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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-26

There are $50 manufacturers Of au.
tomobiles located in 80 States. and S2a
manufacturers OF parts and accessor
les located in nearly every State.
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

really jealous, Mt seeing child like
you being consumed alive by lot Of
simpering misses in pink and blue chif-
| fon pinafores who ought to be in their
| nursery cots asleep. but ! have been
| and am. boy. Did you forget that
was your oldest friend While Sue Tom
| llnson fed You sweets ont of her hand?'
| And as she spoke she seated herself
| i'll the exact ccnter of the window seat
| and motioncd me to place myself in
the portion OF the left side that remain
| cd. l inserted myself into the space
that was so Indicated and laid my arm
| along the window ledge behind her
very much undrcssed back so that
might give to my lungs space to ex-
pand for mir. | think that arrange
ments made very much for the com
fort OF the beautiful Madam Patricia
for she Immediately appropriated that
arm as cushion for her undrapcd
shoulders.
| And there In the mansion of the
| gOuverneur Of the state of IIarpeth
himself that lovely woman did unfold
to me the most wonderful plan for the
most enormous robbery Of both her
own government and mine-or should
| say Of both of my governments?-lhat
it could be In the power of mortal
mind to conceive. 1t was beautiful.
reasonable, generous. patriotic. Sympa-
| thetic drama of the gigantic war mule.
and 1t had only one tiny. hidden OBJ
scure line in one of its verses. but in
that line lay all of dishonor that could
come to Il man and state who should
allow smaller nation fighting for it's
life and its honor to be dcfraudcd Of
one of the supplies which were of a
deadly necessity for its success. l
think | even saw the dastardly scheme
more plainly than did my uncle, the
| General Robert, for had listened with
more than one ear while my capitainc.
the Count de l.asScllcS, explained to
wee Pierre some of the details of sup
plying the army of the republiQuc.
| think he had talked of things that the
little one could not understand just to
make an ease Of the pressure of all of
his business upon his troubled mind
and breaking heart And az Madam
Whtworth talked l could hear my
Pierre's brave voice as he always gave
assurances to his sad idol.
"All of plenty is in America, and she
will give to France
And here sat great strong Roberta,
the Marquise of Grez and Bye. hold
ing in the hollow Of her arm a beauti-
full American woman who had herself
contrived mOnStrous plan to let Il
quantity Of the lifeblood Of France to
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

turn into gold for her own vain uses.
If to throttle her then and there With
my bare strong hands had insured the
great big needful mules to France and
saved the honor of my gouverneur of
the state Of Harpeth and my uncle,
the General Robert l think 1 might
have had IL great temptation to admin
lister that death to her, but instead l
held her now closer in my arm, and l
began to plot her to death in any other
way 1 could discover. so that her in
trigue should die With her.
"Of a truth beautiful madam. the
poor old uncle. the General Robert.
must not be allowed to interfere with
such a beautiful plan as YOU have for
supplying those very fine strong mules
from the state of Harpeth to poor
struggling France. and l will Join With
you i'll convincing the stupid Gouver-
neur Faulkner that such must not be
the case. You will direct me. will you
not? am very young. and l have but
so lately come to this land that | do
not know, l do not feel exactly what
you call at home" And spoke again
with beseeching humility.
We'll do it for France together.
boy" she whispered as she turned in
my arm and pressed herself against
my raven attire above my heart.
Just at this lovely moment, when the
beautiful Madam Whitworth had
thrown herself into my arms and had
been obliged by my cunning to hold
her there instead of flinging her to the
floor. as 1 naturally desired, there ar
rived at the door of the room which
we were occupying with our plotting
my tall and awful uncle, the General
Robert, and looked down upon us with
the lightnings of storm in his eyes.
Then before l could make exclamation
and betray his presence to the lady in
my arms. whose back was turned in
his direction, he had disappeared Did
I betray that presence to the lady? I
did not l decided that it would be
much to the advantage of the affair to
have the lady in ignorance of his
knowledge.
You must 30 now, boy she said
at about the moment in which | could
no longer keep my dissembling alive.
Send the governor in here to me, for
it is about the time I had promised
to dance with him. | want to talk
with him and tr" TO make him se2
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

heavy persons to tell to me what II
was they wished to impose upon him.
Robert" said my Gouvcrneur Faulk-
ner on late afternoon, I'm going to
ask the general to lend you to me for
couple of weeks while 1 am so press
ed. Buzz can do more for him than
you do, and-and, well, just looking at
you and hearing you tell about the flies
you brush from my wearied brow rests
me. Report to me tomorrow instead
Of to him. 1 know it will be all right.
for he really needs Buzz. Now, you
run home and get ready FOR one great
time at party I'm giving to you to-
night. And, Robert, remember to tell
me everything the flies say. translated
in your United States
II will, and 1 go, my Gouverneur
Faulkner" 1 made an answer to him.
with laugh, in which | did not show
entirely all of the pleasure expert
enced when l discovered | was to be
in the place of his secretary. that fine
Buzz Clendenning.
And with much haste took nv de-
parture from the capitol of the state
of Harpeth to Twin Oaks in the car of
my uncle the General Robert, for l
knew that upon this evening I must
make new ana terrible toilet and I
would require much time thereto.
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

some at least of this matter In tho'
right light. Go, and come 70 me to-
morrow at 4 for-for France"
1 went, and it was with much joy
i'll the going. l stopped at a tan wia-
dow to get into my lungs a very deep
supply Of atmosphere and also to take
counsel with myself
was just preparing to step from
the window on to a balcony and de-
scend when a movement OF human be-
ings caught my eye upon the side OF
that balcony.
A man stood at the rail Of the bal
cony in the dim moonlight, and he
was speaking to q woman whom his
broad shoulders hid from me. The
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

| man was the Gouverneur Faulkner Of
the state of 1Iarpcth, and in moment
l discovered the identity of the lady
| with him.
"And now can't YOU see, you great
big stupid man, what an opportunity
l have procured for all Of you?" was
the question that came in the soft
voice of the beautiful Madam Patricia
Whitworth. "All my life | have work
Ell just to get little ease and COM
| fort, carrying the burden of Jeff in
his lncompetency strapped to my shoul-
derS, and now you, who know how
I've suffered and slavctl, are going to
take ii all from me when it is lust
within my reach, and all from no
| earthly reason than Il fanced scrupIe
! OF honor which that Old doddering wo-
| man natter imposes Oh YOU. I cannot
believe that you would so treat me-"
And there We're sobs in her words that
were wooing and compelling
| i cannot do a thing that my secre-
! tary OF state and his lawyers declare
unconstitutional, Patricia" answered
the voice Of the Gouverneur Faulkner.
III which were notes of pain. You
Know how it pains me. My God, DON'T
tempt me to- His voice shook as
saw the beautiful. bare white arms of
Madam Whitworth raise themselves
and so about his neck like great white
graphing hooks from which he was
unable to defend himself.
| Am | to have nothing from life-no
ease or luxury and no--love or Her
voice ended in sobs as she pressed her
head down into his shoulder as his
arm folded about her to prevent that
she should fall
! "Patricia'- the deep voice Of the
strong man was beginning to say as I
was starting to spring forward in his
defense and to dol do not know what.
when firm grasp was laid upon my
shoulder. and l was turned away from
the window into the light of the wide
hall and found my uncle. the General
Robert. looking down into my flashing
eyes with great and very cool calm
ness
| young man." he said as he gave to
me very powerful shake, "all women
are poison, but some are vitriol and
others just-oh, we'll. paregoric Go
out there and take another dose OF that
soothing sirup labeled Susan Tomlin-
son before I take you home, and you
| keep away - from-vitriol or Ill
break your - hot-young-hea Wit
| riol, mind you.' With which command
my uncle. the General Robert. st ode
| down the hall in the direction of .,e
smoking room and left me blinking in
| the lights Of the wide hall
Then in through the window came
the Gouverneur Faulkner and the beau
tiful Madam Whitworth, and from his
| white face, set in sternnesS. and hers,
with its smile of the opening rose upon
it's red mouth. could not tell whether
his honor had been slain or had been
spared for another round.
| "Tll want you in my office at the CT,
itol at II tomorrow, Robert" he sai!
to me, and there was a cold sternness
in his glance as they passed by me and
the old Cato into the ballroom. ...
"At f. murmured the beautiful
Madam Whitworth as she swept past
me with soft smile. but in a tone OF
voice too low for any ears save my
own.
| CONTINUED Next Week)
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

my food waiting jest like yo' father did
from the minute l ontied him from my
apron string. Come right into the din
ing room fore my gravy curdles and
the liver wing l done saved for you
gifts too brown in the skillet" was all
of the introduction or greeting that she
gave to me as she waddled along be-
hind Mr.. Buzz Clendenning and my
self, driving, us down the hall and into
the dining room.
"Gee, / hope KiZzie killed by the half
dozen last night. If there aren't three
chickens apiece you'll be hungry, I.'Ai-
"a laugh as he seated himself beside
me and unfolded his napkin.
Il wish that you might call me Rob
ert, Mr. Clendenning," l said, with a
great friendlness. as We finished the
nice lunch.
1 sure. Bobbie. and you'll forget that
wouldn't let you kiss me, Won't you?''
he answered as he drew back from the
table and lit a cigarette after passing
me the case. "EveryDOdy calls me
Buzz the Bundle Bee because of his
toric encounter of mine with a whole
nest of bumblebees right out here in
the generals garden. 1t is Il title Of
heroism, and I'd like to have YOU use
it as if we'd been kids together. as we
were slated to have been. Say, let's go
call On Sue, and you can get nice lit
tile initiation into the girl bunch before
the general stops you by locking you
away from them
u go" l made answer with a great
pleasure.
Then we descended to the gray car
Of much speed and did use that speed
in turning many streets until we came
to another very fine Old house. where.
I was informed by my Mr.. Buzz Glen.
denning, resides that Mile. Susan OF
so much loveliness.
And it is of truth that | discovered
that loveliness to be as great as was
told to me by her true lover When |
raised my head from the kiss of pre-
Sentation I gave to her hand l looked
anto very deep and very wonderful girl
eyes that had in their depths tears
that were for sympathy for me, /
knew. My heart of an exile beat very
Nigh in my own girls breast that
ached for the refuge of her womans
arms, and l must have partly betrayed
my yearning to her, for l saw an ex-
preston of confused question come into
her eyes that looked into mine; then
the beautiful thing that had come into
my MI. Buzz Clendenning's eyes for me
came also into hers in place of the
question. l saw then in those eyes
sister born to the boy Robert Carruth-
ers of great French strangeness.
"I've been thinking about you all
morning, Mr.. Carruthers, and hoping
Buzz would bring you with him to see
me first Of ALL l wanted to be the
first one Of the girls to say, Welcome
home to you" And as she spoke those
words Of much tenderness l again
bent over her hand in salutation, be-
cause could give forth no words from
my throat.
'Sue, you are the real sweet thing
and now notice me bit, will your"
said my fine Mr.. Buzz ClendenninG
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

''WLat became of all the buds that
were here two seasons ago.: question
ed the tourist
Some have grown into bachelors
buttons and some into wall flowers. ~
Exchange.
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

IT you would succeed in busi-
ness never spend a cent more
than you earn. No matter how
small your earnings, you should
master this art. use the word
"art" advisedIy, as SO many
young men appear to fritter
away without so much as
thought all their earnines.-Mar-
shall Field.
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15
CHAPTER vi.
The Girl Bunch,


The Girl Bunch.
AND il l felt in that manner as |
A entered the house felt it to a
VA still greater degree when l
was welcomed by that most
lovely old black slave woman of the
high temper and good cookery She
opened the door for us herself, though
nice boy the color Of Il chocolate bon
bon stood in waiting to perform that
Office. She had Il spoon in her hand,
and upon her head was spotless
white turban, as also was an apron Of
an equal spotlessness tied around her
very large waist
"You, Mas Robert, you done come
home from the heather land to keep
Courier Democrat., 1917-02-15

CONTINUED Next Week)
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-24
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
NEXT THURSDAY At
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Immaculate Conception TO Hold
Notable Exercises on Thanks
giving Day City Council and
Various Orders to Participate.


Thank-gIF ,H- viii hr appropriately
celebrated hy immaculate Conception
church and school nest Thursday Nov
~. The rNrrrisr. viii begin M 4" o. M
aud IA, city council g. Is warren poS'
q. a. r.; Women ~ Relief corps and ~
huqucrquc council, Knight Of '"lum
bu-. will participate. The following
program will be- rendered.
Part one
Religious exercises, lmha'uinN '"u
ccptiou church, 9 a m.
High mass for the success of our flag
iu the wur aud the safe return Il our
Young men 10 their iamiiic- and
friends. t,Ichrant. Rev j y ID
rictro, :. j.
Bencdiction.
o Salutnris .....,...... Junior Choir
Reading Of the President 5 proclnmo
tiou and PRAYER for civil authorities.
Tantum Lrgo ........... Junior Choir
Ilauintr Domiuum ...... Junior Choir
Holy God ,......,...... Congregation
Junior thoir-Missos Cecilia ANA
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-24
NEW WORKERS WILL
HELP mENFRANCH|SE
NEW MEXICO WOMEN
We will Not Desert YOU Miss
Pincus Assures voteless Mem.
bers of Woman Club; Resolu-
ton to be Sent to President.

The FIRST thing New York women
will do with their vote. according Ia
Miss Jane Pincus. who Is here 10
spread the equal suffrage propaganda.
is to apply a big push To the suffrage
amendment 20 the federal constitu
ton.
Miss Pincus spoke yesterday az e
meeting OF the woman's CLUB Speak
n as a New Yorker. n said:
The first thing We viii 10 with
our vote Is to secure the cnfranchise-
mcnt OF the women OF the entire
country. We Will put uur strength
bchino the national woman suffrage
amendment and will not rest until II
has passed. Counting New York,
about ten million women are now
eligible To vote FOR president of the
nitcd States. 30 w are a political
power 10 be rcCkoncd with.
You women In New Mexico need
not be afraid ma, the women OF New
York will desert YOU We know from
long years OF experience in cur "
campaign how difficult ~ is for an
uncnfranchiscd class to win the right
70 participate In our government aud
We firmly believe that We can put our
power to no better use than To win
political liberty for YOU women OF
New Mexico and FOR the unfran-
chised women Of the remaining
states"
The club adopted a resolution call
ing on President wilson to support
the suffrage amendment. II follows
Resolved. That the Albuquerque
Woman's club In meeting assembled
ON Friday. November %. call upon
President Wilson to include national
woman suffrage in his message to
congress. and hat We call upon the
democratic administration ~ support
the national suffrage amendment 10y
making u an administration measure
and securing It's passage IN this com
ing session OF congress. at this time
when women are giving their fun
measure OF service 20 the prosecution
of the war. be IL also
Resolved. That this resolution he
sent 10 President Wilson. senator \.
\ Jones. chairman 81 the seuatc
woman suffrage committee; senator
a. r Ftll and Representative " r.
Walton
Miss Anne Martin national vic"
hartman of the womau's party will
4rriv. in New Mexico from Arizona on
Monday. November g6 she will go
Directly Co santa Pc 90 speak Tuesday
uornlup uf the h~rcakf8-t OF the ad.
r.lrlstratiyc unc pu Wednesday
.y.uiur she will address, e public
meeting IN Albuquerque ,t the cham
HrT ul commerce
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-24

Itching bleeding. protrud'.F or
blind plier Baso yie!ded ~ Dutus
p.u.ucuf. Zoo at all stores.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-24

put fn a HELP WANTED 90 then
ROAD .hp SITUATIONS wanted
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES
AS DECORATIVE MOTIF
What Pleasant Memories Occupants of
Those Houses Must Have Had!

The bottoms of numerous black cham
pagne bottles, picked up on the estate
after the Crimean War form the prin-
cipal decorative motif on the white build
ings of the estate of Russian gentle
man. that I visited while near Balklava
on the Crimean Peninsula" stated DR..
L. o. Howard. chief of the Bureau off
Entomology of the Department of Agrt-
culture, in an address before the Bio
logical Society at the Cosmos Club last
night. THE presence of so many cham
payne bottles is possibly explained by
the fact that the French troops who took
part in the Crimean war were quartered
on this estate. which is famous for its
wine cellars"
DIR. Howards talk was in the form Of
a recital of three adventures in company
with some eminent European entomolo-
gists while Abroad for the United States
government trying to prevent the ex-
portation Of brown tail and gypsy moths
in young plants and trees sent to this
country from foreign nurseries, and was
illustrated Gy lantern slides.
Messrs. Macatee and Wetmore reported
on the incursion of a number of species
of northern birds, and the finding Of q
box turtle on January 10, an unusual
occurrence in this part of the country.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
lie Dress
Ginghams
11Hc

f a 8 [ = color
d r e Q 8 Cling
hams. in all
$ | z e s. Piaids
and stripes, al
so plain colors.
All the n Q W
spring C o l o r
combinations.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
WILL give BAZAAR
To AID war Victims
Widows and Orphans of Central Pow,
ers Will Benefit.

A bazaar for the benefit OF the widows
and orphans Of the central powers is to
be held at Convention Hall the week Of
February 8, under the patronage of
Countess Bernstorfr and Baroness Zwie-
dinek.
Madame Stephan Panarstof, wife of
the Bulgarian Minister, plans to take
charge Of an Oriental coffee room. The
other patronesses are Madame Abdul
Hak Hussein-Bey, Princess Won Hatz-
feldt-Trachenberg, Mrs. Robert s. Nc
Cormick. Mrs. Richard Townsend, Ma
dame Christian Hauge, and Mrs. Chris
tian Heurich.
One end of the big hall will be devoted
to dancing. Booths, a theater. dining
room. cafe. soda fountain and other
places Of refreshment will line the main
street of little town at Convention
Hall
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
121ae Towels
74c

Extra large
size Huck Tow
els, sold as
slightly imper-
feet i u s t a
Ii I e mis-
W cave, but no
holes-will not
| m p ir the
wearing quail
ity.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

in their realism of war activities. These
two pictures were of a portion Of the
Somme battle front from an aeroplant
at height of 200 feet.
official government posters issued te
remind the Inhabitants of France Of new
laws and regulations occasioned by the
war, were given a prominent place In
the collection.
American Red Cross posters that have
been placed in France were also on dis
play. A picture that attracted consider
able attention was one depicting the
spirit of the French troops when told
of the latest American loan. Soldiers
hardly more than boys, are represented
with guns and sabers held in charge
position and shouting "On les aura, -
meaning We'll get them"
A long liable was covered with col
lection Of books written before and dur
ing the war. The French government
has had many of the books written and
printed TO distribute throughout France
for the purpose Of keeping the French
people In intimate touch with the aims
and views of the republic.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
jean PICARD SHOWS
RELICS OF WAR Zone
Exhibit at Hotel Throws Interesting
Sidelights on Struggle.

Washingtonians who visited Jean Pi-
cards exhibition at the Willard Hotel
yesterday were brought face to face
with vivid reminders of the titantic
struggle that is being waged on Euro.
pean fields.
Posters of soldiers on the march
laughing in the face of death for the
glory of France, were placed in striking
contrast with pictures of mothers and
sweethearts crying over the announced
death of a loved one.
Among the many pictures that Mr..
Picard exhibited, two were very striking
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

Martins. the Redemptorists sent their
ablest preachers to Washington for the
occasion. and plans have been made TO
handle an overflow gathering of men
when the first exercise opens tonight.
This afternoon at o'clock the closing
services of the womens mission will be
conducted. The papal blessing Will be
bestowed by the missionaries and will be
followed by benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
MISSION FOR MEN
COMMENCES TONIGHT

With the closing OF one of the most
successful missions ever conducted for
Catholic women of this city. the Re-
demptorist Fathers from the house Of
studies at Annapolis will open a stirring
week Of mission exercises for men in
ST. Martins Church this evening at 7:3o
o'clock.
Rev. Joseph A. Shonhart, C. S. R.,
and Rev. Joseph NJ. Snyder. c. SS. R..
VIII direct the mems mission. At the
request of Father Ham n, rector of st.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Bargains for Men

500 Gem Safety Razor. or...........-.--........75c
Sl.0 Ever Ready Safety Razor. ................e9 .e9c
SC Durham Duplex Demonstrating Razor. .Ec
Sc Imported Bay Rum. y pint.............lec
&c Mennen's Shaving Cream.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

Full doub1e-
bed size Cro-
chet Hemmed
b . q Spreads,
extra h e a v y
quality, w l t b
neat Marseilles
patterns. -
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
SIX RESCUED FROM SMOKE

Smoke from a fire in the wall paper
establishment OF John Egdal. so7 Eleventh
street yesterday morning nearly suffo-
Gated six persons. Michael Caetto, his
wife and their nve months old baby. and
Mrs. Charles Potion, her 4-year-old son.
and her sister, Mss Alice Newman, were
rescued from the second floor.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

An English astronomer of prominence
has advanced the theory that there are
s1rquakes, entirely independent Of earth
quakes, that are caused by the explo-
sion of metears in the atmosphere.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Teeth Preparations

Afu4oa Tooth Soap, Peoples prlos Ito
Alkacids, Peoples price. .leo, 3sc
Alystol, Peoples price. ,leo, SEQ
colssss's Tooth Powder. Peoples
Colgate. Dental Cream. People, LOO VIC
csloI Tooth Powder, People: prioe' @ iyo iyo
Cslvert's oarbolic Powder, Peoples
D!ntss Peroxide Powder. tss: ssopfss tsG and '''
Eu.hymoi Tooth fi,t:, People. price: ise ise
Ferhan's Pyorrhea Paste, Peoples
Isen's Tooth Powder, People. price: iso iso
Lyons Tooth Paste. Peoples price lie
xead 3 Bakers Mouth Wash,
1yrolene, Peoples price, ..... csc, 45c
Pood's Tooth Paste, Peoples price loo
Pyorrhooide Powder, Peoples price. nc
Professional Tooth Paste, Peoples
rySodsnts Liquid, f:opisii:;' i70
Pyrodsnte Paste, PsopIe'i prioe. % .'... o' iso so
Pebeoo Tooth Pasta Peoples Price. $40
sanitol Powder or Paste, Peoples
whits', Tooth Pasta. Peepis'i i'o
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feopion pf1ce ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loo