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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-01

out Of this world as human being
well could bel"
John waited upon her without any
further remark. The prince Of Seyre,
passing through, bowed to them. John
looked after his retreating figure. An
irresistible impulse seized him.
"Sophy," he asked, sitting down by
her side, "tell me, why have the prince
and Louise always been such great
| friendsY'
Sophy looked steadfastly at her ice.
81 suppose because the prince is
very clever and cultivated person."
she said. ''He has been of great as
| sistance to Louise several times. 1t
was he who financed Miles Faraday
when he put on this play of Graillot's.
Graillot hasn't penny, you know,
and poor Miles was almost broke after
three failures"
"That was just an investment"
John remarked irritably. HE will get
his money back again"
"Of course" Sophy agreed. II think
the prince generally manages to get
value for what he does in life"
you don't think Louise ever
thought of caring for him, do your
John persisted.
! SOphy paused until she had lit
cigarette. The expression in her face,
when she looked up at John, irritated
him vaguely. 1t was as If she were
| talking to a child.
81 think" she said, "you had better
ask Louise that question yourself,
don't you?"
He asked it an hour or so later,
when at last the party of guests had
taken their leave, and, somewhat to
the well-bred surprise of the one or
two friends who fingered, Louise had
beckoned to John to take her out to
her car. Her hand had sought his at
once, her head rested little YEARLY
but very contentedly upon his Shout
der.
Louise, DEAR" he began, IT asked
Sophy a question tonight which
ought to have asked you. Quite prop
erly, she told me So"
mice little soul, Sophy!" Louise
murmured. what was it, John?"
"Once or twice / have wondered"
he went on, whether you have ever
cared in any sort of way, or come
near to caring, for the prince of
SeyreT
For moment she made no move
ment. Then she turned her head and
looked at him. The sleepy content
had gone from her eyes.
"Why do you ask?'
"Isn't it quite a natural question
from a jealous man who believes that
everyone who sees you must be in
love with you? You have seen a great
deal of the prince, haven't you, in the
last few years? He understands your
art. There are many things that you
and he have in common"
Louise was looking out of the win
dow at the thin stream of people still
passing along Picadilly. She seemed
suddenly to have become only the
shadow of her former brilliant self.
Il think that once-perhaps twice, !"
she confessed, 81 came very near to
caring for him."
"And nowY'
'And now" she repeated, suddenly
gripping Johns hands, 81 tell you that
am very much nearer hating him.
So much for the prince! In ten min
utes we shall be at home, and you
are such dear stupid about coming
in. You must try to say all the nice
things in the world to me quickly-in
ten minutes!'
4How shall begin?" he whispered.
She leaned once more toward him.
''You don't need any hints" she muir
INJURED. you're really quite good at
itr''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-01

at least, you are not sure of anything.
And besides, you strange, impossible
person" she went on, patting his
hand, don't you see that you must
judge her, not by the standards Of
your world, in which she has never
lived, but by the standards of her
world, in which she was born and
bred? That is only fair, isn't itT"
He rose listlessly to his feet. There
was a strange, dull look in his face.
"You are a dear girl. Sophyr' he
said. "Don't go just yet. have never
felt like it before in my life, but just
now don't want to be left alone.
Send a boy for some clothes. and
will order some tea"
She hesitated.
(To BE coNTINUED.) .
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-01

ut is only in the finer shades of
emotionalism," the critic declared,
that these French actresses get at
us little more completely even than
Louise Maurel. Do you know the rea-
son? I'll tell you. 1t is because they
live the life. They have dozen new
emotions in a season. They make a
cult of feeling. They use their brains
to dissect their passions. They cut
their own life into small pieces and
give us the result without conceal
ment. That is where they score, if
anywhere. This Nine. Latrobe, who
opens over here tomorrow night, is in
love at the present moment with Jean
TOurbet. She had an affair with that
Italian poet in the summer, so they
tell me. She was certainly in Madrid
tor. These men are all great artists.
Think what she must have learned
from associating with themI Now
Louise Maurel, so far as we know,
has never had but one affair, the prince
of Seyre, and has been faithful to him
all the time
1t was out at last! John had heard
it spoken in plain words. The black
demon upon which his hand had lain
so heavily, was alive now, without a
doubt, jeering at him, hooking at him
alive and self-assertive in the sober
words of the elderly, well-bred man
who lounged upon the table.
For moment or two John was
stunned. A wild impulse assailed him
to leap up and confront them all, to
choke the lie back down the throat
of the man who had uttered it. Every
nerve in his body was tingling with
| the desire for action. The stupor of
his senses alone kept him motionless,
and a strange, incomprehensible clar-
| ity of thought. He realized exactly
how things were. This man had not
| spoken idly, or as a scandalmonger.
| He had spoken what he had accepted
as fact, what other people believed
John rose to his feet and made his
way toward the door. His face showed
little sign of disturbance. He even
nodded to some men whom he knew
slightly. AS he passed down the stairs
he met Graillot. Then once more his
self-control became in danger. He
seized the Frenchman savagely by the
arm.
Come this way" he said, leading
him toward the card-room. "Come in
here! want to speak to you"
He locked the door-a most un.
heard-of and irregular proceeding
Graillot felt the coming of the storm
'Wellr' he exclaimed grimly. "Trou
bic already, Ell? I see it in your face
young man. Out with it"'
II was sitting in the smoking room
there, few moments ago." he began
jerking his head toward the door
There were some men tallzing-de
cent fellows, not dirty scandal-mon
gers. They spoke of Louise Maurel.'
Graillot nodded gravely. He knew
very well what was coming.
John felt his throat suddenly dry
The words he would have spoken
choked him. He banged his fist upor
the table by the side of which they
were standing.
'Look, here, Graillot," he cried, al
most piteously, ''you know it is MOI
true, nor likely to be true! CAM
you say so?"
"Stop, my young friend" the
Frenchman interrupted. II know moth
ing. 1t is habit Of mine to know
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-01

hing away. But to John the room was
empty. He stood there, giant, mo-
tionless figure, his muscles still taut,
his face tense, his eyes afiame, glar-
ing down at the PROSTATE figure Of
the man on whom he had wreaked the
accumulated fury of these last days
and weeks of madness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
Psychology? It's All In the Days Work

became Psychology, or thought process.
Then You plunged. The sos became
the early zoos Tor, as Hall Game would
say, dramatically, "time elapsed") and
still You plunged.
You soon got twenty thousand leagues
under the seas Of print in the library
Psychology Section. There We're Wundt,
Blundt, Schundt and ali the other German
Gobos There we're Ribot, Gihot and Bobo.
There were, among the English, Professor
Vaccuo, Glacko and Dryasdusto.
You were soon swimming in effect, saf
feet, effcrcnt, inhibition, causal nexus AMI
other verbal Sargasso Seas, where the
original Miss Psyche, she of the marmoreal
wings and shimmering robe, was wrecked,
drowned, quite drowned.
All this dubbed out of us when we
picked up for review Psychology and the
Days Work, by Edgar James Swift
a quite readable and suggestive book,
which belongs to the second phase of pill
grims progress INTO matters mental. 1t
is indeed refreshing book made up for
the everyday reader, without the cant,
jargon or abracadabra of the closet and
the airlcss mental dungeons of the leu
tonic mind.
The book is the romance of everyday
mental life, fascinating excursions into
habits, picnics at the source of memory,
and a regular heavc-ho, at the game Of
efficiency. 1t is psychology made real.
dragged out of the erucibles and the dead
formulas Of old Doctor Faustus and made
workable for workaday world.
Professor Swift comes, mentally,
straight from William James. ard is
Pragmatist. Psychology with him has
"cash down" value To know the laws of
your mind and apply them to everything
from your religious belief to your diges-
tive apparatus is the teaching Of this
school Whatever is must be of use-and
that which IL Of use must be used Hence
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19

there is no instinct, no Thought, no vision
that does not serve.
William James was the first American
70 formulate philosophy of life. Emer-
son was sublime, esoteric, Olympian- He
was an Indian mystic stranded among
Puritans. He taught US to be free, but
not how to live. He ignored the existence
of evil. He denied the immanence of
world tOothache. He admitted no PIN
pies on the body of the oversoul. He told
us TO 60 to the devil if that was our wlnm,
but be never admitted the existence of
that most fascinating of fianeurs.
William James and the Pragmatists ad-
init everything into their universes.
Nor does evil exist-but what do
you do with it, Everything has
valne As O matter of fact. the great
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19

stylist of Harvard advised US 10 take q
moral holiday every once in while and
raise Cain; let the Old Man out of his
cage; kick over the traces; do the thing
that is "Yerboten"; throw your bonnet
over the mill; cut loose-and keep sane.
The devils in you, and he's only bad
fellow when you deny him. He is there
TO be used And he, as well as everything
else in life, has a cash down value.
4 fine and fascinating book if you be-
lieve in practical life, but, personally, We
believe that Francois Villon, although
hanged for his failure to Psychologist
properly, was a greater man than, say,
Henry p. Ford.
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE DAY 3 WORK.
EDGAR JAMES SWIFT. Charles Seribner's
Sons. s..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
HIN the Cafe de Commerce

The lanterns warcG. Parades had ceased 70 pass
The easements Of the Grand Hotd he VIE.
Where candle "uppcd in glasses, fair q stars.
Made Tiny twinhlng sanctuary lights.
Aud ROW the hi: caic was full of hfc,
The billiard table hcap,d with sitting soldiers.
Children their laps aud waving flag,
The pendant oil lamps glowing on the scene.
The time for taps bat not soldier moved
The NJ. =. slipped his arm band off, and qut.
A Polu, climbing a chair for speech,
With bcad9 of JOY and swcat upon his brow:
LA guerFc est fni"' he cried, with mock d'smay.
He had no home 10 go back TO, alas,
He wept, in pautomlrne 10 wife, child,
No farm barnyard, horse COW.
For lie was happily unmarried yet,
In all the din OF laughter, casing mirth,
A white ben slept, prr.i,ed the window ledge.
placid hen! What heritage 10 leave,
To say you slumbertd through this fatefIl night
When all the world returned 10 peace again!
Strange music hrQl.r the Veil of talk and smoke
The crowd rushed TO a gallery, i'll back,
And found the old piano reused to hie.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
By BENJAMIN DE cAssEREs.

no you remember the first day you
~ heard the word ''pSychology'7 1t
was somewhere between Your first reading
of Tom .Saryer and your frst excursion
into the brain Of William James.
II bobbed against your brain, tick tack,
tick-tack, for a long time, back in the
'SOs somewhere (which of course puts
you in the draft, then suddenly stopped
bobbing one day, and the word hung there
plumb in the middle Of your skull, plead
ing, "Look me up. Everybody's talking
about me. Editorial writer's are beginning
to rave over me. Browning societies are
Ogling me. The professors are beginning
10 mobilize me. You'll be certainly a
superboob if you don't know me-"
You went 10 the dictionary and dug
him up. But You were dumfounded to
find that lie was not him at all. He
was a she. There SHE sat on bench
a diaphanous, angelic creature, with two
wings, dressed Ia Gr"clur; rather med
tative, limp somewhat, tall good deal.
Her name was Psyche, the Soul. And
through many mutations, pcrmutations,
eliminations and verbal cabinet tricks she
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
MOOn-sOng

The night IS calling ne, know,
And nosted is the lark;
The summer moon has pearls 70 throw
Across tie velvet dark.
White pearls for hedge, and boughs above.
\ necklace for a tree,
And silver slippers for my love
To walk the road with me.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
The Night of November II, 1918
LIN the Street

ia gueIfe est liLi," tie news sped like the wind
Through this and every other town in France,
And night time saw 4 village wake to carnival
From four long years Of waiting, CARRIED in black.
The flags were hung, by magic, down the streets,
The festive flags France boarded for this day.
And banners, too: LA Journee de Ia Nictolre =
Brave hope inspired the slogan months ago
The eolored paper lanterns, red and gold,
Made each dim arrhway halo haunted, gay;
And every street sang loud and danced for Joy
And all the cobhlesonrs made babbling speech
Shouting long lie 10 France and rAmerique.
The fcie began. Tie Garins torches led
A long procession. yellow lampcd and swift
The MarsciLIase and Hal, the Gangs Al Nere
Were blended III 4 comradcslp OF song.
The Rue de Paris laughed and echoed fond
The bubbling of tie streets experimentation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
A Soldier Poet in France
Ie Lieut. Charles Divine Author of City Ways and Company Streets
The Spick

y thousand Spaniards cracking stone,
Apex. pick, pick.
\ hammer on a swinging rod,
A-pick, pick, pick.
At night, across the fields he aees,
y campfire shows him, chin on knees,
His Supper's mystery and cheese,
The Spick, Spiek, Splek-
With measured laziness he works.
Apeck, peek, peck.
lie wears a brilliant cloth around
His neck, neck. neck.
IL rain or mud, or sTImnler heat.
Though half exposed are all his feet,
lie yet protects, as II discreet,
His meek, neck, neck.
lie may build castles. back IL Spain.
The Spick. Spick, Spiek;
Bat here in France he's not 50 vain.
Tie Spick, Spick, Spick;
He casts bis lot where centimcs fali.
And casts about himself shawl.
ind builds 4 fire and thai IS ali,
The Spick, Spiel, Spickl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19

Half tin and tune, and very h.tie time.
The hall once Eed, IN days before the war,
Great crowds that danced, or from the balcony
Looked on at friends and sne,l across the rail-
Now again the dance rared round the room.
GRANDMOTHER son. and uncle. aunt and child,
Whose feet stirred up the dust of DEAR lost years.
You had the pleasure Of the barmaid's hand
Who pulled you, dazed, INTO the polka's steps:
Pas dansez vous CONNIE ea?' She laughed and le
"Oh .e Americans say: oh, la-la;'
But we, the French, say oh, la-}a-la- Ia"
Madame sat near, behind the desk and till.
She took your change and stared at you so long,
Iou wondered why the tears came TO her eyes
And why she turned away TO hide her face
Her only son was killed two years ago.
And stili the dance went on, the dust rose high.
The whirling couples jostled through the haze;
And still the old piano Uttered loud,
1t squeaked its triumph Ger rheumatic PAINS
And stin The white len on the window ledge
Slept calmly on and never seemed TO hear
The oft repeated cry that filed the room
And thrilled the hearts Of ail-"La guerre est n =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19

Americans with pollus at their SIDE,
And intertwinea, in hand as well as heart,
Skipped frolicking along The NOISY ways
Where parents, children, all the family marched.
The moon came down to celebrate The nght,
With silver footsteps on the red tied roofs;
The cortege wound through happy twisting streets.
Past village walls the Maid of Orleans stormed
And left, now with cleaning dropped pcsiI>
Ii curved around a corner, lit by fire,
A crimson glare that painted trees and leaves,
And into which the crowd danced, shouctted.
You FELT girls hand in yours, and then
It slipped away, lost in The changing maze;
And after that tug upon Your sleeve
You saw an uptuTned head, White capped and gray
That struggled hard 70 keep tie giidy pace.
"You must be tired .randmer,?' She shook her head
Not on a night like tits | march for France
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
In Celebration of Peace .

Red -wined, ed-whiskered Poilu,
4 pal with gun or cup,
You raised your glass to rAmeriquc,
And drank it bottoms up.
Red -wined, red-whiskered Poilu,
The victory filed your heart,
You kissed me twice, on either cheek,
And gave NE quite start.
The customs French, know it;
Though proud was /, / crave
That if we fete another war
You won't forget 10 shave.
'opyright, 1919. Al rights reserye.i
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
CAR MEMS WAGES
FIXED BY BOARD

Refusing the request OF the en-
ployes Of the Los Angeles Railway
Corporation, who are-members OF the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
Railway Employees of America, for an
eight hour day, the National War La
Dor Board has recommended the fol-
lowing wages for the men:
Motormen and conductors, for the
first three months Al cents per hour;
for the next nine months, 43 cents;
thereafter. 45 cents.
The board ruled that the wages Of
employees other than motormen and
conductors before the board for hxa-
tion should be increased by the same
percentage that the maximum OF the
wage scale paid to motormen and con-
ductors is increased by this award,
with the provision that il this per-
centage increase does not bring the
wage OF any adult male employe up
to a minimum of 421A cents per hour,
such emploYe should be paid AZ
conts per hour up to not more than ten
hours per day, with the further limi-
tation that none OF these increases
should operate to carry the rate per
hour for journeymen to q igure IN ex-
cess Of the present union craft rates
in Los Angeles.
The board recommended that the
company carry out the principles OF
the board. which give to the men the
right to meet and treat through their
own committees with the officials Of
the company in regard to wages,
working conditions, and other matters
affecting the interests Of the workers.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
TWO congressman
USE RADIO PHONE

Congressman Frederick c. Hicks of
New York and n. H. yelling of Utah,
guests Of Col. z. r. Hartz, command
ant of Boiling Field, yesterday after
noon visited Boiling Field and tested
the radiophone installed there. They
got in touch with the radiophone
operator at the department of mill
tary aeronautics and had short con-
versation.
Because of the rain and the soggy
condition of the field no planes went
upso they had no opportunity to talk
to an aviator in flight.
1--WE expected to take a flight yes
terday. but were unable because Of
the weather conditions" said Mr..
Hicks today. I'VE were very much
pleased with what we saw at the field.
/ can't be too high in my praise OF
Colonel Hartz. He is a man who has
the good of the service thoroughly at
heart"
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
extremely Pleasing Bags and Pock
An Excellent
Easter Remembrance

For the large part, they are designed for
the discriminating woman who is ultra-par-
ticular about the details of dress and demands
that individual touch with what is fashionable.
Yet their prices, We believe, are quite un-
equaled anywhere in Washington for moder-
ateneSS. Be sure to see them at your earliest
convenience, while the display is complete
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
aUEzoN AT C. w. q.

Manuel ouezon, president of the
Philippines senate and head Of the
Philippines mission to this country
probably win address George Wash
inEton University chapel exercises at
1915, o'clock wednesday in the as
sembly hall of the Arts and Sciences
Building, 2O23 G street northwest. 1t
he is unable to be present, his place
will be taken by two other members
of the mission, young men. who are
graduates of the university. The
public is invited.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
SIX DEATHS IN WEEK
At FLYING FIELDS

Six fatalities occurred At flying
fields in the United States during the
week ended April 3, the War Depart
ment announced today. The fatalities
occurred at the following heIds:
Boiling Field, Anaeostia, D. c., one;
Kelly Field. San Antonio, Tex, two;
March Field, Riverside, Cal, one:
Souther Field, Americus, Ca, two.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
ADJOUDNS TRIAL OF
JUDGE WHEELER

PHILADELPHIA April 1s.-Trial
Of former Municipal Court Judge
William 7. Wheeler, charged with en-
bezzlement, has adjourned TIL Mon
day.
According to evidence presented
yesterday by Assistant District Attor-
ney Taulane, Wheeler confessed to
embezzling $Ss,000 from the estate Of
John Joyce, jr., Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Harriet Reinhart Joyce, the
widow, testified to the business rela-
tions of her husband with Wheeler.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
MAJORITY ENLISTED MEN.

NEW YORK. April 1S.-When the
War Veterans Association holds its
first general convention in st. Louis
on May 8, 90 per cent Of the dele.
gates will be enlisted men, says a
statement by national headquarters
here. A cahle announces that the
overCeas contingent will have a com
mittee at the convention.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13

The board also recommended that
two discharged employees. George Yar-
ger and B. F. Hanson, be reinstated
with back pay from the date OF their
discharge, less their earnings in the
interim.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13

Help briag the bsys Aone from
France. War Savings ssl1ps wIn
90 n.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-15

Mrs. Frank Mesenbrink has been on
the sick list for the past few days.
Mrs Georgia Liscomb. of Dunlap, is
in Denison today visiting he raunt,
Mrs. r. w. Bamford.
Henry Dethman sold his 240-acre
tract of land situated northeast of the
city last week to Bert Hunt for con-
sideration of $240 an acre.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Denison Opera House
company was scheduled to be held on
Monday of this week but owing to
the fact that here was not quorum
present, business could not be tran
sacted. 1t is hoped to have a quorum
present at the quarterly meeting to
be held in April. The financial re-
port for the year 1918 was read to
the stock holders who were present,
however. Owing to the epidemic Of
influenza, receipts from the picture
shows have been much below that Of
a year ago, but taking everything in
to consideration, the showing has
been a good one.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-15
PAGE FIVE

By inadvertance, attention was not
called to the report Of the Crawford
County State Bank, which appeared
in the last issue of this paper. There
was every reason why special atten-
ton should have been called to this
report, because of the fact that 1t is
one of the strongest reports ever made
by any bank in the county, showing
total footing of $2,136,229.S2. This is
certainly a creditable showing and at
once places the bank in the front rank
of banking institutions in western
Iowa. 1t not only argues in favor OF
conservative management on the part
of the bank but shows healthy fin
ancial condition in the community.
Crawford county is county of great
wealth and this fact is reflected in
no better way than through the banks
of the county. Other banks in Deni-
son and the county are having like
and it all goes to show that
the community as whole is prosper
Gus. Denison has right to be proud
of it's banking institutions.