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LET US HAVE PEACE.

The steel strike has been called off
and the country apparently is freer
from labor disturbances than it has
been for year. 1t is improbable that
conditions which prevailed thru a
great part of the year 1919 will occur
again soon, If ever
Union labor. employers of that Ia
Dor and the public have learned les
sons not easily forgotten and it may be
expected that any one or all of these
will go a long way to prevent the re-
turn of these conditions. The country
now can proceed with reconstruc-
ton program which will make for in
creased production and lower living
expenses.
Events during the past year in the
labor situation, viewed broadly. show
that much has been accomplished in
the way of educating the labor lead
ers to saner action and in giving the
more conservative labor element
greater influence. This is due to two
things: first, the firm stand of oper-
ators and managers, and, second, the
failure OF the campaigns of the fiery
radical leaders.
Labor. which had the sympathy of
the public with it a year ago or even
eight months ago. has by its threat OF
distress to the public antagonized pop
ular opinion. This has been cumula-
tive and was clearly the effect. for in
stance, of the coal strike, which dur
ing every day of its continuance
added hardship to living and to occu-
patton. And it has left behind it pros
pect of certain increase in price, and
because of scarcity, caused by the
cessation of mining while it lasted, the
public and business will be harassed
all winter by the necessity of scrimp-
ing or doing without coal.
In other words, because of the ac-
ton of the labor leaders, the consumer
must face, at least during this winter,
high cost and possibly insufficient
supply of fuel. In this way the antag-
onism of the public to radical labor
movements becomes a constantly
growing factor-accentuated on the
colder days.
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Ouestions-Answers

O. How many Civil War soldiers are
there on the United States pension rolf
A. On June 80. 1919. there were 2T1. 3e1
Civil War Veterans receiving pensions from
the government. At the same time, there
were 2S3 PA widows of Civil War veterans
on the pension roll. While the number of
rate of about twenty-five thousand year,
the number Of veterans widows shows an
increase each year.
Q. What office did Eiihu Root hold IN
the Roosevelt cabinet 2-R. H.
A. He was secretary Of war and secre-
tary of state under Roosevelt at different
times
Q. What nationality is a child born in
the United States of parents in the diplo-
matte service of another country u u. q.
A. Such a child is a citizen of the coGn-
try which its parents represent, The Brit
ish Embassy In Washington, for instance
is legally British territory. and child born
there is born in Great Britain.
Q. Who holds the record for having
made the greatest number of home runs
in a single ball season E-R. G.
A Babe" Ruth. of the Boston Amerf-
cans set q new record in home run hits
in the season Of 1919. Tie registered thirty.
or three more than were made by Ed VIII
hanson of the Chicago National League
team. in 1854. and five more than were
a member of the OLD Washington National
League team
Q. OF all the American soldiers who
went overseas. how many were actually en-
gagged. in battle w. A D.
A. Two out OF every three American SOL
diers who reached France went TO the bat
tie sectors. Those who saw foreign service
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must be supplied with absolute proof
before he will buy one OF them.

must be supplied with absolute proof
before he will buy one of them.
In fact, American art dealers have
become SO very astute that they will
sacrifice real art treasures before
they will take a chance on them. A
New York art dealer who has Just
returned from England tells, with
some regret. for example, OF an OPP
portunity he missed in London of Sc
curing genuine Rubens. 1t was
one of several old masters recently
discovered by a British rector. he said,
in an old, unused room of his rectory
The rector, according to the dealers
story, had come upon this remarkable
room thru an ancient sliding panel
which accidentally yielded to his
touch, revealing a dark, dingy room
that he had never suspected was a
part of his home. Entering the room
somewhat gingerly, he had found the
paintings, which British art critics
have subsequently declared to be genu-
inc. One of them was a four-oak
plaque, covered with years of dust
which when brushed off, revealed a
prfect example of Rubens at his
greatest period.
dealer dryiy. but I have heard plenty
of that type before. Nevertheless
this particular one happened to be
true, and If I'd believed it I'd have Sc
cured great bargain They're asking
$150,0OO for 1t now"
you know. that's what makes our
business so fascinating" continued
the dealer ruminatively. 1.-THE chance
in a hundred that we'll get something
genuine for little or nothing. That's
why SO many of US are practically
European commuters now. If we
find only one old master in a lifetime
it's enough to make or double our for
tune"
Happen to know The Red Cap,'
one of the most important pictures of
the late Mr.. Tricks collection" he
asked. well, that picture was ped
died thru the streets of London only
about ten years ago by some unknown
tramp, who carried it under his arm.
wrapped in newspaper. He asked
fifty pounds for it and was laughed
at. Finally. Sir Hugh Lane discovered
it in a dingy London auction room.
took it home and cleaned it, and found
it was Titan. Mr.. Frick bought it
from him at. a stiff price.
But there isn't so much of that
any more" he concluded sadly. IF
we know what were buying when we
go to Europe now, the collectors over
there also know what they're selling
US. And they can howl aboutSus going
off with all their masterpieces, but,
believe me, we pay for themi"
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a girl
eighteen years old, but 1 do not take
with the male sex. / am fond of two
nice fellows. Altho I am pretty
cannot attract their attention. Please
tell me why. LOVE DOVE.
Perhaps you think too much about
boys and because of your interest in
them they do not like you. Let love
and romance come to you and do not
give thought and time to seeking it.
Remember that it takes more than
beauty to make a person fascinating;
it takes intelligence.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: It it better
to have one real true girl friend than
many whom you aren't sure of?
J. NJ H.
Personally, 1 should prefer to have
one real. true girl friend.
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perhaps at first, out Of sheer desire
to tease William Stone, Sarah asked
her assistant to have lunch with her
thew could save time on a busy day,
she said, il they talked things over at
lunch Then one day William Stone
approached Leslie, whom he mad
scarcely spoken to before, with the
result that that day Leslie had lunch
at William stones club They We're
gone two hours, and they had said
much in that time. When they parted
at the door of the office of Stone &
Stone, William Stone slapped the
young man on the back.
After that Stone wore smile that
was in strong contrast to the look OF
gloom that had been his for the days
previous.
The next day he asked Sarah Pei
ham to stay after S and talk to him.
He had made this request before when
there was pressing business. And as
Sarah lived near the office and had no
home ties, she was not Inconvenience.
But the business interview did not
begin like the other business inter
views. Its a queer place to say what
I'm going to say" he began, standing
in front of the window in Sarah's Of
flee and looking intently at her. But
it is something 1 can't keep to myself
any longer. Sarah Pelham, I want
to marry you. l love you-and it's
the kind OF love that wants TO Keep
you all to myself. It's torture having
you here in an office, going about to
other offices. Sarah Pelham, you do
love me a little, don't you?"
Sarah Pelham had perhaps OWNED
that William Stone loved her, but she
was completely taken by surprise by
this spirit of self confidence.
Yes, think 1 do" she confessed,
"but how did you-how did you
know? L didn't want you to guess it
so easily. That's why 1 tried to make
you think I didn't"
You succeeded perfectly" assured
William. Fact is, I thought there
was something between you and young
Brown-.hat's what made me so jeal-
GUS from the first. 1t was torture.
couldn't bring myself to ask you, so
1 took him to lunch and got my nerve
up to esk him. And the young
scamp's been engaged all the time.
Fine fellow. 1 said more than I in
tended to-he seemed to guess how /
felt about you. And l was thinking.
Sarah Pelham. that it's been good
idea breaking in q man like that, be-
cause now you and I can marry with
out doing much harm to Stone &
Stone. Young Brown can work right
into your job"
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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The Park Ave. News.


Weather Either Cheering UP or
raining down.
Spoarts. A cawffing contest took
place in skool last Wensday between
Leroy Shooster and Sid Hunt to see
which one could cawff the most num-
Der of times before Miss Kitty made
them stop, witch the score was IL to
10 favor Leroy Shooster wen Miss
Kitty told them both to stay a hour
after skoo1.
Exterl Candy Taisters Not wuntedl
The new. candy store opened last
Thersday, and amung those who Of
fered in vane to donate their services
free of charge as taisters was Benny
Potts. Artie Alexander, Pubs Simkins
and Ed Wernick.
Sissiety. Mr.. Charles (Puds) Sim
kins has bin reSeeving lots of mail
lately. getting letters and 5 pickture
postcards in one week and denying
indignutly that he sent eny of them
himself
Pome by Skinny Martin.
The Patient Handstander
He stood on his hands in his room at
mite,
And at noon time on the lawn,
o he was Jest lerning how to,
And he prackticed frum daybrake on.
Lost and Found. Lost-nuthing.
Found-The same.
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Mr.. Walsh. in his address to the
legislature, said he hoped ito see the
railroads made a strictly governmental
function, so our products may be
transported by the government at
cost" The public might agree with
Mr. Walsh were it not for the fact that
Il has found the cost of government
operation out of all proportion to the
service rendered. In harping on la
boris right to quit work Mr.. Walsh
begged the question. Nobody has
planned or desired to deny labor the
right to quit work. 1t is the right to
violate contracts and to conspire to
tie up the industries of the country
that is at issue. The speaker held
that, morally. the laborer cannot be
expected to observe a contract for his
labor if under new conditions that
contract do not seem to him reason
able. Yet that same laborer would
be the last man to concede a similar
right to his employer. Contracts
rarely are made for SO long time that
their observance to the end would be-
come a serious injury.
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AA1 mai
There's no gladness like the gIadness Of the
children at their play,
There's no sadness like the sadness of
loved one called away
There's no richness like the richness Of a
home with love complete,
And no quiet like the quiet Of an old ia
miliar street
oh, don't know how to say 1t, but the
best life has to give
Isn't on the distant hill tops, but it's
centered where you live.
battlefield.
It's in keeping faith with loved ones who
were sure you'd never yield: !.
The thrill that Is the finest doesn't come
from strangers' cheers,
But from loved ones who have waited for
your victory thru the years:
And the only things that matter, when you
view the world Alright,
Are The laughter of the children and a hap
- by home at night.
Strip the glitter and the jewels from the
prizes that you win,
Take the time to find the meaning of the
gold you gather in.
And you'll find the Joy they bring you
isn't in the things themselves
Not in coins that can be counted, or In
treasures kept on shelves,
But in smiles they bring 20 others-fer
their only worth Is had.
In the thought that you possess them
just TO make your loved ones glad
So reckon all that matters on this good
old world Of ours
Is the little home we're keeping, and the
garden with its flowers
It's the laughter of our children and the
mothers gentle smile
That make gold thing worth getting
and our victories worth while.
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A Guest.
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MouHon Musings
BIZ ROY X. MOULToN.

The Pirate.
The pirate of old
Went forth for gold,
And sailed on perilous deck.
BY the skull of crossbones
And the weird Davy Jones
He got it and gems by the peck.
The old pirate chief
Was a picturesque thief,
Who never could stoop to disguise.
In the open he fought
When 1t CHANGED that he caught
A strange ship that looked like a prize.
The pirate today
Has a different way;
He does not fare forth on the sea
With an axe or n knife
To fight for his life.
A smooth proposition Is he.
He knows in advance
That he takes no chance
OF facing the plank or the rack.
For legal advice
He has paid long price;
His victim can never fight back.
Without the least fear
He turns proftteer,
And corners a thing people need,
Or some storage scheme
That sounds like dream.
Get the dough-" is his undying creed.
The pirate of old.
If the truth should be told
Was an honest old thief in a way
He was surely a gent,
With a sincere intent,
When compared with the pirate today.
The Mexicans have killed only SIS
Americans thus far. They better no
make it a thousand, that's all we hav
to say.
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A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER CxLIv.

CHAPTER CxLIv.
What do you mean?" Everett re-
peated, holding me closely, 'T do not
love you? How can you say such a
thing?"
Because it is true" I sobbed.
"sandra; try and quiet yourself and
tell me why you think 1 do not love
you Please. dear!" again he wiped
my eyes tenderly, and waited.
"I-don't-dare-"
Don't dare! I do not understand.
Surely you are not afraid of me? You
weren't before dinner when you were
suspicious of me-"
That was different. But Everett,
I have loved you so-almost ever
since we were married-and it has
hurt me So"
What mas hurt your"
Because you didn't love me-like
you-could."
"Sandra, will you stop crying and
tell me what you mean?" he spoke in
a voice I never had heard. One that
seemed to hold a note of anxiety, and
something very like desire.
TN try, Everett" I gulped down
my sobs. desperately frightened, but
determined to tell him. Perhaps if 1
did would stop thinking of Tiny
only thought.
So told him all I had felt since I
married him five years before. How
other things. OF my resemblance to
her, which everyone told me of-my
coloring-and his buying me the same
colors in clothes and in jewelry he had
bought her. How the talk of these
things hurt me.
Then I told him of my other jeal-
ousies. OF Irma and the others. FL
nalIy I spoke of finding the letters
of which he knew-and how the read
ing of the two had made me so miser-
able that even my curiosity would not
let me read any more. Then I re-
called all the little things which l
have here narrated that made me mis-
cradle up to the time found the note
he had written Leola-that note
which, SO long ago. she had pinned in
the bosom OF her ball gown.
"That hurt worst of ALL told him.
You never have said anything like
that to me, never once. Then I knew
for sure that you never had loved me.
Up to that time I hadn't been quite
sure. I thought perhaps it was be-
cause you were dignified and older that
you never said things like that to me
like Duane Sloane says to Alice and
you-says to her. But after I found
that knew you never would love me.
That's the reason I have been de-
pressed. and couldn't tell you what
was the matter-I was ashamed to tell
you" I hid my face against his
bosom. I could not look at him after
what I had confessed.
Suddenly / heard a sob, or some
thing very like it. His arms closed
even more tightly around me. and he
was murmuring words of love over
me.
my precious, precious little wife!"
he said it over and over. ITO think
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Certain radical leaders of organized
labor have risen up in arms against
the anti-strike clause of the Cummins
railroad bill which. it is expected. If
kept in the bill will prevent a general
railroad strike with all its attendant
suffering and misery. They have at
tackled this clause on the ground that
it produces involuntary servitude"
and prevents a man from quitting
work when and where he chooses.
This is absolutely untrue, as these
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were 2,os4 900, and of these 100000 saw ac-
tive service at the front.
Q. How many colors are there?-L. NJ.
C.
A. Strictly speaking there are six eolors
three primary colors, red, blue aud yell
low; and three secondary colors, orange.
violet and green. Other so-called colors are
formed by combinations OF these six.
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Then Teddy looked at grandma,s
wrinkles and remembered the flow
era Yes. and just see how vilted
II is" he retorted.
Il notice. when a friend asks you
TO give somebody a job. you always
assent"
True"
without asking anything about
qualifications
TITS this way. Half the prospective
Job-hunters never show up, and 90 neg
cent Of the other half don't stick"
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SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE. PHELPS

you have been unhappy because you
imagined didn't love you! Why. my
darling, was afraid to show my love
for you to the extent wanted to, for
fear you would think me silly old
fool. Your young friends had made
fun of me as an old man until really
felt you looked upon me in the same
light For five years. dearest, I have
held myself in check for fear 1 would
shock, perhaps disgust. you Oh, what
a waste OF time!" he added whimsi-
cally And dear let us settle things
once for all I DID love Leola. was
a boy when married her. 1 hon
ored her memory for nine years. /
asked you to marry me-not to raise
a family, as you have said has been
told you-but because 1 loved you. I
was perhaps strict with you, but you
were such a child; ! wanted you to be
happy, and L knew you could not be
unless you were at ease in the position
you occupied. It was the same fear your
mother had. All these other things
meant nothing, yet II you had told me
how you felt all wretchedness would
have been avoided. And dearest; the
love of a boy is as nothing to that of
a man. You are the joy of my heart.
the real love of my manhood. Oh.
Sandra, why did you not confide all
this to me long ago."
II didn't darei was AFRAID OF
YOU never SHAH bc osoAaAs 7N
now 1 know you love me- never
knew that before"
You must have been blind. I have
been 40 proud of you, darling. 1 am
sure others have noticed, and COM
mented."
II didn't want you TO be proud of
me, 1 wanted you to love me-" re-
piled, and again he whispered love
words to me.
lit was five years before this l had
married Everett. Five years OF life l
had nearly wasted because l would
not trust the man I loved. I was 20
years old now, and just beginning to
know what il meant to be happy.
Those five years-Oh, how have re-
GREETED them! Now 1 am as happy as
the day is long. My story is ended.
For when one is perfectly happy, when
one is sailing on a calm sea, there IS
little to tell. That we are happy, is
all. But:
If any one who reads this is Jealous.
suspicious by nature, don't keep on
being Jealous and suspicious. making
excuses for yourself on that ground.
Trust is seldom abused. But even tho
it were, it is better than to have soured
ones life by jealousies and suspicious
THE END.
Editors Note-Ano other splendid
serial by Jane Phelps will follow this
story, beginning next Monday. Don't
miss it 1t is a story of marriage and
it's problems-of true love and its fight
for supremacy over adverse conditions
and seemingly insurmountabie diff
culties. 1t will grip you and hold your
interest from the first chapter to the
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BEAUTY EVERYWHERE.

There is beauty everywhere. But
everyone cannot see it. Many see it
once in a while, others see 1t nearly
all the while.
There is even something strangely
fascinating about a wilted flower, for
with our approaching heart, we see
what II gave, in beauty and fragrance.
You never need look far to ksee
beauty. There are always beautiful
faces. rejecting beautiful minds. Most
Of US love beautiful pictures and like
to have them near us
Some Of the greatest artists choose
half-fallen building as a subject into
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Lest the fact be forgotten by Champ
Clarks countrymen. it is set forth in
the Congressional Directory that he
led in the Baltimore Democratic ma
tional convention of 1912 for the pres
idential nomination on twenty-nine
ballots. receiving a clear majority on
nine ballots"
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Dinner Stories

Teddy hated to wash his face more
than once a day. Just as vehemenfiv
he liked to use the hose to sprinkle
the flowers. Father had to remon-
strate with him for oversprinklinR
his flowers. you'll make them wilt
IL you sprinkle them at any time ex-
cept in the morning." he hold him.
A few days later mother was trv-
ing to persuade him TO wash his face
for lunch. Then grandmother tried
to use her influence why, / always
wash my face before lunch" she told
him. -x,
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II there be any who think that Gen.
eral Pershings swing around the circle
is intended to lead up to his entry into
the presidential race, such thought
should be dispelled by the fact that
the general has decided that his home
will be lincoln, Neb. That city and
state may be justly considered a hoo
doc to presidential aspirations.
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gentlemen well know IL they have read
the bill and studied it. There is moth
ing in the bill which prevents a man
from quitting his work at any time.
But 1t does provide punishment for
two or more men who conspire to
bring about a strike of the railroad
employees which would mean the tying
up of the railroads