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Efficient Housekeeping
By Laura A. Kirkman

down into as nearly a circular shape
as possible. Roll with the rolling pin
quite thin, trying to keep it still in a
circular shape. When large enough TO
cover the bottom of a pie pan well,
pick it up gently and put it on the
pan, pressing down the edges with the
thumb and finger. Then slip the pan
into n hot oven to bake for 20 min
utes, when it should be tender and
brown. (The reason it is put on the
bottom of the inverted pan, and baked
with the pan turned upside down, is
because if put in the pan the other
way, it is apt TO "blister" more or less.
When the crust is done, let cool then
remove it from the bottom of the pan
and slip it into place with the pan
turned the right way-that is, inside
the pan. Fill it with the following:
Chocolate Filling: Put one pint of
boiling water, one cup of sugar and
three squares of unsweetened chocolate
shaved, into q saucepan and let boil
until chocolate is dissolved, then stir
in two tablespoons of cornstarch
mixed with little cold water, and
let thicken. Now add two egg-Solks
well beaten, and turn out into a dish
to cool. Put this in the baked crust,
and spread over the top two egg-whites
stilfiy beaten with one tablespoon of
sugar Slip the pie into the oven till
the meringue is brown.
Tomorrow-More Contributed Reel
pes From Readers.
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Little Benny's
Notebook.
BY Lee Paps

l was out playing with the feiloys'
last mite and IL started 10 get dar,d
proving it was starting 20 yet late, and
| thawt ! better 20 in before | wasi
cent Tor, and ] went in the bnck way
for change, climbing over the fenfs,'
10 make IL more intristing, and wen r.
got half ways over thaygt felt some
thing funny and wen ! got al the WAYS
over ] remembered pop PAINTED thsl
tents ycytidday aftirnoon. thinking. G.
good nite, no wonder / felt something
sticky.
And wen / got in the kitchin I looked
at my clothes and there was yeIlo stuff
all over them, yello being the color
pop painted the fents, me thinking. !
Holey srnoaks look at me.
And ] went up and stuck my he'd in I
the setting room door and kepp the z
rest Of me outside, and pop and ma
was in there reeding diffrent parts -
the paper, me saying, Hello ma, look
at my shoe. And / stuck ono foot in
the door and ma sed, Wat in the verdi
| did You get all over your shoe
q, that's n,1thinv, ma, YOU awt 70 SEQ
my stocking / sed And I stuck one.
leg half ways IN, ma saying, For good
/ Mss SeKeS.
If You think that's envthing Won srt
to see my pants, I sed, sticking one
leg all the ways in
zee gods, come in heer, DOB sed.
WITCH / did, and he sed Ny tents lest
as thawt, my newly paited tents. and
/ scd, The paints still wet, that's the
hole trubble
/ never saw s1tch a site in nov life.
ma sed, and pop sed, That fsut~ is
proberly ruined after me spending 3
hours on it this aftirnoon.
But look at Benny, ma sed.
i see him often enuff, pop sed. And
he got his fash lite and went down 10
see wat the tents looked ike and ma
termed me all Ground 70 see wat
looked like, and pop came bark saw
ing, . we'll its not so bad. Meeninz
the tents, and ma sed, It's simply frite-
fill Meening me
And today my clothes smelIed so
strong of gasoleen / bet bludhound
could of followed me with its ewes
shut.
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THE MENTAL RELIEF MADGE'S
FATHER GAVE HER

My father gave quick approval to
Allen brakes proposal that | stand IN
the hall instead of the library for the
purpose of keeping track OF Katie.
That will be much better" he said
decidedly, land daughter, dear, you
would better take your station here at
once. The lights must 60 out IN this
room IN apother minute and you don't
want to be stumbling over chars. But
there Is no reason why you cannot SIT
down until you hear Katie. You can
easily rise from thus without making any
noise. Not so, Allen2"
With an approving nod Mr.. Drake lett
the room, and my father lifted q small
antique char from the corner, carried
1t to a spot just clear OF the door be-
tween the library alcove and the side
hall. and set 1T down.
"There That's far bctterr he COM
mented. let me help you with that
He had seen that / was having rather
sad time IN winding the dark motor
veil around my head, and with fingers
deft as a mlllner's he took 1t from me
and wound 1t around my head and face
until only my eyes were visible.
"You have dark gloves?" he asked, and
| silently held up pair with which !
had provided myself.
Put them on" he sand, "and seat
yourself here. l will turn this light of
now and move with the AID of my
pocket flash. Ready"
YES" / whispered, for the bizarre
preparations, the prospect of sitting II
total darkness waiting for something
evil to come INTO the house made me
lnstinctrvely hush my voice.
A Poignant Fear.
Every WE'LL" My fathers calm VOICE
held no hint that he had OWNED my
feeling as he turned out the hight, ther
made his way across the big room with
his pocket light illuminating his path
Close to me, he shut 1t off and stooo
silent for a moment, then spoke re-
! hevedly.
II cannot see you at all" he SAID. 90
was careful not to look IN your Director
before / switched off the hight, so that
the test might be far. But you may
be assured that you are entirely In
visible IN this darkness"
! He switched on the fash again, came
to my side, and stopping kissed me
tenderly.
my own brave glrl" he whispered
81 know you're gong through with thu
without tremor And remember tina
Allen and / will be very near you al
| the time"
"Where?" l demanded, with suede
fear clutchlng me.
Con the veranda."
The fear materIahzcd poignantly. TIL,
vcranda was the place where Smith wa
TO be told by Katie that | was asleep
1t was to be the scene of his capture
Allen Drake had spoken of dummy II
the couch hammock, a couple of men II
the shadows of the veranda," but hat
not dreamed that my father would b,
one of the men IN that post of extrem,
danger.
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man and convalescent for the capture
of desperate like Smith," he SAID, with
trace of bitterness IN his tone owe
are to be on the veranda, certainly, but
we will have the operatives who have
been shadowing HIM there, too"
Forgive me" pleaded contrtely. II
should have known"
"Therc IS no forgiveness needed for a
divine fault, my darling" he returned.
ut was your concern for me which
prompted your question. Here Is Allen
now"
If It had not been for the fash of the
hight IN hrs hand would not have known
of Mr.. brakes approach. HIS footsteps
were as noiseless as If he had worn
moccaslns.
"All set, Chief" he reported, "and !
think we'd better adjourn to the yer.
anda. II won't he very long now unit
the party begins"
Afterward / checked the time ant
found that the minutes sat motlonles.
IN the darkness were but ten, but they
seemed hundred times that number
before heard stealthy footsteps IN tn,
front hall, and Katle's sIbilant whisper
(To be continued.)
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had bad, for ons Prince after anotbst
ED, Nor II N0Ip
"Ah, shs WIN hsvs but ono ego ~
rest Of her day." muttered tho Witch
70 herself. mo one wants her for d
wife. II Is Just as I thought II would
b."
But suddenly A. she listened tf,e old
Witch began 70 tremble, for anothsd
Prince Was saying, Beauty ~ only
skin deep, anyway. But think Pnpcess
Stella Is beautiful and I am gong
TO Ask her 70 marry me, not because
OF her wealth but becauee she - ~
good as she rs beautiful"
just at that instant someone saw .
black and gold butterfly flutter about
the heavy curtain, but the next instant
IT WAS forgotten az shrek like tho
bowling Of the wind sounded throngh
the Palace. And then the plaoe was
IN darkness.
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A famous Judge SAID the other day
that he thought that man should be
entitled to a divorce from wife who
did not read the daily papers.
A DANIEL, second Daniel come to
Judgment. Only 1T should work both
ways and be applicable to men as well
as to women. For what are infdehty
and drunkenness, and cruel and m
human treatment, and the other trivial
causes for which divorces are granted,
compared to the daily torture of the
COMPROMISING Of one who does not
even read the daily newspapers?
Think Of having to spend endless
evenings with n person who does not
know whether Cox or Harding was
elected PRESIDENT Who wonders why
such fuss IS made about the League OF
NatIonsl Who thinks Babe Ruth is q
tot in an orphan asylum who has some
how gotten her name on peoples lips
and who doesn't know whether a Soviet
is brand of canned goods, or
cure for the influenza!
Think of not beng able 70 look up
from your paper at breakfast and
casually remark, II see they're got new
clue IN that kidnapping case" or, ''Ih,
detectives think that the woman killed
Elwell, after all, OF, Say what do you
think Of this? The Bullionaircs are goine
to get divorce. Some peroxide vamr
got HIM like they do all Of the million
alresW
Why half the fun of reading news
paper IS to read It IN snatches aloud tc
someone who is just as interested IN thu
bits of news as you are, and just as up
| to-date on every point from politics Il
scandal, and who doesn't need NOR
than half word to be put wise to tn
whole situation.
That's the very essence OF companion
ship. We can have no chumminess wltl
those with whom we have to enter mt
long and exhaustIng explanations 0
everything IN which we are interested
Moreover n Is waste Of words to tr
to explain things to people who do no
read the daily papers. They're too du
and STUPID to understand anythrn
except their own narrow personal IT
; tcrests
The Judges OPINION was that any ma
) was entitled TO divorce, no matter wht
the woman's other virtues may be, fror
wife who doesn't read the newspaper
IAsten TO this sisters, for these be wore
of wisdom that are like unto apples (
gold IN pictures of silver.
, You know that the one deadly fe;
that clutches at the heart Of every midd
! aged woman Is that her husband vi
l grow tired of her. and that she will /
longer have the charm for hun that 81
2 had rhen she was young and prett,
\ You know that the one cry Of Il
5 woman who Is getting far, fat and fort
D Is that her husband has ceased to 10y
her. You know that If all the money tn
| women, who are no longer young, sper
: on masseurs and obesity cures, an
i beauty specialists IN order to retain the
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fan IN front of her face, for the Queen
had gwen orders that this should be
done and anyone who neglected TO do
so should be punished.
But the thing that no one had thought
of was that the Princess Stella would
refuse to choose her husband from among
the Princes. II want only the man who
Will love me-" she told the King when
he asked which Prince she preferred.
"The man l marry must ask me to
become his WIFE" she SAID. Il shall
not ask any man to marry me"
For little while we will let the ball
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John L. Bird and Charles B. Bird
executors OF the Will Of Alfred D.
Bird. have sold 1Iis acres OF land IN
Brandywine hundred 20 Laura r. Bird
for $4,000. and she has tranHferred
Il to the Bird Development Co. for
$685., 600.
Emma L. WeIdin has sold land in
Brandywine hundred 20 John S. Ham
ilton. for s19, 500.
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THE PRINCESS WITH ONE EYE.
Part V.

Fart "
As Princess Stella had never seen
a little girl while she was growing up,
she thought all young ladies had only
one eye just as she had. This the Queen
thought of when she heard the FAIRY
Queens instructions.
But there seemed to be no other
way and so the night of the ball arrived
while the King and Queen trembled
for the outcome.
At one of the great ball room doors
stood the Princess Stella with the UNI
happy King and Queen to receive the
guests.
Each lady as she passed held bel
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife
Copyright. 1921 hy Newspaper Feature Service Inc.
"All Set Chief"
wright. 1921. hv Newspaper Feature Service. Inc

That he was as brave, as resourceful,
as brilliant as Allen Drake, knew,
but---he was an old man. A post like
that WAS for youth and brute strength
as we'll rs skill. Smith was big, mus
cular chap, skilful and desperate. No
rat ever cornered would fight more dan
gerously than he.
] tired to put something of my fear
into words without betraYng any doubt
of my fathers physical strength, q
theme which Is dIstasteful to HIM, rs to
all aging men. He put hs hand gently
against my lips before I had uttered but
a sentence.
I'VE re not gong to rely upon An old
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TODAY,S INSTALNIENT.

We had all risen TO our feet, our
prisoner breathing hard. with stalwart
constable on each side of him. Already a
few loiters had begun to collect in the
street Holmes stepped UP 10 the win
dow, closed it, and dropped the blinds.
Iestrade had produced two candles, and
the policemen had uncovered their
lanterns. ! was able to al last have q
good look al our prisoner.
1t was a tremendously virile and yet
sinister face which was turned toward
US. With the brow of a philosopher
above and the jaw of a sensuahst be-
low, the man must have started with
great capacities for good or for evil.
But one could not look upon his cruel
blue eyes, with their dropping cynical
lids or upon the fierce, aggressive nose
and the threatening, decp-lined brow,
without reading Natures plainest dan
eer-singals. He took no heed of any
OF US, but his ewes were fixed upon
Holmes face with an expression in
which hatred and amazement were
equally blended. You hend" he kept
on muttering, you clever, clever
6endv
"Ah, Colonelr' said Holmes, arrang-
ing his rumpled collar, Journeys end
In lovers meetings" as the old play
says ] don't think ! have had the
pleasure Of seeing you since you favored
me with those attentions as / lay on
the ledge above the Reichenbach Fall. v
The Colonel still stared at my friend
like a man in trance. You cunning
cunning hendl" was all that he could say
II have not introduced you yet" said
Holmes. This gentlemen, is Colonel
Sebastian Moran, once of her Majesty's
Indian Army, and the best heavy-game
shot that our Eastern Empire has evel
produced. / believe / am correct
Colonel, in saving that your bag o!
tigers still remains unrivaled2"
The fierce old man said nothing, but
still glared at my companion; with
his savage eyes and bristling nous
tsche he was wonderfully like a tigel
, himself.
II wonder that my very simple
tratagem could deceive so old a shi
9an." said Holmes. 1T must be very
familiar TO YOU. Have you not tetherec
4 young kid under tree, lain above il
with your rifle, and waited for The
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II you can't think Of splendid isola-
tion," just say bloc.
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The Adventure Of
The Empty House
Part Five
BY SHERLOCK HOLMES
ce'sh. 1881 BY Hs.s n,os pSs:4s with
Part Five
BY SHERLOCK HOLMES
The story thus far:

The story thus far:
The Honorable Ronald Adair. second
con of the Earl of Maynooth, WAS
found murdered one night in the house.
where he lived with his mother and
sister. He had been playing whist that
afternoon with MIR. Murray, Mr.. John
Hardy and Colonel Moran. He had lost
q little, but a few days before he and
Colonel Moran, "a partners, had won
over four hundred pounds. So his
losses could not have troubled him.
He went to front, sccond-fioor sit
tins-room at ten o'clock. When his
mother and sister returned about an
hour later they found the door locked
On getting no return they had 1t broken
in and found him shot dead by an
expanding revolver bullet. There
WAS no revolver in the room. A fire
was burning and window was open,
but bed of crocuses under the VIM
dow was undisturbed. On the table
were some money and some papers on
which the young man had apparently
been figuring his losses or gains at
cards. DR.. Watson made familiar with
the methods of Sherlock Homes, fol-
lows the case and tries TO reason 1t
out a. his Old friend would have done.
In the evening he went TO look at the
house. In the crowd about him he
noticed plain-clothes man and an
awkward old fellow with some books
under his arm, who was quite put out
when Watson iostled him.
Later in the evening the old book
seller came to see him, threw off his
disguise, and revealed himself as Sher-
lock Holmes Watson. tainted from
surprise and Joy, for the last he had
known of Holmes he had disappeared
in Switzerland over a precipice with
his enemy Moriarty. Holmes explained
that he had never gone over the preci-
pice, but had climbed up the cliff TO
ledge.
Then seeing above him n friend OF
Moriarty who tried TO kill him by
dropping stone on him, Holmes fled
through the mountains and escaped
always afraid of Noriarty's friend
who knew he was living. That was
three wears before. He had returned
TO London when he heard of the Adsil
murder. He and Watson went out and
entered the back of an empty house
oppo~ite Holmes room in Baker street.
Holmes told Watson 10 look across
az the window shade. There, sharply
silhouetted, was the figure~of Holmes
himself 1t was bust in wax which
the landlsdy moved from time To time
that the shadows might not seem too
quiet. Holmes explained that his old
enemy, Moriar,ys friend, knew he was
in London and was watching his room
In the street below Watson SAW y
couple of men standing in doorway
Finally Holmes and Watson heard
someone creeping up the stairs. They
hid in the shadows. A man stole into
the room and placed queer gun or
the window, aiming it at the shadow
on the curtain opposite. He fired
Holmes and Watson fell on him and
in answer To Holiness whistle two
policemen and detective entered The
room.
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The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

Copyright 1922. by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc. " 2
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Copyright. KIM ~o-.,.-es Syndicate. Inc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24
WHO WILL ASSUME
PLACE OF COLLINS?
That's Absorbing Question Now IN Dub
lin NO One with His Talents
And Dominating Powers

Dublin, Aug. ?3--Who Is to succeed
Michael Collins as head Of the irish
Free State is now the absorbing Ques-
tion here.
No man remanr in the present Irish
government with anything like the
varied talents and dominating powers OF
the distinguished Irish leader.
Next to Collins in military Importance
Is Richard Mulcahy. chief Of stan Of the
Free State army. who holds the entire
confidence OF the rank and flle In the
Irish military establishment. His eftec-
tive record in the conflict for Irish free-
dom also marks him AZ strong candl-
date 10 succeed his departed chief.
On the civil side is William 7. Co.'S
grave. now the acting head OF the irish
provisional government.
He was always entirely in accord with
Griffith and Collins and Is noted for his
tcnacity in pursuing a policy one decid-
ed upon.
George Gavan Duffy. General O'Con-
nell. assistant chief Of staff Of the Ma
tional forces. and General Gerald OSul-
livan are also considered as giving prom
Ise 10 assume the leadership OF Ireland
Another leader. who Is often spoken OF
as the now head of the Irish Free State.
- kcvin O'Higgins, minister OF econ
omic n fairs in the Dali E!reann cabinet
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24
STRIKE IS OFF
IN COAL FIELDS
Of SOUTHWEST
Agreements Also Reached
That Will Start Many
Pennsylvania Mines
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas
And Oklahoma Taken
Into Union Fold

Kansas city. Mo. Aug. 23.-Am agree
ment to end the coal strike In the
southwest and resume operation or
mines Immediately was reached La'c TO-
day at conference Of miners union
officials and operators from Missouri,
Kansas. Arkansas and Oklahoma. Vote
on the settlement was unanimous, which
was based on the cleveland agreement.
The basis Of the agreement 1t was an
nouncd was the extension of the wage
scale which expired March 81 last to
March 81. 1929. \ condition OF the set
tlement was that miners now employed
in mines under operation shall not be
Disseminated against Operators de-
clarcd newly mined coal would be on the
tracks at mine S:dings by September !.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24
SAYS LIEUTENANT BECK
DIED IN LINE OF DUTY

Washington. Aug. %. - Lieutenant
Colonel Paul ". Beck. army air service.
who was killed last April by 'Gunshot
wound In the head" inflicted by re
volver held in the hand" Of Jean i. Day
OF Oklahoma CITY, died "in the limo Of
duty" and his death was mot due TO
his own wilful misconduct according
to official findings OF an army tnVesu-
gating board made public and approved
today by Secretary Weeks. Charges
that Colonel Beck was killed during an
attack upon Mrs. Day were not sub
stantiated by the report. II was said.
In announcing the boards findings
Secretary Weeks said he would forward
the evidence to the Oklahoma Attorney
General. but ne preferred TO have that
official decide. IN the light OF the new
investigation. what action he might
take toward reopening tho trial of Judge
Day In civil courts.
The secretary said he would not
recommend any specific action OF this
sort in transmitting the papers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24
MAJORITY GROUP Of EXECUTIVES
YET HOLDING OUT FOR SENIORITY
Je W ell Asserts Association
Has Closed Doors, Seeking
To Crush Unions
Hale Holden, Head of c. B. &
Q. System, Declares Roads
Are Standing Pat"
President Willard, of B. & 0.
Says Negotiations Will Be
Resumed Today

New York. Aug. 23.-(By The As
soclated Press "A majority group OF
the association OF railway executives
today rejected the proposal OF the big
I'VE" train service brotherhoods that the
carriers end the nationwide shopmen =
strike by reinstatinS the men with
seniority unimpaired, and B. VI. Jewell
official spokesman for the strikers. Se-
clared the association had closed the
door TO peace and voted for lockout
TO smash uniontsm.
At the same time, splitting away from
the majority. was group OF % rail-
roads, principally western lines. which
debated new suggestion Of the
brotherhoods that individual settle
mentsments be effected. This minority
while protesting TO stand with the
majority In reafrirming the stand on
seniority. still indicated that II desired
To hear further regarding the individual
settleemnt suggestion.
Denies Any Split.
Hale Holden, president OF the Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy. who at
tended a meeting OF the minority ne"
In the Yale Club after the general
membership OF the association had at
tended It's session. Joined with mern-
bers OF the majority group In denying
that there was any spit.
There is no question OF split ne
asserted The railroads are all stanG-
In.- nat on seniority, and any Individual
Iva