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was one sheet OF looking-glass; and
when he had finished shaving his
right cheek he consulted this to ses
IL he was developing a stomach.
His wife had once told him laugh
ingly that she would never forgive
him IL he did, and. as she had
laughing way of saying things that
she really meant, sooner than go
back to her looking as II he hal
swallowed a melon Manners would
have taken drastic measures.
He observed with satisfaction that
his contours were still those of
young man. and that the gray hairs
above his temples were still so few
as to be enumerable.
He freshened' the lather on the
left side of his face and finished
shaving. Then he got into the very
cold water which he had been draw
ing. and sat down with a gasp Of
real pain. He had the idea that
disagreeable things were good for
him; but there was little danger
that he would ever become perfect
through overindulgence IN them.
He preferred that mediocriry
which distinguishes those wac
habitually pursue the agreeable;
agreeable foods. drinks. surround
ings. temperatures. people. II there
had been nothing agreeable about
cold baths" he would nave taken
them hot. But the real pleasure Of
getting out of one more than made
up for the pain of getting in.
And, passing from tubs to tri-
umphs, from the pleasures of the
body to those of the soul, wiser
men than Francis Manners have
asreed that the way to heaven lies
through purgatory.
During a fow moments of violent
friction he hadn't a care in the
world. and then as he stood on one
foot occasionally hopping sideways
or backward or forward to keep his
balance) and drawing a black silk
sock over the other. his serenity
was once more disturbed by the
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And during this period OF pro-
crastination he came to a number of
decisions and admissions. But none
of these was sufficient to shake the
stabiI" of the feeling with which
b| mad walked.
A Disturbing Jack.
OF course. IL Diana was in real
difficulty of any kind she would
telegraph him to come home. She
would telegraph him. for instance.
II their little daughter were serious
ly i'll. But IL, on the other hand,
she was only in a half difficulty
she would not telegraph.
He read over half a dozen of her
short letters. selected at random.
and covering the whole period of
their. three months separation.
And he noted that her last letter
of all. the one that he had received
the day before. was dated Sunday.
In this fact there was, of course.
nothins disturbing. What disturbed
him was the knowledge that the
letter had been written in town and
not in the country. 80
He now gathered all her letters
together and went through them
with a view of finding out when
they had been written and where.
And although a number were not
dated at all 1t was conclusively
shown that a large majority, es-
pecially during the last two months,
had been written in town. Three
of these were dated Sunday.
1t had been agreed between them
that when he had to be away on
business she would manage, much
as the city amused her. to spend
most of the week looking after
their small daughter Tam" in the
country.
They shared the theory that one
Of them ought almost always be
with Tam. They were firmly de-
termined that Tam should not grow
up spoiled and selfish, and IL left too
much to the indulgence of Diana's
mother. Mrs Langham, who lived
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lesser love to an early death. and
caused it perhaps to turn. there
after. in it's grave
or course he loved his wife in
this way because he couldn't help
1t. He couldn't help 1t any more
than he could help the shape of
his ears: but he was human enough
to take the kind of pride in 1t
which should more definitely have
been reserved for those accomplish
ments for which he was more or
less responsible. To be proud Of
his eye for color would have been
childish, since he had been born
with It: to have been proud of the
technique which enabled him to
make good use of color would have
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been sensible. He was proud of
neither.
He was proud only of that faith
fuiness in loving which had cost
him no effort whatsoever; and yet
people spoke of him as a proud
man. One thing Is certain: Both
in his love for Diana and in his
aversion to cold water he was yer,
human.
Manners was too great q swell by
birth and achievement to care very
much how his clothes were put on.
and he dressed himself. as a rule,
in something under seven minutes.
But this morning he loitered about
his room in various stages of
deshabille and smoked a number of
cigarettes.
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feeling that he really ought to go
home.
He was subject to sudden intui-
tions. especially where his wife and
daughter were concerned. That
more often than not these turned
out to be groundless did not alter
his faith in them. or his wife's
dread of them. In the past her hus-
bands intuitions had more than
once prccipitated those difficult sit
uations for which her own impulses
had been responsible.
At the moment. so far as Francis
Manners knew, all> was serene be-
tween them. That is to say. as Sc
rene as things ever could be. For
the husband had long since aban-
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doned any real hope Of that perfect
marital serenity for which he had
given the best that was In him to
give, and to which he might have
been thought, because of his great
faithfulness in loving. to have no
quired a title that was without law.
He was forty years old, but he could
look his wife in the eyes and say,
truthfully: MY darling, / have
loved you for almost q generation"
An Undying Love.
The love which seemed as defnite
a part OF Francis Manners nature
as his feeling for form and color
was a victorious love. II had
triumphed over such failures to-
ward 1t as would have doomed .
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

run away with you suggests a
lack Of character and stability.
The fact that you've known him
so long doesn't count one way or
the other for marriage. You have
no right to keep him in doubt.
The thing to do isto decide wheth-
er he's habit-and q bad one.
Then discover how much the peace
and happines you feel with the
other man means to you. Is 1t
love--or only a certain placid con-
tentment?
The Washington times., 1921-05-26
The Woman Observer
A TRAGEDY.
Scene-Lafayette Park.

Scene-Lafayette Park.
Characters--Two women sitting on
a bench.
The Woman walking through
park on her way to lunch.
Story Dust as The Woman pass
cd the occupied bench)-"I can't get
over that--s10.50 for a pair of white
canvas low shoes--and they say
prices are coming DOWN. said the
one to the othor.
Neither does The Woman under
stand II.
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BY GOuverneur Morris
CHAPTER I.

~ RANCIS MANNERS woke up
one morning with the feeling
that he was long way from
home. and that he had been away a
long time, and that he ought not
to stay away any longer. "Ought"
is strong feeling: and there was
no reason which he knew of to jus
tify il. .
7 He had gone to bed with the feel
Ing that he could not finish his
work in California before the mid
die of April; and he had walked the
next mofning--a blustery one near
the END of February--wi.h the feel
Ing that he ought TO 80 nome at
once.
This, however, was impracticable.
in order to pay his most pressing
obligations he had undertaken In
. moment (which he now felt to
have been a dark one) to fresco
the dining room walls of Mrs.
Cooper Appleyards new house, and
he had still to make the preliminary
sketch for. the end with the two
doors. And this sketch, of course,
had to be made among the surround
ings from which it was to draw it's
Inspiration. Mrs. Cooper Appleyard's
new house was to be Californian in
side and out.
With the thought THAT he could
perhaps get the sketch finished by
April FOOLS Day. he turned on the
cold water in his bathtub and began
to shave. While he was shaving he
told himself that he really ought to
go home at once
The inside Of his bathroom door
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NO MORE DANDRUFF

A leading hair dresser says she has
found nothing as good as Partisan
Sage to Danish all dandruff and make
the hair wavy, thick and lustrous.
Peoples Drug Stores sell IT on money
back plan.
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Prize Cake Recipes
oLD-FAsHIoKEp GINGERBREAD.

" cup sugar.
I egg.
u cup molasses.
11-3 cupful flour.
y cupful shortening.
teaspoonful salt. I
? teaspoonfuls ginger.
! teaspoonful cinnamon.
u teaspoonful powdered cloves.
teaspoonful baking powder.
Oven forty minutes. Mrs. l.. n.
Nau, 10h Kenyon street northwest
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"A Dramatic Storyofa Devoted
Husband Who Discovers His
Wife is in Love With
Another Man

This story has been made into
nstion picture by CosmopOlitan
ProdUctionS unAer the naasterly d.
sHsctisn of Albert CaDellsni and II
released as q Paramount picture.
BY G0uverneur Morris
Author of His Daughter" "when
ny ship Comes In," "The Seven
DarIinss.- and other
I Notable Fiction.
CHAPTER /.
~ RANCIS MANNERS woke up
one morning with the feeling
that he was long way from
The Washington times., 1921-05-26
MOTHERHOOD
OUT OF DATE?|
By Beatrice Fairfax.

An Authority on all the Problems
of Love and Marriage.
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&" UINED" She. echoed the
X word with a world of dis
may and sympathy in her
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27
FLOODS CAUSE
 PROPERTY LOSS
Heavy Rainfall Monday Night Causes Flood at TeXarkana- Many Families MarOoned Res cued by Boating Parties.

Thousands of dollars in damage to property has resulted from the heavy rainfall of over Monday night and Tuesday morning, in TeXarkana and the immediate vicinity, hundreds of homes, both negro and white, are flood bound, and with continued heavy rains in sight, hurried efforts are be- ing made to procure from Spring Lake Park, near this city, a sufficient number of boats to make short work of taking the marooned people out of their homes, some of them many feet deep in water.
 In wide area in the city, the effect of the heavy rains is proving prob lem of real difficulty, and is looked on with considerable apprehension in view of the fact that all water ser vice is cut off, and the drinking sup ply is thus taken away from the residents, while still greater concern is being felt over the possibility of the danger of fires.
 Street car service has been disrupt ed on two lines, the College Hill and Rose Hill lines being able to reach only short portion of their runs due to the high waters in Deutschman's creek having overfowed its banks and covering an area that is many hundred feet wide and in some places nearly a quarter of a mile in width, with the depth of the water varying from foot to as deep as twenty-five and thirty feet.
 Most of the marooned people were caught almost unawares in the flats in the southeast quarter approaching College Hill, where a vast tract of meadow is now veritable lake from five to twenty feet deep, and in var ious portions of which negro houses are standing with their floors two or three feet deep in water At the Arkansas pumping station, the main source of water supply for TeXarkana for commercial, residential and fire service, there was at seven o'clock this morning over II feet of water in the pump house, which put it over the main floor, and the only thing to indicate what the place was were the various pipes running from the pumps now under ten feet of water.
 Traffic over the Texas & Pacific, both north and southbound, is re- ported as stopped, due to the washing out of the tracks and bridges in many
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27

proceeds to be placed at the disrosi- tlon of the allies. On this loan Co, many would pay the interest at fopr per cent and provide for amortiza- ''on, The sum of the reparations total not covered by this international ioan would be provided, to the limit or Germany's capacity, by payments Tn goods, materials, etc
 Germany is disposed" says the note, "to allow the allied powers to participate in Germany's economic and financial amelioration. Germany Will cooperate with all her efforts in the reconstruction of the devastated regions, so that she may acquit her self as quickly as possible of the sums remaining unpaid"
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BIG SHIPMENT OF SHIRTS

"The largest single shipment of shirts ever received in Prescott was delivered to Joe Boswell, the Clothier, yesterday. Mr. oBswell, who has the largest mems and boys furnishing store in Southwest Arkansas, ordered fifteen dozen shirts by the express 'oute to meet an emergency created by the success of his big sale which has been going on for the past two weeks"
 Certainly there was an error in the above. Perfectly natural, too, for 8 newspaper man. When you consider that printer usually has one shirt out and one shirt in the wash, you can readily understand why the "bull" in the above article. MT. Boswell's order was for one hundred and fifteen (115) shirts via express.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27
CITIZENS MILITARY
 TRAINING CAMP

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, April 26.-Adjutant General Virgil A. Beeson of the Ark ansas National Guard, has been ad- vised by the commander of the 7th Corps area at Fort Crook. Neb.. that a citizens military training camp will be held for accepted applicants from Arkansas at Camp Pike during the month of August. The commanding general has decided to hold this year camps only for the preliminary train ing of candidates who have not had any previous military experience, young men who have passed their 16th birthday and are not yet over 35. These camps will open not ear Her than July 15 nor later than Aug ust 10, and will continue for one month They will be moderned after the Plattsburg and similar officers training camps, conducted by the War Department during the World War.
 In the 7th Corps area, which em- braces the states of Arkansas, Mis- souri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Min nesota and North and South Dakota, two camps will be conducted, one at Camp Pike, Ark, and one at Fort Smelling, Minneapolis, Minn. Trans portation charges of applicants will be paid to and from the camps and subsistence will be furnished without charge, but the men will receive no pay.
 The camps will show the public by actual example that camp instruction will develop the young men physical ly, mentally and morally and will teach Americanism in it's true sense, through patriotism and self-discip= line, resulting in greater national strength.
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SUBSCRIBERS TO
 BELIEF TORNADO VICTIMS

Donated by Liberty church com munity for A. J. Brooks and family:
 Mrs Emma Andrews, ? towels ; Mrs. J. W. Andrews, 1 quilt; Grand ma Wells, 1 sheet; Mrs. c. w. Me Lelland, 1 quilt; Mrs. Steel McLelland suit clothes, 1 sheet; Mrs. J. H. White, $1, two cans fruit; Mrs. R. J. Bolls, quilt, 2 cans fruit; Clara Dellinger, 1 towel; Mrs. Stuart, 1 gal syrup; Mrs. Emerson, l quilt; Mrs. IG. W. Garrett, l quilt, fry pan, pkg. soda, 1 towel; Mrs. J. R. An drews, l quilt, l petticoat; Mrs. Tom Burns, 1 sheet, 1 busket syrup; Mrs Geo. Mum, 1 towel; Mrs. H. E. Hay nie, ? suits clothes, 1 sheet, l pair shoes, $1; Mrs. Burley, l quilt; Mrs Ben Holder, pairs pillow cases, bucket syrup.
 The following are contributors to the third Blevins relief car:
 Prescott subscribers:
 A. E. Mcclure, Krescent Store Mrs. Joe Boswell, Mrs. c. c. Hit Randolph Grimmett, c. c. Martin, c J. Hines, A. F. Madison, Sam Gaut- che, w, L, Britt, s. E. Mum, Little Joe Missionary Society, J, K. Horne B. G. Murrah, Mrs. w. R. Steed, Mrs Lee billiard, Mrs. Will Mears, Jim Hasley, J. T. Grimes, Clint McWil Hams, Mrs Geo. Peachey, Mrs. Liv. ingston, Mrs. Mayhan, Mrs. K. Mautz Mrs. F. Mclean, Mrs. J. c. Caring ton, Mrs. Manning, Mrs Tom Car ruthers, Mrs. J. Bush, Mrs. c. Lit ten, w. R. Barham, Imon Gee, J. w Adams, D. M. Stuart, Hayes Grair Co.,, Little Rock
 Laneburg Subscribers:
 Mrs. Bob Dougan, Mrs Tom Honey Newt Daniell, Jim Johnson, Mrs Eddie Bolls, J. G. Richardson, R. F Carnes, J. J. Sampson, Tom Davis W. R. Whitten, Mrs. w. w. Johnson Mrs. Jeff Barksdale, Mrs. R. P. Me Cough, Mrs. Jim Hall, Mrs. c. F Nelms, w. R. Steed & Son, Mrs Oscar Steed Mrs. Hilman Steed, Mrs s. Cross, Mrs. Jarrett Ingram, Mrs Kelso Stewart, T. P. ,Callicott, Mrs Ike Grifford, Mrs. Leslie Hare, Mrs Joe Bolls, Mrs. Mat Heathcoat, Nata lie Martin, Maxie Martin, MT. ano Mrs. Lige Martin, MT. and Mrs. Sel by, Mrs. McCuller, Mrs. Ola Morris Mrs w. J. Martin, Henry Martin
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Little Rock, April 26.-Flood warn ings to points along the White and Black rivers in Arkansas were issued by the weather bureau here today, and rapid rises in the Arkansas and Ouachita rivers indicated that they might reach the flood stage, it was stated. Definite data on which to predict the probable stages of Ark ansas rivers has not been received at the weather bureau.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27
WOULD PAY DEBT
 BY LONG LOAN
Germany Offers 200 Billion Marks as Maximum Repara- tion- Proposes International Bond Issue.

Berlin, April 26.-Germany "in tbo event the United States and the alliae so desire, is willing, according to the extent of her ability and capacity. to assume allied obligations to the United States says a clause in her counter proposals, it was definitely learned here today.
 With this exception. the counter proposals forwarded to Washington including the offer of 200 billion gold marks, are virtually as forecast in yesterdays Associated Press dis patches from this city.
 An arbitration proposal by Ger many for determining the, total amount due from her on reparations. is contained in the note. A clause in this note says: Germany suggests the appointment of an unbiased com mission to fix the total sum of her war separations which she pledges to accept as binding and to carry out in good faith"
 Germany, adds the note, would vel come any suggestion from the Amer ican government for further negotia- tions or for changes in the present proposals.
 With the acceptance of these pro- posals," says the German note, Ger many's other separations and obliga- tions will be annulled, and all Ger man private property in foreign coun- tries be released"
 The note to the Washington gov ernment, embodying the German pro- posals, was made public here this afternoon.
 As evidence of her good faith, says the note, Germany is prepared imme- diately to place at the disposal of the separations commission 150 million marks Tn gold, silver and foreign eX- change and $50 million gold marks in treasury notes, redeemable within three months in foreign exchange or foreign securities.
 The text of the clause in the note stating the amount Germany is ready to pay follows:
 Germany declares herself ready to engage to pay for separations total of 50 billion marks gold at their present value. Germany is equally ready to pay this amount in annuities adapted to her productive capacity up to total of POO billion marks gold.
 Germany proposes in the note the issue of an international loan, the
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27

Little Susan Mitchell, eight years old, photographed at her home in New York city, has the mind of a child of fourteen, and has passed the Binet tests for that age, some for sixteen year olds, and even one for eighteen. Susan is in every other way normal and quite attractive little girl, who delights in the things all good little girls do. She also writes wonderful stories.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27

places, and it is also reported that due to soft track near Jefferson, Tex, one train has come to grief as the result of the engine overturning. It is said the enginemen escaped by jumping g-Texarkanian.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27

You can keep your stomach strong, bowels regular and kidneys active by using Prickly Ash Bitters. It is a necessary condition to maintain the health of the body. Price $1.25 per bottle. Hesterly Drug Store. e 0 d
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27
TORNADO SWEEPS
 MISSISSIPPI TOWN
Fifteen Killed and Many Are h. jured- Storm Leaves Only Bank Vault Standing in Busi- ness Section.

Jackson, Miss, April 26.-A storm struck Braxton, about Is miles from here, at 2:30 this afternoon, killing about 15 persons and wounding twice that number.
 Hat-iesburg, Miss, April 26.-The little town of Braxton, about 50 miles north of Hattiesburg, on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad, was almost wiped out this afternoon by a tornado according to a report received from Mendenhall, the county seat of Simp- son county, in which Braxton is sit uated
 This report. says eight or ten were killed and 15 or more injured. Every business house was swept away, leav- ing only the bank vault intact. All the residence section was damaged. The injured were taken to hospital at D'Lo for treatment. The wires are all down and it is impossible to reach Braxton from here.
 ! BraXton was a town of about 500 inhabitants, on the Gulf & Ship Is- land Railroad, 30 miles from Jackson.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-27

Hugh Martin, Roy Daniel, E. B. Murry, Millie Cross, Mrs. Annie Mann, Willie Henry, Sarah Hobson, Mir. and Mrs. Sam Gautsche, J, ". Gam, McRae Gam, L. B. Stuart, Mir. Coleman
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-04-23
Bergen Officials
Use Standard Time

Due to the fact that the laws Of
the State of New jersey make it i'm.
perative that the courts and offices
established by statute shall be con-
Quoted with relation to standard time
it has been decided that beginning
Monday, April -. 1927, the offices of
the county clerk, sheriff and surro-
gate will be open for the transaction
of business between the hours of s
Il. m. and 3 p. m, standard time, which
hours correspond 10 9 a. IN. and
y. III. daylight saving time.
The County Courts will open daily
at 9 a. m, standard time, which hour
corresponds to 10 a. m daylight saving
time
John T. Zabriskie, judge Bergen
County Court of Common Pleas; Will
liam Z. Eager, county clerk; Joseph
Kinzley, Jr., sheriff; ]. Blauvelt Hop
per, surrogate.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-04-23
Edgewater Trust
Buys LIST National

The Edgewater Trust Company has
acquired control of the First National
Bank of Edgewater. For the present
the two banks will continue as sep
arate institutions, operating separate
ly, but both under the Trust COmpa-
ny's officers and board Of directors
The combined total assets. or re-
sources, of the two banks will now be
over S3,OOOO0O, making it one of the
largest banks in Bergen county. so
far as the public r; concerned, the
consolidation of these came as u great
surprise, though the negotiations have
been on for some time. The final con
summation took place this week. The
present officers of the EdgeWater Trust
Company are Herbert II. Lowe Of Ten
atly, president, also a paper manufac-
turer Of Ridgefield; Augustus f. Beck
mann of PaliSade, vice president, and
S. l.. Doremus, cashier and secretary
treasurer. This combination gives
Edgewater an institution to be proud
Of, and it will have Il hand in the de
velopment of the section second to no
other bank in the county.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-04-23
Hit at Palisades
Very Burnpy Roads

"DO you know asked ii nearby resi-
dent of a "Palisadian" representative
coming up on the car from the ferry
last Monday, that your roadways are
the very worst in the county?'
"Well, | would not say they are
the very worst" he was told.
'Well, | mean they are the very
worst. That's what ] said, and stick
to it. | drive my car through about
every village and town read in the
county and | don't know anything
worse than yours. Last Sunday |
nearly broke a spring on one of your
most prominent roadways. That is a
fact; and this is not the first time.
There is little to choose among them"
OF course, when the new highways
get finished, there will not be such
criticism, for the new roads will be
the finest ever-if they ever get finish
ed. They are promised this year.