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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

Floretta, after having her brother
promise that he would not follow her,
walked to the very deepest part of the
woods
Going near the fairy wing, she called
in sweet childish tones: "Please, please,
Queen of Fairyland, come to me, your
Floretta, need you, oh so much"
And in moment there was a rus
ting Of gauzy wings and the lovely
Queen attended by her two handsome
elves stood before her and the Queen
said:
why do you need me, dear child?"
Then Floretta told the Queen Of her
great wish to attend the village school
"But | can not do so because there IS
always so much work to be DONE" she
explained my mother can not spare
me- you see. my brother is far too
small and weak to do any heavy work
And my father labors hard in the
woods Winter and Summer, cutting
down trees and chopping them into
lengths SO they can be sold My moth
er washes our clothes and keeps the
cottage clean and does the baking and
brewing until she is ready to drop with
fatigue"
The Queen placed her magic wand
on FloFetta's sunny curls and said:
Dear child you shall obtain an ed
ucation. for my fairies unseen by any
one but you will assist you every aft
ernoon when you return to the cottage
after attending the village school"
The next ffiornirg Floretta said
Mother, today / start for the school.
/ promise you that will do the gar
den work and allow the geese to take
their daily walk"
Every afternoon at 4 o'clock the
flowers and vegetables were attended
by Floretta and assisted by the fairies
and elves, the garden hourished as we'll
and even better than it had ever done.
And the geese trudged over hills ana
dales and were fat and strong
With the extra work of the long
walk to school, Floretta could not I'M
derstand why she no longer felt ia
tigue
Until the Fairy Queen told her one
day in the woods that her little heart
was so full Of sunshine and happiness
that her body grew stronger every
week.
Great was the wonder in the humble
cottage of the poor woodsman that the
child was able to accomplish so mucn,
and great were the praises given 10
her at the village school.
The little brother was not forgot
ten either by the lovely Queen, for she
and her fairies healed his many Ills
and he, too, grew stout and strong.
Floretta, after years of constant
study, became an educated, gifted wom-
an, instead of an ignorant child.
When she was grown she met
really Prince one day in the woods near
the fairy ring And the next week he
married her, and she became a lovely,
beautiful Princess.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
y M Y

= =
If the lovely Queen will come" answer
ed Floretto, @ecause one day after |
had worked very hard in the woocs,
gathering fagots for another to COOK
with, | fell asleep, and when | awak-
ened / saw a number of sweet fairies,
dancing in a ring around and around
the Ioseliest Queen that ever ruled IN
beautiful Fairyiand. was so Sur
pr.sed that | cried, oh, the dariingp ?
and the fairies were so surprised at
seeing and hearing really truly child
so near them that they said, Dear
Queen, and would 1t not be better If
We should vanish at once?'
But she answered, This child who
is standing near us is well vefsed in
fairy lore. | can tell that by looking
in her clear, truthful eyes. | have
often watched her when she has been
working in these woods, and have al
ways found her mind and heart filled
with truth. honesty and love So do
not vanish and | will talk to her"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
WE'RE SURPRISED AT HER.

Mollic got a cracker cf1imb,
In the nail Of her small thumb;
"Oow she cried, ct won't come out,
Wonder what was about;
Maybe il will swell up so
That my thumb will bigger grow,
And they'll cut II of and then
1t will never grow again"
She cried and then in some strange
way
The crumb upon her apron lay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

With the yellosU pollen soft and stccet,
They bo1cder each Others backs and
feet.
Look IN the grasses at end Of day,
And you'll catch them at their biris
play -DoSothed D6Hetk
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
yStories

UUATIM was famous Persian hero,
III and many and various were the
= = adventures in which he was en-
gagged, for he was very brave and new
er shrank from danger.
One day, while journeying along, he
came to a village in which all the peo-
pie were standing or walking about,
wringing their hands and raising up
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
THE LAKES EYES.

The lake is blind by day.
II can not see
The white clouds as they play
Nor graceful tree
Reflected in its pool;
But twilight cool
Opens It's eyes. It sees afar
With many a golden shining star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
THE BUTTRRMILK COW.

Grandma churns butter fine as silk,
And then pours out the buttermilk.
Until saw this, do vow,
I thought it, too, came from a cowi
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

who enjoyed seeing and convers-
ing with lovely Fairy Queen.
One day this little girl who was
named Floretta said to her brother, Il
am very tired of never being able to
go to school / am weary most Of
the time because | have to work so
hard The weeuing and raking and
hoeing Of our flower and vegetable
garden is very firing. and then there
is the daily trudging after our SHY
selfish geesel
I'm going to caIl for the Queen of
Fairyland and ask her to have some OF
her subjects help me with my work"
"You must be dreaming, dear sister, >
cried her brother, to think that the
Queen of Fairyland viii listen to the
complaints Of a poor woodnai's daugh-
ter who lives in the old tumbledown
cottage"
Brother, ! am going to call and see
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
PRIDE.

Little Buddy's heart was sore,
And many tears were shed
Because my bestest shoes no more
VIII squeak today" he said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

Doun Sloas the rivers edge
Right On d stone;
There sdss d little elf
All, dH clone.
She wGs dobblis' of her feei
When I caught her;
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

0NCE on time, many, many year
ago, there dweIt a little girl,
- who enjoyed seeing and convers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02
The Little Lily sprfte

Dobblin' Of her tiny feet
In the nGter.
Then she sb;ed me uhere I was.
Splash! Gone SeoS she;
Lilies, udtey, rock and reeds,
Asd-oh, ye5-me.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-02

Whcve do bolVder-fHf thistles goP
The bpfckie-Proof piFieSY Don't you
khosVP
As night comes on, in the dark and
gloom,
Come and cut of each Lavender bloom;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
THROUGH A WOMANS EYES
The Golden U cdding
By JFNN NEWTON

prid" Of opinion must be sacrificed for
rrn happiness ot the family. That is
me main consideration. In any differ
tnres that NAV arise, let the husDaud
remember that his wife is the very same
glrl 20 whom he used n yield in al.
matters Of dispute IN the days Of court
ahip and in th" days ~ the honeymoon.
That's about all I have to say.
This IS verbatim report Of tax
given some weeks ago by InAn at his
golden wedding in rity in ONO.
Grandfather generously puts the hNc.
1pn on the husband Grandma won d
probably put It on the wife. And that
is why they have been happy-no pass
ing the buck, but each eager 60 do his
and her part.
Nothing that grandfather says is new,
Neither is happiness something new
or truth. It is all the old, old story, 50
old that we do not always listen when
wc hear il, yet so simple and so tri"
that We have but 10 take it seriously
to have happiness.
Three cheers for you, grandpa and
grandma And here's to q like speech
at the diamond wedding, twenty Ave
years hence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
AdDentures With n Purs,

hiEhE is something strongly arne,,.
- ing in dainty handkcrchiefs ".
may argue to Yourself that q hardt,.
chief is only handkerchief and th,, +,
is foolish TO buy nice oncs bcc,,,o
only lose them anyhow. but inc, o
same when you sec some pretty b,n,
kerchiefs you stop and frequently ~.
You could not resist the Madeir, o
with the dclicately scallcred bod.
and neat little initial in one corr,.
They are so fine and pretty vor I'm
undoubtedly want TO buy a few r..
ticulsrly when you know that ,s..
price is only forty five ccnts each tn.
would make lovely gifts. too.
suppose you have always hou,s,
your hair nets in envelopes. which 4.
logical and natural thing to ID :.
most hair nets come that wav ~.
IL. they used to come that war 10.
now. il you please. the new way ,T pn
are packed is in isinglass tubes Tb.s.
'the nets) ore real hair and como il ~,
the wanted shades. Thoy are mcd;rr' at
sized, and 80 designed that there nrc Il.
ends. One hairpip will hold tho on,;..
net in place. At least that is rho .e ~.
sUrnnce one finds on the tube. II
nice 20 buy them this way, too. boco,'O
you can plainly see just what Won Nc.
buying. Their price is fifteen csr,s rs
each.
- I.p-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
CHAPTER XI
Harriet Is TE1rued

HARRIET established herself quietly
l. / and without ostentaton in the firm
of Harmon 4 Graves. But from that
very first day she felt conscious some
how of Charles Harmon.
Before Grace Raymond had left the
two girls had stood facing each other
for n moment.
II suppose you know you rc awfully
good .lookiug?' Grace said after mo-
ment appraislngly
Harriet flushed. She hadn't even
thought about her looks for two days.
She was even unconscious Of the clothes
she wore. excepting for the fact that
they were dark aud inconspiCCuous.
Nonsense, she said lightly.
But you are. and YOU have that
snftness about you that IS apt TO be
dangerous in n business Office That
mouth Of yours is too tender and your
skin is so white and your lips so red
and those violet colored eyes of yours
we're meant for nothing in the world
but 20 look love into the eyes OF some
man.
land what about your own looks
Harriet parried.
Grace shrugged her shoulders oh,
nv looks are all right, but they're diff
ferent from yours can look out for
myself.
And so can |.
Grace studied her for long moment
We'll" she said finally. there's nc
need Of beating around the bush,
brought this up for a special reason
I noticed the way Charlie Harmon
looked at you. and ] wanted you to be
or guard.
Harriet's hond went out impulnvely
and touched Grace's. Thank you,
sbe said softly. II understand. But
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29

HdIlVU ON 10
the vedt. where the sunl,t air is like
champagne Won d love the utter free
dom Of the life.
Il can picturc yOu riding on trans.
port wagon hearing the queer tmpreca.
tons of the kaffr drivers as they urge
their bullOcks on. J can soc YOU pick E
ing a thousand flowers that grow upon
the veldt. cxCuimirg over their beauty
"And at night the camp beside some
rushing river. NOu-Mary sitting be e
side me in the radius Of the fire that $
built to keep The lions of. Full moon,
q great white moon-thc sweet scent ot
gardenas for away the ccric cry
ing Of the iacknI.
"A mau has room - breathe, out
there. 4 queer homcsirk ionCing-a
nosta gia--somptjmcs comes 10 me at
nights for the wide. sweeping veidt.
Mary was smiling now.
Go on. she said please, tell me
more. Her little face was no longer
pale. but glowing rosi'y. Her tears
were dried
wed trek back to the coast again,
and sail for-let INT S"e--Ceyiou Co.
jnmbo-thc sampOus round the big liner
The little black boys diving for silver
coins. and needless Of the sharks |
think voud love tho East-un'esa II
frightened you.
"T'd rent a bungalow near some tea
plantation. You'd like the inscrutabIe
native servauts-somp OF them one
never understands them, though. We
have n trorical garden set about the
bnreolov Flowers spring up almost
oyerright in the East, you know. Glow
irS short .lived--a symbol Of mans life
He drew a long, deep breath, His
ewes we're shining. with far-of look
in them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
IT'S A LUCKY BOY WHO HAS
HIS MOTHER FOR HIS PAt
And Hs LUCKY Mother Whose Son Likes Tale Orcr An
His Interests and Activities at Home With Her

TT WAS very quiet in the little restau
i rant, ond the boys voice could be
heard plainly at nearby tables.
did you see Joe get over the fence
after that ball, thought" he asked in
the slightly unsettled tones Of seven
teen.
''Oh, that was beautiful !" agreed n
pleasant voice which evidently belonged
to his mother. Joe played very good
game all the way through"
Yeah" agreed the boy through n
large mouthful. Did you see me slide,
though. that time on first base? Gee!
/ thought I'd never stop"
His mother Joined in the laugh.
But why did you throw to first that
time. Ted, instead Of home?" she asked
Ihere was man on third, and you
threw TO first base"
Oh that was oil right" declared
Ted, reassuringly. That was q squeeze
play"
There was silence for time while
the ravages OF the baseball game upon
Led appetite were repaired.
ha' I" ''uI btNt SHme' 1n0Ulrp0
his mother, later.
And then they laid plans and made
prophecies about that.
TNHAT boy is lucky one he has the
\ right kind OF mother. There will
never be any. interest. any trouble. any
joy or any worry that he cannot bring
right straight home and talk out with
his mother.
He doesn't have to leave tho dearest
idols Of his heart outside the house
with the mud off his shoes.
He can trail them right alopg with
him into the perlor or bis mothers pink
and white boudoir, if he wants to.
And the beauty of it is he'll want to.
GONE mothers don't make friends
~ with their boys, and then they expect
devotion and obedience.
Naturally boy who has been giving
every ounce OF his strength, every inch
of his endurance To win a game or a
race for his team. doesn't enjoy going
home to a contemptuous person who
looks him over aud says, 81 don't see
how you get so dirty. Hurry. now, and
get ready for dinner"
He isn't going to tell much about the
game--or, in later years. anything else
to mother who has never been to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
WHAT'S WHAT
nv HELEN DpCrE

There are two ways of eating bol,eo
eggs. The English custom, which is also
followed In Canada and In some other
Gun especially constructed for the pur.
pose. and to take off the cap or smaller
end of the shell with q spoon, Then SUI,
is added to tho egg, which ~ str.so ,o
with a narrow spoon and eaten from '"o
shell with this egg spoon.
When an American orders boiled eegs
in any hotel, club or restaurant IN tne
United states he knows that the whiteL, =.
10 be soft-boiled, hardboiled or medium,
conveys them from the Kitchen cookea
to the guests taste and then breaks
Of the English egE-cup, but three times
ms large. The guest eats them from this
glass with an ordinary teaspoon. Hither
way is correct but no one accustomed 20
the American plan should attempt tme
SERVED -in-the- order In pubic
without several private rehearsals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
"A ONE-MAN WOMAN"
BY HAZEL DEyO BACHELOR
CoBpriohs, JPsL by Pubic Ledocr Co.

she mad cause to remember this talk
WITH Grace many times afterward.
AS soon as Grace had left. Harriet
went back to her desk In Mr.. Harmon &
ONCE a little later be called her for
dlctatlon and she was transcribing the
letters on her typewriter when he went
for lunch. The moment she was alone
Harriet flew across the room and took
the newspaper ont of the waste basket
| whore It had been thrown. 1t was one
Of the more sensational daiies, and on
| the front page thcre was typical
heart -throb story signed by special
writer. Across the top in heavy black
letters ran the caption:
The Woman % Mystery -
Underneath in smaller letters ran n
subtitle.
Did She Desert Her Husband. or
Is She Thief's Accomplish
There followed column and half
OF sentimental slueh about the wife Of
young Barry Neil II told nothing. It
wasn't intended to tell anything. II
was written to start people to thinking,
to start controversy about the woman
in the case. and II filed Harriet with
disgust and dread.
There was nothing new about the
case Itself. although there were plenty
of limitations that the police were fol
lowing new chIeS that were sure to track
down the wife. The paper seemed con .
| fident that Barry was guilty.
Harriet put the paper back in the
, basket and went out for lunch. She
spent most Of her lunch hour walking
in the sunshine, stopping for sand t.
wich and glass OF milk at a cheap
restaurant nearby. Somehow she did
not feel nearly as confident as she had
last night, and the thought Of Barry
shut up in n gloomy cell away from
thc sunshine md fresh air made her sick
AZ heart
, When she returned to the Office she
( saw group of the girls gathered
! around Lucy Prstt's desk She was
! forced TO pass Mr.. Graves office in
order 70 get 10 her own, and one Of the
Girls called 10 her to come in. Harriet
entered reluctantly conscious of IAcy g
unfriendly eyes.
Tomorrow-Thc Jade Necklace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
The Church E eddinp

The brides mother is escorted TO the
frst NV AZ the left Of the church by
'he chief ush ct. while the groom's family
occupy the first psWs on the right The
bridal party ~ LhA first strain OF the
wedding march starts for the altar At the
same moment the groom and best man
come from E vestTY and stand al the
ushers come first, two b. two and then
the brldesTnaids, the maid Of honor. and
the bride or the left arm Of her father.
The usher6 and bridesmaids group them
selves on each side OF the Chancel and
the groom receives the bride from her
father or escort and proceeds TO the
altar The maid Of homo stands d.
rcCtly beside the bride. TO take her boU-
Oust and rurn her train. and the best
man by the groom to give HIM the ring
The brides father waits In the rear of
the charcsl until he IL called upon 20
give away the bride. after which nc
jotns his wife In the FIRST Pew.---Tn May
Good Housekeeping
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
MRS. WILSON SAYS POOR
FOOD CAN BREAK UP HOME
Three Menus and Some Good Recipes for Sundays Meats
TRY Stung Pork Chops uh Onions Bacon and Seasoning

move the bone and make pocket in
the fllet. Mince fine:
Three onions.
Ttro strips OF bacon.
Cook slowly until soft Now add
One cup Of brc0dcrumbS,
one -hGIf teaspoon Of thnmc
One. quarter teaspoon Of pou'trr sea
sorirg.
OHs teaspoon Of salt.
On. knjf teaspoon Of peppGr
One.hcf Gun Of cold roGter.
Toss 10 cook slowly for a few min
utes and then let cool. Use as a filing
in each chop and sew the opening with
string and a darning needle. Roll each
hop IN -four and then brown quickly
in a saucepan. containing four table
spoons Of fat Add two onions for each
service and one cup OF boiling water.
Cover and simmer very slowly for one
hour. Turn the chops frequently {;
about twenty -tive minutes before scrv-
ing wipe the apples and then cut in
half and lay in near the chops and let
stenrn until tender
To serve lift the chop on thin
slice Of tonst and then jitt the apple
and onions for Sarn!sh BostN With the
gravy and sprinkle with finely minced
parsely Serve.
Maple Parfait
N,Ace in a saucepan:
One aud one quarter cups Of r.01r.
One hor cup NJ pGter.
Bring to boil and cook three min
utps Now add
Ioiks Of tt0o eggs
TtcO tablespoons o. cOrHStdrcR,
-Four tablespoons nj cold tcater.
Dissolve the starch and then beat the
yoIks Of eggs well before adding, then
pour in a fine stream into the boiling
svrlp. Cook slowly for five minutes.
Cool md then add
one holt teaspoon Of maple fdrortn9,
One teaspoon Of rGnt!IG.
The one half pint Of cream should
be whipped stiff whip the whites of two
agsg stiff Fold together and then place
in the mold and cover with lightly but
tered wax paper. before putting on tbs
lid. Now dip a strip Of muslin one lnCr
vide in the melted shortening and binc
around the edge Of the closing of the
mold This is to prevent the salt watel
from spelling the parfnit.
T-sc two PARTS Of ice 70 one part salt
and bury the mold in the mixture; then
~ stand for two hours.
To serve remove from the mod by
wrapping the cloth, which has beer
vrung from warm water. around th'
mold GUY in slices and thon lay on q
des,r-t plate and cover with shredded
toasted almonds and a little finely
ohopned citron. Garnlsh With a large
straWoerry
Toast or brown the almonds in th'
oven until nice brown. then pu
through the food chopper and use th'
coarscst knife Cur the Citron in Dleret
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29

Wed be tremendouslv happy in our
little bungalow Just you and ]. After
the heat Of the long day, when the
servants had gone of to their own
quarters, we'd so out to our garden ana
listen "a the ringing Of the temple peils'
Ont in the East there's always cun =
ous music in the air. it seems to me
Wed walk little further. toward
the fringe Of the jungle. wed watcn
.he Wild animals stealing down to some som
Tict pool for their evening drink lhe
sunsets thcrC are glorious, Mary
And at nights, in our little bun
galow. we'd read and talk. and be i'm
lnensely happy. The OUTSIDE W"rIn
would be shut of from us but me
wind-sighing around the place--would
brins tho sweet scent Of the jungle from
across the hills.
Mary's eyes shone like tive, stars; hGr t
breath came quickly. The pictures TINS
Joor heCLuoods lover COnjured up
er;nncd both her imagination and hcr
heart c.., ,rb,t
next" she whispered.
nIrk 'Cnlardin smiled. He loved the
eaccrness in Mary's SMOKE blue eyes
~ think we'd GO straight 70 the
south Soa islands. That's n kind OF
heaven" he said. II can think OF notn
Ing lovclicr than the Islands. Mary
'rbev seem to twine themselves rouno
mans soul. aomehow. The music OF
Tho surf and of the pa m -treeS--tne
coral rcefs and blue lssoons' me
warmth, tho coior--oh, Us all wonder
ful my dear ,,
wed find some qgist. deiishtfir,1l i i,1
snct FAR of from anywhere. Id oulld
n Tttle lean to for you in the SHADOW
of bamboo tree. you could sleep az
night On a bed Of palm leaves with the
snft swish of water in your ears and the
cnII NJ night birds oil about you. anu
msvho = ukulele playing In the distance
And Capopus and the Southern Cross
shining Ike Jewels in n deep blue sky
would keen bright eyed watch on Tou'
like faithful sentinels. 80,
oh. IL sounds just like heaven
cried Mary eagerly A wild rose flush
was in her cheeks. oh. Dck' II seems
n fairy tale,
IT'S coming true, my dear--t I've
got anything to say to It: He kissed
Nor once again. Hold on Where were
We in the story? All, yes. Sleeping in
thc starlight underneath the bamboo
tree
Tomorrow-"You Care Tor Him"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29

Revere the revers-here Is one of the
elogsns of the dress spring Of 1921. It
is really quite astonishing to find the
number Of frocks finished with this
sort of neckline. The propaganda for
revers celebration has been so strong, In =
deed, that even the evening models have
been affected In the above charming
spring frock OF black and white figured
foulnrd posed over black satin the revers
line is furnished by a collar Of white
organdie embroidered In black. The
girdle Of plated black patent leather
with its acorn ornaments Is particularly
smart,