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Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
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"No, you can'tl Home is the place
for girls"
Bet is going"
Betty is older than you are
"And the family pet" A dish broke
under the emphasis.
Make her stop calling me Bet,
mother / hate it!"
"Be careful of the dishes, Susan.
The Lord knows where we will get
any more when they are gone. And
don't call your sister nicknames. 1t
isn't ladylike."
you always say the Lord knows.
Do you suppose he does, and that he
cares?" Susan asked with a twinkle
in her blue eyes.
Don't be sacrilegious, Susan"
Il think we were all pretty rotten
to Ruthie," Susan went or, paying
no attention. I'D like to know what
would become of us all if il wasn't
for her? We'd slowly starve to
death. expect. Ruthie is the star of
this family"
Ruth deceived me-her mother. /
hope neither OF you will follow her
example" Mrs. Browning still nursed
her grievance.
"Bosh! 1t was her money. She
earned it. She would keep il all and
tell us TO go hang If she was like a
don't buy herself any new clothes.
lot of girls. Ruth is pretty, too, and
she's getting shabby because she
say it's a shame the way we all act
las if we had right to what she
makes
Keep still, Susan. A girl thirteen
years old has no right to talk as you
do. Get through with those dishes
and go to bed"
ITO Re Continued0
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
Chapter XII
Ruths arms were about Betty.

Ruth's arms were about Betty.
Il will give you everything l can,
dear" she said, holding her close.
Everything. Don't ever talk as you
did just now Poor old dad-he
thought you meant 1t. But l knew
you didn't"
but l did! One would think you
were an old woman to hear you talk,
and you are only five years older
than l am. ! won't be poor! l hate
it! If / can't have things one way
l will another. All the girls have
things, pretty clothes and spending
money"
For half an hour Ruth pleaded.
Finally the younger girl broke down
and promised tearfully to be good,
not to do anything wrong to get the
pretty things she longed for.
You're just naturally good, Ruth.
You don't know how it feels to want
pretty things and good times so you
just ache for them"
Wen do the very best we can,
Betty, all of us. You study hard and
when YOU get through school I'll ask
Mr. Carr to give you a nice position.
Then you'll have your own money
and be Independent"
You bet I'll keep it, too, not turn
it over to the family like you do.
Dad ought to get something to do
we aren't to blame for being born
It's his duty to take care Of us"
Poor old dad!" Ruth said just as
Susan called them to dinner. Then;
.Youll keep your promsie to me,
Betty. won't you?'
Yes" Betty was sullen now.
But | won't promise to stay IN
school. Not unless ! can have things
like other girls
Ruth sighed as she followed Betty
down stairs. Her feet dragged. her
very spirit seemed to drag also. She
longed to be alone, to lock herself
away from them all.
"They wouldn't understand" she
communed. 1T would make more
unpleasantness."
Tired. aren't you, Sis?" Sam, who
sat next her, laid his hand for a mo
ment on her knee. Its all a, shame
Tears blurred the brave eyes FOR q
moment, only to be quickly brushed
away.
Don't sam. / can't stand sympa-
thy--not tonight"
II understand"
This feeling of understanding that
Sam often showed and helped Ruth
more than elJner OF Inem redlIleQ-' II
was only the intense bitterness which
occasionally cropped out in his
speech that ever caused Ruth to
question her right to keep him at
home. The government was doing
much for disabled men. But she
felt sure that he improved faster at
home, Mrs. Browning was a good
nurse, she adored her son, stories of
whose bravery she never tired Of re-
counting to the neighbors. He was
gaining slowly. Yet gaining. 1t had
been Ruth who insisted he remain at
home and be cared for there instead
of at hospital where he would feel
he was a charity patient She felt
that in the bitter mood that occa-
sionally swept over him he might do
himself harm.
Dinner over Ruth spoke of head
ache and said she was going to bed
at once,
Il should think you'd want to go to
bed, or somewhere, after the pleas
ant time we all gave you this after
noon. For a real pleasant time give
me q family squabble. oh, geei i
suppose / must wash the dishes as
usual. Betty is still afraid she'll
spoil her hands so that millionaire
won't want her" Susan volunteered.
"Stop your nonsense and get at the
dishes. I'm going to the movies"
Betty interrupted.
"Can / go, too, motnerI
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

thing new for Milady's vanity case,
Something newer and smaller dain-
tier aud lovelier!
Time was remember the days,)
when we went to our dances and our
parties with the wherewithal of our
loveliness slowed away in a silken
bag so large that we must leave 1t in
the dressing room while we tripped
the light fantastic. But now! such
an exquisite and such little kit of
beauty il is.
~Quite the newest and most inter
esting appointment for the vanity
case is this Scherk powder dropper.
No box which may spill as IL opens
but a neat pencil-like affair, usually
OF gold or silver. with an adjustable
top from which one may shake the
powder To ones puff. II takes up no
more space than a lipstick or pencil
quite as new is the little metal
scent case which matches the powder
dropper and has the most fascinat-
ing metal stopper, designed to put
the perfume just exactly where Il
should be on NIilady's eyebrows, her
lips or the back Of her pretty hand.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
Little Stories For Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS
PETER RABBIT WATCHES FOR
SIGNS

Some people never see things be-
cause they never look for them.
Peter Rabbit isn't that kind. My
goodness. no. Peter is all the time
looking and listening. You see, he
is dreadfully afraid that he will miss
something. SO every minute that he
is awake he is looking and listening.
Ii was this way more than ever now
Sister South Wind had arrived and
said that Mistress Spring was not far
behind. and that she had come to
waken all the sleepers so that they
would be ready to greet Mistress
Spring when she did arrive.
What puzzled Peter was how gentle
Sister South Wind, whose voice was
hardly more than a whisper. walked
all the sleepers. Rough Brother
North Wind had roared and whistled
and howled through the Green Forest
and over the Green Meadows all the
long winter without waking one. In
fact the louder he roared the farther
into dreamland the sleepers seemed
to go. But when the gentle Sister
South Wind wandered through the
Green Forest and over the Green
Meadows calling in just the lowest
SOlleSJ NolCti
Wake up. wake up you sleepers!
Come open wide your peepers!"
why, one after another they did
wake up. Peter couldn't understand
it, and finally he gave UP trying to-.
But it was great fun to go about
watching for signs that the sleepers
had heard gentle Sister South Wind
Peter would listen with one long ear
against a maple tree. He would hear
Just the softest little sound under the
bark, so soft that you and I couldn't
hear it if we tried. Then Peter would
kick up his heels for Joy IL was the
sap running up to all the branches
and out to the tiniest twigs of the
maple tree that Peter heard. and he
knew that the maple tree was awake.
Then he would go over to q swampy
place where the ice had melted away
and hold his nose while ne peeped
into the brown hood of the skunk
cabbage to see if there were any
signs of flowers there. II had q dread
full smell, and yet il made Peter feel
good all over because ii meant that
the queer little plant was awake.
Then he would go up in the Green
Forest 10 a warm, sunny place he
knew of and there he would pun
away the dead leaves of last summer
until he found tiny, fury cap peep
ing up above the ground. Then he
knew that dainty little Hepatica was
awake. He would carefully cover her
up again with the dead leaves that
she might not catch cold, after
which he would kick up his heels in
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
Sister Mary Suggests Proper Desserts
to Put On 1t
The INvALIp,s TRAY

The desserts for ain invalid should
always be very dainty and appetiz
ing. Very often the dessert adds
quite as much to the nourishment
of the meal as the main dish.
Never serve a sick person anything
that is not perfect in it's way. If the
custard is overbaked and seems
watery don't serve It, Let some well
members of the family eat it to "save
it," but prepare fresh one for the
invalid. After a patient is well
enough to eat, his food means more
to him and his speedy recovery than
most cooks realize.
Frozen Cream
One cup whipped cream, 115 table
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

Mrs. Jones--Yes, Larry stayed over
in England after the war lie works
in a butterine factory now and gets
6 80 a month
Mrs. ylvester-Thlrty pounds a
month? What does he do with it2
He can't eat all that.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
GREASE

Don't ever pour hot grease down
the sink drain. AS soon as it strikes
the cold pipes it will thicken and
stop them up
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
uE MAS wRnMc

Prison visitor-Am / right I'm pre-
suming that it was your passion for
strong drink that brought you here
Prisoner don't think you can
this place, guv'uor. It's the last place
on earth I'd come TO IL l was looking
for anything to drink.-Lodno Weekly
Telegraph.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
HANcINC sHEETS

In hanging sheets shake them well
while still wet, and hang with the
hens together and hem edge pinned
TO the line. This prevents whipping
tear as the sheet will need less
pulling.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
USE COLD WATER

When rinsing cut glasses that
have had milk in them use cold
water. Hot water makes them
streaked and hard to wash clear.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
Gem ENT

A paste effective for mending fine
china can be made by dampening
rice flour with cold water and sim
mering it gently on the back of the
stove until it becomes quite thick.
Since the paste is white it scarcely
shows in mending.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
9ELTuEss SUITS

The beltless version of the suit
jacket is more in evidence. Instead
of the imperative inclusion OF the
belt of lasts years fashion, option
is permitted.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
wEDDINc CAKE

There is a tendency to increase the
size of the wedding cake, cake spe-
cialists say. The tiers have become
higher and the floral decoration is
on a much larger scale.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
(To Be continued)
sPoNeEs

A sponge which has become too
hard to use can be softened if put in
clear cold water to which a little
borax has been added. Then let the
water boil, remove the sponge, rub
some borax into it and rinse in cold
water.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
LESS SUGAR

rice pudding or bread pudding. much
less sugar will be required.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
cIlsAInM rnps

If the down or feathers begin to
work through a cushion top iron the
wrong side of the cover with an
iron which has been rubbed with
white wax
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
SLEEVES

A favorite in sleeves is the slashed
type, the slash emanating from the
dropped shoulder line.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
BRIGHTEN GLASS

Put o. spoonful of vinegar in the
water with which you wash glass
and it will be brighter
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
He Would Carefully Cover Her oves
Again With the Dead Leaves That
She MIGHT Not Catch Cold

the funniest way. Just because 1t
made him feel so good.
Everywhere there were signs. II you
had eyes to see and ears to hear
them, and Peter had both. The
Laughing Brook, which had been sill
ent all winter because Jack Frost had
bound it over with ice. was laughing
a great roar OF a laugh, for its banks
The brown buds on the willows.
which all winter long Jack Frost had
pinched his hardest and failed to
open. had split their little brown
Jackets at the first touch of the soft
fingers OF gentle Sister South Wind.
and out or them had popped little
gray pussies, and that was a sign
There were signs eve-gwhere. and
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

every one of them made Peter feel
happier.
But most of all Peter listened for
something that he longed to hear
Every little while he would sit up
and listen and listen, with his long
ears standing straight up. Sometimes
he would think he heard it, but he
couldn't be sure. Then he would hold
his breath and listen and listen and
listen. What was he listening for?
Why. for the loveliest sound he knows
of-the voice OF Winsome Bluebird.
IT ] could only hear that" sighed
Peter. then / would know for sure
that Mistress Spring is almost here.
for Winesome Bluebird is her herald
and she is never far behind" And
this is how Peter Rabbit happened to
forget all about those strange tracks
he had found deep in the Green
Forest.
vrS aw.s.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

NEXT STORY-PETER RABBIT
KEEPS WATCH
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-30

learned that the forestry department
had completed plans for lookout
tower on top of the old Batsto Man
sion, determined to get the place.
My friends laughed at me when told
them of my plan. They pointed out
that I would get so lonely that 1
would quit inside of three days, and
others said that would become so
frightened when the high winds dashed
the lookout station that would de-
sert the post.
Had Confidence in Herself.
ri had confidence in myself and
filed an application for the post, and
few days later I was called to Tren-
ton. Mr.. WILDER questioned me very
carefully, and much to my joy in
formed me that he would give me a
trial. Early in the Spring climbed to
the top of the tower, placed my hat on
a wooden peg, cleaned the glass win
dows of the station and went to work.
"Batsto is just a small hamlet, eight
miles from Hammonton, but it has its
story. The mansion, built before the
Revolution and now a part of the Jo-
seph Wharton estate, of Philadelphia.
is an interesting place. Although iso-
lated, there is a distinctive charm
abou the old house that makes one
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the probability that it would bring
America into terrible moral condi-
ton. Yet divorce goes on increasing,
though, judging from the late war,
America is in pretty healthy ocndi-
ton.
The Pacific Coast is the great land
Of divorce. A friend of the present
writer, a man who moves in the So
cial swim, said recently that he sat in
a party of twenty-five married couples,
among whom he and his wife were the
only persons who had not been di-
vorced, at least once.
\ "Middle-aged women with husbands
younger than they are most numerous
in California" said the gentleman in
question. These women, who are in
their second blooming, have either di-
vorced or buried rich husband, got
alimony or legacy and married a live
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is this:
American marriages are supposed
to be based upon love, mutual affec-
ton. or. to put it bluntly, sex passion, !"
says Prof. Johnson.
Two young people love, that is, en-
terrain passion and affection for one
another. They get married. Very
well.
Then, in the course of a year or
two or ten years the passion, love, af-
lection or whatever you may choose
to call it, disappears.
''That means that the shifting sand
not the rock-on which the marriage
was built, has shifted and there is no
foundation. no support for it. The
reason for the marriage has disap-
peared.'
However. the marriage and divorce
mills grind merrily, one especially in
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America Leads in Divorce
The Lack Of the Dollar Is at the Bottom Of the Trouble

among the rich children do hold hus-
band and wife together. most men and
women want their children to be with
them, to have the kids think that they
have the best parents in the world, to
think well OF them now and after they
are dead. Fathers want their children
to know that they have fathers who
love them, and mothers want caddy
around for their children.
Scarcity of dollars and scarcity of
children are the great causes Of di-
vorce. The other woman, the vampire.
the blonde fairy Of whom we read SO
much in divorce cases does not ngure
much in the cases. Few men go crazy
about what is known as other women
Now and then a man does fall for a
fairy but most men are content with
one woman. Most any decent average
comedy sort OF girl will satisfy the
average man.
Liquor cuts but slight figure.
even. though money is spent for liquor.
Wanderlust, sloth, utter no-account-
ness also cut some small figure. But
lack of the dollar and OF the children
is responsible for 95 per cent of all
divorces in the United States today
One Divorce in Ten Marriages.
1t may be as the wise old jurist says.
Whatever the cause may be, there are
so divorces in every 1000 marriages.
or nearly one divorce in every ten
marriages where there were rs di-
yorces in every 1000 marriages SO
years ago. The divorce record has in
creased two per 1000 in the past ten
years. 1t is steadily climbing. Save
Japan. where man may divorce his
wife by merely opening the door and
bidding her get out, America leads the
world by wide margin in divorces.
In Japan divorce is easy for men only.
In the United States divorce is easy
] for women, too.
The wise jurist had his idea of it
gathered in his court where he has
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feel at home, and, although my sta
ton is 80 feet from the group, the
feeling of loneliness never gripDed me-
To commune with the birds and watch
the ever-changing panorama of a for
est blossom forth in its colorful Sum-
mer regalia is something that appeals
to my Imagination
ITO tell the truth, I am kept so busy
that can't find the time to get lonely.
have to work on Sundays and holt
days, but rainy days are mine, and I
make the most of them" At this
point the young woman made it plain
that she does not intend to spend her
life amid the tree-tops. 81 find time
for study" continued Miss Cramer. at
have not determined upon my future
vocation, but 1 am laying the founda-
ton for it. My study of our language,
supplemented by reading history and
good literature, will prepare me for
the future, and in a year or two will
be ready for more important service.
Has Detected 60 Fires.
Since the first of April Miss Cramer
has detected nearly 60 fires in her ter
ritory and has succeeded in reporting
them to the fire wardens before the
flames gathered Roadway,
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isolated section and send force of
men to the scene before the fire gains
Roadway.
Charles P. WILDER, state fire warden
for New Jersey, says that tower man
must be reliable, ever vigilant and a
man of good judgment. "To be rated
as first Glass; said Mr.. WILDER, "a
tower man must know his territory
perfectly. He must be able to dis
tinguish the smoke of Locomotive or
factory chimney from that of forest
fire, and also be able to determine the
difference between small brush fire
started by farmer from the danger
GUS grass fires that are frequently
started when a careless motorist
throws lighted cigarette into dry
roadside grass"
Girl Makes Good.
Whatever doubts that might have
lurked in the minds of the New Jersey
forestry officials concerning the avail
ability of women for the forest fire.
fighting force have been dispelled by
Miss Cramer. "She has made good"
says Mr.. WILDER, "and in way that
deserves our warmest praise"
How Miss Cramer has adjusted her
self to the service is told by herself.
II live in this section, and when I
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SHE LOOKS FOR FOREST FIRES

first assumed the duties. Up here /
see nature in all its glory and i'm
mensity." Her Cupid lips developed a
fetching smile as she added: TT is so
big and wonderful that I really believe
/ have caught some Of its, bigness."
Damage Done by Forest Fires.
Less than 20 years ago the forestry
wizards in Washington compiled forest
fire statistics that forced Congress to
do some real thinking In a word the
statistics informed the country that
forest fires were doing more to deplete
the nations timber supply than cross
cut saws and axes.
Congress got busy and appropriated
money for the establishment of for
est fire patrol The various states
mindful Of their duty in the matter OF
conserving timber land, considered it
good business to aid the government in
the work of checking timberland fires
and joined the movement
Today there is scarcely a state that
can not boast of fire-fighting division
. in its forestry department. Although
not regarded as lumber state, New
jersey has more than 2.ono non acres
of forest land. and state officials are
determined to save this vast acreage
frnvxa The snr-o 49,. g.
Mapnad T.fIyn Chanlynr Roard.
To do the work efficiently the state
has been divided into a giant checker
board. and in each If the squares noan
have been annointed to serve as fire
wardens. To give these fira-fgh+ino
units The ewes to detect tre anerov
several watrh towers have been erect-
ed Tn each tower a trained wor1ror
officially known as a forest-fire look
ont Waterman. stands guard over
territory of approximately 300 square
miles
The tower s11a-dsmen begin the dav
at 9 in the morning and remain on
. duty until in the afternoon Thew
roI7st ha eve~ watchfr1 and alert and
whenever smoke is detected that is
suspicious in character. thew must no.
tify the fire wardens in the square
where they have fixed the fire. IF
smoke is curling above the treetops in
heavily wooded section that is FIVE
or perhaps 10 miles distant from the
tower they must exercise good iudg-
ment in fixing the exact location of
the blaze
Telephones Warning.
When the tower man has determined
to his own satisfaction that the blaze
is in a certain square in his territory,
he summons the firefghting unit by
telephone, and if the fire assumes such
proportions that the local unit is I'M
able to cope with the blaze, other units
are called.
That the number of disastrous for
est fires is growing fewer in number
each year is due to the efficiency of
the tower men. 1t is their duty to de-
tect the embryo blaze that starts in an
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~HE dollar is at the bottom of
Y most divorce cases [ have
ID a tried" said an old circuit judge.
81 "Now and then other causes crop up.
Upon inquiry, l find that most mar
n ried couples have their first cuarrel
Oh over money and that money, not love
4 or the lack. of love, or jealousy or bad
temper, or dyspepsia, is the bone OF
contention between young American
married people.
IL have noted" continued the jujrist,
N chat this case frequently figures in
81 divorces:
" "The girl made what is known as
4 good money meaning satisfactory
~ salary or wages, before she married.
~ She married man who made not
much more than she had made. Out
IA Of a common fund, which was not any
y larger than her former personal FUND.-
she has to keep house for two, may
N ne three or four. She finds that she
N has not much money to spend ana,
what money she may have to spend, IS
" not her own. She becomes dlssatls-
! fed. There is trouble. Il there are
M no children there will in all probabll-
~ ty be divorce.
u "The girl can go back to her OLD
m lob and get her old wages or more.
~ The man can go his way. Many girls
who got married five years ago, before
N the era of high wages, regret that they
M have not had chance to get part OF
IH high salaries that are being paid
~ women today.
~ Children Help.
4, eChildren are the great antidotes to
~ divorce. Childrn hold the families of
d the poor and middle class together.
II for there is not money enough in the
\ family to support two homes. one for
Az the father and one for the wife and
\ children. Among the rich, where
? = money is no object, children are not
<tI such detriments to divorce as among
M the poor and fairly well off. Even
AM
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ern divorces. Nevada, South Dakota,
etc., attracted many persons who were
seeking quick radiance of ;rksome
matrimonial obligations. Against the
West or in its favor, just as you take
it. is the fact that it makes divorce
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A FEMININE forest-fre lookout
"a Waterman.
: There is such an official, and
she is on duty at the top of fire
tower that rears its head above the
stately pines, oaks and buttonwoods in