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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER lli-Continued.

Indeed they are not" cried Pru-
dence loyalty. "They are young, lively,
mischievous, | knOw-and | am glad of
IT. But | have lived with them ever
since they were born, and | ought 10
know them. They are unseltiSh, they
are sympathetic, they are always gen
erous. They do foolish and irritating
things-but never things that are hate
full and mean. They are all right at
heart. and that is all that counts. They
are not bad girls! What have they
done today? They were eXaSperating,
and humiliating, too, but what did they
do that was really mean? They en-
barrassed and mortified me, but not
Intentionally! l can't punish them for
the effect on me. you know. Would
that be just or fair? AT heart, they
meant no harm"
II must be confessed that there were
many serious faces among the Ladies.
Some cheeks were flushed, some eyes
were downcast. some lips were com
pressed and some were trembling. Ev-
cry mother there was asking in her
heart, did l punish my children just
for the effect on me? Did | judge my
children by what was in their hearts,
or just by the trouble they made meT'
And the silence lasted SO long that
IL became awkward. Finally Mrs. Prem
tiss crossed the room and stood by
Prudence's side. She laid hand ten
derly on the young girls arm, and said
In voice that was slightly tremulous
"I believe you are right, my dear. II
Is what girls are at heart that really
counts. / believe your sisters are all
you say they are. And one thing l am
very sure of-they are happy girls to
have Il sister so patient and loving and
just. Not all real mothers have as
much 10 their credit :"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER ".
A Secret Society.

Carol and Lark, in keeping with
their twinShip, were the dearest chums
and comrades. To them the great,
rambling barn back of the parsonage
was a most delightful place. 1t had n
big cowshed on one side, and horse
stalls on the other, with heavenly
haymow over all, and with "chutes' for
the descent of hay-and twins!
Now the twins had secret society
of which they were the founders, the
officers and the membership body. Its
name was Skull and CrOssbOnes. Lark
furnished the brain power for the or
ganization, but her sister was an en-
thusiastic and energetic second. Car
OILS club name was Lady Gwendolyn,
and Lark's was Sir Alfred Angelcourt
ordinarily, although subject to frequent
change. The old barn saw stirring
times after the coming of the new par
sonage family.
"Hark! Hark!" sounded n Kissing
whisper from the corncrib, and Connie,
eavesdropping outside the barn, shiv-
cred sympathetically.
"What is It! Oh. what is iti" walled
the unfortunate lady.
"Look Look Run for your life J"
Then while Connie clutched the barn
door in a frenzy, there was a sound Of
rattling corn as the twins scrambled
upward. a silence, a low thud, and an
unromantic "Ouch" as Carol bumped
har baod and stumbled
"Are you assaulted?" shouted the
bold Sir Alfred, and Connie heard a
wild scuffle as he rescued his compan-
ion from the clutches of the old halter
on which she had stumbled. Up the
haymow ladder they hurried, and then
slid recklessly down the hay chutes.
Presently the barn door was flung
open, and the society" knocked Con-
ME flying backward, ran madly around
the barn a few times, and scurried un-
der the fence and into the chicken
coop.
A little later Connie, assalled with
shots n corncobs, ran bitterly toward
the house. "Peeking" was strictly for
hidden when the twins were engaged
I'm Skull and Crossbones activities.
And Comics soul burned with de-
sire. She felt that this secret society
was threatening not only her happi-
ness. but also her health, for she could
not sleep for horrid dreams Of Skulls
and Crossbones at night. and could not
eat for envying the twins their secret
and mysterious joys. Finally she ap-
piled 20 Prudence, and received assist
ance.
The afternoon mail brought 10 the
parsonage an envelope addressed to
Misses Carol and Lark Starr. the
Methodist Parsonage, Mount Mark,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
British Bar Excludes Women.

The London bar recently voted down
a resolution proposing that women be
made eligible To the practice of law.
Al present the legal profession is en-
Tirely closed 10 English women. llol-
ford Knight, In proposing the resOlu-
ton. said that the opposition no longer
lacked capacity. The war had dis
proved this assertion. he said. j. H..
MenZies one of the leading lawyers Of
the kingdom, i'm Objecting, said that
the women might have proved their
ability in trades, but that the bar was
no common business like any other, but
a special and sacred profession, and
that admission to II was not TO be de-
termined on mere commercial or eco
nomic grounds. If such a step as pro
posed were taken, he said, it would
definitely raise the question whether
the country were in the hands of the
men or women. The vote against the
resolution was overwhelming.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
HE SAVED SEVENTEEN LIVES
Death Claims the Hero Who inquired.
at End OF Ordeal: "Did ! Do
MY Best"

Edward w. Spencer. first student
ilfc.snver nj Northwestern university
nj Evanston. H., and "thc hero Of the
Lady Elgln," died nt Burbank. Cal, re
Gently after n lingering Illness. He
wns cighty-one years old.
Ills death recalls n bit Of almost
forgotten history. In 1860 the side
wheel steamer Lady Elgin collided
with the schooner Augusta on Winet-
ka. while bound for Milwaukee. and
sank. with the loss Of the lives or
~ passengers Spcncer's feat Of res
cung II persons was commcmornted
by the class of 1893. which erected u
bronze memorial tnblct In the Orring-
ton Lunt library NJ the university June
9, 1903.
Az Spencer sank with exhaustion on
completing his final trip through tho
breakers and the surf. he asked the
question inscribed on the tablet, did
] do my bcstI" Ills experience left
him broken In health, and he went to
California 10 rocuporntc lie lived
there untll his dcnth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
EVENING
elEAIR TALEE
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER,
BROWNIES SURPRISE.

The brownies said Daddy. "in-
vitcd the Gnomes ami the Elves to II
Winters picnic one day. The Fairies
could not come, as they were busy
tnkisg around messages for the fTtry
QuRep 90 ihe, Children. ,.,.
so. the Brownies told them that
they WOULD have another Winters pie
nic especially f6r Thorn, which greatly
pleased the Fairies.
wow when the Gnomcs and Elves
arrived al Tn, place the Brownies hpd
said wauld he. the spot for the winters
hc cNSS,in
'"7Caridn We have wistqken tho
plpGt% said pcter, ,Gnome. ,.
.o VINO, Ills is Just where they said
tAc .ptcpiS .,WigS. 70 take place, . , .,
.,Gii DO F6il .sdgposc, We made II mis-
4aks,iR tAs,RgprE, one of the E'Y"s sps'
.5as,lSs Gppldn,t. all have made the
fs9!HS l5tspaksu l don't believe, said
Peter Guomc. .,
10 Than :, true, said the Eli, who had
lhyNksN PRorr. Bnt what eau the
uau1lhhc.To.a.c -~'--... r.-
.eyliAkNAec ecthcX,re fplanRing some spc-
clI lEeatr aud, Ihcy have taken longer
sAeutihltsans Lhoy thought ~ .,
II .TsTAatH, aai excellent suggestion,
! ssidotfb lMHo -. '-: +,--.~'
.ai" "ihhl bokH said Batter Gnomc,
'li!ars ssryd ErSat en"rIn"us snowhalls
alblFaadS-slf .somc sort of n game
rodss Thsp SVo certainly too bic for n
iSbt,'e said the, Elves, ~
lidin1ssc spghSd all the Gnom"s, II
would take about ten of us to lift one
; et hhep. ont bo,-c' --,--' '.,'
IaaW Isl n, s,y DUST how heavy one oi
1thr tSss~baIsiiH' slid the Elves.
J, IihAlbJighttcagraed the Gnomcs.
,iBj'IaNsr stgrted to mopc the snow.
hsllarjr waSpycry heavy.
snl "dlukcvnls ~ mal' said Peter Gnome
That ! fc0i something moving In kis
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23

snowfall and hear n outer sound.
Look It's going 10 burstr
-|"1ho SNOWFALL did burst. And what
should come rolling out Of II but Billle
BrbWnfdT'
"'Wcll, of all the things said Peter
Gn6mc. 10 think that | should take
hold' OF the SNOWFALL you were hid.
fng IN
"'And are the other Brownies in The
other snOwbHllsT
d." Look ana see suld Blllie Brownie,
laughing
.'" 1T 'sccifrd strange 10 me That you
had mudc 80 many OF these great big
snOwballs but now | SEQ that every
one OF the Brownies IL hiding that
way. DID you hear us tnlklngr And
Peter GnOme went on chatting about
their surprise In not finding the Brown.
les around, ana then the stlll greater
surprise when Billie Brownie fell out
OF one OF the snowballs.
"Of course Billie Brownie was de.
lighted 10 hear that their joke had
been such good one and that they had
really surprised the Elves and the
GnOmes 50 much.
"And then the different Brownies
came out OF the different Snowbulls.
"'We have 20 put them back again,
said Billie Brownie. 'Of course they'll
not be as good and solid as they were
when they held us, but we're planning
IN I. luI Ia
bles.'
IA fine plan said Peter GnOmc
They all set 10 work putting the snow.
balls back together again. nnd they
were so large thnt six Brownies md
GnOmes could sit around one and have
the goodies the Brownies had brought
for the picnic.
after the picnic was over Billie
Brownie suggested that they should
play tag around the snowballs, so until
Mr. Sun went 10 bed the party kept
up.
And the GnOmes and the Eves
praised the Brownies for their brand
new sort Of a party. For the little
People Of Fairylnnd. Elfland, Brownie.
land and GnOmelnnd love surprises pt
their parties, and the Brownies this
time had given such n real onel
$50 the Brownies party was a great
success. and 10 made the Gnomcs and
Elves eager 10 get their thinking caps
on 80 they could give surprises nt their
parties.
"And when the Fairies heard about
II, they said: The next party Will be
in Falryland; we've got n surprise o."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
''CASCARETS" ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousnesS,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
iet a l0-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver,
and stomach clean. pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts. Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Csscarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach. remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out OF the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while YOU sleep-never grippe. sicken
or cause any inconvenience. and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions OF men and women take a
Cascsret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue. Indigestion. Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
N you were In Prudenee's
place would you turn in and give
Connie and the twins each
sound spanking-as the most
effective sort Of punishment
GRO BE COHTISUEDJ
Pleasure In WeIl.poIna.

Pleasure has a way OF coming indi.
ractly-where least you look for her
and when least you expect her. She
turks In the happiness Of work well
done. She fingers In the consciousness
of honest bookkeeping with life, and
She always Is 10 be found In the JOY
~ growth and progress. In all these
ways honest pleasure Is 20 be found.
This isn't meant 10 be dun preach
mcnt against anything but work. But
10 does mean 10 say that happiness lies
in doing and the consciousness Of well
doing.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23

decided to try q bottle Of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so I took a second
and q third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
Just as well as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her TO get
rid Of her troubles as they did me-
Mrs. EIsIE J. VAN DER SANDE, 90 No.
York St, Paterson, N. j.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
One Word More.

"Father," said the small son Of O
clergyman. you told story this
morning when you were preaching" .
why what do you meanT asked
the good man In surprise.
well" answered the small obsery.
or. "afrer you said one word more anI
I have finished you went ~ pyes ching
for another half hour"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
Cane Nearly Century Old.

William a. j. Giles ~ Concord, y.
IT,. bought a cane In an auction shop,
some weeks ago. 20 help him In hi,
lameness. lie supposed II was M or
dInary cane. but william II. UarrlA
when inspecting Il, pulled on the han.
de. and with II a steel blade about Is
inches in length. On the blade was en-
rraved the words: "Wllliam Mauvka
June ., 1892"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23

have made me we'll
and healthy. Some
time ago | felt so
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ID dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. read your
advertisement in
the newsnapera and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
In the Wrona Place.

An old gentleman walked up to tho
pretty girl attendant ut the counting
room OF n daily newspaper Office few
days ago and said
Miss. would like to get copies OF
your paper for week back
You had better get porous plas-
ter" she abstrnctly replied. you get
them Just across the street"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
Success at Last.

"Hurrah Hurrah! Five dollars for
my latest story, a Modern Husband
Congratulations, young man. From
whom did you get the money!
Prom the express company. They
lost it,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
Loon the Loop With Load.

Lieutenant NngOrsh of the Russian
nrmy aviation corps has looped tho
loop with n passenger and LOO
pounds OF cxtrn weight.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
Red Croha Dodh In War

There are more than $500 Red
Cross dogs In the war fields doing
work for the wounded
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
Covrra for pIants.

Folding covers, easily put into use.
hnve been invented for protecting
plants from cold.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23

English colonies total 13OO2,32l
square miles in area, with a population
~ 3Sg O65. .O35.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23
WOMAN NOW IN
PERFECT HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. J. -"I thank you for
the Lydia Z. Pinkham remedies as they
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-23

The Ouinine Thst Does Not Affect The Head
Because OF its tonic and laxative effect, Laxative
6romo Ounine can be taken by anyone without
,auslns nervousness or ringing In the head There
10 only "Bromo Quinino.p n W. GhONhs
siKnAtur re is each box. Nc.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
Amber LiQhts for Beauty.

The electrician Of q New York hotel
has discovered the secret Of making
the homely woman look attractive and
the pretty woman look like dream.
The trick is amber lights. The roof
garden Of the hotel is decorated with
these lights, and they make everybody
look like peaches and cream. My
dear, you look simply wonderful to-
night" exclaimed a tall, slender blonde
woman dressed in tilIny white. "And
you were never more beautiful re-
sponded the other, brunette, as they
passed each other on their way to the
tables. 'How does she manage it,"
continued the first. seating herself with
an escort, who was attired in immacu-
late evening clothes. "She really looks
quite charming. And she isn't, you
know" amber lights" explained the
man rs he scanned the menu. ITS a
trick of the decorators, and it is a pity
more places don't apply 1t, for the
sake Of ns men. at least Roof gar
dens would be overcrowded II all the
women could be transformed into beau
ties by the use Of the amber lights"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
ARCADE TONIGHT

wilfred Lucas appears Is James
Barclay, the governor, and Elda Mil
lar Is Sylvia Marlowe in the new
Triangle play "Her Excellency the
Governor"
Barclay is very much in love with
Sylvia, an attractive young lawyer,
and he asks her to marry him. He is
refused, not because she does not
care for him, but because she senses
that his political aspirations and life
are changing his character and de-
stroying his ideals. Keller, crook
ed politician, to whose influence
Barclay owes his success, wants him
to veto a child labor law. Against
Sylvia's wishes he yields to Keller
and vetoes the bill.
Sylvia breaks with Barclay and is
elected lieutenant governor on the
suffrage ticket. After short time
in the office war becomes imminent,
and the president asks for appropria-
tons of men and funds from each
state. A big appropriation bill is
drawn up, and Keller is instructed to
see that Barclay vetoes the measure.
The play comes to surprising eli
max when Sylvia plays her trump
card and brings the man she loves
to his senses.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
Substitute for Copper,

The use of soft steel and iron q
partial substitute for copper In the
manufacture of decorative metals Is
being experimental with in the depart
ment of manual arts at the University
Of Wisconsin.
For years it has been traditional for
decorative metal products to be made
wholly or in large part Of copper, bnn
or some other alloy Of copper. The
price of copper is now so high, more
than 80 cents a pound, that q subsh'
tute is needed in decorative metal
The kind Of steel and iron required
in this kind of work costs at present
II cents a pound. In many respects
this steel is as good, II not better, TIN
copper. It works easily, weals y
well, IL not discolored or oxidised y
quickly, and for many uses 70 eva
stronger than copper. II Lacks ~
red-gold luster, but can be given
silver-hued burnish, or can be decceas
ed with paints.-Univerdty of Wiseds
sin Bulletin. ~
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
JlTN Ely
Day and Night Service
WALLACE DITCH
Office Phone 81. Res. Phone sc

CARPENTERS TOOLS FOR
SALE: Every article as good as
new. Finest brands and in fine
chest. Tools and chest worth $4,000.
Will sell quick for cash at $4,000.
Following tools and implements; 2
No. IL Spring Steel Diston Cross
cut saws; l rip, same quality; l
Stanley steel jack plane; / Stanley
wood jack plane; l draw knife; 4
screw drivers; l Yankee rachel
driver; 1 tri-square; l bevel square :;
l spirit level; 2 chisels; 2 rachel
braces; auger bits; 2 cabinet
rasps; 2 rules; Soft. tapes; l COM
pass saw; 2 hammers; l hatchet;
l scout" axe; adjustable alliga-
tors; l rs" wrench; small Stilson
3 prs. pliers; 1 set 6-inch blocks; 4
gimlet bits; 1 fine tool chest. See
c. E. King at The Review Office or
telephone 27s. If.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
TO one WHO ROASTED

Bv Amelia Josephine Burr OF the
Vigilantes.
You think it is an aims, all that we
Give?
You talk of Belgium, France and
Liberty
AS if they were our pensioners? Oh,
blind!
We missed our chance OF magnanl-
nifty.
Father say humbly that we fight with
France
And liberty. The time is long since
past
When we could say we fought for
them alone.
There is too real an enemy OF our
own
Against whose armoured breast we
bend our lance.
Say that we see at last
Our danger, that we are at last
afraid,
But dare not claim as ours the mar
tyr's palm
That ruined Belgium on Gods altar
laid.
We have been wise in time. No
other balm
For what we bear have we right
to claim.
Save US, O God, from pride-lest we
remind
The nations of our shame.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
The Alamo.

The Alamo is mission church at
San Antonio, In what is now Bexar
county, Texas. In 1896 it was occu.
pied by about $50 of the revolutionists
in the Mexican war. Though attacked
by 1900 Mexicans under Santa Ana,
the Texans held it from February %
to March 6, when Santa Ana took It by
storm. All but seven Of the garrison
persisted, six of these being murdered
after their surrender, and one man
escaping to report the affair. In this
garrison were the celebrated David
Crockett and Col. James Bowie, in.
ventor Of the bowie knife. The men,
DRY of this massacre became an in
element to the Texans in subsequent
encounters, and Remember the Ala
mol" became a war cry in their strug-
gle for freedom.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
Napoleon - q Cadet.

When Napoleon was . young cadet
he went On one occasion to witness the
ascent Of . balloon In the Champ De
Mars. He entered, unpereeaved, the
Enclosure which contained the balloon,
which was th&p very nearly full and
about to ascend, and requested the
saronaut to allow him 10 enter the
car. The request, however, vas re-
fused, the reason given being that the
feelings Of the boy might embarrass
the aeronaut. Though / am young,
fear neither the powers Of earth nor
Of the ARR. Bonaparte IL reported to
have exclaimed. On being requested
to retire, the little cadet, enraged at
the refusal. drew his sword. and, slit
ting the balloon IN several places, de-
stroyed the apparatus which had been
constructed with infinite labor and In.
genuity. Such was Napoleon's first and
last attempt to ascend in q balloon.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01

100 Bedsteads from $3.50 to SIS.
Dressers, Washstands and Armoirs
for half their value.-All at the
Funny Window-DO NOT FORGET
we buy anything-Ah, YES the bar
Der shop is there also.
PEOPLES SUPPLY co.
Dalton Building.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
Tin Cans Were Valuable Then.

1t is within the memory Of many
people on the farms that there was
time when tin cans were not too plen-
tiful. Now and then canned goods
were bought, and for the empty cans
plenty of uses were found. For in
stance, tomato plants were started In
them, standing in the sunny kitchen
window long before the garden was
clear of snow: they were convenient
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01

for holding paint when q small ioh
had to be done. and the small bow
treasured them for holding their bal.
for those adventurous and ever.tehp
remembered fishing excursions Of
early summer. About all the tin cans
that came 20 farmhouse twenty-five
or thirty years ago were put to good
use.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01

Humonttys Lenothenoo I"e
Fifty years ago the aveFage lago
Of human life In the United Shsa
was In the neighborhood Of thr9
four years. Today the averase Anef
can citizen lives to be forty.6ve ysas
Of age. And nfty years from n0s
the average human life will nv
heightened to almost sixty yearA
All Of this gain in Heightened ms
is due to the practice Of disease Pr
vention. And II the world would pm
into practice all that IL known Of oS|
ease prevention today, the life OF eve"
the present generation might "
heightened by a dozen years or g.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-01
CONVENT SCHOOL OPENS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. S, 1917

The classes in the Academy of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, will be re-
sumed on Wednesday, Sept 5th.
The Curriculum includes all branch
Fes of useful knowledge that are
taught in any modern commercial
school. Bookkeeping and mathe-
smaeics are given special emphasis.
following are also taught
when eQuested; Music, shorthand,
typewriahb-
The Sisters hope that the boys
and gigls Of Morgan City will show
up nicely swelling the ranks Of their
Convent School, thus showing their
love for Religion and Sisterhood
which has done much for them in the
past. 9fH