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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-17

and carried in his hand two fishing
lines and an old can of unmistakable
C ntents.
John FOSTER" exclaimed the girl
running to the edge of the porch as
the man turned in at the gate. what
on earth are you up to nowY'
"We're going fishing in the meadow
behind the house, and we're going to
make believe we're boy and girl again
just this afternoon" he ended with
hint of pleading in his voice.
The girl hesitated, but her eyes
glowed.
go get your hat" the man COM
manded. "The pink one with frilly
stuff under the brim."
After all, there was no narm in go
ing fishing-you couldn't ostracize
yourself just because you had prom
Used to stick to the other man. So
Alicia went.
Down in the meadow along the brook
where 1t was cool and shady the two
sat breathlessly watching their floating
corks. When his line bobbed he
squeezed her hand ecstatically.
"You mustn't do that" she protested.
"Don't forget" smiled Foster, that
you're only ten years old today, and
you mustn't be so frightfully proper"
The girl laughed in spite Of herself
and the man, considering the moment
favorable gently slipped an arm about
the slender figure beside him.
"Now, Alicia, let's promise to get
married when we're old enough" said
the grownup boy at her side.
Gall right. Let's" the girl answered,
as If in a dream.
"Well, l haven't got an engagement
ring, but we'll be engaged if 1 k"
"John, you" she began weakly.
"Alicia, 1 knew you'd relent in the
end" he said a moment later in tones
of sober happiness.
"But I'm afraid I've done wrong"
the girl replied. "And whatll l do
when he comes?"
"I'll take care Of that said Foster
in no uncertain tones.
, The next morning when she went
down to breakfast her mother tossed
her a letter addressed in the familiar
handwriting of Charles Saunders. Her
face paled as, unnoticed, she rushed to
her room and locked the door. In a
daze the words throbbed through her
mind
Hell be here today or tomorrow
and what'll he think Of me after my
promise?" At last she tremblingly slit
the envelope with a hairpin. The let
ter ran:
"My Dear Alicia-Today is your
birthday, I remember, and something
impels me to write to you-for old
times sake. You have doubtless for
gotten me long ago in your maze of
other admirers, but often my mind goes
back to dear, peaceful Sunburst and
our boy and girl affair. This will al
ways be one of my memory treasures.
81 hope no doubt that you have long
ago settled down to be the adored
wife Of some lucky fellow in Sunburst,
while am the proud father of two
months-old daughter.
1--WE named her Alicia, by the way,
after an aunt Of my wifes.
Here's best wishes for a very happy
birthday and many more to come.
Your old friend,
CHARLES SAUNDERS"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-17
FIND PEACE IN THE HILLS
DwelIers In Quiet Places Have Nc
Envy of Their Brothers in the
Grimy Cities.

No doubt, you all who live in the
roaring towns, would think we are a
strange folk who live in the hills. We
have ways that are as different from
the ways of the city as one thing
could possibly be from another.
Now, there is man in our hills
who has a little piece of land cleared
away up in the solitude of canyon.
The sun follows that canyon all the
day long and fills it with a golden
glory And the wild horses of the
rain ride over it. And on the land
which the man has cleared with his
own hands he makes rutabagas and
grow.
He has nine bean rows there, and
a hive for the honey bee. If all the
factory whistles in the world were
never to blow again; If all the wheels
were to stop, and the mills shut down
all the way from Dan to Beersheba,
this man would never need to give
the matter a thought. He could eat
ten times day and have plenty left
for stray tramps.
But that isn't what makes him a
strange man. 1t is that he plays a
flute and that once every week he
walks ten miles to meet other folks
who play fiddles and cellos and clari-
nets and things like that. Once a
week they gather together in the hills
at a rendezvous, and they make music
till the dawn breaks across the noun.
tain tops.
Are they not strange folk? Maybe
you all will wonder at them, and will
not understand why they are not in
the roaring town listening to men
making speeches, and street cars wall
ing and wheels crashing.
And yet, as life goes along, these
folk are very happy and very content.
Besides the music they make them
selves, they hear the crickets singing
and bend an ear to the pied frogs
orchestra"
Some would think them foolish, and
others would call them wise.--Los An.
geles Times.
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Watching Their Floating corks.

she must be faithful to her promise,
attentions was awakening emotions
that she had considered long ago dead.
After an hour or more, she went to
her room and removed an old package
of letters from her trunk. Taking up
the top one she glanced at the post
mark-it was only six years old, vet
it seemed centuries to the girl, and,
of late, she was growing to think of
herself as an old spinster. With a
gesture Of impatience she began to
read the message that she already
knew by heart. She always read this
letter when she had fear of waiver.
ing loyalty, so, mechanically, she let
her eyes run over the lines once more .
Dearest: l know you will wait for
me. even though it be years-and will
come back to you. Charles"
She went over the words carefully in
an effort to breathe the old life into
them, but somehow nothing seemed as
= II should be and the sight of every
thing depressed her. AS she glanced
out the window she noticed that even
the reflection of the sun on the green
leaves had a cold and lonely cast. The
voice of her mother calling her down
to supper brought her back to the pres
ent with start.
Coming in a minute" she answered
as she hastily powdered her face and
tried to remove all traces of the re-
cent storm.
She went through the meal mechan.
ically as she answered her parents alb.
sently, the meanwhile thinking that
in very few years she would take the
letters up to the attic, where such
things always dwell, and resign her.
self to spinsterhood.
Each time John called she fortified
herself afterward with the wornout
letter and renewed her vow of loyalty
Each time her thoughts wandered to
John she rebuked herself with vehe-
mence.
Weeks later Alicia was sitting on hei
porch one summer afternoon when her
attention was attracted by familiar
figure coming down the street. He
wore a wide-brimmed fioppy straw hat
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-17
The
Memory Treasure
By CORONA REMINGTON

&c. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
"You know, Alicia, I've always loved
you-ever since we were kids together.
Remember the time / proposed to you
when we were fishing in the brook
down In your fathers meadow? That
was a wonderful June day! I can
close my eyes and see the shadows
trembling on the water yet"
Alicia Conway smiled reminiscently
as she glanced up at the serious blue
eyes of her companion.
'"That was long time ago." she
sighed softly, "but you talk as If the
meadow were miles away instead of
always was"
"You were ten and / was sixteen,
but that wasn't the last time | asked
you to marry me-" he said disregard
ing her remark.
mo, remember" the girl answered.
EYES, it was seven years later, and
you gave me my walking papers for
good and all. You were simply in
fatuated with that Saunders fellow"
"John, you ought not to talk that
way-you know / loved him, and do
yet, and / shall wait for him just as
he promised to wait for me-"
"Alicia, you may not realize it, but
you've got over loving him long ago,
and you're only keeping your promise
out of consc.entiousness."
"YOu ought to be ashamed of your
self, John Foster, and you must not
speak to me like that again. I'll ask
you never to refer to the subject after
this"
With a frigid little nod Alicia ex
cused herself and went into the house.
Miss Conway threw herself onto the
couch in the living room and burst in
to tears. She kept telling herself that
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-17

very little wider than the ribbon shir
red over 1t.
Just below at the right, there is a
hat made of white faille ribbon with
picot edge and bag to match in
which the ribbon covers a foundation
Of white satin. The mounting is silver
metal and the handles are Of the rib
bon. At the left there is brilliant set
made Of white satin ribbon having
black embroidered figures over 1t. This
hat is made over light frame and Is
dignif1ed example Of sports styles.
The ribbon is ingeniously managed in
the bag, being folded to bring the
embroidered figures to the center.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-17

In England it is again becoming the
fashion for society people to go into
business. Lord Carnwath, a Scotch
earl of ancient pedigree, is CONNER
cial traveller. A son of the duke of
Montrose has Joined ship-building
firm In Glasgow, while son Of the
marquis of Ailsa runs an automobile
repair shop in London.
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Leather Belts.

New leather belts are interesting. To
begin with, they are most of them
quite narrow, and as a second thing
they are worn often at point above
or below the waistline of the coat or
frock they &C with. One is q narrow
belt of glazed dark blue leather, with
narrow binding Of black on each
side. This part of the belt reaches
around the waist. Then there are two
ends of the belt Of braided thongs of
the leather which are loosely tied and
hang down at the side, front or back.
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Tell me-" he said. lowering ma
voice, tell me why we men dream
dreams that never can be realizedl
And why-against our reason ano
our better judgment-do we perpet-
ually follow a phantom wiil-o-tne-
wisp that can only lead us into the
morass-
1 shrugged my shoulders. pertly.
saThe wilI-o' '-the-wisp being tht
loveliest lady, i suppose you meanF
queried.
His eyes met mine in long. level
gaze. But IL was mine that fell.
He drew q long. deep breath.
"Don't play with hearts, Tht
words were so low that i couid
scarcely catch them. Hearts some
times break. you know"
IL was my turn to feel catch
come to my throat. Hearts break!
All. YES. I knew. i hated my own
thoughts. Jim-dearest Jim
"What-what makes a man-tan
| in lover" I blurted out. I've otten
wondered! No-don't say it's beau
ty. Because some of the homeliest-
looking women that I've ever seen
and known have inspired tremend-
Gus and lasting affection in their
husbands. But tell me. what quail
ity is it in man that makes MIN
| want to be in love-?
1t was a stupid question. I'd only
asked IL to break the train OF my
| newiy-awakened reflections.
Many factors go to make man
/ 'succumb' to some woman's infiu-
ence." rejoined Travis Lloyd, quiet
lily. Loneliness, for instance. He
wants companionship-ah home. He
wants mothering. Maybe he wants
children. Sometimes, IL he's got a
heap of money, it's the love of os-
tentation. He wants an attractive
| woman he can dress extravagantly,
who can adorn a lovely home. and
so advertise his prosperity for all
the world to see. But"
He broke off, staring moodily
across the hall towards the card
players.
And hope often dies" cut in my
tcompanion, "smothered at birth be-
! icause-"
turned and stared at him. His
talk was very odd.
And ther suddenly thought
about the little scrap of paper in
my purse! With that mysterious
Amy" in the background, was he
dreaming. hoping. about--me?
A little shiver of repulsion came
to me.
And then IL was that Travis LLOYD
leaned towards me, and. breathing
rapidly. whispered the one word:
''Helene"
l He touched my hand. His eyes
held the misty, tender look that cv-
cry woman understands.
"Helene""
4 I drew back definitely. / thrust
a trembling hand into my little bag,
drew forth the scrap of paper that
: I'd found upon the floor. opened IL,
and handed it to my companion.
i What does IL mean" Ny tones
were hard as / pointed TO his writ
ing. 'Have you the right to-to
call me by my name-seek to make
advances towards me-having writ
ten thatT'
He glanced for a moment at the
fragment. And then saw his face
turn deathly pale,
Tomorrow-A Haunting Look.
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See that you don't put one foot in
the grave when you reach the age
of 35 or 40. Stop using any part
of the body and II begins to die.
Age Is largely a matter Of laziness.
The active interests of youth no
longer have a mental appeal. A
good soft chair intrigues you more
than the tennis court-but the body
must have exercise or IL gradually
gives up the ghost and the last
| trump finds only a few cells still
living. 1t takes courage to go
through a set program of muscular
exercise each day and the average
man or woman finds ii easier to do
bring the muscles into play.
Very well then. Decide what you
will do. and do II. II you are a
woman and you merely supervise
your house. take over some regular
task from the housemaid. Sweeping
Is splendid for the trunk muscles.
Dismiss your car and walk some
every day. Play golf. dance. skate.
As your body begins to train down
you will find a real pleasure in be-
ing able to use parts of Ii that you
had not used for years. You cannot
expect to get much pleasure at first
in using half-dead muscles. As time
goes on, and yoJI watch your school
friends dropping back in the race,
and resigning themselevs to wheeE-
ing along on one cylinder you begin
to have a sense of superiority tnaI
is very worthwhile, and when you
surprise the census taker by look
ing ten years younger than you
really are" then you are well on the
way to removing that foot from
the grave and doing a pirouette on
one toe.
Copyright 1890 by The NC Syndicate
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A Little Too Thin.
By MARIE LA ROGUE

To the Turkish .admirer Of femi-
nine beauty the woman that is a lit
tie too thin could probably never be
anything but ugly. Fortunately,
however. we are not all Turks nor
do we all see feminine loveliness
through the eyes of Sultan.
AS a matter of fact, taste varies
in this regard and there are periods
when plump women are in fashion
and other periods when the thin
type prevails, just as there are pc
RODS when small sleeves are the
only ones thought of and other pc
RODS when thte only sort of sleeve
that does not look outlandish is the
fun one. But we cannot change our
figures so easily as we can our
sleeves.
IL you look at any OF the fashion
magazines you may see easily
enough whether the thin woman or
the plump woman Is in fashion now.
In fact the French taste has always
been for lean women rather than for
the plump sort. And the rotund
German type of woman seems to
have gone into disrepute along with
wagner OpeId anu sabci A8aah- Al
though the great French novelist
Balzae Presents some of his most in
teresting women characters as being
of rotupd proportions he indicates in
The Lily of the Valley" his prefer
ence for what he calls the nat figure.
"A round figure is a sign of strength"
he says: but women who are built
so are imperious. wilful and volup-
tuous rather than tender. Women
who are fatty formed are. on the
contrary. self sacrificing, full of re-
finement. and inclined to melan-
choly: they are more thoroughly
women. nat figure is soft and
supple: a full one is rigid and jeal-
GUS
France has known any number of
women famed for their beauty who
were too thin. and it may be That
the great animosity and Vivacity
that is always one of the most strik
ing attributes of the thoroughly
charming French woman is incom-
patible with real plumpness OF even
normal weight. La Guimard. who
was the most celebrated of the mod
els of the painter Fragonard-an ir-
resistible woman who ruined any
number of French aristocrats and
who enjoyed the reputation of being
queen of the fashion" for a num-
Der of years during the dazzling
days that just preceded the French
Revolution-La Guimard was amaZ-
ingly lean. In fact her leanness was
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Doris pressed her hands against
her eyes protectively. She would
have liked to close her care. too,
against the expected hoodtide OF
her husbands wrath. But curious
~, the expected deluge failed to
come.
She opened her eyes to find Car
rington regarding her with a pecu-
Iiarly intent expression which SEEM
ed almost absent, as il he were
thinking very deeply. Then he left
the room.
Dismayed. Doris waited on the
couch. scarcely daring to move. She
wondered if he were going to beat
her, or devise some new method of
punishment more terrible than his
tongue. But nothing happened, and
presently she heard the motor, and
daring to slip to the window and
look down the driveway, saw him
driving the car through the gates
She returned to the fire. consumed d
with curiosity and apprehension
She had expected a tornado and the
calm peace of the domestic sky rem
dered her suspicious and uneasy.
The solution to the mystery came
just after dinner. Margaret and
Durand went to Juliet's for bridge.
Doris never succeeded in learning
to play good game, much to her
husbands displeasure, for he was
very fond OF cards. but declined all
invitations rather than infiict his
wife's inexpertness upon others.
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Doris, sitting demurely before the
fire in the library. watched her hus-
band apprehensively as he strode
absently up and down the room.
Suddenly he stopped, wheeled, and
addressed her unsmilingly.
Doris, i have decided what is
best for US to do. This afternoon I
was so completely overwhelmed and
humiliated at your deceit that !
was not competent to think clearly.
1t was useless going to the office,
so i drove all afternoon, and l came
to a decision which / think is best
for U.S."
He paused a moment to give his
following words due weight.
Il think you had better go home
to your mother until such a time as
you are ready and willing to act as
l demand my wife should act"
Doris cry went unnoticed as he
continued:
: The life we are leading now is
hell on earth. / am kept constantly
and perpetually angry and it is hav-
ing Its effects upon my nerves and
health. 1 won't mention my disap-
pointment in what / believed was
going to be the happiest experience
Of my life nor my hurt that sou 40
not care sufficiently for me to try
to please me. Those things / have
TO endure, but the other. it is wrong
and cruel for me to teopardize. Ny
, work suffers; am irritable: / don't
sleep-and 1 won't stand for it any
longer" Darlington brought his
clenched hand down emphaticaIly
on the table.
he. el, 49,
was endeavoring to stifle her sobs
AS soon as we can arrange mat
ters. At present you need not tell
your mother more than that you
have come home for 4 visit. i hope
that the contrast in environment,
the time for quiet reflection, will
bring you to your senses: that you
VIII see that / am right in my de-
mands, and not resent, with tears,
everything 1 try to impress upon
you"
"Suppose-suppose." Doris whis-
per was filed with horror. suppose
you won't want me back"
That will depend upon you" Car
rington answered firmly Il shall
not want you back as you are. But
when you are ready to yield to nv
wishes; to do the things that a ra-
tlonal woman is supposed to do, and
exercise the culture which l de-
mand of my wife, then your place
, here is waiting for you"
Il will do everything you ask
now. Doris promised wildly. Only
don't send me away, Stewart"
Il must. 1t is best for us both. -
he answered, unmoved.
"Please!" With trembling lips
and overflowing eyes she pleaded.
No" There was no denying the
unylelding quality of the negative.
Doris knew there was no, possibility
She rose with what dignity her
.ear-stained and sob-shaken little
figure could muster.
you'll be sorry" she said sim
ply. as she left the room.
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SOPHIA.

The wisest of feminine names is
Sophy, or sophia, as she should be
called properly. 1t Is perhaps the
only name which is closely associ-
ated with divine attributes. since its
origin dates back to the dedication
Of that most gorgeous of Christian
temples by which Justinian de-
clared that he had surpassed Solo
mon. 1t was called Sta. Sophia (the
holy wisdom of God.)
According to the Preacher" in
the Book of Eeclesisstes, Wis
dom is the mother of fair Love
Hope. and holy Fear, and this idea
is said to have suggested the alle-
cory of the holy woman with three
daughters so-called; and in compli-
ment to the newly-built church, the
niece of Justinian's empress, af-
terward wife of his nephew and
successor. was called Sophia. The
name straightway became fashion
able among the daughters of the
nobility of Greece and was carried
through Slavonians, to Germany.
History records Hungarian
princess of that name in 91s, and
another. daughter of King Geysa,
married Magnus, of Saxony, and
spread the use OF the name through
out Saxony. Denmark is said to
have received 1t through this latter
princess and has since made 1t al
most a national name. Its vogue
with the royalty Of Denmark is un-
mistakable and it's use spread
through all classes.
England barely escaped having a
Queen Sophia and even though So
phia Dorothea of Yette never act.
ually assembled the throne of Eng
land, her granddaughters gave il
vogue in the British Isles In the
reign of the House Of Hanover.
England claimed both Sophia and
Sophy. France makes her Sophie
Italy, Sofia; Germany, Sophia, and
Fieka, and Russia, Ssofija.
Sophia has an old talismanfc
stone-malachite. 1t protects it's
wearer from danger, IL IL is en-
graved with an image of the sun.
1t Is particularly potent for children n
and Is said to ward off disease and
promote peaceful slumber IL at
tached to a child's cradle. Satur-
day is Sophia's lucky day and S her
lucky number.
(Copyright, Ip20, BIZ Wheeler Syndicate. Ine. 1
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THURSDAY, MARCH II. INN

THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1920.
Copyright, 1890 by The Mcclure Newsp,per
Syndicste.)
While Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune
are In benefic aspect today, Saturn
and Uranus are strongly adverse.
All the signs appear to presage .
continuation of national unrest. Sta
bilfzation of industries and readjust-
ment OF working conditions will b,
even slower than prophesied.
Publicity will become more and more
popular during the coming months and
will become almost a mania with
m any ambitious men and women. the
seers declare.
Increase in the cost of books, maga-
zines and periodicals seems to be fore
cast by the planets.
This should be a favorable rule nm
der which to begin journeys and mis-
sions that cause voyages overseas ara
well, directed.
Warning is given that with the
passage of the Sun into Aries for the
spring quarter there may be depres-
sion i'm trade.
Great heat will be experienced, be-
ginning at an early date, as winter
disappears. .... 49,.
Grave troubles are foreshadowed for
Norway. while the President of Switz.
erland may have much anxiety ano
mental stress.
Persons whose birlhdate 1t is should
beware of danger from fires In TIC
aters or places of amusement The
next year of life may be very event.
ful.
Children born on this day are likely
to be- clever and successful. These
subjects of Pisces may meet with
heavy losses, but they will easily re-
cuperate.
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the subject of epigrams on the part
of her envious rivals and at the the
ater where she was a professional
dancer she was called the skeleton
of the graces."
And not long before that Marie de
Mancini, one of Cardinal Mazarin's
nieces. was another extremely lean
women who gained the admiration
of the king. The king in question
was Louis XIV, who seems really to
have been more taken, by Marie >
great cleverness than by her per-
sonal attractions. She is described
as possessing a very long. thin
waist, thin arms and a long. thin
neck.
Although Madame Recamier is de-
scribed as being "a little too thin"
she does not seem in the portraits
that have come down to us to have
been too slender to suit our present
day standards. Her niece thus de-
scribes this woman who was un-
doubtedly the most beautiful woman
in Paris during the first years of
Napoleon's- career there: "a supple
and elegant figure, neck and
shoulders admirable both as to shape
and proportion. a little red mouth.
pearly teeth. pretty arms. that were
a trifie too thin. and naturally curl
ing chestnut hair"