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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-17
The Girl Who Had No Chance
BY MARION RUBiNCAM

wanted to say, but her ideas were
not so clear.
She read over the pages she had
written, then rose from the desk, and
slipped them, unfinished into her suit
case and locked it, She went over
to the couch in her boudoir and leaned
back against its silk pillows. She
caught reflection of herself and the
soft, becoming neglige in one of the
mirrors in the room, and she smiled
little with pleasure, because she
looked so nice in the gown.
Then she began thinking over the
problem again. Life with Langley
what would it mean? The work they
i were doing they would go on with
and it was pleasant to work with him
After a time they could travel, too
for they would both have money She
wondered whether she would want al
ways to live in Marketown-or wheth
er she would rather come to this bic
! city. roaring with life.
She had been having a wonderful
time since she arrived and had met q
great many charming people. What
would life here with Tim have beer
! like? They would be poor-but Myra
didn't seem to mind that, so Ruth Ger
! tainly wouldn't-had she married Tim
| The phone rang and she got up t.
answer it, wondering with a star
whether it was Tim. But it was only
| Newell Cooper, calling to ask her t
| go to a concert with him that evening
And glad to have an excuse not to fin
| ish the letter, she promised to go.
! But the following Saturday after
noon, Tim did call her up, and asked
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-17
Chapter 95.
THE DAWNiNG LIGHT.

Il think l must have known all
along why you sent me here" she
wrote. But sometimes ] feel I'M
derstand a thing. and then later, other
things come up to change my point
of view.
81 might have thought one reason
why you sent me here was TO see I'M
and TO satisfy myself whether | cared
for him or not. But time and absence
are supposed to be the great cures for
2 love affair, you KNOWN quoting
Newell Cooper when | say that-and
YOU were doing away with both those
things when you sent me on here
Because it would be a test as to
whether | liked Tim as much as l
used to. And l couldn't quite see how
YOU would want to risk having me see
him again. when perhaps 1t would
start up all the affection that was
dying-at least that should be dying,
according to Newells philosophy. And
when | heard you were going to see
the girl who played in your life the
same part Tim played in mine,
really more or less thought it was be-
cause you found you did care for her
still and didn't mind whether | found
out that l still care for Tim.
You see, that's wnere my point Of
view is not so big and fine as yours
because of course, I realize now
that all along you knew we both had
TO be free of the old love, to be sure
of the new.
"You seem sure enough-but Lang
ley, it's so hard for me to tell! You
said to me once that no marriage
would ever be happy, and stay so, ii
there we're no mental sympathy, If
there was no comradeship. You had
not that with the other girl-only
physical love. no mental. And the
night before I left, said that while
agreed no love would last if there was
not friendship, that it also had to have
the physical attraction. For instance,
| couldn't let you kiss me if | would
rather il were some one else, could i?
That would not be honest or fair,
would it? And | always thought I had
both kinds of love for finland Tim
is married"
She had hurried along writing this,
her thoughts coming with rush as
she sat at the desk Things were
growing much clearer to her as she
wrote.
II think that I appreciate you more
and more-and | begin to see how
very wise you have been about this
whole affair I believe you sent me
off here too, so ! would be away from
YOU. and find out from that how much
] missed you. For | do miss you, a
great deal
But I simply haven't made up ny
mind about Tim. | am beginning tc
think that a lot of the old mental at
mosphere is gone. He is not as inter
esting as he used to be He used to
give me new ideas, he used to help
along my enjoyment of good things
books ard other nice things. He has
let himself go back, somehow. But
] can't tell, either, because every
time | have seen him, of course Mrya
has been there, and Myra only wants
TO talk movies and the latest gossip.
Il believe, too, that you sent me on
here TO see Tim as a married man, be-
cause YOU felt that that would cure
me-before, in my mind, could more
or less ignore the fact that he be
longed to another woman. even though
knew it well enough all the time. -
She was writing more slowly now
There were great many things she
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her letter.
Yours Truly: You have been more
than charitable to me in your attitude
toward my answer to the other
woman. OF course | have heard only
her side of the story and naturally ]
thought it was a terrible thing for a
widower to go about pursuing married
women.
Thank you for setting me right
You have made it clear that your in.
tentions were right and that it was
only because she asked for help that
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whether she would be home that eve.
ming
My night out, he said His voice
even over the phone, carried SO much
cheeriness, SO much Joy and eager.
ness, that suddenly all her old witsful
ness came back to her. She did wan.
to see him.
Can't you bring Myra?" she asked
her conventionalism taking prece
| dence over her desire to see Tim.
NO. she can't come, she always
stays home Saturdays. Our agree
ment, you know. Can / see youo"
Yes, Ruth answered, half glad
/ half frightened"
Tomorrow-The Strange Evening.
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Heart Problems

Bob: You have unquestionable
talent and individuality in writing.
Besides you show sophistication which
comes from experience and advantages
in life Some of your letters are fas-
cinating while others are extremely
ordinary. To be a success YOU would
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Duning Brothers Form
Company in Ioua

Friends of Walter and Wilbur Dun
ing, formerly connected with the
main offices OF the Starr Piano COM
pany, of this city, received announce
ments today from Des Moines, Ia,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-17

saying that they have arranged for the
distribution of the products of the
Starr company in the states of Iowa
and Nebraska
They have organized a company IN
der the firm name of The Duning CON-
pany with headquarters in Dies Moines.
Both are natives of Richmond and re-
ceived their schooling and business
training here.
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you offered to make a home for her
1t was not wise, however, to try to
help until she took legal steps to be
separated from her husband
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Motor trucks are rapidly driving
mules out of Bolivia
The state herald., 1921-09-02

T. o. b. Milwaukee
Al Nash models both open and
closed. have cord tires aa standard
equipment
The state herald., 1921-09-02
Venangc Locals

-
Fred Calkins spent week in the
mountains,
Mr.. Harry Andrews was Grant
visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. Albert Schroeder returned from
Denver, Monday.
Mr. George Dudden was Hastings
visitor this week.
Mrs. Wanemaker is visiting in I'm.
perial this week.
B. A. Dudden spent few days in
Hastings this week.
School is expected to open about
the Goth of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vandiver were Jules.
burg visitors Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Bronghton spent few
days at home this week.
Mrs. Joe Watkins and son returned
from Grant, Saturday
NJ. NJ Johnson attended the fair
at Grant Wednesday.
j. j. Hawthorne Of Loveland is n
Venango visitor this week.
Mrs. o. f. Reed and children left
Friday for Dickens Nebraska.
DR.. and Mrs. Saville and son Rich.
ard were Lamar visitors Sunday.
Andrew jackson left Wednesday on
a busines strip to Wray, Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Foss of Omaha
are visiting Mrs. Harry Andrews.
r. r. Murphy had finger injured
Friday while working with his truck.
Mr.. John v. Beveridge and E. C.
Klink were Venango visitors Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blum of Omaha were
Venango visitors a few days last
week.
Mr.. Claude Creakpaum of Holdrege
is in venango on business for a few
days.
Mr.. C. NJ Weyerts and daughter,
Miss Lillian, returned to Denver on
Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Saville attended the
medical convention at Imperial, Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Ella Foss OF Beard. Nebraska
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Andrews.
Mrs. Carrie Likeely left Saturday
for Denver where she will visit for
few days.
Mrs. George Childers and children
of Holyoke are visiting her brother,
Sam Andrews.
Mrs. John Eager of Holyoke visited
Miss Iva Eager and mother few
days this week.
The Sunshine club win be post.
poned this week so every one can
attend the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Karraker re-
turned Saturday from their trip TO
the mountains.
Mrs. John Greathouse of Chester
has been spending a Few days with
II. a. Greathuose.
Mr.. and Mrs, Clifford Murray left
Thursday for Curtis where they will
spend few days.
d. II. Brunts. who has been visit.
ing b. A. Dudden. left for his home
In Hastings, Friday.
Mr. and airs. N. +. weyerts and
sister. Miss Graei. returned to their
home In Winside, Thursday.
The state herald., 1921-09-02
Greenfield

Carl Anderson and family arc
spending short vacation In the
mountains.
Il. A. Watkins aud family OF Scott
;, City. Kansas came up Thursday to
spend few days with relatives.
John vanBoening's brothcr.in.law
from Wallace visited him Sunday.
Vera Hopkins has been spending
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Hopkins,
Mrs. Breeze and son from Holyoke
have been visiting ut the Richardson
home.
J. r. Boll In thrcshing on the Rea
ranch this week.
Elroy Watkins underwent an oper.
pitai for throat diseases.
Mrs. q. J. Fast aud Luotta and Ei.
roy Watkins made n business trip to
Holyoke. Monday.
W J. Watkins went TO Grant. Tues.
day evening TO be on duty during the
fair aa president of the association.
Mrs. Il. Il. Watkins entertained the
d. G. G. Thursday afternoon. After
the business meeting social chat
waA enjoyed.
A crowd of young people was on.
tertnlnod At the Richardson home on
Saturday evening. Everyone present
enjoyed the cvcnins which was spent
In playing games. Roireahmonts Of
Ice cream and cnke were served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Too Presumptuous

An incident that amused me very much when l first came to Birming ham as city engineer was discussion which arose in a meeting of the board of aldermen one afternoon said Julian Kendrick.
 T had suggested that the board au- thorize the putting down of cement paving, then called artificial stone, in preference to the real stone, which they had been using before that time. In making the suggestion l remarked that the artificial stone was more dur able and more practical and cheaper than tho real stone.
 "Thereat one of the aldermen be- came very much excited. Gentlemen, he said, I had thought the new en- gineer very earnest and very capa- ble man. He seems to be very indus trious and very sensible. But when any man stands up and tells me tha. he can make a better sidewalk stone than God Almighty can make. l am through with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
THE EVEREST EXPEDITION

From the Louisville Courier-Journal N OMETHING like the interes |nN which used to be felt in expedi- tions for the discovery of the North Pole will attach to the proposed British expedition to Mount Everest, with the object of reaching it's pinnacle at the height of 2s,ooo feet above sea level.
 No feature of the topography of the earth is at once so wefl known and so little known as Mount Everest Whatever the discoveries of an expedi- tion successful in climbing the noun tain the experiences of the expedition in getting to the base of what is properly the peak of Everest would provide the material for book of rare interest
 Nobody reads Sven Hedin's two volume account of his crossing Tibet, to the forbidden city L'Hassa, with out realizing the enormous difficulties of climate, of terrain and of politics, which stands in the way of an expedi- tion to even the base of Mount Ever est.
 Sven Hedin's caravan = or caravans inasmuch as his formation was broken often by the loss of numerous pack animals which must be replaced-had the numerical strength of a small army, and all of the rigorous experi- ences of a Peary expedition. He had not as his objective the unexplored, the uninhabited, the .unvisualized heights of Everest which may be or may not be scalable.
 The estimate of the London Chroni- cle that two years will be the minimum period in which Mount Everest can be approached and climbed, if it can be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

climbed after being approached, prob- ably is conservative. It is inaccessi- ble through Nepal because the Nepal- ese oppose intrusion and would resent it with arms. It may be approached through Tibet and from it's north side, presumably, without opposition when the objects of the expedition shall have been explained to the Tibetan government. But to build a chain of communicating camps up the slopes of the mountain amid the storms of a region of perpetual snow will be task like laying down chain of sup ply stations between the Arctic circle and the pole.
 Sir Martin Conway tells the Chron- icle that no white man has reached the base of mountain. Its formation is unknown. It never has been mapped. To get to the northern slopes, believed to be the best point of approach, the whole barren region of the Himalayan watershed must be crossed. Such an expedition as that of Sven Hedin will be but the beginning of the effort to explore the peak f Everest.
 The discovery of the North Pole dis sipated, for the last tenacious holder of the belief that something other than barren ice might be found there, fasci- hating myth and mystery. Doubtless the upper 10000 feet of Mount Everest will be found to be mass of ice, or a featureless field of snow. Nevertheless until the highest point of the earth shall have been reached the world will share in degrgee the interest of the hardy adventurers who will make an effort to reach it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Young Men in Earnest

Yes, we young men feel that We will accomplish something for Birming ham, said Paoli Smith, secretary of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. We believe we will obtain results, because we are trying to think and act for the community from com munity standpoint We are taking on a lot of matters in one way and an- other, but each has been turned over to special committee for investiga tion and report to the parent body. Our first object is to inform ourselves. We wish to know all about a subject before we take action ourselves or suggest action by others.
 We are laying some store by the lecture programme which special committee has in hand. We expect to have experts talk to us on business and civic subjects. Fucker Agee is chair man of that committee and the others are Leroy Jacobs, A. K. Akers, Key Foster, Fred H. Woodward, H, S. Naff and George Bonnell."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS


 There's no fool~like the middle aged woman who dresses like a chicken and tries to act like one.
 Father is praying for warm weather so he can save coal. but mother is pray ing Tor cold weather so she can exhibit her new furs.
 What has become of the 0. f. man Who could get . square meal by wal lopins half loaf of bread in aplateful of Eravy?
 We know oneSman who is convinced that all Is for the best. He has just nad look at the girl who turned him down lo years ago and married another man.
 Women are pretty smart When the style decreed that the skirt must reach the shoe tops, they saw to it that the shoe tops came up to the knees.
 It may seem paradoxical. But 1t is a fact that man can be his own best friend and his own worst enemy at ono and the same time.
 And the fact of the matter is that there are almost as many modern in conveniences as there are modern con- veniences.
 Once upon time the devil paid a visit to the earth. But he caught an awfui cold He was kept so busy talk ing off his hat every time he met a hypocrite that he was barehcaded all the time. s
 Even if it didn't rain for asa days there would be just as much mud sling ing going on as ever. The reason fat man stays fat is be- cause every time he takes exercise it makes him eat more. What has become of tho Q. [. autoist yho imagined that hs had tc wear gos- tcopyrisht 1s3,.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
ATLANTIC CITY

Bruce Bliven, in the New Republic.
 Ten minutes among the boardwalk throng will show you that these people are very like those who move through the pages of Bellamy. Butler or Wells. All these folk are young; like the crowd along the Appian Way. which impelled "a Roman philosopher to wistful com ment, they remain always the same age. Moreover, as an Utopian crowd should be. this one is we'll dressed. Its clothes are new and smart. Though Atlantic City is technically health resort, the glow of bounding life is on every cheek; we all walk with . firm and springing step. Some of us, it is true, ride in wheeled chairs, but we do so as a sensuous experiment., not from in- firmity. Indeed we sit erect with such an air of almost belligerent health as to prove to every observer that we ride merely because we have tho dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Lighters Dangerous

Cigarette lighters in the various cigar and tobacco stores, as well as drug stores, are most dangerous" said Woolsey Morrow.
 T was in cigar store the other day and a young girl whom I pre- sume worked in the vicinity of the store came in. Her hair was bobbed and she didn't have on hat. When she went to pay the cashier for the drink she had gotten she turned her back to the lighter hanging over the counter and her hair caught on fire. For few seconds there was some running about, but the blaze was es- tinguished and with the exception of her hair being badly singed no dam age was done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Will Raise It

T am glad to be back in Birmingham for while,' said Isidor Coons, who is here as Herbert Hoover's special rep resentative in the interest of the Eu- ropean relief council.
 "I was here during the summer in the near east drive in which the Jews and Protestants showed their humanity so generously. I made some warm friends at that time and I am glad to have the chance to renew them and to meet others. I am sure that the sum asked of Alabama will be raised under the chairmanship of Erskine Ramsay, who is showing such an interest in it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
PI.AIN WORDS ro M0sOow

BAAAIN WORMS IW MOSOVW
 From the New York World.
 In his letter to Msrtens' counsel, Sec retary Wilson makes short work of Chicherins plea that the old friendship Iof this country for the Russian people is the best of reasons why the United States should establish diplomatic re- lotions with the belshevist government.
 The group of men in power at Mos- COW do not even pretend to represent the Russian people. They seissd power for themselves and retain 1t by military force. It is not peoples government that they have ret up but military dictatorship that denies to the people throughout Russia participation in the government under which they are com pellsd to live.
 When a peoples government is ere ated in Russia. it will be time enough to appeal to the friendship of America | for Russia as . ground for renewing political and commsrcial relations, But when the gseup in pcssesaien of tho soviet gevesam>At epenly- expressea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

would have eaten his Christmas dinner in Paris.
 Curiously enough, although Won Bethmann-Hollweg coined the infa- nous phrase which helped to make Germany pariah among nations, his acknowledgment of the injustice done to Belgium and Luxemburg was part ly responsible for causing him to be forced out of office by the militia rists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Watson's Financial Platform
 Reminiscent of Old Days

@ ENATOR-ELECT THOMAS E. 0 WATSON of Georgia does not seem to have lost in the passage of years that remarkable plastic view point with regard to financial systems that characterized him when a youth ful leader of the populites.
 He proposes to make Liberty and Victory Bonds, credit certificates, War Savings stamps and all govern ment securities issued during and since the war legal tender. With this scheme of relief as a starter, he says he will introduce bills to force the federal reserve banks to loan money to individual farmers at not over 5 per cent.
 Before one enters seriously into con sideration of these two remedies for the country's financial troubles, it should be recalled that Mir. Watson in his anti-democratic days openly advo- cated the free and unlimited issue of paper money with no security back of it but the credit of the government. Thatwas the burden of an address de- livered by him in Woodrow Wilson park about 30 years ago, and it was ono of the leading blanks of his plat form. He supported the Bryan 16 to coinage theory and went further by advocating the kind of currency that was ground out by the Russian bol- shevik presses and refused by the Russian people themselves.
 Men like Watson have tendency to forget that the government is mere ly the combined resources of the na- tion and can do no more than these combined resources justify. Fiat money, fiat loans by banks and fiat valuations of securities ignore such limitations. That is why the discus sion of them in this country never gets beyond the academic stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
 Pacific Coast Plans
 Conquest By the Sea

T NTERPRISING vegetable ship lG pers of California, who market by the cooperative process, plan the organization of a producers and shippers transportation association with view to moving their combined production out of some central sea- port.
 It is estimated that there are 500,- 900 tons of vegetables that could be carried through the port of Los An geles and this would result in a great saving over the allZrail transconti- nental rate. Regular sailings have all ready been established between New Orleans and the Pacific coast and be tween Mobile and the Pacific coast. If Californisns create large east-bound return freight against the iron and steel products and other goods re- ceived from the east, there is no req son why the water-borne business be- tween Pacific coast points and the gulf ports should not become really great one.
 Territory adjacent to the Warrior river would especially benefit from through water service with the coast on account of the 20 per cent freight differentials. Agents of the Warrior