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The Devils Lake world., 1922-04-12
Coming To
DEVILSLAKE
DR.. MELLETHIN
SPECIALIST
For His Eighth \ eur In North Dakota
DOES NOT USE SURGERY
Will be at
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
MAY 5th and 9Th
Office Hours: 9 am. to 4 pm.
Two Days Only
No Charge for Consultation
Two Days Only
No Charge for Consultation

DR.. Mellenthin is regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is licens-
ed by the state of North Dakota. He
visits professionally the more impor-
tant towns and cities and offers to al!
who call on this trip consultation
free, except the expense of treatment
when desired.
According to his method of treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit many wonderful
results in diseases of the stomach, liv-
er, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrah
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length Of time and do not get any bet
ter, do not fail to call, as imprope,
measures rather than disease are very
often the cause of your long standing
trouble.
Remember above date, that consul
tation on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Address, 336 Boston Block, Mime.
apolis, MINI.
Pd. 15-16-17.
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Leaguers Repudiate
Actions of Convention

Williston, N. D., April 5.-Nonpar-
tisans Of Williams county have be-
come divided as result of the distri-
button of favors by the county conven-
tion in the endorsement of candidates
for county office.
Petitions nominating Carl Erickson
of Spring Brook, chairman of the
convention, for sheriff, in opposition
to Axel Strom, the conventions nomi-
nee, indicates the extent to which the
split has developed. Strom formerly
was state manager of the league.
Likewise petitions have been cir
culated for Earl Swinley, league coun-
ty treasurer, whom a group Of leag-
uers defeated for Endorsement in a
movement secretly conducted ahead
Of the convention. Herman Nelson is
the conventions nominee.
The action Of the state convention
in putting 0. A. Mattingly on the
state executive committee has also
had its effect on the league unity
here. Mattingly is known as labor
agitator with rather extreme views.
and his declaration in the county con-
vention that the World war had visit
ed two inflictions on the country, the
American Legion and the 'flu," has
not inspired the farm leaguers to any
great extent.
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M1NNEWAUKAN
(From Staff Correspondents

(From Staff Correspondent
Mrs. Adam Scharf Of East 4th St.,
spent the week end with her daughter,
Mrs. Alois Wolf and Mrs. Roy Hum
Bile.
Mrs. o. Sampson, who has been Wis
iting her daughter, Olive Sampson,
returned to Edmore Monday.
Pete Kettvig transacted business
in town Friday.
James F. Anderson was in town on
business Saturday.
Miss Mathilda Grendahi and Miss
Alma Dahl were in town Saturday
visiting and attended the matinee.
The dance given at the Burgess
home northeast of town on Saturday
night was well attended in spite of
the bad roads, and everyone reports
good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Oberg spent
Sunday at the Phil Ringstrom home.
j. B. Wolf spent Sunday afternoon
at the George Hook home.
Hjelmer Shoherg was in town on
business on Monday.
Martin Scharf was transacting bus
mess in town on Monday.
Chas. Winnigee is busy hauling
seed wheat from the A. Kleven farm.
Mr.. Winnige plans on seeding quite
a lot of old fife wheat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson Wis
tied Sunday at the Peter Nelson
home.
Mrs. Alex Liephor was passenger
on Saturday on 500 to Devils Lake,
returning on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Humble motor
ed to town on Sunday afternoon.
r. N. Prete was in town on busi-
ness on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson were
among the shoppers in town on Mon
day.
5. Rasmussen was in town on Fri
uay oh business. Cor. C.
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NIXON
(Fron Staff Corresnondo,

(From Staff Correspondent.
The weather still seems very un-
settled. A few days large flocks of
geese going north made US think
spring was here sure. Now they are
all going back south. However a
team working in the field here and
there must indicate spring.
A large party of friends gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Null
vain at Southam Tuesday evening to
bid them farewell and wish them good
luck in their future home. The party
did not break up until z o'clock in the
morning. A fine time was had by
all present. Mr.. and Mrs. Mulwain
and children left Wednesday for Min
nesota.
Mr.. Geo. Thomson, ST., is visiting
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Geo. Carpenter, just now.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nixon visited
with Mrs. James Stewart Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Day, Edwin
and Mary Grace, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A. Fosgate and Mrs. Walker spent
Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Carpenter.
Ben Burt received telegram from
his brother, A. Il. Burt, of Spokane,
Wash, Tuesday of last week, telling
him his mother Mrs. A. w. Burt, was
very seriuosly i'll. He left that eve
ming to be with her. Word received
here since states Mrs, Burt suffered
a stroke of paralysis.
On account Of the rain and bad
roads Thursday no one was able to
attend the W. C. T. u. at Mrs. Geo.
Carpenter. The next meeting will be
at the home Of Mrs. L. A. Day, April
10th. Mrs. Emil Rasmussen will be
leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nixon and Geo.
Nixon visited Mrs. I. Mari and Geo.
Harr Friday.
Grant Wheeler was calling on John
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WANTED-About 200 head of stock
to pasture about May the first. Good
pasture and plenty of water at
$1.25 per head per month. Two
miles northwest of Devils Lake, N.
Oak. Louis Gutterman, Devils
Lake, N. Dak., Route 8. Phone call
13 call 2, eff.
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Miss Maude While of Wolford spent
Friday shopping and visiting in
Devils Lake.
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WANTED-To hear from parties with
land for sale. W. E. Tompkins, Dev-
lis Lake, N. Oak. c6I8-th
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DOES NOT USE SURGERY
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WANTED

WANTED-To hear from owner of
good Farm for sale. State cash
price, full particulars. D. F. Bush,
Minneapolis, MINI. Pd. 1926.
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WANTED-To rent a farm I have
two good outfits and they are in
good shape to go to work. Phone
8, call 8. Address R. N. Prete,
Route 2, Devils Lake, N. D. If.
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Phone Maxon Agency for help. pat
The Washington times., 1922-07-09

viii always quail betweeh the
scyila Of being too noticeable in
last years frocks and the Cha
rybdis Of not being noticeable
enough in the exclusive model
which. somehow or other, all the
rest Of the world has managed to
securel - .-
The whole success of q Journey
once made through Bechnanaisnd
was marred because I brought, as
presents. the wrong shade and
shape Of beads. The previous year
all the maidens wore aprons Of
swaying scarlet. but when I ar.
rived, with the newest tints of red.
I found I was quite out Of date.
and that blue was the only accept.
able color t.".
Fashion IL the most primitive
thing in the world. 1t is our link
with the days,when mans position
was known by the color and multi
tuds Of the feathers he wore. 90
that q million golden birds were
killed TO make the cloak Of
Hawaiian chief.
Perhaps the East\ 10 wiser than
the West. for Il knows the value
Of mystery, A hint is % much
more interesting than q Statement.
Underneath the close-swsihedI
''habbara" may lurk bsmbasins and
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told Ethel the other day that they
were buying q home in st. An.
drew's Wood.
- Ethel. lean, eye-giassed, ex.
tremely useful to her employer
but beginning to take old Mr..
Cox's letters now instead Of young
Mr.. Georges. IL thirty.five, and
somewhat faded, and somewhat
given to describing herself humor-
ously as an old maid. And the
vice president had gotten a delight
fully pretty girl Of twenty-two to
be his personal stenographer-
Ethel watches her Sharply. For
a few months the new girl Is
friendly and simple and approach
able. Then she begins to draw
somewhat into her shell. and one
day she tells Ethel that George
Cox is a remarkable man, and asks
Ethel what his wife is like.
you saw>her at the firm picnic"
says Ethel. unsympathetically.
she looks horribly cold to me-"
says the new stenographer. And
he's so nice-so full Of fun. Hes
just q boy" ...... =
Now. ! need hardly say my
sympathy. my interest, my admtra-
ton. In this life, Is all for women.
After thousands Of years Of being
suppressed and deceived and cheat.
ed, think that what we are do
ing. everywhere. every way, every
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Bv KATHLEEN NORRIS
The Extra Woman i'm the Triangle = = B

"Oh, never" The memory Of
the vice presidents money and the
clean odor Of his shaving soaps.
and his golf sticks are all blended
In Ethel's reply.
But, my dear" you say, gianc.
ing wistfully at your half-closed
book, his uncle would drop him
from the firm II he divorced
Minnie"
We'll. that's just It," says
Ethel, with ,mournful relish.
FEEDING ON HCSKS.
And then the interest suddenly
begins to drop out Of the whole
thing. George and Ethel pretend
it hasn't. for perhaps a year Of
artifice and pretense. But his
excuses for not seeing her get
more and more frequent, and her
sighs. As she talks to the girls.
begin to have a sharply critical
note. And how pathetic this sort
Of talk is. with every one but Ethel
knowing that the whole empty
dream ID over!
II is over. And George is Just
where he was six years ago. But
Ethel has been feeding her soul
on husks.
Joe Clark and Jack Wood liked
her enormously six years ago. Joe
was q good deal Of a boor, aud
Jack had his mother and sister TO
support in those days. When he
took Ethel out for the day. II Sas
in q mud-splattered Ford. The
vics president drives q Marmonl.
But now Joe had picked up q
tremendous amount Of culture,
somehow, and he is going to mar.
ry one Of the Wilson's. and 60 into
the firm. and Jacks sister is mar.
ried. and his mother IL dead and
his wife tmild little Betty White,
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arettes dyed rose-red and powder
blue to match her clothes!
Surely clothes ought to be the
frame, not the picture. Perhaps
the cleverest French women know
this when wear only black. It is
so easy to confound being we'll
dressed with. being overdressed.
And this reminds me Of my only
serious attempt to set Il fashion.
II was IN New Guinea, and we
had ridden up. the Bluff at the foot
OF the owen Stanley range to a
little tin rest house where the
caretaker, a coal.black. fuzzy-head-
cd Papuan. received us. tastefuiiy
attired In a single piece of string
With a profusion OF feathers and
lobster claws in his hair.
My companion said she could not
bear her breakfast eggs and bacon
brought In by such a butler, 90 I
presented the delighted native with
a strip Of bright cotton stun,
which ! imagined he would use as
q kilt.
Not at all! Next morning he
had merely added an immense
turbsn to his other millinery
decorations.
II the rarest be the best. then
dignity is the most valued sssst
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married. and perfectly safe, and
he likes little Miss Mason. and he.
especially likes to flirt. -.
This business Of notes. and
giances. and little presents, is
perfectly delicious to him. and to
have an Intelligent. much younger
woman flattering him so adroitly
keeps him confident and happy.
But Miss Mason cries o. nights.
and really suffers. and snubs her
family. and her old friends. and
tells one or two close intimates
HI about II.
The intimates are either happily
married, or happily engaged young
persons, or else they are in exactly
the same position. and have their
own variation Of the office-affinity
problem. But, like liquor and drug
addicts, persons afflicted with this
particular misery never recognize
It In themselves. To every office
affinity her particular case is
unique.
Is ANYTHING MORE TEDIOUss
The intimates ,sympathize; but
what Is to be done? They listen to
Ethel one night. two nights, fifteen
nights. but 1t is only the same
thing over again! George doesn't
love his wife. but he can't divorce
her on account Of the little girl.
and on his uncle's--the president
Of the ,company-account, do you
sect But he is just crazy about
Ethel. and doesn't it all" seem too
sadg> ~
And so Ethel is twenty-six,
twenty-eight, thirty-one. and
George goes on enjoying the fiat.
terry, the companionship. the long
condolences and Ethel loses her
bloom and frets herself into mid
dle-age in the very prime Of life.
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)THER CRAZED BY THE RELENTLESS CALL OF THE SEA
KILLS HER BABY AND HERSELF I'm LONESOME uGFf

last Saturday morning. for had
to go to Comunicut to set pro-
visions. kissed Nellie and the
babies sood.by. Of course. We al
ways do that up here.
And Nellie was happy. She was
playing with the children. She
waved to me az I faced her from
the boat. steering for the shore. I
came back with the boat fun Of
food and things at 4 o'clock
that afternoon. hailed the light
and got no answer
"As / mounted the steps, took
my time. thinking as ! climbed.
How could know what I was to
find? And came into the kitch.
en- with my two arms filled with
provisions and stuff. I saw Rob
ert sitting on the table.
He was pale, He looked very
weak. He looked sick. Nellie sat
beside him. Her head was on her
arms: I walked over and spoke to
her. still with my arms fun. Rob-
bert was too sick to speak to me.
II spoke sharply to Nellie TO
waken her. She didn't answer and
then I dropped my packages and
shook her shoulder. I couldn't
think what was the matter. but
Of course I knew there was some
thing wrong.S . .[.'.
when she leaned further over
lifted her arm. II dropped
like lead. Nellie was"
Captain Smith stopped short In
the tale. Robert. the five-year.
old boy. stared 'wonderingiy at
him and grinned . little. Daddy
was crying now! And he couldn't
say it was the spray Of the sea
in his face either. Captain Smith
glanced at the lad and crushed
his own hands together as he
went on:
II went + upstairs. something
told me to 60 upstairs. I saw
Russell. He was lying on the
bed upstairs just under the light.
He was"
The man couldn't say the word
in face Of the wondering boy. He
threw his hands apart in a ges.
ture of despair and went on:
T ran downstairs. carrying
Robert and dropped into my dory
and rowed hard-I rowed very
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Of womanhood, and long, sweeping
lines add graciousness to an age
occupied in attempting to produce
the maximum effect with q min.
imum Of effort. .'}.
English women are original by
nature. They have struck out
many new lines for themselves,
but It has, nevertheless, become q
shibboleth that nothing new In the
way Of frocks and frills In born In.
London. Why not? Every inteili.
gent woman Is her own best dress
designer because only she knows
every aspect OF her good points
and her bad. II 100 per cent Of
time. intelligence and money In
to be spent on clothes, I think II IL
the last which will be the least
effective. ,..a.
Take just one instance. II IL 90
tempting to buy q red frock one
day and q yellow hat the next,
but the question Of ones dress
allowance becomes much less hs.
rassing n one sticks to n definite
scheme Of colortng. Doubtless.
however. Eve was very troubled
whether copper beech leaves would
go well with coromsndei fronds.
and suppose the feminine heart
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THE SURVIVING s0N,-Rob-
ert Smith, five, was saved from
death By his eagerness to eat the
tablets which he thought were
candy. He ate % many that his
system reacted and his father
rowed him to shore I'm time TO
avert death. ...-
hard-to Comunicut again, with
Robert lying near me at the
tiller. We got DR.. Bernar II.
Gilbert and he gave Robert an
antidote. and he came around all
right, didn't you. son7"
Robert nodded wisely a. his
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Unveiled Women
( OF Angora Rouse
Wrath of Sheik

MusTAPHA rEHMY. the
AVA sheikh ul Isiam. Of An.
sora. a. he is officially styled.
the comnissar for the sherist
tthe sacred iaw). has Issued .
manifesto condemning the u
centious behavior Of = minority
Of Turkish women IN the cap
itai. ~
These so-caiied Mcslems."
says the manifesto, ''disresard
all laws Of honor and aecency.
They meet male foreigners. nm.
veiled, at receptions and at
afternoon tea, sit at table with
them. and. horvfble 20 relafe.
even dance with them IN pri-
vate houses."
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graphic pad innocentiy awaiting
the business Of the day.
Certainly. Mr.. Cox" she saws.
II knew that II I held him here un-
til you got back, the deed would
be filed"
"oh, you did7 You vamped rim,
did your" says Mr.. Coz. deeply
amused.
Miss Mason looks down at her
shining fingernails. raises her
trimmed eyebrows. shrugs family,
and says:
II kept him. anyway
SWEET NOTHINGS.
That is the beginning. Five
weeks later he is lettering after
the days work. and she IL loiter.
ing, and while the /janitress Is
stopping and Gathering in the ad-
joining office, they are murnur.
ing over her desk.
mo. she didn't suspect any
thing" the vice president Is say
ing. MY wife isn't jealousr'
But Heavens. George" says
Miss Mason. she might have met
us inside. instead Of Just outside,
the restaurant
And should you have minded It
so terribly? She'll have to know
some day, Ethel" says George, not
in the least meaning. or, indeed,
thinking what he says. Why
should he weigh words7 He II
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WIFE OF SKIPPER
FED POISON TO HER
BOYS AS CANDY"
Mrs. Nellie Smith, Driven to Despondency By
Roar of.Wind and Waves, Commits Crinc
While Husband Is Ashore for Provisisnx
Elder Child Swallowed Too Many Tablets

show us q was nice candy. and
then she carried RusssIi upstairs
TO bed under the light But n
wasn't nice candy a an We an
got awful sick. When usmnna
came downstairs 90 me she ~.s
sick and 10 was !. On. ! v1s
awful sick.
Mamma sat down and pus h<r
head on the table and wsnt q
sleep. but ! was sicker than th.t
and I couldn't 20 % siespL Aas
then Dad came. didn't yoa. an4
everything was sil night sftsr 90
got the DOCTOR"
Robert looked auesfioninsis q;
his father and the man noA6sa
back. braveiy. Below the sel wzs
rising. and the wind. TOO. AMI th~y
seemed 20 be joining n q p.nn
paean Of triumph over the desrh q
the woman they had dris-a .
madness and the babe that rssls oa
her bosom In the little churchyAr6
But there are two more Out thers
under the light tonisht-f.thsr md
son. Even N the shadow % 1s.Eh
they have not deserted their po~t
For the ships. laden with men snf
women and children. must 10
warned against the deakh that
turks In rocks and sweeps softly
over the shoals. though Other men
and women and children pay tn
toll with their lives So the ksht
still flashes ciear-see d n0ws
There! One-two-one-c9
Capt. Ellsworth Smith and Rob-st
the boy. are on the lookout.
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FASHIONS AND WOMEN WEST, EXPLORER

thought on the subject of dress
allowances. 50" -
1t is difficult to be epigrammatic
before 10 a. m, so I replied that
my ideas were not as elastic as the
subject. The voice was persistent,
and suggested that I should quote
a minimum figure, so I stated
truthfully that the least I ever
spent on clothes during a year wes
f3 14s. 3D., but Il was Ear east of
Suez. and when returned to civil.
ration the soles Of my shoes were
tied on with string.
1t is often stated that Americans
are the best dressed women In the
world; but the majority Of them
look exactly alike.
DYED CIGARETTES.
Perhaps the American women's
claim Ii justified. in spite OF their
beauty parlors. which-pluck all In.
dividuality from eyebrows and re.
duce all hair to the same uniform
wave because Of their attention to
detail. Their frocks may be simple.
but they viii use all their intelli.
gence 10 make them perfect by
their choice Of accessories. fknew
one lovely lady who had her Gig
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Just two months ago Captain
Smith brought his wife, Nellie. and
their two children. Russell and Rob
srt. to the light. He was warned
against It, Of course. for the men
and women who daily fight the
sen for . living fear It with . fear
based on knowledge.
But the wife was glad to BE-
with her man. and the children
looked on It as q lark. To be sure,
the waves roared and the wind
blew great guns at times. but the
lighthouse was staunch and tall
and the little family was together.
They didn't know the treachsry
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his Business of Notes, Chances and Little
Presents Between Married Man and His
Young Stenographer Are Delicious to Him,
But Only Prove Weakness of the Girl.
II GENE: The office of the vice
president. -

~ GENE: The office of the vice
- president. =.
~ Characters: The vice presi-
dent, rich, forty. handsome. and
his stenographer. pretty. capable.
twenty-six. ..
Plot: After seeing each other
every day for seventeen months,
and after really disliking each
other in the beginning. they have
come to respect each other. to ccr-
fide in each other, and finally the
vice president has told Miss Mason
that his wife does not understand
him. and that he never really loved
her. And Miss Mason in return
has compared the vice-president
to the various struggling young
men she knows (mere boyS VINO
don't know one end Of a golf club
from another, and who couldn't
stand up at a bankers convention
and respond to a toast to save
their lives, and who don't dIffuse
tnat delightful aroma of fine soaps
and powders and toilet waters
every morning), and she reelizes
that she and the vice president
love one another with a great and
terrible passion, and she is ex-
tremely unhappy. ------
This story is set in every village
and town in America. 1t occurs
upon every floor of the big office
buildings in all the cities, It never
varies very much, and II has
. conclusion as trite as It's opening
--the woman pays.
My heart sinks when I discover.
and rediscover, this plot. Fifty
times a year women write 1t to me.
''This Is my story, I can't write II,
but you could. For three yesIs
have been working In the office
Of
HOW 1T ALL STARTS.
And so on. Given the original
premise. the conclusion is almost
inevitable. 80 ..o... .~..
Miss Mason is pretty. clever. al.
ways trim and neat, always inter-
ested. She gets to know the ousi-,
ness as the wife at homs never
can. She rejoices when the big
fee, or the big commission, or the
successful contract comes nlqDg;
the vice president notes that she
has pretty white teeth ana a de,
iightfully demure fashion Of .lar-
Ing the firms triumphs. So.
Inevitably. the moment Of per.
sonalities arrives.
II Is the end OF o long, hot sum.
nier day. or II Is the beginrirg Of
q cold winter day, With people
outside rushing by IN furs. and She
office radiators cianking pleis.
antly. and Miss Mason's pencil
rharcened. and her papee cuffs
freshly adjusted. and her s.eno.
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fathers arm encircled him tight.
ly. and his fathers eyes follow.
ed him as he resumed the tale:
ATE 1T LIKE CANDY. -
1.-The boy doesn't know that his
mother and brother are dead. He
thinks that they are very sick.
ashore. II was bichioride Of
mercury. sir. You understand-".
Nellie gave II to them. saying
II was candy. Both children ate
It. then she took It herself.
and"
Right there Robert broke In.
eager to contribute something to
the conversation: .~.. ...
"Yes, mamma said: Here, Rob
ert, IT'S candy And ! took the
little. round thing and tasted II.
but It was bitter. But when I
went to spit out, mamma said:
"'No. sonny; II will taste
sweeter in q minute
so I ate n. and then I thought
II It was going to be sweeter In a
little while I'd better eat some
more while there was a chance.
and I ate q lot Of them-oh. ten
or twelve, anyway-maybe q hun
dred!
THE END COMES.
Then mamma held Russell on
her lap and gave him some Of the
little round things. And Russell
tried to spit them out. but she
said they were nice candy, and
she coaxed him.
Then she ate some herself to
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flannel. but for the moment they
present the unknown and the un-
attainabie. 1t is curious that the
height Of Oriental fashion 70 con-
ceaiment. while the epitome Of
Western was. or Is. revslationI