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Arizona republican., 1920-04-25

warm blankets Howard had imme- diately dropped off into the most pro- found slumber, but I seemed to be un- able to do likewise and was trying to determine why such an uncommon condition should exist. The answe, came like a flash, it was the spell of the night. I was lying so that my face was toward the lake and for some few minutes I had unconsciously been watching it.
 The surface of the water was a rnass of ripples over which the moonlight played. while the constant tapping of the water against the shore seemed to De the only sound present. My medita- t1ons were broken by an involuntary start on my part, when fish gave q sudden flop" out of the water. List ching for that particular sound could distinguish them coming from all parts of the lake.
 It was perfect content to lie there and breath the fresh. moist air. Par ticularly as I looked across the lake, I noticed the hills. In the day, they were sun baked, rocky and covered with cacti, while now they were bathed in the mellow light of a full moon their sides appeared soft as velvet. their little canyons and draws only distinguishable by the darker shadows
 Something irritated me though, something I could not place. It was not the occasional cracking of falling of the dying embers, neither was it the heavy breathing Of my partner. My mind, struggling against sleep, was trying to determine what it was Now have it, the crickets, sure. the world seemed alive with the little things, cricketS with frog s legs. crickets with fins. riding the ripples and screaming their cries into my ears. But then sleep triumphed and I knew no more.
 LORIN STURGES,
 Senior. Phoenix High School.
 eve hope Lorin Sturges will con tribute more work like this to the Youngs Writers club. No doubt it is too near the end of the year with se- nior activities, examinations. etc.)
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
SHOULD OUR DESERT
 BE RECLAiMED7

This great waste, this horrible. hot. dry stretch of land. the home of thorns and deadly reptiles (these are but a few of the unreasonable terms given The Great American Desert is at present, the only cure known for tuberculosis. a disease with which s00,000 of our coun- try's citizens are infected. Shall we turn into common farms our only means of saving this vast number Of Americas people?
 By reclaiming the desert we should not only take away the one great life saver. but we would be depriving Ari- zona of that wonderful dry effect which makes her climate attractive to eastern people. Those whe are healthy come to Arizona because of the dryness in the air which not only naturally ap- peals to them, but prevents malaria Tourists coming from various parts or the country consider the desert one of the greatest sights. and proudly tell their home folks of having seen and crossed it. Tn this way the desert ad- vertises the west. and it is hard to esti- mate how much Arizona increases an-
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
BACK TO YOUTH
Director,


 Those last few evenings were won derful. They didn't talk much of the waiting time which must come before sam could come for her. So the last evening rushed upor them and found them quite unprepared for it. Mar garet tried desperately to hide her tears and when the choking sob rose, she resorted to gaiety hurriedly. It was a little strained, and Sam, man like, didn't understand
 "You mustn't tease me. little girl, :, he said, i've got to go. and I'm not exactly happy"
 Then the tears escaped somehow. and he was terribly sorry and kissed them away.
 the train had whistled into the station, luckily Aunt Mary lived near the depot.
 '"Till I come back for you. little girl = and he was gone.
 Margaret stumbled miserably back into the little parlor and cried there a long time alone.
 The next few days were a black dream, and then there were wonderful letters, telegrams, packages-and she was comforted.
 So the days ragged into weeks and months, marked off periodically by Sans letters and presents. Margaret's work at the office grew heavier but she was never too tired to work a little each evening on dainty linens. Bu. gradually her strength failed under the long strain. She had fought this grim spectre since before her mothers death, and row it seemed she was los- ing the fight. Courage and the joy of Sams letters kept her up for several months. Things grew more strained between her and her aunt. The girl felt somehow that though Aunt Mary seemed to like Sam, she did not trust him, and with a woman's loyalty, Mar garet saw and resented without ever questioning the cause.
 THELMA ROBERTS
 Senior, Prescott High School. THE SPELL OF THE NIGHT ON
 ROOSEVELT LAKE
 After rolling ourselves up in our
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out of wind. lie said, Lets go fellers there are only five minutes left
 They lined up over the ball and Fla, received it. He hit the line. but was downed with only two yards to his credit. 4I thought that baby elephant could play ball. was one of the re- marks that came from the side lines
 That's all right, Fat, you made one of those six fellers that it took to down you look sick. was another
 Estrada. who was also playing with Tempe and who was never known to fail. hit the line. He made one yard and the umpire called out. Third down and seven to go." Fat tried again and lost two yards .sKick formation was called by Tempe and Morrow received the ."pig skin." He kicked it hard and it sailed through the clouds.
 It was caught by one of the men on the opposite side, but Turner had him covered so he did not make much ground. "All right, boys. let's hit 'em hard, and for gosh sake try to lay thai fullback out" said their captain. Now this made Fat a little sore, so he brok, through their line with the force of d steam engine. He carried the player with the ball about four yards. When the player recovered he said, "Wha; hit me- falling star or l.ghtning?"
 They tried a forward pass which did not work, and then their quarter yelled out, "Punt formation He received the ball and did not stop until he was hit by Henness at Tempe's ten-yard line Alta boy Henness. you're a jewel" said one of the players. Three times they bdcked the line and they were now only two yards from the goal. On the fourth sdown the ball was rumbled and Smith from Tempe fell ha ! al ways knew you were good for some thing" was a remark from the side line.
 Both sides lined up over the ball Lukin came around from right end and received it. He started down the field with only one man in front of him Closer and closer they came to each other Lukin started for the west and cut to the east leaving his opponent ying on the ground as the result of a would-be flying tackle. As he reached their ten-yard line he was overtaken and tackled. "A gold medal for that, old boy" @aid a player.
 "One minute to play" called out the timekeeper. Turner. Estrada and Nor row hit the line and make four yards. Fourth down and goal to go.' called the umpire. Fat received the "pig skin," and with a look of determina- ton hit the line. The spectators saw a jam of g men all cuddled up to- gether Presently out from amongst them came Fat with three men on his back that stayed with him until he crossed the goal line.
 SAM CARTER,
 Junior, Tempe Union High School,
 Tempe, Arizona. A BASKET BALL TRIP TO WILL
 IIAMS
 It was a cool evening last month about nine D. m that our train pulled
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE

There stood the old school house be heath the autumn colored trees an in age.
 The steps were crumbling. and the bell, which had hung there for years. was rusted. The windows were broken and the shutters, hanging by one ninga each, looked as though they would soon drop to the ground.
 The ground was covered with a car pet of crimson and golden leaves. which looked like the heavens at sunset
 A little path led down to 4 stream. which had run there for years before the school house was built and which will still run there for many years after IL has gone to ruin with age.
 KATHERYN HARRIS, Freshman, Glendale, Arizona.
 Good little sketch)
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
Young Writers:

1OUng WTlte16.
 From this weeks quotations you VIII notice that am trying to stress cer- tain point, trying to tell you that you- own lives, though you may be entirely unaware of it, are full of exceeding in- terest- You are familiar with the ex- pressions: 'Distance lends enchant- ment,'' '.The good old days" Made in Germany. (though we do not hear that now) and other like expressions which indicate a charm in the then and there. though I venture to say few of you know expressions that evidence great interest in the there and now But since every then was now and every there is to some one a 'here", and every you is an 'F'. l wonder we are so unreasonable. Why, even when we are told that the very kingdom of heaven is within us. a few of us prefer to put it at great dis
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF THE
 GAME

The football game between Tempe high and a certain high school in the northern part of the state. played at Tempe last Thanksgiving day for the championship of Arizona. was all over except the last five minutes.
 Neither team had made a score and Tempe had the ball half way down the field. Fat, playing fullback for Tempe, hnd played so hard that he was almoS.
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
LAkE AT MooNl,cur

There lay the lake, hidden away iron, the world by the low foothills, which were covered by rocks and trees. Over the hill tops the moons rays made the water a sheet of silver. One by one the frogs came from the rushes to take their nightly choir. practice to the shal low water. Here they remained unti' an old muskrat, being disturbed by their noise swam beneath the water like a submarine directly under them, and scared them back into their hid ing places. Then swimming back to his home, he slept peacefully for the rest of the night.
 Now and then was heard the hoot or an owl. answered by the pitiful wall of a whippoorwill. On one side of the lake a raccoon could be seen, rambling along the bank. looking for small fish.
 A slight breeze caused the lilies to sway-clusters of gold against the sill yer background.
 It was a scene created by a master artist, far superior to any work of man kind.
 KATHRYN. HARRIS. Freshman. Glendale.
 tThis shows fine appreciation for Eature.o
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25

tance and to think of it as place to be reached--possibly only after death! So let us make great our experiences of here and now and write of them simply and naturally. Written so, We may be sure they will interest others
 MARCUS WHITE,
 Diroctnr
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
COBB COMMENTS ON WADE

Horace Wade, the eleven year old Chicago author and rival to Daisy Ashford. has published book entitled. "In the Shadow of Great Peril" Irwin Cobb in writing to Horaces father says of the boy:
 "Finally he had the innate judgmen. -genius would be the better word-to try at his first venture to write about things a boy would know rather than about something which somebody else has written about before him. Not many of us have the sense to follow this admirable line in our beginnings We think romance is something which happens to other folks in other lands whereas, as Horace has divined, it is something which happens to us in our own lfveSn
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
A SENSE OF THE DRAMATIC


 Everyone can see something interest ing in another fellows life. We all experience at times curiosity to know what it feels like to be something quite cifferent from what we are. It's relic of childhood, when we used to play at being anything from the Pope or Rome to a train -conductor. But if IS nearly always the otSer fellows jot that is interesting, ana hardly ever our oWn- If you are rich there is romance In poverty, in wrestling a living from a society which seems to grudge it you If you are poor there is romance in opulence and luxury. There is TO- nance in being grown up if you are child, and there is romance in youth If you are old or middle-aged
 Now a sense of the dramatic means that you are the romance in your own life A sense of the dramatic is, of course, closely connected with a sense of humor. If you have this faculty fo, getting outside yourself and criticizins yourself, you will be pretty sure to set whether you lock ridiculous. If you are a real artist in the exercise of ths gift, you will also see yourself in your right perspective with regard to other people, The artist must not be ar egoist. He must not allow the lime light to be centered on himself. He will see himself, not as the hero of the story, but as one of the characters the hero, perhaps. of one chapter, bui equally a minor character in others From "A Student in Arms" by Donald Hanky.
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(Section Two)

and fortunes. do err in my altitude; for am above Atlas's shoulders. The earth is a point not only in respect Of the heavens above us, but Of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me limits Spot my mind. Whilst study to find how I am microcosm. or little world. find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us: something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. He that understands not thus much hath not his Introduction or first lesson, and IS yet to begin the alphabet of man.
 SIR THOMAS BROWNE.
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nually in population through it's great advertisement, the desert.
 If for these reasons alone. we should leave the desert in it's natural condi- ton we should be well justified in 30 doing But the greatest reason of all, it's beauty, has not been mentioned That part of our souls called '-an ap- preciation of beauty may be lost if man continues to turn into food for.the body that portion Of nature which was put on earth as food for our souls
 All over the United States there are large tracts of land given over to the production of wheat, corn, cotton, vege- tables and fruits in short. for the in how many states can you namc large tracts of land given over to the production of rest, love, and beauty?- those wonderful necessities of the finer and more artistic parts of man.
 When we look at the question more closely, and realize that the desert in 'ts present condition saves hundreds of lives annually, that it not only adver- tfses Arizona but increases her popu- lation, and that it continually produces beauty for our souls, 1t seems that everyone should be inclined to shout,
 '.Long live the desert of old!"
 LUCIA SLAVENS. Sophomore, Phoenix High School. form and a good rebuttal to the argu- ment on the same subject appearing in this department several issues back.)
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
-Donald Hanky

Every life has a certain amount Or interest and romance attached to it if looked at from the right angle.
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25

met us at the depot, caught us by the hands, and fairly carried us past the building sheltering the Harvey House, across the tracks, and up a dim street lighted at every second corner. Vague forms of buildings swept by us as we hurried up the walk, the rush was ex- plained by our pilot who said that the people in the high school gymnasium mad been waiting for us an hour.
 At first sight the high school looked like huge barn, but as drew nearer changed my mind. It was a large building of one story. built of concrete spacious windows looked out in all directions. and a square belfry stood at one end. Snow covered the plots of grass on either side of the broad walk that led to the massive front doors
 After dressing we went into the gymnasium. It was some gymnasium Our center could touch the ceiling by jumping little. Spectators crowded on one side of the court only. for there was no room on the other. Electric lights caged within wire baskets il iuminated the place. The people roared and the game ragged in this matchbox of a court. Can you imagine it?
 WELLS HEAP.
 1921. Prescott High School.
 The two preceding themes show how we'll boys compose when they write along lines of their interest Themes on interscholastic activities are most acceptable.
 REPENTANCE
 How often in the silent night have lain awake and thought. thought of the events of the day. Some, kind deeds done to help some friend, some. the ordinary events of q busy day. If have been good" and have done unto others as I would have others do unto me- I smile and feel repaid by my happy conscience. But how often does some stinging word or unfair speech come racing through my mind. Then wonder why I did it. It surely is not pleasure that prompts me, and it can not be called revenge. For revenge means to exact satisfaction for and what satisfaction do I get from inflict- ing wound on some one else, for which I must always repent? But of what use is it to repent? The harm is done. But always do regret the hasty word or action and determine never io let it happen again. Then for the next few days always before speaking, if am the least bit angry, pinch myself But nevertheless, soon forget and the whole process repeats itself. I wonder, will i. always be thus?
 CLAIRE MCKINNEY, Tempe Normal, San Simon.
 English II. Arizona.
 Gan interesting bit of inside" his tory)
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A BASKET BALL TRIP TO WILL
 IIAMS
 It was a cool evening last month about nine D. m. that our train pulled into Williams The Williams team
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MYSELF

MYSELF
 Now for my life, it is a miracle of thirty years, which to relate were not a history but piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like table Men that look upon my perusing only my condition
Arizona republican., 1920-04-25
Arizona Republicans Statewide Travel Information

Parker garages. s, 'y' Mining and
 farming. 312 miles to Los Angeles. (via Parker Cut Off).
Arizona republican., 1920-02-10

NEW YORK.-American women are coming to the realization that stage fashions not only are adaptable, but are in the ma jority of cases true indications of the trend in styles. They are watching the stage costumes Tor ideas to adapt to their own needs.
 Evening at Horne Gown
 It is always a pleasure to come upon a gown exactly right for an at-home dinner when there are guests. and this one which Margaret Lawrence wears in Wedding Bells" is . charming OK ample. It is so simple and suit able to almost any color of crepe de chine or other soft silk that it instant ly suggests possibilities for the home dreSsnaker.
 The costume is of crepe de chine in an orchid shade and consists simply of a little round" kimono waist fastened in back, cut to in front and back, skirt gathered evenly all around and then trimmed, as the illustration clear ly shows, with crystal beads in loop fringe. row after row, grouped in three in Saw-teeth lines
Arizona republican., 1920-02-10
My Hairpin Horseshoe Is a Guide 10
 the Entrance of Secret Room

"Chrys, Why-why did you follow that old woman?'' I asked, forgetting for the moment the sad fact that my lovely sister-in-law was dumb. Now you're a prisoner-with mel" Chrys received this startling news with the unconcern of a three -year-old. l did not explain that we were prisoners in a roc m which had been contrived to drive its occupants crazy, but I told her of the two American ranchers who were prisoners in the dungeon below us- One was an old friend of BobS, the other was d young physician. l explained This fact seemed to in terest her-to please her-for some reason l could not surmise.
 She helped me tear the divan covers into strips. We knotted the lengths securely. She was as absorbed as kindergarten younSster when 1 rolled back the rug and looped the rope about the legs of the couch. Then she list ened gravely to the few words l ex- changed with the ranchers.
 ..Dr. Jordan Spence" introduced him self as soon as he had lifted his long, lean shape from the depths of his dark prison. Then he introduced his
Arizona republican., 1920-02-10
Specially Posed By Evclyn Greeley

know that there is to be a conformity of na atural temperament in the two persons concerned which makes them agreeable to one another, so that there will he harmony and accord in thelr relations as man and wife.
 If you would help your lover pro pose to you and you have analysed him and know him to be Of this type. show him that you possess those qualities Of mind and heart that he most desires in the woman he wants for a wife. Do not pretend sympathetic understand ing if you have it not, but if you do have it, show him that you do. IL IS all he will need to bring him to a realization that you are the one woman in the world for him.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-10
By Evelyn Greeley

It has been said that pity is akin to love-; and it might also be said that sympathy is akin to pity.
 At any rate sympathy is the first and last step to love.
 Sympathy. or fellow feeling, IS es- sential when your man is of the type who likes to be .'mothered.'
 This type of lover is not necessarily a sissy" at all: some of the strongest and most self reliant of men need the mother type" of woman. A man of this type wants to be sure that the girl he picks for his mate will be able to understand and sympathiZe with his tastes and aspirations. He wants to
Arizona republican., 1920-02-10
Bonnet Strings

your pattern calls for six meshes, then you will need three times six or IS stitches with one added to make ihe first pillar. In other words, always multiply your meshes by three and secure the proper number of stitches and add one.
 To turn a corner:
 If your first mesh is an open mesh it takes five stitches. So in the ex- ample above given you should have 19 stitches for the width of the insertion or edging and five additional to make the turn: double crochet into the sev- enth stitch from the needle
 To make an open mesh after the corner is turned:
 It takes two chain stitches and a double crochet stitch into the third stitch from the double crochet used in turning the corner. The last pillar Cor double crochet of mesh) makes the first double crochet of the next mesh. no matter if it is an open or closed mesh.
 To make closed mesh:
 Double crochet into four chain stitches for first mesh, and if two or three closed meshes follow one anoth- CT, the last double crochet of the first mesh is the first for the second mesh In other words, three double crochet stitches will make the second and third mesh, while it takes four for the first mesh
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companion who had followed with great agility.
 Gene Archer he said. I'm sure you've heard your husband speak of him"
 Gene Archer" I exclaimed. Bob always promised me that you would visit us sometime"
 We've come to stay to dinner re- marked Archer gayly. That's why we brought up our provisions. We take it for granted that it's Dutch treat in this place.
 Under the conditions. I guess you'll stay much longer than to dinner, MT. Archer. You're an engineer. You're going to stay until you get us out of here, I hope. And unless you want your guards to follow you. you'd bet ter find some way of swinging that Tagging back into it's place."
 To the engineer that proved an ab-
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said tue doctor Tell us, please how best to divide this room into separate sleeping spaces"
 You boys can go back to your cells cant you? And come up for your meals. That's obvious. isn't it?" said l.
 Spence and Archer shook their heads in unison and raised their voices in chorus:
 We can not.
 "Why not?'
 Because the bandits told us this morning to write to our relatives. They planned to take us away tonight" said Archer.
 And shoot us added Spence "Gentlemen. 1 hope you will accept our hospitality, for tonight, at least" I nurmured.
 (To Be Continuedl