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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-28

AM sending you . dress Aunt
Noemic never wasted words in writ
ms. It's not what | woBhd have
choscn, bat when I Was ~ the store
looking Elsie Edwards happened
along. insisted on my getting this one
instead Of the brown serge AT the
same price. inadc a nuisance OF her
self TIL ! did"
Cotilio clappod hrr hands. That
darling Elsie Edwl rus. Sho had had
pretty frocks and plenty % them. and
she know the Joy Of wearing them
Gaelic could see her. hrighi-oycd
clever, diplomatic. % oh go dotct-
mined, Elsie had saved her from an
other brown serge. The she had
on would wear a long time set. she
would mako ia wgnr. And IN the
meantime h wonld enjoy this tress-
urc.
singing lightly. Cccilic slipped out
OF the brown serge into the blue gltin.
She had never had a really pretty
rock before. The dnintipcss OF this
M charmed her Shc tiptood before
tho aim glass. trying Ia see as mts,h
~ herself as possible. She made deep
curtscNs TO herself. she danced, she
pi.ouettcd,
Suddenly she WAS conscious OF q
glow entering thp room from the
house next door. She ran 10 the vim
dow ana looked down. Miss |iial;oraB
mad just turned on the light. she
stood touching "A great mass OF chrys-
unthemums INTO more graceful lines.
Tonight her gray gown sparkled aud
her gray hair held - brilliant comb.
Goethe gazSd fascinated. Her cold
little hands drew together IN % wrist
lul clasp.
~ only I wat down there where
its 80 warm % pink and migrant In
uy blue dress" she thought.
II WIS ns though she had spoken In
Niiss l%IuliorHn's ear. for the woman
iiftcd her head and, above the flowers.
her dark eyes looked steadily up ~
Cccilic's window Just for an instant.
then she came and drew down tho
shade.
she needn't have done hat" C'c.
ellie thought 4 wouldn't cover .tp "a
picture that somebody was Just look
ing at"
She turned away sorrowflly and
begun Go UNLOCK tho blue dress. she
had come out OF her dream back into
weary reality, Her lamps mugt he
ht. her fire stirred, her tea made so
thai she could get back "a her study
Shc was just stepping out of the
dress whom sotlc n came upatni"s.
The door opened aud Mrs. Fuller
stuck her head in.
That woman ncN, door wants YOU
10 como right over" she said,
What wunau'" Ccciiie asked.
stunidl}.
Miss ifallorun. She phonod.
whereof YOU get that dress
" Wlnt sent u 10 me- tcCilio be-
gan 70 pun n back ON hastily. Miss
hall0rln wanted her Why Thank
YOU, Mrs. Fuller" she said as the
woman st'll fingered. staring.
Before Mrs. Fuller reached the foot
Of the stairs Ccciiio was fuilowinh her.
drawing on her own brown coat as
she went \ moment later. with fly
ms heart she WAS at Miss lia~lloran's
door She WIS just starting TO ring
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-28
THE EVENING STORY
BLUE MAGIC
Copyright. 1913. by w. vern-r,.

ccciiic bay had had toast and tca
Tor breakfast with "a very little Jelly
aprvad upon The toast and more toast
y teb Without ~jclly-~if was all gone
FOR dinner and WIS facing u pros
poet OF tho Pnfo stiWulating fare for
hcr supper. Hungry though she was
she lad reached the point whore she
hated thc thought of bread and tea.
which was. Of course. perfectly
wicked. for was not bread the staff Of
life' When accompanied by tea It
must surely become q gold headed
cane. aunt Nocmic said that only "a
Iuoi qnarrclcd with his victuals-
but perhaps Nictuais did not always
meal bread and tea. cccilic hoped
she wasn't "a fool or unbratoful for
what Aunt Nocmie furnished her.
Every week she sent Cccilic a GER
tain amOun of She could
have sent more. but she considered
what she did send enough. In her
dny II would have been a-plcnty.'
did not roason ON the changes
that had comc since thor and Cccilic
could not convince her that the high
cost of living was really a fact In
steady OF a newspaper story. As a
consequence there was little left for
food after tuition. q n ana fuel were
paid FOR.
cecilie lived in "A room furnished
chiefly with "A contrary little stove.
There were other people In the house.
hut she Ike; { 10 herself. She did moi
like rough. cOarse people IT Miss
Halloran, who lived nc.t door. had
eNcr noticed her she would have been
happy. But Miss Halloran never did.
cecilio from uor window could ooh
down into Miss Hallornn's Twins room
window Through It Ceciiie could see
aim outlines OF bookcases. d,op chairs,
and pictures. Sometimes ~ night
Miss haliOran came into tho o and
turned on the light IN a great glowing
o%lcctrOlier that flushed the wonderful
room with rose. Miss Halloran usual
IS wore gray or white and that
flushed too She was about Aunt
Nocmic'E HEc, hut 80 different rAlat
cccilio often wondered about a.. Miss
Halioran WIS not handsome. but when
you looked at ncr you wanted tu look
again.
Cecilir sighed Such "a little way 20
that warmth and comfort and yet Il
was too long Il Way Tor her. There
waa no possible Chunco OF her getting
10 know Miss Ialloran. was there?
\ CLINT Of blue caught her cvos. II
WAS the postmnn coming down the
street. When Cocilic. running down
stairs. reached him he placed m her
hands "A parcel and a letter.
A parcel and a letter cccilc Flew
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Sho iook u photograph from tho
mantle aud hoits u before Crciiic.
Icciiic snW % Young, serious face with
% al that seemed 10 seek lar into hor
own for something that waited.
ms eyes are like yours" she muir
INJURED. abushcG.
80 they spy. Ills father wna my
only brother"
I'm tho golden dining room Cocilic
sat down TO such a warming. Htimulat-
ing. inspiring feast as seemed 20 have
gpIung ont OF her dreams. NlEH Hal
lortn was talking now about IaChnrti.
her nephew She talked mors than
she ate, Ccvilic thought Yet thcy
we're like two Eir.s over tsr delicious
food.
rcsc room and Mis, i|irlloran played
the talking machine. itoil her npn
before The fire ccyilic heard CruIso'H
golden tenor ~ the Flower Song
while Richard Hallotun's cNes looked
down 40 hci from the mantle. The
great fire glowCd and famed aud bull,
itself into pictures and Hn SHE gazr'i
INTO u slic seemed 70 soc an her riri-
isii dreams coming trlir. Ia tho back
ground the machine Htill poured forth
its wonderful voice. suddenly Miss
H~nllornn came and icancd over the
back of the sofa and lifted 81 strand
OF Cocilic's wonderful. goldy brown
hair.
We won't let each other got lonely
again. VIII wcp" sil. aaid.
Then - ccciiie flung hnck her head
aud looked up into the sweet face
above her. MiHs iialloran bent and
kissed her. Ana the khaki man on
the mnntel seemed 10 smilr'
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Master Cotton spinners. writes me
that he highly approves OF the propos-
al aud 10 placing IL before the leading
papers OF England Tor the considera-
ton of the Brush public. ~ the
opinion OF Sir Thomas ElliOtt tho
proposal Is a sound one And Lord
Bryce IN cuinacniiug on II says;
There can be no doubt that there VIII
be "A great field Tor the Development
OF the Mediterranean countries by
British n Amcriran capital and
he points cat that this n equally IN
OF Russia and of siberia.
Italy n - Hnsc.
This proposal IS not put forth as q
ioctr. ,aire thesis: u Is q practical
work ow under way IN Italy. IL ha~
been dnder discussion FOR some time
past ny "A number IL leading Italians.
including membtgs of the Italian mir-
lstry. IL met with general favor. and
n hearing was Requested OF Amhnssa-
dor Page which was granted ON June
hth Tho Duke Cclonna I'll cessr0
then handed In the following (which
| quote from nay article ON this sub
tcct In the December issue of the "At-
lantic Monthlyrb.
ITALY 10 too young a country and
too short of capital TO exploit by her
self all her u and 20 develop
industries and on rational
and organic lines.
This Is the reason why h turned
to German capital. which, however.
gradually and subtlv drew into us
meshcs all the country's economic life.
cramped her Industries ana her TRACE
whore they opposed German intcrestH.
introduced everywhere German tech
Meal mcn who proved 10 be all Ger
man agents. and bound political
groups n men 20 that Italy was
practically dep lycd ~ her free agency
end her IL" AZ stfled and parai sed.
Before iac war. and even now fur-
ing the war. evcnts a shown tile
international force which animatcs all
currents tied q German interests
The Ambassador seemed %fnvorably
impressed with thr proposal. AZ q
result Of this hearing il was decided
20 20 ahead with h. and an important
step in his direction has been taken.
on October 18th a meeting was called
IN Rome by Signor Ciuffclil. Italian
minister OF commerce. ~ his ninia-
try. at which leading Italians were
present. The plan w are here con-
sidcring was approved, and 10 was de-
cidcd that AN effort he made "a have
Italy become "a asc for the industrial
n commercial development of the
Mediterranean basin on modern lines.
I and To ask the aid of The American
people toward bringing this about.
A committee was appointed. with
Erncsto Nathan. former mayor of
Rome, as chuirTuan TO take his mat
ter In hand. In response To requests
for adherence this committee has al
ready received favorable replies from
bodies representing leading industries,
among them the mctallurEical. the
engineering. the silk. and the cotton-
I spinning induStricg a meeting VIII
chnEtly Lac anl1afl IN pfTgsf "a gsFpan44aN
organization for thc purpose OF pro-
ceedinT ON with the work in Italy.
when an cndoavor will bo made to in
tercst the American people IN the
proposal.
Rome. November 9Th. 1918.
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And right here the question arises
why should the American people 70
out OF ~ way TO engage In the task
Of helping 10 build w industries IN
foreign countries? Should We not be
building up competitors who would
not only be likely to spike the guns
OF u foreign trade but who might, In
time. ever throttle us on our home
markets
At first glance this would seem 70
be the cnrr, n some reflection VIII
show that there Is little to fear from
The legitimate competitor. For In
stance. the most forccful competitor
OF the United States ~ Great Britain,
and the most forccful competitor OF
Great Britain II the tinted Slater.
vet. notwithstanding the Tinted States
il Great Hritsin's biggest customer,
and Great Britain u the biggest GUS
toner OF the United States.
In countries whore We nov have hut
an Insignificant volume OF foreign
trade tho proposed plan would un.
doubleday create a steady demand Tor
u money. our carriage. our raw ma
terial, u "findings,' our semi-mann-
featured articles. u machinery. etc.
All this. taken IN the aggregate. would
ensure a very much larger volume Of
foreign trad and would yield q very
much larger not return than il posi-.
bic through the sale OF manufactured
goods under the sampic-trunk sys-
lem.
OF course, the proposed work
OF factories could not be expected IN
spring up OF q sudden. like Minerva
fully armed from the head OF Jupi-
tor. complete and efficient. II would.
on the contrary, be % slow growth.
The proposal could he started on a
very modes; scale. Say a factory h
started AS n sample test in u given
field II IL met with success Il would
lead TO the upbuilding Of other fac
tories In the same field. In this way
many locations would. IN time. bo
built gp and developed.
Foreign Trade Zoncs.
In substance. under tnc proposed
plan the foreign trade markets Of the
worlc would be divided into zones,
each with one or more manufacturing
centres. each of which ma be deSig-
mated ~ an industrial and distribut-
ing hass for tho zone. Take for In
stance. the Mediterranean basin as one
Of these zones. Draw u line from
Gibraltar to Syria, and let the coun-
tries north. south aud east OF tina
line form that zane with italy as It,
base. similar zones could be formed
in other parts Of the world. as. fot
instance. the Scandinavian countries
In Central America, in South Ameri.
ol. I'm Russia. etc, etc.
Let each lpSe In u zone be placed
on an ~up-to-datc Industrial footing;
let the factories he provided with the
q effective modern machinery, lc,
each industry be placed on "A sound
financial basis, and above all, let II
bc placed under skilled. expert direo-
ton.
should the proposal here suggested
bc proceeded with II ~. Of course. e
Ice expected that England. too. would
take a band ia the effort. AZ Sii
Samuel Hoarc says. 'the idea could b,
extended so as To include Great Brit,
ain" Sir Charles MHcara. founder
of the international Federation Of
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The simplest at frocks. II was true.
Gretchen style. with an impression
istir rape embroidered on each point
Of the cofsagc. No other decoration,
II wonid nee none with an Of
Cccillc's young sweetness insiic II.
on" Cccilic breathed. "Oh, ON
OH"
She hold the ,ress 20 her and tried
20 see horself In the glrss, Uut she
could sec 20 lttlc. Sho strokod II
tenderll, laid her check 10 n pluckcd
q straw thread from u, struightonod
a fold. Bless Aunt NeOmie, who for
once had sanctioned the desire OF hci
heart
which waa So unlike Aunt Nocmic,
She had needed q frock and Aunt
Noomie hud known n. She had sent
this. Why? How Cccilie tore open
the letter.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-28
Our Foreign Trade After the War
BY DAVID LUBIN
Delegate of the United States, International
Institute Of Agriculture, Rome.

In viewing the prospects for nation
al progress u n all a question OF ect-
ting the right focus. the right per-
spcutiyc. Before the war a billion dol
lars wan considered "A very largo um.
Now. THAMES TO the Liberty bonds and
the war costs. we have become accus-
toned TO calculating In terms as high
an five billions. and presently u cai-
culatiuna may with continued prog
rcss be- In terms of ten billions. end
IN tim" the, may even each thr
twenty billion dollar mark, And Il Is
open 10 us 20 reach these high OBJ
j~.ctivc~ II we but develop the potion
tlai possibilities Tor e%nlargins our for
eiEn trade.
Please observe; u needs no clabor-
ate argument to show the economic
advantage Of steam and electric power
and .muchipcry over hand labor; how
vastly these multiply production, how
effectively they ~dinplacc handmade
goods. And yet. by far tho greater part
OF the world IN still producing It's
goods by hand labor. And right here
Ia our opportunity. We should do all
IN our power TO displace these hand
made goods by machine-mRde. by 50
doing we should build up "a very large
foreign trade. q foreign trade which
would rapidly enable us 10 jump from
tho billion dollar mark TO the five bill
nun iiltsh ~ anu loAh hhdA w Nv w.
billion. yes. and TO the twenty billion
dollar mark, and 80 on higher and ev-
en- hiffher. ra-ss sfym, H.rse
But how dispiaccg shall Il be by
pushing our goods through the means
OF commercial travellers with their
sample trunks We have tried that,
and so have the Germans. We made
but little progress. the Germans. how
ever. managed TO rake In about all
the foreign trade that could be had
that way: indeed. II was the profit on
his trade which enabled them "a build
up their vast military establishment
The Obstacles la the Way.
As | pointed cut in a former paper
on this subject ("Atiantic Monthly
December. 1879 the greater part of
the world IL still on the non-proerPs-
sive. static order; hence the reluc-
tancc to take Kindly to things II Is
not accustomed to. Then there II the
diversity of The tastes and styles OF
the various ethnic groups composing
the nations OF the old World which
renders trade from standard patterns
exec edIngly difficult. IL therefore re-
quires much patience and no little
ingenuity to build up Q market In
those fields.
From time to time the American
or the British commercial traveller
appears on the scene. exhibits his
samples. and In the usual business like
way calls Tor orders. The German
trader on the ground Is not discon-
certed a bit. for he knows by cNpe-
riencc that these travellers will receive
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Hazel tagged four), sooing a gentle
man with u lnrge chrvsantheinum IN
htr button hole pliaaiisG by. exclaimed.
''Oh, mamma, look what a large
Chrls,nina anthem that mana got"
rnifcr What o pretty dolly, little
sirl. And docs II say Mamma" II u "
squeezed
LATHE Girl No. ~ would say
Papa"
Cnller-And why Papa?
Idttlo Girl--Eocau sc papa attends
To ali fresh strangers.
There IL Que house. children said
tho SUNDAY school teacher. that Is al
WAX opon 10 rich and poor alike, can
any OF you tell nle what house n ~
Il can" replied the little boy, tits
tho station house.
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the hcll when tho IGOR opened and
therc waa Miss tialloran with % wpn-
derfnl. welcoming smile,
Come IN, my dear child" she snt.L
Sho took gway the brown coat and
drew Cccilic into the rose room. u
WIS so much more Of "a rose room
than cocilie had 80 been able 20 see
that sha gave Il hGic audible gasp.
There WIS u great glowing Fireplace,
with "a sofa before n. To this isofi,
Mias Haliorsul led Cccil.u AMI they HJi
Town together.
And there they became acquainted
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IL Was a wonderful experience Cor Go
ellie, When had she ever been able
20 talk TO aunt Nocrio as she now
talked to THIS cnressing. sympathetic.
discerning woman?
Presently tho maid came 10 an
nouncc dinner.
1t Is going To be pleasant not tn
have To cat alone tonight" Miss Hal.
loran said, My nephew ~ al "a train
ing camp and 1t leaves me very
lonely"
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back upstairs with her heart racing
her feet. A parcel and a letter, The
letter, OF cours.. was from Aunt
Noemioi fha. could wRit until she
saw wlnt was In the parcel. Her
wrapping. Sho gtimpsed blue. gasped
and laid br re- the secret OF the last
layer OF paper - frock OF blue satin.
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EXTRA! EXTRA

} work rooms.
Since peace T. declared work
} has been stopped ON surgical
dressings. but there is an emer-
gency demand Tor hospital gar
men,s and refugee garments. One
, garment uOw Will he of Infinitely
} greater hcryiCe In Swing life than
many garments three months
from now. Tuesday night classes
viii continue bet Thursday night
J ela sscs are abandoned. The FLU
VIII not get you while you are
} working for the boys over there.
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

Bride, but have a rooted objection to
auxiliary nature trimmings. That bunch
was sent with the hat, and Marie has been
trying to persuade me to wear II ever since
we began this struggle. But won't! My
hairs my own, and don't mean to have
any one else's alongside Of it. There is my
trouble"
"If milor were to hold madame's at one
side, while de other, madame might force
her emerald parrot pin through him." sug-
gested Marie, which advice was followed,
and the widow beamed with satisfaction at
the gratifying result.
"ThereI" she exclaimed, with a sight of
relief, that will do, and | am just ready.
Gloves, handkerchief-oh! and my purse,
Marie" And in five minutes more she was
leading the way back into her sitting room.
AZ have not ordered lunch until one
o'clock" she said, so we have oceans of
time to talk and tell each other secrets.
Sit down, young man, and confess to me-"
She pointed to q chair, but 1t was filled with
Italian embroideries. Marie, take this
rubbish away" she called, and presently
some chairs were made clear.
And what must confess?" asked Hec-
tor, when they we're seated. THAT am
frantically in love with you, and your eOld-
ness is driving me wildF'
". Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

at least half an hour Having said IL, he
might have known she meant half-past:
but he was in a mood of impotence and
felt obliged to be punctual.
Il am just too sorry to keep you, my
dear Braeondale,' Mrs. Mcbride said,
presently, suddenly opening the adjoining
door a few inches, but it is a quite ex-
asperating hat which has delayed me.
can't get the thing on st the angle want.
r
"Mayn't / come and help, dear Lady,"
interrupted Hector. 81 know all about the
subject. / had to buy forty seven at
Monte Carlo and see them all tried on, too
and only lately! Do ask Marie to open
that door little wider; / will decide In a
minute how It should be"
"Insolent!" said the widow, who spoke
French with perfect huency and a quite
marvellously pure American accent But
she permitted the giggling and beaming
Marie to open the door wide, and let
Hector advance and kiss her hand.
He then took q chair by the dressing
table and inspected the situation.
Seven or eight dainty bandboxes strewed
the door, some of their contents peeping
from them-feathers, aigrettes, flowers,
impossible birds-all had their place, and
on the sofa were three millinery master
Copyright, 1918, by the Star Comps
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
But she put it

DO l." said Hector. with overdone in
credulity.
She looked at him. His long. 1.-the limbs
stretched out, every line indicative Of
breeding and strength. She noted the
shape of his head, the perfect grooming.
his lazy, insolent grace, his whimsical
smile. Englishmen Of this class were GER
tainly the most provokingly beautiful crea-
lures in the world.
1T Is because they have done nothing
but order men. kill beasts, and subjugate
women for generations" she said to her
self.
Lazy. naughty darlings! II they came
to our country and worked their brains q
little. they would soon lose that look. But
1t would be a pity" she added-"yes,
pity"
What are you thinking of" asked Lord
Bracondale, while she gazed at him.
Il was thinking you are beautiful. use
less creature, Just like all your nation.
You think the world Is made for you; in
any case, all the women and animals to
kill are"
What an abominable libel! But | am
fond Of both things-women and animals
to kill"
"And you class them equally-or per-
h9ps the animals are ahead"
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

But MorelIa Winmarleigh was perfec-
ton! She owned the enormous property
adjoining Bracondale; she was twenty-six
years old, of unblemished reputation, nice
looking, and not-not one Of those modern
women who are bound to cause anxietes.
Under any circumstances one could count
upon Morella Winmarleigh behaving with
absolute propriety. A girl born to be a
motherin4aws Joy.
But Hector persistentiy remained at
large. It was not that he openly defed his
mother-he simply made love to her when
ever they were together, twisted her round
his finger, and was OF again.
Hector and Lady Bracondale together
had often made the women who were in
love with him jealous.
When she had finished her letter the