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Evening star., 1922-12-17

L want ye to know that ivrybody is
in this case. We play no fav'rites.
Whin tn clear sunlight iv American
justice is tur-rned loose on n matther
iv this charackter nawthin' can be
hid. Go on an tell US about ye're wife
Th' coort wishes to know. Tn coort
is human says he. Isn't il thrue,
says tn lawyer. that ye're spouse is
pettish an disagreeable be nature an
that tn colors iv her hair ar-re not
fast, an that Lord Roland frequently
peeked through tn dure an seen ye
talking to her? Answer me. we fiend
in human form. don't that lovely
golden sheen upon her locks come out
in tn wash?
TELL me, monsther. tell tn hon
rahle coort that's now leanin' eagerly
over tn bar to catch ivry pint, tell the
jury that wud like to carry home some
s'ciety chit-chat to their own tired
wives, tell this Intelligent concoorse
iv American citizens. tell me, ruffyian,
is hivin OF peroxide iv hydrogen tn
author iv TIL splendor? Is her com
plexion her own or firm day to day?
Did ye iver see her befure ye were
marrid, an if SO with whom?
".An' about tn other women Lord
Roland saw ye with? Were they no
betther thin they ought to be or not
as good as they might have been?
can't recall their names but We might
tell us who they ar-re. Give US their
names Dhrag TIL wreched crathers
firm their hidin' places in tn vowdy-
vile theautres an lave thin to sthand
in tn clear sunlight iv American JUS
tice.' he says. and be smirched,' he
says.
X x X <
ssTHERE was scarcely a dry eye in
3, i tn cooTt whin TIL larned coun-
sci concluded. TIL ladies in tn aud
jeence applauded furyously as name
afther name was brought forward
! Th' judge said that he had tn time iv
his life, an tn jry afther securin
clippin's. iv tn prisoners wife's hair
rayturned a verdict finding Mrs. Hard
Gold guilty iv peroxide in tn first de-
gree, without extenuatin' circum
stances, an added a rider recon-
mendin' tn ladies Lord Roland seen
with Hard Gold be tur-rned out iv
| their lodgin's.
ut was gr-reat triumph for th
Fright 1t shows that tn coorts iN
our fair land will put down with
stern hand tn CROWN peroxide vice
an that justice will find out evil
doers-if it has to take tn bandages
off it's eyes an hide in clothes
closet"
cit serves tn man fright f'r havin
wan iv thin vallays ar-round tn
house." said Mr.. Hennessy.
well, it shows that" said Mr.. Doo-
ley. "An' it shows tn disadvantages
iv wealth No wan cares to hear what
Hogan calls 'th' short an simple
scandals " tn poor"
] Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Shorty all sat at the table, clothed in
their best suits and manners.
Junior. standing humbly just in
hand. felt that here, before so ap-
preciative an audience. was oppor-
tunity for the grand climax Of his
self-humiliation. SO, in the polite
tones of a well bred boy, he respect
fully apologized to Frank. 1t could
not have been done with more defer
ence or Chesterfieldian grace. Junior
had a swift desire that his sisters
might have witnessed it.
4 dull brick-red color surged over
Franks long, lean face. What you
talkin' about, kid?"
Junior abandoned the rather
formal. stilted tones of his speech
and dropped into his own familiar
boyish ones. He seemed deadly in
earnest. You know, Frank. last
night when you kissed Blanche
Thompson-you thought you heard a
cat new? Well, Frank, 1t wasn't a
cat. 1t was me. I'm around to all
the neighbors apologizin' for sayin'
seen you.
Amid smiles from the guests. an
embarrassed laugh from his mother
and unrestrained shouts from his
dearly loved brothers, Frank got up.
Junior sensed the fact that he was
to pass out with Frank also.
Out in the hall Frank grabbed his
callers shoulders in a crablike pinch.
Words hissed through his clenched
teeth. I'D like to make you into
mincemeat. You hike out Of here and
keep your mouth shut. ia under
stand? Now, scoot."
1t was trying to Sir Galahad to-
have his high mission SO misunder-
stood. He started home little
wearily.
The entire Mason family was
ensconced on the front porch. They
greeted him rather effusively. Every
one seemed in a softeped mood to-
ward him. The truth was. the brave
way in which he had faced the results
of his ill-advised joke appealed to
them all. :
He sat down in the hammock by
Katherine, who put her arm around
him. 1t made him hot and uncom-
Portable, but he stood 1t. Marcia
threw him a smile and Eleanor gave
him stick of gum. He preferred the
latter. Smiles are fleeting, bu: gum,
with proper boarding. lasts a week.
Mother spoke to him cheerfrlly.
Even Tillie neglected to look for dirt
on his shoes. Father, his feet on
the porch railing, gave a long. ram
bling speech about veracity-a sort
of truth crushed to o-earth-Abraham
Lincoln monologue.
The family went to bed with that
lighthearted feeling which comes
after painful domestic crisis has
been passed. 1t was apparent to all
that Junior, in spite of the poor taste
of his joke, had vindicated himself
And the evening and the morning
were the third day.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

boy would have done-what George
Washington might have done had
there been twelve feminine eyes gaz-
ing at him in grief or anger or con-
cern. He lied.
81 was just" he mumbled, Just
jokin."
You mean." mother asked coldly,
that you made it up?"
Junior nodded his head, And his
guardian angel, in sorrow. probably
made long black mark in the book.
"Then," said mother calmly. you
will go to every person you told and
try to make right your very poor
Joke" She assured Mrs. Thompson
that they would do all in their power
to rectify matters and that Junior
would apologize to Blanche. Mrs.
Thompson was Modified. She SIM
pered little. "You know me, Mrs.
Mason. l don't like neighborhood
quarrcls.''
. Neither do L. said mother dryly.
Mrs. Thompson. in Il state of men,
tai satisfaction, wrapped her mantle
of self -complacency about her and
left.
THE old polecat." Tillie remarked
sweetly when the door closed. AL
with the Mason children herself. let
some outsider do it and she was i'm
mediateiy on the warpath.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
BESS STREETER
YALDRICH

THE members of the family strae-
| L gled into breakfast one by one.
/ Junior was the last to arrive. Sew
eral drops OF water creeping lnger-
! ingly down the side Of his face pro-
; claimed to all who were inclined to
be pessimistic that he had washed.
; He sat down with great gusto.
/ We'll, 1 hope old LADY Thompsor
feels better now. Ya. ] sure hone
! she does" he chuckleG, spreading
J eleven cent?, worth Of butter on
j griddle cake. The old LADY was
purity excited, she was. ~ SO was
Blonchie, till I fixed i ~ M fire
about her n Frankie. va, fixed en-.
But don't you fergit IT. 10 mattrr
what / said last night. just the sam.
I seen en-
! There was silence in the MasCN
| dining room. Every one looked at
! mother. Mother looked acr1s.S at
| father. sitting there in all his iinaA-
cial capableness and his domestic in
! ability. Father looked helpless
| back. Mother knew that she was o.
pected, as usual, to take the steeril'-
wheel, but she felt like a skipper o.
! an uncharted sea.
! A son of hers had spied upon hts
| neighbors gossiped and then Ileh
| about the truth. Was the falsehood
of last evening a double-dyed- sin
Or was it the spirit of knighthood-4
that gallant thing that has been
handed down through the ages-the.
traditional honor with which gen
! tleman protects ladys nanlt
Mother gave it up. For the life "i
her, she did not know.
| Junior, conscious of the impressiN-
| silence, decided that he was makin@
| a hit. And as it was not often g1vei'
| to him 10 create that kind of stir J..
| this particular circle, he wake
visibly in pleased importance an
geniaIly reiterated: VA, no matt.
what i said. you can put this in you
I 'pipe-I seen en-
Saw them" corrected katherI'
mechanically.
saw EN-, repeated JuIl'ir ii
from force of habit. and again Il pre-
nant silence descended upon =
breakfast table.
1t was broken by father The q
sembled Masons looked at him 80
pectantly as he cleared his t'Ir".'
preliminary to speech. 1t WAS a dc
perate situation that could ruuS.
father to grip the domestic St'erIn,
wheel In mothers expression relic.
struggled with anxiety as to JUS
what he was gong to do--if h. ~
going to thrash Junior. she ha.t
opened her lips as father gay.
another preliminary cough. Then h
spoke.
Looks a little like rain" he said
Hope We don't have wettins be-
fore the haying's over"
Copyright. All Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Voices of the Ice.

THE winter Of the far north is not
wholly silent, although so little
life is manifest at that season. The
testimony offered by an American ex-
plorer makes this fact very clear.
All movements of the ice-the
gradual crowding and pressing, bend
ing and pushing. the breaking of the
masses of snow lying at the ice
foot"-do not proceed noiselessly. but
are generally accompanied by certain
sounds which are called the voices
Of the ice.
Now one hears low singing.
splashing or grumbling. alternating
with various other noises. cracking
and swapping: now it sounds irregu-
larly from a great distance, like d
confusion of human voices, the chang
ing din of a train or a sledging party;
or you fancy you can hear the steps
and voices Of all sorts Of animals.
There is, it is said. a charm in lis
tening to these sounds on a stilI
night.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
"ANSWER YES OR NO..

dollars f'r curry -combin' me? I'll
lave it to an intillygint jury iv hon.
est Americans who have always but
toned their own shirts, an Fright
will conker an I'll keep me money
X X X X
had TIL same experience I had,
except mine was a case iv plumbin'.
an his wan iv personal decoration.
Afther he explained to tn jury that
he didn't owe Lord Roland anything.
because his fordship got a dhroopin'
eye firm dhrink an frequently give
him tn same collar ivry week, he was
tur-rned over to tn attorney FIR the
prosecution. who cross-examined him.
1--WE will pass over TIL question iv
ye'er financial relations with me
client says tn distinguished barris-
ther. an come down to ye'er own pri-
vate life. To begin with, ar-re ye or
ar're We not q man iv tn most dfsso-
lutte morals? Answer yes or no.. says
TIL coort He admits it, says tn law
yer. 'Ye were dhrunk in 1902" I
can't raymimber,' says tn millyion-
aire. Put it down that he's always
dhrunk,' says TIL lawyer.
Where did ye get ye'er money?
Ye don't know? TIL jury will take
note iv that fact, that he prob'bly
stole it. Ye're father is dead. Did ye
kill him? / think so. Now that We
refuse to paw Lord Roland what's not
comm to him, how about ye'er wife? 2
My wife isn't in this case says tn
prisoner.
".Th, divvle. she isn't. says tn coort.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

aire doesn't go to wurruk in his night
shirt an r-reads his letters. I can't
make out what all iv his jooties is
He 'rubs tn millyionaire's head an
observes his love affair.", an afther
a while laves him an goes to wurruk
FIR a society pa-aper. Tis an OIL
sayin iv Hogan's that no man. is a
hero to his vallay. That's thrue. TIL
vallay's tn hero.
well, this millyionaire I've been
r-readin' about. he had a vallay. an
the vallay lost his eye wOndherin'
who tn lady was, an thin he dipped
too sthrong into tn FIoridy wather
an tn millyionaire bounced him. He
fired him out. Lord Roland he says.
go he says. We've lived too long
together he says. People can't tell
us apart, we stagger so much alike,
he says. I'm gettin' so used to ye
that 1 have no fear iv ye.' he says.
1T was bad enough whin ye give me
blue suspinders with me r-red panta-
looms he says. but he says, 'whin I
asked f'r an orange an ye brought in
tn cocktail mixer. l felt that we cud
no longer ASSOCIATE on terms iv
akequality.' he says. Ye1 have to
go back to tn house iv iords,' he
saws, An he fred him out an
wudden't pay him a cint iv wages he
owed him FIR tn rest iv his life. So
Lord Roland sues him an has him in
coort. a.
9TH millyionaire thrips in thinkin'
to himsilf: ''Tis on'y a question iv
whether 1 shall pay this jock what
promised him or what he ought to
ixpict firm a millyionaire. Do I or
do not owe Lord Roland eighty two
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Travels of the StOrk.

IT has been ascertained by markt"e
storks with numbered rings tha'
these birds migrate from Europe 1,
South Africa for the winter. a mum
ber of marked storks have been cap
tured at various points in South Al
rica. and last spring one was cap
tured near Jerusalem. 1t had com
originally from Hungary and was ap-
parently on its homeward journes
from South Africa with four compan
ions This incident is regarded a
showing that the storks in passing
between Europe and Africa avoil
crossing the Mediterranean sea, tax
ing by preference the longer journe
by land around its eastern end. Th-
question yet remains whether th-
storks breed during their winter Visit
to Africa.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Substitute for Radium.

THE increasing demand for radium
for medical work. but more par
I ticularly for luminous paint. has mad"
/ the question of possible radium sub
stitutes of considerable importanc'
An excellent substitute for certain
purposes is mesothorium. This Is q
radioactive element found in monaz
ite sand and other thorium minerals.
When first extracted it is not in q
satisfactory condition for Luminous
paint but must he allowed to "ripcn
for several months or even yea =
before it can be used, during whiCa
time the alpha radiation required for
| luminous paint becomes sufficient"
strong. On the other hand. the bet
and gamma radiation of mesothorium
grows rapidly and it can be used TO-
medical purposes within a few day >
! after preparation.
I Radium has Il long life, half Of il
decayine in approximately 1.6no year
Mesothorium, on the other hand, has
a short life. five or six years being il
useful life for luminous paint pur-
poses. The price in the past has
varied from 30 to Go per cent of IA
/ dunn. the comparison being ON PROD
ucts of special activity. For medic.
purposes, therefore. it cannot com
pete with radium as long as there
plenty of the latter. For lumnoG
paint, to be used on objects whir
themselves have n short life. it is
excellent substitute for radium a.:
will tend toward the saving of radiua.
for medical purposes.
Until a year or two ago no mes
thorium was recovered in tie Cnitcl
States. although large quantities az
monaZite sand are annually trcatrt
for the manufacture of incandcscen-
gas mantles. Such a condition ha
represented an important minera'
waste.
Shortly after the United States -
tered the war the bureau of mine
made a cooperative agreement viii
, the mantle interests for the study o.
methods of extraction aud recover
of mesothorium. The work was cai
ried on at the Rocky mountain sta
/ tion of the bureau of mines at Golden
Colo. Successful methods of eNtra"-
tion and recovery have been WORKED
out and connected up with the regu
j., lar metallurgical processes of mantl'
manufacture. Mesothorium is nov
one of the regular products made 10:
this concern and is recovered from
4 practically all the monazite s1nd
treated in the United States
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Itwas not Isa belle. 1t was Blanche,
In the hammock with her sat Frank
Marston, his arm casually thrown
across the back of the hammock, his
face in close proximity to hers.
The cat did not purr again. Open
mouthed. he took in the little scene
before him. which spectacle included
the placing of a hasty. boyish kiss on
Rlanches cheek. Then the leading
man and lady both giggled rather
foolishly. They were very young.
Once again in the annals of history
had curiosity killed a cat, for all
feline characteristics Immediately
left the onlooker and he became a
twelve-year masculine biped.
He slipped noiselessly away, wait
ing until he turned the corner of the
Thompson house before he allowed
the pent-up laughter within him to
trickle forth. 1t was too rich for
words that he had witnessed it.
Wouldn't every one laugh when he
told them. He ran down the Thomp
Evening star., 1922-12-17

nH newspaper with the remark
They cudden't get me into
court as witness: no. sir.
not if t was to hang me best friend
"'Tis hard enough" he said. with
newspapers an census officers an TIL
mim'ry iv taxi dhrivers to live down
ye'er past without bein' FORCED to
dhrill it in a r-red coat an with a
brass band ahead befure tn eyes iv
the multitood. I did it wanst; I'll do
it no more. Wanst I was summonsed
to appear in tn high temple iv justice
where Timothy Duffy Is tn presidin'
JANUS, as Hogan says, to give me
priceless tistymony as to whether tn
plumbin' in Harrigan's house was At
ted to hold wather.
Twas me opinyon. havin' had a
handful of thrumps 1 held in Harri-
gan's parlor spilled by Lake Michigan
dhroppin' through tn ceilin', that said
plumbin' was contrary to tn laws
an ordinances of TIL county iv Cook,
State iv Illinois. S. S. made an pro-
vided, an the same day put on a high
hat an long tailed coat. an left a
man in charge iv me business. an
wint down to Halstead street, an
swore to, as solemnly as I cud, know
In that Harrigan wudden't pay tn
rent anyhow.
AN what come iv 1t? 7 was two
minyits givin me tistymony an two
hours thryin' to convince tn hon.
rabIe coort-a loafer be tn name iv
Dufry-an' tn able jury that hadn't
hoc a
laundry wagon.
.'Th' coort was goin' 10 confine ME
in jail rr life f'r contimp. tn lawyer
FIR tn definse sthrongly intimated
that was in tn neighborhood whin
E'weM was murdered. an tn jury asst
to be allowed to bring in verdict iv
manslaughter again me without extra
nav. AS I wint out iv th' coort two
or three women in large hats Missed
me an a man at tn dure threatened
me with an umbrelly ontill 1 made
, counther demonstration with me
foot.
&C JUSTICE, says ye? 1 tell ye Ho-
ean's fright whin he says: JUS
tice is blind Blind she is, an deef
an, dumb an has a wooden leg! Niver
again wiz they dhraw me to a court.
I'll take a. rude justice iv piece iv
lead pipe without costs or tn Fright
iv appeal.
Here in tn pa-aper they'se piece
about q la-ad that had throuble with
his vallay-"
whats q vallay?" Mr.. Hennessey
. interrupted.
"A vallay." Mr.. Dooley explained
'is q retired English .gintleman hired
by millyionaires who ar're goin' into
bankruptcy to wear their clothes.
Naked . millyionaire comes into tn
wurruld an naked his vallay laves
him. tn vallays kind iv cham
bermaid that sees that TIL millyion-
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Sea, Rains and Rivers.

recent data the amount OF rain
annually falling upon the earth's sur
face. 1t Is found that it Is equivalent
to layer of water of the uhifor T.
depth, for the whole globe. of about
35L2 inches. The amount falling on
the land is equivalent to uniform
depth of 2sk inches. Considering
only the land which is drained b>
rivers flowing into the sea. IL is cal
culated that only 80 per cent is re
turned to the ocean and that the rest
is removed by evaporation.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Every one was perturbed. "Who
did you tell?" Katherine demanded
and the fact that she did not say
whom was proof positive that she
was upset
Il happened to tell Lizzie Beadle."
Junior whimpered.
Good night" Eleanor threw up
her hands You might just as well
have put it on the front page of the
Springtown Headlight"'
They all talked to him at once.
Katherine gave hurried resume of
the poem that concerns shooting ar
rows and words into the air. 1t was
all very hard on his nerves. So he
got his cap and started to the door.
Strangely enough it was Marcia
who followed him out onto the porch.
There were tears in her eyes. Care
less, tender-hearted Marcia had i'm
pulsively erred SO often herself that
she felt more sympathy for her little
brother than any one else did
JUNE" She threw an arm around
his shoulder. You're like a knight
of old. Why. Junie, you're Sir Gala
had You're going on your white
horse in search of the Holy Grail
only this time the Grail is Truth
1t pleased Juniors fancy. His
dropping head lifted little. He ran
down the steps, and by the time he
had unhitched an invisible white
| charger with gold trappings. mounted
him and started down the street he
was quite impressed with the nobility
of his journey.
Sustained by the thought of the
character he was impersonating, he
stopped at the Thompsons' and num-
bled a hasty apology to the red-eyed
Blanche. 1t was noticeable that
neither the maker of the apology nor
the recipient looked directly at the
other
He went next to Hod Beesons 1t
was rather trying to explain ais
errand to him. Hod not knowing what
Junior was talking about as he had
let the scandal go in one coal-grimed
ear and out the other. Eventually
Hod closed the rambling confession
with: ''All right. sonny. That's all
rig 1t."
+ X = -
&C Junior rode next to the Beadles'
y little weather beaten house and
told fat, untidy Lizzie his message.
Lizzie looked disappointed over the
news. But she said: you're some
kid. Junie. to take all that trouble
for a smartie like Blanche Thomp-
son. Have a cookie.
Junior. further impressed with his
praiseworthy conduct, rode on to the
Perkinses, where he made known his
errand to Runt and his mother.
Now. look at that" Mrs. Perkins
turned to her own offspring. What
gentlemanly thing for Junior to
do"
After this Junior hated to give up
his holy mission. So he began tell
ing other people what. he was doing.
He told several of the boys of his
crowd and Mrs. Hayes and the Win
ters' hired girl.
After that, with sudden inspiration
it struck Junior that no one had men
! toned his apologizing to Frank.
Surely that was an oversight on his
mothers part. Did not one owe an
apology to the kisser just as much as
to the kissee:
So he rode up to the Marstons'
colonial home, dismounted and went
in. The Marstons were eating din
ner, as Springtown people do when
, they have company from the city.
| There was a rich uncle there and his
pretty daughter. to say nothing of a
charming friend she had brought
with her. Nicky and Frank and
Evening star., 1922-12-17

A CROSS the hedge at the Thomp-
"A son home some one was sitting
in the hammock behind the Vine
covered latticework of the porch.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
MIR. D00ley on Cross-Examinations

r. DOOLEY put down. his
nH newspaper with the remark:
They cudden't get me into
OF
Evening star., 1922-12-17

wealthy callers Schermann makes
charge; to those without means he
extends the use of his marvellous gift
free If he discerns any merit in their
cases.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12

pies money to "big interests" during
the war, instead of defending every
act of the Wilson administration, in
GLIDING the League of Nations during
all that time.
The fact is, Mr. Boyd is the regular
Democratic nominee and his cam
paign will be directed and financed
in part by the Democratic national
committee. If he is elected he will
go into the regular Democratic caucus
at Washington just as every other
Democratic member has done, and
viii support the Democratic measures
and fight administration measures,
just as every other Democratic mem
Der has done for the past two years.
He will simply be one more Demo
cratic member who will try to tie the
hands Of the Harding administration
for the next two years and prevent it
from solving the many problems that
were left to it as a result of eight
years Of Democratic bungling.-Os-
borne Farmer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12

meet, spent several years in Denmark,
also thousands of dollars perfecting
tie design of this machine. His re
cord in the same machine was % min
utes and 81 seconds made before he
left Denmark The machine was
damaged considerable in transit but
with the assistance Of the Interna-
tional Aircraft Company of Kansas
City, it viii be ready for a demonstra-
ton fight at the meet at Salina. Peo-
pie viii come from all over the United
States to see this demonstration and
men who have been with the flying
game for years prOphesy the Salina
meet will be one of the greatest sue
cesses that this country has ever seen.