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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14

tally gagged the amount Of help she
had furnished Mrs. Durkee.
"Oh. the jam will keep" Dicky
returned Just set 10 OF the stove
until we come back. Come on. get
your bonnet and hop in"
Richard Graham" Alfred spoke
in sepulchral accents. You know
not what you do. Lay not your
sacreligious hands upon my moth
ers plans for strawberry jam. I've
tried il before. and ! know. Nay.
nay, I'll take the Mater another
day. The rest OF you pile in"
Il think. II you don't mind. I'll
stay with Mrs. Durkee," Leila Fair
fax spoke shyly. She's been show
ing me how she puts IL up. and it's
different from the way we do 10 at
home. I'd like 10 help her finish the
jab."
Alfred Durkee's merry eyes glanc-
ed at her with a swift, inscrutabie
expression. Before he could speak
Rita Brown had struck into the
conversation.
What touching devotion 20 duty.
Leila" she drawled. According 20
the story books you ought TO reap
rich reward"
The Virginia girls face flushed
painfully | saw Alfred Durkee's
eyebrows cOntract-infallible sign OF
his displeasure, and he looked to-
ward Rita Brown with an expression
far different from the admiring al
most infatuated chances / had seen
him give her but a few days before.
IL she had seen the glance I fancy
even her rock-ribbed vanity might
have received "A shock. but she was
occupied in gazing mockingly at Lee
liza Fairfax. making her as uncOm-
Portable as possible.
Little Mrs. Durkee interposed with
pretty decision.
"Nobody's going 10 stay but just
me. myself Ask Alfred if l ever
let anybody into my kitchen when
my strawberry jam is jamming.
You've been "A dear. Leila, but there
isn't the slightest use OF your stay
ing with me And AZ for learning
my way, you know il already. From
what you say I can see il il only a
question OF different measurement.
So run along and enjoy your ride.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14
Philanthropy

was going to have a cold pickup
dinner. so II doesn't matter what
time you get back. Stay as long as
you like"
"Oh. well stop at some little res
taurant for dinner" Dicky said
easily, with his usual disregard for
the cost OF any outing. / made a
swift. dismayed. mental calculation
OF the probable cost OF the evening
and travelled in rapid retrospect
over several indications I had re-
Gently noticed of Dicky's attitude to-
ward money. and thought again Of
the eXtraVagant car. 1 wondered
YEARLY how I could best cope with
this alarming tendency OF my hus-
band 10 live beyond our means.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14
Revelations of a Wife
Their Second Honeymoon
ADELE GARRISON

I'VE can try it right now" Dicky
announced with a glance Of pride
at the touring car which he and
Alfred Durkee had just brought
home to our infinite surprise. You're
all ready / see" with a swift ap-
proving glance at the lilac gown
and accessories I had donned when
/ had heard the voices underneath
nag windows and knew that 1 must
fOrego the rest of my nap You
look like a million dollars or 50
left around loose"
/ flushed at his extravagant en-
conium. Dicky never does anything
hallway. If in one Of his namboyant
moods he pays me a compliment
one can never mistake for anything
else.
Rita Brown stirred restlesSly.
Must the rest of US come up TO
the same standard of sartorial ele-
gance before we are permitted TO
try the new car" she asked, a note
- plaintive playfulness in her voice.
Dicky glanced at her with ap-
parent nonChalance, but I guessed
that he understood her perfectly
and meant TO thwart her feline plans
wherever he could
"Oh, no. yOuu do as you are."
he said carelessly, but I could have
shouted with malicious glee at the
subtle note Of Encouragement he
had managed to put into his voice
NO need TO doll up. We won't stop
at any social functions on our way.
What do you say. little lady?"
He turned 10 Mrs. Durkee with
the charming Difference he always
pays her. The little womans face
was full of dismayed regret.
oh, I'm so sorry, Dicky!" she
exclaimed. "I can't possibly go this
! afternoon. The fruit man delivered
my strawberries for jam an hour
ago and they can't possibly be left.
have some OF them on the stove
now. Don't you see my hands al
stained" The girls have been help
ing me. too. But they can 70 now
The berries are all stemmed, there S
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14
SIM FEN CREATES
HATRED OF ENGLISH
IN ERIN, PAPER SAYS

DUBLIN, June IA story print
ed by the London Globe declares
that the Sim Feiners' educational
campaign in Ireland Is directed at
creating an absolute seIaratist re-
public within ten years. The Globe
says that rot Only In the Irish
schools. but in all Irish homes,
Protestant included, the principles
OF hatred 0. England are incul-
Gated
Domestic servants throughout
Ireland are mainly Sim Fem, the
servants being drawn from southern
Ireland. The servants are Sim
Fem propagandiSts and children OF
parents entirely loyal to England
are often heard uttering the most
terrible threats against England. II
is said.
The parents are helpless, because
servants are scarce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14

meet with Mrs. G.. D. Keirns. 721
California av.
Mrs. John Blake will entertain
the Friday Friendship club at her
home, 1919 Van Buren, st.
The Berean Bible class OF the
Grace NJ +. church will meet
The Woman's auxiliary OF the
Westminster Presbyterian church
Will hold a meeting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14

nothing now but what I'll have TO
do by myself anyway"
1 cast a furtive glance at the fin
gers of the girls standing near her.
Those of the Fairfax sisters were
rosy tipped, plainly stained with the
juice of the berries. But there was
no stain upon the correctly mani
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

tin she got the child - neEveus the
doctor was really serious ovee herf
Mrs. Delario was not at dinner that
night and Claire left the table after
the soup. and a. I was busy packing
I saw neither Of them until morning.
when all was hustle and excitement.
for we'd passed the Statue Of Liberty
and were steaming up the bay and
would be on dry land almost before we
knew It. And then We were hanging
over the rail and looking down at the
friends Of the passengers on the dock.
and heard Claire. in IN agonized
voice: mamma isn't meeting mel"
Claire began to cry. not boisterously
but In q dreadfully pathetic. lost-child
way. into . very beautiful Preach en-
broidered handkerchief. and an the
customs inspectors gathered about her
and she asked them each In turn II
he'd seep mamma and described mann
ma, and he shook his head and told
her he'd help her look for mamma in a
minute as soon as he got the baggage
Inspected; and Mrs. Delario and got
our suitcases opened and made Claire
open her bags and her trunk and we
implored the inspectors to look Mt our
meager belongings In . hurry and the
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
Plant seersts.

The use of X-ray photographs for
revealing the inner secrets Of the
structure of the bodies of men and
animals has long been familiar but
their application to the plant world is
more recent.
The numerous mineral constituents
Of plants all appear clearly in the
X-ray picture, and the fact that even
the most delicate structure of plants
can be thus photographed bears wit
ness that even those bodies which are
apparently transparent to X-rays do
absorb them to a certain degree, which
Is governed by their consistence and
thickness. then content Of air and Of
sap, and their chemical constitution.
Like other objects, plants appear
upon the Photographic plate not as
mere shadow pictures. but in so-called
plastic" representations 1. e., giving
an effect of three dimensions.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
c.nnab.. ! Ms.s Menaoe.

In Brasil cannabis smoking Is be.
coming q national menace. according
to DR., T. 8. Blair Of Harrisburg, Pa,
who adds the warning that the vice
can readily be imported to this coun-
try unless we guard carefully against
1t. He says the cannabis smoker near
" always becomes an imbecile in time
In an article on the "Relation Of
Drug Addiction to Industry" in the
Journal of Industrial. Hygiene, DR..
Blair says that business, industry and
Industrial physicians must make 1t
their care to see that the 'jokers" are
taken out of the narcotic laws and
that then those laws are effectively
enforced. The few debased physicians
'swho infest almost every community
and who deliberately keep up addic-
ton through ignorance or cupidity," he
says, must be taken In hand.
In many ways heroin is the worst
habit-forming drug known, he declares,
and adds that its legitimate applfca'
ton in medicine can be filled by other
drugs.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
ALL THOUGHTS on 4cHovv"
Matter ef Ali-Abserblna lmportanes
Among Members ef the Anserl-
can ExpsdItionary Feree.

"One who observed tho United
States army during the late fracas.
both in this country and In the A. u.
F., frequently reached the conclusion
that chow was king" writes James
e. Darst in the American Legion
Weekly. "A complete history Of the
war could be indited In the terms OF
ftin willy. submarine turkey, slum.
pommes de terre Francais and pot
age" continues the Weekly.
"'When do we eatr
Remember that cry ar the hom-
mes-4Ochevaux-S boxcar stood pa
tiently for hours ON a siding while
hungry men longed TO get to the bill
letting area and hot coffeef Remem-
ber that query in the trenches when
Jerry had shelled the communication
trench and held up the chow detail |;
or In the fox hole area when the
Kitchens hadn't been able to keep upf
"Even way back In the wooden gun
days Of the war chow was . main
objective in the days plan. believe
It is safe to say that every man In
the army or navy commented at some
time In his letters home ON the food,
It was either, The grub Is fierce or
They sure give guy plenty to eat
Those were the days early in the
fall Of 1917, when mess sergeants
were new to their art-and
mess ofncers, too, for that matter.
The bird who managed to hold his
strategic position in the front end
Of the line was sure to get monu-
mental helping; whereas the unlucky
individuals at the other end were
apt to be told, No more prunes; move
on r or Coffee all out; quit showing =
That was the fiercest battle for
existence. You were on time or went
hungry. Dear Clarence, who must
always be called three times for sup
per at home. learned to be right there
when the chow line fell In.
"Some Of the canny even learned
| to pack their mess kits with them to
play 1t safe: on much the same theory
that some men carry their tooth
brushes with them, not knowing where
they will spend the night.
"a tale Is told Of company In
the depot brigade at certain camp
that was caught standing retreat
holding their mess kits. Which held
the prize until q rocky in another
company Of the same battalion was
observed standing retreat, wearing q
dip hat and smoking q stogle."
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
Cali Of Nicotine

Two south side street cars were
approaching each other not long ago
at least not so many months ago
this camouflage being necessary in or.
der that vigilant spotter may moi
be able to find out the culprit, fol
1t was worth the delay to laugh al
what happened.
Suddenly one motorman signaled
the other. The north-bound caI
came to a grinding stop and the car
south-bound on the other track die
likewise. And then follow this:
Gimme . chew on the old plug
(Business Of reaching for the said
plug and passing II over. Business
Of taking chew and passing It back)
s-Thanks. S1ongr And the car,
were on their way.-Indianapolii
News.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
DanIss Mako record,

There has been only one national
bank failure In twenty-five months
with none at all during the last
calendar year-a new record In Amer
lean finance, 80 times better than IL
averaes for any similar psz1od In u
forty yeafr lifs e IT, present M
tional banking vBte0. Two hgA
dred ana ninsty-eiaAt nat1oaal banlrl
have ineseassd tAsar eapeta1 stoe1
daring H. last ~ nontAa
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

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Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

didn't kn6v-and wouldn't I. Just out
q plty. let her lie In my berth while1
Ny suitcase was open IN the bsrth.
I took Il out and slowed It; and then
Just out Of pity laid Claire down In
its plaes and stayed with her. That
ooo. triding act probably changed the
course Of my life: but I'm telling the
story a. It unwound IT. length and
coiled its entansiing meshes over the
styaight and narrow path my test
Wsfe tread1nG
Il WAS b1cause e8 cur common In
eHose - OaalFo tat ] NV Q great
lsal mceo. .o1 Ma DslaS1o tAaa ] seAa.
W. aheu11 Aavo 1saa n waD = ~
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12


inspectors were all too busy asking
Claire what her mother looked like
and what hotel she stayed at; and
Claire would use her exquisite hand
kerchief on her more exquisite eyes
and soy she supposed 1t was Hotel
d,Angleterre-they always stopped ut
d'Angleterres when they travelled.
Finally managed to induce an inspec-
tor to take his eyes OF Claire for q
minute and devote them to the bag
gage Of middleaged person-my-
self-and he cast glance over my
suitcase and Mrs. Delario's, which was
open on a bench beside mine, and said.
"That's all right. Where does the
young lady come from, and isn't It
awful her mother isn't here. and may
be she's met with an accident on the
way and been killed."
Claire heard him-and almost faint
ed into Mrs. Delario's arms.
Now Just q moment before he said
these words noticed that one Of the
two pairs Of turQuoise-studded slippers
had fallen between the two suitcases.
I picked It up and was on the point
Of asking Mrs. Delario II 1t belonged
to her when Claire collapsed. and three
seconds later saw my cousin. who
should have met me. coming up on the
trot.
He made the first sensible sugges-
ton that had been offered-that as
Mrs. Delario had Claire in charge
she'd better take the child home with
her and cable to the father for instruc-
tions.
The slipper was all this while In my
hand. and without giving 1t another
thought-indeed, hardly being con-
scious what I did, stuffed 1t IN
among some clothes in my own suit.
case and shut the lid and away we
went. Wasn't 1t, under the circum-
stances. a perfectly natural thing to
dot Well, the moral Is "don't"-don't
every carry OF an old slipper Unless
you're sure it's yours. That old slip
per nearly cost me my sanity and my
lifei
Now, when I unpacked I found the
slipper. but even then 1t didn't occur
to me that It wasn't mineI merely
wondered how I'd lost the mate, and Il
was Q couple Of days before I got to
the bottom Of the other suitcase and
found my own pair neatly done up d
tissue paper. OF eourse knew In
stantly that the old slipper was Mrs.
Delario's, and remsmbered then how
I'd carried Il eff; but didn't have q
boz suitable for sending it through tho
mail to hsg. - I ut It On q chest
wheee "a b suro 10 - II and not II
u ct nixsd WITH mins. meaning -
take it down b a. Aoass a. soon -
I could md time for It And thus
several more days went By. and I
forgot the shipper and that Ars. Jimn-
- was eoming 10 easaA so0e
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
CHAPTER I,-cea.lnu.d.

Wen, Of course, I hadn't meant any
thing 10 serious az that when I spoke.
but seeing that she was very much In
earnest I let 1t pass and told her the
story Of the ring. It IL q pleasantly
romantic tale, the curious escapes from
perils and sudden deaths colncident to
the rings possession giving you the
feeling that It's lucky,
Mrs. Delario listeieu, and when !
had finished she burst out, I'm mad
over gems-simply madl lt's been the
dream Of my life TO own them In hand
fuls. You can't imagine the influence
they have over me. l could sing-I
could dance. They thrill me through
and through. People don't generally
think II, but gems are alive"
We had some discussion on this.
rather nippant on my part. and 1t was
this incident that started us talking
gems and gem values. subject that
had been my pet delight since child
hood when learned the story Of the
ring that was one day to be my own.
A few days later she came to my
statervom with Q very mysterious air,
said she had some stones she would
like to have me value for her, and pro-
duced a package Of topazes. She said
she had bought them in little town
In Belgium.
ran them through my hands. held
q few to the light and in less than
sixty seconds told her they were worth
from ninety cents to dollar apiece.
She was In high feather over 1t. say
ing she'd paid only q franc each for
them. She next asked me to appraise
the diamonds In q ring she wore. I
gave her the value of the stones and
the probable price that had been paid
for It. She appeared SO much i'm.
pressed by my knowledge that she fat
teringly said as she rose to leave me.
"I'll know where to come II ever
need expert opinion on stones-and I
may some day"
didn't think anything Of this at the
time-people always say 1t to me out
of politeness-and I no more expected
her to ecall on me as a gem expert
than looked for her to call me as a
physician or lawyer or anything that
I professionally wasn't. She knew
was a writer, for was pegging away
at Belgian Byways'' as hard as ever
could to get 1t ready in time for
Blanks magazine-so much that I had
to tell Claire frankly she mustn't both.
er me while was working. remem-
ber that was quite sharp to her one
morning, saying should not be able
to 60 out on deck with her till after
noon, and after she had left me. look
ing rather sad, had to rush to my
stateroom for my forgotten penknife,
and there was Claire.
confess 1t surprised me to see her
there without invitation, but she ex-
cused 1t by saying that she thought I
wouldn't mind-she'd grown SO tired
of her own stateroom and Mrs. Delario
was always talking about people she
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF THE ExTRAvAaAMr stippERs

vsvay
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In
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
shave wlth cutIeura aeap

shave with cutIeura 8oap
And double your razor efficiency -
well as promote skin purity. skin CON
fort and skin health. No mug. NJ
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste. no
irritation even when shaved twieo
daily. One soap for all ses-shavfnG.
bathing and shampooing.-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
HER LIFE WAS
SAVEDl

xnaas CITY. KanA%.AhouA tssaav.
o1sss ysass 40 d. Plsross faycetee Hso.
ea1peioo and 0oadn Nsdiaal De.ev1
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

Lots wife was the salt of the earth
-and still she wasn't satisfied.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
The splnstsr ssss some
@uubiss" that surprise hec.
Waclo r noee,e
CTo IN cols1nsUHD9

1Gagnatse sexAaf fs11ow knoWD ~
uUeA abeat NJ a1aifA - - ~
IN ~6oo0 to hep - ~ e IN
WlDs-0A. HsaRy. Dssass - 0en1
~ ysW msaag - 1oe1s1lBt
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

Grumbling doesn't pay. Il onl,
makes the hard Job harder.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
Reflection on a Head.

Reflection on . Hea0.
Professor-"n the gentleman In tho
back row will kindly remove his hat
I will continue and point out . con
crete example."-Yale Record.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12

~ . chsnse q elimeSs. h sdvissd = 9
- o 8 so0thseA climate. ! msw q D.,
.es's 0oadan nediesl Diseoysy -
asi1sd e II e ! - Y - - g q - e
Sytssivs c'dccE / vss asisso. ; SAlngI ! -
not doos Sue about thsss wesan. Ths nsEe
dav thav eavs ms this medicine eyNv ha1
kna1 and saSr ths& = dhsctsd. 6pt -
iNuss until I vass wsll woman. = nce only
esg.d M but va r bsts9 hcslfh to ~ !
alwpys tahan 'FavueiAe Pzssaipkfoa vhe1s
eyR i W. hadly run down a. In nsed u q
1nnie snd e hos nsvsr failed 70 hsap m. !
n alad 10 Secommend Dr.. Riesusye medLe
dnes."-ARa SARAH COLEMAN Nd
Wood Ave-.
Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
Rundown Veal Nerves.

Omaha, Nshe.@"T was at one tlme
eFsatly beneAtsd By taxing d.. PiEseIs
nsedioinss. bscams an rundown h
health. was weak and nssvoW and ~
Usatly IN nssd of soms sood tonae 70 bel4
M up and efve mo stzeugth. ] took ~
Tsvorits Pfsscriptioa, and the AQoldeA
Medical Discovery and thy proved 10 b
iust what I nssdsd for thsy built M up snd
rsstored mo TO Sod health. Ioe thie -
vefy thankful, indeed."-MRa JENNIE
RICHARDSON, 637 8. 26th Ave-.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-12
Drink COFFEE

If 1t Causes Indigestion, a
Couple of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets viii Promptly Give
Relief.
Indigestion caused by coffee i,
the same as Indigestion caused by
anything else. If eating food or
drinking coffee makes you dyspep-
tic, all you need is Stuart's Dyspep-
sia Tablets, because they act with an
alkaline effect which is just what
the stomach does in health.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-12
'CAS CONF AN Y
READY TO ACCEPT.
PLAN OF MAYOR
Officials Declare Will Not Ap.
peal AppraisaI-Executive
Wants Waiver-Commis-
SiOnerS Are Undecided.

w. Fl. Taylor, president, and w.
II. Herdman, attorney, representing
the Omaha Gas Co, yesterday ad-
vised Mayor Smith and Corporation
Counsel w. c. Lambert that the
company will not file an appeal in
the event that the city elects to take
over the gas plant at the appraised
valuation of 100000.
Mayor Smith announced that he
is ready to offer for consideration
of the city council resolution stat
ing that the city will accept the
terms of the appraisal providing
that the gas company will file a
waiver of its rights to appeal; and
the resolution further will provide
that in the event such waiver is filed
the department of accounts and
finance shall prepare an ordinance
tor the issuance of bonds not to ex-
ceed S5,000,000.
A canvass of the city commission
ers indicates that a majority is not
yet ready to express approval of
the mayors position, although the
mayor stated his belief that his
resolution will have the support Of
a majority in the city council.
Might AS Well Be Frank.
Il told the gas company officials
that we might as we'll be frank with
each other; that if they would not
signify a willingness to waive the
right to appeal, | would offer a
resolution that the city council
should reject the appraisal of the
court of condemnation, the mayor
said.
The difference between the ap-
praisal of S4,500,000 and the pro-
posed $5,000000 bond issue would
meet the cost of materials which
the company probably will sell to
the city in the event Of an agree
ment on the purchase.
The mayor said he believed that
all fornialities could be disposed OF
before June |, and he further indi-
Gated his belief that the city could
sell gas for 81 per thousand feet
within the first six months of mu-
nicipal ownership.
Water Board Joins In,
Commissioner Butler is inclined
toward the mayors view of the sit
uation. Il believe the company
would be receiving more than the
plant is worth, but even at that | am
confident that the city will be able
to reduce the price of gas material
ly," he said.
Commissioner Ure, Zimman and
ToWl are not ready to commit them
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-12
OFFICERS SEND
FUS|LLADE At
OMAHA RAFfLES
Specialized Burglar Drops
Bundle Stolen Hour Before
When Sighted On Far
nam Street.

A middle-aged, well-dressed, slend-
er man wearing tortoise shell spec
tacles is being sought by police as
the burglar responsible for numer-
Gus house proving thefts COM
mitted in Omaha during the past
week
Policemen Ryan and Rice fired Z
fusillade of shots without apparent
effect at the lone burglar at II Tues.
day night as he darted behind a bill
board at F. tieth and Farnan
streets. The man escaped.
Passengers on a West Farnar
street car were frightened at the re-
ports of the shots, the policemen
having fired at their intended victim
as the car was turning at Fortiett
and Farnam streets.
A bundle dropped by the man
was identified as loot taken from
the home of M. Sullivan, 42ll Har-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-12
Former Omaha Lawyer, Noted
Poet and Author. Dies in N. Y.

Word has been received in Omaha
of the death of Lu B. Cake, II years
old, poet and author, whose resi-
dence has been in Omaha, but who
has been spending most of his time
in Alton, n. Y. Mr.. Cake died Tues
day night at Binghampton, N. Y,
as the result of a stroke of apoplexy.
He was engaged in the practice of
law and i'll the real estate business
while in Omaha. He was born in
Ohio, taught school and was ad-
mitted to the bar in California.
Many books, songs, poems and
sketches have been published from
MS pen. Both he and his wife were
prominently known as entertainers
in original PLAYS and skits.