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The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09
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Ribbon Lamp Shades.

One nearly always has pieces OF rib
bon left from fancy work and they
can be made into most attractive little
shades for bedroom lights. We all
like to change the color scheme OF a
room or to brighten It bit with q
touch of new color. and lamp or can
die shade is just the touch needed.
Get an oval frame and shIr around IL
enough ribbon to make 1t full and
FUZZY looking. II Jour ribbon Is mar
rev. two widths may be sewn togerh-
er and In this way you can use odd
bits that you happen to have.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09
Diamond Gut Diamond
&m0MS~mo
By JANE BUNKER

But you hadn't prayed for dia-
monds'
"Ged-and the masters who carry
out the supreme plan-answer prayers
in their own way" She said It us II
she were admonishing child, and
then snatched the next argument out
of my mouth.
"Don't millions of Christian people
pray every day. on their bended knees,
Give us this dny our daily bread
believing they will get 1t from a divine
source. and is it any harder for God
to give the diamonds than a crust?"
l was defeated. She went on-ln a
rather unsteady voice-and told me
what she'd thus far held back-the
end of the prophecy. not yet fulfilled
and that she nightly anticipated: the
ultimate revelation and ordination
one of the masters was to wing an
invisible flight through the air. straight
from Tibet to the room where we sat.
and to place upon her bosom the mys-
tic seal-seven blood-red stains. in
symbol of seven bleedIngs of the con-
trite heart purging itself of its seven
deadly sins.
And this. In the last word. is what
the diamonds meant to her-the fulfill
ment of the most passionately cher
isned aspiration of her life.
"He will come-he will follow his
gift-it Will draw him like magnet"
she finished joyously.
1 was put to rout. The very unreG-
sonableness of her belief constituted
for 1t a sort OF dignity. II commanded
respect by its isolation and the storms
of argument it had withstood.
1 got out the box OF diamonds and
handed 1t TO her. She came out of
the inner light in which she'd been
silently basking. A shadow crossed
her face. She started back-but
thrust them into her hand. And with
that / rose,
You don't mean" she began.
II can't discuss 1t any further to-
day." 1 said. and / hastened out of the
house. 1t was absolutely the only
thing l could do.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09

Tn THE greater part of our country
l. spring comes late and departs early
to give place to summer; 1t is brief
interval. between the two seasons for
which we must buy our clothes. Few
women buy more than a hat and a
coat for this particular period; and
the coat Is expected to make itself
useful all summer. at least. Onepiece
dresses prove so useful to women gen.
orally that they have become as I'm
portant as suits. which they repince
good part OF the time. With the
aid of n warmth-giving spring coat
they do all that a suit can do and
n little more on those raw days In
March and April when there Is little
promise of warm weather In the air.
so the spring coat may easily tide one
over from winter to summer without
any other addition TO the wardrobe.
In the new models In coats there are
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GUNNER calls Ia fair women. in all
- the shops. to make ready for II.
No matter what the weather man may
do now the millinery shops are con-
vincing-they are full of summery
things for morning. afternoon and
night. and In SO great n variety of
shapes and sizes that every face and
every individual will find something
10 suit exactly. There Is great deal
of llsere straw In the display. much
"toiIe ciree" ca millinery oilcloth). +.
satin. taffeta. gay silks. shot taffeta,
net, and chaLtilly lace. The list of
mnterinls used includes about every
thing we have known in millinery here
tofore. and l. few novelties-like hair
net cloth. A good many flowers.
great deal of embroidery in raffia and
SILK. and an altogether colorful display
make up the general impression one
brings away from a tour of the shops.
II goes without saying almost that
there are many pretty alI-black hats
among the gnyer ones. Hnir braid.
them airy. and in great many OF
them mniines or lace falls over the
hrlm edge. like a short veil. Just cover
ing the eyes. or makes soft border.
us In the hnt OF lisere and mnIines,
shown at the left Of the group above.
Malines wells the whole shape In this
hat. and very narrow ribbon of "toile
ciree" Is applien to 1t. held In place
with fancy stitching OF embroidery
xilk Handw ork. embroidery and all
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She first step to what l saw was 60
ing to be a very painful revelation.
rhen she burst out. But how could
a,e have known about the diamonds p
chat / had them In Paris. The only
yay can explain 1t Is that either the
Duval girl told him--and she was in
a trance and wouldn't have remem-
bered her prophecy-or he's a wonder
full psychic himself. But the
audacity Of the thanksgiving he put
them In my slipperl"
claire did," I corrected, by way Of
beginning.
Its the same thing. What a lie
10 say they're hisl"
hurried on: "Claire did It on the
s,eamer--the night before we landed
That was how she had been set to
snuggie thGea through the customs
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09

kinds of stitchery are fenturco in the
styles.
The soft hat of brocade and satin at
the center employs plain satin for the
up-turned brim. which Is bordered by
a narrow ribbon with metallic edges.
The ornament on the crown and the
tasseI are made of the same ribbon.
and there Is bag to match the crown.
There are many swathed shapes In
turbans and some In small hats. One
of the latter IN cloth Of silver shot
with n color. appears In the lovely
dress hat at the right. A silk and
metallic flower Is posed at the right
side
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09

two lengths presented those that are
long and others that nre three-quarter
length, like the conts pictured Among
the long models, none are better look
Ing thDn coats of duvetyn In gray
or tan, with striped taffeta cuffs and
collars. In the color OF the coat and
white, or another color. These long
models usually have big collars and
deep cuffs. Some of them nre made
with n skirt gathered on to plain
body having long und occasionally un-
even waist lines.
The two coats pictured are among
the most practical and graceful TINT
have been displayed for spring. Each
presents n modification of the Raglan
sleeve and Is furnished with collar
that VIII provide warmth when It Ia
needed. They nre simply designed and
without trimming-the sort OF conts
that will give much service.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09
Monsieur Rapidly Pro~ded My Face.

me, and 1t was all arranged with mad
anne that she was to bring me to Paris
when papa telegraphed. And she
couldn't, you know, SO you brought
me-"
$50 that was why you were SO
afraid of being searched at the Gus
toms house on the frontier"
"Yes. Papa told me they might
and if they found the papers he would
be handed over to the government.
But they didn't find them" She
smiled in childish delight. 81 got them
to Paris with you all right. and then
l ran on ahead ald told papa and said
how kind you'd been. and ! said you
were just going to America, and he
said the governess he'd engaged had
been taken sick and couldn't go to
America, but the Russian spies were
after him and he was afraid he'd be
killed, and perhaps you would take me
with you.''
Billy glared at monsieur. Monsieur
answered him with a shrug as much
as to say. well. what would your
Claire went on, "And then papa
asked you to let me go with you, and
you-you--couldn't."
She was too exquisitely polite to re-
mind me of that stern, uncompromls-
ing refusal.
"Well. papa found Mrs. Delario, and
It was all right"
And now, Claire. what was pre-
clsely the plan about that little boxi
tn n xxyit
She blushed and grew so embar-
rassed she could hardly go on, but her
father helped her by telling her, "Con-
ceal nossing. my child-you have done
only what your fazer have commanded
you to-" Thus encouraged, she con-
fessed, II was to put it in your slip
per--if you had one you weren't wear
Ing. because you know you told papa
that your baggage wasn't examined
your cousin was an inspector. or some
thing like that. And If i couldn't get
1t into yorr baggage must put II in
one of Mrs Delario's slippers
II remember nowr - l suddenly ex-
claimed. "That time caught you In
my cabin-at my Suitcase u were
trying to do il them"
Tears came to her eyes.
"Yes," she almost whispered. II was
going to put 1t In one of your Slip
pers-I found you had pair just like
Mrs. Delario's."
oh I said. And at this, mon
sieur interposed. "It was my plan
re slipper-if one could be found not
worn on re steamer"
tTO BE CoNTINUED.)
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CHAPTER xIv-continued.


She told meas she had on the
steamer-how she'd gone abroad TO
hunt new psychics for her seances and
the circle meeting at her house, of
which she was a sort of priestess, and
how she had thus come in contact with
the Duval girl. This girl had ''won-
derful gift of prophecy" and at a pri-
vate sitting with her had gone into a
trance-and had given out thar Mrs.
Delario was lone of the chosen"-one
of the discipies-eiiseess Of ..sc Mystic
Cult Of the Crystal Sphere. whose
headquarters were lamasary In
Tibet, and had then predicted that she
was shortly to receive the mystic
sign of initiation" and a gift-con-
veyed through space by spirit influ-
ences-of seven blood-red gems, which
she WAS at liberty to dispose of and
convert into cash If she desired-the
sacred masters not dealing In lucre but
only its sublimated equivalents-an1
apply to her personal needs and the
furtherance of her work for spiritual
ism.
On being pressed by Mrs. Delarlo to
of the gift-the girl had declared that
the stones would be in small oblong
box which Mrs. Delario would "dis-
cover among her things when the time
came" and that she would receive
them suddenly-secretly- NOR
tal knowledge of how they got there
and they would probably be given to
her in Paris. Beyond this the girl was
unable to go.
But Mrs. Delario accepted the pre-
diction and. greatly elated and excited,
watched for the hour that was TO mark
her initiation into earthly wealth and
occult glory. The hour did not come
in Paris, and she returned to America
a trifle disappointed but still expec-
tant.
She unpacked. She found slipper.
Where could be its mate? Absent
mlndedly she thrust her hand into 1t
and fOunG-her gift
"And you see the prophecy was full
filled" she told me- 81 had been cho-
sen-as the Duval girl said. Every
thing came out precisely as she pi O.
dicted-the diamonds really came to
ME in iar1s, though ] didn't know 1t
at the time; there were seven; they
We're worth enough to make me finan-
cially independent, so / can go on with
nv work for spiritualism; they came
without human knowledge; / found
them among my things-every detail
was correct"
II was frank. straightforward
story. told with heat of conviction
that / think prevented her reading the
nstonishment that must have kept
growing in my face all the time.
1t was amazing every way I looked
at it; the thing that struck me most
was now her memory had slipped one
little cog and allowed her belief to
roll smoothly off and land her-in
Tibeti She thought the box had been
sent to her in Paris, but she had
worn her slippers on the steamer !
was about to remind her of this as
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-09
CHAPTER XIV.
An important Ownership.

When | left her house this was my
situation with Mrs. Delario - she'd
given birth to the incorrigible belief
that a million dollars worth of dla-
monds had been presented to her by
an unknown lama in Tibet; sent her
through the air; glued into the toe of
her slipper, and this in answer to
prayer. And had to reckon with it
as fact-a fact that yelled me off
the straightforward course I'd been
about to pursue and bullied me into
taking devious ways.
mol" replied to myself ten dozen
times. 1.-THE Emperor William didn't
consult me about what he should do
with his old diamonds why should he
expect help from me now? He's got
his own machinery to work with-let
him get his diamonds back himself
I'm no detective-I'm not his tool"
Billy was an hour late in reaching
the house and / interrupted his petu-
liant explanation as to why he wasn't
two hours late. or three. to communi-
cate rapidly-knowing that monsieur
would be there in a minute-my deci-
sion that Mrs. Delario was to keep the
diamonds and the Emperor William
might twiddle his thumbs ard whistle.
You took 'em back to herr"
''Yes, md she's to keep them"
''But-what did she say"
The elevator was rumbling, and
knew who was coming.
But what are you going to tell mon
sieur?''
TIE bell rang-I hadn't decided
what l was going to tell monsieur.
l opened the door. Standing behind
Claire, his glance to me under his OBJ
sequlousIy lifted hat and across her
head, monsieur rapidly prowled my
face for the snlff of hint that l had
everything arranged and my diplo-
macy had been successful. Which hint
I'm positive he didn't get. Claire gave
little cry on seeing me. flung herself
into my arms and hid her bushes on
my shoulder. ducked my face to hers
and Jade my visitors enter. 1 carried
Claire forward. leaving monsieur to
dispose of his hat and coat in the hall
presented Billy to Claire, and she
shot him dead with one glance and
brought him back to life with the next
At the sound of her lovely voice ut
tering a thrifty "How do you dor?
Billy didn't know his own name-the
only name he could at the moment
have articulated was Claire de Rave
mol.
Claire forgot him ss soon as he
stammered out his lawfully glad to
meet you" and dropped her little
hand. / was the magnet of those love-
ly eyes Being middle-aged and proper
does sometimes have its compensa-
tions!
1 motioned us to chairs What was
/ to tell monsieuri Claire gave me
a moments respite by burriedly be-
ginning. Papa says to tell you every
thing know"
She glanced at him and he nodded.
Eyes - everything from re BEGIN
ming"
"You remember Vevey7"
nodded and said yes"
"Weii. papa came to see me there
while I was at school, you buow-and
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Proverbs are but the offspring %
practical experienca
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

materialized and vanished away.
(Gcn. 1S:1-15) The Bible informs us
in Genesis Gals that the privilege Je-
hovah granted angels to materialize
as human beings was misused by some
of the angels as an opportunity for
sinful intercourse with human beings.
This was in the early part of the
worlds history; just when this was is
not definitely stated, but "when men
began to multiply on the face of the
earth" This was probably several
hundred years before the flood and
during tht period of time, up to and
including the food, these spirit be-
ings Undertaking in human form
took wives from among the race of
Adams stock; "and they bare chill
dren to them, the same became mighty
men which were of old, men of re-
nown." They were giants. These
spirit beings had materialized evil
IDENTIFY with the avowed purpose of
supervising the human race and hav-
ing control over them. Hebrews 2:
81 The children of these angels are
not mentioned as boys, but are spoken
of in the Scriptures as mighty men.
They wee propagated without divine
permission.
The powers of these angels were
used for a selfish purpose; and the IL
centious example Of these material
lied spirit beings had demoralizing
effect upon the human family as well
as upon their own offspring. "And
God saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that ev-
cry Imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually"
Here we have vivid picture of the
miserable condition that prevailed
just before the flood. Jehovah in
formed Noah then that his purpose
was to bring on the earth great
flood and destroy all flesh. He there
fore instructed Noah to prepare an
ark for the saving of himself and his
family. For IL years Noah builded
the ark and preached to the people,
telling them that the world was COM
ing to an end and that great catas-
trophe would follow. They scotfcd and
Knocked at him and gave no heed; but
in due time the flood came, and only
Noah and the members of his family
were saved. They were saved because,
as we read, "Noah was perfect in his
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
THE SPIRITS IN PRISON"

Just now stupendous effort is be-
ing made to convince the people ey-
crywhere that the dead are alive and
not dead; that the dead are really
shirt beings and are able to commun-
icGte through MEDIUMS with those
who are living. The largest maya
zines and newspapers in the country
are employed to spread this doctrine.
One of the favoritc texts used from
the Bible to prove that the dead are
alive and can be preached to are the
words of st. Peter, who, speaking of
Jesus, said: "By which also He went
and preached unto the spirits in pris-
on."-1 Peter 3:19.
Who are these spirits to whom the
preaching was done and how did Je-
sus preach? 1t is quite evident that
those to whom Jesus preached were
not human beings; for this text says
that they were spirits. This state
ment will be contested by those who
advocate the theory that the dead are
alive and that these spirits were in
fact the spirits of men. But the BIZ
bic wholly contradicts this theory.
"God formed man of the dust of the
earth and breathed into his nostrlls
the breath Of lives; and man became
a living creature"-a human being
Genesis 2:7) He was not spirit
being but a human being. If we are
to take the Bible as evidence, we find
conclusive proof in the words of st.
Paul: "The first man is Of the earth,
earthy."-1 Corinthians 15:47.
Our knowledge of spirit beings and
of the powers granted to them by Je-
hovah is limited, of course, to the BIZ
BILE record. That spirit beings have
had the power in times past to ma
terialize in human form and have
done so, is clearly proved. For in
stance, the angels who appeared as
young men at our Lords sepulchre
and again at His ascension appeared
in human form and as soon as they
had accomplished the purpose of their
visit they vanished, Again, abraham
sat in the door of his tent and three
men appeared unto him as he sat
there. He received them and enter
tanned them, and they talked with
him. They appeared in human form
and likewise disappeared. They de-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

time of trouble the Messiah will reign
in justice and power, ministerings
to all the human family, and teaching
the people the way to travel back, ov-
er the highway Of holiness, to per-
lection of life and happiness.-Golden
Age.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
Your Blood
Starving For
Want ofIr
Without Plenty Of Iron In Your Blood
You Don't Get the Strength and
Nourishment Out Of the Food You Eat

AvOuxtSumCuSV ul VI VIC EVOU j w Eak
When over-work. lack of sleep. improper
food and impure air sap the iron from your
blood and make YOU feel weak, nervous.
irritable and out-of-sorts, 1t Is important
shat you should at once put more iron into
your blood. Without iron the blood loses
The power to change food into living tissue
and therefore nothing that you cat does you
the proper amount of good because you
don't get the full strength out of it. Your
food merely passes through your system
like corn through mill with the rollers so
wide apart that the mill can't grind. Be-
cause of this steady starvation Of the blood
and nerves people often become weakened.
tired.out, nervous and rundown and FREE
quently develop all sorts of symptoms. But
the moment organic iron-Nuxated Iror--is
supplied q multitude of dangerous symptoms
disappear in most cases, the flesh becomes
hrmer, the muscles get back their strength
and the roses Of health bloom in cheeks that
were pale and sickly looking.
No matter what other so-called remedies
you may have tried. If you are not strong,
vigorous, hearty and we'll, YOU owe 1t to
yourself to make the following test: Sec
how long you can work or how far you can
walk without becoming tired. Next. take
two fve-srain tablets of ordinary Nuxated
Iron three times per day after meals for
two weeks. Then test your strength again
and see for yourself how much .you have
gained. You can OBTAIN Nuxated Iron from
your druggist on the distinct understanding
that II you are not fully satisfied youc
money will be refunded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-12-16
RED BLOSSOMS ARE FAVORED
American and Liberty RoseA carns-
tIons and immortelles Among Pop
uiar Christmas Flowers.

<<UEF CHRISTMAS eve comes In
SM mild and warm and Christ
HEEE.3 mas morning follows It's gen
N&$ tie prophecy. the city florists
will be happy. That will
mean that the thousands OF boxes OF
Christmas flowers which must be- de-
livered on Christmas forenoon can 90
put with only the ordinary packing.
But should there be freezing weather,
which doubles the labor and the time
necessary. Even with the mild Christ-
mas, which is the florists delight, the
force In the big retail flower stores
works all night the night before Christ
enas. From midnight until O'Clock
In the morning all hands are busy
packing the boxes which in q few
hours are to convey Christmas rssneu,-
brances. At 7 o'clock the delivery
wagons start, and before noon all the
fragile blooms have reached the fem
mime hands for which they were pur>
chased. Probably 10000 such boxes
are delivered every Christmas morn
ing In New York. One dealer In
fashionable residence district has sent
out between 800 and 400 every Christ.
mas morning for many years.
The mixed box" ranges from SIC
10 $50 in price. II Is very modest
little box for the first price-just half
dozen roses, dozen carnations, a
bit Of christmas green" In the $50
box there will be probably half
dozen American Beauties, half
dozen long-stemmed liberty roses OF
the rich velvety, deep crimson vari-
ETY. some violets, some valley" some
mignonette TO sweeten the whole box;
perhaps some sweet peas and hya.
cinthS a bit Of heliotrope and always
some holly and a red satin ribbon 10
tie the whole.
These expensive boxes are simply
pretty trifes, sent to the rich, by
those who are not sufficiently indebted
or on sufficiently intimate terms TO
send more costly OF substantial gifts.
The very evaneScence of the flowers
makes them superlatively luxurious.
NY AViihiS III iOWtIS llldl lduC III
n day makes the attention more dell
cate than four or five times that
amount put into some more durable
trihe.
Red is pre-eminently the Christmas
color and red carnations and red roses
are the favorite purchases. The red
immortelles, also, go in great punches
for Christmas decorations In houses
OF both high and low degree. These
lmmortelles are real flowers, though
some people have u notion they are
made of paper. The natural color is
yellow. and they grow In the south OF
France, where great fields of them may
be seen dried and dyed for the mar
ket II is a great industry there. Eu-
ropeans use them largely 10 the exclu-
sion Of fresh flowers for all occasions
They are dyed in all colOrs for the Eu-
ropean market, and thousands upon
thousands of boxes OF the red ones are
imported to New York every year for
the Christmas trade. They cannot be
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-12-16

you paid a good deal higher price at
home. or course II may happen that
one grower OF florist has large stock
of some one thing and can sell at
low rate. but dealers usually have an
understanding with one another es-
pecially regarding holiday prices. and
for weeks before the holiday season
they have been balancing stock with
each other. so that the better quality
plants are of an almost fixed value.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-12-16
An Unsatisfactory Plan.

why. Johnny" said the caller. as
the lad wept bitterly, crying on
Christmas morning?"
'Yuh-yessir." sobbed Johnny. I'VE
all agreed in our family this year TO
gug-give each other only what we
needed most"
well. that isn't such a bad idea. is
IT. Nothing TO cry about, anyhow.
chi"
''It's rur-rotten," sobbed Johnny.
Dad gave me a llckin'."