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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02
GLEN HAVEN

Miss Martha Kerkseick was home
from VirOqua over Sunday.
Tom Clifton of Bagley was a caller
in town Monday.
Several of the farmers have received
notice to grub and destroy any bar
berries growing on their premises.
Ora Bennett and Simon thinner
are having electric light plants tu-
stalled.
Mrs. Martha Prior of Gutenberg
spent sevral days at the home of her
brother, Jas. Stewart.
Mrs. T. S. Metcalfe returned Sun
day from weeks visit with relatives
at Arlington and Fayette, Iowa
Paul Donnelly of Bloomington was
in town Monday enroute to st. Louis
where he has position.
A number of the farmers have fin
ished husking and many more will
finish this week, weather permitting.
AL. Phillips and family are moving
into the Episcopal rectory here.
AL. Croft, a resident of the third
ward, pursued Halloween COLLINS Oh
Monday night and in some manner
dislocated a shoulder blade. He is in
bed with the injury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

The more you will look the better
YOU will realize that Crichton's is the
headquarters for trustworthy goods
at reasonable prices. Take the follow
ing for instance:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

DOLLAR DAY SPECIAL
Pillow Tubing, 10, AZ and rs inch
widths Choice of any width, ydS.
S1.OO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

This is one of the best tubings that
comes from the loom. 1t is strong,
enc, soft and beautifully finished
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

These are Just examples of the val
ues you will find in the store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

These aprons come in several diff
ferent styles including button front
and slipover and they are generously
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

Mrs. J. w. Garner, visiting friends
here, returned Monday to her home in
Blue River, Wis.
FOR SALE-Single comb buff Orp-
ington cockerels. 301 E. Maple s..
Lancaster, Wis. Farmers phone All.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02

DOLLAR DAY SPECIAL.
COYerall Aprons made Of standard
quality percale and gingham, choice
CT 90
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
The Boy And The Man
BY Carl w. Mason

BY Carl w. Mason
A boy there was who priced a gun
And hunters boastful words;
From day to day he thought it fun
To kill the pretty birds.
His eye was sharp, his aim was true,
His heart: was hard until
The gentle joyous birds grew few,
And the fields and woods grew still.
A mar there is who learned with love
love
The works of God to know
The sweet birds in the air above,
The creatures down belw.
But when he listens to the joy
That fills these woodland songs,
He thinks of when-a thoughtless
He heaped the singers wrongs.
Often at night, when lights are dim,
A host on spectral wings
Fit round his bed and gaze at him
With eyes of murdered things.
But grief cannot make hearts to beat,
He crushed with cruel blow,
Nor e'er bring back the music sweet
He stilled so long ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Delaware's Population

The Director of the Census has is
sued a preliminary statement showing
the composition of the population OF
Delaware according to sex, color or
race, and nativity, as shown by the
census taken as of January !, 1920.
The total population of the State,
223 ,003, comprises 1879 males and
1O9,248 females as stated in Every
Evening. The corresponding figures
for 1910 were 103,435 and 9S,S87 re-
spectively. During the decade the
total population increased by 1912 per
cent, the male population by 10 per
cent, and the female population by
1915 percent. The ratio of males to
females in 1920 was 104.1 to 100,
as against 1916 to 100 in 1910.
The distribution of the population
according to color or race in 1920 ives
as follows: White, 192,615; Negro,
3O,335; Indian, 2; Chinese, 43; Japan
csc, s.. The corresponding figures for
1910 were as follows: White, 171,102;
Negro, 31,181; Indian, 5; Chinese, 80;
Japanese, a. During the decade the
white population increased by 12.6 per
cent, while the Negro population de-
creased by 2.7 per cent.
The foreign born white population
numbered 1880 in 1920, as against
17.42O in 1910. This element of the
population constituted S.9 per cent of
the total in 1920, as against SO per
cent in 1910.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Start That Asparagus Bed Now

A small patch in the garden of ten
to twenty plants will supply enough
asparagus for a good-sized family and
leave enough to can for winter use.
The asparagus bed should be dug very
deep, and one-year old roots set about
eight inches under the surface of the
ground. This can best be accomplish
ed by making an open furrow, plant
ing the roots and covering them with
two inches of soil, and after the plant
grows, filling in with soil until it is
level with the ground.
For best results in the home gar
den the plants should be spaced about
eighteen to twenty inches apart in the
row and the row about four feet
apart. This is, of course, too
close for field cultivation, but
for the home garden it is desir-
able. AS it is not advisable to cut
or three years, the home gardner is
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15

binary spade and turn the earth com
pletely over the manure-preferably
strawy manure-that we recommended
last week as the best covering for the
soil just now. Many paintings Will
not be made at once-in fact with such
vegetables as elephants, peppers and
tomatoes it will be a month before
you utilize the soil, but spade the
whole garden just the same. Every
five days or so, preferably after a
rain, rake the garden over. This is a
capital way to preserve moisture, and
what is perhaps more important, by
this raking you are annihilating ver
fifty per cent of the weeds that are
going to rise up later and torment
you. 1t cannot be too strongly urged
strike now while they are young
and tender, for the time will soon
come when they will be vigorous and
tough.
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NOW is THE TIME TO BUY
WAYNE CEDARED WARD
ROBE BAGS

AS spring opens and winter clothes
are laid away, women begin to think
of the problem of keeping their
clothes free from dust and moths.
Dust is the woman's worst enemy.
Dust is always settling in the clothes
closet, destroying clothes and breed
ing moths.
The Wayne Cedared Wardrobe is
the only efficient, safe means of
keeping nice clothes NICE" Opens
at top, substantially made of cedared
paper; metal hooks sustain weight of
garments. Prices, S1.50, S1.75 and
$500.
Note-On sale in Women's Ready
to-Wear Department. Ask to see
them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
For Health's Sake-Rhubarb and
Asparagus

Two old perennial standbys that
ought never to be absent from any,
garden are rhubarb and asparagus and
this is the time of the year to be
thinking about them. Both contain
acids of particular benefit at this time
of year when everyone is weary OF
canned goods and needs spring tones.
Three or four stalks of rhubarb is
ample for a family of five and II
planted near a fence row or IN a ].
ner will not take up a great deal OF
valuable room. Feed it heavily with
manure and commercial fertilizer. II
you have old roots in your garden, it
might be well to take them up and see
if they need dividing. Every four
years rhubarb is apt to become more
or less root bound and will not pro
duce its maximum growth. Any good
variety of this crop is recommended.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S NECK
WEAR AND HANDKERCHIEFS
ON SPECIAL SALE

Ladies Silk Scarfs, two-toned COM
binations, navy and cinder, black and
white, peacock and cinder and brown
and tan, S6.75 each.
Ladies Silk Scarfs, fancy weaves,
plain colors, gray, black, brown,
honey-dew, white and blue, $3.50 each
Other fancy colored Scarfs, $3.50,
$500 and $1,000 each.
One special lot of Ladies All Pure
Linen Odd Initial Handkerchiefs;
regular SOC quality; special, SOC each.
Ladies fine one-cornered fancy
colored embroidered Lawn Handker-
chiefs; very attractive designs, s for
S1.00.
Fancy Pleatings, Vestings and
Bandings, also Novelty Trimmings,
in Net and Organdie, SOC to s1.50 per
yard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Timely Tips To Gardeners

1t is a lot of fun to plan the garden
and even more to send for the seed,
but there is nothing equal to the salts
faction of actually getting out and do
ing the physical work. The soil issues
a challenge which no really ambitious
mar can ignore; he loses no time in
getting his spading fork into action
and the game is on.
Dig as deep as the forks of an or
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15

advised to start a bed now. The
fourth year it will present a very good
crop and if kept in good condition,
this bed will yield for eight to ten
years. The varieties recommended
for home garden would be either the
Washington, Palmetto, or Colossal.
Issued by the State College of
Agriculture, April II, 1921.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Its Natural Effect

THAT fake squirrel fur sale certain
Nv fooled a lot Of bargain fiends."
"Well, the people who engineered
the sale were depending on its gather
ing the nuts"
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Should Have Tagged II.

Miss Plain-Oh, we'll, beauty passes,
you know.
Miss Peach-Yes, it's a pity you
didn't stop it on the way, isn't it?-
BOSTON Transcript.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Anything Goes Now.

GLOW could you listen with sucl
interest to that lady lecturer the othel
night?"
at was drinking in her LIQUID tones
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A HOT ONE

A HOT ONE
THAT is a lovely gown, but haven't
seen it BEFORE"
"No, | think not; | have only worn
It at a very few smart affairs this
season."
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
DOMESTIC AND LINEN SPECIALS

25 dozen S1X90 Bleached Seamless
Sheets, for Saturday only, S1.65 each.
100 pieces of heavy Unbleached
Sheeting, 10 yards for SIPS.
u pieces of heavy Bleached Mer-
cerized Damask; SIPS value, 90c the
yard.
% pieces of Dress Bingham, soc
value, for pc.
40 pieces of SIC Madras in stripes,
for zoe.
All $3.50 colored Umbrellas, SO
each.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
WONDERFUL VALUES IN OUR
CHILDREN'S STORE
Second FlOOr-East

Betsy Brown Play Dresses, made
of best quality chambray in shades of
Pink, Blue and Orchard; ages 2 to 6
years. Very special at S1.50.
At this time we offer our patrons a
beautiful showing of Spring Coats
and Headwear for the infants, little
tots and growing girls at very reason
able prices.
Just arrived, fresh and crisp, u
spring line of White Organdie and
Wolfe Confirmation Dresses. Priced
from $500 to $3.50.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
FLOOR COVERINGS ON SPECIAL
SALE

Willow Grass Rugs, ---S1.5O to 5000
japanese Grass Rugs---25c to $3.50
Japanese Mating Rugs, $3.50 to $3.50
Wool Fibre Rugs--S13.50 to $3.50
9x12 Colonial Rugs ---s1O.OO
Congoleum Rugs, all sizes,
S2.S5 to $500
Administer RUGS S3.75 to $3.50
Coral Oval Rugs $500 to $3.50
Inlaid Linoleum SLID square yd.
Special on Window Shades; about
$50 Hand Painted; value to $500.
Sc each.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
Strategic Points.

How doth the gentle laundress
Search out the weakest Joints,
And always scrape the buttons off
At most strategic points?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

important matter. The idea wa.
! simple. .rs 49,.
when n Transfer Comes In Handy.
With that transfer l could change
from the downtown car to cross
town car. From the crosstown car
conductor could land did get an.
other transfer that would let me ride
on an uptown car on another avenue
In thislway | could make the round
trip for one fare instead of two. OF
course the time was punched on the
transfer, but conductors were gener-
ally too busy to note that detail.
I wonder if I'll shock anybody BY
this confession. According to the
laws of the street railway company,
il was wrong to do it. But somehow
i was never able then to understand
(and still can't quite see) why any
one should respect rules made by a
corporation which in its open defiance
Of the peoples wishes OVERRIDE 100
laws of the State. After all, wrong
doing is only matter of ones own
conscience, isn't it, And my con-
science never bothered, me for getting
the best of any of these public sery-
ice .corporationsl
With my transfer in my hand l
climbed up the high steps leading to
the biograph Offices. II was one or
the old-fashioned buildings, formerly
la private mansion, that had not YET
been torn down to ake way for a
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Mary in a eontemplative mood.

4 1t had been my luck that none of
this unspeakable type had ever been
in any of the companies in which. |
had played. But anyway they would
never have bothered me. 1t takes
loneliness to make girl willing to
listen to one of that kind. And, with
my mother, my brother and sister al
ways with mel had never known
loneliness.
The. stenographer asked my name
and address aud experience" in pic
lures. Her listless manner and bored
tone made il evident that she regarded
me as merely one of the hundreds of
girls. who came and went and came
again. nobody! made up my mind
I'd let her know'I wasn't one of those
girls. ..
Il have asked you to let me see the
manager" / said with all the majestic
dignity my IS years would permit me
to show. ! was trying hard to be
impressive you may tell the man.
ager that Miss Piekford, Miss Mary
'Pickford, wishes to see him"
well. what do you know. about
that 2" mimicleed the stenographer. Il
s'pose the rnanager1l be just tickled
to death to know i"
Indoor sports st the stsaie.
The loungers in the room snick-
cred. Themselves dependent on the
naughty stenographer who could do
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took it for granted I'd do the
same thing again. / didn't hurt
my reputation to do this, because
in the summer / used my real
name, Gladys Smith-which Mr..
Belasco had discarded when he
first engaged me. He objected
to Gladys altogether.
Smith he considered not at
all the thing for the theater. He
asked me to tell him all the
names l could think of that be-
longed to various branches of
my family. remembered his
smile when | said my mother
was a Hennessey. 1t seemed
that wouldn't do" either. Then
/ remembered my fathers
mothers name was Pickford.
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my way stopped short and looked
him squarely in the eyes. / didn't like
it at all. ! showed it in my face very
plainly. But before ! could speak he
began TO talk.
Just what is it you wants" he
asked.
There was a low musical note In
the voice that went far TO dissipx1e
the instructive fear that Id had of
the man. He was very grave. There
was no suggestion of the firt in his
manner. Ny impulse was TO accept
him as he now Appealed to me to be
"a good man, well-meaning.
But then | suddenly recalled all my
mothers warnings about strange men
who spoke to girls without knowing
them. / drew myself up to my full
height, even then almost as tall as the
man facing me | was dignity on
pedestal AT least I hoped ] was
81 did want" | said with large
emphasis on the second word, TO see
the manager; but now have no wish
whatever except to get out Of. here
and never come back.
The piercing eyes continued b
search my own, but now twinkle
appeared in them But his voice con-
tinued grave as he spoke again.
Il am the manager" he said, quite
simply.
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modern slyscraper. In what had
formerly been the high-ceiled library
of the house was now the business
Office Across the hall, running the
entire depth of the building, was the
so-called stage-once upon time a
Victorian drawing room.
A superefIious stene.
But just then saw only the Office,
and entered it Behind the railing
sat the usual, gum-chewing, super
eilious stenorspher. When she asked
me langmdly what / wanted I told
her. ] wanted 70 see the manager.
i had no idea what his name was. At
that time didn't know the name of
one solitary individual in the picture
business. wonder how many people
did known Ioo8?-
As / had entered the room had
noticed out of the corner of my eve
a little man, leaning against the wall
apparently waiting for someone. In
the one glimpse / got of him noticed
his eyes. They were piercing, almo,
hypnotic eyes. In the tiny moment
gave thought to 1t, / set down their
owner as belonging to the kind of men
my mother had always warned me
against!
/ never had the misfortune of en-
countering one of these individuals.
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as she chose about taking dneir names
into the inner Office, the poor things
found II expedient to play sppreciztive
audience 70 her impronptu comedy.
But ! was in no mood 70 be the
butt. had not risen 10 ncar-stzr-
dom under the management Of David
Belzsco only to be held cheap IN the
eyes of an employe in a motion pic
ture ofhcel So ! was very Quiet and
superior-or tried my best % be-zs
/ addressed her again.
Il haven't the faintest idea whether
he viii be pleased or not TO learn thai
| have consented 10 come down.
town to see him, and what Is more
to the point IT really doesn't Interest
me in the least whether he q OF not
But what | want to know d whether
you intend to announce my name OF
to continue TO be funny"
We'll, what do you know sbosf
thst?" repeated the stenogrzphcr.
Evidently il was her stock phrase
She got no further, for | decided I
had wasted enough time-znd turned
on my heel and started for the door.
Ma. ArreS Her way.
The little man with the piercing
eyes suddenly Strengthened and left
his place against the wall Before
could reach the door he was stand
ing with his back against IL barring
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Copyright, ls21.)
Continued from Yesterday.)

@UT on this especial day, when
X | entered the outer ofhce-the
- naughty stenographer and the
impudent Office boy were smiling
themselves instantly they caught sight
of me. The shock almost bowled me
over. l hadn't believed thsIe was a
smile in their systems.
This is your lucky day." volun-
teered the boy with a grin. Mr..
Belasco1 see yuh at leven thoity."
Inside the Wizards Den.
1t was then only 10 o'clock |
munbled something which / meant
TO convey my intention to return at
the appointed hour; and walked down
the narrow, winding stairs to the
street. Somehow | felt very weak
and faint. The unexpected announce
ment that had hoped to hear so long,
that l had pictured in my fancy as
bringing me an exquisite kind of Joy
came now as a mortal hurt
Temperament? l suppose it was.
Whatever it was it left me shaking
and utterly incapable of thinking
clearly. / remember vaguely | wan
dcred over into a nearby park, and
sank onto a bench, quite dazed. Then,
after a bit, l began to take hold OF
myself. -.
AT II o'clock l left the park and
walked to a drug store. There | had
a hot matted milk 1t did the trick.
was myself againl
Big Part for Mary.
Mr.. Belasco was wonderful to me-
He was so gentle and quiet and so
full of understanding. He never once
made a direct statement in that first
talk he had with me. There was al
ways a question mark at the end of
every sentence.
At that time l had never even
heard of Socrates. | only sensed the
effectiveness of this new way of prov
ing things. The stage directors had
known had all been dogmatic in the
extreme. Half consciously | COM
pared them with this greatest of them
all. / understand the difference
Whese they obtained their results
with a great, thick club, he employed
the infinitely more potent, slender
napier. Where they shouted, he whis-
pered. Where they declared fatty
that so and so had got to be, he asked
gently if / did not think that prob
ably so and SO might work out best |
He was going to produce very
wonderful new play with a young girl
the lead. 1t was big part, very
big part. He wanted the one child
actress in America who could play it
best He had heard about my work
He had had inquiries made about me.
He knew almost everything l had
ever done. | was astonished. l must
let him see it.
rs It so very strange" he asked
quickly, noting my expression, SIS If
so very strange should know about
you-when that is the only way can
hope to find what am looking for? ?"
! could only smile by way of an
swer / felt vaguely ashamed. Why
should | be surprised at anything this
man might do? His doing it must
make it the right thing to dol Re-
member. if you are inclined to smile
indulgently at the thought of such
utter hero-worship, that l was then
10 years old.
This admission-not at all by way
of apology make for the benefit of
hardened cynics. The truth is quite
the same today-so far as am con-
cerned. My respect, my reverence,
for David Belasco is not one whit
less today than it was then. And to-
day II possibly means more than it
@a then
Z
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Her Meeting Nth Belasco,
Wizard of the Theafer,
Led to Engagement IN
One of His Productions

Her mother had warned her against strange men!
Yet here strange man blocking her path and gazing
down into her eyes with gmlet-like stare.
Mary Pckord felt odd, peculiar sensation up and
down her spine.
The little with the piercing eyes destined to have
remarkable part her careerbut she did know then
In her personally dictated life story Mary already has
told of her early -sormng days Canada when she
appeared stock companies with her brother Jack and
Lottie and with the Gish girls Lillian and Dorothy
Then finally a wonderful day when David Belasco,
wizard of the heaer engaged her to of his
auctions.
Today Mary tells of her under Belasco and how
she met the little with the sharp, shrewd eyes.
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travelling about all summer. She sug-
gested / go down to the then new
Biograph Motion Picture Studio near
Union Square. l could be in town all
summer if / could get job with
them.
But to me the mere thought of
motion pictures was too dreadful.
They we're awful i had had one
tiny glknce of them in Chicago, which
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One Of the Pickfords, i remem-
bered had been killed in an accident
in London. He liked the name. Pick
ford would. do nicely. And Mary was
much better, than Gladys, he said. So,
under the Belasco management, was
Mary Pickford. At the country fairs
/ was Gladys Smith.
My mother however. had other
ideas for me. She didn't want me
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Marys golden smile" Its so easy to do it before
the camera" she said But with your last seasons
savings rapidly melting away, to 90 and on seeking
next seasons job, and then to smle-that is some
thing bigger than mere setng!"