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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
ANOTHER wissATEp COUPLE
WENI AID or couRT

Mary Beldsng and Chzs. VI Beld
ing have come 70 the pzrting Of the
-sys
They were married July 1srb. 1879.
and trouble started Between then
shortly thereafter Yesterday the
wife started suit for divorce alleging
deserrion and non support
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16

The unlimited daily consumption OF
corned beef hash would result in
tragedy We might take on the char
aeteristics Of the bay steer and find
eonieutment nowhere outside Of green
pastures or acquire the doeile habits
of the meek COW aud low at the gate
~ milking time.
Variety il the secret Of safe and sale
eating. Man must vary his foods II he
il 10 control his moods. lie cannot
serve well the state or his fellowmen
if he overrides the dictum OF Nature
and permits himself 20 become steer
or COW, chicken or fish, squash
or string bean.
The Digger Indians had TO devote
all their energies and all their thought
s.A IA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
Why the
Farm Is
Deserted

Of changing from a poor tenant 10
poorer one each year. and finally
the owner falls 10 induce even ths
poorcst to stay with him. That farus
i dopped from the lat
other farms have heen attached ~
tho thrifty farmers on tho adiolning
farm and thereby failad 20 keep IT,
number in the list nut there "a Tes
ana back ~ all this a stronger ant
moro dangerous element In this
alarming problem
A homeatradei secured quarter
section. worked II and pr,spered and
added another quarter section. Thsn
no moyci 10 the city 90 educate hss
children. among them three robust
ho,a They nll went 10 France and
fortunately all returned, lie offered
each of these boys a fine quarter II
they would iive on II and cultivats
Il TAO ara selling autos nad n"
third earns a big salary with an oil
concern. and the father Ia struggling
along with poor. lndolent tenants ani
high iares-
This Ia a true recital Of an actual
Incident, near Guthrie. and there a.
many another a. like "a Iona ruw
of peaa IN pod. Tho mse Of tho
city aud the lust FOR wealth scrured
quickly and the ease that comes
herewith. ara all combating 20 reN
duee the number of cultivated fsrms
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
"MOP-UP- SQUAD TO
HAVE BOOTH AT FAIR

The cleanup squad Of the Amer
can Legion will have a booth at the
state Fair. where any claimants no;
yet reached may csn and get in
formation. You mus, bring all your
papers.
This booth viii be IN connection
With the Red Cross. and yoa. vii
not have any trouble locating them
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16

Nsse you bought Jour sea
son .icsct FOR the high school
athlete games YETI n not
why nos7 Get busy. It's a
COED proposition and should
be pushed. See any Ro.srisr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
SENATE NINE PROBE

Washington. Sept 1s-The infor-
nal inquiry into conditions in the
West Virginia coal fields by the sen
ate educational and labor sub-com-
mittee will occupy only one to three
days and win start Monday. Chair
nan Kenyon said today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
PATTY oErs BOND BUT
is SILL IN JAIL

san Francisco, Sept ia county
grand jury indictment chargng Ros'
ooe c. Fatty) Arhuckle with man
slaughter In connection With the
death Of Miss Virginia Rappe. motion
picture actress. after she had attend.
ed party IN his rooms in the st
Francis hotel. was returned 70 pre-
siding Judge Shortall OF the superior
court Thursday.
The Indictment was voted on early
Thursday morning Iail WAS set At
$1,000 cash or $4,000 bonds and the
case assigned 10 the court Of superior
judge Harold Isouderback in the Hall
OF Justice
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16
WEATHER

New Orleans. La. Sea- Ito
sishf and Saturday generally i4iz. :
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-16

The $1,000 cash bail for Arbuckle
was deposited In the form of certi.
fled check with the bond and warrant
clerk by Milton Cohen OF counsel Tor
Arbuckle. Tho actor was served
with the manslaughter warrant and
farmally booked Arbuckle's free.
don stlll awaits action on the murder
chsrees
Arbnck.es first appearance In the
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tconilausa on page ~
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CONTINUED on Page 3,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. kirkman

only dninutfve objects ynantel
which IL placed in the corner of fbe
room looks best with a small square
rug, directly in front Of il fnever) with
the corner Of large rug pointing
into it,. a mentel tiled with terra Gotta
Trick is given character by piece OF
terra Gotta pottery.
But perhaps the crudest mistake that
one can make is 70 treat formal man
tel Informally by a formal mantel'
mean mantei placed among
perfectly symmetrical surroundings for
instance. with . door on either side u
IL at equal distances or with even
paneIling on either side Of Il. Or with
built-in twin bookcases on either eide
of II. such a mantel should bear a
pair Of candlesticks. or a pair Of
vases. or a pair Of oil sketches, or a
pair Of any objects which VIII give II
a formal appearance in harmony with
it, symmetrical surroundings. The for
NAL arrangement which ! prefer Is a
medium size bronze or dull brass clock
in the centre and pair OF candle
sticks on either end; the clock is a
most appropriate ornament for a man
tel and pair OF candlcstic<s always
give quaint old-time dignity which
is delightful.
And now, what may the informal
mantel bear? II may bear anything
For instance, you may stand a bas-
relief at point three quarters Of its
length. IL you wish and cookbook
ing Hde-green bowl may hold flowers
az the farthest point from it, That's
the best of the informal mantel we
can try various odd things upon il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
ARE YOU POOR? is THE GAME OF
LIFE BANKED HEAVILY AGAINST YOU
Has Incentive and Battle With the


IF we parents could, we would
jewel boxes, and keep them from all
contact with real life,' said an old wo-
man the other day.
when a mother looks at the babe
on her breast" she went on. she
could weep to think that the little eyes
must know the salt smart OF tears
that the little hands must grow weary
with TOLL that the little fee. must
stumble along rocky pathways. II
she could have her way her child
would never know anything bat soft
ness, and ease, and joy, and laughter.
"The connnonest phrase on parents
lips is: 4 don't want my children TO
have to go through what / have gone
through Ii is the excuse that moth
ers offer for falling TO teach their
daughters anything about sewing and
cooking We had to drudge like
servants in our girlhood' shcy say,
and we want our girls TO be care
free.
"It is the apology many a self made
man makes for letting his sons grow
up to be good-for- nothing idlers and
wasters. i had hard, starved boy
hood he says, j had to go to work
when ] was nothing more than a kid.
never had any decent clothes. or any
playthings. or any of the luxuries
envied the rich boys for having.
Thank God / can save my sons from
the hardships ] had to endure
often a mother will bitterly op-
pose her daughters marriage TO a
worthy young man whose only fault is
his poverty. i can't bear to see my
girl marry a poor man. she viii say,
for know how hard is the lot of the
poor mans wife. / know from ex-
perience how sordid are the ceaseless
economies where one must count
every penny: how wearing are the
anxieties when the wolf is never a
stones throw away from the door !;
what a crucifixion to the pride shabby
clothes and humble homes are; how
the overwrought flesh and nerves give
away when a woman must cook, ano
sew, and wash, and scrub with a
fretting baby liz her arms and an
other clinging TO her skirts
81 know / am working too hard,
and need a long vacation a man will
say, but want to make enough
money to start my boys at the top and
put them in white collar jobs. /
don't want them to have TO begin at
the bottom as / did. / know from
experience tow hard is the climb, and
how il takes every ounce of fight, and
determination, and grit that is in you
TO make you struggle on instead of
giving up. Perhaps / am killing my
self, as my doctor says, but at any
rate III save my children from all /
went through
And these dotins parents never
seem to realize that in trying to
keep their children from being draft
ed into the great battle of life, they
are doing them the sadliest injury
that is possible. They are turning
them into slackers instead of making
soldiers out of them. They are max
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
LITTLE 'BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Pop was smoaking and thinking
and / was jest thinking, and l sed,
lazy pop2
lay yourself, sed pop, and / sed,
yIliy pop, wat are you thinking of
getting me for my birthday?
To tell you the truth my thawts
haven't bin running in that direction
al ALI. my mind is SO full of petty
personal matters that l have prac-
ticksy no time to devote to big pub
llc questions. sed pop
Being sourcastic. and sed, Well
hay pop, will you get me one of
those punching bags that goes up
on the ceiling2 They only cost $40
and Puds Sinkins has got one so
has sid Hunt and 50 has Leray Shoo-
ster.
Sounding like pritty good Of
nrxewHnent. and pop sed, Are you
quite sure those boys all have one2
Yes sir. I'm SO sure I'm positive.
sed.
Well then you can take turns using
theirs and avoid having the noise
crround the house. sed pop.
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III he has given you offence" said

III he has gwen you offence, l SAID,
certainly will seek him at once"
Not a word Of me is to be said be-
tween you'll He must not know that l
hsvc sgpkcn to YOU
But man is not 70 be killed without
reason"
"A prctext is easily invented"
'Ccrtainlv,--a prctcxt to hide the
cause OF quarrel from tire world But
the real cause ought to be known to
both antagonists.
Il shall not discuss what ought or
ought not to he. | ask YOU, will YOU
hight thu man and try to kill him. !
request nothing unusual, men are killed
every day in duels You are good
swordsman; Bussy d'Amboise himself
has said so. Come, will YOU do thisl
She looked up at me with slight frown
of repressed petulance.
III YOU will assure me that he has
asron,od YOU, and permit me to let HIM
know. privately, the cause oil my
quarrel
'Ohi' She exclaimed with irritation,
must lady give hundred reasons
when she requests service OF a gentle
mani"
"one sufficient reason, when it is
service like this"
well, | shall give none. | desire his
death, few gentlemen would ask
further reason.
Il had not thought YOU so cruel,
msdcmolselle, as 10 desire the death OF
amy man.
Good forbid that | should desire the
death Of any other man, So, monsieur,
must understand that you refuse to
serve me IN this?'
Her contemptuous look made me sigh.
Gan YOU not see, mademoiselle, that
ID resolve deliberately and secretly on
"A mans death, and with premedltatlon
90 create a pretext for a challenge, is little
better than assassination
"a fine excuse to avoid risking your
lifer'
Again | had TO endure look of pro-
found scorn from her.
"Nlademoiselle, | replied, patiently,
II would that you might see how ready
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
MAKING THE MASTEL.PfEcE Ar
TISTfC.

The oId-fashioned " mantel-piece 2
was an overloaded horror, boasting
vases, sea-shells, plaster 1gurlnes,
giIdcd ornaments. photographs and
genarally massive marble clock.
For In grandmother's day interior
Decoration was an almost unheard-of
term and the idea of restful surround
ings benefitting tn nerves had not
yet been conceived.
believe that the average housekeep-
er who Is her own interior decorator,
Is more ''at sea- regarding the treat
ment of her living room manteI. than
about any other section OF her house.
Letters from my women readers bear
out this belief. is there any accepted
and convenient treatment of a man
tell" say such letters. ARE there any
particular ornaments which must or
must not go on the mante12
To which I am obliged to reply that
every mantel brings It's own individual
problem. There are hardly two that
can be treated exactly alike. For they
differ so greatly. Notice this fact as
you go about the homes of your
friends. The wood. the thing. the
color of the brick. the position in the
fQDfus the siZfs the
these points must be taken into consid-
Grafton when planning the correct
treatment of mantel. SO Mrs. AS
problem Is never the same as Mrs. BIS.
The only thing for my Reader Friends
TO do, II they want me to help them,
IL TO write me a minute description
of their own particular mantel so that
can advise them personally concern
ing H. "a stamped, self-addressed
envelope should accompany such re-
quest1
There are. however, certain general
remarks which can be made about
certain classes of nnanteis. A low,
short mantel, for instance. should
never hold massive ornament. An
unusually large manteI. on the other
ha nd, is not well balanced II IL bears
!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

had come in so that the opening was
not so large.
THAT should hold tightly" said
Granny. "and if he never had whip
ping before. he is going TO get one the
next time he calls
Granny told her family when they
returned what had happened, "and /
want you all to get a nice supple twig," F"
she told them, then you wait and
see what happens tomorrow
The next day when Reddy Squirrel
thought all the Grays were out in the
woods, he went again TO their well
filled pantry; he poked in his head.
but to his surprise the doorway seem
ID smaller than the day before.
This did not discourage Reddy; he
just wriggled and twisted until he
was in far enough to reach the nuts,
his tail and hind legs hanging out
side.
Reddy took all the nuts ne could
carry and tried to back out. but it
was no use; he was stuck fast.
At first he thought il was the nuts
that made him too fat to get his head
out, so he put all of them back, but
still he stuck. and just then he felt
a sharp sting on the part Of his back
that was outside.
Reddy kicked and then he felt an
other sting and then another until
he could stand it no longer. and he
cried out and kicked harder than ever,
but the stinging went on. and then
10 his astonished eyes there appeared
Granny Gray with a stick. "I'f teach
you 10 come around here stealing
our nuts" she said, giving the poor
Reddy a sharp tingle on his nose.
This was too much, Reddy gave a
hard wiggle and out he went back
ward from the opening, tumbling to
the ground, but being a squirrel, he
landed on his feet and off he ran,
while all the Grays chartered after
him: Don't come around here again
unless you want something worse .
He got only one lot of nuts" said
Granny and it is small price to
pay to be rid Of the little nuisance.
for he VIII not bother us again of
that i am sure"
Reddy Squirrel did keep away from
that home, though he again visited
many others before the spring days
came, but the punishment he received
at Granny Gray's made him run fast
er every time he passed her home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
| am / 0 fgh. when an affront is given me

! | am o fight when an affront is gwen me
or some one needs a defender.
"Ohr' she said, ith an ironical smile.
Then to show Yourself lion against
DE Noyard, you require only that ne
shall affront YOU, or that some one
shall need a defender ,aginst HIM
Suppose that l should efer be IN such
need7"
You know that in your defence ]
would fight an army.
Her smile now lost its irony, and she
assumed a look of conciliatlon, which
was both surprised and rejoiced to
behold
"Well. monsieur, il is pleasant to know
that, if you will not take the offensive
for me, YOU will. at least, act readily on
the defensive If the occasion comes.
Much relieved at the turn the con-
versation had taken, | now undertook
10 continue it to my advantage. Alter
some bantering, maintained with gaiety
on her part, she said that she must re-
turn to the Louvre. Then, rs she would
not have me accompany her IN the
streets, | begged her to appoint another
meeting. She evaded my petition at
first, but, when | took her hand and re-
fused to release it until she should grant
my request, she said, after n little sub
missive shrg of her shoulders;
Very we'll Follow me, at a distance,
from this church, and observe a house
before which | shall stop for moment
as if TO adjust my cloak. IL is house
that has been taken by friend of mine,
one Of the Queen-mother' S ladies. ! shall
be there tomorrow afternoon.
"Alasl Tomorrow shall be on duty
till six in the evening.
Then come at seven. Knock three
times on the street door" And with tha.
she slipped her hand from mine, and
hastened lightly out of the church. !
stood alone by the font, delighted and
bewildercd There was so much to
mystify me that l did not even search
my mind for explanations. ] thought
my happiness about TO be attained, and
left it for the future to explain, -as it
did!
Ito be continued
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
HOW REnnY SQUIRREL
WAS PUNISHED

Little Reddy Squirrel was not a
lazy fellow. lie had worked fast and
long hours to iii his winter pantry
with nuts. but he was not satisfied
with his own stores --he wanted his
nfinhbors.
Granny Gray Squirrel and her
family lived near Reddy and he had
watched them carry nuts to their
home and he had also noticed where
they stored them.
Reddy. ] am sorry to tell you, was
not bothered with feelings of right or
wrong. II he wanted nuts il mattered
not To him If they were in his neigh
hors pantry he got them If he could.
But old Granny Gray was wiser
than the other members Of her family,
for she had lived longer and knew
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
SURPRISE FOR BEDwELLs.
-Four Generations OF Husbands Fam
lily Pay Visit to Newly Weds' Home.


Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Bedwell OF
112 South Broome street, who were
married about three months ago, We're
surprised Saturday evening, when four
generations of Mr.. Bedwell's family
motored from Elkton, Nd. to visit
them.
The party included Mr.. Bedwells
grandmother, well in her eightiess his
mother, sister, his stepfather. Mr..
Noon, and baby Evelyn, best known as
the neyer-cry baby" who had smiles
and kisses for all. The grandmother
is one of the most remarkable women
of her age in Elkton.
Mrs Bedwell, who before her mar
riage was Miss Kathryn Keville of this
city. thinks she has become a mem
ber OF an unusual and lovable fam
lily. She also has claims 10 longevity,
as her grandparents and aunt lived
to be 35.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

the pitifuily small entry Of their
first deposit
Yet these very people would deny
their children these experiences be-
cause they are hard, and might hurt
them As well might you keep a
child from learning TO walk because IL
is in danger of failing and bruising
itself.
Il, myself. have been young and am
now old. In my long life ] have
known almost every vicissitude of
fortune. / have been rich, and des-
perately poor. l have had love, and
seen it prove unfaithful. j have
borne children, and wept above their
graves. have had success. and
known failure. / have had my hour
of rapture. and my night in Geth-
semane. and now. looking back over
my experiences, / would nor have
them changed. l am glad that the
way has been hard instead of smooth,
for by so much as / have had the
strength to endure. by so much am
/ a bigger and a better woman, and
a wiser one.
Among my friends are a few wo-
men who have lived in cotton wool all
their lives. They went from rich and
indulgent fathers 10 rich and indul-
gent husbands, and even fate has kept
from them the ordinary sorrows of
humanity. When / look at them il
is with pity, not envy.
"Ah, my dear" l say TO myself.
you have missed the best thing in
the world. You have had no expert
ences. You have never really lived.
but l who have been through the
much of the battle. l who have known
struggle, and anguish, and anxiety
and hunger, and want as well as joy
and peace and comfort, / have touch
ed life at every angle. | have lived
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

Me thinking. Heck. And / sed.
Wen then hay pop. how about a bewgie
so | can lern all the bewgle calls.
None OF the fellows have got a bewgle,
pop, so I'll be the only one has one.
do you meen to sa4 not a single
one OF the boys has a bewgle? S ID
pop, and sed. No sir, nobodys got
one and that would make me the only
original one.
IL duzzent do to be too original in
TINS werld, people are libel 10 mis-
understand you, sed pop, and I sed.
wen then c. gosh. pop. cant have.
a bewgle for my berthday?
No. sed pop.
Proving sometimes no argewnent
IS eny good.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

ing wcaklings and towards out OF
their sons and daughters instead of
brave, strong men and women.
These parents are denying their
children the opportunity they had In
life themselves. They are depriving
their children of the greatest joy
that they themselves have ever
known, for IL is the struggle and the
fight that are worth while. that make
men and women. not the victory. The
fun is in making the fortune, not in
the things it buys you. There's 90
per cent thrill in chasing dollar.
and only one per cent thrill in spend
ing ii.
ITO be young and poor. and fun of
plans and ambitions, and self conf
dence; TO be bubbling over with en-
thusiasm over ones work: TO have
little triumphs and feel oneself rung
higher on the ladder; TO know that
blissful certainty that one can stand
on ones own feet and ask only a
fighting chance from the world-has
life got anything better to offer the
young than that?
Isn't it what@the successful old
man and old woman like best to re-
call The big banker, the merchant
prince will not talk to you about what
he is doing now, but his eyes light
with fire when he tells you of the
deals he put through on a shoe string
when he was making his start The
woman swathed in Paris finery, loll-
ing in her limousine, thinks with envy
of the days when she pushed her own
baby carriage and went home to cook
her mans dinner and. listen with
baited breath to his recital of how
things w mt in the store. She may
see the whole world now, but nothing
in it will quicken her pulse as did the
sight of the savings bank book with
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

more about the Red Squirrel family,
40 when the pantry was full she kept
her eyes and ears alert at all hours.
one day, when all the others We're
out in the woods. Granny Gray heard
a sound. and. peeping out through a
tiny crack. she saw Reddy Squirrel
coming along toward her home. 1t
was Just as Granny thought; he was
after nuts from the pantry, bus Gran
ny did not stop him. She let him take
all he could carry, but when he was
gone she fixed the place where he
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

Copyright 1907 by Page Page o..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
Temple Club snow.

The Temple Catholic Club Show ot
isf. Eiizabeth's parish viii hold its'
fourth outdoor show Of the present
season tomorrow evening on the church
/ lawn. Oak and Broorne streets.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

and make an original masterpiece of Il
---as the artist doea With his paint and
canvas.
/ once heard successful interior
decorator say, SHOW me persons
fnantel, and IJl tell you how much ar.
tistlc taste he has And believe !, is
true that the naptel IL either . tribute
on a give-away.
Tomorrow Cooking The New vege-
tables IN = Casserole.
All inquiries addressed 70 Miss Kirk-
man 80 care OF the "Efict~nt House
keeping" department will be snsr we'd
In these columns In their turn This
requires considerable time, however.
owing TO the great number received.
So II a pcrgonsI or quicker reply Is
desired, a stamped and seif-addrsssed
envelope must be enclosed with the
question The Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
THE SANDMAN STORY
BY Abbie Phillips Walker

tcopysht 1921