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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28
CONTRACTING AND REPAIRING

REPAIRING or new building; garages.
sleeping porches. etc. Clark. Walnut
bS7l,
CALL J n JONES, Tor all kinds Of
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iF YOU have a house 10 repair. plaster
patch OF garage to build. call Davis.
Walnut ss23-J.
CARPENTER and repair work Prices
reasonablsi work guaranteed. Maple
1854
THE Oklahoma City Bldg. Co. build.
ing contractors. Phone NJ. 2sb5-J.
HOUSES raised ana moved by Roy l.
Pack. 500 W. California. wainu,
b3b0. U
House DOCTORS, carpenters and
builders and general repairs Cali
Maple 2l6s-I Porter and Peterson.
FO( CARpFNTER and repair work
phone Maple Asss.J. Logan Hanks.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

| NICELY furnished southeast rooms.
young ladies' preferred Maple 1896.
| fns VEST 7th
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28
WANTED-TO RENT
BY GOLDBERG
=

YOUNG COupLE with four-ycnr old
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meat: must be well furnished and Ia
good neighborhOOd. call MacGllyray.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28
'APER HANGING AND PAINTING
SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE

WANTED-Ny woman who has unusual
executive ability. position as office
manager. capable of handling CORE
spondencc and other office matters
IA, OklahOpnn.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

1910 NORTH BROADWAY, on doubl.
car line. furnished rooms TO people
employed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

IN PRIVATE modern home, nicely fur
nirhed bedroom. reasonable as West
Eth Maple DgI
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WANTED Room With bath In - steam.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

Statesmen WANTED-To sell stock
OF oil corporation paying monthly div
idcnds, with large Kansas and OKLA
homl HOLDINGS. No advances or ad-
Ncrtising expenses allowed. Reply wire.
.ottur or In person Immediately.
MlDN EST SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
Gil Commerce Bldg. Kansas city. Mo
WANTED-Two good saleSmcn who
have had experience In stock selling;
prefer men above 30; salary and eS-
pcnses or commission. Call Saturday
or SUNDAY. J. \. owen. SkirVin hotel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-28

fOR RfNT-FfOnt room, private en-
trance, w.h o. without use Of kitchen
and dining room 60 North Dewey 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
ST. HELENA BIDS FOR KAISER

'St. Helena. the Iisland whose spe-
cialty is the entertaining of deposcd
monarchs, has good economic reasons
for its reported desire to have the for
mer kaiser for a prisoner says a bull
letin from the National Geographic So
ciety's Washington headquarters.
Napoleon was its most famous and
best paying guest though not the only
one Dinizulu, a Zulu king, was more
recent exile, sent there after he led Il
rebellion against the British during the
Transvaal campaign in 1889. While
Napoleon was at st. Helena, 'profiteer-
ing at the expense of the Bonaparte
household and the numerous members
of the garrison sent to guard him was
reduced to fine art by the island citi
zens.
"In fact, it was the high cost of st.
Helena living which created part Of the
friction between Napoleon and the Brit
ish governor of the island, Sir Hudson
Lowe. Instead of living within the
$4,000 allowed for maintenance Of Bona
parte and the, half hundred members OF
his encourage the" bills for year
mounted to three times that sum.
"On complaint Of the governor, which
Napoleon resented, the ex monarch ex
ecuted a bit of play to the galleries
by ordering his silver sold and his bee
broken up for wood, which, when re-
ported in England, created so much
criticism of the governor, already none
too popular, that further remonstrances
were not made.
"Napoleon's wants were few. His
principal luxury was books; his diver
sion chess playing and digging in his
garden. Like the former kaiser, hC
spent many hours with the Bible. HI
professed no piety, however, frankly
admitting that he was making study
of certain Old Testament books to show
that monarchies had divine sanction
He also spoke of wanting to write {
monograph on The Campaigns o
| Moses
''Since st. Helena is some 700 mile!
from the nearest land, Ascension Island
and 1900. miles from the nearest Afri
can port, the extreme precautions takel
| by Lowe to prevent the escape of th'
man who once had ruled half of Euron
! created considerable amusement. Si
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

This done, Billy looked around for
Peggy. There she was, high in the sky,
sailing toward the North Pole. She
hadn't seen how Billy steered his feather
and was being carried away by the
wind.
"Chase her," cried Billy to the King
Of the Wild Geese. "Tell her to steer
by tipping the feathers"
The King of the Wild Geese sped
into the air and soon caught Peggy.
She learned ct once how to steer the
feather and soon came safely sailing
back.
Then the King and the Blue Goose
told their sad story. Six fine goslings
had been hatched to them early in the
summer, and had grown rapidly until
they were their parents pride and joy.
"We wanted you to see Them" said
the King to Peggy and Billy, "and SO
we set about preparing the feast we
had promised you. We left the little
ones at home one fine day, telling them
not to wander. Alas, alas, when we
came home our little ones were gone
and we haven't been able to find a
trace of them"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
The Cartridge Shell
THE interview with Rose Adare

THE interview with Rose Adare con-
cluded, Chief Burke departed for
headquarters, leaving Paul to under
take the examination of the Hartshorne
house.
Dusk had fallen when the young
man completed the task to- his own
sented himself at the sanctum of his
superior, who exclaimed aloud at his
appearance.
Paul, you look done up. Don't go
at it too hard, my boy; remember the
collapse you had after the Rcuhl case
OF course, this is the biggest thing
we've been called on to tackle in years.
but that's all the more reason why
you should take care of yourself I'm
banking on you, the whole inveStiga
! tion is in your hands. and We can't
afford to have you get sick and lay
down on the job
II won't lie down on it, chief.
Paul assured him as he sank wearily
into a chair and placed a huge tin
cash box on the desk before him. "You
have arranged about the servants?"
The chief nodded.
II did exactly as you asked. Jenny
and the cook and that little kitchen girI
have gone to their own homes; here
are the addresses if you want them
I'm having them looked up and they Il
appear at the inquest. The French
maid, Matilde Benoit, I'm holding for
further examination. I cleared the
lot of them out of the house after you
left and stationed a guard there
Where've you been since o'clock?"
Several places, but let us take this
matter up, first" Paul produced a ke!
and unlocked the box. Here is Ma
tides list and the jewels check up al
right with it; not an item missing
There is no mention of the string o
pearls, but as it only arrived last nigh
she evidently hadn't time to add it t.
the catalogue. Quite a collection, Mrs
Hartshorne had; roughly speaking,
should say it aggregated about $50 900
exclusive of the pearls, of course. See
Eight rings, four brooches, a diamon
wrist watch, three bracelets, a laval
liere, two pairs of earrings, and a dia
mond lorgnette and chain. They ar
not distinctive in design though, an
no one piece is Of exceptional value
they might have been purchased in an
first class jewellers,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
DREAlILAND NDADVEN7URES- -ByDdddy
"THE RUNAWAY BRIDE

1--WE will help you search" cried
Billy. BY this time the Blue Goose had
recovered from her faint and they set
forth at once, for it was already growing
dark, the sun having set.
But they looked and looked and saw
only the deserted land, partly COW
cred by snow. As they searched the
darkness grew greater until, finally
they could not see their way.
1--WE will have to wait until morn
ing" said Billy, and Peggy shivered
as she thought Of the long, cold night in
which they would have to camp in the
| open.
But the words were scarcely out OF
Billy's mouth when tall stream of light
shot up in the northern sky. Then an
other stream and another until the
heavens seemed ablaze.
Electric lights" cried Peggy. IT
didn't know they had them away up
here"
''They are the lights shining out Of
the windows of Santa Claus's factory"
honked the Blue Goose. "He and his
helpers are working overtime getting
ready for Christmas"
"Why, that's what folks call North
ern Lights" exclaimed Billy. 81 never
knew what they were before.
Now we can go on searching"
cried Peggy. They searched and search,
ed, and finally, far away, they saw
village.
let's look there" suggested Peggy,
mo, no!' honked the King. "Red
trappers live there. We dare not 70
near them. Me must fly away quick
ly."
"No," cried Billy. 'Tf you have
searched everywhere in vain and have
not gone near the village, maybe that
is where your little ones are hidden,
I'm going to see."
(TomorroD tDiU be told ,chnt then
find in the pilldge of the Red Trap
pers.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
Lights In the North

hJtBhtS tho A'Vs"s
TNEE Beautiful Blue Goose futtered
l. to the earth as though she had been
shot. The King Of the wild Geese
darted after her and seized her by one
foot, but she was so heavy he couldn't
keep her from going down, down so
swiftly she was sure to be hurt when
she landed.
Peggy and Billy, sailing along in
their feather airboats, felt powerless
to aid. The airboats were borne by the
wind and there seemed no way to steer
them.
But Billy noticed that as he leaned
over the edge of the feather it tipped.
and the airboGt turned n bit that way.
He crcpt further toward the edge and
the feather tipped more and at the same
time it began to circle around like a
boat with its rudder turned. That
gave Billy an idea of how to manage
the airboat. lie crept forward and
tipped the feather downward. That
sent it toward the ground. Then by
moving from one side to the other he
found that he could steer it wherever
he wanted to go. 1t took him but a
moment after learning this to send the
feather airboat swooping down beneath
the Beautiful Blue Goose, who dropped
right into the center.
The weight of the Blue Goose was
more than the feather airbost could
carry. 1t could no longer fly, but while
it sank swiftly toward the earth it did
so gently and smoothly, making land :
ing that was without jar. Once there,
Billy dashed snow in the face of the
Blue Goose and this quickly brought her
out of her faint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

NCEE that girl over there" remarked
~ the proprietor of small jobbing
establishment. "she came here about
n month ago and I'm going through
the usual experiences have with all
beginners"
What's that?" I asked anxiously.
'She will act on the wrong exam
pies. They all seem to do it and 1el-
lows are just as bad as the girls. They
see some one doing something wrong
and at once that is a license for them
to do it. 81.
''The cashier I have is very ca
pable woman and every summer she
goes away for week ends to her pco-
pies place in the country. The train
service is bad and if she stays over
Sunday she can't get here until 8 40
Monday morning. She's such fine
little woman that for the two months
her people are away, let her come in
at 0 40 instead of o o'clock. She stays
overtime night after night during our
busy season and I'm glad to let her
do it.
"Now that girl had been here less
than two days when she asked to get
in at 8 80 Monday for the next three
weeks-her people were at home, but
she had an invitation to spend week.
ends at. camp.
II refused it, naturally, and she
ups and tells me that l give Miss Hig-
gins till 0:40 and that's ten minutes
more than she asks for" / told her
as kindly as l could that Miss Higgins
had been here eight years, but that
young girl acted as though she had a
personal grievance against me.
"The other night she stopped work
for a few minutes before and sour
ried out without cleaning up her desk
and typewriter. l called to her and
insisted in having things left ship
shape.
Miss Walsh (another stenogra- =
pher) often leaves her machine uncov-
cred until morning was the defense
offered. And so it goes, one thing
after another. When anything is done
wrong some one else is quoted as hov-
ing created a precedent for doing il
that way.
Its seldom that good deeds are
considered worthy Of emulation.
. don't find the help falling over itself
to work overtime when Miss Higgins
puts in a few hours extra.
II had a boy named Horace once
who was as smart as a steel trap. In
his spare time he used to rearrang'
stock on the shelves and kept the
goods looking in fine trip order. None
of the others felt called upon to follow
his example, however.
"a customer of mine wanted
r young chap to train as assistant man
: ager. | recommended Horace for the
job and today he's manager of five
e stores and will soon be director Of
the concern.
e 1.-THE other fellows accused me o
favoritism for recommending Horace
r because, forsooth, they had been will
a me longer than Horace.
z "Doess't it beat all how little tn
e young fellow or girl thinks about tn
. future of his job? They, see how littl
e they can do and then feel agrieye'
when don't exert myself to boost 'em
"a chap came to me few week
= ago and grumbled that he had been witt
me for nine years and was only gettin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
The Second BulLet-By Robert Orr Chippen7eld

could tell then by her eyes that some
! thing was wrong. Afterward, when j
saw poor Mrs. Hartshorne lying there
and asked Matilde why she hadn't got
ten help at once, she said she had only
looked through the keyhole herself n
minute before I came"
THAT Is in accordance with the
statement she has just made" observed
! Paul.
at is not true. nevertheless" Rose
returned calmly. "Shc had known 1t
for hours; it was written all over her
There hadn't been any sound of her
running down the stairs to let me in
when I rang my hand wasn't of tho
bell before the door was open, as il
she'd been standing there just on the
other side Of it. Moreover, now that
| think of it, she said l would know
best what to do; that Mrs. IIartshornc
might not have only tainted. Maybe,
having been the first 20 find her, she was
afraid of being accused of knowing more
about it than she did
Very likely" commented Paul drily
"You were here last night before Mrs
Hartshornc left to go out to dinner,
weren't you?'
''Ycs. She sent for me to write some
notes for her - answers to invitations
which required an immediate reply"
You said that flowers frequently
came for her while you were present.
Did nothing else of any greater value
come? Last night, for in
stancc?"
La, T,n0K n
lively, and. reading n partial knowledge
in the significance of his smile, she re-
sponded:
"Ycs. and last night was the first
time. Oh. she'd had books and candies
and things like that before, but never
jewelry. A box came while | was fin
ishing the notes. and she cried out in
surprise when she opened it. I don t
wonder. for I've never seen anything so
beautiful No one in EastoPolis has
anything TO equal il. 1t was string
of pcarIs-big, round, perfect ones with
a kind of milky CLEAN through them;
the same that were about her neck,
poor thing. when she lay dead there on
the floor this morning"
Did she mention who had sent them
to her."
mo. There was card with them
n mans card, by the narrOwness of it;
but | don't know what name was on it.
Paul paced meditatively across the
room and back before he spoke again.
Miss Adarc, when you came on
Wednesday morning did you notice any
thing unusual about Mrs. HartshOrne?
Any change in her from the time Of
your last previous Call?"
"Only that she looked terribly i'll.
She said it was only a headache, but
if the hand of death had been on her
then she couldn't have been more white.
She tod me that she must look par
ticularly well for that afternoon, and |
advised a touch OF rouge"
DO you know why she wanted to
look so particularly well that after
noon
The girls hesitation was but mo
mcntary.
well, she didn't tell me, Mr.. Har.
vcy, but as l was leaving heard her
giving orders to Jenny about visitor
coming for tea" Then, anticipating the
inevitable question, she added: "Mr
Swarthmore."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

ing to the choice Of location. Au
questions toiH be ansWered in the order
OF receipt. No anonymous correspond
ence can be acknowledged. Readers
initials only toiH be published. 1t wilt
take from four to fifteen Days for a
reply to appear.
IN Why h; is It considered unethical for doctors
~ au'er'se! NJ. d.
If doctor advertised he would be
advertising his own personal skill,
whereas if he sold an article which he
made he would be advertising the arti ;
Gle. The same applies to lawyers, ac-
countants and other professional men.
It's like saying, "See how clever am.''
1t is acceptable for professional men
to advertise by cards. BY that mean
a plain announcement in the paper that
John Jones is doctor and that his
Office hours are thus and so.
Where do you think the most loss conner
from IN retail store? MERCHANT
From overweight and overmeasure,
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

(Pe0gy and Billy trdvel TO Santa
Claus land IN feather dirboots 10
help the King Of the Wild Geese aud
the Beautiful Blue Goose find their
lost little ones. The Blue Goose
tdints phen she finds they have come
10 the rescue.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
CONTINUED TOMORROW
From the Chestnut Tree

From the Chestnut Tree
They've illuminated the town
clock"
They have?"
Eyes. They want to be able to show
visitors a high old time at night. -
New York Evening Telegram.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

$2S week--the same salary he started
with. He complained that married
man cant live on $2S week these
days.
II told him I felt sorry for his wife
being married to him. and that il /
had done my duty l should have fired
him eight and a half years ago, for he
never grew a bit. He stood still, but
expected his salary to grow.
YOU'D better write this up for your
newspapers" he concluded, perhaps
it might make some young people
think"
That's why I've written it up.
There's lot Of truth in what my friend
says; but, of course, all workers are
not as he paints them, and neither are
all bosses paragons of all the virtues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24

Readers Questions Answered
Mr.. Whitehead pUI ansper in this
column questions on marketing, buying.
selling, advertising, letter toriting, busi-
ness education, and on matters pertain
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-11

Ily discussed in the great legislat-
i've forum.
In two weeks time the disarm-
ament Of the feet save for few
of the lesser vessels which might
be needed for police service had
begun, and the disarment Of the
forts and Of the army rapidly fol-
lowed. =
Most of the country has been
brought to favor this state of af-
fairs, according to the article,
which continues:
GA few irreconcilables, as usual
refused to abide by the judgment
Of the country. Most Of them be-
longed to that class of men of
big property interests, or Of un-
earned incomes, who had been the
loudest of any in, their demands
that large numbers of other peo-
pie should Immediately enlist for
war, and they now realized all
they could in gold upon their pos
sessions and fed to Siam, Chile,
and Madagascar, the only places
where there was no immediate
danger Of war.
In the meantime Germany dew
eloped plans for an attack on the
United States, to finish her con
quest of the world.
During these weeks of excite
ment in America" continues Mr..
Baker, "the German Kaiser had
been organizing for the attack on
the United States. He and his
General heard with amazement
and incredulity of the events in
America. They could not believe
the reports sent out by the press,
and spies in great numbers were
dispatched to the principal cent
res to test the sentiment Of the
country. None of the customary
signs of preparation for war was
evidence. No one was engaged in
breaking the windows Of the Ger
man Consulates or in robbing Ger
man bakeshops, but, on the con-
trary, large number of Ameri-
cans were asserting their friend
ship for the German people and
their adherence of war in any
form. No one was proposing to
smother the acts of Government
/ in secrecy or to censor the news
papers, for the people through
years of practice in the free dis
cussion of their affairs had grown
suspicious of anything that need
ed to be- hidden in darkness. They
believed in 'pitiless publicity. The
German spies were, therefore,
allowed to circulate freely in Con-
gress and to send full reports to
the aisers. Having no wish to
lsteaYanything or murder anybo-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-11
(From "The New York Times ,

Ray Stannard Baker, who has
been appointed by President Will
son to be publicity man for the
American Peace Commissioners,
wrote for the American Magazine
Of January, 1915, of which he was
editor, an article which caused
widespread comment at the time,
in support Of extreme theories Of
disarmament and nonresistance.
Mr.. Baker pictured America,
with her feet sunk and army dis
banded voluntarily, invaded by "a
German host who found that they
liked the country so much that
instead Of fighting they settled
down here.
Mr.. Baker portrayed the Pres
ident and his Cabinet and a wo-
man orator represented as a sort
Of reversed Joan of Arc as lead
ing the movement which sunk the
American ships and dismantled
/ the American forts as the method
of meeting a threatened German
invasion.
This article is entitled 'The Last
Phase of the Great War-the Ger
man Invasion Of America, A. D..
1885," 1t begins with des-
cription of Germany victories in
the European war, finally involv-
ing this country. and making war
apparently inevitable. A great
political conflict at home between
the "peace party" and the milit-
artists is described.
I'm the mist of this struggle, F"
continues the article, cat this
most dramatic climax, the Pres
ident of the United States, man
of the noblest ideals and most rln-
selfish devotion, appeared one day
before the Senate wearing upon
his coat the iron plowshare of the
Party of Peace. 1t was discover
ed on the same day that all but
two of the members of the Cab
met were wearing the same in
sigma. 1t is difficult to describe
the impression upon the country
1of the news of this event, for the
Influence of the President at that
time upon the Government was
profound.
cit is not necessary to recount
fully the debate that followed. At
that great moment men were lifted
out of themselves, parties and
Iprivate interests were forgotten
even the selfish and narrow int
erests of the nation were for the
moment set aside, and the prob
lem of what was best for humani-
Itx, for civilization, came for the
first time in history, to be serious