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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-14
MOTHERS SOFT SNAP

Mother has a soft snap, hasn't she? 2
She gets up at s O'Clock, feeds the fire, tunes up the
kitchen orchestra and starts cooking breakfast.
Then she calls dad, and he rolls over on the other
ear for another yard Of sleep.
Then she calls the children and dresses the younger
ones
Calls dad again. and he gets up growing like a
strange bulldog.
1ster breakfast she sends the children to school and
washes the dishes.
Then she tides mp the house and gets a bacsache
picking up things father has scattered around.
Then she digs up . couple Of his shirts and chaper-
ones 4 needle over the places where he has ripped them.
The children are hard on their clothes and she puts
in an hour mendins garments
Then she cooks dinner. serves it and sends. the chill
dren back to school.
Bustness Of washing dishes again.
Then she puts up lfrnt and string beans or carrots.
The church is going to have . food sale, % she bakes
a cake for It. 3
DADS best suit. which she pressed the other day. is
al over cigar ashes and has more wrinkles In IL than
an accordion, ~ she presses It again
Thsn she mends her own clothes.
II is nearing supSer time. 8. she gets busy in the
kitchen again.
Washes dishss again.
Now she has her daily vacation. SO she hunts up her
~husband's peekaboo socks gets out the knitting bayonets
and mends the foot kimonoa.
80 It isn't much Of . vacation after all
The children ars Sleepy, 30 she puts them to bed.
~ this tine shs = rsaay for bed herself. but steals
: few minutes to look oser the newspaper.
Reads Mint minsss. rho haven't taken out their cin-
senship pApsrA tntsnd y strike Tor : .r-hour ny and a
.fdys-day wsel. A -
ssaiis. ~ ~ enrysps the old maids ana III, foreign:
born minsfa
Co.'S Is fhs chiiArsni1 room 10 800 Il sverythins i
IN rtsht. stosps over anA kissas them good-nisht
0 Then shsA changes har mind.
shss giad3 she's = mother after all.
1od ~ ~ sssvs asyshdrawn Inc SECURE
OvesA1sn1 \. ycsst srendnsthSr
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saaase - 80 yeur owa hSzas., IA - 4 i asesn't
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ASss ~ dseh--G5aSAsA Rssio..
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o'clock; the "bunch" would be on
their way back before he got there.
They'd be turning in by six o'clock.
Was Maria de la Guarda certain to
return to the studios before going
home?
"sure thing"
MacAllister turned from the office
with an hour of suspense on his
hands. He spent it walking about the
little city Of stage properties, looking
with interest at the long structures
erected for the making Of stage
scenery and the housing Of stage
paraphernalia; at the series Of OPEN
air stages, or, rather, photographers
devices. divided by screens and rooted
only by adjustable shades, in which
pictures were being taken; at the rows
which the players retired, or from
which they emerged; at the various
immovable bits Of stage scenery
standing stark and clear under. the
brazen sun, here the facade OF an
italian villa, therasaFN ure1pbelg street
scene, a street of. facades set up like
q row Of paper-dolls, and in the dis
lance, backed against the hills. a
medieval gateway bridging the mouth
of a canyon. ~
Closely half-circled by d%un-colored
hills patched here and there by live
oaks, the motion-picture city itself
which hurried automobiles loaded
with players being taken from one set
of stages to another, and trucks car
rying stage properties to various
points. In and about the stages, max
ing for this dressing-r0om or that, or
strolling about in the open while wait
ing for their" particular picture to, be
set up, were armored knights, modern
soldiers, the sleuth and the tramp; the
business man, the s~ilk-hatted frock7
coated gentleman, the Hindu, the
Turk, and. the white-gloved butler;
ladies a%lluringly clad, the debutante,
the houri, the washerwoman, the child
Of the slums, the baby in arms, the
stage dog, and hardest working Of all,
the director and the attentive opera
tor. 1t was an immense open-air
stage 'back-grounded by hills and
glared upon by the sun, and q busy
workshop that sent its~wares to the
farthest of the earth-even
So this was the life into which
Marie had stepped; into which he had
driven her! MacAllister was Impress
ed by it all, for he realized the fas-
cination that underlay all this unreal
reality and garish activity-the vision
Of the play-actor that reaches beyond
1t all to that waiting audience of mil
lions; that great eager audience ex-
pectant always of entertainment, and
vastly capable of appreciation. Mac
Allister realized what q spur it must
be to talent, and what an allure to
ambition. It was that vision made
the play-actor's life possible; relieved
m0notony and ennui.
And Marie, this new Marie with
whom he had, been making acquaint-
ance during the last two weeks. had
Ir~ecuperative force, and MacAilister
knew that back Of all recuperative
force there is ambition. He was
afraid of this new Marie az revealed
to him through her letter to Clare.
This was the same girl who had
struggled against odds in Paris, only
grown into q woman with a mantle
Of desolatfon drawn about her. She
looked out upon. Me sepolly. She was
quite capable OF judging him and
finding him wanting.
MacAllister had travelled a long
road since the day he had told Marie
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BIRTH AND DEATH.

PHI little babies Knew this old world theyre coming =, ls@frM.##ssM#
EM II they knew Its grief and sorroW and Us m n a..-.8.A.s#@%@##
= they new = hurt and ache 6nSthe path that they mnIGH 4
{ onaSt - .1 80 !" o Uuu Ssn nu tnroush h swinging GATES Of lke9
they knew some distant morning they mus ionrrssy q. Xx.-l.#s
[Would they view the landFof breath, - We view tha r.Iyn - ~ 49, .Sns$s
Ss 80 WA'W p1s ~ cuIran4 on the myterys fS btHhf aN# N
fIet With MI its grief ana pain and Its days * ars.-w. ...a I@%%S@
despite 2 dlaappoIntment1 which the pastTr go -g.@xaS.&s
~ JOys to oonnpensato ue&t0 entrances ~ N SSSStG - 49, M
ana tMs mortal e 9h ne We know 8 g the lie . which wsx cling
tRa ssss nay yy yssM ths Land Land of Hrsash. asIwe view tho realm & death !.
ws break through. HES thin cover and pass nwasa = ,nsu - H.
That ths dAthyy hui seen dreadtng taa briehtern hMnas ~y y.e 1scov
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FLAT EZHE

The spectacular seizure OF the coal mines Of the
state by Governor Frazier was, manifsstly . fizls, It the
beginning. and is absurdities are becoming more and
Eaore apparent as further details come to light
Governor Frazder's first step in connection with, the
fuel stuation was to create q condition which made 4
walkout by the miners inevitable. There had been no In
dicaAion OF an intent on their part to strike until the gov.
efnor stuck his finker IN the pie. The first statement was
IN assarnption that tho men were shout to strike. Ihia
he took for granted without reason, md without evidence
Starting ON that basas. and projecting Into the situation
the wage element which had not yet become an issue in
this state, he undertook of his own Accord TO determine
the merits of Z tcontToversy Of his own ,creation, ana "a
Ascids Il e hkown ~. Ths plan e advancing the min.
- Nass 20 ~ csnt during 10 psrstsd 81 the Strike. and
assisntnS - Acrsa1s 70 ne sHiks faad, appaalsd is hin,
81 - M rsasUnasss - ~ g. d.saaf.d. Al. ths time
thsts - dassi.raaen 49, mads. M whsa ths zoyerno,
srssd y np6h M NO. ownsrs. ths asaks italf had bssu
sscssse4 usls.fpl ~ 1sssraI esnrxtsg a stsps Isoktns
tssSr1ssy Dfsnotion ~ 49, itohibns4 saoyarnos
ArseLers 49, o.. ~ = haaehs4 4. nsss $40 and
SesseAt ~ ntssgs~ssp y ~ 100 u ID III
&iyg45d1Gy ~ Seurts III Ssrtte1s
HMaSpnnnos1Gs MiA fs1era0 ~ - tSns q
sgs1sstG lts s = - y Essa,n = ssrk .zssr ~ 49,
&i1RfssI S1 MS Aaas slzss1 rs hsSrnasalssn. ~.
sllsIslssl sselae L. 49, ~ $1,000 ~ AsstAx -.
sssal nn4it ~ -
JE3r EEr4l[F
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give assurance that the men Az 10 return to work, and
remain q work asths scale which prevailed before the
ratrikS. @
Not only are the men to receive NO increased pay.
but they are to work under the direction of tho same
overseers: A good deal has been said about the mining
capacity Of MI. Deemy. who has been selected Is the
states mining director. Apparently his duties are to b.
light a. It has been declared that the mines will work UNI
der the same conditions ana under the same supervision
a. before. and that. the only change In the situation will
be that the staes viii have bookkeepers to keep track Of
the accounting.
In I'll, of Governor Fraxisr's announcements there
has not been . syllable to tho effect that mine owners
who were able to- secure other labor In place Of the strtk-
es would be given protection by the state. and that the
men who voluntesrea for this work would also be pros
effort Of the sovsfnQr has been directed toward the Gre
alton of the situation which he thought might be held to
justify his seisure Of the mines. The thing foremost In
his mind was not the production Of coal. but tAs inflic-
ton of more socialism on the state. A. an indication OF
the trend Of thought in the socialist camps some Of the
governors supporters are now suggesting that tho mines
may never be restored to their owners. Whether or not
it ID proposed to make military law perpetual, and under
that fiction to continue the socialix management, does
not appear.
! The possibilities are interesting. There existed not
the slightest need or excuse for any Of tho clumsy and
abortive steps which tho governor has taken. Yet he has
chosen to declare that the state will run the coal mines
until further notice. With no greater warrant he could
make his declaration Of martial law general suspend en-
t1rely the operation Of all the laws. and destroy the au-
thority of the civil. courts, ana seize the blacksmith shops,
the farms, and the peanut stands Of the entire state. That
is what he is driving at. and apparently he expects soon to
arrive.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-14
STORING LIQUOR

The numerous cases in which Easements have been
raided BY burglars In search Of stored liquor have caused
such alarm that several Fargo citizens are said to be con-
tenplatins the removal Of such stocks as they have from
Easements to attics. In the hope that these places Will
prove less easy OF access. Tho plan looks sound. but
there is the possibility that 1t may. result in unexpected
developments in air navigation.
= A good many people are under the impression that
the possession Of liquor is illegal under the recently en-
acted federal enforcement statute. This IL . mistake
The federal law places no restrictions on the possession
Of liquor which was acquired lawfully prior to July ! Of
this year. Stocks acquired since that time are illegally
held, but II, before last July an individual stored a car.
load Of whiskey in his basement the federal authorities
would have no objection to letting him keep it until he
drinks 1t up. No limits are placed on the time during
which the liquor may be held. or the quantity to be
stored. It is pointed out, however, that the possession OF
an unusual quantity Of spirits might create a strong sus.
picion that the stun was stored with the intent, Of sell
ing II.
Another feature on which no restrictions are placed
fically excludes from its operation the manufacture Of
alcoholic beverages from fruit juices, provided the manu-.
factdra Is carried on in the home, and is for home con-
sumption only. Such beverages may be Manufactured
in any quantity, and Of any desired strength.
Undoubtedly the most perplexing problem will arise
miscellaneous manufacture Of ardent spirits. which car
be concocted from materials which are abundant every
where, and by means Of easily improvised apparatus.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-14
CAUSE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT

81 mere are plenty OF d1SQuieung things in the devel-
opments which we see around US. The outbreak Of I.
W. W.. criminalfty. at Centralia, resulting in the brutal
murder Of returned soldiers. can not be regarded a. q
chance occurrence, but be recognized as the out-cropplng
Of a vein Of lawlessness which spreads far and hsk many
ramifications. The strike of policemen in. Boston d short
time ago Is an exhibition of the slight regard which men
who have assumed a performance Of grave. duties have
for the public safety. and their own oath OF Office. Many
strikes have been called in violation Of distinct agree
ments between employers and employees which had a
long time to run. Some of these strikes have been ac-
tompanied by violence, some by murder. The governor
OF North Dakota has chosen to set himself in an attitude
of defiance Of the regularity constituted courts, and to
declare his det<rminatos to 60 his own way despite
them. There IL enough to create a feeling Of appre-
hension and to warn US that a situation exists which
must not be trifled with.
Yet the situation Is not altogether one Of gloom.
While there are clouds the sun breaks through them
and we are assured that It is shining ON as brilliantly
and as powerfully as ever. "A mob undertook t6 over
throw the government OF the city Of Seattle, but the peo-
pie. stood splendidly behind a courageous mayor, and
the fire OF anarchy was stamped out. The policemen's
strike in Boston was the great issue in a politics. CAM
paign and the governor who had declared that the laws
of his state could not be arbitrated. was triumphantly
reelected by the votes of decent men Of all parties. The
city Of Winnipeg was the center OF q riotou2. dsnon-
stration which kvas intended to sweep Canada from coast
to coast and to overthrow the existing government, But
loyal men stood bravely by the colors, and the mob was
suppressed. Ambitious leaders urged one-half million
coal miners to reputation of their contracts for the pur.
pose Of creating a revolutionary condition in the United
States. But the courts stepped in and those who had
shown a tendency to defy the law were afraid to, bring
the matter to a test. and subsidized. Everywhere there is
TO oe found evidence that when people become aroused
to a point where they understand that the issue before
ther, ia ma ~ Io- ~oio o-a>~o~a
is ready and given with tremendous emphasis. The great
danger before us now is not that American people will
willingly and deliberately ccuntenance anarchy, but rather
that anarchy, disguised under other names and mas.
aueradins under other forms. may gain secretly the con-
troll which it, never could gain openly. and 1t becomes
all the more important that te American people devote
themselves industriously to the work Of education which
win bring about an understanding Of just what con-
s<ttutes anarchy and just what good citizenship demands.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-14
LV1II.
THE SHOW CITY.

The SHOW CITY.
1t was to Marie that MacAllister
across the great plains, Through
much bare land that was hot" into
the country which sis also desert, ex-
|cept where man has made 1t green"
to Los Angeles, bone-dry and glarinR
white under the August sun.
MacAllister knew Southern Califor-
MIA we'll; he had been in Los Angeles
many times. He secured an auto
mobile and drove put through the
suburb that nestles against barren
hills, to. the pepper-tree-shaded
bungalow in which Marie had ''se-
cured a stopping place" It was a
small box-ltke cottage dignifed by the
title Of buhgalow.i in which Marie had
secured q room, and the woman
whom MacAllister interviewed was
evidently, the wife Of q laborer. It
was a.po0r place which the sunny cli-
mate alone made liyable.
Maria de Ia Guarda,s at the
studios" the woman told MacAllister.
MacAllister asked quickly.
mot till yesterday the woman
said. ''she's, been going but to the
studios regular, though. Yesterday
they gave her q chance, and she said
she expected to play today, too,
MacAllister inquired his way, then
drove, rs directed, up through wind
ing canyons to the mimic city in, the
hills. the immense workshop and
show-place as well, Of motion-picture
production.
There. they told him: Maria de1a
Guarda? Yep. She's out on a To-
cation today"
Where ??' MacAlltster3 asked.
"sycamore Canyon--fye miles UP Ia
the hills"
He asked whether he could 60 there
in his automobile.
on, yes-but 1t was after four
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that she was "a stranger" to him, and

that she was "a stranger to him, and
that his love was dead. His anger had
melted quickly in the hot furnace OF
regret and desire. He knew now that,
when he had walked the streets OF
New York in search Of her he was
held by a blind craving for her; the
simple primitive demand that would
any man, and, yellow or white. Indian
or Scotchwoman, would have mades
her his own. 1t had been that
blind unreasoning desire c~ommingled
with the fear that she had taken her
own life, passed beyond his reach for
ever.
7 He had come back to Laclasse GER
tain of it, and had been met by a re-
lief that had been almost too much
for him. He had not been deciding
anything when he sat crimson-faced
ago: he meant to travel to Marie by
the first train that would take him.
But the Marie Freda had revealed to
him had made him uneasy-more
than uneasy. He had not doubted fo1
a moment that the girl who had knelt
to kiss his hand would come into his
arms as soon as he opened them to
her. But the woman who, when re-
fused his love, had surmounted her
difficulties and had chosen her flu
ture, had the same spirit that was re-
yealed in Freda and so astonishingly
in Mrs. Mendall; the new spirit in
woman that MacAllister called "a bit
of the superwoman." The spirit that
turns so quickly to activity and inde-
pendepce for comfort-and finds it.
Not only finds comfort, but an alb
lsorbing~ interest as well, and a certain
critical and unimpulsive attitude to-
ward marriage.
Unless Freda was right, unless the
Indian woman was the Stronger in.
Marie, the vision that takes hold on
the play-actor might rule her. Freda
had said, '"The time will come when
you will bless that golden streak Of
hers" .MacAllister had come by de-
grees to count upon Marie's Inherit
ance as his best friend.
S LILA. - "
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CxNoRD1B.

nome OK M4CAll1Btef, wealthy
,%.s sa MINUTES m%snIfassusss q: tac Mss;s
Osi1vte, a relative OF his, IN secures 8
dali, and his wife. Nendall ID to give
Both MscAilister and Mendall fall in
love with the GIRL who 10 Of rare charm
MacAllistef's munition factory Is blown
up. He suspects one Kraup; z German
b RIn'n sSs tnisAl II e ch:ufs = sAlli Me MalGi
paints q daring picture OF Marie. and at
q dance given In, Laclasse he and the
girl dance q sensational Spanish dance,
dis ras n!sh sor q s., sas as : a1 Mare fssss
for his safety, and while | n . terror OF
anxiety cuts up the picture which Men
dali . painted Of her. The latter con-
fesses hi. his low VET, to her ana his wif 1.turn,
safely, after having procured The arrest
factory, and he and Marie acknowledge
their 1cvs fer each q S eses1 IN No. ~ IL,
tests his innocence of the munitions
plant explosion, and gives MacAllister
papers which tend to prove that Marie
has deceived him. and " no CONNECTION
MasAllister charges Marie with lying
to hin. Ehs explains that she is the II
legitimate daughter of his cousin
James ogilyie. b lesitimate daugh
IcF Udu UlCu. WI IL 49, ~AAS
whose nan,e Marie had taken.
Nearly insane with grief as a result
Of her quarrel with MasAllister. Marie
plans to leave Laclasse. Mendall forms
Mrs. Mendaii tells MacAllisteS thai
her husband has left with Marie. II
takes her to h home OF Freda O.
Rourke, q friend of his. and sets. U K
trace the pair. He finally locates Men
Marie is not with Mendall. however
and thinking she is dead MacAlltste'
hurries back to Laclasse. He dndS tnert
however that Marie has gone y nsan.
with a moving picture concern.
Her husband didn't know!" FEEDS
said quickly. keeping her own
counsel appears to have been hel
habit. That's the sort Of marriage
theirs wa, no sharing Of confidence,
She told me, Alex, that h was JUS
going to tell him. the words were on
her lips, when Marie came down tn
stairs, walking out into her future
and changed their desttnies."
1.-The poor little woman MacAl-
lister said.
for the space ola minute. Then ]
I.ne ~ ~ she.Il have a child "a
ner saivatio csra IN and nian for
M VOL LOT a. rnathar than ANYTHING else.
S SWsth h hahv me- arms Shelf be a
times more happy than she
mas evel oeea 49, ~ har a1readvi She
s ~. 800. ~ nas har mini. clear Of ali the
ne sssI. sWsp. ne. 49, and hatred and
ugiy .nln rath.r narrow-mfndad
?s. tt's H1.~ nnaisnd woman xrowins
i ls.e.e Wv eo,asr and4ai because la h
in.U Z Ists fhaf must not he
3uiloaas = i;,,s - -. = WomanDnroy
hsnness .he IL doinr." Freda Wal
ae essad - ans sue eaS.r he.,,tifu1 IN hel
n .sne anu
fnssAi1ist. 1ooked Mt her = little
.-,rsanz1v e~nnraciative Of her beaMty
G.hors So The heantysIoyinr mans
- ,n : ~ a. .his evss-and soma-
thinr ala aomethinx more profound.
.1'i hs,;sMe thatss whaf We are Freda-
! ,a..a ny .wn,na nth -motherhond the
sn ~ 4 ati. .hsnn II van II waa ona at
u. -. s;nns, clashes of intuition.
T H,s snu nan al more of lie than
Svuiu - . Y 80 1000 49,
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LdX,

"IF YELL ONLY HAVE IT SO"
Before six o'clock MacAllister went
to the gateway through whichlShe had
been told the returning automobile
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mother to a good child. THAT I am {
E

mother to a good child. That L am
not accursed, as I have sometimes
thought when in misery. But why do
I talk of all this! Marriage and q
child are not for me-prejudice and
prejudgment will always be against
with my life.'"
Though he flushed deeply, MacAllis-
ter said nothing, and, in spite of the
hurt it>gave her, because of the hon
esty that a. FTeda's first law, she
continued decidedly "I agree with
Marie. I have never been afraid of
her Inheritance. 1 believe it would do
q child no harm-good, rather. And
I believe, Alex, that Marie will be sue
that's your blood in her. Her Spanish
strain will make her q successful
actress-if that is to be her future
and an alluring worna she will be to
the end Of her days. But it is the
primitive in her that would make her
= glorious %4. wife and nd a q very cry perfect "a
is strong in her, chen, Freda?"
Strongest Of ALL" Freda said de-
cidedly. Its her Indian blood will
make her faithful, patient, loving and
self-sacrificing. 1t was the Indian girl
whom you captured and who captured
you. Alex. The time will come when
you will bless that golden streak Of
hers"
"Eh!" MacAllister said with a
caught breath. Perhaps"
He got up abruptly and lifted his
bag, then put 1t down again and came
back to Freda. He took both her
hands and kissed them. There's one
thing I've learned in all this" he said
deeply, land that is, that We are the
truest and the. finest thing God ever
made, Freda. However lovable,
there's no woman living can touch
ye." Then he went out quickly.
He had told her nothing; we'll as
Fteda knew him. she could not tell
what was passing in his mind. But
he had given her something. a tribute
that circled her heart with warmth.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-25
MAY DEFER INTEREST
British and q. S. Governments Confer
on War Loans.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Interest pay
ments on American loans to the allies
may be deferred until the war reac-
ton passes" it was said today at the
treasury Negotiations to this end are
now being conducted at the request of
the allies but officials explained that
the latest advices from the treasury's
representatives at Paris did not lndl-
cate an early conclusion.
London, Nov. 25.-A plan is under
discussion by the British and Ameri-
can governments under which the pay
ment of interest on advances by
Great Britain and United States to the
allies in the course of the war and also
advances by the United States to Great
Britain would be postponed for three
years it was announced in the mouse
of commons today by Austen Cham
berlain. the chancellor of the ex-
cheQuer.