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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
Just MAKING SureI

Backward and forward Johnny
marched before the garden gate. He
had a brand-new rifle and was play
ing at being a soldier on sentry duty.
To him came the lady from next
door, her eyes cold and hard.
''Johnny, did you break my win
dow?" she demanded sternly, point
ing as she spoke to her damaged
property.
Johnny paused in his stride and
eyed her thoughtfully.
"Did you see me do it?" he asked
cautiously.
mo, didn't but"
"Then l didn't"
And he resumed his marching.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
GarcIa's Method.

Mesdames viardot- Garcia and MALI
oran, the wonderful daughters Of Nam
lei Garcia, who was perhaps the great
est vocal teacher of all time, literally
learned In suffering what they taught
N song"
The discipline of the Garcia home
was extremely severe. 1t was said
chat Garcia used to beat his daughters
ill they screamed.
The neighbors, however, did not con-
fuse method with madness, and on
such occasions they quantity said:
1T is only Monsieur Garcia teaching
his girls to sing. Dis
patch.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
"A TERRIBLE BLOW"

Synopsis..-Harriet Field, twenty
eight years old, and beautiful. Is
the social secretary OF the firta-
tious Mrs Isabel Garter, at
"Crownlands, Richard Carriers
home, and goyerness of seventeen
year-old Nina Carter. Ward twen-
ty-four years old and impression
able, fancies himself in love with
his mothers attractive secretary.
Mrs. Carriers latest affair is with
young Anthony Pope, and the
youth is taking 1t very seriously.
Presiding over the teacups this
summer afternoon, Harriet is pro-
foundly disturbed by the arrival OF
a visitor, Royal Blondin. Next
day, at a tea party In the city.
Blondon makes himself agreeable
to Nina, and leaves a deep impress
sion on the unsophisticated girl.
Harriet's agitation over the appear
ance of Blondin at "Crownlands"
is explained by the fact that he
had been a disturbing element in
her life ten years before and she
fears him. The man is an avowed
adventurer. living on the gullibility
Vi lilc iQlc iiCli. nc iAdlihiJ
nounces to Harriet his intention OF
marrying Nina, and urges her to
aid him. She is in a sense In his
power. and after pleading with him
to abandon his scheme agrees to
follow policy of neutrality.
Knowing the tender feeling she has
Inspired In Ward Carter. Harriet
is tempted to marry him for the
position and wealth he can give
her. though realizing she does not
love him, Blondin has ingratiated
himself with Madame Carter, Rich
ards mother, and she is whole
heartedly in favor of his marriage
with Nina. Ward urges Harriet to
marry him. She procrastinates.
Mrs. Carter elopes with Pope. Blon-
din threatens Harriet. She prays
to do what is right.
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81 mean that you and I shall
quietly get married in 9 few
weeks, when | am FREQ"
(To BE CONTINUED
Logical.

Patsy-Mom. won't yer gimme candy
now2
Mrs. Casey-Didn't oil tell ye OF
wouldn't give We amy at all II ye
didn't kape still?
Patsy-Yes'm, but
Mrs. Casey-Well. .he longer ye
kape still the sooner yen get it.
MICHIGAN Gnr0ovle-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
Place for Him.

There We're weird bowls from Tom
ny.
"What does that hyena want nowr
demanded father.
wants you to take him to the ZOO"
.ooed mother-Judge.
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The Sandman StOrv
BY ABBY Phillips Walker

Copyright Newspaper Syndicate New York City
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More Mirrors
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer
Copyright 1922 by the whe,lcr syndic.e. r,o N V

According to the Japanese legend the
Sun Goddess became offended with her
brother, and in high dudgeon retreated
into cave, thereby plunging the world
in utter darkness. In despair,
gods and eoddesses tried in vain
her forth until one, more inventive than
the others, devised mirror which he
hung on a bush in front Of the cave.
The curiosity of the Sun Goddess made
her come forth to look ut the strange
object, and when she beheld in il her
own face she was so enrapturcd With
what she saw that she stayed TO gaze
upon it, and never went back to her
cave again. Thus to the magic the
mirror do we owe the happy fact that
the light of day never fails us.
Also, the Sun Goddess set precedent
which women have never tired of follow
ing, as the most doubling Thomas and
| Thomasina can have proved to them 10y
observing that no woman ever passes n
mirror without stopping TO look in it,
and that ninety-nne women out OF
a hundred carry portable looking glass
faround with them, which they draw
out from time to time so that they may
refresh themselves with a reflection
of their own lineaments.
This feminine mania for mirrors has
ever been considered a great weakness OF
women Satarists have gibed at it
Moralists have preached against it
but the truth Of the matter is that womer
do not look in mirrors too much, they
look into them too little. What we nceC
is more mirrors, not fewer, and If | wer,
running girls school | should have i
function in a hall of mirrors where tn,
young persons would be forced to se'
herself as others see her.
Surely nothing else but the lack of 1
good, serviceable, truthful mirror cal
account for some of the vagaries o.
modern fads and fashions in which
women indulge. Certainly no woman
who had slant on how grotesque
marshmallow nose is, or how repulsiv,
are lips painted until they look like
/, cross-cut of underdone beef steak
would ever indulge in that particula
form of makeup again. She woulC
learn how TO turn out an artistic Job o
handmade complexion.
Nor would any woman who wasn't
candidate for a Home For The In
curably Feeble Minded bob her hal
after she was eighteen. and weighed ov
a hundred pounds. She would perceiv
what O figure of fun an old hen is tryin
: TO deck herself out in chicken feathers
Moreover, if women could get goo'
/ square back view of their feet and ankles
and really see how unkind nature oftel
/ is in the sort of underpinning with whicl
she provides the female of the species
ninety-nine women out of hundre'
would make a rush for their worI
baskets, and begin sewing ruffles on thei
petticoats.
While as for knicker bockers an,
bloomers-well, the girls who wear then
must have taken a hatchet and smashet
every mirror in the house for they can
they positively CAN'T-know hov
much they look like human turnip il
them, or else they wouldn't be caugh
dead in such a garb. A woman wh'
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20 do and much for us to see, but that
first of all we owe it to him to come
when he calls, for all the waters are
his children"
Old Dame Nature knew all this and
she knew still moro that every little
river and streamlet and rill would he
swallowed up by the big Ocean and
that never again would they babble and
tricklc and bubble over the stone and
rocks in the sunlight, for they would
become a part of the great Ocean and
I've lost forever.
But on and on went the runaways,
so happy that they leaped over all the
rocks and tried TO hold them back.
We are going 10 the Ocean, we can
not stay" was their reply, as they
went on their way.
"Oh. there is the Ocean" cried
one little river as they came near the
great roaring dashing waves.
oh" cried another, Il am afraid,
But 1t was too late, for the waves
caught them all in their strong tapping
grasp and carried them far our into
the Ocean and never gain would they
/ toe little rivers or streams or babbling
brooks or rills, but just a part of the
great roaring Ocean.
And though they saw strange and
far-away shores and many great ships
and other sights of the Ocean, an
quite sure that those runaway stream
lets and brooks and little rivers otter
wish they had never left their homes
on the top of the mountain where
each one of them had name as they
babbled or trickled or ran in the sun
light
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across ono Of our lines of vision, or else
he'll be going toward the open road
initiated her strategy, shielded my
self at tho side of the window, and
pcercd out into the darkness.
There wns hasty scrambling motion
on the ground beneath the window, then
rustling movement in the grass. !
strained my eyes, of course, unable to
| distinguish form OF color, saw grayish
formless shape moving swiftly along tho
ground, melting into the darkness.
| Going that way" whispered, nudg-
ing Lillian.
"All right" she whispered back. "Now
let's pull up this contrivance. Police l
thought that would be the next thing"
From the other side Of the house rose
sound as of kicking and long, hys-
terical wall, Katie's voice, mingled with
peremptory cries from my mothcr-in-
law, shrill little cries from Junior, and
one scream, short, quickly cut of, from
Marion.
"Nobody's Hurt"
II was not necessary for me to see
them to know that Katie was hysterical
with fright. Mother Grahnm, more angry
than alarmed, that Junior was crying
because he had been suddenly awakened
and that Marion-true daughter Of hcr
mother--hnd choked back her own ter
ror and would remain quiet until some
one came.
Go to them, quickly" Lillian said.
"Ill manage this, Tell them we thought
we heard somebody trying TO steal tho
chickens, and that | fired the revolver
to frighten of the thieves"
departed. not without qualm Of
misgiving at leaving Lillian. ] said TO
myself grimly that she was perfectly
capable of leaving the window by the
rope ladder and pursuing the fugitive
single-handed should the thought occur
to her. But there was no alternative for
me, and ! hurried to the other part of
the house, my pace accelerated by
katle's cresccndo of sound.
| went TO her door first, for | feared
that she would have il down with her
frantic knocking and kicking. | un-
locked the door. calling reassuringly &c
To her as did SO. AS ! opened the door
she fell against me. half-swooning
clutching at my dress frantically.
ooh, vot ees it, Missis Graham, YOU
keeled, ees dot babee keeled?"
Margaret My mother-in-law',
voice warned me that must not delay
n releasing her.
"Nobody's hurt, Katie" l said, grasp
ing her arm firmly. "Stop that noise
and come with me while unlock Mothe
Graham's door"
+ fairly carried her down the corrido
: SO helpless from fright was she-anc
unlocked my mother-in-law's door {,
confront that lady, terrible in her of
Tended majesty.
Il want an explanation of this Pre-
cecding at once, Margaret" she saic
I. And he assured | shall wire Richar
4 TO come home Immediately. To think
T have lived to my age TO be locked in m
h room by my own sons wife"
/ TO be continued)
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MEALS A CHILD CAN PREPARE
ON MOTHERS "DAY OUT

When the mother-houekeepcr's chill
drcn are little, she cannot expect TO
have many holidays away from the
home; but when those children reach
the ninth or tenth year they should
learn TO cook certain dishes so that
mother may have an occasional day
away from the strain of housekeeping
All those years that mother spent de-
voting herself TO her helpless little
ones should now he rewarded by a
carefree holiday az least once every two
weeks. II n maid, hired TO do the
week, why does not mother, who does
her own cooking, also need this brief
vacation7
Baked dishes are best for little hands
10 prepare. For there is no fire near
the Overland mother need not worry
| while che IL away about the danger
Of her child's catching fire. The child
should be taught TO turn on the dreughts
of the stove, but not TO touch the lids;
for, when father comes home, ut supper
time, he can put on the coal-or some
neighbor could perform this slight service
| The following supper menu 10 simple
one for child to prepare:
Grapenuts Dish
Bread, Butter and Jam
ITulled Berries
with Milk
Grapenuts Dish: Put one quart Of
sweet milk in lrge baking dish. Add
To il one cup Of uncooked grapenuts
one half cup of granulated sugar, one
cup Of raisins and two well-benten
eggs. Bake one hour in moderate
oven.
The following dinner menu is also
simple enough for q child 10 carry out
OF course mother has left the colo
meat, the rhubarb, and the pudding
ready TO be served So tho only
dish is the Norwich Cream Potatoes
which nine year-old child can essill
bake.
Sliced Cold Beef
/ Stewed Rhubarb
Norwich Cream Potatoes
Tapioca Mods
, Norwich Cream Potatoes: Cut
mediun-size cold, boiled leftover
potatoes into very small pieces, sprinkl
them with one-half teaspoon Of sal
and one tablespoon OF -four, and p,i
them in baking dish with one pin
of milk. Chop into fine pieces hi
Of American cheese the size of domino
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THE EFFORT LILLIAN AMI
MADGE MADE TO CATCH
THE INTRUDER.
xxh.t 10 a AadUc- Ah-h "

what is IL, Madgc, Ah-hP ,
Illlian'p quick brain did not need
my gasp Of fright in answer to her qucs-
ton, She had seen the look OF terrified
anna sr,nent on my face rs stared past
her toward the window, and even as
she spoke she had whirlcd, lcspcd 70 the
window and was pulling frnntically Mt
the adjustable screen.
"Quickl Madgc, "she commanded, and
putting down my terror with an IRON
hand, l rushed to her SIDE just rs she
tori the screen from its place, threw It
out Of tho window, grasped with both
hands ut n qucer-looking contrivance OF
knottcd rope which hung taut just out
sidc tho window. l noticed that as she
did no she sank TO her knees inside the
window.
Your knees. Grab IL with mo-" she
commanded, and obeycd her, feeling
nv arms almost drawn out Of my sockets
as | did SO, with the unseen weight
which depended from the rope.
"Shnkc it-hard. That's right Can
YOU keep Il up II take of one hand2"
w-l--v,-" | said dctcrmincdly be-
TWEEN my set teeth
had not the slightest idca OF her res-
son for the request, but ! realized that
upon that rope beneath me there was
somothing human, evil, which Lillian
wished 10 capture IL possible.
She withdrew her hand, gradually, 50
that there should be no sudden strain on
mine, iumhled in her blouse. a gesture
which chilled me. | knew, OF course,
that Lillian, in time of stress, is never
without a tiny revolver but the prospect
of her using II was terrifying.
at isn't Smith" | gasped hastily
'rhe face looked like q boy"
Pm not going 10 shoot him. she
aid impatiently, then she thrust tho
rrvolver through the window and hreC
three shots toward the peaceful SIX,
above us.
Going That Way"
There was n violent shaking Of tn,
ropc. which did not come from on
muscles, then thud upon the eartl
below. followed by an involuntary groan
quickly smotherod
Put out the hight ht'-Lillian Whispered
the words close 20 my ear, and | has
toned 20 obey her, noticing that sh'
drew back to the side of the woindov
rs she spoke.
Keep back there" she commanded
still in whisper, rs ! started towar'
her. "lle may take n notion 10 answe
that last message of mine, and there
no need of giving him q target.
For answer, ! dropped 70 my hand
and knees and crawled 90 her.
When YOU leave the window, shall,
aid firmly.
I'm not quite an idrot, "she rctor'ed
"I'm not exposed 20 his fire. But yo
can help, at that Get up 10 the othc
side Of the window, so you can watc
that direction. He'll have TO crav
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wears knickerbockers represents the
qulntessencc of vanity, OF the essence of
despair She either estcems herself
so beautiful that nothing can mar her
ooks, or else sho thinks herself no hid
pearance, Both OF which assumptions
are false.
As for manners, surely no girl who
WAS forced to gaze upon her counterfeit
prcsentment would sprawl around, or
stand in postures that brings that very
necessary, but unbcauteous organ, tho
stomach, into undue prominence, or
otherwise offend the eye by assuming
uncouth attitudes On the contrary, she
could but cultivate grace Of movement
and position and learn how TO become
part of the picture if she had TO be easy
on her own eyes as well as the publics
And what n pity there is not some
magic mirror in which tho naggers can
see themselves as they really are. They
deceive themselves by thinking that
their ceaseless interference with every
thing that their victims want to do is
prompted by love and anxiety, and they
stultlfylthemselves by believing that the
members of their families love them in
spite of being deprived of every particle
of personal liberty.
Surely, millions of domestic martyrs
would be set free Of their suiferings If
the naggers could see that their nagging
is nothing else than petty tyranny, and n
selfish determination to enforce their
own will on others at any cost. 1t would
curdle the blood of many father and
mother to know that their own children
looked forward TO their death, or to
getting away from home as n prisoner
does for the opening of the Jail door
And it would startle many man and
woman TO know how cordially he or she is
hated by the husband or wife whom he
or she has turned into bond slave.
And, oh, if we could only have some
mental mirrors, in which we could see
how we looked to our fellow creatures,
what reformation il would bringl What
a shrinking in swelled heads there would
he if only the egotistic could behold how
contemplate their little vanities are,
and what puny figures they really cut in
the world.
The man who brags about how much
money he has made; the soldier who
boasts that he won the war; the writer
who admits that nobody since Shakes
peare has his genius; the woman who
boasts of her conquests, and tells you
that no man can resist the fatal lure OF
her beauty; the woman who monologues
about how wonderful her children are,
how. humble and deprecating they
would become if only they could see
that people listen to their boastings
with their tongues in their cheeks, and
mock them for wind bags behind Their
backs
Not without reason does the ole
japanese myth represent the mirror
as bringing us the light of day. If We
could see ourselves as others see us, il
would bring to us all great enlight.
ment.
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Tire repair? Read the classified
ads.--Adv.
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LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

Liquids
The most frequent liquid is waiter,
Found in spikkots, hoses and creeks,
Its ideal 10 take a bath in
And varies from foods TO leeks.
2
Lemminade is meerly waiter
With things added and nuthing removed,
It don't even look mutch diffrent
But o how the taist is improved.
Milk is liquid made by cows,
They squert how quite lot,
Its nuthing speshil wen its cold
And awfill wen its not.
4
Amung the liquids in bottles,
One of the darkest is ink,
Being usetll to mankind to rite with
But on the contrary to drink
Altho melted ice cream is good liquid,
And gravy makes things wet that would
be dry,
There's nuthing can take the place Of
The iooce from a joocey apple pie.
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Efficient Housekeeping
I
BY Laura A. Kirkman

and sprinkle this over the potatoes
Also sprinkle few bread crumbs over
tn dish, and bake one hour in a slow
oven.
Answer 20 "B". The Zone egg" at
the top Of tho recipe you sent me,
should have been "One cup OF sugar
otherwise your lemon sponge pie
would have been entirely unsweetened.
Answer 20 bride Alice: Foemy
Sauce: Beat the yolks Of . epgs, add
one cup Of sugar, then add 3 table
spoons Of hot milk and one-half tea
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The critical time Of n woman's
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cause the face to be very red and
often bring on headache, dizziness
and a sense of suffocation.
Another annoyingsympto which
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She becomes nervous, avoids meet
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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Let it help carry you through this
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e Textbook upon AILMENTS
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WHEN THE OCEAN CALLED.

Tho hsbbling brooks and rivers and all
the little rills
One day ran of together and tumbled
down the hills
Old Dame Nature, who is ever on
the lookout for her children, saw the
ranaways and called TO them to come
back You Will be lost forever,
she said Heed my warning before II is
too late"
But the only reply that she heard,
"Ne are tired Of staying at home,
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W, rhs'e s ftc ses,n'
and nwny they went, frolicbing and
ohhtterinr merrily as they ran far, far
awsy from their mountain home
"Old Dame Nature would have us
always live UP there" said one little
river, where we can see nothing but
the sky. am sure there is much
more 20 be seen out in the big world
the birds tell us about"
"Yes, but that is not why am run
ming away" said another stream. Il
heard old Ocean calling US at night.
He sends has loud call on the night
winds and he SAYS there is much for us
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WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE
ATrying Period throughwhich Every
Woman Must Pass
Practical Suggestions Given by the Women Whose
Letters Follow

Phila., Pa--IrWhen I was going
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aches. Twas troubled In this way
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mo to take Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and | am
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ommend your medicine to those
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other women | will be glad for you
TO use my letter. - Mrs. FANNIE
RosENsTEIN, $50 N. Holly Street,
Phila., Pa.
Detroit, MISUNDERSTANDING the
Change Of Life l had a lot of stom-
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was not able to do any work at all.
/ read about Lydia +. Pinkham's
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"Tt has about reached tho point In
this country" says n local waR,
where you have 90 bill somebody In
order 10 keep ont Of jaii!"---Nashyills
Tennesseean.
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Moral Suaslon.
mo more bettleshipsT'
mo more battleships."
what ars we going to collect our
bills with 7"--IudRe
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spoon of vanilla. Beat z eep-whitcs
stiff and stir these in. Serve.
Tomorrow Ways TO Use Odds and
Ends Of Yarn.