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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
II. THE PORTRAIT

Beside the mirror, long pier glass
stood heavy studio easel holding a
full-length canvas, an unfinished pOr-
trait of herself in the Zngara dress
she had once worn at a costume dance
Begun long ago, on a day when mod
ell failed her, and carried out incOn-
secutiveIy, "when she felt in the
mood" the painting now neared COM
pletiOn; a little more work on drap-
cries and background and it would be
ready for exhibition. Inspecting it
critically, with fault-finding eyes, she
saw that her work was good, almost
as good as her fathers. The figure on
canvas lived it's striking pose was
tinct with almost insOIent vitality;
face was aglOw with zest in life,
Il eyes seemed transiently arrested
in n instant of gay impudence alto
gel sr charming.
Her troubled gaze turned back to
the mirrors faithful presentment of a
slender, mOdishly gowned young
wording, the finished product of a
fashionable upbringing, little proud,
reserved, thoughtful, exquisite :.
Priscilla Maine.
But the girl on the canvas was Leo
nora. And in her self both lived. But
which was which? Which false, which
true? Was the life she knew, the life
of Park avenue and Fifth, of teas, din
nerS, theaterS, danCes-relieved only by
these days in the studio, her happiest,
when she was painting-was this life
reality or illusion? And that dream
life of which she caught only fugitive
glimpses, fascinating, tantalzing, ter
rible, and related to nothing within
the scope of her eXperience-was the
dream life perhaps the life of fact?
She shook head batiied, bewildered
and faint with wondering.
The doorbell interrupted. She an
swered, finding as she had expected
that the chauffeur was waiting to es-
cort her to the town car which he was
obliged to leave at the mouth of the
alley She was glad of his company,
when she had put out the lights and
locked the studio door, for the alley
was indifferently illuminated and
seemed rather grimly desolate at that
hour. She knew q moment of sym
pathy with Aunt Esther's distrustful
animoslty toward that dreadful stu
diO life"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
III. PHILIP FOSDICK.

About three in the morning, finding
she could not sleep, she slipped into a
dressing gown, and went to her desk,
where for two hours she wrote stead
lily, setting forth in minute detail, as
memory served, every item, incident
and circumstance of her dream. Thus
she found temporary distraction and
ease Of mind. Unaware of WEAKNESS
till she had written the last word, inn
mediately that was penned she found
herself heavy with drowsiness so
urgent it would hardly wait for her
head to find its pillow.
Toward noon she awoke and rang
for her maid. A pleasant languOr
tempted to Incidence. She adored
breakfaSting in bed, and did so today
with a relish somehow sharpened by
a mischievOus sense of playing truant,
Of cheating life's inOrdinate demands.
Recollection of the dream required
tardily and sluggishly, like the images
that reluctantly take shape on an I'M
dereXposed Photographic film, and
when sharpest and most definite
seemed pale and unimpOrtant in that
warm flood of sunlight which bathed
her bed chamber, as little worthy of
consideration as a wrath of nightmare.
But it served to piQue her curiosity
and, when she had bathed, she took
back to bed what she had written in
the night and read it with care and,
toward the close. something like re-
suscitatiOn of those emotions which
she had known during the dream itself
as well as after waking up. In the
end she was aware of an imperative
need for enlightenment. The thing
had grown too serious, was figuring
too largely in her life; if its influence
was not to prove altogether ill, she
must have comprehension of its nature
to give her heart courage.
In all the world she knew but one
person in whom she could conceive 1t
possible to repose such condolences -.
She took the telephone from the
bedside stand.
merely 10 near llldl lOW-pllCheu,
agreeable voice with its ineradicable
tinge of humOr was comforting. Her
clouded countenance was lighted up by
smile of gratitude-and of affection,
too.
philip, dear Do you know I haven't
seen you for ages?
That's brazen plague, Priscilla. It's
your own fault; you will insist on
drenching the springtime of your life
with turpentine and varnish, overlook
ing the most important things entire
~"
"What do you consider the most i'm
portant thing in life? YourselfT
mo; you. And next to you, letting
me make love to you"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
Something Similar.

An English tourist was on a visit to
Arran and decided to have a days
fishing. He made inquiries of local ex-
perts, and being told that the cleg,
or horsefy, would suit his purpose fer
lure, he sought the highland servant
girl at his inn.
81 say, my girl, can you get me
some hOrseflies?" he asked.
The girl looked at him stupidity.
He repeated his question and added:
"Why, girl, did you never see a
horsetly?"
ma, sir" replied the girl, shaking
her head, "but vance 1 saw a coo
jump over a cliff."-Chicago Daily
News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
CO prr'eht 1920 BY the Author.

and stampeded them toward the fire
escape. Primitively in their fright
men fought with women for first place
at the window. Stifled screams of
pain and anger mingled with muttered
blasphemies; but the noise of milling
feet alone would have been enough to
betray them. Not more than two had
managed to fight out to the iron plat
form before the police were clamoring
and hammering at the door. Leonora,
thrust brutally to one side, saw the
futility of trying to escape before the
maddened men, and. resigned, stood
clear Of the crush, watching the panels
of the door tremble under a storm of
kicks and blows.
Fear was absent from her temper,
but she was shaken by impotent ex-
ASPIRATION and sad with regrets. This
meant an end to everything, not
alone to these associations which
barely an hour since she herself had
planned to fOrsake, but to all her hope
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SECONDS dragged IKE minutes, and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
AS THEY CAME ON THE MENU
Little Willie Had His Own Idea as to
Dishes That Met With His
Particular Favor.

GOOseberry tart and currant pud-
ding reposed in all their luscious
temptingness on the table in front Of
HIM. Willie liked both. He was torn
with conflicting emotions.
(which will you have, Willie" asked
his mother.
"Gooseberry tart" gGsped Willie,
after a long and patient struggle.
Tart what?" asked Willie's parent
wishing him to add please"
Willie didn't understand.
Tart what?" she repeated sharply.
Then Willie had an idea which
seemed to solve his difficulties and
make the world bright once more.
Tart, first" he answered happily.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
IL Was Potent.

"How about the bootleg goods in
this town" asked the stranger.
'In what PARTICULAR" said the old
inhabitant
as it potentY
"'Potent is the word. A gentle
man of my acquaintance stepped out
of a theater one night during an in
PERMISSION and purchased a few drinks
in a nearby alley. Then he returned
to the theater."
"Wen, what is so remarkable about
that?"
"He didn't know, until the doorkeep-
er kindly told him, that it was the
next night. "-Birmingham Age Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
philip, | have dreams. The
strangest dreams"
GRO BE CONTINUED

If you want to attract a womans
attention to any particular thing just
nut il in front of mirror.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
CHAPTER TWO
The Antagonists.
I. PRISCILLA.

]. FhISNlLEA.
Rousing on an elbow, Priscilla
Maine found herself awake, with a
racing heart, a throat swollen with a
strangled cry of horror, and a mind
through whose painted murk the re-
Election of a woman's screams ran like
a thread of purple light.
Yet here was only darkness, with
silence absolute
With low gasp of relief that was
half a sob of fright as well, she sprang
up from the divan, stumbled to the
wall, and after a moments cropping
flooded the studio with milky radiance
from an inverted dome. And in a pas
sion of gratitude she embraced the re-
assurance inherent in the atmosphere
of that richly furnished, spacious and
silent studio, her fathers workshop
till his death and ever since her own.
1t was true, then: she was safely
restored to her own intimate environ
ment, where nothing resembled even
remotely that frowsy room where
murders had been done. She had
merely dreamed a dream, one more of
those amazingly real dreams which
she had learned to accept without pro-
test as phenomena of slumber unavoid-
able. singularly harmless, and on the
whole rather amusing.
SO at least they seemed till this
night when, for the first time, stark
troSr ho or nd
heralded, rending with ruthless hands
the flimsy texture of illusion and rem
dering the dream more fact to her
than this awakening, more true, and
so much the more terrible.
Pressing palms to temples that
throbbed and burned intOlerably with
their content of thoughts acrawl with
fright and horror, she made her way
to the bathroom and bathed her face
with cold water then with cologne
till, in the sensory reaction of stimu-
lated flesh and nesyes she began to
feel measurably more calm and self
possessed, more Priscilla Maine than
"Leonora"
A twittering telephone recalled her
IA tho studio Rorafvor to oar chic
cold ..yos9 who is i+9y ord hoard tho
agitated cries of the elderly kinswom-
an whom che coI1ad amt and with
whom, eha had bor homo
"prsciI1o Whore have Won hoan
oil avontno9 Two hnen half frantic
Whv didn't Won Int mo Enow2o
so haven't honn anywhere doar-
only oe1aan boro in tba studio Please
DONE ba cross Amt Esther. 7 didn't
90 to do if honest didn,t, Mrs
H1oro,, loft IN tho ,,iddIo of tbe oftar-
-,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
Wouldn't Be Needed,

Janet was going to a neighbor's
party, a house where the child had
already caught tantalizing glimpses of
quantities Of cake, fruit and many
good things in general. At the very
door her mother cruelty held her
back for final instructions touching
her conduct.
above ALL" mother said, remember
you must say Yes, please and No,
thank you"
"Oh!" responded Janet, 81 shall al
ways say, Yes, please but 1 don't
think l shall have to say No, thank
you"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
PRISCILLA.

ynopss.-Vaguely conscious of
double personality, but without any
idea of it's meaning, the girl, Leo
nora, makes her accustomed way
into the Street Of Strange Faces.
Thoroughly at home in the under
world of New York, LeonOra takes
her course to her appointed rendez-
vous. Mario joins her Greatly in
love and seeing tie fine qualities
which the girl really possesses, Ma
rio seeks to turn her from the path
of inevitable destruction. She prom
ises to marry him, but quickly
leaves him At Ristori's cafe, gath
ering place of criminals, Leonora
meets her partner Red" Carne-
han, and his associates. and is ac-
cused of betraying a fellow crimi-
nal to the police. She savagely
defends herself. One of the gang
says he has seen her on Fifth ave-
nue., all dressed up.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
PoIiteness That Pays.

Two little girls were seated before
a plate that contained two punches of
grapes-one a very large and tempt
ing and perfect bunch, and the other
small and hard and green bunch.
The youngsters regarded the two
punches for a space of time during
which they said nothing. Finally, the
polite child asked:
Are you greedy?"
NO." said the other, I'm not bit
greedy"
"Then," said the first child, you
choose"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-12-02
A DiscoXerX.

81 have discovered what will totally
destroy a mans memory"
"AlcOhol, l suppose"
mo"
"Tobacco?'
Certainly notw
"What, then?"
"The loan to him of the ten-spot he
will certainly not forget to return on
the following Saturday"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01
DESERVE BETTER PAY

The overworked letter carriers and
postofIlce clerks will have to sigh
In vain for more money.
No more deserving class of men can
be found in the country.
More than that. because of insufii.
cient funds the postal service Is far
from being efficient.
More men and better paid men are
needed.
II necessary the rate of letter DOS.
tage should be raised.
No one complained when the letter
postage was raised from 2 cents to
8 cents for letters outside the city.
This temporary raise netted Uncle
Sam $l49,0O0,00O in one year.
No one was pleased when the rate
was reduced to 2 cents.
Now the overworked letter carriers
are to have their work increased be-
cause, according to Washington dis.
patch, favorable report on the annual
posto'iice appropriation bill, with an
amendment providing for a / cent drop
letter rate was ordered by the senate
postofiice committee.
This benefits the circular fiend and
Injuries the postal service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01
ABOLISH THIS COURT

The law establishing a Juvenile
Court in Chicago is responsible for
nine-tenths Of the crime.
Most Of the murders and all of the
holdups are committed by youths in
their teens.
Those ruffians are all wards of the
Juvenile Court.
And Of the Feeble Minded reform.
ers" WHO weie responsible for its
creation.
The police force is powerless to
handle young criminals.
The Juvenile Court was established
for their protection and they know II
The bankers and business men VINO
furnished money and wrote letters
favoring a Juvenile Court here for
the protection of young criminals
must feel proud of their work.
All of the bank stickups have been
the work of Juvenile offenders.
The reform lizards and sob sisters
who support the Juvenile Court with
their moral influence always gel
busy when the police arrest boys who
are unusually bad.
Unusually bad boys must be pro
tected from police brutality.
The police recently rounded up a
gang Of young ruffians who confessed
to committing twelve murders and LAG
holdups and robberies.
Every day the police station where
this awful gang of thieves and bloody
murderers are confined is visited by
reformers who poster the police to
death with warnings not to abuse
these boys" or treat them harshly
The people are sick and tired Of
this rubicund rot and want the Ju
venile Court abolished.
And the sooner the better.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01
GOVERNOR Low.
DEN'S ASSISTANTS

Department Of Trade and commsres.
Director--william H. Boys. Streator,
$4,000.
Assistant Director--James 8. Bald
win. Decatur; $4,000.
Superintendent Of Insurance-Fred
W. Potter. Albion; $4,000.
Fire Marshal--Johb Gambler, otta-
wa; $1,000.
Chief Grain Inspector--walter u.
Schmidt, Chicago; 5000.
Department Of Finance.
Director-Omar H. Wright Beivi.
dere: $1,000.
Assistant Director - Everett H.
Trip. Bsividere; $4,000.
Administrative Auditor-Jossph @.
Mason. Chicago; $500.
Superintendent Of Department Re-
ports-A. T. Spivey, East st. Louis;
$500.
Department Of Agriculture.
Director--Charles Adkins. Bement:
$4,000.
Assistant Director-H. H. Parks.
Sycamore; $500.
Superintendent Of Foods and Diaries
John B. Neeman, Eisin: $4,000.
Superintendent Of Animal Industry
w. w. Wright. Toulon; $500.
Chief veterinarian-A. T. Peters,
Peoria: $4,000.
Chief Game and Fish warden
Ralph F. Bradford, Pontiac: $500.
Department. Of Labor.
Director-Bsrney Cohen. Chicago;
5000.
Assistant Director--Burt G. Bean.
Chicago; $1,000.
Chief Factory Inspector-Robsrt q.
Jones, Flora: $4,000.
Superintendent Of Free Employment
Ofhces-w. q. Lewman. Danvills:
$4,000.
Chief Inspector Of Private Employ.
ment Agencies-John J. McKsnna,
Chicago; 5000
Department Of Mines and Minerals.
Dirsctor--Evan d. John. Carbon.
dale; $1,000.
Assistant Dirsctor-Martin Bolt,
Springfield: $1,000.
Department Of Public works and
eulldlnes.
Director-Leslis d. Putsrbaush. Pso
ria: $4,000.
Assistant Director-Thomas q. ven
mum, Watseka; $4,000.
Superintendent Of waterways-wn
liam L. Sackett, Morris; 5000.
Superintendent Of Printins-H. L
Williamson, Springfield. 5000.
Superintendent Of Purchases and
Supplies-Henry II. Kobn. Anna;
$1,000.
Superintendent Of Highways-S. u
Bradt, De Kalb; 5000.
Superintendent Of Parks-Frank d
Lowman. Sandwich: $4,000.
Department Of Public Welfare.
Director-Charles H. Thorne. Chi
csso; $1,000.
Assistant DIrector--Jamss =. Nc
Clure. Cariinvills: $4,000.
Fiscal Supervisor-Frank d. Whip
Springfield; $4,000.
Superintendent OF Charities--A. L
Bowen. Springfield: 5000.
Superintendent Of Prisons-John L
whitman. Chicago; $1,000.
Superintendent OF Pardons and Pa
roles-william Colvin. Springfield
$4,000.
Department o. Health.
Director-Dr. @. st. Clair Drake
Springfield: $4,000.
superintendent OF Lodging House
nspection-Wllliam II. McCullooh
Chicago; 5000.
Department Of Registration and Edv
cation.
Drector-Francis W. shepardssn
Chicago: $4,000.
superintendent Of Registration,
Fred G. Dodds. Springfield: $4,000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01
NATURALIZATION


may file declarations Of intention to
become citizens, or petitions for nat.
uralization before the CLERKS OF the
following named courts:
United States District court, room
600 Federal building.
Superior court, room 4s7 County
building.
Circuit court, room 412 County build.
Ing.
Declarations of intention may be
filed by aliens Is years Of age or over.
No witnesses are required at the time
Of filing declarations, nor is the alien
required to reside in this country any
specified time prior to the date Of
filing his declaration. Declarations Of
intention are invalid for all purposes
seven years after date CT filing.
Petitions for naturalization or final
papers may be filed after completion
OF FIVE years continuous residence In
the United States, but not less than
two years after the date Of declara.
ton Of intention, and the alien must
have resided in the state where his
petition is fled at least one year next
preceding the date Of filing.
II the alien arrived in the United
States after June 20. 1906, q certifi.
cate OF arrival must be obtained from
the commissioner of naturalization be.
fore filing his petition. Blank forms
for this purpose may be obtained from
the clerk Of either Of the courts Above
mentioned.
Petitions for naturalization must
be verified by the affidavit Of at least
two credible witnesses, who have per.
sonally known the applicant for at
least five years next preceding the
date Of his application.
A petition for naturalization must
be signed by the applicant In his own
handwriting and he must be able to
speak the English language.
A petition must be filed duly veri.
fed ninety days prior to the date OF
final hearing In court.
Aliens who have resided In two or
more states In this country during
the last Ave years, or those who have
other complicated questions. should
call on the chief naturalization exam.
liner. room TIC Federal building, where
they will be fully advised.
Charles A. McCulloch. the popular
manager Of the Frank Parmelee Com.
pany, Is frequently mentioned for
mayor by Republicans of influence.
There Is no more popular man In the
Republican party today than Mr.. Nc.
Culloch. He is popular with the lead.
ers and with the workers. and has
the good will OF everybody else. A
treasurer Of the Republican County
Committee in the last campaign he
did great work for the party.
Frank II. Elmore, one of the most
popular men in the financial and bank
ing world, who was formerly connected
with the Continental & Commercial
National Bank, is now president Of the
rapidly growing Bank Of Commerce
& Savings The Bank OF Commerce
& Savings is located at Michigan
boulevard and Washington street,
close to the heart of Chicago's shop
ping center
The mention of Alderman William
r. Fetzer for higher honors has
started a boom for that popular man.
His thousands of friends would like
to see him elected States Attorney.
The county clerks Office under
Robert NJ. Sweitzer has never known
a scandal. 1t 10 clean, efficient and
ably managed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01

George L. Schein is one Of the sblest
and most highly respected members
OF the Chicago bar. His many friends
would like to see him on the bench.
Coroner Peter NJ. HOFFMAN II al.
ways alert In looking after the In.
terests Of the people.
c. B. Wiley. president Of the big
c. L. Wiley Company. is one Of the
solid men Of Chicago. He Is patriotic,
progressive and public spirited.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01

Patrick J. carr n making Q GOOD
record - trustee Of the SANITARY Dls-
utet Of Chicago.
pr. George Sultan Always made .
good record in public life.
Maurice +. Cuilerton IL much ~
spected ~ . leader in labor circles.
Adam Wolf 10 one OF me most popu-
lar men In Chicago. Yos can't bsaA
him
Alderman Walter p. Steffen 10 max.
Ing . fine record in the city council.
Judge Hickman Seaman fulfills the
expectations Of his friends. His REQ
ord on the bench 10 q good one.
Frank weeger. the we'll known
brewer and business man, IL talked q
for state Auditor and State Treasures.
He would oil either position we'll
Robert II. Taft, the popular Presi.
dent Of the Lawrence Ice Cream Com.
pany 10 one Of the live wires Of the
Chicago business world. Interested
in many active enterprises he IL an up.
builder Of the city and q man who
stands for the encouragement Of pros.
perity.
The Chicago Eagle numbers among
Ito subscribers the most influential,
most prosperous and most respected
men in Chicago.
II reaches nearly every man Of
standing In the community and all
men who are molders Of public opin.
ion or directors Of public Affairs.
II 10 the guide. mentor and friend
a every political leader Of every
shade Of opinion.
Il 10 read BY Government, State,
County and City of'icials.
Il 10 read By big percentage Of
the legal fraternity, including bench
and bar.
II 10 the favorite Of Chicaso's lead.
ing business men.
II reaches all classes In their
homes.
II 10 in every public once and ~.
cry public library.
II 10 . paper that 10 read BY people
Of standing and influence.
The Eagle goes into every pre-.
cinct in Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01

Joseph F. Haas Is making a splen-
did record as recorder Of deeds. His
Office is conducted along lines that
give great satisfaction to the public.
Colonel August W. Miller. clerk Of
the Circuit court, is popular with all
classes Of the people.
%c~
Judge Hickman Seaman. the able
jurist and popular orator, IL often
spoken Of for high political honors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-05-01
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