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Lorimer was placing & trsmend-
Gus value on. dear mothers feel
lngs, now that he and she were
nearly rs years old! wondered II
Martha and would have to wait
that long to get the same cOnsid-
Grafton from our men!
Mothers better-only anxious
about Bob, like the rest Of US.
She's a wonder. now isn't she.
girls?"
We assented enthusiastically.
Gosh, II all women were like
you two and like her, some men
wouldn't do SO much lying!"
/ gasped. How I hated the ugly
word he had used! hated to have
Martha reminded of Ewarts fault.
We had always regarded Ewart
as the soul OF honor. II he could
lie, then Bob could! We had held
Ewart in high esteem and great re.
gard and / could not recover from
the shock OF learning that he was a
rascal.
He had always been, according
to Chrys. fairly soaked in respec'
tability!"
could this be a dual personality?
Was he a Jekyll-Hyde combinh
ton?
so?
well, II he was, Martha would
not have much chance OF making
him over, because when two stand.
ards conflict in an individual, the
lower one, which is the racial, or
elemental, one, and the baser one,
too often prevails.
knowing this, my heart ached for
Martha Palmer,
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COZ ssfONs
OF "A BRIDE
(oODyrisht, 1850

Few human beings will face the
truth about themselves! You know
that, Mr.. Lorimer. OF course /
can talk to you just as plainly as
talk to Jane. You've guessed that
l have an errant husband, but
frankly, you know well that Ewart
wouldn't understand word of the
real truth about his conduct, even
II you were to put 1t TO him! Why,
you couldn't possibly make him see
that /, his wife, have any right to
know n single thing about what he
does"
1.-The right to ones individuality
that seems to be a popular the
ory," l put In bitterly. ITS the de.
Tense OF those who assume that a
man can be happy with anybody
except the one woman he has him
self chosen for his wife"
"Who wrote that?"
"Chesterton."
''I guess Ewart has plenty OF
company. Anyway, no matter what
he does, | am to accept him, and
play up to him as the perfect hus'
band! II do, " get along all
right! But only-if dol"
Martha spoke as gently, as i'm
personally, as il she were arguing
a land case. She had her tears,
and her facial expression. and her
emotions in control at last. | en-.
Wed her Would ] ever be able to
initiate her? 1t would be worth
while to copy her because, as Dad
dy remarked concerning her poisc:
Marie, you're Corking good
sport! And let me tell you that If
you want to win out-want to make
things come your way, no matter
what Ewart has been up to, you'll
do 1t in your present spirit OF
sweetness and Calmness rather than
by spasms Of hysteria which wom-
Ell usually pull off on such occa-
sions."
I'm not so sure about that,
Martha replied. You see Ewart
never pays any attention to me
when he is lured by another girls
charm. Why, he doesn't see me at
all! Nor his son, either! Preoccu-
patton is the first symptom he
shows of new romance in his
life. Ee never guesses how ! suf-
fer, how miss him! And he new
er perceivcs that am feeling bad
ly-unless weep!"
Daddy Lorime~ looked up sudden
ly as If he had caught. for the first
time. the full Significance of hys-
terra.
u see! sect" he said Marie.
l believe you've hit big idea.
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Died At His post.

Jack owned Germanmade
watch. Recently it refused to run,
so Jack took It to the jeweler. He
made a post.mortem examination,
and when Jack called for the YER
dict his watch was handed to him
with a piece Of crepe tied to It, mo
hope" was the mournful verdict of
the jeweler.
whats the matter a. asked Jack
alarmed,
Found a cocHToach inside"
That's what plugged up the
works, eh?"
mo" replied the jeweler. THE
cockroach had been keeping the
thing going. but he died at his
most. "-London Telegraph.
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ADVENTURES on TIE TWINS
Wiggiley Worm Rides to School
81 OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Now then Wggney didn't school bit better than
Mole Flop Cutie Coont anybody and SO
idea of playing hockey 1t wasn't new
Squirrel
stayed away Bcunch1Rg chestnut bus and dry
sun
worrying get his and explain
ito Mr. cre Scratch schoomaster Nick the at
happened be and not have to sit IN
the special Ounce Nancy made for
WggiIey did, moreover
he had friends crawling
slowly along edge the old where the
Magical Mushroom ringing stopped and
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looked around getting bite and in good
wait lifting his head and shifting this
he SINE and allurng.
Over wasn't he lucky, though lie found
shell crawled inside Nobody nome
but ned meantime he'd eat
scratching his excuse
yesterdays Something Scribb Scratch into
good humor would the very thing.
That's what he'd dO-take the teacher pres
cnt Of 4 a Offering
/ provoking happened be
WGgeys found himself school after
disgusting!
Wiggley meekly crawled to his seat
Copyright 1920, N. E. A.
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and won't see how a woman suf-
fers-until she cries!" Daddy look
ed at his watch. "Gosh!" must
call up mother! She wasn't feel
ing so well this morning."
He stepped to the phone, and l
smiled in spite of myself. Daddy
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men hate hysteria-they don't
want to be moVed-.and women
don't have Mysteries for tho fun Of
it, nor to relieve their feelings!
Men force women TO the wall, right
into these fits Of weeping which
they hate, because men don't see
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How to Adjust A Veil Properly
If one wishes to wear her veil in
a distinctive manner, 1t should be
adjusted so that the lower edge Is
drawn diagonally across the face,
accentuating the tilted line of the
hat. The proper depth OF the veil
is between chin and eyes or just
below the eyes,
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SISTER MARY'S
KITCHEN
Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.

Even with the greatest care, bits
of pnr!ngs and one thing or another
are sure to accumulate in q sink
during the preparation OF a meal.
THESE must MOI be forced down the
drain but taken from the sink anu
disposed of. ......
A plecr Of cardboard makes u
fine scoop to use to clean the SINK
of anything that escapes the !lllle
perforated COutainGr most house
keepers have in their sinks. Tho
cardboard cIings closely to the
cnamuI and sCrapes clean without
scratching it. 1t is then thrown in
TO the garbage Or burned and dis
tasteful task is done.
So many things come in boxes
nowadays that one always has
plenty to be quite eXtravagant
with.
Menu for Tomorrow
Breakrast-Cereal with chopped
figs, cinnamon toast, apple sauce,
coffee.
Luncheon-Tomato bullion, sal
mon salad, health bread and butter
prune cake, tea.
Dinner-Chicken en- casserole,
mashed potatoes, baked onions, Gel
cry, baking powder biscuits, peach
butter, squash pie, coffee.
My Own Recipes
II the salmon is carefully picked
over and every particle Of skin OF
bone removed the result is really a
very dainty salad Before adding
the salad dressing to the fish, sea-
son we'll with salt pepper and Il
liberal amount. OF lemon JUICE. o.
ives stuffed with pimentOes are
quite an addition to the salad
PRUNE CAKE
2-3 cur butter and lard,
cup sugar,
3 eggs.
2 cups flour,
1-2 cup sugar,
2 teaspoons cinnamon,
/ teaspoon allspiCe,
l teaspoon soda,
cup cooked chopped prunes.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
yolks Of eggs we'll belten.A Measure
flour and sift twice. Sift cinnamon
allspice and soda with flour. Add
sour cream to first mixture. Add
dry ingredients. Add prunes and
fold In whites Of eggs beaten stiff
and dry. Bake in layer cake pans
in a slow oven. Put layers to-
gether with the following filling
and cover the cake with white ic-
ing.
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FILLING

2 egg yolks,
/ dGssertspoon flour.
1-2 cup sour cream,
Ia cup sour cream,
"a cup chopped prunes,
/ tablespoon butter.
Mix Ingredients and cook till
thick.
Bills may be hard to meet, but
they're almost impossible to dodge,
MARYS
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style Notes

Footwear in black and white com
binations has been popular in Paris
and It Is said that 1t will be the
fad during the coming season.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20


one of the reasons why so many of
our people are attracted by any wild
ism that comes along, is because
they don't have put before them
with sufficient definiteness the fac S
and merits of a great big construc-
tive movement such as that of the
Roosevelt Dam, or the one you now
refer to-the Colorado River project"
That letter shown a vivid appre-
citation of the situation in this coun-
try,
Another Egypt can be created in
the valley of the great Colorado Riv-
er, the Nile of America, with an
Alexandria at Yuma and Cairo at
Parker.
Another Belgium, Holland and Den
= III 4l'iI can be built in Louisiana, which
has a larger area and larger natural
resources than all three of those
countries combined.
Another France may be made in
California and Nevada.
Another Italy, with it's Riviera, in
Florida, extended to the Piedmont
Highlands of the Appalachians.
And it can be done just as fast as
the labor to do the work can be spar
ed from the labor slack resulting
from the falling off of our foreign
~nlafketsa g. ys .:.1. ~ .*a.
From the moment this country
awakens to it's own possibilities, ur-
til@everything proposed in this letter
has been completed, there can be no
depressed industries, no hard times,
no unemployment, no lack of markets
for everything we can manufacture.
The National Legislation necessary
for this great constructive era in the
history of our country is as follows:
/. The Newlands River Regulation
Amendment, enacted in August 1917;
. s. 3477, the Smoot Reclamation
and Rural Homes Bill for local and
governmental cooperation to reclaim
and develop waste or unproductive
lands where it can be accomplished
wi hout federal appropriations;
3. S. 3942 and H. R. 12649, the
F.etcher-Smith bill for Reclamation
al, State and local district co-opera
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

! LW1CC dAu AOlO11Cu w CAO SOA1A1ACCOO
on public lands:
! To increase, without expenditure
of Federal funds, the opportunities
, of the people to acquire rural homes,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
the House of Representative of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the
Interior, through the Reclamation
Service, is authorized to Investigate
and determine the feasibility of de-
veloping tracts of land in private
ownership by reclamation and other
wise, for the purpose of subdividing
the land and disposing of the same
in farms and parcels at reasonable
prices.
Section 2. That after the Secretary
of the Interior has determined the
feasibility of project, he is author
lied, through the Reclamation Ser
vice, to develop the land to such ex-
tent, and dispose of the same - in
farms and parcels in such manner
and upon such terms as to him shall
be deemed most feasible and prac-
ticable
Section 3. That no moneys of the
United States shall be expended for
any of the purposes of this Act, nor
shall either the investigation or de-
velopment of any project be COM
menced or any obligation incurred
therefor until contract shall have
first been made by the Secretary of
the Interior with the owner or own.
payment in advance of sufficient
moneps to meet the cost of such in
vestigation or development. The mon
eys provided by every such contract
shall be deposited with the Treasur-
er of the United States as a trust
fund, and shall be disbursed by a
>;u.y authorized fiscal officer Of the
Government under the direction Of
the Secretary of the Interior and in
accordance with the terms of such
contract
Section f. That every contract for
development of a project shall pro-
vide, among other things, that the
developed farms and parcels shall be
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

aced valleys, to take up the labor
slack and give quick unemployment
, to dislocated labor before the unem-
ployed begin to walk the streets, with
starvation facing them, and form
mobs demanding work or bread"
The plan must be as big as the
the whole United States, and do in
four months the work that was
spread over four years, in the cam
paign that resulted in the passage
of the National Reclamation act.
We learned how, during the war,
to do big things quickly.
What must we do to get it done?
That is the question every bust
ness man will instinctively ask.
Here is the answer:
Organize one thousand commercial
and manufacturing concerns as mem.
bers of the Natioral Reclamation as
sociation.
Let each of them by correspon-
dence secure nine other members,
making total membership of ten
thousand, each paying a membership
fee of $4,000 for 1920. That will
make a total for our 'War Chest" of
100000.
Use that fund to rouse the people
for the new war against the deserts
and the swamps, and to fight the de-
vastating forces of nature with the
same invincible determination that
they would fight a foreign foe.
Conduct exactly the same. kind of
an educational campaign, to awaken
the intense interest of the people of
problem, and no plan for construc.
tive legislation will serve to keep us
from going into the ditch, CONNER
cially and industrially, unless it is
complete plan. An automobile with
only three wheels will not go far.
The plan presented above is as
big as the problem, and it is COM
plete. 1t is neither locally selfish,
sectional nor segmentary 1t boxes the
compass. 1t goes clear around the
circle and leaves no gap.
The legislation above referred to
could be passed within ninety days
from the moment 1000 business men
perfected the enlarged organization
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20


i,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-23
prunirigiIt Again.

tlt,r word. Mr. smiths article under the
heading Of barometer OF fuhuc opln'oR IN
shown by prumright officials ON the date OF
september %, 1919 tand every "lhrr d'i' ln
mo history Of the present administration au TAR
as that gorsD Is the first exclamation OF rlEhl-
cously Indignant citizen Just recovering from
the shame and rcmorsc hoap'd ON US by the
ignorant niudiclOus and uuWarrnniod acts or
this bra iulcss clan Of bpcds whom We are FORCED
To acknowledge as officers of th" city OF Drum
right and bo 1t known To the world mat th'S
personnel in office are not a selected ana elected
choice of the citizens Of this town. but are three
ftrths In number uppoiutces of our ought to b"
mayor whose misrepresentation to the COVER
martial law and renders him an cNesuTe OF
abumluatou In the sight of every good citizen
OF Drumright
NotwithstauduE that there was hrraldcd to
the world by telephone. telegraph and press. by
these efficient officials that there WAS bloody
rot and burning and destruction OF property go-
ing ON in this town At that time. Yet II remains
"A matter of fact that until this good day II has
never been shown and no one will attempt to
show, that there was even a splinter raised on
building I'm Drumright or that the skin was ever
srrltchcd ON the hide of a man. In Drumright
or that there was any real attempt To do physt-
cal violence 10y amy SAY" one OF our city cuun-
yilucn who in the terror of his abstraction at
seeing a parade was chasing "A little boy around
shooting at him with pistol Now this may
seem ridiculous TO "a reading public but there
are hundreds Of eye witnesses to the actual
uc, ,urrcucr here In DrumriEht and you can try
to imagine how wc felt while watching our city
officer portray their executive ability in tins
fashion while 1000 citizens were conducting a
street parade and listening To the music OF our
clty hand Now Mr. Editor and reader let mo
GiNo YOU a comparison OF executive ahllliy the
NEXT morning was up town as usual and found
every body at work ana ih' regular order OF
things An every Inc ol business with no idle CIT
. tfrus ON the street. but our city officials had
gathered in all the city officials ut am the sur
. rounding cities and armed with siNshootvrs. shot
gums and winchcstcrs they were standing los
twos and tuurS ON the corner of every block
] portraytug their executive ability We would AN
stop and look aud wonder it the whole force had
become d,mvutcd and then pass ON To our daiN
vocation, but our city officials remained ON the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-23
Bennie's Notebook

My cuzzin Artie caIno erruyni
yestldday aftirnoon for me TO sD D..
his house for suppir, wich asked
ma Il I could, and she sed You can
IL you wunt, but Wy duzzeut Arua
stay heer for suppir?
Wich me and Artie had corsil.
tation over it, Artic saying B." tell
you wat. let's play spies and fnd
out wat you're going to have for
suppir and then 20 errOund tu my
house and find out wat were eoing
to have and then decide.
G.. all rite. you so orrouul Ind
mock on our back gate and run and
ven Nora goes out to see Who's
hooking III get under the kifrhen
table and spy wat she 50 cooking. I
| sed.
Wich we started sto do Art.s
running crround ts'thc back r3ia
and me shocking in the dining room
| and pritty soon sumbody kicked on
the gate like enything and Nora
went out to open II. saying. All rite
an rite wy don't you mock IN, gate
/ dCwu wils you're about II And 4
quick snuck in the kitchen and got
under the table. and Nora yame
| back, saying to herself, M show
/ those Kids who they're making ID,
muukey out Of II | get hold OF them
And she started to wawk crruund
/ getting supplr reddy. and I tried to
| see wat It was and couldent uu ac.
| count Of me being too far under the
table. and | tried to smell wat DO was
and CouldCrt ON account OF it no,
/ having enough smell To II, and Jest
/ then the fcrst thing | knew had
| TO sncozc ALREADY. and Nora jumped
/ and then looked under the table.
saving Wat dovil tree are you up
/ to. wat are you doing under there,
I'm looking for sumthing ,,od
/ Is this it2 sed Nora. And She
started to poke the broom end o.,
a broom under the table. and
quick got out and ran out the frIn,
/ door with her after me part of 'ha
way, aud the other spy was waiting
/ for me outside, and We went orround
! To his house and smelled corn beet
and cabhidge without hardly trying
so we stayed.
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Oklahoma Outbursls
ny OTIS LORToH

Tho buds ana blooms and grooming grass are
trying hard To- make The Eroundh"s ou. "''
rho gIr. on south Main reports 'hn' she saw
ono ~ the candidate buying 'n "uJi n'''" the
~, Eauu. cry blues are making % fair start
fur thr pouutut Thoy copped OF one game
,sfoot Johnson has moved into France II
might b, we'll for him To- wear d mhaN "'''
some man who .- always sk,mmins Jho cr"'m
pf Ifo stya this drs weather ls making ~ nara
for the daIrym'n.
D. beats aIl says BI Dnglcy how candidates
seem tp tnuk DO bad politics q" promise some
thing r"nuy practical
ON, Of hc funny thing. these d~. a how a
crowd WiI. gather round a drHy loaded with '"7
pi'ioua looking huic's's.
TIM. coi,um would hayc thought better OF q
" Admiral Sims had spilled th" whole STORY '
one tim" instead OF running it tn s'i'l I"'"'
Ana now the government wants 10 self Hog
Island the great playground ot ia" I'F", n"',a
VI strategy. Docs this mean that Hog Island
comes within tho structures of the anti packer
hflcr q pitcher had walked" four men in
succession Ia sunday game, a ndy IAN Iril,
lCully remarked. j don see why 'h'S ''' ""
quit nobody be hitting the balls
Among th, imsorun, news az the day is r.
suit in equity which alleges that the anti saloon
league ia iuHoIycut We have suspected for
souo time the league was ON the wrong side "t
the market
In most cases In municipal elections. when
straight" you viii find that some of th"m are
doing 30 bcraus, they belong io the dominant
party and lho other fellows because lhry don {
care whether their party candidates win or not
since hls declaration ON the peace treaty. Sen.
ator owens stock han gone up several hundred
points la this vicinity. II Is indeed gratifying
10 know that there are senators who win not
allow their conscience tO bee tthWpl"d under
uarfy demands and party CNpCdiCuCy. I'm our
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CHAPTER C\IlI
At atlantic city.

AS Tom had planned FSiday night
found MS IN Atlantic city II was
more crowded than when We were
on our wedding trip, and We went to
a smaller, less expensive hotel Tom
was SO tired about all We did was to
ride IN a wheel cNlr or sit along
tho board walk looking at the crowd
or gazing out ON the water.
Several times Tom apologizcd he
cause | was not having "A gayer time.
1T seems selfish" he remarked, as
we sat on bench along the walk"
but would YOU care very much II We
just sat here until time to go in. II
is SO rcstful"
"Of course not | replied. The
walk was almost deserted II had
rainod a little earlier in the evening
ana the indoor places were swarminE
with the habiues OF the boardwalk
AS well as their usual pleasure seek
ing crowd.
felt worried about Tom hc
seemed SO lauguid. ! had not lett
him u moment said something
about the shops, but ho qulckly gave
me to understand that must spend
no money in them The only thing
We bought was little canoe for
Junior, yet I knew We must nav,
spent "a lot of money our fares. the
hotel bin and the hours We had spent
in the wheel chairs ON the board
walk, would ] figured have gone a
long way toward The new furniture
wanted But / said nothing of this
to Tom He seemed and certainly
looked much better whom we started
back home late sunday afternoon.
\ Fair Return,
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The Horoscope
The stars incline, but do not conn
I1Icsday. March %, 1920.

According to astroloEy this is not
"A favorab Ole day for most activities
Jupiter, Mars and Neptune are all IN
evil place.
It would seem from the readings
Of the stars that many phases of fear
are likely to afftct the human mind
at this time. Principally, anxiety
concerning business or financil, ai'
fairs may cause lack of enterprise
and even serious results in the way
of runs on banks.
The seers declare that there must
De "A period of general reaction from
the inflated values following the
war, but they, who are far-seeing
predict the greatest commercial OK
pansion and wonderful development
of national resources.
The vets come under a sway
making for increase of wealth and
influence. For this day manufac-
turers and merchants should be very
cautious.
There is n sign read as presagins
continuance of united efforts to re-
duce the high cost Of living 10y means
of fruCality and the stoppage OF all
unnecessary purchases and loss OF
patronage may be felt severely IN
certain quarters,
owing to the prediction that ihe
summer will bring a prevalence ot
stomach troubles warning is given
that the home preparation Of food
should be given attention.
Farmers are warned that crops
may be very backward. owing to un-
usual weather that will cause losses
to agriculturists.
Colonial affairs that in some way
concern the United States may dis
turb the British government.
Women are subject to u rule OF
the stars said to make them fond OF
intrigue and deception. This sway
also will cause many to commit
crimes such as forgery and theii
while occupying positions Of trust
Persons whose birthdate it is may
have some anxiety about property or
business returns, but the year should
be very successful and prosperous
Children born on this day are Ike
~ to be sensitive, clever and a oN
lacking in self-confidence. They
should be carefully prepared to'
their life work.
tCopgright 1890. y the Mcclure Newspaper syndioa's