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Evening star., 1919-08-24

"You see. agents are not allowed In
our building, and the ad route was
their little way Of butting In"
"But you ought to have no trouble
in getting a good tenant these times"
II didn't. The next apartment en-
gagged the room three minutes after
the ad was oh the street. am just
telling you about the Others"
TT was a way-off green place with
a mountain for q neighbor. and
ripply stream that streaked in from
across fields to spring under the
trees. And everywhere there were
birds singing and chickens cluttering
and baby pigs wee-weeing around
precisely like the ones that went to
market except that, SO far they were
lucky enough to come home to mamma
sows
And there was the restfulness OF
the deep country that God had made,
in contrast to the man-built town;
and you felt that one dream had come
true. anyhow. You had escaped the
world of wars and Mammon to find
the peace that nations were clamor-
ing to locate and could not.
Just to give human glow to the
scenic charm, woman comes to your
hammock with card she has taken
from her mail box-route sand on
her face and in her voice is that thing
that word-designers call the paean of
joy:
Eggs have gone up to As cents a
dozen today. That's good! only got
43 cents yesterday. Chickens. 40 cents
a pound-that's nothing extra. I got
$12 dozen for the ones I sold Mon
day: little ones, at that ~
She was reveling in her choicest
literature-the daily list sent to farm
ers by official price-hxers who regu-
lated the commercial pulse at 80 many
financial beats, per-
Which seems to show that man will
never understand peace until he at
tains the peace that passeth UNDER
standing.
And that, until then, the only place
to find it is in the churchyard, carved
in Latin, on stone.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1919-08-24
Around the City.

A young woman and two boys
~ stood In the Post once cor
1 a ridor. One little chap was tall
enough to reach an arm across
the woman's shoulder and the other
had his arm around her waist
The woman was reading q letter.
and you could tell. without hearing a
word. that the letter was from
father" There was an apologetic
something in the mothers voice that
suggested she was making the most
OF every word. And there was an
other something in the eyes of both
boys that showed that a man was be-
Ing weighed in the balance. And
found wanting.
1t wasn't much of an incident, but
there was tragedy in it somewhere.
IA OMISSION to the wedding was by
card.
An oldish gentleman. escorting an
bldish lady, was approached at the
church door by an usher who held
out white kidded hand for the in
Titation.
With the dignity BETTING so cere-
monious an occasion, the oldish gen.
tleman went in his pocket and alb
eent-mindedly handed the usher
Public Library card. The mistake was
remedied with an interchange of hu-
morous smiles, to which the oldish
lady added an indulgent shake of her
head to imply that it was lust like
pa" Che usher escorted her up the
aisle to white ribbon" pew, with
her companion following.
1t was beautiful wedding. with
summer flowers, soft music and many
lights. The service was impressive,
the bridegroom worth looking at and
the bride girlish dream, but.
Two young women in gauze trim
med hats and upshooting plumes. who
had stood throughout the ceremony
and walled OF the view from the pews
behind, were obviously having the
fun Of their lives. They had seen that
mistake about the tickets. and they
Evening star., 1919-08-24
Not Old Enough.

THE we'll known Mr. Plumb, father
of the plan by which railroad
employees would relieve the railway
barons of their troubles, raised the
question before a congressional CON-
mittee the other day as to whether
the hen or the egg came first.
I'm not old enough to answer that
question:" interjected representative
Barclay of Kentucky, and the COM
mittee moved on to graver topics.
Evening star., 1919-08-24
Kitchin and Figures.

A LOT Of folks think they can make
a better tariff than Claude Kitch-
in. who used to be democratic leader.
Of the House, but no one ever tries to
outfigure him. He can figure so fast
in his head that he makes an adding
machine ashamed Of itself. That fact,
by the way. is one explanation Of how
he got some Of his tariff bills through:
he Just naturally figured SO rapidly
that every one else around him threw
up their hands and said, Let 'er 20 az
Kitchin says"
As proof of his ability to figure
speedily, Kitchin wears an old-fash-
ioned key-wind watch that is almost
as large as can of corn. He got It
for figuring fast.
One time when Kitchin was a boy he
read In a newspaper that q certain
man had multiplied four sets of figures
In his head without SO much as batting
an eye. That put Kitchin on his metal,
80 AAAA AASA w Hlo AdIu0E AHU 6hAOs
I believe could multiply four sets
OF figures in my head, just like. that.
Teller the paper describes" "a
We'll. son." Kitchin. sr. said, I''lk
you can do that, I'll give you this ana
watch. which I brought from Calht
fornta,'and II do say It myself, 1t ~
as hne watch rs any man In Scots-
land Neck, N. c., owns" sti ,rsf
Whereupon the figures began to
buzz around in young Ktchin's head. 4
and In no time at all he had multiplied
the four sets of figures. Several hours
later, after figuring out the correct
answer, Kitchin, sr, presented the boy
with the watch. . "a
kitehin's, father was q congregNmaHx
himself, They called him fog Horn
and ~ Has y buster Irity 49, tItes
Evening star., 1919-08-24

giggled over It from Lohengrin to
Mendelssohn. They were giggling
when they swooped down for a spray
of the blossoms the small flower bear
ers had scattered before the bride.
And when they had showed their way
through the crowd ahead and Joined
another young woman outside they
giggled a whole lot more.
And they didn't look like young
women who could be easily pleased.
either.
Which shows what Public Library
card can do.
ONE woman was talking to an
other-like this:
"The fiat is so large for Just the two
of us that decided to rent the corner
room to help out with the bills. So
put an ad in the paper and people
began to come. l reckon somebody Is
ringing the bell this minute, but !
don't careLafter all I've been
through!
"One woman was quite sure she
wanted the room; II was so sweet and
fresh and sunshiny. but she would
have to think the price over, and
meanwhile she would like to show me
a new adjustable corset steel. And,
my dear she took one out of a bag
and began demonstrating right there.
After she left really nice, digni-
fed man looked the place over and
admired things all around. especially
the nearness to the bath. And while
he was apparently considering
whether to pay deposit or get his
wife's judgment he whipped a card
from his pocket and presented it to
me with the announcement that he
kept nearby garage and would like
my custom.
"a second woman barely glimpsed
the room she was in such hustle to
tell me she was a manicurist, and
would either call at my apartment
"By the time six or so peddlers had
called I began to sense that I was
being initiated into a new line of
graft.
Evening star., 1919-08-24
ME following letter, recently To-
Gated by Charles Moore, acting
chief of the manuscript di-


i chief of the manuscript di-
vision of the Library Of Con-
gress. was written in 1860, and de-
scribes the visit of the young Prince
of Wales during that period The
writer. Harriet Lane, afterward be-
came Mrs. Johnston. The original
letter is contained among the papers
of the Harriet Lane Johnston collec-
tion in the Library of Congress.
Executive Mansion,
Monday. October 8, 1850.
MY DEAREST SOPHIA: The great
visit is over & a most charming
time we had of it, I was too busy
for many, days before their arrival
to write you a line but have been
fully & entirely compensated for all
my efforts by the entire success Of
the princes visit, & by the pleasure
he & his suite seemed to derive from
1t. He is a charming little fellow
full of fun & joke & wonderful in
the admirable manner of conducting
himself upon all occasions & seemed
as happy as possible here. They
'Thursday-Gen. Cass. J. B. Jr.. &
j. B. H, meet them at theVStation &
Uncle meet them al the front door
of our house-they came Immediate
2y into the blue room & were pre-
scented to Mrs. Ellis & myself The
meeting with the Prince & indeed
with all was SO cordial that I was
an R-ln
we were. After chatting awhile we
retired to our rooms to dress for
dinner at 6:30-when we had all the
Cabinet but Gen. Cass who left when
we went to dinner-Mayor Benet. Mr..
e Mrs. Browne, Capt. & the Misses
P1easonton III! !!!!! Mr..
Irvine, Sec Of British Legation & Mr..
Ledyard-ourselves Sc the 10 of
the Princes ALTERNATING in all "a.
mfr. & Mrs. Yulee absent-Mrs. Led
yard & Mrs. Benet sick. I wore my
Dieden blue & after dinner we played
whist in the green room. The Prince
and I-against Lord Lyons & Mrs.
Thompson--came of quits. Thurs
day was fatiguing day for the
Prince but he bore 1t manfully-we
breakfasted between 0 C l0--they
went to the Capitol at 11--returned
at IL & had a reception-the house
was OF course filled to overfiowing-
many incidents that occurred then &
afterwards must tell you when we
meet face to face-at 1.30 we had
1unch--after lunch they went to the
Patent office. came home, sat awhile
with Uncle & at I the Prince, the
Duke. Mai. Teesdale, Capt. Grey, Lord
RIinchinbrooke, Mr.. Elliot "a son Of
Lord st. Germans) Mrs. Thompson &
I went to play game Of tenpins--
of which amusement the Prince is
very fond--we had Mrs. Smiths al
ley all to ourselves & had the incest
Kind Of ( time. s.'p ~ M
I AZ dianer shat day w had thistvs
Evening star., 1919-08-24

f1ve-besides our own and Lord Lyons
party of sixteen were Stoeckl, Tas-
sara, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerolt, Mercier,
Lisboa, Molina. Blondeel, all the full
ministers who were here, Mrs. Slidell,
Davis, Gwin and Bright-Gen. and
Mrs. Johnston, Capt. and Mrs. Lee,
Mr.. and Mrs. Trescot Che is the new
assistant Secretary Of State) and Mr.
Bob Magraw-who really behaved
most modestly & admirably during
this visit. & was of great assistance
in helping me to keep things straight
at the stable. The fireworks COM
menced at 9:30 & were splendid
but did not show to their real advan-
tage in consequence Of the rain. My
party was in the evening & al
though it was a pretty party &
passed off without accident yet / sup
pose there were as many unlimited
here as invited-in the hurry of send
ing out the invitations I forgot to
make 1t obligatory for them to pre-
sent their cards at the door. We had
supper at II, & I was literally worn
out when went to bed. Friday we
went to Mount Vernon on the H. L.
with all the cabinet gents-Mrs.
Thompson was the only lady Of them
Mr. & the Misses Ledyard, Miss
Gwin. The Misses Slidell, Mr.. & Mrs.
& Miss Riggs, Col. & Miss Seaton
(managers). Mrs. Merrick. Mr.. Browne,
Mr.. Schell. Mr.. Magraw, Mrs. & Miss
Black G all the English party-we
left at II and got home at Eve had
a most interesting visit there partic.
ularly at the tomb-it was most beau.
tiful and solemn. The Prince steered
the boat that we (The President, Lord
Lyons. Miss Lane. etc., landed and
went back to the ship in and brought
US up in grand nautical style-he
planted horse chestnut in front of
the tomb-about o'clock we en-
barked again-f0und our lunch all
ready for u.s. had supplied it-after
all was cleared away we commenced
to dance & altogether 1t was a most
delightful day. We dined at Lord
Lyons in the evening. Mrs. Ellis &.
l were the only ladies-played whist
after dinner. I wore my white
silk trimmed with green there-&
Dieden's white which is beautiful the
day before at home. I am greatly
pleased with all my dresses, etc. Re-
turned Brainards trunks on Wednes-
day with the flowers could not wear
& belts, etc.-also the things she
sent Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Ellis
brought me a gold belt from Tiffany's
much handsomer than Brainard's
which were little tarnished. Mrs. e.
has beautiful dresses, & seemed to
make most agreeable impression
upon our guests.
You had everything splendidly ar
ranged about my dresses, dear Sophie
They are much better than any. thing,
Hratnard ever. made me from my own
order. Dtedenss white iits me hssuti-
- n ass q ~
.I.I.
Evening star., 1919-08-24
Meeting Up With Martha

She and her crowd are easy thrilled.
All you have to do to please them
is to pull something odd or different
and charge about four prices for It,
expect I'd have forgotten the whole
rigamarole about the Chateau Mutt
and this Nine. Pahrein-which I un-
derstand is French slang for Nobody
Nohow-if 1t hadn't developed that
Tn to be included in the party.
"Ah. count me out. Sadie" says I.
II amt SO strong for this old stuff"
Certainly you must go along" says
Sadie.
Which was one Of the reasons why
did. We made the trip yesterday. And
say. the joint was a good deal as Mrs.
Purdy-Pell had described. In fact, I
though first Off we'd got the wrong
steer and had come to some abandoned
house. But after Purdy-Pell gives
three loud raps with the knocker the
door opens am we begin to drift in.
1t was when he starts to introduce
us to this Nine. Pahrein that 1 gets
my big jolt. For a second or so tries
to tell myself it's just my imagination,
but when she gives that little gasp as
I'm towed up I knew my first hunch
was right. The regal lookin' party in
the antique French costume is
Uh=huhl You've guessed It, Martha
Smith. No other.
She passes 1t off well. and, Of course,
don't make any break. Not even
when Doris drifts in with all that
talcum on her crimson brown hair. It
gets no gasp out of Doris. She just
tips me the cool wink and goes
through her part smilin'. But the first
chance she has she mods to me to fol-
low her into one of the side rooms
$50 nice to see you again. Prof Nc
Cabe." says she. "And I'm sure don't
need to ask you not to blow the
game"
''Trust me-" says I. TITS too rich
Who thought it all up?"
Little Doris with her little beam"
says she. you see, didn't help my
dod do press agent stpn without
learning something. And 1 rather
think guessed right as. to what these
people want. Eh?'
"You sure did" says /. II take 1T,
though, that the school board wrote
out a blue ticket for Aunt Martha?"
They did not" says Doris. 1--WE
beat 'em to it, for had doped out
this Chateau Mutt scheme before I'd
been east week. The hard part was
to convince one Of dads old friends
SO he would unbelt enough real money
to start the thing. After thateit was
easy"
t. "How does Aunt Martha like the
act?" says I.
She's having the time of her life"
says Doris. isn't she looking stun
ming, thought"
l couldn't deny it. "And the scheme
is a winner, eh?" says I.
Its better than owning a tin mine,"
says Doris.
Well, we had a swell feed. And on
the way. home Mrs. Purdy-Pell asks
me gushy If I don't think 1t was all
perfectly dear. AS I'd had a glimpse
at the check Purdy-Pen signed at the
finish / could look her square in the
the eye.
"Ab-so -lutely." says I.
Copyright. 19i0)
Evening star., 1919-08-24
Silver and Gold Striped.

OLIVER and gold striped stockings
are worn with silver and gold
evening slippers. The stockings are
made of heavy white silk, and the
stripes. three or Ave of them. are an.
Piled IN heavy geld or silver thread,
wsSven iintoo a hsifslnohh' Nv widtk to , ths
instAp. Fss n t,s X (,
Evening star., 1919-08-24

Pell. THAT Is part Of the charm of
the place, the absolute mystery about
them. From some old French family,
undoubtedly; perhaps of the nobility,
Mrs. Twombley-Crane says she heard
that the elderly one is a French
countess. who passed through a
frightful experience when the German
crown prince occupied her chateau az
his headquarters and who refuses TO
return to It until the French gov
ernment has had him executed. I
don't know. But she la q dear"
: "And the dinner?" puts in Sadie.
f"Perfect" says Mrs. Purdy- Pell.
"You might think you were dining in
Paris. Only there Is the Illusion Of
night and the days of Marie An
toinette. You are served by a butler
and footman in black satin knee
breeches, black tailed coats and pow
dered wigs. Nothing but candle light.
The dining room hangings are all of
black. too. And Nine. Pahrien--that is
what she calls herself--presides at the
head like queen mother. OF course.
1t Is rather expensive. But It is go
exclusive. You simply must go up
with us some time. Shall we arrange
for week from Tuesday next"
TAI admit I didn't, get, myself ali
worked up over this freak roadhouss
stuhtl the WAY Mrs. PurdyrP Pell does.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-10-30
PEACE TIME RED CROSS
FACES HUGE TASKS
War Task Not Finished..PubIic
Health Problems Must Be
Solved BY Red Cross

The American Red Cross, according
ington, D. c., believes that its first
duty is to finish its war task, one hun.
dred per cent. The Red Cross must
also continue to carry on even more
effectively than in the past, its estab-
lished system of National and Inter-
national relief, in mitigating the suf-
fering caused by famine, fire, floods,
and great national calamities. 1t must
also render every necessary service
to the Army and Navy, and must con.
tinue the work undertaken prior to
the war in the field of nursing and
First Aid.
The responsibilities Of the Red
Cross are greatly increased as a result
Of the lessons taught by the war, the
statement continues. Higher stand
ards of responsibility have been set
to prevent needless suffering and loss
Of life. The Red Cross, with its tradi'
lions and it's established organization,
will aid in maintaining these stand
ards by cooperating with all recog-
nized agencies engaged in conserving
human life and happiness. Activities
already authorized include the en-
couragement and support of Public
Health Nursing, educational classes in
dietetics, home care of the sick, and
First Aid, the extension of Red Cross
Home Service, an increased Junior
program. and cooperation in develop
ing community health centers.
War time developments have given
every community in the United States
q recognized and organized center OF
Red Cross activity through which the
people of that community may, if they
wish, serve themselves, with all the
advantages of national leadership, ma
tional standards, national and inter
national contacts 1t rests with the peo-
pie of every community to determine
for themselves just how fully they
have need of a movement which under
the associated Red Cross Societies is
to express the effort of the peoples
of the world to free themselves from
needless death and suffering through
neighborly cooperation and service.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-10-30
NORTH PRAIRIE

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Palmer ant
daughters, Hazel and Evelyn, anc
Mrs. J. D. Scrimger dined with Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Clark on Wednesday
Mrs. Henry Hoksbergen visited
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H
Bartelds, on Monday.
Robert Nelson is i'll this week.
Gerrit verduin and Cotton Bruins
visited with John Bruins on Sunday.
Mrs. George jacobson and little
son, Wendell. visited with Mrs. ia
cobson's mother Sunday.
Mrs. Dave Bruno and little son,
Bernard. were guests Of Mrs. T. J.
Nelson Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stremler and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Stuurman were
Bellingham visitors last week.
The friends of Mrs. Lindseth are
sorry to hear of her illness in Van
couver.
Mr.. and Mrs. P A. Clarke enter
tanned at dinner Sunday for Mr.. an
Mrs. Robert Jones and children, Mr..
and Mrs. o. F. Francis and little son
of LINDEN, Mr. H. T. Jones and Mrs.
George Bruce and children.
Mr. Conrad Axling and Mr.. Otto
Bruins autoed to Bellingham Mon
day.
Miss Alivira Benson is working for
Mrs. L. c. Kagley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Axling and
sons, Clifton and Glenn, were visit
ors at the John Axling home Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. Kagley and Mr..
Jake Bartleds autoed to Bellingham
Monday.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-10-30

E. L. c. Hinckley and Lewis Tromp
left Sunday for Seattle. They are
now hunting big game in the Olym-
pics.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-10-30
LINDEN BOY TO LEAVE GOOD
JOB TO RETURN TO SCHOOL

Ards Young, who has been work
ing in the Bremerton Navy Yards the
last six months as a second-class ell
ectrician, came home Friday morn
ing on five-and-one-half- fur
Tough. with full pay. Young has been
installing wireless outfits for $6.15
day, with Saturday afternoon off.
He left for Bremerton Monday ev-
ening, and will return at once to
Lynden, having been persuaded by
superintendent Fisher to enter High
School.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
AS YOU THINK so YOU ARE
Much Wisdom in Little Ones Idea of
the Way in Which Success May
Be Won.

Aunt Marie was discouraged. She
had just applied for a situation and
her application had not been success
full. 81 Just told myself before l went
up that / wouldn't get It," she told her
family. 81 always have the worst
luck"
Her ten-year-old niece looked up
from her game. "You shouldn't have
said that, Aunt Marie" she said earn
estly. 81 believe that's the reason you
didn't get it. Why, auntie when we
girls play Hands Held Open l always
watch and see that the girl who gets
the button when it's passed Is the girl
who holds her hands just right to get
it, and who looks just like she was
sure she was going to get It, So l
always just fix my hands in just the
right way, and then l look exactly
like expected 1t, and If do that way
l do get 1t. Maybe that's the way
you'd better do about getting a job"
Auntie thought the matter over and
decided that perhaps after all that was
good way to do.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
viii Divide Indian Reservation.

The Menominee Indian reservation
will be divided among the 1,750 Indians
of the MenOEinee tribe. This move,
which was decided on at council of
more than 200 Indians at the agency
at Keshena short time ago, will mark
the beginning of isolated Indian life
instead of tribe life.
The council, which was the largest
in recent years. veted unanimously to
make the allotment, consisting of 50
acres of land for every man, woman
and child in the tribe. The reservation
has 100000 acres. Of which 100000 will
be allotted and 10000 will be held in
reserve Jointly by the tribe. Every In
dian will be allowed to choose his own
plot Of land.
The timber will be held in Joint ten
ure by the tribe. The change will not
affect the schools and the mill at Neo-
pit will continue TO operate under the
tribes joint direction. The Keshena
agency will still have jurisdiction over
the reservation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20

To be possessed of a head of heavy,
beautiful hair; soft. lustrous, fluffy,
wavy and free from dandruff is merely
matter Of using little Danderine.
1t is easy and inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair and lots of 1t. Just get a
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderne
now--it costs but few cents-all drug
stores recommend it-apply little as
directed and within ten minutes there
will be an appearance of abundance,
freshness, fluffiness and an incompara-
BILE gloss and lustre, and try as you
will you cannot find trace of dandruff
or falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when you will see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair--sprouting out all over your scalp
-Danderine is, we believe, the only
sure hair grower, destroyer of dan
druff and cure for itchy scalp, and 1t
never fails to stop falling hair at once.
II you want to prove how pretty and
soft your hair really is, moisten a cloth
with a little Danderine and carefully
draw it through your hair-taking one
small strand at time. Your hair will
be soft, glossy and beautiful in just
few moments-a delightful surprise
awaits everyone who tries this. Adv.