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The Clio messenger., 1921-12-01
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! tllat fathers, mothers, nurses, or gov
ernesSes, not comprehending that this
mental deafness is for the time being
entirely genuine, are liable To hoarSe-
ness both OF throat and temper. Thir-
teen iS an age when the f.u.ng of this
! gift or taIent--One of the mo beau
| ,iful of childhood-begins to imlai"
! its helpfulnesS. under the mistaken
stress OF discipline; but Florence re-
tanned something Of it. In moment
or two Noble Dlll's disaifecti0n toward
poetry was altogether as II it did not
| exist
She coughed, inclined her head n
! little 10 one side. IN her mothers
manner of pOliteness to callers, and.
repeating her deprecatory laugh, re-
marked, "Well. of course it's kind of
funny question for me to ask, of
course"
"What is, Florence?" Noble inquired
absently.
"Wel-what l was saying was that
course It's sort OF queer me askin'
if you liked poetry. of course. on ac-
count of my writing poetry the way
do now"
She looked up at him with a bright
readiness TO respond modestly To
whatever exclamation his wonder
should dictate; but Mobiles attention
had struggled again. He failed to
comprehend what she had set before
him.
HAS she written your mother late
ly?' he asked.
Florence's expression denoted
mental condition slightly disturbed.
NO" she said. IT'S goin to be
printed in the North End Daily Ori.
ole"
"What?"
"My poem. It's about a vast amen
anyhow that's prob'ly the best thing
in it. | guess-and they're gOin' To
have il tomorrow. or else they'll have
TO settle with me; that's one thing
certain I'll bring one over to your
house and leave 1t at the door for
you. Mr.. Dill"
Noble had but n confused notion
of what she thus generally promised.
However, he said, Thank you," and
nodded vaguely.
"Of course. don't know as it's so
awful good" Florence admitted insin-
cerely. THE family all seem to think
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THE WOMAN WHO USED MAGIC
TO WIN A KING.

g HE was naughty beauty who cast
~ her eyes upon Louis XIV and as
pired to win a place beside him. Bur
the "Grande Monarque" would seem to
have paid but little attention TO her.
SO the Marquise de Dontespan deter
mined to win him by the use of magic,
in which she was believer. She paid
witches" to help her, bought love
powders" which she secretly dropped
into the kings wine, and resorted TO
many other foolish means. Then, IN
1866, she had the "black mass" said
over her, a degrading and somewhat
horrible ceremony which alleged
priests of magic had invented.
No doubt the marquise thought that
this mass was successful, for the next
year she became mistress of the king.
Louis. the lover of many women,
came under the complete subjection Of
the marquise. She dabbled in state
craft, obtained high honors for her ia
vorites. and generally comported her
self as kings mistresses have been
wont to do in all ages. She coupled an
jmperious temper with her beauty, and
no doubt Louis spent many bad quar-
ter hour i'm her company, especially as
the marquise and his queen, Maria
Theresa, were at swords point. De
Montespan became the mother Of sew
eral children. She selected Madam
Scarron, afterward the Marquise de
Maintenon, to direct their education.
This threw Louis into the company Of
De Maintenon, and it soon became ap-
parent that his love was wavering.
When De Montespan found her pow
er dwinding she resorted to magic,
and II may be believed that she tried
every conceivable means to maintain
her hold on Louis. Love powders
again came into play and one Of these
made the king so III that she was sus-
pected of trying to poison him. This
led TO an open rupture and not long
afterward she left court, much to the
delight of the queen. who had been
long held in subsection. Maria Theresa
was of devout character, simple,
.unpretentious woman, who never could
cone with the marquise. But her new
hopes were destined to be disap-
pointed.
When De Montespan died In 1907
Louis forbade her children by him to
wear mourning, proving once more his
callous heart. There were seven of
these children, all legitlmatized, and II
was no part of the kings plan that
they should sorrow for a woman who
had been merely their mother.
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Farmers Wife Finally Freed
From TOTturing BaCkaChe.

Enduring backaches so intense that
sharp knives could not have hurt more,
Mrs. A. j. Robbins. of Quebeck, Tenn.
regained health and happiness through
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Weakened kidneys made her case
seem hopeless. Her back muscles were
so stiff and weak she could not rise
from a chair. Doctors, treatments,
modicine-nothing gave relief.
Despairing, Mrs. Robbins was finally
induced to try Dodds Kidney Pills.
In n remarkably short time she re-
gained her former good health-per-
manently freed from all kidney ills.
Mrs. Robbins writes: 81 had not been
taking Dodd's Kidney Pills long before
this trouble left me. cannot say too
much in praise of Dodd's."
Sufferers from headaches, backaches,
dizziness, rheumatic pains or swollen
joints can get this same glorious, per-
manent relief. Ask your druggist for
DODD'S, the original-three D's in
name. or mail so cents direct to Dodd's
Medicine Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.--a large
box will be sent at once.
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VAMPIRE WHO TURNED sIeoT

4 BABY girl was born in the prison
4 at Mort, France. in 1888. Her
father was Huguenot, or Protestant
and her mother a Catholic. Religious
dissensions then divided France be-
tween the two sects. The man had
been imprisoned because of his sturdy
adherence to the Huguenots, and re-
mained under key until 1889, when he
was released and went TO Martinique,
West indies, with his family. He died
there and the mother brought the little
girl back to Paris.
They were very poor. When the
girl was just past fifteen she met the
Able Scarron, that brilliant scholar
and writer, who then was celebrity.
ScarrOn was deformed and always ill.
He offered to pay her expenses in a
convent, or to marry her. She chose
the man, and for ten years tenderly
nursed him. Her position brought her
into contact with the first minds of
the day and she learned rapidly.
After Scarron passed from the scene
she was invited by the Marquise de
Montespan, mistress of Louis NV, TO
direct the education of their children.
She accepted and it was not long until
the king took an interest in her. DE
MOntespan was a naughty high-tein-
pered woman. De Maintenon, calm and
even in her demeanor. Louis found re-
lief from the storms of the one in the
placidness Of the other. And the old,
old story was repeated.
After De Montespan had been ban
ished from court the queen died. DE
MaintenOn led Louis into "A mOrganatic
marriage and assured herself of po-
stion almost beyond attack. But the
vampire of the sweet ways developed
into a shrew as she grew older, be-
came bigoted and relentless perse-
cutter Of the Protestants.
She had been credited with lnfiu-
encing the king to revoke the famous
Edlct of Nantes in 1856. This edict
guaranteed measure of liberty to
Protestants and its revocation plunged
France into civil blOodshed which
sapped much of the power that had
been built up by Louis and two great
ministers who preceded him, Mazarin
and Richeleu. 1t also drove from
France many of its best families and
stirred up unquenchable flames OF
hatred, which eventuated hundred
years later in complete overturn of
the Catholic power.
De MaintenOn hesitated after she
Sow thn reSultS of her Influence. but
it was too late to draw back and, wom-
anille, she fguratively threw up her
hands at the harm she had wrought.
She outlived the king and the last
years Of her life were as narrow and
bigoted as her first had been gay and
tender. Perhaps she had lived too
long, as the philosophers say.
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Advertisements e Poems
20 Cents Each Up.
JOSEPH X. ATwATER & co.
127 South Iowa st.
Steam Pumps.
THE ORGANSTEP
BY Florence Atwater.

The odsanstep wass eated at his orga-
In
In some beautiful words of vagle and brir
But he was GREAT organstep and
always
When the soil is weary
And the mind is dreary.
l would like to be an organstep seated
all DAY at
Whether my 5stprsm light be Talrcheibt
or Nor
would play music like a vast amen
The way it sounds in a church OF new
Subscribe NOW 25 cents ADV. &
Poetry 20 cents up. Atwater d Rooter.
Newspaper Building 25 cents per year.
Such, as is sometimes said, was the
first issue. complete. Of the North End
Daily Oriole Florence was not i'm
mediately critical of some distortions
of meaning i'm the body Of her poem,
due partly to Atwater q Rooter's nat
ura lack of experience in Il new and
eXacting trade; partly 10 their enviable
uncousciousness OF any necessity for
proofreading; and somewhat to their
haste IN getting through the final, and
least interesting stage of their under
taking, Florence poem being, in fact,
so far as the printers were concerned,
mere hack work and anti-cl!maX.
And MS they later declared, under
fire. anybody that could make out
more than three words in five OF her
ole handwriting was welcome 10 10
it. Besides, what did IT matter II a
little bit was left out at the end If
one or two Of the lines? They couldn't
be expected To run the lines out over
their margin, could thev? And they
never knew anything craZier than
maxim all this fuss because: What
if some of It wasn't printed just ex-
actly right, who IN the world was goin'
TO notice IL, and what was the DIFF
ference of just n few words different
I'm her ole poem. anyhow?
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it's something pretty much but ] don't
know If it is or not. Really, | don't"
NO" said Noble. still confused. 81
suppose not"
I'm half way through another one
I think myself'll be a good deal better.
I'm not gOin' as fast with it as ] did
with the other one, and expect it'll be
quite q ways ahead Of this one" She
again employed the deprecatory little
laugh. 81 don't know how ! do II.
myself The family all think it's sort
Of funny; I don't know how | do II
myself; but that's the way II u.s. They
all say II they could do il they're sure
they'd know how they did IL; but I
guess they're wrong. | presume N
you can do It, why II just comes to-
you? Don't you presume that's the
way it is Mr. Dill?"
"I-guess So" They had reached
his gate. and he stopped you're sure
none Of your family have heard any
thing today?" he asked anxiously.
"From Aunt Julia? don't think
they have"
He sighed, and opened the gate.
We'll good evening. Florence"
Good evening" Her eyes followed
him wlstfully as he passed within the
inclosure then she turned and walked
quickly toward her own home; but az
the corner of the next fence she called
over her shoulder, "I'll leave II with
your mother for you, If you're not
home when / bring IT,"
"whatr' he shouted, from the vi
cinity of his front door.
'Ill leave II with your mother"
leave whatT"
"The poeml"
"Oh! - said Noble.
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A LIVING PICTURE OF BEAUTY.

g OMETIMES we hear of the baby
- vamp" as distinguished from the
accepted heartbreaker. That descrip-
ton just fits GeOrgiana, duchess of
Devonshire born in 1857, and the sub
ject of one Of the most famous pic
lures In the world. 1t was painted by
Thomas Gainsborough when she was
twenty-seven and hangs in the Metro
politan Museum of Art, New York.
All of those who have failed to see the
original certainly will not have missed
glimpse Of her loveliness, in copies.
The duchess will be easily recalled.
She is standing with profile half
turned, her golden brown hair partly
covered by a gorgeous creation worn
at raksh angle, which we have come
to. know as thet picture hat" Her
doll-llke face, with the innocent eyes.
leaves no doubt that she was "baby
vamp."
The duchess was wed at seventeen
and by her twentieth year had become
The reigning queen of London society
She soon was noted for her taste in
dress and was one Of the first English
women who ever had the courage to
question Paris fashions, setting few
of her own.
The leading men of the day gathered
around her, among them Sheridan, the
playwright, and Fox, the politician.
She had especial favor for these two
and when Fox was hard pressed In All
election She went about the London
streets soliciting votes for him. which
caused much tall;. The duchess did
not seem to care. Her beauty was a
ready persCader. One day Il butcher,
holder than the rest, offered TO sell
his vote for kiss, which She prompt
ly paid, and thereby gave rise to some
famous lines about butcher and
fox and a DUCHESS.
Il could light my pipe at her eyes"
said one gallant Irishman, who loved
her, with a host Of others. Georglana
vas ever the baby vamp." and in her
hlithesome way succeeded i'm obtain.
ing large measure Of political power
which she used TO benefit Fox She
also wrote number Of poems. all OF
them having II pretty sentiment, and
some of them almost childish in tone
They prove again that she was "baby
vamp," but a very sweet sort of per-
son, writing about the brooks and flow
ers and Prince Charmings who ran
away with maidens. OF course, she
did not mention the maidens. such as
herself, who ran off with the princes
The duchess life was placid
stream, into which serious trouble
never entered. She continued to be u
The Clio messenger., 1921-12-01

TT Is difficult to read Roman history
without "A shudder at the cruelty of
It's emperors, but we may we'll add an
other Shudder for that at its empress
es. The worst woman Rome ever
knew was AIesSalina Valeria. the wife
Of Claudius. This Claudius lacked
character, lacked intelligence, lacked
everything. When he came TO the
throne in the early days OF the Chris
tian era 1t was II woman who really
ruled, and that woman was Messalina.
She seems TO have had little consider
alton for Claudius, and did AS she
pleased, boldly. Her eXcesses shocked
even Roman society. which had fallen
away from the stern days when the
Roman lived austerely, and had en-
tered upon all the soft ways of the
East. Women were afraid to attend
II banquet where Messalina was pres
ent unless their husbands be snatched
fancy. And 1t was whispered that
many men whom she favored in the
evening were murdered in the morn
Ing. like the wives of the famous
Haroun-alRaschid in the Arabian
Nights.
Messalina's taste varied from the
first mem in the state to the lowest. A
slave, gladiator, trainer of ami
mails for the arena, might catch he:'
eye and he raised TO sudden greatness,
loaded with gold, handsomely housed
ard piled with rare wines. Then, in II
few days, they disappeared, none knew
where.
AT last Messalina's heart turned TO
G. Slius, whom Juvenal tells us was
"a young noble of great beauty" But
the heart of Silius CHANGED to belong
to another woman, his wife, and the
wife opposed Messalna by all the
wiles at her command. In first one
way, then another. she frustrated her.
When Sillus was sent for he had gone
away, and when he returned she for
got the message.
The rage of Messalina may be i'm
agined, and this opposition also put n
higher price upon Silius. Claudius
determined upon Il trip to Ostia, leav-
ing Messalina in Rome. Here was
her opportunity. She took it, COM
pelling Silius to divorce his wife,
which merely required the writing of
a letter in Rome, saying that the hus-
band dimissed the woman. Then Mes
salina publicly went through the cere-
mOny Of marriage with Silius, although
she already was married to the en-
peror.
When Claudius heard Of these events
he exclaimed, "Am | still EMPEROR
fearing that Messalina had overthrown
him. But her thoughts had been Of
things other than power, and Claudius
was assured that he still wore the pur-
pie. Messalina started for Ostia to
persuade him, and might have succeed
ed, had not one Of Claudius' freedmen
ordered her execution, which took
place in A. ID. 40.
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Mrs. McCumber is one of the unnum-
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struggle to keep about their daily tasks,
while suffering from ailments peculiar
to women with backache, sideaches,
headaches, bearing-down pains and ner-
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should profit by her experience and give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial they would get well.
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Natural Error.

Reveille had been sounded and Pri-
vate Pence came running out with his
leggings on wrong. He jumped into
the ranks and snapped into attention,
but not until after the top kick had
noticed his lapse from military sar-
torial perfection.
''Private Pence" he demanded, an
grlly, "why have you your leggings o.
wrong?"
ut was just personal mistake"
answered the offender.
"Mistake?"
'les. | had my legs crossed when
I put them on."-American Legion
Weekly.
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THE POEM.

Synopsis. Proud possessor OF
printing press, and equipment, the
gift OF Uncle Joseph 10 his nephew,
Herbert Illingsworth Atwator. Jr.,
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth,
with his chum, Henry Rooter.
about the same age, begins the
publication of a full-hedged news
paper. the North End Daily Ori-
ole. Herbert's small cousin. Flor
ence Atwater. being barred from
any kind of participation in the
enterprise. on account of her in
tense and natural feminine desire
to ''boss," Is frankly annoyed, and
not at all backward in saying so.
However. a poem she has written
is accepted for insertion in the
Oriole. on a strictly commercial
basis-cash in advance. Thereupon
she appoints a publicity committee
OF one.
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He Knew.

The tramp shambled after the smart
ly dressed man carrying prosperous
looking bag.
Give us couple of coppers, guv-
norw he pleaded. "Just somethn' to
get some bread. Think wot 1t Is ter
be friendless despised, 'ated by all"
"Shut up, you foolv said the man
with the bag. I'm al income tax col
lector."
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beauty up to the time of her death, az
forty-nine, living neither too little nor
too long. The world treated her kind
ly, standing aside like spectators at
play, TO watch her pretty pranks.
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le1C size CudC L COulu
not walk across the
floor unless / was all
bumped over, hold
ing TO my side. / doc.
tored with several
doctors but found no
relief and they said
l would have to have
an operation. My
mother insisted on
my taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and /
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SUBSCRIBE NOW 25 Cents Per Year.
Subscriptions should be brought to the
East etrtnCe Of Atwater * Rooter News
paper Building every afternoon i:30 to q.
- cents.
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The Object Of IL.

Mrs. Crawford i don't see how you
could join such club when you don't
see the object Of II.
Mrs. Crabshaw-You see, dear. IL
meets Monday. and that's the only
day In the week had no place to go.
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NEWS OF The CITY

The Candidates for mayor at the
election are Ar. L. n. Gordon and
John T.. Milo. The contest is very
great between these candidates.
The Clio messenger., 1921-12-01

"HolcOmbs chickens get in MIR. Jo-
Seph Atwater'S yard god deal lately
lie says chickens are out of place in
a city of this size.
The Clio messenger., 1921-12-01

Minnie the cook of MIR. f. l..
Smiths residisence goes downtown ev.
cry Thursday ats about three her reg
ular day for ii.
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THE NoRth End daily Oriole
.Ntwater & Rooter Awners & Propreitors
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His mother handed him a copy oi
the first issue of the North End Daily
Oriole, the next day when he came
home TO lunch. He read it without
edificati0n; there was nothing about
Julia in IT,
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"A new ditch is being dug across
the MIR. Henry ID. Vance backyard.
Ills about dug but nobody is working
there now. Patty Fairchild received
the highest mark in defamation of the
"a at Sumner School last Friday.
'BalfS grorcey wagon ran over
cat of the Mr.. Rayfort family. GEO.
the driver of the wagon stated he
had not but was willing To take IL
away and burg it somewhereS Geo.
stated regret and claimed nothing but
an accident which could not be helped
and not his team that did the dam
age.
Miss Colfeld teacher of the Z A
at Sumner School was reported on the
sick list. We hope she will soon be
well.
There were several deaths in the
city this week.
MIR. Fairchild father Of Patty
Fairchild was OH the sick list several
days and did not go to his Office but
is out now.
ben Kriso the chauffeur of the
Mr.. Il. G.. Atwater family washes their
car on Monday. In using the hose he
turned water over the fence accident
ly and hit Lonnie the was woman
i'm back of MRS. Bruffs who called
him some low names. Ben told her If
she had been man he would strike
her Ou, soon the disturbance was at
an end. There Is good deal more Of
other news which will be printed in
our next NO"
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ANOTHER WOMAN
ESCAPES
Mrs. McCumber Avoided a Serious
Operation by Taking Lydia E.
Pmkkam's Vegetable Com
pound in Time

Georgetown, Ill.-"After my first
baby was born l suffered so with my
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1--WE knew you wouIdn't be
satisfied anyway, Florence"

CTo BE coNTINUED.)
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"VAMPS" WHO MADE HISTORY
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.
rHE WORST WOMAN OF ROME

20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndcate)
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-29

Wlidhaber was missing from the
afternoon game-"Postum"
u. Chavez turned into a circus
catch what appeared like an easy
ny.
Manager Sganzini Is all praise for
tho treatment received from every
one; management. players and fans
alike IN santa Re.
Terrili's peg to second would make
Stumpf green with envy.
Manuel Chavez made a beautiful
throw from deep short and got his
man.
A. Chavez TUNED his ankle slightly
running to first IN the morning game
hut was back In harness for the af-
tclnoon game,
For a first start after a long alb
sccnce from the mound Teller did
well. With more than one pitcher.
Gibson would probably have trotted
OF with all three games from the
crippled Grays, With Nose Chavez
and Ross Saiafar out OF the line-up
the Grays nref seriously hurt.
The Attendance at Barclns field
during this series was unbecoming OF
"A sport-iovine public. TIL local team
is entitled q better patronage. and
should receive II, more 81 when
weakened by accidents than when
atroagly built. Many Of the boys arr
furnishing this sport without com
penratiun and the fans should be
loyal In thclr support.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-29
Diamond Notes

The American Legions' score FOR
sunday; Santa Re. "a; ieEionsi 3.
Gray scores for Saturday; Gibson,
"a; Onys, 4.
American i.egions made . errors
orays. A. Legions, 10 hits; GrayS'
3. =,
VINO says the Lesions AVE no hall
team7
PARENT managed to use hat pow
erfal right arm to advantage yester"
DAY. making a perfect throw to the
pitchers box. the bah bounding
sauarely Into Guevaui's mitt n
shut OF Tommy Clark. He also did
some timely hitting.
Burns had seven chances In the
afternoon game and missed one more
than he accepted.
McCarna used a stick that Just
couldn't behave and he Cloutcd out
four Tits In M many times az bat.
sandy should have won the morn
ing game: poor head work In base
running by team mates bumped M
chances.
Tommy Clark robbed the Grays Of
several hits by brilliant fielding.
The Gibson boys. mainly. are IN,
best behaved lot that have appeared
az Barclas field this season.