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The Washington times., 1921-10-17
BY Arthur Stringer,
Wsll-known Novelist and, Author
of Countrywide Reputation.

"HEN storrow remembered. aftes
cropping his way past the
boiler-room, that the elevator
shaft extended clear to the basement
where he stood. and this, with the
help OF a tip to its operator, implied
the chance OF being carried direct to
his floor. He had already pushed
the bell-button beside the iron
grilled door when he chanced to
catch sight OF the narrow stairway
winding upward. like a May-pole
ribbon. about the shaft. He was.
In fact, specuiating on which Of
these two possible routes to fol-
low when all thought of the mat
ter was cut short by the reappear-
ance of Michael Mullaly.
Michael. fortified by two pints
of beer and the first.aid ministra-
tions of his spouse. beheld that
battered invader of his own private
premises and advanced upon him
without scruple and without hesi-
tation. He had by this time re-
covered his wind and his earlier
fixed pride in his prowess. And
this time he proposed to reap q
victory in no way qualified by the
taint of petticoated Interference.
Storrow watched that advance,
watched 1t out of a studious and
burning eye. He watched 1t with
resentment, with a hot wave of
protest at the inJustices that were
being so repeatedly heaped upon
him. And when Mullaly came for
him in what was to be one final
taurine and obliterating rush, Stor-
row, with his back against the grill,
remembered his own battered
knuckles and wondered just how
much he could depend upon them.
1t would not last long, he knew.
He was already too dizzy to endure
many moments of punishment and
~ unsteady on his pins for that
quick duck and side-step which so
esten eluded punishment.
Ie gaped at that great hulk con-
fronting him. foreseeing in his
minds eye that infuriated mass
kicking at his fallen body. His
saze wandered aimlessly over the
wet and blood-streaked undershirt.
He discerned a vague triangular
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY .Aline Michaelis.
Beauty.

M ISS CHRISToBEL WILDE
" is aesthetic, she talks about
art all the time; she claims
life is sad and pathetic and that
common horse sense is a crime.
Pink auras are Christobel's hobby
and she dances delighted unshod:
while her speech is all soulful and
sobby as she says man is only a
clod. She's neat little. sweet
little cutie, though her jabher but
few understand. and although she
lives only for beauty, she can't
see the same close at hand. She
can rave over Cairo for hours, she
can go into fits about Rome. but
she skips all the sunshine and
flowers giving fragrance and light
here at home. She says: I'D do
something dramatic: but this set
ting Is all out of tune" while the
fact is, the bats in her attic makes
the poor thing as wild as a loon.
Though the roses and pansies may
riot and the rainbow may arch on
her way, Miss Wilde says: This
town Is so quiet, l just can't un-
derstand why / stay. It's dullness
and dirt are a menace; l stagnatc,
the place Is a bore. Oh, why was
/ not born in Venice, with it's ro.
nance and beauty galore? For
beauty she seeks the world over,
and she dotes upon incense and
musk; but dear Christobel can't
smell the clover that perfumes the
meadows at dusk. Oh, Christobel
Wilde is aesthetic and she likes
to be counted as queer: but her
blindness is really pathetic, for
she can't see the beauty that's
npar
The Washington times., 1921-10-17

" DINA could not keep her eyes
n, off the beautiful, calm face
of her elder sister. Jane Fitch
had astonished the village ten years
before by making a sudden marriage
while away on a visit. The married
couple had gone abroad almost i'm
mediately and this was James first
visit home.
She looked a great deal olde.,
but her wonderful clothes. her calm
air all tended to keep the question
Of age in the background. All her
old friends could think of was the
fact that she seemed to be so gen.
timely delighted to be homee.
I'VE thought that you only wrote
on account Of your own family" old
Pansy's breath came with a fused
little gasp Of pleasure when Jane
asked her IL she had invented any
new crochet stitches lately, "Im
bring my sample box over in the
morning. Fancy you remembering
a.
italian lace to add to 1t. / can copy
that" she added proudly peering at
the intricate stitches through her
silver-rimmed spectacles.
Edna wondered at the odd express
sion that clouded the lovely dark
eyes. Some poignant emotion re-
placed for a fleeting instant the
stiffness OF James face.
After the pleasant leisurely sup
per Jane had insisted upon wash
ing up. You must sit down,
mother. IL you only know how good
II seems to be back here and see
everything the same, Even Tabi-
tina hasn't changed a bit" Jane
looked down at the big gray cat, who
affectionately arched her back
against her skirt.
MY, Jane, but you were lucky.
To think Of marrying a man like
that, who took you almost around
the world! You can certainly pre-
tend fine"--
"Pretendr' Jane whirled about
from the dressing.case. What do
you mean. Edna7"
The younger girl touched a gold
stoppered bottle with almost rev.
erent fingers: "Oh, you know, ask.
ing old Pansy Stultz about her
crochet samples and inquiring about
the mortgage on the Methodist
Church, as II you cared. You, who
have entertained women with titles.
I don't see how you ever remem.
bered the names OF the common
people here back home"
James eyes grew wide with
sudden comprehension. Tell me,
Edna, are you engaged to Will Hol-
loway7"
Edna flushed. We'll, we have
sort Of understanding. but when I
heard you were coming back I,
somehow, held back II must be
wonderful to have loads of money
and travel and see"
The charming mask Of stiffness
duivered. Jane studied the Rirlish
immature face upturned 10 her
own. You think that you'd like to
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
Arthur Stringer's .:::::. ::::: THE
The Story of an Ambitious Young Sculp-
tor Who Comes to New York to Win
His Way to Fortune.
THE STORY so FAR.

Owen Storrow, a young
sculptor, comes to New
York from Canada to try
to perfect himself in his
art and to secure the ad-
vantages of study and in
struction. From his room
in a cheap hotel he sees
on q fire-escape a charm
ing girl, barefooted, dry
ing her hair, watching a
man fighting with his
wife. The mans blows
arouse her loud protests.
The man looks up and
calls the indignant girl a
name that rouses the fury
of Storrow.
The Washington times., 1921-10-17

as clear-cut and decisive as the
overthrow Of a nine-pin. In the
murky shadows Of a cellar, with no
eyes to behold 1t, with no audience
to applaud 1t, Storrow belatedly re-
deemed himself to his own soul.
There. in one unwitnessed yet
spectacular blow, he achieved his
triumph, worsted his opprcssor. and
sent Evil tncarnate to earth.
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
CHAPTER III.

"HAT fallen oppressor, Storrow
remembered. could lay claim
to a helpmate who was both
active and irruptive. And he had
no wish to remain there and hag-
gle over the fruits Of victory. He
nursed no desire to face the com
plications attendant upon the inter-
ference of the softer sex.
He opened the little fire-proofed
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
AdUice to the
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
For the Bachelor.
ITO WILD AND WOOLLY:

- Are you another Rip Van
Wrinkle? You may be thirty-five
but your ideas are a lot older.
AS to young girls having chap
erones everywhere they go, why,
that is absurd. Probably the young
girl who goes out with you would
need chaperone. Don't judge
other people by yourself.
Imagine your sister is just like
the other girls or maybe she is one
of those cats that are going around
and making trouble just like you
tried to.
have been in good many
cities in the West and / find all
the young people about the same.
The chaperone has been done away
with. l suppose though you have
so much wool growing over your
eyes that you haven't been able to
see. The next time you take your
lady friend out, don't forget to
take your chaperone along.
BILLIE.
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l have been going out with
fellow who has always been very
nice to me, but some of my friends
say he is cheap. In fact, girl
friend heard his roommate say that
he imposed upon his good nature
when they were out. How can / ap-
proach him on the subject? 1t en-
barrasses me to hear these remarks
about my escort. A READER.
TT embarrasses ME- to think that
you would listen to gossip about
and pass judgment upon the young
man. As long as he is nice to you
don't bother your head about what
any one may say about him. Neither
is there any need for you to repeat
the remarks made TO you. Let him
prove himself to be cheap in your
eyes
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary of the patenting in 1855 by
Henry Bessemer in England, Of his steel making
process BY il better steel produced at a
cost making possible its use in large operations
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
Is the Peacock Edible?

THE peacock is not a common article of diet, but 1t
is said to be very tasty, and Improvement on
tho turkey used to be reserved for sovereigns but
subjects may partake of it if they can afford It,
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
HcU to Clean
Metals
BY Loretto G. Lynch.

~ VERY household has its share
n, of metals which have to be
cleaned. And unless one has
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
THE LURE OF RICHES
ROMANCE THAT MONEY ONLY SPOILED

BY Laura r. Montgomery have me ask you to come to
The Washington times., 1921-10-17
CORPULENCE
RISKS
BY Brice Belden-

OTHING can prevent obesity
in a person who continues
to eat and digest rich foods
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
ANCIENT GUILD OF ARCHERs
Institution Centuries Old Lodged in
One of the Most interesting
Buildings in Bruges.

One of the most interesting places
in Bruges, both for its antiquity and
its connection with the royal house
of Stuart, is the Guild of Archers Of
st. Sebastian. The date of the founda-
ton of the guild is unknown as all
the records were destroyed in the
great fire of the belfry of Bruges in
1880. However, there is every reason
to believe it must have existed before
1896, as it had already emblaZoned in
its arms the Cross Of Jerusalem, or
the Holy Land, which was awarded
to all the medieval guilds that took
part in tile first crusade. The guild
now has in its possession archives
dating from 1906. The present build
ing was given by Cornelius De Bloci
in 1878, when a chapel with a remark
ably fine ceiling was built, and is still
to be seen.
Charles II, king of England, togeth-
er with his brother, the duke of GIou-
cester, became members during their
two years Of exile. Charles II was
the first to inaugurate the Gold Book,
Of the Archers, and put his signature
to his gift in which he promised 1000
golden crowns. The duke Of Glouces-
ter gave 800 golden crowns to the
guild and also a silver arrow.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07

Following the publication of the
Stacker list. one of the bright recent
cartoons has the common people come
back with the retort, "Will they al
so publish the list of profteers?" 1t
would make interesting reading the
list of all who iniquitously profited
upon wars necessities. Our hope is
that the legislature will pass law
that makes profits a crime on any
commodity sold to the government
fol- war purposes, If the common mar
serves with his life for a dollar a day
in the trenches, why should the
swivel chair captains of industry be
allowed a million a month, in the
safe seclusion Of steam-heated Offices
Northwestern Christian Advocate,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
SHOWED SMALLNESs or MIND
WhistIer's Petulance Under Criticism
Was Cause Of Sorrow to His
Numerous Admirers.

There is no doubt that Whistler was
a master of bitter words. His phrases
have a casual ease of swapping and
singing, that often scarifes and some
times amazes. From his Puritan train
ing and his extensive knowledge Of the
Bible--"that splendid mine Of invec-
tive" as he Enthusiastically called
it-as well as from his own reckless
temper, he drew a %profusion of abuse,
which withered, whether justifiable or
not. And occasionally he was capable
of great imaginative touches that re-
call his pictures.
But in general his writing is K
tious and, to say the least, undigni-
fed; the angry rattle Of a gifted small
boy, who ought to know better. The
Wilde correspondence is perhaps the
worst; but everywhere we get a tone
Of cheap abuse and railing. There is
q careless vigor of sharp wit, but hard
ly the v~ituperatiye splendor Of Vol
taire or Swift.
And it is such a small, such a shall
low, such a representative way of TAX
ing criticism !; no urbanity, no serenity,
no large, sweet, humorous acceptance
Of the inevitable chattering of the
world. / do not see how any admirer
of Whistler's genius can read 1.-THE
Gentle Art of Making Enemies" with
out signing over the pity of it.-Gama-
liel Bradford, in Atlantic Monthly.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07

The vacancy on the bench of the
supreme court of the United States,
rendered vacant by the death of Chief
Justice White. has been filled by
the appointment made during the
week by President Harding. naming
a former occupant of the White
House, Elk President w. n. Taft.
1t has been intimated since the pres
emit chief executive of the nation
took the oath OF office that Mr.. Taft
aspired for preferment and was to
get something good when the plum
tree was shook. A year ago w. Fl.
Taft was the top-liner as a platform
talker at the Walhalla chautauqua.
This year on the Fourth he was able
to confront the mirror with the COM
placent features Of the next chief
Justice. This IL q nation and age
when things Move quickly, but it is
possible to not carefully measure the
qualification. Perhaps Mr., Taft can
measure up TO the mental attainment
of the eminent jurist whose shoes he
would fll. Ia politics 1t 10 not always
q good tit when the mantle 10 trans
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
FAKING FARMERS

The following quotations for No. ]
northern wheat on May 16. 1921.
onght to give farmers a pretty clear
idea of the fake help the politicians
put over them in the famous "emer-
gency tariff" The quotations were:
Winnipeg, Canada 81. "a Ia
Chicago, 40 La
Canadian dollars, New York exchange
89.37, Deducting the loss in ex-
change from Canadian price, the
Winnipeg price still stood at $1.68
a bushel, or 16 cents a bushel better
than Chicago. This shows up the
bunco of the emergency tariff" or
any other tariff on wheat. to a finish
1. V. AS are willing to give the
farmers everything except a square
deal.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07

rye in these same counties. Compare
this with the cost of State Hail In
surance.
A $751; 10 additional insurance may
be had from the state up to July LIST
we have already written the addition
al insurance on SO, 674 acres and
applications are being filed by the
score every day. Applications for
25. 600 acres came in one days mail
8.-"Notice of Losses must be
made up on the 1921 blanks. These
are in duplicate (together) must be
mailed to the Hail Insurance Depart
ment within 8 days after loss,' said
Mr.. Hagan. land we will be glad to
furnish any additional information.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
ferred from the shoulders of the OUT
going to the incoming.

The house of representatives re-
Gently passed an Act" taxing con.
tracts for the sale of grain for future
deliveries, and options for such cor.
tracts Grading in futures) and pro.
viding for the regulation of Boards
of trade and other purposes. This is
the anti grain gambling law for
which the farmers have long waited
and worked. The bill was amended on
the floor of the house to provide that
certain board of trade. to be desig-
mated by the secretary of the treas
urer, should be exempt from the tax
of 20 cents a bushel placed upon flu
ture trading; and that such boards
admit any duly authorized executive
officer of s'any lawfully formed and
conducted cooperative association of
producers having adequate financial
responsibility" and that such CO.
operative associations must conform
to all rules and regulations of such
board.
Obviously the big city boards Of
trade should not be PERMITTED to shut
out farmers cooperative marketing
associations from selling their pro.
ducts, as they have done all to often
in the past. But the proposed amend
ment compelling the admission of
farmers cooperative marketing asso-
citation contains a couple of "jokers"
which makes its value t o these asso-
Citations very doubtful, What does
adequate financial responsibility
mean?" and why permit the farmers
enemies to control most if not all of
the boards of trade, to hamstring
the cooperatives by compelling them
to conform to all rules and regula-
lions Of such board. The anti grain
gamblers bill known as the Tincher
Capper bill is now before the Senate
on agriculture. The daci-
of the committee will soon be
made. 1t is not too late to write or
wire your senator to see tina t the
jokers r ironed out of the bill.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
Thought He Had a Meaning.

Renders will be interested to know
that authors do not always know just
what precisely was their meaning
when they wrote certain lines or
passages. Maeterlinck always dis
claimed any allegorical message in his
blue Bird" for instance, and insists
that he wrote the play as a fairy tale,
and nothing more. When Hawthorne
was asked for an Interpretation Of
some of the legends in Moses from
an Old Manse," he wrote: upon my
honor, / am not quite sure that I
comprehend my own meaning in some
of those blasted a%llegories, but I re-
member that l always had a meaning,
o at least thought / had"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
race more thougntful. grayer.


race more thoughtful, graver.
aYou are--not married, them" he
stammered.
She looked at him coldly, the flush
of shame slowly fading out Of her
cheeks.
"How can you ask me that, Johny'
she said.
But I heardI heard"
That's why you ceased to writer"
mo" he answered. 1T ceased to.
write before I was told. But still, I
am sure that If l had not heard so I
should some day have come back"
$40 redeem your pledge, John?
Well, / release you from it. So let
your conscience rest. My school occu-
pies all my life and is my whole inter-
est. While you-you are, or were, a
very busy mar and a very famous
one"
"Then you have heard?" he asked.
"Of course I've heard of you, John.
~Bremerton," she answered. I've
have all followed your career with the
greatest interest,"" she continued, col
oring family. you know we are all
proud Of you in Pennington"
ooh, if only I had never gomez" he
cried. Lizzie, I've come back to stay
with you"
with yme| she repeated. with
me, John?"
II want you," he cried. 81 have
never. known what happiness meant
since l went away. Will you be my
wife?"
"You-you mean that, John?" she
stammered.
He drew her into his arms, and she
lay there at last, happily.
"Tell me you love me-" he whis-
pered.
81 have always loved you, john"
she answered back. "And somehow I
always knew that you would come.
Obi"
She disengaged herself hastily,
looking up the lane in terror, and,
following her glance, Bremerton per-
ceived the reporter approaching them.
81 was just taking a walk" he be-
gan. ri thought I need not sit in that
station till four. I didn't know"
That's all right, son." answered
Bremerton. "Never mind that ap-
pointment, but sit down on that stile.
I'm going to give you a real human
story"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
HAIL INSURANCE FACTS.

That the farmers, are satisfied with
the administration Of Commissioner
Olsness," said Martin S. Hagan,
manager of the Hail Insurance rund.
last week. is borne witness to by
the fact that my office is being flood
ed with applications for the $50
additional insurance allowed by the
amended law. That the fund ia gain
ing in popularity, these facts prove:
] The Hail Insurance Department
had in 1920 about 72 per cent of all
the growing crops in the state insured
against damage by hail.
2.-l2, O53, 742, 40 acres insured
with state. 27, 846. 1913. 55 acres sub
ject to fiat 3 cent tax.
Brisk written in 1920 by state
about $94, 900, 600. Risk written in
1920 by Private Hail Companies to-
gether, about $40, 900. 600.
4,-Hail Department had Ia, 44O
losses reported in 1920, the indemni-
ty for which amounts to about So, :
400, 600.
81 The Department has paid all
the 1919 losses and ST, 800. 600 of
the 1920 losses. The reason why all
the 1920 losses are not paid is
that a great many Of the taxes have
not been paid on account Of the money
atringency; also that some of the /.
". "A. county ~t.easurers have deposit
ed Hail Insurance money in private
banks when they should according to
law, have RENTED this to the state
treasurer for him to pay hail war
srants with
6 Private Insurance costs about
10 per cent in premium. State Hail
Insurance has cost for 1919 and 1920
about Al per cent. Anybody can tig-
ure-spt the saving TO farmers taking
State Hail Insurance.
n For 1891 the Old Lioe COM
panies VIII charge for hail insurance
~ PER cert Hi 20 counties In the
state, and IA per cent on barley and
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
sexton,s sians startle.

Birth, marriage and death are gen
orally considered the three high points
in the average persons career. The
church has vital connection with all
three, hut probably in few cities are
the three so wildly associated as they
are in New York;
The sections sign on New York
churches always impresses tourists.
1t generally is as conspicuous as the
placard giving the name and address
of the pastor and tells how funerals
and barials may be arranged.
Visitors from the West, where
churches do not advertise the sexton,
read the sign with a rather creepy
feeling.s
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07

Although it was back in 1919, on
the 18th day Of November. that hos
Utilities ceased and an actual end
of the worlds var vas reached it
was not until last Saturday, July 2,
that it was officially promulgated
that the United States was no longer
at wal with Germany and Austria
Hungary. 1t was manouvered so
that the present administration might
do a stunt for the %edification of the
people whom they serve OH the ma
tional holiday, A sorter Fourth of
July political fireworks 8.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
A WISE GUY

I'VE want North Dakota to run
North Dakota sobs the Twitchellites
candidate for governor in the recall
election "on or before''-this from
a mar who has been in the state
fewer years that either Frazier, or
Hagan or Lemke, the last named of
the Leaguers who was born here.
Then the wise guy wants highly edu-
Gated men in Office and a real effici.
ent banker in what his crowd intends
to leave of the Bank of North Dakota
this tho Frazier, Hagan and Lemke
are all graduates of great universe
ties and Cathro was the organizer Of
the North Dakota Bankers Associa-
ton.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07

know now much a milligram is, con
slider a drop picked up by the point
of a needle and Imagine that divided
into 2 billion parts. Also try to es-
innate the weight Of the odorous
particles that guide a dog to the fox
or warn a deer of the presence of
man. The unaided nostril can rival
the s~pectroscope in the detection and
analysis of unweighable amounts of
matter.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-07
Senses Keyed to Danger.

Since it is more Important to be
warned Of danger than guided to de-
lights our senses are made more,
sensitive TO pain than pleasure, writes
Edwin y, Slosson In the New York
Independent. We cannot detect by
the smell one two-mlllionth of d MILL
gram of oil of roses OF musk, but we
can detect one two-Dilliontb OF q mllii-
gram OF m%ercaptan. which Is the
yilest smelling compound that man.
has so far ipyented. ~ you do not