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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17


k'ehca There seea,sd 10 nthtstU
wng Of eatape. - nu| threw haeh
the long Ffenth NlndaR ana .ln,&
braveiy waiting fof tvonts 10 happsh
-ipene. this d my nepnNu. nill Nhal.
don. ff6n TIM r'aNl." called Aantla
Danv,m fFctn ne Ne other roonu
bin afAvely acknowledned fao lnlsn.
ducuon with bow. striving pAcnntlme
70 down the rising reserve whics Wan
always htsasifed by a meotine villa
a stranger.
"rm pleased to mess you~ lrrno'a
full-throated yOice rang out pleasantly
a. she extended her hrIn white hand
aud raised her blue. blue eyes 10 hle.
She wplted for no reserve 20 melt IA
fact. shs neither felt nor noticed aug
such thing.
"Do you play tennlsY~ abe Inquired.
with a glance toward the racket IN her
hand.
Then mn surprised himself. ~1naR
try noe. be answered. ~whvn you iinlsh
your errind.'
Auntie bascom heaved a sirh Of re-
lief as they w=sked on t0getherl
"irenen keep him amused for a little
while" sc calculated. although
Know be won't approve o. her ronp-
Ing ways"
somehow there was not uny moro
talk VI COINS home. ani somehow nni
began 10 take an Interest IN hls visit.
Never did Amt Della attribute thla
change to the lively Irene. for there
was always a crowd OF young people
together. Her enlightenment came sud-
denly aud unlnlentionally.
Blll had gone away for the evening.
The dishes had been carefully washed
and dried. The soft evening breez8
blew BY the open door with a pulling
force. Throwing q shawl about her
shoulders. Aunt Della staFtcs sSy..15
the garden path to hsr nelghb,~,g. Mira
Roberts, for a chat. Il aas a walk
that she loved. The moonlight was
soft and scented. Her thoughts turn
ed fOndly back to the time when she
had not walked this path alone Pass
ing slowly along. she stopped Cor a
A4taNAA ~ wv eAAAANA a@a1N~ AANA
attention was caught By a familiar
voice:
~But. Irene. are yOu sure that yoa
can put up with an old stupid IKE
mel-
Then a TREMENDOUSLY happy voice
replied:
'''oh. BIll. are you sure you win nev-
er call me a tomboyf-
Aunt Della wanted 10 pess quietly
along. but her astonlshment held her
rooted to the spot. Bill sensing the
presence oG en- outsider discovered her.
He drew the gentle Irene ont into the
soft giamor Of the mconlit night.
"YOu may kiss Irene. auntie.s he
generously offered In bold confidence.
you may have known her ever since
she was n baby. but shall even that
up. for expect 20 know and Iowa
her for the rest Of her lifetime"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17
CHAPTER ~.

An Extraordinary chAmbsnnaid. a
Midnight Tragedy. and q Man Who
Said thank You
Miss Thaekeray was ''turrsng down"
his bed when he entered his room after
bidding his new actor friends good
night. He was staggered ana soms-
what abashed By the appearance Of
Miss Thaekeray. she was By no
means dressed a. a ehambermal0
should be. nor was she as dnmA On
the contrary, she e0nfrunfed him In
the choicest ralment that her ward
lrpbe contained. and she was bright and
eheery and exceedingly Incompetent
u was her costume thdt shocked him.
Not only was nhe attircd IN a l0w~
neeked. roae.cclorcd evening gown. I'D
ernIly bespanaled with iinsel. but ahe
wore a veal. topheavy picture hat
who8a crown of black was almost
wholly ol'ac0rsd hy a K0r4euus white
fenihef lilal pnce munt have adorned
lhe kIne * alI oela1ie1 Hha Wa4 nel
a AZ tIs llea - q thtNperuAlH H.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17

Seat yourself On one side Of the
room, facing the wall opposite. Hold
the head stlll and raise the eyes slowly
until you are looking as nearly as pos.
sible at the ceiling above you. Nos
lower the eyes, looking at the noor BE-
fore you. Take care. when looking
down. tot 90 focus the eyes on the
nose, hut on the floor At your fest. re-
peat this ten times. but take care noe
10 over-weary the eyes.
Now look as far 10 the right as pee.
sihle. then slowly shift the gaze 10 the
left. Repeat rs before.
For a Hual exercise. Imagine a huge
circle In the air before you aud with
out moving the head. futlow the out
lines Of this circle with your eyes. he.
ginning az the left. and going % the
rieht Tor ten times. then beginning al
the rlEht and moving toward the left.
When your exercises are over. bathe
the eyes In warm water 90 which you
have added a pinch oT bOrncic acid.
then close them and rest for ave min.
tiles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17

started 70 hark oos o. me door with
an apqIpxy for having hlunderod lneo
The wrong rDom By mistake.
Score Fi3ht in." $40 said eheerily.
"rll sooa Be through. I suppose 4
should hive done al this an hour aao,
but ! Just had to write few lstterM I
am Mlps Taackeray. This II NJ.
Barnea. Tbelsove."
He bowed, still quite overecao.
~Yog needn't be scared" sne cried,
observing hts confusion. sThis ls my
regular uniform. I'm starting a new
style for chnmbermasds. Did It para.
Tyne you to and me herer"
Il couldn't believe my eyes"
She abandoned her easy, careless
manner. A look VI modification came
into her eyes as she Strengthened up
and faced him. Her voice was a trlfie
husky when she spoke again. after q
moments pause
~xOu see. Afr. Barnes. these are the
only duds have with me. Il wasn't
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17
CHAPTER ilI--con,InusS.

He had been standing there not
more than half q minute peering In
the direction from whence came the
rhythmic bang OF the spvil-et no
great distance. he was convinced
when some one spoke suddenly at his
elbow. He whlrled and found himself
facing the gaunt landlord.
"Good Lord You startled me-" he
exclaimed. HIS gaze travelled past the
tall figure Of Putnam Jones and rested
on that Of a second man. who leaned,
with legs crossed and arms folded.
against the porch post directly In front
OF the entrance 10 the house. his fca.
lures almost wholly concealed by the
broadbrimmed slouch hat that came
far down over his eyes. He. too, Il
seemed TO Barnes. had sprung from
nowhere.
"Fierce night" said Putnam Jones,
removing the corncOb pipe from his
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17
reIlIna Fertuna. Mlth oll.

Among the Khsrrias Of India a very
curious marriage ceremony IL epori.
ed. Taking a portion Of the hair OF
the bride and bridegroom IN turn frola
the center 81 the forehead, the priest
draws Il down onto the bridge of ths
nose. Then pouring on on the head.
he watches q carefully as Il trieklas
down the portion cf hair. n the "a
runs straight onto the tlp of fhelf
nose their future win be forlnnat0.
but n Il spreads over the forehead a.
trickles or on either side of tho hoaa.
ill luck Il anre to follow. Their flas
tunes told. generally b their own sat
isfaciion. the anal pagt of TIE core
n,ony takes place. Standing W 1laA
hy sida but with faces strictly nveff
"a. ihe bride und hkidngto6n hin1H
each olnefs forebeaa wllA N1|n9ge
tyeE1nlilun1.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17

TIPS. Then, as an afterthought,
~where'd you walk from tcdayP
Il slept In q farmhouse last night.
about fifteen miles south Of this place.
I should say"
~Thatd be a little ways out OF
East Cobb" speculated Mr.. Jones'.
-Fivs or Ax miles"
~Goln' over into Canadaf
~NO. I shall turn west, think. and
strike for the Lake Champlaln eoun-
try"
II suppose you've travelled right
smart In EurOper
sQults a bit, Afr. Jones."
~Any partle'lar partY''
"No." said Barnes. suddenly dlvin.
Ing that he was being pumped" zone
end TO the other. you might say"
~what about them countries down
around Bulgaria and Roumanlal I've
been considerable interested In what's
going 10 become of them N Germany
gets licked. What do thCy get out Of
q. either wayf'
Barnes spent the next ten minutes
.expatiating upon the future of the BAL
han states. Jones had little to say.
He was interested. and drank In all
the information that Barnes had 10 I'm.
part He puffed at his pipe nodded
hls head frum time 10 time. and ocea-
.slonally put q leading question. And
quite as abruptly az no introduced the
topic be changed H.
"Not many automobiles up here this
time q the year." be aald. II was
4 little surpriae0 when yop aeld q fei.
var had given Ypu MT Where trumr
nlhu cfuauFoads . mila down. kke
ealne iIom 80 airselien % AkeaN'i
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17

Snty guoa U nave WIN Wo.~
necessary TO put on this hat. Of course.
but did Il simply to make the char
acter complete. I might just rs well
make beds and clean wnshstnnds In a
picture hat m In q low-necked gown, 30
here I am"
She was q tail. pieasent.fnccd girt
OF twenty-three or four. not unlike her
fnther In many respects.
Il am very sorry" he said lamely.
Il have heard something Of your mis-
fortunes from rour father and-she
others lists really hard luck"
Il call II rather good luck TO have
got away with the only dress In the lot
that cost more than tuppenee," she
said, smiling again. Lord knows what
would have happened to me n they
had dropped down on usat the end OF
the first act. was the begEnr's daugh-
ter, you see-absolutely In rags. ulad
70 have met you. think youTl find
everything nearly all right Good night.
air."
She closed the door behind her,
leaving him standing In the middle Of
the room, perplexed bat amused.
by George" he said to himself. stilI
staring at the closed door, "they're
wonders. aI, M Thorn vvIsh \ nc,,ld
do something to help them out Of"
He sat down abruptly on the edge Of
the bed and pulled his wallet from his
pocket He set about counting the
bllla a eaIculating frowu m M. sveS
Then he stared m tha ee,,,r, ANN.
ming mn. srn DO Its he aaId ast.r .
noment of mental sgur,nv lie ,o,5
on a half dozen hills and sIIpped them
into his pocket. The wallet sought Its
usual resting place for the nlehs, Nm
der A pillow.
He was healthy ana ke WINS tired
Two minutes after his head touched
the pillow he wns sound asleep.
He was aroused shortly after mid
night by shouts, apparently lust out
side his window. A man was calling
I'm a loud voice from the road below
an instap. later he heard a tremendous
pounding ON the tavern door.
springing out Of bed, he rushed 10
the window. There were horses In
front OF the house-aeverai OF them
ana men on foot moving like shadows
among them.
Turning from the window, he un.
locked aud opened the door into the
hall. Some enc was Gathering down
the narrow staircase. The bolts on
the front door shot back with resOund-
Ing force. and there came the hOarse
Jumble OF excited voices as men crowd
Ell through the entrance Putnam
Jones voice rose above the Glamour.
keep Quleti DO you want 20 wake
everybody ON the plaeef'' he was say
ing angrily. "what's upi This Is a
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17
The Girl Of Green Fancy.

eynopsla.-Thomas X. Barnes
a wealthy young New Yorker.
On q walking trip In New Eng
land mar the Canadian border,
u given a llft In an automobile
by a mysterious ana attractive
girl who says she II bound for
house called Green Fancy. AT
Hart's tavern Barnes finds n
stranded troupe OF ''barn-storm-
Ing actors OF which Lyndon
Rushcroft Is the star and ''Aflas
Thackoray" the leading lady.
They are doing hotel work for
their board. Barnes finds them
entertaining. but as the storm
RACES he worries over the mys-
terious and attractive Girl OF the
automobile and wonders II she
sot safely to Green Fancy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-16
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The sun., 1919-04-13

how the clay is spreading upward from
the feet of their god.
Poems About God, by Lieut.. John
Grove Ransom of Tennessee, are baf-
fling. We first endure Tor possibly re-
jet with violcnee), then pity, then en-
brace. Christopher Morley, to whom the
book is dedicated, warns us against too
hasty judgment Of it and makes few re-
marks about its honesty, humility, sim
plicity and humor, which are even truer
than they are polite. Lieut.. Ransom
wrote his first poems three years ago, and
finding that they all made generous men
ton of God and liking them rather well,
he decided that God was the most poetic
of all terms possible. 81 quickly ruled
that 1 should consider only those situa-
tons as suitable he writes from France,
gin which l could imagine myself pro
nouncing the name God sincerely and
spontaneously, never by that way Of rou
tine, which is death to the aesthetic and
religious emotions
The poems are anthropomorphic to an
extreme, the young author being gener-
ally of the opinion that God has bitten
of more than he can chew. He says in
The Resurrection:
II have looked often and | have not
found
Old men bowed low who ever rose up
sound"
Sickness, a tale of "the toughest car
cass in the town." comforted in his last
hours by 4 lesser, kinder God than he
had known, ends thus:
"Now God be thanked by dying men
Who comrades them in times ike these.
The whole world crumples in disease,
But God is pitying to the end,
And gives an Office to my knees"
Lieut. Ransom is still struggling with
his verse forms, and he seldom expresses
himself with any fnesse. choosing instead
the rougher, freer method. His eyes are
not turned toward his own perfection,
chiefly, we imagine. because there is too
much else to claim his attention. Later
The sun., 1919-04-13
"AmeriCa's. Day"

ITO Ignatius Phayre, the British author
l. Of Ameyica's Day, the music of
Yankee life seems like "a Bach fugue on
the guitar" But more than 100000, 900
souls" dance to the tune, so he thinks it
worth attention.
On page 4, even before reaching the
Ar2bic numerals, he calls "the genial
Bryan, the ''most typical of all Ameri-
cans This is good; it prepares the gen
lie reader for some rather bblique judg
mentS.
Ignatius shows us proceeding from grief
to grievance in the early part of the war:
from sorrow for Europes war madness to
resentment at Europe's threat to our ma
teria1 prosperity. He shows us receiving
revelation from the Hill of Mons and
ut last taking up the sword to make the
world safe for democracy He gives Pres
ident Wilson credit for true and great
leadership and the nation credit for Il
complete if bclated awakening.
His picture of America in the three
years before April of 1917 is certainly
brilliant. 1t takes in politics, business, So
cial life-our newspapers, our women and
our pink thinking as national outlook"
The pages snap and sparkle. Americans
ara honest enough to enjoy the many hits
The sun., 1919-04-13
and too sensible TO mind an occasional
misstroke.
AMERICA 'S'DAY. BY IGNATIUs PHAYRI
Dodd, Mead & Co. 81.
The Importance of Poland.

THE WHITE EAGLE OF POLAND
was written before the end of the
war, and has to assume all the way those
horrible possibilities of German success
from which the defending Powers have
saved themselves. Therefore its argu-
ment is so much weaker than it ought to
be that one regrets that the book was not
rewritten to fit the new situation.
But the average" American knows 50
little about Poland that any book that
throws light upon its internal politics is.
in these days of awakened curiosity and
benevolent interest, sure TO carry good
deal of welcome matter. This book states
the Polish problem pretty clearly. Poland
must be linked up as closely as possible
with the anti-Teuton Powers.
THE WHITE EAGLE OF POLAND. BY
E. +. BENSON. George II. Doran Com
pany. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-04-13

lie may find time to perfect his art, but
in the meantime let us enjoy the youth
full eecentricity of passages such as this
from Prayer, which follows:
''Now God sat beaming on his FURNISHED
throne
and swept creation with appraising eve,
Finding, l fear, not all was free from
blemish,
Yet keeping his magnificent composure;
But wearing certain necessary airs,
To suit with such incumbency Of court,
He still at heart was quite a gentleman;
For when He saw that aged lady droop-
ing
And wearying her bones with genufec-
tons
For her unworthinesS, He felt ashamed.
lie groaned, He made mighty face so
wry
That several scraphim forgot their harp
ing
And scolded thus: % what wicked
woman,
/" shrew his splendid features out of
shape"
VICTORY POEMS BY THIRTY EIGHT
AMERICANS. Collected by WILLIAM
STANLEY BRATHwAITE. Boston: Small,
Maynard & Co. $50.
TUE YEARS BETWEEN. BY RUDYARD
KIrLING. Doubleday, Page & Co. $50.
JnENS AROJTT con Rv Liant IorrE
GROVE Ransom. Henry Holt & Co. $l25.
The sun., 1919-04-13
Victory, Kipling and
God in New Verse
By CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE

~ William Stanley Bralthwalte Is hand
somely bound volume, with an introduce
ton by Theodore Roosevelt and no in
.dex. 1t is not surprising that the poems
are In the main somewhat perfunctory.
Our victory so far has not been of the
sort to inspire great songs. Clement
Wood departs as far from the conyen-
tional praise and Thanksgiving as pos
sible In his striking but uneven Victory
Without Peace, from which the follow
ing verse is taken:
IA hollow she'll of victory,
With war still writing at its heart;
A clipped and gelded liberty,
Striving to force its chains apart,-
Z Nevertheless Edgar Lee Masters, Percy
MaeKaye, George Woodberry, Amelia
Burr, Charles Hanson Towne, Margaret
Widdemer, Edward J. O'Brien, vachel
Lindsay, Mary Carolyn Davies and all
these others have seen fit to sing songs
which are often very lovely. They pos
sess frequently in addition to the OK
IRENE historical significance mentioned
by their publishers, an extreme political
significance as well. 1t is Interesting to
see the diversity of the themes selected.
We have poems addressed to the armi-
stice, to the soldiers, wounded and I'M
hurt; TO Cardinal MERCER, Sir Douglas
Haig, Marshal Foch, Gen. Diaz, and Co.
rinne Roosevelt Robinson. who is the ONLY
poet to bear the distinction of being
twice represented, pours her praises upon
Gen. Leonard Wood thus:
Had not your spirit led, our ardent
youth
Had faltered leaderless, their eager feet
Attuned TO effort for the valiant truth,
Through your command alone, rushed to
complete
To hold on high the torch Of Liberty,
Great Visioned soul, yours is H. victory"
The Years Between. poems by Rudyard
kipling, represent the verse written since
the last published volume sixteen years
ago, including all poems which have APP
peared in magazines and papers. They
are as We might expect, largely war
poems, in the old didaetic style, but with
little fundamental resemblance to his
earlier work. The Ro,cers, written in
1902, when Germany proposed that Eng
land should help her in naval demon
stration to collect debts from Venezuela,
has peculiarly timely interest We
have selected several verses:
~Last night you swore our voyage was
done,
But seward still We 60
And you tell us now of a secret vow
You have made with an open foeI
sour dead they Knocked are scarcely cold,
Our wounds are bleeding yet
And you tell us now that our strength is
sold
To help them press for a debit
s1n sight of peace-from the Narrow
Seas
Der half the world to run
With a cheated crew. to league anew
With the Goth and the shameless
Hum
One finds here also The Female Of the
Species, probably the only one of the
poems destined to survive; a series of cpl
taphs for the war time dead. verses of
political nature, such as Russia to the Pa
eifStS. The american Spirit Speaks and
MesOpotGmid, in which he scOurges Eng
land. You cannot say too little about
Kipling's later poetry, but it is easy to
say too much The staunchest of his ad-
mirers, including that great army of peo-
pie whose poetic enjoyment is confined
strictly to Kipling, must shrink TO see
The sun., 1919-04-13
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-26
IOWA USES MUCH SERUM

Although cholera was not so preva.
lent in many areas as it has been
some years in the state, the Iowa
farmer used about one-fourth of the
total output of serum made in Ameri-
ca, according to the veterinary en-
tension department of Iowa State col
lege at Ames.
There were produced in the United
States approximately go millionscubic
centimeters of anti-hog cholera serum
in 1913 in the plants under govern
ment inspection. This was an in
crease of about 40 million cubic cent?
meters over the year 1917 output Evil
IDENTIFY the American farmer is more
and more learning to trust anti-hog
cholera serum in proper hands to help
him carry his hogs to market with a
minimum chance of loss from disease.
The educational work on hog chol-
era has convinced Iowa farmers that
cholera can be controlled and that
anti-hcg cholera serum is valuable
asset for hog raisers to have at hand
when high priced corn is being fed
to high priced hogs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-26
DUAL DEMONSTRATION BEGUN

Dual poultry and orchard demonStra
tons, which are being carried on by
the agricultural extension department
of Iowa State college throughout the
state, are meeting with remarkable
success, according to reports which
come in to headquarters at Ames.
The demonstrations are given in or
chards and on farms where possible.
Spraying demonstrations are given as
far as local equipment permits. Thus
far the men who are out on the work
have been we'll received and have had
the cooperation Of the people.
There are three teams working at
present Each team consists of an or
chard expert and poultry husband
man, each of whom demonstrates and
lectures on his work. Orchard and
vineyard practices are discussed and
demonstrated by the fruit expert,
while the poultryman takes up such
subjects as poultry house construc-
ton, breeding stock selection, advan.
tages of early Matching and the con-
troll Of disease.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-26
OATS NOT BEST LAMB FEED

Il Only when oats are cheap and of a
good quality, should they be used to
fatten lambs. Oats are high in fiber
content and when compared to corn
they are 10 to IA per cent less eff
Gent as to fattening feed for lambs.
Oats tend to produce growth rather
than finish and consequently sell for
less a pound on the market.
Last year the Iowa agricultural ex-
pertinent station, in cooperation with
the South Dakota and Nebraska ex-
pertinent stations, carried out 90
day feeding test comparing oats with
corn when fed in conjunction with al
falfa hay and rock salt to fattening
lambs. In this test the lambs received
oats as the sole grain ration, made an
average daily gain of .351 pounds at a
feed requirements of 424 pounds Of
oats, 6291 pounds of alfalfa hay and
1.5O pounds of salt per hundred
poundsSof gain.
The lambs that received corn as the
grain ration made an average daily
gain of .349 pounds at feed require
ment Of 1854 pounds of shelled corn,
629 pounds of alfalfa hay and 1893
pounds of rock salt Besides this the
lambs that received the corn sold for
$16.25 hundred, while the lambs that
received the oats sold for $15.95 a hun
dred, indicating that the corn fed
lambs carried a higher finish.
Taking the above figures as basis,
the cost of gains in the two lots would
be practically the same with corn at
the present price of 1882 bushel
and oats at 62 cents bushel. How
ever, the fact that the corn fed lambs
sold the highest would show that corn
at $1.S2 bushel is cheaper than oats
at 62 cents, even though the oats were
plump and of good quality