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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-16
FIRST FEDERAL ~.
HIGHWAY 0. KID

Approval of the first federal high
way project completed in North "a
kota, a 1O-mile strip near Edgeley, III
LAMoure county, came. from a hiSh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-16

This fine doublepage Map is printed in two colors
and presents the Scene of the Western Battle
Line" 1T shows all territory from London to the
River Rhine, including all of Belgium, Luxembourg,
Western Germany, and Northern France The
famous Hindenburg line it existed before March
2l 1918 is Indicated also the line of furthest Ger
man advance this year in the big drives of March,
April, May and June, and present battle line where
the Allied armies are driving the Germans back,
including the terrain contiguous to Sedan where
the American doughboys have just won one OF the
most brilliant victories of the war. The Map IS
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\. f. A. Special to the Tribune. 1,
London, England.
LIOyds have taken Il risk at 80 to 1
that Lloyd George will not lose his
popularity and will remain the British
prime minister until the first Of the
year. =
This insurance was taken out by the
Ideal Film company which is making
a movie biography Of the premier. The
idea is that if Lloyd George were to
become. by Il swift political upheaval,
an unpopular person or nobody the
company would lose lot OF money
because II couldn't rent the film.
The finn company has also insured
Lloyd Georges life, or rather insured
itscl lNuGainSt loss by the death Of Lloyd
GEORGE 1T about 100000.
Search for incidents in, the life of
the Welshman, for movie purposes. has
turned up lot Of rare stories about
him. Some, or them follow:
He used to lead the meetings" in
the little Baptist church he attended
back in Wales years ago.. but he
couldn't bring himself to do the public
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,praying. Which caused Il pious lady
TO make inquiry about him. Hes
studying for the law" she was told.
WELL she said. ''he ought to make
a good lawyer. He can't pray"
There's no doubt about the premier's
popularity back in his home country.
He recently visited one small Welsh
town where a banner OF greeting clear
across the street read: '"God Save
King George and Lloyd George!" :
On such a visit one Welshman was
q little skeptical.
"Why all the sfuss?" he asked a
friend. Lloyd George isn't God AL
nightly" y"
Maybe not" said the other with en-
phasis, but he's not such an Old man
yet. AGivc him time' H.. ,
At another more recent meeting n
! tipsy individual who had been heckling
the premier on war problems finally
broke in:
Eve had huff speeches; what we
vans change O government -
What you need is Il change Of
! drink y replied Lloyd George.
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First Baptist Church.


Corner Fourth street and Avnue B.
Morning service at 10:45/a. nj.
Sunday school at 70 o'clock noon.
Christian Endeavor meeting at $3.50
p. N.
Evening service at 1880 p M
Rev E. E. Barnhart of jamestown
n. D., will be with us and conduct all
the meetings Of the day The week
beginning Sunday Nov. H. is Chris.
| ton enlistment week and a campaign
/ is and will be made by the laymen OF
of the church to induce every person
in the city to enlist for christian
work
All members of the church and con
gregation and all visitors are cor.
! daily invited and urged to attend all
the meetings Of the day.
Swedish Lutheran.
! Seventh street and Avenue u.
! e. F. Alison, pastor.
Morning services 1920. peace OF
Earth, Good Will to Men"
Sunday school - noon.
Evening services s o'clock .
: ALI are cordially invited to attent
these services.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-06
Let Your Girl Visit
THERE'S INSPIRATION IN THE COUNTRY

these four? And can you not real
ly arrange to give a similar touch
OF romantic experience to her life?
You may not hope to find such an
ideal setting and arrangement for
your daughters outing as that de-
scribed above, but the essentials OF
It all you may most certainly find
and that without any very great
difficulty. I will tell you how.
The chief requirement is that
your girl get away from home and
into a strange and relatively quite
place, where she may pass much of
the time for a week or more in the
undisturbed company OF two or
more of about her age. All this
may be staged in another part OF
the city in which you live, II q
trip to the country cannot be ar
ranged.
So plan that the girls may stay
for the time off the busy streets
and away from the eyes of the
crowd. The main purpose is that
they may be shut in somewhere
with their own care-free, romantic
dreams. It must therefore be no
dress-up affair. Here is an occa-
sion for wearing any old clothes.
The idea of the fashionable resort
with its thrills and social excite
ment is a poison dart il injected
into the situation here In mind.
Not the crowd. but shut out from
the crowd and free from the re-
straints Of everyday life-that is
the ideal arrangement for your
girls romantic ten days away from
home.
1t is not merely the fun and
amusement, but the life more
abundant that you seek to add to
the character OF your adolescent
daughter when you send her away
for an outing. And, under fairly
suitable conditions, as outlined
above, she will come back to you
a new creature more kindly in her
manners, more thoughtful of you,
more willing to buckle down to the
routine OF the household. the school
and the other affairs OF a prosaic
everyday.
Try this scheme on your girl.
mother. Her fresh young nature is
now at the point OF yearning for
the romantic, away from home ex-
perience; 1t is your plain duty to
see that her heaven-born desire
becomes Satisfied. Plan It now.
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CHAPTER CXXXI.
VaIenElki's Private Room

"why should have suspected
that there was any intention OF
making me a prisoner! 1 do not
know, and yet the sound Of the key
grating in the lock filled me with
all manner of vague suspicious. 1
rose from my seat had thrown
myself into a high-backed, old
fashioned chair-and FASTENED to
the door. Yes, it had been locked.
told myself that it was quite pos
sible that Valensl1i might have done
this because of the Uncontrolled
horde Of gypsies outside, who had
looked at me with no friendly eyes,
and that there was in reality no
cause for alarm, but persuade my
self as I would, could not control
my anxiety.
tI threw myself down in my chair
again OF course it was absurd to
imagine myself a prisoner; present.
ly Valenski would return and all
would be well.
IT was right in my superstition
that Valenski would return. After
a few minutes heard the key turn
ing in the lock once more and he
entered the room, a smile parting
his thin lips. He made no reference
whatever to the locking OF the door.
"You will forgive me, know,
he said. but have been disappoint-
ed in my intention of giving you
the best bed chamber. 1t is long
since the room was inhabited, and
I fear that it may be damp
ct hastened to assure him that
any room would do for me.
laughed and told him that I was
traveller of some experience. Pray,
put me where you please said
"sThere is q small room next to
mine that I think will be suitable
he returned You will find, too,
that it boasts of an American bed
stead He laughed as II very
proud of the fact 4 will show you
up to 1t. If you will permit me- We
can go this way He indicated a
small door which had tried and
found locked
81 followed him up . winding
staircase-he had opened the door
by what was evidently a secret
spring-and after q long climb we
reached a landing upon which
opened two doors. One of these he
pointed out to me as that Of my
loom It was a very small apart
ment Of triangular shape, evidently
together with its neighbor, the
room Valenszi had spoken of as his,
wedged into the summit of a turret-
The floor was uncarpeted, and the
furniture, including the famous
bedstead, was Of the most primitive
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The Wolves of NeW York a Sa3, KS Sd a9ys
VaIenski Returns to the Locked Private Room, a
Smile Parting His Thin Lips,

81 gazed blankly at him. 7 do
not understand you I saaid.
"'Do you believe in reincarna-
tons? he asked
Il was not prepared with an an
swer. These are the subjects which
have never thought to fathom.
HE did not continue the subject.
and / asked no further questions.
But for certain reasons 1 have re-
called what he said"
DO you think" interrupted
Lillian here, that it was a picture
of the same woman whose face has
been painted over that of Mrs. Bor-
radale at Helm? That 1t was a pic
ture Of the mysterious being of Ad-
derley whom we wish to strive
against?"
at is for that reason that I mem
toned" replied the detective,
gravely. Il think it possible-if
not probable. Unfortunately
ELECTED no information about her
from Valenski. did not know then
how important it would one day
become. However. remember per-
fectly what he said, and the words
! have quoted-cryptic as they are
are an exact repetition OF them.
You will notice, too, that the pic
ture was painted by the girl, cara"
Probably, then, 1t was she who
tampered with the portraits at
Helm" said Guy.
Sheer the gypsy artist We
cannot definitely say which," re-
piled the detective.
But" interposed Lillian, "if that
was a portrait of the Adderley
creature, whats do you understand
by the curious words Valenski spoke
about herr"
81 don't understand them. I rath-
er fancy they have no particular
meaning"
"'She has been dead, and she is
still alive" quoted Lillian, land he
spoke of reincarnations! What is
the old legend? Does it not tell OF a
strange creature who does not die?
What il, after all, there is some
thing of the supernatural in this?"
She spoke excitedly. 1t was a relief
to her to speak after listening so
long in silence to the detectives
story.
81 don't believe in the supernat-
ural." he replied, land you do not
believe in 1t, either. Let US put such
ideas out of our minds"
But IL is strange, very strange"
muttered Lillian: then she settled
herself down to listen 10 the con-
tinuation of the story.
To Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyrighted. W. R. Hearst.
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THE PLOTTERS
EIizabeth's Brother Suggests That She Tell John
Butler of the Deception Practiced on Him.

he followed the two ladies' into
their house at the end of the drive
he asked Mrs. Butler to allow him
q little talk with her. Alicia with
drew with an air OF innocence that
Immediately confirmed her mother
in her hopeful suspicious.
Looking Things In the Face.
Yet Mrs. Butler registered sur
prise when Douglas Wade told her
he loved her daughter, and believed
that his affection was not alto
gether unrequited. He then re-
marked that, as he was not At pres
ent In q position to marry, II would
be well to defer the announcement
of the engagement until the state
OF his finances was less static than
at present
The physician negatfved calmly
but positively Mrs. Buffers sugges-
ton that her income was quite suf-
ficient to "help out" the young peo-
pie. He would not marry until he
was able to support a wife. He did
not expect to give Alicia the luxu-
ries to which she had been accus-
tomed-at least, not for q while
but he did want to establish
her in q comfortable little home
and supply her with the necessities
OF life
At last Mrs Butler ceased to
urge the announcement of the en-
gagement- She expressed herself
as delighted at the outcome of their
friendship and voiced . hope that
the betrothal need not be a long
one She was sure that her daugh-
ter would be willing to begin her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-06
PetticOats of
Silk
By Rita Stuyvesant.

TIE new slim silhouette OF the
early fall fashions has Gre
ated . demand for the mar
row underskirt. The deli
ex4e4y tinted petti0oats OF the sum-
mer months are being replaced by
heavier sfIk ones, when milady re-
turns to town A dark silk petit
eo4t IL more practical under the
tailored suit or dress, since it does
not sol 80 quickly and therefore
AOeS not require frequent visits to
Ghs laundry.
And Jet, the lovely new petticoats
hsS q bit beyond the wartime
poekstbook. But II you fall in line
with the conservation army, you
eGn make q Emart pettieoat at prac-
e1ca1ly no cost TO yourself.
Carefully look over your ward
robe. and select any taffeta or satin
brock that is apparently too old to
wear. Very often the blouse of a
EiIk dress is cracked and torn from
heat and Precipitation while the
skirt Is IN q fairly good condition.
. A dress Of this kind is ideal to make
over into q good serviceable under
skirt.
Rip the skirt from the worn
blouse and remove all unnecessary
drapery, etc, leaving the skirt q
plain foundation. II pleated, II
will have to be recut along narrow
lines. Finish the top with a new
hem and elastic about three-eights
OF an inch wide, and use a good,
strong hook and eye for fastening
rather than a snapper"
II the bottom OF the skirt shows
three little friIls Cthe style of sew
erl seasons ago), run these
through your 'ipinking" machine, IL
you have one Or you can have it
done at the shop for a trifling cost.
1t makes a pretty though simple
finish. For style, do not have your
silk underskirt more than two
yards wide at the most, a yard and
. half being the correct width.
Silk skirts that are made with a
band OF serge, gabsrdine or jersey
cloth at the bottom can also be
used for practical petticoats. Cut
the skirt off at the knees Tor be-
low) to remove the heavy material.
To lengthen the skirts add a silk
dounce the desired width.
These petticoat fiounces come al
ready TO use in a number OF differ
ent colors, materials and widths
and may be purchased at any up-to-
date notion counter for a reasonable
sum.
Striped. plaid. figured or polka
DOT skirts could be combined with
plain colored founce. For in
stance, a blue and white striped
skirt was heightened by a fiounce
OF navy blue sateen.
That silk jersey skirt from your
last years wardrobe can be
made into a servicable underskirt.
The silk jersey clings so beautiful
ly to the figure that IL is excellent
under the narrow skirt. A novel
finish for the bottom is to cut II in
rather deep scallops and bind il
with bias strip of silk in a con-
trasting color. Old rose or cherry
would be very fetching bound with
dull black silk tape for street wear.
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By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
ruAprru :"
CHAPTER XL.
tcopxrIrht 1918. Star comp.nr,.

Copyright 1918. Star Company.
A MOS CHAPLIN seldom
~ changed his mind after II
n was once made up. So
when he had decided to
write to Douglas Wade. Offering
him a certain sum for the farm, he
wasted no time in doing this.
Had he but known IL, he chose
the psychological time for sending
the letter, for 1t reached Wade Just
after he had confessed his love to
Alicia Butler and had been accepted
by her.
Douglas had not intended to
make this confession yet He held
views to the effect that q mans
should never tell a woman OF his
love for her until he was In = posi-
ton to support a wife. But such
theories have q way of going to
pieces before the onslaught of an
ardent affection.
Douglas Wade was very much in
love with Alicia Butler. She was
also very much in love with him.
Combine these conditions with a
gorgeous moonlight night and q
drive across country on the front
seat Of Mrs. Buffers car-while the
owner of the equipage dozed COM
placently on the back seat-and 1t
is not hard to guess the results.
Nor did Douglas Wade repent Of
his declaration OF devotion When
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Shall She Become Engaged?
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have q daughter seventeen
Recently I invited several SOL
diers to my home to make things
pleasant for them One OF them
became very much interstd IN my
daughter, and since then they
have been together q great deal.
They love each other dearly, and
he Is always very kind and cour-
teous to me. know the kind OF
family this young man comes
from, and I am very fond OF him
He and my daughter wish to be-
come engaged and have asked my
consent They do not intend to
be married until the war Is over
and until he can easily support
her. Am right In giving my
consent? Ny friends say am
entirely wrong. but my daughter
is a sensible girl and know she
loves this young man dearly.
AN ANXIOUS MOTHER
II the young people do not in
tend to be married until after the
war. it seems to me q highly pru-
dent arrangement and one to which
you could hardly object, as you say
the young man is in every way
worthy. Many of my correspond
ents ask advice in regard to marry
ing before the war is over. and this
means financial consideration which
must be adjusted according to in
come and prospects. But this case
is entirely different and involves no
responsibility until the young SOL
der returns.
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Puss inBOOts,
T.
By David Cory.

OH, dear mew sighed little
Puss Junior one day as he
trudged along in his seven
~ league boots, 81 wish l
were back in old Mother Goose
Land"
"Why do you wish that?" asked
q squeaky little voice, and Puss
saw a little man dressed in green
with a red pointed cap on his head.
He wasn't nearly as tall as Puss,
for Puss, you know, walked on his
hind legs just like a man.
BECAUSE I don't know where to
CO." answered Puss.
Follow me-" said the little man,
and he pushed aside the bushes till
he came to a path, and then he
went straight ahead, and by and by,
after a while, they came to a lit
tie gate in a high stone wall Here
the little man paused and, taking
a key out of his pocket looked at
Puss before opening the gate.
Little Sir Cat, 1 see you are
traveller and in search OF adven-
ture. Would you care to sec what
is on the other side of this WALTZ
Mind you, must lock the door as
soon as you are inside"
every we'll" answered Puss
bravely, 'T will go in"
So the little man put the key in
the lock and opened the door. and
as soon as Puss stepped inside the
little man closed the door and
locked il. Well, Puss looked around
the first thing, you may be sure,
but there was nothing very strange,
after all. 1t was a beautiful big
l.
and not very far away stood 4
stately castle.
And just then he heard bird
singing:
1.-THE king of this palace is looking,
they say.
For a little throne boy who is
modest, but gay.
So why don't you try. my little Sir
Cat,
To wait on the king when he wants
this and that?"
That's certainly a new adyen-
ture." thought little Puss Junior.
So he thanked the bird and went
around to the rear of the castle and
looked in at the kitchen door. And
as the cooha were far too busy to
mind him-for II was a feast day.
and there were over forty lambs TO
be roasted-he went through
back passage, and passed from room
to room very softly
And he didn't forget, let me tell
you, to turn the heels on his seven
league boots backward. for n lie
hadn't ne would have stepped right
through the palace and out NJ Ibe
great front doors with one stride
And now. when I stop to think.
don't believe ] ever told you that
the heels on Puss Juniors magic
seven-league boots could be turned
around backward. which mads
them just the same as ordinarv
everyday boots, you know
Well, as Puss went tbrouyb ,ho
castle. all OF a sudden. inst Iii,a
that, he stubbed his toe against
gold nail which stuck un In tbn
floor, and out jumped a man from
behind velvet curtain. twenty feet
long! He had three feathers in his
cap. and as Puss didn't know his
real name. he called him ..Ir. Three
Feathersr'
"They tell me the king is looking
for a throne boy, Mr.. Three Feafb.
ers," said Puss with a bow. And
next time I'll tell you what hap
pened after that.
Copyright, 1915. David cory.)
To BE Continued.
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By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Question of Neatness.
Dear Miss Fairfax :


am much interested in q man
Of thirty, who is agreeable in
every respect but one. He is we'll
to-do and can provide a good
home for his wife; his one fault
Is carelessness about his dress.
He never looks really neat, al
though he has plenty of money
to dress we'll. Sometimes when he
calls he wears q dirty collar and
his shoes are unpublished, and I
am really ashamed to go out with
him, and never like to have my
friends meet me on this account
I'always look neat, and take the
greatest pains with my clothes.
/ have often remarked to him
about the advantages of neatness
and called his attention to we'll
dressed men, but he never takes
the hint I like him in all other
respects and ask your advice as
to the best method OF making him
see this fault; at the same time
/ do not want to Insult him or
hurt his feelings. But am
afraid can never marry him IN
less he overcomes his untidiness.
N
A man who Is slovenly in appear
ance before marriage. seldom RENE
dies this failing a:tA-ward. and
am afraid that you will have n long,
hard path in trying - convert an
untidy man into one who presents
a we'll set up appearance: put II you
love him sufficiently you wc:I't
mind the effort. Why not attempt
a little good-humored flattery and
tell him that he does not think suf-
ficiently OF his personal appearance,
and that you resent the way he neg
lects such a particular friend of
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By DIR. w. A. McKEEVER
Zone of the nations best-knowa So
Geological writers).


Geological uriters).
A MODEST farmhouse beside the
~ coast-tO-coast highway.
~ A shady nook through
L which runs a placid little
stream.
A rustic foot bridge and swinging
seats under a bower nearby.
A field Of new-mown hay. cooked
and ready for storage in the barn.
A freckle-faced barefoot boy with
a lazy old horse and a spotted pup.
A company Of four rolliclzing tom
boy girls TO whom all this rural seen
cry was a veritable Garden OF the
Gods
Three OF these happy young god
desses OF liberty had come from the
big noisy city eight miles distant to
spend a week with the other. a farm
girl None of them was more than a
year above or below the age OF four
teen Now, can you imagine a hap
pier scene than all this?
Trailing along through the wood
land.
Hurdllng over the haycocks.
Awkwardly riding the pony.
Teasing the boy with the freckles,
Racing in turns with the puppy,
Making a swing OF wild grape
vines.
Sitting demurely at the table,
Weaving bright dreams OF the future.
Thus the romantic nature of the
average thirteen-year-old girl may be
quickened into new being and the dull
monotony OF her routine life home be
happily relieved for year and a day.
Assume, II you will. that the three
young visitors have come from as many
city communities and have here form
ed a chance acquaintance. Imagine
then the subsequent detailed account
at their homes of tine delightful events
at the farmstead.
Imagine. also, the chain OF friendship
letters that for months must go the
rounds among the four. reviewing the
memories Of their happy week together
and adding Il chapter from the fresh
book OF life as it is being lived in the
present
And now, mother. do you not
wish that your girl were one of
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IN ENGLAND, where the rich and the poor have felt
the spirit of equality in service Queen Mary and
- Princess Mary have the admiration of their
counymen by their untrng devotion to the great
for which the allies battling. Princess Mary, who
is in training to become nurse unaffected and
industrious and fuls her duties with all the and
faithfuness of the most humble worker.
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

yours. II you do this kindly and
humorously, II Is probable that h
will not take offense- II he persists
In being slovenly I do not believe
you will get much comfort out OF
marrying him
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~ H, dear me" sighed little
Puss Junior one day as he
trudged along in his seven
~ league boots, 81 wish