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hands had made were gone with her.
There was hastily Scrawled note on
the table, reading simply: Il have gone
to find my stolen baby
For never dared they tell her again
that the child was dead or show her its
little grave. To Nel!ie'S perturbed mind
the inceSSaut burden Of her thoughts
was that the child had been stolen,
and now she had gone in quest Of it.
For a week the distracted mother
and sisters and in fact the entire in
terested community. engaged in wide
search for the missing Nellie. Not a
trace was discovered and Drury came
home to face a double sorrow.
she must have wandered away and
persisted in some lonely spot; perhaps
her distracted mind has driven her TO
suicide" wept the anguished Mrs.
Reeves.
But Drury took heart of hope. He
started forth on a systematic search
for his missing wife He found
traces of the bereft mother here and
there. She had been seen, miles away
from the home village. by q number of
people. Ever and always her lips
framed the plaintive cry: Have you
seen anything Of a little stolen babe.
with blue eyes, Just like its father'sI"
Thus, wandering from farmhouse to
hamlet, Nellie had gone. Where the
darkened gloom of her mind was sus-
pected, she was tenderly treated and
given food and shelter, but she would
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Gulis.
Overheard in the train:

Overheard in the train:
First Passenger (Vcry COntidential-
Do YOU know how they catch The sub
marines? | heard al about it the other
day from q friend in the admiralty.
First Pu>scnEer-They watch the
gulls. The Germans throw out a lot Of
bread and stuff. and the gulls come
round TO eat 1t. and our chaps know
the submarines there, and just go in
and kill il.
Second PaSsenCer-YeS; but how
can they be sure il amt one of ours?
| suppose ours throw out bread, too,
don't they?
First Passenger-Ah, That's very
simple. They can tell from the de-
meanOr Of the birds when its German
bread and when its English. The
birds look Disguised like when it's
German.
Chorus Of PasSengers-GOOd old
British gulls WESTMINSTER Gazette.
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There IS the white-thrOated sparrow,
the Peabody bird" whose plainuve
call is unique feature OF forest
music Of spring; and there is the
friendly little "chippy' Of summer,
who cannot sing AT all, but who can
discourse an abundance Of good cheer.
4 sparrow potpie made Of birds col
lected by a rural or suburban pot
hunter might contain an English sp2r-
row or two but il would more proba-
bly, be made up entirely Of song spar
rows ana field sparrowS and white
throated sparrows and chipping spar
rows and vesper sparrOws.
The herald., 1917-07-19
Backyard Fences in Boston.

George Gibbs, special investigator
for the Boston city planning board,
wants wooden backyard fences abOl-
ished in that city. He believes such
fences are q nuisance in crowded dis
tricts and an eyesore elsewhere. and
should be replaced by metal fences of
an ornamental type. For high-cIass
residence districts Mr.. Gibbs fayors
brick or concrete walls for dividing
lines between back yards.
The herald., 1917-07-19

The religions in Russia are almost
as diversified as the races. In Eu-
ropean Russia the Greek church rules.
In Asiatic Russia there are MOham-
medans, Buddhists, Jews and Chris
tianS.
After almost three years Of search
ing two Spanish mining engineers have
discovered deposits of platinum in that
country that apparently cover wide
area.
Sixty dollars a ton is now paid for
steel which. two years ago, cost less
than half that amcEnt.
Charcoal made ~ peat and formed
into briquettes has been used success
fully for melting iron ore in England.
China. which is believed to have the
createst deposits of iron ore in the
world, is beginning To export pig iron.
German naval authorities are ex-
pcrimenting with electrical machinery
for gathering peat.
Material for making good paper, il
is said. can be produced from refuse
hops that have hitherto been thrown
away in Dreweries.
If mined ar the present rate, the
coal supply Of Texas will last 5000
years.
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he found missing -he ,.z' morning.
and each succeeding day .-"r" fully
ohscurrd the trail If BIER W:ut,,:.rS,
Tor each DAY pr.~y.,,I "a w!dyy Dis
lance .ru:a her starting point.
Il was ~ uunu:.1r o.r lovely day
Thar Nellie. har ",.!rr torn WIKI
hramhlo~ grown thin and wuvrriuc,
hUt her eyes ever p"-riu- ahead ana
around with III, one WILD hope "f hey
heart &C finding The lost one. came upon
forest glad" and sank down exhaust
20 beside spring 20 cool her
parchcd lips and rest. She Swayed in
a slUmhcruUS way. her tired lids were
closing when there came floating Oh
the ambient air a cry. 10 Ter furnished
soul clear and directing g. a trumpet
voice. Il was The friut eoL"IcSS ""il
of a child. H. au instant Nellie WAS On
her feet. eyes d.sroLIrd. Aer full soul
in their DEPTHS. suspense. ta-rrH">s,
aye. and cNUIrariou ia L"r wan face.
"OA. ry baby. NY darling lost one"
she hrratAyI lnn-.n-.y: Il come I
' n"
/ She dashed tl,.g-h H., tangled Wild
| "n.d ia Tie ".r..,... H.... 81. cry
ant r.,.. 81. ,....3 -...y bushes.
/ There. .s.i- B.. 50 '.... ..r... -.. ...E...-
about ry-...--.. .. ..- ~..r .....r. w..
? FL I'.., '.'.. Perhaps ..N .'.'... r...
N..E, Wayne -...t ir.....''t. I.'r
Glance fairly :.y...d IL. my ".,'.
I'll. .it'.r nu" !nn.,l ~ az hey.
. "oA. pretty h.Gr eyes. ca. my own.
/ own baby cried Nellie. and III" had
. The little our in lrr arms. hu--.lS il,
/ kissing II. covering its sweet soft face
wiki kisses. laughing, cryiu--in Il
heaven of JOY iuyTahle.
A man had arisen from a fallen tree
! twenty feet away. partly screened hy
/ intervening foliage. He was pale.
frphle-looiing and his face EXPRESSED
the most absolute hrwiIGrrmcnr as he
stared at the startling scene presented
10 his view. Then he was taken with a
The herald., 1917-07-19
A Healthful Drink.

Buttermilk is most healthful drink.
If people would drink buttermilk in
stead of whisky, 1t would probably
be better for all concerned. Scientists
tell US that there are germs in sour
milk which fight against the germs
causing death TO the human body. II
is also said that buttermilk has tend
ency TO lengthen life. People In some
parts of Europe drink largely of sour
milk, and these live TO q very great old
1ge.-PrOf. II. II. Dean.
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Quite True.

SAY" snarled the irascible editor,
these verses Of yours are not worth
the paper they are written on"
Maybe not" replied the poet, mod
cstly. The paper shortage is 50 acute
nowadays that hardly anything is
worth the paper it Is written on, Unless
II /, q check.'
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First Aid.

"If women get the ballot. they won't
stand on street corners arguing about
politics for hours AT a time said the
eminent SuffragiSt.
No" replied mean man, but II
some way could be devised 10 serve
them with a cup of tea and a sand
witch on street corners, they would
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Too Old 70 Learn.

Maloney, Jr.-The teacher told US
about breathing oxygen into our lungs
and breathing carbonic acid gas out.
Mrs. Malouey-Shure, It's all roight
for We young people 10 learn thin
things. but Owe been breathing air
both ways too long 10 change.-Puck.
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A TinQe Of Envy.

aren't you a reforIHer:'
Not regular refOrMer," replied
Senator Sorghum. a regular reformer
doesn't have 70 run for Office and de-
pend on Il salary. He can make all kinds
Of money merely by getting gu: before
q crowd and telling people they'd bet
ter be good"
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Finely Trained.

The Traiucr-De kids over weight.
Cut his hair.
The Rubhcr-IIe amt got a hair
left.
The Tr.iu.r-Den trim his nails.
Tie Ruhhnr-W. done dat, too.
The Tra.u,r-Drn pull couple o
teeth.
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surprise resulted IN a complete tIaSco.
"LcUstic" had 10 sooner familiar
lied himself with the trenches Of the
til infantry than he made 4 discov-
cry o: the first Importance. While on
watch duty with his master he sud
denly ohliqued to the right and gave
/ unmi>takable signs of perturbation.
There's something over yonder,"
| said the master ~ his comrades.
Nonsense, Your pups dreaming"
but tell you that if none of our
men are over there at the right, there
( are BoCheS there
+ The dog i led in the opposite Ill
rcction to test him. He runs back 10
/ his point Of observation and continues
/ t. manifest the same diSquetiug symp-
/ toms.
1t may he that he smells a BocAe
outpost observed his master.
The men, impressed at Iast. com
( in command. " says that his dog
. Lou>Jic' has discovered Buche out
post"
The one We are after"
Yes"
That would be extraordinary in.
deed"
The captain Is skeptical; neycr,hc-
less he orders several rockets to be set
of.
And there, sure enough, in the di-
rection the dog So ob>tiuately indicat-
ed. pop up the heads of three superb
Boches, who fancied themselves secure
against discovery.
THAT passes me-" murmured the
captain. In 20 minutes this cur has
discovered q post we have been hunt
ing two months for"
Four-Footed Scouts.
In a northern sector, between the
French and German trenches, fully
700 yards from the former and not
more than 20 yards from the latter,
was a farmhouse which was suspected
Of concealing machine guns and an
observation post. despite the fact that
no signs of life were visible.
The poiluS in one of the French
trenches lay their heads together:
Its absolutely necessary 10 know
what there is in that house.
you're right. But its no easy mat
ter. We shall surely be shot if we 20
near It,"
But if il is empty
That would be a lark. Well find
out. Wen take Papillon' along with
US"
And one dark night four men. ac'
companied by PapiIlon. set forth. They
advanced by bounds. with infinite pre-
caution. making ten-minute haltS be-
tween the bounds and unrOllinG tele-
phone wire as they progressed. When
they were close Ia the house, they halt
ed for three-quarters of an hour, in
order to give Papillon time to famil
iarize himself with the premises and
to recOnnOiter them thoroughly. He
displayed no signs of agitation save
when he was turned toward the
trenches of the enemy. The house was
: certainly empty. The party entered
and made thorough inspection. They
returned under Papillon's guidance
several times. making daylight OBJ
servations which rendered possible 6
successful attack. And Papillon was
, cited on the roll Of honor Of the bat
TALON.
In the spy.infected VOsges the scout
, ing dogs have been particularly usefu
! in detecting the civilian traitors whC
are in the habit of observing the move
, ments Of the troops from behind thu
, forest trees. The scout "NestOr," be
, sides rendering numerous services 81
this sort in the region. also diStin
, guished himself particularly at Band
, kopf by falling back upon patrol II
/, advance of which he was reconnOiter
ing and announcing In unmistakabl'
3 language a totally unsuspected menace
, of the enemy-BostOn Transcript.
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A Royino Tribe,

Teacher-A nomad is q person who
moves about great deal-never re-
mains long IN one place. Johnny.
name some tribe Of nomads.
Johnny-COOkS
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Cause of the Encore.

Bacon-Why did they encore himi
Egbert-Why, the end of his song
came so abruptly mat they didn't have
a chance 10 fire their eggs.
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Easily Exclaimed.

Il am sorry 10 say l have may rea.
sons for believing your friend is
marked man."
Don't worry about that. It's only
poison ivy
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Exact Location.

"Cucgmbcrs never hurt ne in the
world
"Waal. thct amt whor" they hurt
me, neither"
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Bah. Rah. Rah!

Guest-Well, George, can | give you
anything?
Porter-Whatever your generosity
permits, sab.
Guest-Well, boys, let's give the por-
ter three cheers.
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Progressive Stages.

go they Luoyed that disabled ves-
sci up;'
Yes; first they buoyed her and then
they manned her"
The herald., 1917-07-19

"De skin told me the other day that
every dollar he has on earth was made
honestly"
so? How much do you think he IL
WORTH"
About ninety-eight cents"
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Lieu tenants. Age
Emit Is LOlyered
HafD0ze,1 Years
War Department Order Re.
duces Minimum From
81 to q Years.

4 cut in age limit from 81 to %
wears for first and second lieuten-
ants has been authorized by the United
States war department. in a telegram
to Kenneth Ross. who is recruiting
officer for the Goth forestry regiment
Mr.. Ross says that this order viii be
good news to n number of volunteers
who are otherwise eligible for the
service. All applications must be en-
tered by September %. said Mr. Ross
last evening.
Definite information regarding the
qualifications of the men needed for
the new forest regiments that are be-
ing organized throughout the county
for immediate service in France was
received yesterday by District Forest
Service Supervisor r. Il. Rutledge.
The new forest regiment will be
sent to Europe within n short time
and its duty win be to take over the
lumber Industries and forest service
work of France which has been com
pletely disrupted during the past three
years.
About 5000 men will be used in
the new regiments that are being
formed. large majority of these win
he straight laborers while others will
be men who are specialized IN various
work in the woods.
The orders from Washington also
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Brief Bits of
MisSOulQ NelUS

a son was born TO Mr.. and Mrs. L.
r. Garrow Sunday at the Parker hos
pital.
Lenses ground Mt this office. Dr.
fchwelker. optical specialist Mont BIZ
ADV.
Miss Bcss Hollenbeck will leave to-
Day for Poison, there to make a vaca-
lion visit
Make Over hat shop. % Higgins
block.
Miss Esther Stoll has returned from
Minneapolis where she has been for
month visiting relatives.
Home made hats. Phone 475 Red
ADV
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j I.nmby and two
children have gone TO Detroit Mich.
10 remain some time with relatives
Or. Riesland. the optical specialist,
is now at Palace hotel aud remains
until evening Of Sept. "a
: Miss ella Lovely has returned from
Great Falls. where she has been a
month on detail In the forest service
DR.. Anna James, Osteonath. Sal Blk.
ADV. ~. al 4@
Mrs J. s. Richardson, manager of
the Purity candy store, has returned
from n visit of a month at Seaside
Ore
7H money to loan. II. ID. Fisher
Adv.
Mrs. Marguerite johnson of this city
has purchased the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. a. Mcdonald on South Sixth
street. East ~ 5#
Dressmaking school. Phone 47a Red
Adv.
j. W. Collette and his son. Harold
will leave this week for "A vacation
visit OF a month in Dayton and Spring
field. Ohio.
r. Gwinn. NJ. H.. eye. ear. nose and
throat specialist. Glasses ground ut
the office First Natl. Bank Bldg.-Adv.
Mrs. +. w Herweg returned ycster
day to her home on Sherwood street,
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DEATH SUDDEN FOR
EDWARD ]. HAWKINS
Passes Away at Home of Sis
ter in Stevensville.

Edward j. Hawkins, 6o4 Philips ave-
nue.. died suddenly yesterday afternoon
at the home OF his sister. Mrs George
ktnneman at Stevcnsville. Mr.. Haw-
kins had been i'll for several days with
heart trouble and he had gone to the
home OF his sister 70 rest
Mr.. hawkins was 81 years old and
has lived in Missoula for the past "a
Years. For the past few months he
has been employed az "A grocery clerk
in the city.
Besides his sister, he Is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Lucy j. Hawkins, GA
Phillips avenue. His father was killed
several years ago in n railway accident
The funeral will he held Friday
afternoon from The Marsh rarlors.
The services will he under the auspices
OF the Fraternal Order OF Eagles. In
'rrlnent Will he made in the Missonli
cemetery
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FAMILIES Of EDITORS s..
+. | ARE Ar !: | INVITED. 70 CONE
Missoula Will Hold Open
House During State As
ISOLATION Meeting.
BIG WELCOME AWAITS
Women's Committee to Pro-
vide Entertainment for
Wives and Daughters.

Bring your wives and families and
plan on having the best time in yonr
life" That Is the message that Ia be-
ing sent to every newspaper editor Of
Montana with the invitation to attend
the annual meeting of the Montana
State Press association. which. will
convene in Missoula October 3 for q
three.day session.
AlissOula will throw aside business
cares during the three days. and the
citizens will turn their attention to
making the visit of the newspaper
men one of the most enjoyable ever
accorded any visitors In the city.
With the Elks' club and the Country
club opening their doors for every ed
itcr. and with a program that Is chock
fun of spicy talks and first class en-
tertainments. including hananets and
smokers. there is no question but that
the state editors will find good time
waiting for them.
For Wives and Daughters.
And the wives and daughters OF the
editors will not he without entertain
ment. for n special committee of Wom-
en- Are planning program of 'am,,se
meIt for the women that has never
beeh .eqnalled in Missonla. Auto
parties about the city and into the
famous F1athead and Blackfuot valleys
and also mp the productive valley of
the Bitter, Root have been planned.
and theatcr parties will be held every
night for those who wish to take in
the moving pictures houses. On Thurs
day night the Pantages vaudeville will
afford some first class vaudeville for
the visitors.
Committees in charge of the press
meeting. say that the stay OF the cd
itors in Missoula will be made memoir
able in the annals of the state press
association. Nothing will he too good
for the editors and Mssouia's hos
ptality is guaranteed TO be at full
swing when they strike town.
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state that $50 officers are WaNkod
from the forest service Of the county,
as officers from the lumber Industry
and lis officers from the engineer
corps. The latter will be furnished
by the United States army while the
other two will come from the forest
service offices throughout the country.
The list of especially qualified men
includes sawyers. sawmill engineers.
filters. ratchet settlers, millwrights.
electricians. edEermen. firemen, woods
boss. TRANSPORTATION men, scalers and
markere. motor truck operators. horse
shoerS and saddlers.
Supervisor Rutledge will have
charge of all applications and will
give ont information to anyone re-
garding the cnlistments.
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ID 4 dd1laopidfe. and Mr.. Grlh1eff 4
freshman. Lewis Lansing left last
evening and David Roberts will. 70 at
the end Of the week to their sophomore
year at Beloit
w. NJ. Laybourn. who has been for
the last month % special detail from
the jefferson FOREST. doing fire patrol
duty on Gold creek In the AIissoula
forest. is now in Missoula and will
return at the end Of the week to re-
sumo his duties as forest ranger at
Stanford. Mont
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send 1er Yrss Trial Treatment

No matter how long or how bad - 70 to
your druggist to-day and get b 80 Cent
hbx Of Pyramid Pile Treatment. IL
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after being two weeks III at ST.. Pat
TICK n04D1tAt :. + s-s=s s-sel
Pr. Louise Smith. osteopath, sls.--


Pr. Louise Smith. osteopath. sls.-
Adv.
jay Carr came in to the city from
Roman yesterday to be with Mrs.
Carr. who was operated upon, several
weeks ago at st. Patrick's hospital.
DR.. Willard. osteopath. First Ma
tional Rank--Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Octave Couture. with
her son, George Marlowe. and his
friend, Dan Mcleod. motored into Mis-
sonla yesterday from their home at
Arlee.
Home cookins At the Coffee Parlor.
ADV.
j. NJ. Eaheart. conductor on the
Northern Pacific railway, and J. 7,
James. road foreman. are both III this
week at the Northern Pacific railway
hospital.
Marsh. the undertaken, 2l1 w. Ce-
dar. Phone 32l,---Adv.
Attorney and Mrs. r. 4. O'Hara and
daughter. Geraldine. motored into the
city yesterday from Hamilton. Mr..
pHara had case pending in the dis
trict court.
I'resSmaking. Phone 40 Red ADV.
DIR. and Mrs. H. J, Riesaud have
returned from their summers outing.
during which they visited various
mountain lakes in Washington, ore
gon and Idaho. While AT Coenr
dAlene, Idaho, they bought an ar
tractive summer home
Miss Florence Coffin, a clerk in lie
United states forest service, lef, YES
terday for Bloomington. Ind. where
she will spend a month with her sis
ter, Mrs. Edward Porter
Dr. Randall reports the birth 81 L
son at AlbertOn yesterday. 10 Mr.. and
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Ms: YlaAalMSb1l{1, If3SsniS1V 3 Jana

Ole Hanson of Plains applied at the
United states land office yester-
day for homestead entry on so acres
IN tract ~, the west half of the south :
west quarter of section Is, township Is
north, range 10 west.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Schuster came
into the city yesterday from Spoka ne
TO look after their ranch property near
ovando. They are accompanied by
Mr. Reed. who is looking over farming
lands with the Western Montana Land
company.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold lansing. who
We're married in this city on August
q! will return today from their STAY
in Spokane and at Medicine Springs.
They will he at home after October l.
g, the University apartments. 40
Grand avenue.
Mrs. f. r. 4. Carey will go Satnr.
day to Helena. attending ON Monday
q meeting of the executive board of
Inc Montana state federation Of
womens clubs. Of which she is a mem
hor. Professor Carey will Join her
later in the week. to attend the state
fair
ffcd coleman, remembered BY many
friends IN Missoula as clerk of the
Palace hotel and for the last three
years with the Park hotel at Great
rails, Is now visitor in the city. He
VIII he Joined later by Mrs. Coleman
ana Their little son, who are now at
Seattle.
frNan Wilbnrn and Nelson Granger
l"ft Monday evening for Wisconsin,
where they will take M their studies
In Belot college where Mr. Vjlburn
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{ ore ga
Holds False Teeth
Firmly in Mouth
u Prevents Sore Gums.

Gums ahrinl; or swell and Plates be-
come loose. which Is no tanlt OF the
Dentist. An application of CoREGA
siftrl evenly on the Dental Plate re-
lirves these conditions II holds tho
Plate firmly AMI comfortably In posi-
ton Also promotes mouth hygiene.
.ac at drug store ana dental supply
houses. Your druggist can set IL from
his Wholesaler. Free samples from
Corega Chemical Co. Cleveland. Ohio.
Az,
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find Presentation Of the New
Styles: Thursday and Friday.
Ceptembsr 20 and ~ 4

whispering winds OF autumn praise all the fashions Dono
not stranng smile compare The fashionable suits
resses at Donohues with pc exhibition II
regulate the arrival OF au by the size and completeness of
locks then the wonderful fall would be here Two days Thurs
nd Friday have been the display of fashions for the
Whatever style ideas and pleasing to the
ere shown New apparel Millinery fabrics and dress
Right opening rea firm the
OF selling fashionable apparel at Donohes popular prices We
me this opportunity broad assortmcnts Of mcan-
afactvey low prices all the people Of Missoa and vicinity
show windows garden OF fashion and arc worth
long what's what from the foremost fashion
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1hursdoy---2 III 8 p. m.
Musical Program
MissouIQ Hheotsr
Orchestra
H. i -. II

Parade March - Ncijsoo
Selection Miss Nobody From Starland
howard
''"'s l'lgSott
IoIulaf song Number .........z.--- Selected
Entire Acte--Garden Matinee ...-....-....... Frml
Selection atinka .Frml
Popular Rag -.---... ......z.--.. .. Selected
Persian Dance .-........... . Allen
foHuia, song .-...--.. Selected
iemleh" Latest Hits No. lSA....--..--...I .ampe
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Because OF the scarcity " sugar In
Italy much attention has been drawn
to the swecterinE methods which were
employed during the economic crisis OF
1900 1900. when II was found that strip
OF grapes were an effective substitute
for sugar