you a chance to explain, and ! advise
you to tell her the truth. Your jealousy
was absurd.
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rail and the felons who sat with me in
the felon's dock.
The air was close and foul, and it
and over again by the horde within the
room. Pleas were made, guilty or not
guilty, and thieves, thugs and women
of the pavement we're passed on to
their respective fates. Then my own
case was called, and / stood up, no
ticing at the same time a stir in the
crowd outside the rail as Grey pushed
his big form through it. He was adj
mitted inside and received a courteous
nod from the Judge, who seemed to
know him we'll; he sat down on the
witness bench.
He turned his gaze at once upon me,
and ] saw that 1t was full of scrutiny
and doubt. Then little Alicia was yet
In danger, and suddenly my resolution
hardened.
Your ename?' asked the judge, a. /
stood up.
Charles Johnson" I replied.
I looked at the judge now, but 1
knew that the eyes of Grey had re-
turned to my face. | could feel his
gaze.
Your homer" asked the judge.
/ laughed f%ippantly.
1.-THE wide world" l replied.
He frowned.
"Smartness from one in your position
is out of place." he said; but he added,
thoughtfully, yet you do not look like
a burglar. Have you any lawyer to de-
lend your
NO" / replied. Z
Then the court will appoint one
and he named a young man, evidently a
fresh admission to the bar. Neverthe-
less, | entered a plea of guilty and the
evidence against me was oyerwhelm-
ing.
Grey was called to the stand, though
the need of his testimony was small
after my confession, and he told how he
had found me in the parlor, and of my
producing his wife's purse from my
pocket. I was bound over for trial to
the Circuit Court, then in session, and
was informed that my case would COME
up three days later.
The world left me alone, 1 had dis
appeared, Inc with my disappearance
i was at once forgotten. Yet l had
cause to be glad that I was so little
known in Louisville. / was afraid at
first that some inquisitive reporter
stumbling Upon a clue might trace my
origin and discover my real name.
But 1 was not wholly forgotten, be-
cause on the day before my final trial
the warden, unlocking my cell door. an
nounced a visitor-Alicia at lasti MY
heart sprang up. truly I was longing
for the sight of Alicia's face and the
sound of her voice.
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Dear Margery Doom:

Dear MarSefS boon:
1 am Il. and have been going with
a young man of 10 for a long time. He
has boarded at my home for a year and
a half. and we see so much of each
other that we are always quarreling,
mostly always because he swears at
me. I am growing to hate him. 1 used
to love him very much. He says II L
hate him 1 had no right to go with him
for three years. Please tell me whether
to give him up or not, as he still loves
me. TROUBLED GIRL.
IL he loved you very much he would
not swear at you, that is certain. The
trouble is that you are both entirely too
young to ven play al being seriously
In love. sThe soone got give him up
the better. Do not quarrel with him
any more. lust seek other company.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
Tomato Cream Soup.

Boil the contents of a can of tomatoes,
strain and season with sugar, salt, pep
per and a little onion juice. Into three
cup of milk stir a pinch of soda and
bring to the sca1ding point, but do NOT
boil. Thicker with a tablespoonful of
butter rubbed to a paste with two table
spoonfuls of -four, and when thick and
smooth pour very slowly, stirring all
the time. into the tomato liquor. which
should be scalding hot. Serve at once,
putting, IL 1t Is liked. a great spoonful
of whipped cream on the surface of
each plate OF soup.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
A NEW USE FOR AN OLD ARTICLE.

A new use for the old Chippendale
sideboards, that are now considered
too small to serve in the capacity for
which they were originally intended, Is
to convert them into dressing tables,
and most attractive and servicsable
dressers do they make. with their rows
of small drawers at each side and the
large space o top for the innumerabIe
silver and ivory jars. boxes and TASKS
that are so necessary for milady's toilet.
A glass top can be fitted for this dresser,
If desired, and laid over a cover of fine
f1let and lace and embroidered linen.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
AUNT MATTY'S MENU

Observation-Disclosures.
Canned pineapple
Cereal with cream
Brolled smoked salmon
Dreamed potatoes
Rolls Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Dreamed dried beef on toast
Potatoe cakes Olives
Vegetable salad Savory jelly
Cookies Tea
DINNER.
Tomato cream soup
Roast leg of lamb Mint sauce
Boiled new potatoes Dreamed peas
Lettuce salad
Custard pie Coffee
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
ARTS AND CRAFTS"

THE Arts and Crafts. Their Meaning
and Our Response is the subject Of a
lecture which will be delivered by Frank
Aivah Parsons, director of the depart
ment of decorative and applied art in
the New York School of Art, next
Wednesday afternoon at the Free Pub
lie Library. Members of Newark's
womep's clubs will form the audience.
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Cookies.

stir one-half cup of butter. seven
tablespoons of powdered sugar and
yolks of three eggs until creamy. Mix In
one cup of almonds grated and one and
one-half cups of finely sifted flour.
Sprinkle the baking board with flour,
roll out the dough to one-eighth inch
thickness. cut with a round cutter,
brush with yolks of egg and tablespoon
of milk and bake on Toured tins.
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One Girls Problem.
Ny Dear Margery Doom,

= 1ITT NHEF 5tFJ DOVTFf
Should a girl go against her parents
wishes and marry a man she loves in
stead of the ono they picked out for
her? / am 10 and that is the problem
1 nave to face. WRETCHED.
A girl has her own happiness to
make, just as her parents made theirs.
Nothing should make her marry a. man
she did not love, for little happiness
from loveless marriages.
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cHApTER II.
The Sentence.
AWOKE the next morning, when a
warden brought me food. and with

n AWOKE the next morning, when a
warden brought me food, and with
the waking came realization. The
man told me / was to have my exam
ing trial in the afternoon, and his
words were like arrows in my flesh.
A warden came to me about the
middle of the afternoon. / think that
I am in the main a fastidious man. 1
was of gentle birth and breeding, and
however low l may have fallen in
some respects I had always preserved
the neatness of dress and correctness
of bearing and manne without which
none can be a gentleman. Now, my
soul revolted at the mob outside the