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and you know with a bitter certainty that
nothing you could do or say would raise
one-tcnth of the thrill in his breast that
two-point rise in stocks does
But YOU could weep with pity for the
girl whose dreams were to be swept away
so soon. They might have left her her
Illusions. They might have let her hide
the sordidness of every day living even
from her own eyes with her cloak OF ro-
nance, but no one took the trouble To do
it. They walked her from her dream, and
life became ashes and dust and cmders In
her teeth. :,
The girl YOU left behind you was so full
Of faith in all that is fine and high, ana
she had ideals that reached to the stars,
She trusted life and was unafrad. She
believed in humanity and ached to he of
service to it, Her faith and love was re-
ligion.
1t sears your soul to remember how The
wears and experience took from the girl
! her beliefs, ono by one, and changed her
| into the suspicious, cynical, selfish, world
! ling YOU have become. Sorrowlng and
suffering taught her fear. lngratitude
| made her distr1lstful She saw love turn
| traitor To the breast that warmed 1t INTO
| life Hard experience taught her that only
! the selfish and self-seeking can hold Their
| own in a self-centered world. 1t was when
| she had learned this lesson that the girl ;
! face lost forever the soft look 1t wore IN the
] picture.
/ Oftenest when we meet again the CIR
we left behind lis we ask her wlstiuiiX
where it was. along the wears, that she
| lost the high intentions with which she s.
confidently started out She was going e
do great things. She was going To write !
| book, or compose music, or interpret Z
play that would be an inspiration (
| humanity.
/ When she married she was not going t
sink into the nut of small domestic inter
ests that other women fall into, but sh'
was going to live a broad free life, full o
intellectual and artistic interests Sh'
was going to he wife who would keel
her husband keyed up to the best tha
was in him, q mother who would deveioE
her children INTO superInen and super
| women, a housekccper whose home VA
run without jar or friction, AS i by magic
Alas for the good intentions OF our girl
| hood The book is rnwrtten, the song IN
! sung. We are poor, weak, errIng wivc
and mothers Just as our nelghhors are
vexed over the servant problem an1
wrestling mefflciently with the high cost Q
living, and we smile as We remcmher TIN
egotism Of our youthful plans
Sometimes she comforts us, sometime
she saddens It's this girl We left behind us
whom we glimpse sometimes in 3 passini
memory or in a rare, tender look IN on
husband eyes.
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this paper every Monday, Wcdnesda,
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SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1eIs. by the mcclure News
paper Syndicate New York CITY,
WHEN THE SNOW LADY
CAME A-VISITING

WHEN THE SNOW LADY
CAME A-VISITlNG
Part 1.
One morning the bunny nephews. OF
Uncle Jack Rabbit awoke to find that
snow had fallen very fast during the night
and that their home was completely
showed in.
The lamp WAS lighted and Uncle Jack
Rabbit sat in front Of the fireplace with
his legs crossed, smoking pipe.
"Yes" he said this is very much like
the time the Snow Lady came a-visitlng,
when so many of us thought we were to
starve
The bunny nephews forgot all about
the big snowstorm outside when they heard
what Uncle Jack said, and ran to his
chair, climbing UP on the arms and back:
"Oh, Uncle Jack, they tcased, do tell
us about the Snow Lady visiting you.
! Uncle Jack Rabbit was always ready to
! tell story to his ncphews for nc had not
| forgotten the time he was young and loved
| To hear one himself.
! SO alr the Dummies sat down on the fioor
| in front Of the fire, where it was nice and
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Chapter LXXIX.

The agony of mind that Alice had gone
through two years ago when she had gwen
David up to Lois, seemd nothing 10 the
agony OF both mind and soul that she was
going through now. For she could feel
through all the former unhappiness, that
she had gwen up David for some good to
himself if he lovedLois and If he had mar
ried her, of course he must be happy, she
had thought
And she was Inselhsh enough 10 want
his happiness above everything else. Tn
consciously, the feeling that her sacrifice
her giving up. was the means OF his hap
plness. had comforted her. Later she
began to pick up the threads OF her life
again. Time had brought little comfort
and Lawrence had brought a great deal
But now the sacrifice had been wasted !!
For if David had been happy, she would
have felt glad She would have gone on
irving 10 be friends with him, trying to
fight down the feeling Of love that was
strong within her-and at the end Of her
college term, she would have gone on
home. and married Lawrence. And things
would not have been so very different
from the way they were when she first
came TO the city.
But David was not happy and his un-
happiness brought HIM closer TO her than
ever
Christine often came back from some of
her classes to find Alice waking back and
forth over the room. Christine, of course,
knew all about it
You're my safety valve, Alice would
say 81 don [ know what ] would do with
out you. ] guess | would turn and run
h ONE.
Christine always had to smile at this
sort of talk.
What q queer person you are, Alice
dearp' she said once. "You are so very
strong sometimes, and so very weak
others. You spent exactly 10 years Of
your life, the most precious 10 years a
womans life contains as a slave 10 your
duty. ! know, as Alice started to protest
''there was nothing for you TO do but stay
home and work, and scrinp and sacrifice,
and remain little ignoramus yet think
Of the girls who would not have done
that, Very few have the will power to
stick to an unpleasant duty. You stuck
now you come up against another sort Of
thing, and you want to be weak and run
But what can ] do?" Alice cried. 1t 5
all 50 hopeless. Dear, you must look facts
IN the face. Here | am engaged to one Of
the incest men in the world and in love
with another
u hank heaven YOU re not married to
Lawrence vet, said Christine. That
would make a worse muddIe"
Why" Alice asked David is mar
ried The whole thing is a muddle. I've
no right to be in love with David, he has
no right to DE in love with me. And !
certainly have no right to stay engaged to
Lawrence. when I'm not whole-heartedly
in love with him. Have I?"
NO. Christine answered honestly
Il confess ! don t see a way out for any Of
you
"Ill write and tell Lawrence and set
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Yes,
EUerything!

Prom a paper Of pins 20
a necklace Of Oriental
pearls,
From dresses 20 dis-
mouds.
Prom IN. contents of
the Down Stairs Store 20
those OF the great furni-
turc floors.
Every article Of gner-
chandise in the lA-story
building
Dry-goods, wearing sp-
psrel, household articiez-
linens
Everything goes 20 you
az 20 per cent below the
market prices, even
though the price may
have been previously re-
duced or made special, as
Il the May Sale Of White,
still stocked with spien-
did offerings.
The prices you viii fad
on the Tags are the reg
ular prices. From these
prices you, until further
notice, are allowed 20 de-
duct. az 1n1e OF purchase,
20 per cent
In other words
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A poultry expert says that hen when
setting, turns the eggs under her entirely
around her once day
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THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
By Marion Rubicam-
CSpyrfght George Matthew ADKINS
SACRIFICE.
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS
Alice Fairbanks has won her way
through life by her optimism. 1t carries
her through her fathers death, her moth
ers invalidisn, their poverty, her neces-
sity for working hard. 1t attracts 10 her,
first, David Thorne, with whom she fslls
in love They are engaged and Alice is
wonderfully happy until sne suspects
David TO be attracted to her cousin
Lois She breaks the engagement, and
hears later that Lois has married David
In irving TO piece together her lif {
again. she adopts a baby. deserted ny a
wandering family. Throus sh this she comes
to know Lawrence Marlowe, and even
tually becomes engaged 10 him. She feels
she must finish desired college course
before marrying him, so comes to the city
Here she meets David and finds that he Is
still in love with her, and unhappy.
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If the price is S. you pay 81
IF the price is $40 you pay s8
IF the price is $50 you pay $40

and so on. wherever you 60 through the Store
and whatever the price Of goods of your selection
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But the overwhelming majority see straight
and appreciate the help that is being given to the
people in taking one-ffth off the cost of good,
needed merchandise.
That they needed such help, it is mere shut
fling TO deny.
Any cynic who came TO this Store 10 observe the
fraties of human nature the form OF the wild orgies
Of reckless expenditure in luxures that have IN
quarters been quoted the Of H c. l. would get
the round disappointment that cynics deserve.
The people are free Of our house; we do not pre-
TO direct their purchases order their gongs and
their comings.
But their goings and their counin9s, md the
trend of their feet is strongest where the solid
tiles or civilized and dgnited living be obtained
Clothing and clothing materials for themselves and
their families; furniture and furnishings for their
homes-rugs, uphosteries bedding, linens china house
wares and other necessities
It largely for this servceabe stuff that they
coming TO this house of service and for every article
purchased they pay one-ffth less than normal
Less money, and better goods, than many Of them
had figured on, for the current expenses Of living!
They not buying haubles. They are as earnest
in seiEing this great opportunity earnest in
making it for them, and in wishing TO continue il as
long cooperation OF producer and consumer make
this possible.
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Straight People Understand Straight Ways
Other People Don't

its 0
o
beer never lwoudn
O be
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
THE GIRL | LEFT BEHIND MI

BY Dorothy Dix The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writc1
downright 1920 BY The Wheeler Syndicate. Inc)
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Yes, It's True
And WOrks Out for You as
Simply as Satisfactorily!

would be less thxn honor
able 20 disregard
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Dorothy Dixs articles will appear 10
this paper every Monday, "Wednesday
and riday-
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To anyone who may be
puzzled regarding prices
as affected By the step we
have taken, let Us say this:
The unnurnbercd thou
sands Of prudent people,
not only in Philadelphia,
but in outlying towns,
who come here regularly
TO do the bulk of their
shopping. do 80 because
they ARE prudent people.
They are not uninforrn-
ed OF prevailing prices
elsewhere az all times.
Yet they continue 70 come
here; and there can be
but one reason for it,
Wanamaker's prices for
merchandise Of the safe
and dependable kind are
always as low as goods Of
equal qualities can be
found elsewhere in the
city. Frequently they are
lower.
NOW FROM THESE
w A NJ A III A X z r
PRICES, FOR A LIMIT
ED TIME. A DEDUc-
TON OF TWENTY
PER CENT IS MADE
throughout the whole
stocks: with negligible
reservations covering less
than sso.oco worth Of
goods purchased from
their makers under GER
tain restrictions that IL
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While These Sales Continue
And That They Nay
Continue

and achieve their intended purpose of bringing
down prices and easing the burdens and problems
of consumer and manufacturer alike:
Be it known that:
We Are Ready to Take
$1,000, 900 Worth of NetD Goods
Each Week-and Pay Cash for Them
the day of delivery
Manufacturers who holding goods for
high prices, those who find themselves errbar-
rassed in their production facilities by shortage of
available cash, will thus be given an opportunity
to benefit themselves and 70 benefit their ultimate
employees. the consuming public
We believe this is to be the proper time to
begin TO reconstruct business peacc-tirne
basis
People who agree with us-NOW THAT
WE HAVE CUT THE PATH-are not hard to
find
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-29

and II couldn't see it so l closed my
eyes and prayed. I waited until could
bear it no longer and then l looked
back. Pierre stood on the balcony
with Elise in his arms. She had
tainted. F.. J"
"Yes?" I prompted gently for
Madame Dupon was silent.
81 don't know how long it lasted. 1t
seemed an eternity. The flames were
eating at the walls behind them and
now and then a tongue" licked at them
through the doorway. Pierre could
not jump with Elise in his arms; he
could not leave her there to die alone;
he was %distraught. He gaZed down at
little Jacques and l thought he was
coming. But to tear himself from his
wife-to give her to the fire-no 1t was
impossible! He clasped her close to
him and buried his face in her hair.
That was all that l saw"
The expression was gone from her
voice when she continued the story in
a droning monotone. II don't remem-
Der much after that. / know that all
of US who had lived there walked anC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-29
ART WORKS ON LARGE SCALE
Interesting Figures Concerning Deeora-
lions for Lincoln Memorial Build
Ing at Washington.

Simply to stretch the canvas, says
Jesse Lynch Williams, describing in
Scribner's Magazine now Jules Guerin
painted the decoration for the Lincoln
Memorial building in Washington, re-
quired eight men, which is less sur
prising when one realizes that each fig
ure in the groups Mr.. Guerin was about
to paint is a good deal larger than the
painter himself. One agrees with the
writer that, although such details are
not necessary to art appreciation, it is
interesting to know that the two I'M
painted anvase cost $500 apiece, and
that when the artist finished his work
the paint he had used added 100 pounds
to their weight. And because the paint
ings will be somewhat exposed to
weather, the paint was mixed with
wax, in a way which chemical analysis
shows was done to weatherproof paint.
ing when the ancient kings of Egypt
were erecting memorial buildings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-29
Change Means Growth.

No man ought to be the same mar
he was ten years ago. Nature teaches
us that we are new creatures by re
newing the cells and tissues every
seven years. Yet in the midst OF
physical change it is possible for Q
man to remain static in the higher
things Of life. He may be so constant
to q youthful ideal that he is looked
upon as the embodiment Of stability.
but he will soon be recognized as a
fossil from which life has gone. Life
is a growing thing. 1t must Increase
As soon as the sum Of It's energy Is re
CURED to keep up the repairs Of the
human animal he begins to take 9
place among those headed for the sun
set side Of life. Man Is either growing
into d bigger self or he Is growing ints
his fossilage. Man must change
Exchange.
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MADE QUICK CHANGE OF MIND
School Principal Revised Her Opinion
as to the Necessity for I'M
mediate Action.

For several days the little feld mice
had been coming from the fields into a
small-town school building. The young.
err teachers were frightened and sent
to the store for a quantity of poison.
They were mixing 1t with bread crumbs
when the principal arrived. On her
question as to when they were going
to put out the paste they answered,
Immediately"
"But you can't do that" she protest.
ed. at would be in the way. Wait
until tonight. One more day with mice
around you won't make any difference
in the long rum"
The teachers were uneasily silent.
And then came a frightened little
squeak and a mouse ran right across
the room, close to the principals feet
She gave a decided SILVER, an imita.
ton of a dance of modern mention and
then turned to the j%anitor, who was
standing near. "John," she said, Sc
verely, well put out that rat poison
right away. Do you hearf"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-29
Find Old Relics in Scotland.

Several large ave in Scotland,
which were used as houses a couple
of thousand years ago, have been dis
covered. Many relics have been left
in these dwellings. There are weav-
ing combs, whorls and spindles used
by women, enameled brooches, pins
and colored glass armlets with which
they decked themselves. Women's
and children's shoes were also found.
Besides these are household utensils,
wooden dishes and spoons, some lamps
and platters and pottery Of various
kinds.
The men left tools and weapons,
plows, picks and rakes made OF deer
antlers, wheels and carts, harness
mountings and large decorated swords.
Prof. James Carl, who made the dis
coveries, declares that the Romans
who were once in possession OF the
country taught the people to make all
these things.
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The Last Resort.

An eminent engineer said in u
hearing yesterday that in Italy the
workers are giving two hours Of their
time as q free gift to the state. They
realize that increased production
means ultimately increased wealth,
In Germany there are signs Of the
same spirit among the Golfers. But
in old England the following story
admirably illustrates the industrial
situation: Two miners were discuss
ing the minimum wage. "Say, BILL"
said the first, whats this ERE min
imum wager" Bill spat. 1.-THE mini
mum wage? That's what we gets for
goin' down; an if We wants ter make
any more brass, we goes and does
some work for it."-London Morning
Post.
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walked. Some dropped on the road,
and when the Germans couldn't make
them get up, they kicked them aside
and we went on. I had to carry JAG
ques and he grew very heavy. Final
ly, when / could go no further, l lay
down at the side of the way and cud-
died Jacques under me so that they
wouldn't see him and take him from
me-"
"Oh, look! Lookr" Jacques came
running into the oom just as she fin
fshed speaking. His yellow curls were
touseled, his blue eyes shining with
excitement, "See what I've found
lookw He shouted and held a dirty
hand out toward his grandmother. SIT
was muddy but / rubbed 1t and it
shines!"
The old woman turned the dull gold
ring over and over.
Don't you like it?" Jacques lips
quivered with disappointment.
Like 1t, like ftf Yes boy, yes-Oh
yes. Where did you find it9"
"Out there with some little white
something's In the ground. Isn't it
niceY"
'sThere's another one there like 1t.
Your father wore one too. See IL you
can find 1t, won't you, J%acquesT the
old woman begged the child, another
just like It"
Another! |" he cried, turning to me
and the laughter danced in his face. y
told you I'd find my treasured" he
boasted and skipped out into the sun.
light.
The eyes Of the old woman chung to
her daughters ring, but they were dry
tragically dry, for she had not more
tears. EYES," she murmured, "yes
Jacques has found his treasure"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-29
In the Palace of Justice at Brussels
BY Katharine E~gsleston Roberts.
H STATUE SPEAKS:

!, a statue of Justice, sit with my head bowed low.
From my palace look over Belgium, lOosed from the grip Of the foe,
But my heart is bitter, my shoulders bent,
Weary with shame and woe.
Here in the chamber of Justice, sacred to rule of right,
Game Filth and ribald Destruction, the bastard children OF Might
They wrote on my walls of pure marble,
On my robe-yes-on my face
Insults too evil for utterance
That eternity cannot erase.
And nv handmaidens fair, who stand by my chair,
Suffered the same disgrace.
They pllaged my treasures of beauty,
They left not one thing undefled.
Then in the Palace of J~ustice>they gazed on their work and they
smiled. t
sit with their insults upon me and shrink from the light OF the sun;
rule Ger the land of destruction where the blood OF my children
has run.
/ a statue of Justice ~disfgured,
A monument to the Hun.
fcopvtrht1 1920 Western Newspaper Unon,
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their command IL was Davis who
spoke next.
"Wha makes you think I have
your property in my carr My house
keeper was In the village making an
order and was going to put the box
in here with me-"
Helen sank back a trife a%ppeased,
for in her heart she knew the
man was in no way responsible for
her predicament-yet she could not
help a glow of anger. He might
have looked to see if the box was
his before dashing Off like a tornado
with 1t.
This much she told him before
even as much as a ghost of a smile
was permitted to dawn about her
lips.
"Then where are my groceriesT
demanded Davis, as If Helen were re-
sponsible for their loss. II have a
gang waiting at the house nov for
food"
81 suppose yours are back in the
shop" Helen suggested. IF you
don't mind, / would like that box
my guests will have gone back to
| town if 1 don't get back soon."
"That lets me out Of getting over
to Smallwoods' to arrange for the
musicians 1 wanted for tomorrow
night" Davis was a bit peevish
himself now, and Helen's tone became
wonderfully soft.
"rm so sorry" she said, but l
have already engaged those musicians
for my dance tomorrow night" She
was watching Davis now as he removed
the box of groceries from. n roadster
to the other, and as she watched him
her interest grew. He was the type
of man that any womanly girl would
like, and like very much.
"Those coonsl And they are the
best on Long island. 1t was because
of them I got my bunch out here" la
mented Davis. 'aThose men could make
a motorcar dance. Well-you got them
first" He was standing close to Helen
now, after having deposited the bon
safely in its rightful place. Il an
sorry you had to chase your groceries
but / was really not to blame-was II
He waited his answer, and Helen knew
he would wait until he got 1t. he wa
that type of man.
"Not in the least" she quickly toll
him, and did not regret the color tina
crept into her cheeks. 1t told him 81
plainly that she rather liked him. Thel
!, im%petuously, she added: Il wonder l
it would be awfully unconventional |
!. I were to ask all your house part
, over tomorrow night to-join GU
, dance? 1t is really a pity not to a
: enjoy those musicians-isn't it?
Davis smiled swiftly and with vi
m~istakable JOY.
!, "By Jovel That's great Of you
E Then quickly, and with direct meaning
t he added: "And does that mean ths
( nv party can dance with your part
and"
ain other Words" laughed Helel
e "you mean, will I dance with you
d isn't that itT"
s 81 would say it was" admitted Da
= is frankly.
r. And as Helen started the motor
e the little red roadster that was tw
l. to that other one: II am so glad Il
grocery boy-made a mistake"
It And then began that other race-tl
one on the road to love.
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His Wife Was Right.

Mrs. Peck-To think that l once
considered you a herol BAIL
Henry Cher husband)-I suppose the
thought struck you on the evening l
performed the death-defying and fool
hardy feat Of proposing marriage to
YOU London Answers.
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No Affinity.

"There is one queer thing ssSut tia
old sea dogs"
"What Ia thatT"
"They don't seem to take to ocean
g%rayhounds."