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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-10-25

Removable Rubber Heel.
A rubber heel has been invented
that can be slipped over the high heel
of woman's shoe.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-10-25
MORE GOOD THINGS.

Peanut butter Is an Invaluable food,
nil ready to use, and new ways to COM
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-10-25

Skinned MIX for calves.
Handled calves are usually fed on
SKINNED milk.
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HELPFUL AND ECONOMICAL
HINTS.

When clothing becomes shiny rub
well with piece of emery paper. Spots
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eH7eKTTCHEN
GBLNE1zzRa

And this is the Truth as I see 1t;
Whoever cries out for peace,
Must think 1t and live 1t and be It,
And the wars of the world will cease.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
WHEN TAXPAYERS FOOT BILL
Lead Pencils Are Not Treasured by
School Boys Now as They Were
in Days Gone BY.

"Hello!" said |, whats that7" And
I stopped to pick 1t up.
THAT" replied the boy, who hap
pened to be passing through the school
yard with me. "That is nothing but
lead pencil"
But 1t is whole one" said I, "and
with rubber ON the end"
Il know it" said the boy.
What? Do you mean to tell me
that you have seen this here beforeY'
Yes. everybody's seen It,"
"All the children in your school have
seen this lying here day after day, and
not one boy has picked 1t upY'
"Of course. What should we pick 1t
up for? There's plenty in the school
house; the town buys EN-
/ had been given text for long
meditation. Not pick up whole new
lead pencil! And a pencil with a rub
Der on It'll
When / was boy we priced even
slate pencils. A boy who hooked any
body's slate pencil was baited until he
gave it up; but a lead pencil-we
fought for lead pencils as the Greeks
and Trojans fought for Helen. We
secured the countryside for old horse
shoes to sell to the blacksmith for
money enough to buy lead pencil
and, having 1T. we cut our private mark
on 1t, guarded 1t, kept 1t as our last re
source in trade. Many a time precious
two-inch lead pencil has turned an inn
portant jackknife trade one way or
the other. I never had but one lead
pencil at time, and often hardly that.
until was fifteen years old; and these
ten-year-olds scorn to pick up a whole
one with a rubber! Think of It'll The
best eraser had was a piece of rub
ber-boot heel l--Exchange.
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ooh. that's too bad" he said with
concern. Cant you manage some
thing ~
Too badp' said Rose In lively dis
sent. TITS too heavenly I've got a
whole day just to enjoy being myself:
being" she reached for his hand,
and, getting 1t, stroked her cheek with
1t being my new self. Portia used
to think I faxed pretty well. But |
never was-don't you know?-right.
SO, you see, it's real adventure Just
to say-well, that l want the car at
quarter TO eleven and to tell Otto
exactly where / want him to drive me
to. always feel as If ought to say
that If he'll just stop the car at the
corner of Diversey street, / can walk"
He laughed out at that and asked
her how long she thought this blissful
state Of things would last.
Forever" she said.
But presently she looked at him
rather thoughtfully. "Of course it's
none of 1t new to you" she said,
NOT the silly little things, nor the
things we do together-oh, the dinners,
and the dances, and the operas. Do
you sort of-wish I'd get tired of it?
Is 1t dreadful bore to you?"
$50 long as 1t doesn't bore you," he
said; 80 long as you go on-shining
the way you do over it, and ] am
where l can see you shine"-he took
hold of both her hands, $50 long as
it's like that, you wonder" he said,
"well, the dinners and the operas and
all that may be piffie. but I shall be
blind to the fact"
She kissed both his hands and told
him contentedly that he was a darling.
But, after moments silence, little
frown puckered her eyebrows and she
asked him what he was so solemn
about.
Well, he had told her the truth.
But precisely as he said it, he felt that
he was not the same man he had been
six months ago. Not the man who had
tramped impatiently back and forth
across Frederica's drawing-room, ex-
pounding his ideals of space and lei
sure. Not the man who despised the
clutter Of expensive junk. That man
would have derided the possibility
that he could ever say this thing that
he, still Rodney Aldrieh, had just said
to Rose--and meant. And the terrify-
ing thing was that he hadn't resisted
the change-hadn't wanted to resist
didn't want to now, as he sat there
looking at the slumbrous glory Of her
eyes.
So, when she asked him what he
was looking so solemn about, he said
with more truth than he pretended
to himself, that it was enough to make
anybody solemn to look at her.
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Spelling A sToRY's EFFECT
5etter-to-Do Relatives Have a Discon-
certing Way Of Rushing One
to the Point.

When you are telling something,
don't you hate for the listener to urge
you to come to the point at once?
Especially is this true In a case where
you have managed something very
skillfully, and wish, in telling about
it, to give credit where credit Is due.
AS a rule, better-to-do relatives are
impatient, and don't seem to care to
hear your whole story, writes Claude
Callan in the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram.
Years ago a better-to-do sent US to
neighbours house to borrow q buck
saw. We were proud to do this for
him, and when we returned we left
the saw in the yard. stepped into the
house and said to Better: well,
when got over there I found that he
wasn't at home. His wife wouldn't
let the saw go, so went down to the
river, where he was fishing. He said
he didn't think that 1t was at home.
He thought he had lent 1t to his broth
er, and So"
"Oh, blank it." said Better, did you
get the saw?'
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Here's To Iaunhter

Here's to laughter, the sunshine of
the soul. the happiness of the heart,
the leaves of youth. the privilege OF
purity, the echo of innocence, the
treasure of the humble, the wealth Of
the poor, the head of the cup of pleas
ure, exclaims writer in the New
York Herald. 1t dispels detection,
banishes blues and mangles melan-
choly, for it's the foe of woe, the de-
stroyer of depression, the enemy of
grief; it is what makes kings envy
peasants, plutocrats envy the poor, the
guilty envy the innocent; it's the
sheen on the silver of smiles, the rip
pie on the waters delight, the CLINT
of the gold of gladness; without it
humor would be dumb, wit would
wither, dimples would disappear and
smiles would shrivel, for it's glow OF
a clean conscience, the voice of pure
soul, the birth cry of mirth, the swan
song of sadness.
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CHAPTER vi.

The First Question and Its Answer.
Roses instructive attitude toward
the group of young to middle-aged
married people into which her own
marriage had introduced her was
founded on the assumption that, allow
ing for occasional exceptions, the hus-
bands and wives felt toward each
other as she and Rodney did-were
held together by the same irresistible,
unanalyzable attraction.
Oh, there were bumps and bruises,
of course! She had seen Rodney drop
off now and again into a scowling abb
Straction, during which it was so evil
dent he didn't want to talk to her, or
even be reminded that she was about,
that she had gone away flushed and
wondering, and needing an effort to
hold back the tears.
These weren't frequent occurrences,
though, and did not weaken her idea
that, barring tragic and disastrous
types-unfaithful husbands, cold, mer-
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After her talk with the act
ress, Rose begins to understand
more why it is that married
folks don't always get along
very we'll together. An inter-
esting problem Is unfoIded in
the next installment.
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"One question more" said rne
Frenchwoman. "and not an idle one
you will believe that? Alorsl You
love your husband. No need TO ask
that. But what do you mean by love?
Something vital and strong and essen
tial--the meeting of thought with
thought, need with need, desire with
desireT
"Yes," said Rose after a little
silence, that's what I mean.''
There was another silence, while the
Frenchwoman gazed contemplatively
out of the open window of the limou-
sine.
Thon Rose said: "But you are go
ing to tell me what you meant about
American women"
Madame Greville took her time
about answering. "They are an enig-
ma to me-" she said. IT confess 1t.
/ haven't ever seen such women any
where as these upper-class Americans.
They are beautiful, clever; they know
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CHAPTER Iv-continued.

She refused to hear a word more
In those circumstances. "I'm coming
straight down." she said, "and we'll go
somewhere for lunch. Don't you real
ize that we can't talk about it like
this? OF course you wouldn't, but it's
So"
Over the lunch-table she got as de-
tailed an account of the affair as Rod
ney. in his somnambulistic condition,
was able to give her, and she passed
1t on to Martin that evening as they
drove across to the North side for
dinner.
''Weil, that all sounds exactly like
Rodney" he commented. II hope
you'll like the girl -
''That isn't what I hope" said Fred
erica. "At least it isn't what I'm most
concerned about. I hope / can make
her like me. Roddy's the only brother
I've got In the world, and I'm not go
ing to lose him If can help it. That's
what will happen If she doesn't like
me-"
AS 1t happened, though, she forgot
all about her resolution almost with
her first look at Rose. Rodney's at
tempts at description of her had been
well-meaning; but what he had pre-
pared his sister for, unconsciously
of course, in his emphasis on one or
two phases of their first acquaintance,
had been a sort of slatternly Amazon.
But the effect of this was, really, very
happy; because when a perfectly pre-
sentably clad, well-bred, admirably
poised young girl came into the room
and greeted her neither shyly nor
eagerly. nor with any affectation of
ease, girl who didn't try to pretend
1t wasn't a critical moment for her,
but was game enough to meet it with
out any evidences of panic-when
Frederick realized that this was the
Rose whom Rodney had been telling
her about, she fell in love with her on
the spot.
Amazingly, as she watched the girl
and heard her talk, she found she was
considering, not Roses availability as
wife for Rodney, but Rodney's as a
husband for her. 1t was this, perhaps,
that led her to say, at the end of her
leave-taking: "Roddy has been such
wonderful brother, always, to me,
that suspect you'll find him, some
times, being brother to you. Don't
let it hurt you If that happens
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how to dress. For the first hour, or
day, or week, of an acquaintance, they
have a charm quite Incompatible.
And, up to certain point, they ex-
ercise it. Your jeunes files are amaz-
ing. All over the world. men go mad
about them. But when they marry
:" She finished the sentence with
a ghost of shrug, and turned to Rose.
Can you account for them? Were
you wondering at them, too, with
those great eyes of yours? Alors
Are we puzzled by the same thing?
What is it, to you, they lack?'
Rose stirred a little uneasily. 81
don't know" she said, except that
some of them seem little dissatisfied
and restless, as if-welI, as if they
wanted something they haven't got"
But do they truly want it?" Ma
dame Greville demanded. II am
willing to be convinced; but myself,
find, of your women of the aristocrat
class, the type most characteristic is"
she paused and said the thing first
to herself in French, then translated
lis a passive epicure in sensations
sensations mostly mental, Irritating or
soothing-a pleasant variety. She
waits to be made to feel; she per-
petually-tastes. They give stranger
like me the impression of being per-
fectly frigid, perfectly passionless.
And so, as you say. of missing the
great thing altogether. A few of your
women are great, but not as women,
and of second-rate men in petticoats
you have vast number. But a wom-
an, great by the qualities of her sex,
an artist in womanhood, 1 have not
SEEM
ooh, I WISH" cried Rose, stthat
knew what you meant by that! !"
''Why, regard now" said the actress.
"In every capital of Europe (and I
know them ally, wherever you find
great affairs-matters of state, diplo-
macy, politics-you find the influence
of women in them - women Of the
great world sometimes, sometimes of
the half-world They may not be
beautiful have seen a faded woman
of fifty. of no family or wealth, whose
salon attracted ministers of state
they haven't the education nor the lib
critics that your women enjoy, and, in
the mass, they are not regarded-how
do you say?-chivalrously. Yet there
they arel
"And why? Because they are capa-
Bile of great passions, great desires.
They are willing to take the art of
womanhood seriously. make innumer-
able sacrifices for it, as one must for
any art, in order to triumph in it."
Rose thought this over rather du-
biously. 1t was a new notion to her
or almost new. But suppose" she
objected, zone doesn't want to tri-
umph at it? Suppose one wants to be
a-person, rather than just woman?"
There are other careers indeed"
Madame Greville admitted, "and one
can follow them in the same spirit
make the sacrifices pay the price
they demand. Mon Dieu! How l
have preached. Now you shall talk
to me. 1t was for that took you
captive and ran away with YOU"
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CHAPTER v.
The Princess Cinderella.


When the society editor of same
trademark it proclaims itself to be,
announced that the Rodney Aldriches
had taken the Allison McCraes' house,
furnished, for year, beginning in
October, she spoke of 1t as an ideal
arrangement. AS everybody knew, it
was an ideal house for a young
married couple, and 1t was equally
evident that the Rodney Aldriches
were an ideal couple for it.
In the sense that 1t left nothing to
further realization, it was an ideal
house; an old house in the Chicago
sense, built over into something very
much older still - Tudor, perhaps -
.Jacobean, anyway. In the supplement
tary matters of furniture, hangings,
rugs and pictures, the establishment
presented the last politely spoken word
in things as they ought to be. If you
happened to like that sort of thing,
it was precisely the sort Of thing you'd
like.
The same sort of neat, fully ac-
quired perfection characterized the
MeCrae's domestic arrangements.
Every other year they went off around
the world in one direction or another,
and rented their house, furnished, for
exactly enough to pay all their ex-
penses. On the alternate years they
came back and spent two years in
come living in their house.
Florence McCrae was an old friend
of Rodney's and it was her notion that
1t would be just the thing he'd want.
Rodney knew for himself what the
house was-complete down to the
corkscrews. And six thousand dollars
a year was simply dirt cheap.
To clinch the thing, Florence went
around aud saw Frederick about it.
And Frederick, after listening, nom
committally, dashed off to the last
meeting of the Thursday club GALL this
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cenary wives-which had to be adj
mitted as existing was a
state whose happy satisfactoriness
could, more or less, be taken for
granted.
1t was something that Simone Gre
Vile said which gave rise to her first
misgiving that marriage was not, per-
haps-even between people who loved
each other = quite as simple as it
seemed. No one has studied our lei
sured and cultivated classes with more
candor and penetration than this great
actress. She had
AMPLE opportunities for observation,
becSnse, while she played to houses
that couldn't be dressed to look more
than a third full, she was enormously
in demand for luncheons, teas, dinners,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
Making Play Of Work.

Making play of work is often good
idea when getting children to help.
Thus. when seeking the aid of
youngster to pick up the pins from
the floor, let him or her use a horse
shoe magnet for the purpose. You
can get such a magnet for ten cents.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
Not Expected.

II understand that Jims. who was
very enthusiastic about it beforehand,
is now deeply disappointed in the bliss
of marriage"
YES; as soon as they were married
his wife threw up her job"
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Apes From ceyIon.

Apes mentioned in the Bible In I
Kings 10 %. and II Chronicles 10 81.
were brought to Palestine from Cey-
lon, the same country which supplied
ivory and peacocks
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
And Never Complain, Bless ,Em.

Pop, why are mothers always
spoken OF as gentleT" asked his heir.
'Oh, because they are SO well
broken to hard work The expression
was probably originated by some I'M
feeling horseman."
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
plan FOR Observance
OF ALL HALLOWE' EN-

Wednesday will be All Halloween
and its observance both religiously
and socially will be marked. Special
services will be held IN the Protestant
Churches and by masses in the Cath
Ollie churches The social feature Of
the occasion will take place Wednes.
day evening and will be the occasion
for many dinners and masquerade
parties. The usual crowd OF mummers.
Il is expected. will be in evidence on
Market street Wednesday night but
no arrangements have been made for
parade
Thursday will be Allsaints' Day
and IN the Catholic churches special
masses will be said in honor OF those
saints for whom no special day has
been set apart. 10 viii also be a day
OF fasting Friday will be All Souls
Day, a holy day OF obligation on
which all Catholics must hear mass.
Masses and prayers viii be offered
for the souls OF the departed. In
each OF the Catholic churches In this
city. there will be several masses *
that all the members will be able q
attend without interfering with thei
business interests and daily work.
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
RED Cross MUST RUSH
SURGICAL DRESSINGS

u the belief exists that The Red
Cross workers Of America are produc-
ing more surgical dressings than are
being used 40 VIII be quickly dispelied
by the following cablegram just re-
coiycd from Major Graysou-Murphy.
American Red Cross chief OF commits
sion In France:
Red Cross standard dressings In mill
lions must be sent over with an pos
siblo speed n this Is not done lmmc-
diately serious calamity and national
disgrace is inevitable.
Tho American women who compose
the Red Cross chapters should prepare
with an The enthusiasm and speed pos
sihlo the dressings which are going Go
mean life or death our own men,"
To visualize lle great need of surgi-
cal dressings one has 10 reflect that
only a few weeks ago two and one
half millions of surgical dressings went
down in one ship. and that the cases
are numerous where an entire box OF
dressings Is used on one patient
/ TO is imperative that women of Tho
Rcd Cross chapters Of the Pennsylvania
/ division make every possible effort 90
/ Increase largely This needed supply of
surgical dressings that the front is
I calling Tor.
/ Signed CHARLES SCOTT. JR.
Manager.
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
PROF. MUNYON'S
latest Discovery
He oifers the Citizens Of Wilmington
In His MarrowbOne Tonic the
Result of Three Years Of
Research.

Circulation Is natures remedy for
most ills. The rich red corpuscles OF
the blood carry food and strength to
every muscle. nerve. fibre and organ
OF the body. If your blood does not
contain the necessary number OF red
corpusclcs your health will become
impaired
Marrowbono will bring your blood
Up 10 It's normal condition by convert
ing your food into good. rich, red
blood. and act as health safety
valve by keeping you in a strong
healthy condition.
II you wish 70 increase your
strength and endurance take Marrow
bone n you wish 10 rid yourself OF
that tired feeling take Marrowbone.
n you want 20 enjoy youthful health
and freshness try Marrowbone n
you are run down try Marrowbone.
Stomach. blood, nerve and liver
ailments cannot exist where Marrow
hone Is taken faithfully. You are obi.
gated 20 yourself 10 put your blood
into a healthy condition. DO IL To-
day.
without any obligation on youi
part stop in and talk with the Mar
rowhone man IN Eckard's drug store
sos Market street. Wilmington, DEL
Adv
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
no ACTION ON PROPOSED
Increase OF water rate

Consideration Of the new minimum
water rate resolution was postponed
until next week. by the Water Board
al It's meeting today The following
report was approved
Current bank balance S31s5.3l;
special bank balance S4S.O520S; cur
rent weekly payroll. 81 365.41 special
weekly payroll, S67452. current
morFhly PAYROLL S1T72: special
monthly payroll si.93632.
The pumpage for the week ending
October q. was SO 400 $50 gallons as
compared with $500 200 gallons the
amount for the corresponding week
OF last year
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
MR.. PLUMMER Is ?. N.
AT ARMY CANTONMENI

Postal Inspector NJ. s. Plummer,
formerly in charge OF the local district
and now stationed at Petersburg, Va,
arrived in this city on Saturday for
brief visit and was busy today meeting
his host OF friends. lie intends to re-
main until Wednesday.
Mr.. Plummcr Is hobbling about with
the aid OF a cane as he Is. suffering
from badly sprained ankle. He fell
from an army transport at Petersburg
and considers himself fortunate that his
leg was not broken.
Mr.. plummer now has charge OF the
postal arrangements at Camp Lee, the
/ big cantonment Just outside OF Peters
burg. He has a big force OF clerks and
assistants under his supervision and
cares for the mail OF the 10000 SOL
diers In that camp.
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
cmcKEN THIEVEs BusY.

Chicken thieves made their appear
ance in the lower end Of the Ninth
ward last night. reldlng two coops and
securing nearly $50 worth OF 1--we poul-
try. Those who report loss Of their
fowls are. India Poison. Of No. iiii
Thatcher street. who lost twenty-one
chickens, and Charles Anderson. OF No.
1911 East Thirteenth street. who lost
eight pullets.
Leroy Davis, Of No. ii05 East Twelfth
street, also reported that his home was
entered through a rear door and IS In
money was taken.
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
TYPHOID SITUATION NOT
ALARMING. DR.. myers SAYS

Although there are slill seventy cases
Of typhoid fever In this city, the stu
alton Is such that there is no occasion
for alarm, according TO Dr. V. NJ.
Myers. secretary OF the Board OF
Health. In speaking Of the numerous
cases OF me disease. ne said that
twenty Of The seventy cases were from
outside the city. ana an equal number
OF cases were traced 20 one source OF
contamination here
The figures compiled by the health
department also show that tho death
rate has been low. averaging 6 per
cent, whereas 90 usually ranges from
Z 90 ~ per cent.
Evening journal., 1917-10-29
BIB. HOUCH. WELL KKOWD
ENGINEER. PASSES away.

Benjamin b. Hough, a widely known
Delawarean, died this morning at his
home near Thompson station, aged
80 years. He is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Mabel Crozier'
and by three daughters. Mr. Hough
was operated on a few weeks ago.
As a consulting engineer and
draughtsman.' Mr.. Hough had been in
charge of a great deal OF building
work in this city. for the DUPONT
Company at Carney's Point, and at
other places in the country, as far
as California. He supervised the cree
ton of the Women's College at New
ark. At the time of his death he
was engaged on the building of the
Parks residence on the Boulevard.
Police Sergeant William c. Crozier
and Miss Marion Crozier. High School
teacher of this city. are relatives OF
Mrs. Hough The funeral services will
be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday nf'
ternoon at his late residence near
Thompsons Station.