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THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BARBARA is RECoNCILED TO
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR
ROBERT.
CHAPTER CXIII


The next morning 1 took Robert
to the public school in our district.
The teacher was very kind, and when
told her he had always been prt-
vate school pupil she congratulated
me because of my making the change.
Not that l would say anything
against private schools she said.
But I think boys work harder. grow
more manly when they mix with all
sorts of boys, instead of just with
those of their own class. But am
a public school teacher, and one who
taught in private schools might not
have my views"
felt quite happy about him when
I left my boy in her charge. Perhaps
it would be the best thing for him
after all, this mixing with boys of
middle class and poor parents, in
stead of the sons of wealthy fathers
who indulged and often spoiled some
of them.
I talked with Neil over the tele-
phone, telling him what 1 had done,
and how happy both Robert and
were about it. He appeared depressed
and did not respond with any enthus-
iasm wondered how affairs were
going, then recalled Mr.. Frederick's
promise to keep me informed, so tried
not to worry.
AS 1 look back at this time in my
life Lean see how Mr.. Frederick's ef-
forts smoothed away many difficulties
which but for him would have been
almost insurmountable. But then my
mind was too confused, I was too
anxious about Neil to appreciate all
or even a small part of what this dear
friend was doing to help us-me.
That was what it was, helping me.
Yet even so I could not, L would not
refuse that help because 1 knew it
was Neils salvation. And 1 loved
Neil.
We women are often like that
was no exception. We will take Of
ferings from those who care for us
simply to further the interests of those
we love.
Mr.. Frederick called me up and told
me everything was going as well as
could be expected, and that I was not
to worry. I told him how Neirs in
difference TO Roberts school change
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
world's Highest Paid Woman Writer.
rnrn nefects into Virtues.-f.

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Don't refuse to run the race Of life
because you are handicapped. Instead.
let your handicap be as a spur in your
side to urge you on to more speed and
effort and thus enable you to win out
If you have a defect of mind, or
body or character turn it into virtue,
There is some excuse for people being
victims to weaknesses that they DO not
know that they possess. but there is
none for them not correcting a fault
of which they are conscious.
Yet how often you hear men ana
women say that the reason they have
not succeeded, or the reason they have
no friends, or thea reason their mar
riages have been failures, is because
they lack education, or they have high
tempers, or they are extravagant. or
they can't keep house or make Nv
ing, 1t is a shameful confession for
any normal human being to make, be-
cause anyone with an ounce OF grit
and intelligence can jolly well make
themselves over if they want to, and
can camouflage a blemish so success
fully that the general public VIII not
perceive it.
Now there's beauty. for instance. If
every girl had her wish she would be
born a Lillian Russell. The majority
are not qualified for admission into
the living picture class. Some are actu-
ally ugly. but when a girl perceives
that she is lacking in pulchritude shall
she sit down and beat upon her breast
and lament for lack of looks?
Not at all. Realizing that nature
has treated her like a step-child it's
up to her to get busy, and to devote
ten times as much attention to the
way she combs her hair, and the sort
of clothes she wears as the beauty
does. When we speak of a woman be-
ing pretty. we mean just the general
pleasing effect she produces upon the
eye, and it is quite as often matter
of harmonious colors ana artistic IA
brics as it is any regularity OF feature
of the lady herself.
Also the homely girl must depend
upon her wits. She must study the
gentle art of pleasing by agreeable
and sympathetic manners. She must
read and study and make herself en-
tertaining, because she must depend
upon her brains and not her complex
ion as a passport to popularity. There's
no reason why a homely girl should
be a wall flower if she has the sense
and energy to overcome her handicap
of lack of beauty.
Suppose a woman is born with a
delicate constitution. She can sink
into invalidism, or she can, nine times
out of ten, turn herself into a strong
and healthy woman if she will The
very knowledge of her danger is otter
a safeguard that renders her immune
against it, and enables her to keep ir
better health, and live longer thar
robust people who think that they car
defy the laws of nature with impunity
That is why the creaking door hang.
longest.
Copyright, 1919 by the Wheeler Syndicate
1nc)
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THE SENATE AND THE LEAGUE.

The opposition to the League of
Nations, which has developed in the
senate cannot deceive the people. II
is recognized for what it is, an effort
to gain a partisan advantage over the
administration. Among the outstand-
ing features of the controversy is the
fact that the League has the whole
hearted support of the most con-
spicuous member of the Republican
party today. william Howard Taft. a
man whose patriotic devotion to his
toned.
And Chairman Hays, while not
openly endorsing the league is urging
that it be considered wholly on is
merits. without regard to partisan pol
itics
Then whatever may be said of Pres
ident Wilson, nobody believes that he
has not the best interests of the United
States at heart, even while trying to
render service to the rest OF the
world. The people will be inclined
to stand behind Taft and Hays and
Wilson rather than Borah, johnson
and Knox.
Chairman Hays is absolutely right
in his stand, says the Buffalo News,
the league is not a matter for politi-
cal play. 1t is far too big, far too
vital. for that 1t is entirely a matter
of principle. No one claims that the
covenant is a perfect instrument for
peace. But the fundamental ideas of
it are sound. And it is not as If, find
ing it operating to our disadvantage.
we might not be rid of it. We may
within two years be done with it, If
in operation it works us i'll.
The majority of Americans are for
the league. because it is the only
thing that makes for the security of
peace. They do not believe that II
will prove destructive of our national
life; they do not believe that it will
break down national lines.
The league will express the resolute
determination of civilized mankind
that the peace of the world shall not
by the decision of the rulers of one or
more nations. hereafter be menaced oil
destroyed, and that international diff.
ferences must be submitted for con.
sideration before there can be a legiti-
mate resort to hostilities. 1t may fail
but it is worth a trial
However remote we may be from
that state of world development ir
which the possibility of war shall bt
inconceivable. we are. nevertheless
moving in that direction. We canno
remain stationary and We must refuse
to retrograde. The League OF Nations
is a measure of progress; it is a Ions
step forward to the condition o.
things which we desire. The call t.
ratify the covenant is call to an ad
venture in faith, and the American
people will not be slow to answer it.
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MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

had made me anxious; and he re-
assured me. sEr
Don't expect him to think much
of anything until we get him out of
the woods. 1 have taken all the nee
esSary papers and books from the Of
flee, and put man in there to at
tend to the mail"
What of his stenographer and
bookkeeper?" I asked.
Discharged them both" laconically
I couldn't help a little rush of glad
ness unworthy as it was. 1t is true
I believe that when we do wrong, or
something which in any way belittles
us, that we are anxious to avoid those
who know of 1t. never had felt COM
Portable about those two, since my trip
to Neil's office during his absence
when l intended to surreptitiously
look over his mail. altho I never had
seen either of them since.
You will keep the office going 2"
For the present, yes. Mail may
come for some time. Those circulars
have had a wide distribution"
How 1 hated the mention of those
glowing circulars. The extravagant
language, the promises they contained.
Promises they believed would be full
filled, but which the men. Neil among
them, knew never could be. pictured
men and women poring over them.
figuring how much they would make
if they sent certain amounts to be in
vested, the interest they would receive,
fancied many scrimping their living
in many ways to buy the worthless
stock, then looked around at my lux
urious home, expensive, beautiful, and
all bought with their money, and for
the first time 1 hated it. Hated all
this luxury 1 had so loved. hated the
thought that had selected each piece
of furniture. each hanging. each bit
of bric-a-brac. I longed to be rid of
it all, to leave.
Have you put the advertisement
in the paper?" was my next question.
1.-The house can be seen at my time"
''No-I talked with Tearle. He is
coming to look at it tomorrow, shall
try to come with him.
Vaguely I knew, as 1 thanked him
and hung up the receiver. that he
was coming so that he might help me,
so that L might not be embarrassed.
Surely no one ever had so considerate te
a friend. AS I walked slowly upstairs
I said to myself: Were 1t not that I
loved Neil so dearly I might have
cared for you"
(Tomorrow-A reporter calls upon
Barbara-)
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DR.. Hill again, and there were times
when she had had to confess to her
self that in her disappointment there
was greater cause for the exhaustion
she had felt during these months
back in America than was the mem
ory of all the work in France.
Maia didn't intend to take off that
mask even then, but once she spoke
Rodney Hill knew her and he knew
it was not Alicia Barton. to whom he
had been sent to give any profess
sional aid that she might need after
the bear episode, which had been
getting more and more interesting as
the afternoon passed.
He was holding her hand again and
telling her that she was the pluckiest
girl, and Bobbie had been told to give
them double time" which meant ten
minutes.
But didn't know you were one of
these people-money and society and
all that sort of thing" he told her.
And 1 never dreamed that YOU
were," she said. You never seemed
like these Woodmere people or that
you knew girls like Alicia Barton"
But I'm not, and I'm don't" pro-
tested Rodney. You see when I got
back from France I'd rather lost my
grip. 1 had just finished medical
college when 1 went over, and ex-
hausted as 1 was 1 wasn't in shape to
put up the fight that would be neces-
sary to start in on my own. Then 1
got in touch with these millionaire
Dorkinses who wanted a resident doc
tor for the summer to look after old
Dorkinss gout and Grandma Dorkins's s
bad temper. Well, to tell the truth
it was because of the fat salary that
went with it that I accepted it for the
summer.
Il wanted to make sure I had
enough to keep the pot boiling for a
year and then 1 was going to look
you up and ask you whether you'd
help me to start. I wanted to tell you
back there in France, that night when
we left, but 1 knew we had both been
thru too much to think of our
selves then. Besides. 1 wanted to
have a home to offer you before 1
asked you. Maia dear"
Ten minutes is up" called out the
cheerful barker outside, and then,
This way to see the greatest gypsy
| in the world. Learn your past and
| know your future"
| Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Ratification of the treaty which pro-
vides that we shall go to the aid of
France in case she be made the object
OF an unprovoked attack would tend to
remove from the German mind that
doubt regarding our course which ap-
pears to have prevailed in 1914. If
such a treaty had been in existence at
that time. it Is doubtful that the
Huns would have struck and it is GER
tain that II they had the war would
have been over much sooner than it
was.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. .

o. Is Griffith's picture The Birth Of a
Nation. still being shownl-E. X. 7.
A. Mr.. Griffith states that The Birth
and chief entertainment attraction in
Pekinr. China.
Q. How high are the waves at sea in
time Of storm1%,C 1, " Bp,ns, B.; ., w. ..
about twenty feet. They may be measured
by climbing a mast until the horizon can
Just be seen when the ship 10 in the trough
water line IS then the height Of the oncom-
Q. II my son made me beneficiary to
his government insurance can he change the
A The insured NAV change the benefic-
larry or take any action on the policy he
chooses without your consent
b. What is the. estimated rate OF curra-
A. The curvature Of the earth is esti-
mated Mt eight inches per mile.
Q. What is the origin Of the three balls
In front Of pawnbroker'E shopl-E. p.
Medici family which at one time ruled part
Of Italy. and some members Of which. upon
emigrating TO LONDON. enCa ged in money
lending and used the family cont-of-arms
O. What is meant by the pairing Of
A. Pairing" is an arrangement By
which a member of one party. wishing 10
opposition party that the latter shall ab-
stain from voting In the absence Of the man
with whom he is paired.
(Anv reader can get the answer 10 any
question bv writing The Toneka STATE
Journal Information Bureau Frederic ].
full marc and address and enclose two-cent
stamp for return postage Re brief All
inquiries are confidential. the replies being
sent direct to each individually
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his commission to recruit. Go ye
make disciples baptize
them"
There may be those who choose to
study this theme from a purely doc
trinal standpoint; I prefer to regard
it as a phase of the burning question
of present day aggressive enterprise
by an aroused church. Baptism is an
adjunct of Christian conquest. 1t re-
calls US particularly, at this grave
hour, to the importance of maintain
ing the high spiritual standards and
practices of the New Testament. The
church is to bestir herself not merely
for social reform; that is but an after
math of spiritual regeneration. She is
first of all to win men to Christ: in
that new relation they will find them
selves won to one another. Trans
formed lives will transform the world.
The shortest. surest route to social
amelioration is personal salvation. Re-
deemed men will redeem their time.
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULToN

Asking a small nation to give up
some of its territory claims is like
asking a small boy to wash behind his
ears.
One of the wonders of nature is
the fact that there are no two bald
spots in the world exactly the same
size and shape.
Consular Intelligence!
In this section the sale of fly de-
stroyers depends largely on the sea
son-Consul Washington's report from
Liverpool.
Ed Klein wants to know if the Sd
of July will fall on a Thirst-day. AS
to that, Edward must consult his own
conscience.
Kind Sir-President Hadley, of
Yale: Some had the joy and the
glory of being killed in action"
was just wondering what would
be his idea of gIoor11.-M. A. Pearson.
Prosecution Has Fourteen Points
Arrayed Against DIR. Wilkins.''-
Headline.
Haven't we heard something about
fourteen points before?
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The daily market reports Of the
Bureau of Markets show that prices
of coed and choice beef cattle on foot
at Chicago have declined about $4.00
per hundredweight or nearly rs per
cent since March l. while lower grade
beef cattle have declined as much as
Is per cent. During the same period
wholesale dressed beef prices show on
the average approximately a CORES
ponding percentage of decrease, which
varies, however, in different cities
from about / 3 per cent to 80 per cent.
Hides, however. have advanced de-
cidedly while the cattle market has
been breaking rapidly. The packer
hide market at Chicago has gone from
about 27 cents to AZ cents per pound,
an increase of about so per cent. 1t
is estimated that this offsets about 10
cents per hundredweight in the whole
sale cost Of beef and that increased
prices of stearin, tallow and other by
products added to the increased prices
Of hides brings the total saving on beef
costs up to about cent a pound since
March l. The consumer therefore
should be buying his choice of cuts
at reduction of cents a pound from
war prices. Eut is he?
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level headedness and poise. a man is
able to tread evenly and strongly,
without fear.
For Perspective is kind of stead
iness in its effect on the growth of
character.
When you look at thing you must
measure 1t in a straight-line way
looking right to the heart of it.
whether it is a person, an idea or a
project
No one ever amounts to much who
does not have this clear Perspective.
Many things contribute to the
proper development of ones Perspec-
tive. You have to do a lot of elm
mating. You have to see things as
a whole and then measure the best
standard by which it may be judged.
For Perspective really means to see
thru things with clear mind and
a whole heart. 1t means getting a
square Of yourself and measuring it
UP to everything else. Remember
this, however. You will have to form
your own Perspective.
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Me and Puds Simkins was wawking
home from skool today and we went
past Mary Watkinses house and one
celler window was open. me saying,
ventrillokist and fool Mary Watkins
wen she comes home-you cline down
the celler and anser wen call down
and she will think I'm a ventrolikist-
How about you going down and me
being the ventrillokist? sed Puds, and
sed. Who thawt of it, you or me?
o, all rite, sed Puds. And he climbed
down the cellar and 1 sat on Mary
Watkinses frunt steps and started to
wait for her. and after a vile Puds
called up frum down the celler, Hay,
aint she coming yet-this amt eny
fun down heer.
Shh,- keep quiet, she mite be heer
eny minnit, I sed. And 1 kepp on
waiting, and Mary Watkins kepp on
not coming, and PudS called up 8
times saying he was coming rite up,
and after a vile Mary Watkins RELY
came, saying, Hello, Benny, are you
waiting for me?
o, 1. don't know, I was jest setting
down, did you ever know 1 was a
ventrillokist? 1 sed.
Do you meen like the men on the
stage? sed Mary Watkins, and I sed,
Yes, do you want to see me do a
ventrilIokist trick? Wich she sed she
! did, and L went and stopped down at
! the celler window, saying, Hello
| down there, how you feeling?
Fine, how you? sed Puds Simkins
making his voice funny like a ven
| trillokists, and I called down, Watts
| you doing? and Puds called up, Nuth<
| ing, watts you? and I called down,
| Whose up heer with me? and he
called up. Mary Watkins.
Did you heer that? I sed to Mary
watkins. and she sed, Was that you,
Benny, honest, reely? and I sed, Sure
| dident you ever know 1 was a ven
trillokist? and she sed, I don't bleeve
it, do you cross your hart it was you ?
Sure, I sed. And 1 crossed my hart
with one hand and crossed my fingers
with the other hand behind my back
so I wouldent be telling a lie And
then me and Mary Watkins sat down
on. her steps and after vile L saw
Pudses he'd coming up out of the
celler window and I quick waved my
| hand for him to go back agen, Wich
| he did, and Mary Watkins sed, Watts
| you shaking your hand for2 and 1 sed
| 1 thawt 1 was getting roomatism in it.
And I waved Puds down agen 3
more times, him looking less satisfied
! every time, and the next time he
started to come up Mary Watkins saw
him, and she got mad and went in
the house without even lissening to me
| telling her 1 had my fingers crossed
wen I crossed my hart. and Puds sed,
Gosh. heck, did you think I was going
to stay there all day2 and 1 sed, Aw
go on, I bet you wasent down there
q. hour.
And I went home mad and so did
he.
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END OF AN EXPERIMENT.

1t is difficult to do anything for the
people. While it has long. been recog-
nized that delivery service has con-
siderably enhanced the cost of articles
sold at retail the consuming public
has shown little inclination to dis
pense with it except under compul-
sion. A recent study of delivery serv-
ice in the city of Washington, con-
Quoted by the census bureau, showed
that for bakery products the per-
centage of delivery costs to gross sales
averaged 1913 per cent; for dairy pro-
ducts. 12.1 per cent; for ice cream,
14.9 per cent; for coal and wood. 1872
per cent; for 'ce, 45.6 per cent. and for
food products as a whole IA per cent.
A notable attempt to save money for
the retail purchaser by furnishing
goods at wholesale cost has come to
an end in New York City. Having re-
gard for the rising cost of food sup
plies the management of the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit company con-
sidered that it would be doing a help
full thing to undertake to distribute
the common articles kept in a grocery
store to it's employees at wholesale cost.
1t inauEurated the policy several years
ago, locating these stores as conven-
iently as possible upon its lines, to
serve the employees. Passes upon the
lines were granted to the wives of em-
ployes, to enable them to visit the
stores without cost. There was no de-
livery service and sales were for cash
only, but at wholesale cost. The COM
pany paid the rent and upkeep of the
stores and salaries OF clerks. etc. and
supplied the required capital without
charge. so that goods could be sold
strictly at wholesale cost without fig
uring overhead expenses.
The stores were clean, well-lighted
and well-equipped, and manned by an
efficient staff of clerks. 1t was cal
culated that the savings afforded to
patrons were approximately 80 per
cent, and to guard against outsiders
taking advantage of the bargains a
card system of Identification was put
into effect for employees and their
families.
At first the patronage of the stores
was large and the experiment seemed
to be a success. but gradually interest
diminished and sales declined. The
company was willing to bear the over
head cost involved in the investments
rent, etc. provided the sales were large
enough to signify important benefits
to the employees. but finally it was con-
cluded that this was no longer the
case. The stocks accordingly were
sold out and the business closed up al
the beginning of the current year.
The experiment seems to show that
the small grocery stores scattered thru
out the city serve the consuming popu-
lation to its satisfaction better than any
system of central markets can do. The
small store system is criticized as I'M
ECONOMICAL and costly, but apparently
the consumer is willing to pay the cost
for the service which is rendered. He
prefers to go to the telephone, order q
dozen eggs or a pound of butter and
have the store send it out in it's auto
delivery truck-even If it costs more.
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A HOLIDAY.
Wen come to greatness by and by
Or failing never shed tear;
Just now the sun Is in the sky
lust now the brooks are running clears
And there are pleasant lanes to tread;
With beauty all the world is gay.
Let him who will go straight ahead,
Wen give our soul holiday.
Wen come to fortune later on
or falling never give a sigh,
The clover's fair to look upon
And not a cloud is in the sky.
Inc trees are gowned once more In green,
The birds, it seems, have much to say;
our mere where all is pure and clean
wen give our soul holiday.
Wen turn away from fnme and gold,
Wen wander far from eager men
Who clutch at things they cannot hold,
And be care-free poy again.
Wen drop the cruel spurs of haste
And let the cost be what 1t may
what tho LIES precious time we waste,
Wen give our soul a holiday.
And II We never reach our goal.
And II we never win success
We sun can say that once our soul
HAS had day Of happiness.
That once beneath the open sky
We turned our back on sordid scheme,
And gave our soul a chance to try
1ts wings out in the world of dreams
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.