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New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

F., sickness, poortith want and all, he was
footing it all his life st the one job he
revelled in. An extraordinarily happy
man, though there is no direct proof
that he thought so.
Many Hard Workers Out
Merely for Enjoyment
There must be many men in other
callings beside the arts. lauded as hard
workers who are merely out for enjoy
cellor had always a passion to be a
soldier. we must reconsider him as a
worker. Even oar Princip pal? How
the light that burns in our Principals
room after decent people have gone to
bed? We could climb up and look in
| should like to do something OF that
nature for the last time-should we
find him engaged in honest toll or
guitily engrossed in chemicals?
You will all fall into one of those
two calIngs, the joyous or the uncon-
/
first. though our sympathy. our esteem.
i must 80 rather to the less fortunate,
/ the bravcr ones who turn their neces-
! sty to glorious gains" after they have
have put away theirdreams To the others
Will go the easy prizes of life-success
which has become somewhat odious
onion nova days. chiefly because we so
cften give the name to the wrong thing
days you will, think, realze-with
| hope, becoming cheerfulncss- that we
are all failures at least all the best of
us. The greatest Scotsman that ever
The poor nha bitant below
/ Was quick to learn nd wise to know
And keenly felt the friendly glow
And softer flame.
But thoughtless follies laid him low
And stained his name.
Perhaps the saddest lines in poetry
written by man who could make
things new for the gods themselves.
If you want to avoid being like Burns
there are several possible ways. Thus
you might copy us, as we shine forth
in our published memoirs, practically
without flaw. No one so obscure
nowadays but that he can have a book
about him. Happy the land that car
produce such subjects for the pen.
But don't put your photograph at all
ages into your aut biography. That is
I'm f,orr c{ot LoI
| Have Done With It," That is the
sort Of title, but it is the photographs
that give away what you have done
with it. Grim things these portraits
if you could read the language of them
you would often find it necessary tc
read the book. The face itself, OF
course, is still more telltale. 1t is the
record of all ones past life. There the
man stands in the dock. page by page;
we ought to be able to see each chapter
of him melting into the next, like the
figures in the cinematograph Even the
youngest Of you has got through some
chapters already. When you 60 home
for the next vacation some one is sure
to say: John has changed a little;
don't quite see in what way, but he
has changed" You remember they said
that last vacation. Perhaps it means
that you look more manly, | hope il
does; at any rate, try to make that its
meaning next time.
In youth, you tend to look rather fire
quently into a mirror, not at all neces
sarly from vanity. You say to your
self, What an interesting face; won
der what he is to be up to-" Your bet
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Ooura@e-Slr James Nj Barries First and Last Address
BarT1e's Speecl, Hailed as Ne,v Classic
LONDON. May 5.

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New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

country much, unless it strs YOU into
getting to know how world shaking
situations arise how they NAV be
checked and in what way to obtain
the fighting partners share in the de-
cislons. Doubt all your Betters who
would deny you that right, Begin by
doubling all in high places except. of
course, your professors. But doubt all
other professors. If it necessitates
your pushing us out of our places, still
push; you will find it needs some SHOW
ing. But the things courage can do!
The things that even incompetencv can
do if it works with sin2lene of pur-
pose. Your Betters have done a big
tn'ng; we have taken spring out of the
year. And having done that our lead
ing people are amazed to find that the
other seasons are not conducting
themselves as usual. The spring of
the year lies buried the fields of
France and elsewhere. BY the. time
the next eruption comes it may be YOU
who are responsible for it and your
sons who are in the lava. All perhaps
because this year you let things slide.
We are nice and kindly people.
but it is already evident that we are
struggling back into the old grooves.
We are too old for any others: that
Is the fundamental difference between
us and you. We have no intention
OF giving you your share. Look around
and see how much share Youth has
now that the war is over. You got a
handsome share while it lasted.
| expect we shall beat you; unle IS
your fortitude be doubly girded by a
desire to send q message of cheer to
your brothers who fell--the only mes
sage. believe, for which they crave: !:
they are not worrying about their
Aunt Jane. They want to know if you
have learned from what befell them;
if you have, they will be braced in the
feeling that they did not die in vain.
Some of them think they did. They
won't take our word for it that they
dldn t. ou are thelr living image;
they know you could not lie to them,
but they distrust our fattery and our
cunning faces. To US they have passed
away but are you who stepped into
their heritage only yesterday. whose
books are scarcely cold to their hands.
you who still hear their cries being
blown across the link-are you already
relegating them to the shades? The
gaps they have left in this university
are among the most honorable of her
wounds. But we are not here to ac
claim them. Where they are now, hero
is. think, a very little word. They
call to you to find out in time the
truth about this great game, which
your elders play for stakes and youth
for it's life.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Offers Unfinished Play
for Students to Complete

| don't know whether you are grown
am sure the heroes are. That is the
subject of one Of our unfinished plays.
McConnachie is the one who writes the
plays. If any one of you here proposes
to be playwright you can take this
for your own and finish it. The scene
is school, schoolmasters present; but
if you like You could make it uni
versity, professors present. Glasburgh
or Abergow. They are discussing an
illuminated scroll about a student fall
presented to his parents and unexpect-
edly the parents enter. They are an
old pair, backbent; they have been stall
warts in their day, but have now gone
small; poor. but not so poor that they
could not send their boy to college.
They are in black, not such rusty
black either, and you may be sure she
is the one who knows what to do with
his hat. Their faces are guarded, |
suppose-but | don't need to describe
y
have come to thank the Senatus for
their lovely scroll and ask them to
tear it up. At first they had been en-
emored to read of what scholar
their son had been. how noble and
adored by all But soon a fog settled
over them. for this grand person was
not the boy they knew. He had many
fault well-known to them; he was
not always so noble; IS a scholar he
did no more than scrape through. And
he sometimes made his father rage and
his mother grieve. They had liked to
talk such memories as those together
and smile over them, as if they were
bits of him he had left lying about the
house. SO thank you kindly, and would
YOU please give them back their boy by
tearing up the scroll? ! see nothing
else for our dramatist to do. | think
he should ask an alumna of st. Andrews
to nlay the old lady. The loveliest of
all Young actresses, the dearest of all
old ones-it seems only yesterday that
all the men of Imagination proposed
to their beloveds in some such frenzied
words as these: GAS | can't get Miss
Terry, may have you?'
This play might become historical
as the opening OF your propaganda in
the proposed campaign. How to make
practical advance? The League of
Nations is a very fine thing, but it
can't save you, because it will be run
by us. Beware your Betters bringing
presents. What is wanted is some
thing run by yourselves. You have
more in common with the youth OF
other lands than Youth and Age can
ever have with each other; even the
hostile countries sent out many son
very like ours, from the same sort Of
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
lassive Attitude Of
Distrust Won't iielD

Even without striking out in the way
suggest you are already disturbing
your Betters cons siderably. some
times talk this over with McConnachie.
with whom as you may guess, cir
cumstances compel me to pass good
deal of my time. In our talks we agree
that we. your Betters, constantly find
you forgetting that we are your Bet
ters. Your answer is that the war
and other happenings have shoYn you
that age is not necessarily another
name for sapience-that our avoid
ance of frankness in life and in the
arts is often but a cowardly way Of
shirking unpalatable truths; and that
YOU have taken us off our pedestals
because we look more natural on the
ground. '1f Youth but only knew
we used to teach you to sing; but now,
iast because Youth has been to sthe
var it wants to change the next line
into "If Age had only to do"
This passive attitude Of distrust.
however, will not help you or our
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Youth Must Become
'artners of Betters

"s own theme is Courage, as you
1"'u'd use. .it in the great fight that
s,s'hs =, 70 ME to be coming between
1'u'n and their Betters; by Youth
meaning Of course. you. and by your
e,eers' US. | want YOU to take up this
,,s'"oh--that Youth have for too long
exclusively in our hands the deci
eions IN national matters that are more
'e' 70 them than to US. Things about
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D-BORING GRUB
THREATENS TO RUIN
old LONDON BUILDINGS
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Nov. ga wondering
lgrub is threatening to destroy many
sof the ancient architectural wonders
Sof London. The grub first made its
appearance in large numbers some 10
years ago, and had done much dam
age to the wood sections of historic
buildings before its presence was dis
covered.
The insects already had eaten into
the roof supports of old Westminster
hall, which dates from the time of
King William Rufus, and royal archi-
tects and engineers were at once set
to work to remove the decayed parts
ind substitute iron work. The work.
however, was extremely tedious, and
although it was carried on throughout
the war, it has just been completed.
1t was necessary to remove all of the
beams and many of the pillars of the
famous buildings.
The grub was next found to have
made considerable progress in West
minister Abbey, but this structure is
now being successfully repaired. The
grub has also been at work in the
houses of parliament, the Guildhall
and Saint PauPs Cathedral, which also
are undergoing repairs.
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urday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Davis of Eaton. MIR. and
Mrs. James Quick and daughter, Edith,
Miss Lydia Breese of Liberty, Miss
Irene Breese of Richmond were visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Breese Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Verling Shelter
and daughter, Martha, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Ketron, south
of CampbellStown. 1850. The Wllllng
Workers class of the New Westvllle
Sunday school held its monthly meet
ing in the church Friday evening. A
very interesting Bible study is being
conducted by different members of the
class. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Davis
of Eaton spent Sunday afternoon with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Pryfogle and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. l.. Culbertson of New Westville, MI.
and Mrs. w. H. Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Rickner and daughter, MT
and Mrs. Andrew Thomas, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lovess, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Roll
ings and children, Gordon Thomas'
Miss Gladys Thomas, all of Dayton
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given to others should be shared by
himself
Now I have told you all You have
yourself supplied the rest / did, as
You say, after restless night, set of
early from my cottage. l foresaw the
difficulty of arousing him, so l gath
cred some gravel from the pile which
you have mentioned, and / used it to
throw up to his window. He came
down and admitted me through the
window of the sitting room. laid his
offence before him. / told him that l
had come both as judge and execu-
toner. The wretch sank into chair
paralyZed at the sight of my revolver.
lit the lamp, putsthe power above it,
and stood outside the window ready
TO carry out my threat to shoot him
should he try to leave the room In
five minutes he died. There is my
story, Mr.. Holmes. Perhaps, if you
loved woman, you would have done
as much yourself. At any rate, / am
in your hands. You can take what
steps you like"
Holmes sat for some little time in
silence.
What were your plans?'' he asked
at last.
81 had intended to bury myself in
Central Africa. My work there is but
half finished"
60 and do the other half" said
Holmes. 81, at least, am not pre-
pared to prevent you"
DR.. Sterndale raised his giant fig
ure, bowed gravely, and walked from
| the arbor. Holmes lit his pipe and
handed me his pouch.
Some fumes which are not poison
GUS would be welcome change" he
said. Il think you must agree, Wat
son, that it is not a case in which we
are called upon to interfere. Well,
Watson, l will not offend your intelli-
gence by explaining what is obvious.
The gravel upon the window sill was,
/ of course, the starting point of my re-
search. 1t was unlike anything in the
vicarage garden. Only when my at
itention had been drawn to DR.. Stern
/ dale and his cottage did 1 find it's
counterpart. The lamp shining in
broad daylight and the remains of
powder upon the shield were success
sive links in a fairly obvious chain.
And now, my dear Watson, think we
may dismiss the matter from our mind,
and go back with a conscience to the
study of those Chaldean roots which
are surely to be traced to the Cornish
branch of the great Celtic speech"
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p, and I afterwards met him as I did

up. and I afterwards met him as did
the others.
zone day, only couple Of weeks
ago, he came down to my cottage and
showed him some of my African cur
iosities. Among other things / ex-
hibited this powder. and 1 told him of
its strange properties, how it stimu-
lates those brain centres which con-
troll the emotion of fear, and how
either madness or death is the fate of
the unhappy native who is subjected to
the ordeal by the priest of his tribe.
told him also how powerless Euro
pean science would be to detect it..
How he took it l cannot say, for
never left the room, but there is no
doubt that it was then, while / was
opening cabinets and STOPPING to
boxes, that he managed to abstract
some of the deviIs-foot root. I well
remembered how he piled me with
questions as to the amount and the
time that was needed for it's effect,
but / little dreamed that he could
have a personal reason for asking
81 thought no more of the matter
until the wears telegram reached me
at Plymouth. This villain had thought
that / would be at sea before the news
could reach me, and that 1 should be
lost for years in Africa. But. 1 re-
turned at once. Of course, could not
listen to the details without feeling
assured that my poison had been used.
came round to see you on the chance
that some other explanation had sug-
gested itself to you. But there could
be none. / was convinced that Nor
timer Tregennis was the murderer;
that for the sake of money, and with
the idea, perhaps, that if the other
members of the family were all insane
he would be the sole guardian of their
| joint proprty, he had used the devils.
| foot powder upon them. There was
his crime; what was to be his punish,
ment?
Should / appeal to the law? Where
were my proofs? knew that the facts
were true, but could help to make a
/ jury of countrymen believe so fantas
tic story? / might or l might not
But l could not afford to fail l de
termined that the fate which he had
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you walked up and down the room
Then you passed out and closed the
window, standing on the lawn outside,
smoking a cigar and watching what
occurred. Finally, after the death of
Tregennis, you withdrew as you had
come. Now, DR.. Sterndale, how do you
justify such conduct, and what were
the motives for your actions? If you
prevaricate or trifle with me, l give
you my assurance that the matter will
pass out of my hands forever"
THAT is why l have done it," said
he
1t showed the bust and face OF a
very beautiful woman. Holmes stopped
over it.
Brenda Tregennis."" said he.
Eyes, Brenda Tregennis," repeated
our visitor For years l have loved
her. For years she has loved me.
There is the secret of that Cornish
seclusion which peaple have marvel
led at. 1t has brought me close to
the one thing on earth that was dear
to me. ! could not marry her, for
have wife who has left me for years
and yet whom, by the deplorable laws
of England, l could not divorce. For
years Brenda waited. For years
waited. And this is what we have
waited for" A terrible sob shook his
great frame, and he clutched his throat
under his brindled beard. Then with
an effort he mastered himself and
spoke on.
"The vicar knew. He was in our
confidence. He would tell you that
she was an angel upon earth. That
was why he telegraphed to me and
returned. What was my baggage or
Africa to me when l learned that such
a fate had come upon my darling
There you have the missing clue to
my action, Mr.. Holmes"
Proceed" said my friend
DR.. Sterndale drew from his peck
ct a paper packet and laid it upon
the table. On the outside was writ.
ten "Radix pedis diaboli," with a red
poison label beneath it. He pushed
it towards me- 81 understand that you
are doctor, sir. Have you ever heard
of this preparation"
"Devil's-foot root! No, have never
heard of it."
"It is no reflection upon your pro
/ fessional knowledge" said he, "for
believe that, save for one sample in q
| laboratory at Buda, there is no other
| specimen in Europe. The root is
/ shaped like a foot, half human, hall
/ goat-like; hence the fanciful name
given by a botanical missionary 1t is
used as an ordeal poison by the medi
cine-men in certain districts of West
Africa, and is kept as a secret among
them. This particular specimen 1 OBJ
tanned under very extraordinary cir
cumstances in the Ubanghi country
He opened the paper as he spoke ant
disclosed a head of reddish-brown
snuff-like powder.
well, sir?" asked Holmes sternly
IT have already explained the rela
tionship in which l stood to the Ire
gennis family. For the sake of thu
sister l was friendly with the brothers
There was a family quarrel abou
money which estranged this man Nor
timer, but it was supposed to be mad,
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were guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Cooke of New Hope. Homer
Breese of Dayton spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Alonzo
Breese and family.
WEBSTER, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Brumfield and daughter, Marcia
Kathleen, spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Brumfield. 49,.
Frank Frame made a business trip to
Green's Fork Saturday Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hendershott, Mrs. George Peery
and son, Bruce, Jr., spent Sunday even
ing at Richmond visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Carey Jamison of Richmond avenue. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Blair and family
are moving to Richmond this week. f.
The Ladies' Aid of Friends church will
serve the lunch at the Brown and Ryan
sale Thursday. Nov 23 Mrs. Allie
Miller spent Tuesday shopping in Rich
mond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ryan have
purchased the Gibson property and
will move there in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleo Culbertson enter
tanned Sunday for Mr.. and Mrs A T
Jessup, Afternoon callers were Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Robbins and family OF
Richmond. ..... Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Plankenhorn entertained Sunday in
honor of their son RusselIs birthday
Among those present were Mr.. AND
Mrs. Charles Hollingsworth and Mrs
Naomi Plankenhorn, son Charles and
/ daughter Ida, also Neal Parrish. ;.
Milton Bishop. after spending the pas
few days in Indianapolis. has returned
home. :. Glen Miller, of Dayton, spen
| the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Miller. Mr.. ant
Mrs John Hendershott had for theil
guests at dinner Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs
George Peery and son Bruce, of Gin
cinnati, and Miss Rheba Smith, o
Richmond. :. Max Feemster, of Craw
louisville and Alolph Mueller, Of In
dianapolis, spent Thursday with MI
and Mrs. w. c. Harvey.
Mrs. Lucille Beeson spent Tuesda
/ Afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Flu
ton. Mrs. Clara Culbertson spen
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Jenni
Jessup. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Brun
4 field and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ho
lingsworth attended revival service
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The ADVENTURE
Continued From Page seven)


suspected. | refused to answer. You
then went to the vicarage, waited out
side it for some time, and finally re-
turned to your cottage"
How do you know that?"
Il followed you. You spent a rest
less night at your cottage, and you
formed certain plans, which in the
early morning you proceeded to put
into execution. Leaving your door
just as day was breaking, you filled
your pocket with some reddish gravel
that was lying heaped beside your
gate"
you then walked swiftly for the
mile which separated you from the
vicarage. You were wearing, / may
remark, the same pair of ribbed ten
mis- shoes which are at the present
moment upon your feet. At the vicar
age you passed Though the orchard
and the side hedge, coming out under
the window Of the lodger Tregennis.
You drew some of the gravel from
your pocket, and you threw it up at
the window above you"
Il believe that you are the devil
himself" he cried.
ut took two, possibly three, hand
fuls before the lodger came to the
window You beckoned him to come
down. He dressed hurriedly and de-
scended to his sitting room. You en-
tered by the window. There was an
lnterview-a short one-during which
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Suburban

NEW WESTVILLE, Ohio. Mr..
and Mrs. Verling Shelter and daugh-
ter, Martha, of this place, James Shelf
fer of Campbellstown spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
-. Miss Ruby Mattix spent
Saturday in Eaton. ;. Frank Henne-
meyre of near New Paris visited rela-
tives of this place Sunday. =. Several
from this place went to hear Billy
Sundays sermon Monday morning in
Richmond. Mrs. Everett Pryfogle and
children, Ruth and William, spent Sat
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PAGE ELEVEN

at Chester NJ. E. church Sunday night.
Mrs. Flora Fulton is very i'll. -.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palmer of Fountain
City spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Nate Wills. Mrs. Anna VeTagge OF
Richmond, is spending several days
with her sister, Mrs. Flora Fulton
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Haisley, Mrs. Mat
tie Williams of Richmond, and Mrs
Lucille Jay spent Friday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Williams. The Frinds
Ladies' Aid society realized $40 from
their lunch served at William Lambs
sale.
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DON'T BOAST TOO MUCH

Eyes, indeed" said De Boast; my
hearing is extraordinarily acute"
'You don't sayi" put in Won Broke
"Can you hear my watch ticking from
where you stand?"
"Eeasily"
well, you are wonderi It's at the
pawnbroker's, 10 blocks away."-From
Everybody's Magazine.
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ENTIRE FAMILY HAD eFLU.

keep right on using Foley's Honey
and Tar. 1t will give quick relief said
the doctor, when the entire family had
the flu Never saw anything so good"
writes Mrs A B. Griffith, Andrews,
Ind Neglected coughs and colds often
lead to Serious complications. Foley's
from opiates ingredients printed on the
wrapper). Largest selling cough medi-
cine in the world. A. G. Luken Drug
Co, 626-62S Naturalization
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driven disregard profits cut prices to wholesale levels
the amount have invested in Stove department.
Our original basis profit average
exactly what every purchase Never before
again will such event be offered by It's biggest