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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-12
ELECTION BOOTH LOST;
SUSPECT CHICKEN PEN

PASADENA. May 12.-~Whether
or not someone In Pasadena Is us
ing an election booth for "a chicken
pen Is problem which is greatly
agitating City Clerk Hcman Dyer.
After the last city election. which.
as usual. booths borrowed from the
county register OF voters were
used. one double booth was report
cd missing. The best efforts Of
the city clerk and his entire staff
have failed To locate II. All elec-
tion officials at the late contest
have been asked 10 make search
Of their respective polling places
for the missing booth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-12

Coeaed Toafus, Biliousses. Sour
0oomaeh. Siek Hesdsehe. Bloaiin9. Gas.
Coasipokjcn Of other result Of Indifes-
-. 70 remedy i more highly recon.
0snded thss
rolN cATnAnTlc TABLETS
10y esuse no edping or nausea.
Gtesnse the bowels. sveeteo the ssom-
IN and beneft the liver. Never dis.
appoina.
=. 49,. Csss: q: so..ssiy - feis-
esaksssIs 1sblsn are vesdesfsl"
Sold everywhere.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-12

Never make a confliant Of every.
body's friend.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14

ssnators Gronna and Norris are Of the opinion that
- xssaehns do NJ Issi.A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
TREATY RATIFICATION

Since the last comment on the status Of German
peace treety ratification abroad was written for these
columns the British government has completed its for
NAL ratification Of the pact. and the documentary evil
dsncs Of this act has been sent to Paris, and the French
senate has voted for ratification. In the FFeneh senate
the vote ~ taken was unanimous. though one member
abstained from voting. There remains for France only
the formal signature Of the head Of the government to
complete the action Of that country. The proclamation,
Of the king Of Italy accepting the treaty has bean for
warded to Raris, but the situation there seems to be not
quite clear, It Is regarded as beyond question that the
Italian parliament will approve the action of the king.
but there seems to be>some doubt as to what the situa-
ton will be in the meantime. In some of the comment it
is apparent that there is entertained the view that the
kings act will warrant the conference in considering
Italys acceptance complete, and that upon the exchange
Of the Italian note OF ratification. with those Of Great
Britain and France, the treaty will take effect as to the
countries which have ratified. The prevalent opinion,
however, seems to be that 1taly's ratification will not be
complete until the parliament has approved it. If the
latter view prevails there is small prospect for the treaty
to go into effect before the anniversary Of the signing
Of the arnistice, November II.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
sxNoPs1s.

Friends of Alexander MacAllister. q
wealthy, bachelor manufacturer Of mu-
nttio1s in a mid-western city, are sur
pflsed when an unknown girl arrives
who Is apparently engaged in a pro-
German plot against the MacAllister
plant fears the girl Is q Belgian refu-
see: and may recognize him.
MacAllister make arrangements for
the girl to live with an artist, Carl
M,endall. M his wife. He tells them
that the girl is a Belgian refugee, and
a relative of his. She is In a state APP
preaching COLLAPSE. but interests Men
dali, who is Of an cratic artistic temp
|erament, and who has already been the
subject of much gossip strangely. This
feeling increases when he inc her "
ting asleep IN the hillside. exhausted
from weeping, and carries her to the
house.
While driving to the city with Town.
ley, MacAllisters butler. Mrs. Mendall
and Marie meet q mysterious cyclist
who appears much interested in Marie.
Mrs. Mendall, and Marie go on q
shopping expedition, and the girl pro-
ceeds to put a Mrs. Bagsby. who has
been .having rather a violent, Irritation
with Mendall, "in her place"
That night there is a tremendous *
plosion at MacAllistar's muniticn plant.
A large part of the plant is complete
wrecked. Marie tells MacAllister she
suspects Towuley, his chauffeur.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
JY{ y S9{.lEE 9 '21!!<
o OF MANHOOD.

4r clear, ##@" 49, e'
And som think happiness lis told in wearing fancy Dress;
And som would filter out Of life its "a and grief and main ~ .r+e. n
To spend the fruitful years Of time in dreamy idenea S1Ao #
But grant to me the mn who say: We'll meet whatever comes or- Ley
Well, take les pleasure and It's pain, its bitter n Its rwss. "
Wen gladly work and gladly play and Live u lives as best a ma.
The roe that leads TO victory leads also to defeat" Nss@M&
Oh sonss there there r that sigh for fame and some the heights Of akil
will not let themselves be- GLAD until son faroR iy ia hadAMo'6E
In al the spendor Of today their eyes see nothing m - &8
But grant TO mi the fmen who cry: Tt is not yet or ina 70 AZ, g3
The scupN of life is at our lips w IA drink its brewi y %.# &&
Well. trudge the ratn-splashed road today tomorrow we NAV ft -
"a play M~## 1~3# #$str@ @i. AS test Aas8
For who would dtte With haDpdnsss must sur With sorrow too.
Oh. some would live from year to year and never shed 4 sn.J. +a., N3
aana.. ONE @ ~. their palates with the juices sichly sweet; 1~'
Nor put their courage to the test by ventuHng with defeat - 111
But grant to. me the msn who shout: mo less ri put ~ f,tth - 80.
We'll lake what comes of good or Ill q fate is pAeased tn -. - =!
Ana whom stslsst rs M g az vsI ~ wv 1s.r as sos ss u R n1es 81 -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
LANGUAGE AND TRADE

That American youth should be well grounded In the
American language goes without saying. But 1t Is utter
folly to ignore the importance Of the study Of foreign IAN
<EuAse4 in the development Of our national life. Most OF
our people. 1t is true. win finish their lives In the United
States. spending their time in tho industries which are
carried on in this country. But our industrial and COM
and our foreign trade will have an ever. increasing intlu-
ence on our domestic industries. We must sell goods to
foreign peoples, and In order to sell to them We must buy
from them. There is no part Of the globe where our peo-
PIE will not have legitimate business as buyers and as
sellers. and on the proper development Of our tore1Dn
trade will depend IN very large measure the wholesome
progress Of our domestic business Of every kind.
The English language is becoming more and more
a world language, and he who has good command OF 1t
ton to a language which Is generally current, the man
who seeks business in a foreign country needs familiar
iy with the language Of that country, or at least with
some language which is commonly understood by its bust
ness people. 1t is conceded that the expansion of our
South American trade requires familiarity with the Span
ish language. In France itself, and in some sections of
the Far East French is a necessity. Familiarity with one
Of the Scandinavian languages is an aid to our conduct
Of business in northwestern Europe. Throughout a large
section Of eastern Europe, while several languages and
many dialects are spoken, German Is by far thu most
useful general medium.
Very many of our people will study no other Ian
guage than English. Few will take up more than one
foreign tongue. But Of the great typical languages
spoken abroad, there is not one which may not be studied
with advantage by a good many OF our young people.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
CATTLE FOR FRANCE

A commission of French dairy experts Is making a
tour of the dairy farms of the United States and Canada
to purchase animals to be shipped overseas for founda-
ton herds in the devastated areas Of France.
The commissioners have announced they will buy
5000 animals as quickly as they can be selected for inn
mediate shipment. If the cattle prove satisfactory. later
purchases will be larger. Two per cent of the animals
will be bulls.
The dairy industry in France was seriously crippled
by the war. The German occupation left hardly a dairy
COW in the northeastern districts. France is urgently in
mead Of thousands Of dairy cattle to re-establish the herds
wiped out by the war.
In addition to the commission sent to this side Of
to Denmark, Holland, Switzerland and other countries to
buy: dairy cattle. In this purchasing campaign, the dairy
herds of the United States and Canada are In com petition
with those Of all the other dairy countries Of the world.
dairynen the opportunity the visit of the French commits
sion offers them to benefit not only the farmers Of
France but the breeders of America. a rich future mar
ket awaits American and Canadian breeders. if, in this
international contest, the French commission is con-
WINGED that the dairy cattle on this side of the Atlantic
are the best they can buy for the money they are au-
thorized to invest. ~"
Canadian breeders are alive to the importance Of
making a good showing in rivalry with the United States.
Both countries. it is said, have some Of the finest herds
OF Jerseys, Holsteins and Guernseys in the world. These
are the great dairy breeds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
XXI.
A WIFE AT FAULT.

A few days later, just as they were
leaving the breakfast table, Marie an
nounced that she vas ready to begin
her drawing lessons She addressed
herself to Mrs. MendalIt not her hus-
band: II am ready now, Madame. to
draw"
Mrs. Meudall hesitated. She want
ed to go into Laclasse that morning.
she must go, yet was afraid to leave
He aborninated stupidity; he would
become sarcastically polite, and with
Marie the result might be disastrous.
"Have you the morning, Carl?" she
asked, hoping that his reluctance
would invent an excuse.
Mendall had long ago decided that
he would show no enthusiasn over
these lessons. Besides. Marie had
shown no appreciation Of his exer-
the explosion. She had promptly re-
turned to her usual antagonistic atti-
tude. WHY suppose I can man
age it," he said, and went out. leav-
ing his wife to follow with Marie.
THIS was not an suspicious Begin
ming. but Mrs. Mendall made the best
oft. She did not believe that Marie
could draw. She felt certain that her
husbands patience would be tried to
the utmost.
Mrs. Mendall granted that Marie
had intelligence of a kind. a certain
distrnst Of those about her that
guarded her from encroachment, the
instinct Of withdrawal and the ca
pacity, inherent in most animals, to
strike when molssted. But she
thought Marie both senselessly lavish
and lazy, two qualities her New Eng.
land n detested. The girl summed
\ haroA1f tfka q a1VA o. ~ and aANVNaA
herself like one. Mrs. Mendall had
an unalterable contempt for the civil
ICED woman who retains the attributes
OF tho savage; she could not conceive
OF Marie's ever creating anything.
She ushered Marie into the studio
pleasantly, however, and while Mem
dali took charge Of his pupil, busted
ed desk. ready to intervene il neces-
sary.
Save for a single glance, Marie paid
no attention to her surroundings.
fMendall asked her no questions; he
simply placed her, then set her q df-
Thcult task. and stood 80 quietly ut her
side that his sudden exclamation.
when It came, startled Mr.. Mendall.
Who taught you to draw like
Marie glanced up 1t him. . Mrs
Mendall, caught the retaliatory clint
in her eyes. IAN excellent instructor.
desnor."
Mendall stood for = moment look
ingtdown 1t her. .HavA you ever
painted anything" Ne asked then.
"Ei, aenor." She slurred the span
tsh words almost 70 = hiss.
Water oolors?n /,
Isl"
Have you anything to show me?""
seras sts.ehss-thsy are muck
y Suppose you, st them"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14

Marie left the room, and Mendall
watched her go, intently observant OF
her every motion. Her gown. her pur-
chase at Burroughs Nast's. swatlled
her so closely that it accentuated her
naturally undulating walk. She was
Hdeliberate, well-poised, feline in light
ness Of tread.
Marie had appeared at breakfast in
the gown. and Mrs. Mendall had been
considered the garment a. negligee.
had had sufficient regard for appear
ances to wrap herself in a chiffon
scarf. The scarf raj red, of course.
1t covered her arms and shoulders,
~concealing to some extent her %sinuosi-
ty. The gown was q ridiculous thing
to wear in the morning; it had cost
seventy dollars, and Marie wore 1t
with as little self-consciousness a
washerwoman would her calico wrap
per!
Mrs. Mendall had noticed that at
the breakfast table her husband had
given Marie's attire a cold scrutiny;
no wonder he looked after her now
with an expression Of chill distate. It
was a blessing the girl could draw.
Ever since their first encounter, Mrs.
Mendall had feared that, if angered.
Carl would ask Marie-more politely
than Lucy, perhaps. yet pointedly
enough-how she came by her "yel.
low face" He was capable Of cruel
w when angry.
II am glad she is not going to be a
dead weight, Carl" she said, with 8
note of relief.
Mendall started and turned. NO
she'll do"
Does she really draw well?"
Eyes. She has the technique"
II want to go into town this morn.
ing. will you two really get along
without friction if / leave you to-
gether?" she asked anxiously.
Mepdall's exclamation was hardly a
laugh: Margaret. No. al
ears, or shake her! .,.. You've
precious little confidence in my pow
ers Of self-conttol. Don't you know
I'm always polite to my pupils
J execrably SO, If they can't draw? But
Marie knows how to handle a pencil
He bent and kissed her. flushing al
he did so. "Fretter!" Mendall was
not as a general thing given to de.
ceit, but he knew his wife well
enough to predict hat Marie would
not be allowed in his studio II she
he took in MacAllister's ward.
Mrs. Mendall held his cheek to hers
II am relieved, 1 assure you. I have
been worrying about the long summer
with that queer creature here in the
house. and her father insisting upor
drawing lessons. You would be bored
beyond endurance"
She'll not bore me, dear. 4.
60 on, and don't think about US
She's safe enough from my wrath"
."I'll be back for lunch.' Mrs Men
dali promised, from the door.
XXI.
MENpALL GAINS A MODEL.
,Mendall was still flushed wher
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
By BRIGGS

Marie returned. She offered the
sketches; they had been tightly rolf
ed, and were, as she had said, creased
and soiled. Mendall took them for
Mexican street ene They were
good work, done with a full brush and
expressive of directness and nerve.
"You must have done these in
Mexico" he remarked.
Her lip curled. '"You are anus
ingly skeptical. Senior. I told you II
first time I saw you that I knew al.
most nothing of Mexico. These are OF
Spain" -.
II had forgotten" he apologized.
It was plain enough that she realized
his interest and curiosity and resent
ed them.
She continued. you have been in
Mexico-1 in Spain. I. am told that
in parts Mexico is very like Spain"
Then with elbow on her crossed
knees, and hand beneath her chin. a
posture that lifted her face to his
downward. look, she began the soft
flow Of words that unfolded her sur7
Of note in Europe; the names of the
old masters slid easily from, her
tongue: she spoke Of famous paint
ings as one would Of intimate
friends; she knew Paris and Rome
far better than he did. Without any
direct statement she showed that she
was accustomed to luxury. matured by
travel-an experienced woman, was
Mendall's mental comment. ~.
And she could talk! Deliberately in
English. wildly in French, softly and
sibilantly .in Spanish.
Mendall understood: 1t was, in part.
- o+k~->~k>S -@.SS~aAS~. 20 49, 5.~,L
creature she had appeared; in part,
a sly sop t his curiosity, a defiance of
his surmises. She concluded with a
direct challenge:
IT have noticed these paintings Of
yours, senor-the primitive interests
you. It interests me also. I have
pcndered the sayings: zone drop of
black blood is enough to muddy an
ocean and Once an Indian, always
an Indian When sitting in the safes
in Paris I used sometimes to wonder:
If this place should suddenly be
transformed into a Mexican cook
house. would an educated but starv-
ing half-breed necessarily drop to her
equally hungry sister Of pure white
blood looked around for a chair
Would they not be likely to squat
there together, Senor?-the ancestors
Of both were in their time a
Are not such feprehensible ancestral
habits inherent in US all? :,
Being Of clean blood myself, I regard
ed the matter coolly. In fact the
question Isl still an open one in my
mind." The yellow smile was deep
in her eyes when she concluded, Wy
ing with the irony that lifted her lip.
Mendali was astounded by her
acuteness, and by her audacity. She.
was laughing at bis suspicious, hold
ing them up to rfdicule, playing with
them. He was also panic stricken.
II angered by his secret surmises, she
could revenge herself in disastrous
fashion; she might utterly. refuse to
pose for him.
His fright made him COOL. Ma
tionality interests me merely as as
artist, Senortta. Personally all ma
tionalities are much the same to me.
/. " In a r~eincarnation why may
not the black man or the red enter
into an Anglo-Saxon-or vice versa?
In the face OF infinite progression,
race distinctions appear puerile."
Continued In tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
temerty and the intensity of feeling
By ELIZABETH DEJEANs

But he found her lips and kissed
them. I'VE belong to me-and no ono
else and there's a future
he said, almost incoherently. Then he
put her aside with reluctant decision.
Zone thing I know: There are things
ye know nothing Of shall go by the
board-from this day IN. It's none
but clean hands, should touch ye." :
He caught up his hat, but at the
door he turned. ."I'll think over all
ye've said. IT I'm guided by We, it's
the first time I've let sentiment get in
the way of business; it's clean against
my principles" And with that he
a gone.
Marie went UP to her room and, as
usual, locked herself in. The newly
risen sur tipped with gltstening light
the leaves below her wtndow-ledge.
Over the tree.tops she could see the
golden bend Of the Missouri, the
steady, ceaseless, yellow flow that
mans hand could not stay. She look
ed at the symbols Of the inevitable.
still tense held by emotion. What is
done, is DONE" She said, as If she
spoke TO the sun or the river.
She looked about her then, at the
white purity of her room. and. sud-
denly, some sustaining force in her
broke. She went to her bed and
threw herself down, burying her face
in her arms. From the intensity Of
her distress her whispers sounded like
a prayer: "oh. Maria de Ia Guarda
Maria de Ia Guarda-'
And, yet, it was the usual imrnobile
and urobtrusive girl who showed her
self to the Mendalls later On.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14
oHAPTER xx.-ConAnued.

"Ah. no, Monsieur! Do you not see
that to send him away, or TO show y
any way that you suspect him, would
be the unwisest thing? Do you not
see what an advantage it gives you to
keep him, and quite ~unsuspicious that
you suspect? he has friends; he re-
ceives letters; you may have in him
a means of discovering the person
who wrecked your plant" She was
flushed and eager.
MacAllister looked at her adniring-
ly. ITO think that we've got SO clever
a woman's head on ye! I'll do the
very thing We suggest. I'll set the
keenest detective I can get upon Town
~. It may lead us to Kraup in the
end"
Though certain Of his enemy, Mac
Alister had had no very clear idea OF
how to reach him. That he was tri-
umphed over had hurt him even
more than the loss OF his plant. He
looked both pleased and excited. He
put his hands on Marie's shoulders.
I'm grateful to ye, Marie. Ye're as
sweet as a child, and yet ye have q
woman's brain"
She looked up at him, her color
ebbing. If you keep a guard ear
you. he will help to protect you," she
eaid earnestly. II beg you to do 1t,
Monsieur. I think you do not realize
your danger. See how nearly you
have escaped death. And II you go
on with your plant" She began to
play with the lapels Of his coat while
the color left her face entirely. "Ah.
Monsieur, il you have confidence IN
MY ~itn 1aas% psipe Pns4y: 1 ! sm ts IL @s
land because Of the things / have seen
men torn to pieces by. shell: and
women weeping over their children.
Why will men permit such things?
Is there no other way but to kill? It
is like q, great cemetery over there
full of sroans. Last night whAP ]
walked about wringtng my hands
thinking I must weep like those wom-
en-. / cursed war. This great coun-
here is the strife brought to your very
door. . =. MonsieuIS build w
yeur works again, Il you wish, and
make again the iron things that are
useful~athey brought you much
money-but the fearful things that
kill-please do not make them! j
fear SO greatly that harm will come to
you because OF It,"
MacAllister dushed darkly. He was
as completely surprised. by her return
to pleading as he had been by hel
keeness. But he did no reprove hei
as he had a few moments before
Since then she had stirred something
in him that wads compelling. She wa
pale and quiyefing and utterly u
earnest; lovely in her pallor and tn
way in which she chung to him.
He caught hersgto him. "Ys're 9
deal better pleader than 6agsDy.s ane
just because We r q wonna1a ]
didn't kpovSys var 9 frightened
about me, dear r.; N
Yes. Monsieur. I do not
deserve that you shopld think we'll o
me-but you a1e al Il have
Ye're Just sWeetueU itself!' Mac.
Allister said thickly. aI4 I'D only had
ye By me thxSe last dfteen Year,,
and he kissed her. her chsek and hel
hair, holding her the more closel!
bscause Of the shynesS that keptshe1
lips turned ffosns hin. For thouga
her hand prsaBed his cheek. JthAre va
an air OF withdraNal about her, shs4i
she was fearful both e her oN1
erfHt%-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-14

Somebody furnishes figures to show that under pro-
hibition the per capita consumption Of sugar in the
United States has increased from SO to 81 pounds. Far
be it from US to suggest that some Of this additional four
pounds, has gone into experiments in evadins the prohi-
bition law, but they do say that some sugar is necessary
tosset the right kick.