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Evening star., 1922-09-14
RUSSIANS HONOR
OLD-T|ME LEADER
Gen. Diederichs Chosen by Strong
Vote as Dictator of
Primoria.

VLADIVOSTOk. Siberia. August 1s.
Gen. Diederichs has been chosen die
tator of the Primoria by 219 votes
against 49, " L. Gondatti withdrew
his nomination at the last moment.
although his candidature was assured.
Old political observers of Gondatti
were convinced that he would never
accept the post and that it was only
the desire to keep himself in the pub
tic eye that allowed the nomination
to be presented.
AS the former governor general of
the Primoria. Gondatti was consid-
cred one of the best administrators
this district ever had.
The work done by his mission in
the survey and study of the Primoria
was very complete and the results of
its investiga tionS published in twenty
volumes is still the standard work.
He refused the ministry Of commerce
under the czar. in order to devote all
his energies to the far east and in the
zenith of his power he was invested
with almost vice regal authority. His
name. as an administrator. is one OF
the most respected among the Rus
slams of the far east and hence their
desire TO elect him dictator.
On August Gen. Diederichs was
inducted into the dictatorship. The
seals of office were handed over to
him by the former head of the tenn
porary government. S. D. Merkuloff.
after a solemn service in the cathe-
dral. He received the allegiance Of
the army and civil employees. AL
though the choice of Diederichs is In
general popular. there are many who
have little faith in a military die
tatorship and think that it will not
be popular among the workmen. 1t
is feared that the life of the present
government will not be long and that
with the departure of the Japanese
the advent of the reds is a matter Of
little doubt.
Evening star., 1922-09-14
SIX AMERICAN OPERAS
/ THIS WINTER PLANNED
Chicago Company Organized on
Cooperative Artist Basis
for That Purpose.

Br the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, September 14.-The Chi
cago Chamber Opera Company has oeen
formed on the cooperative artists plan
to produce SIX American operas this
wintar, Mrs Archibald Freer. its chair
man, a society woman, has announced.
"This is the first plan of the kind ever
60 be launched" said Mrs Freer. Each
opera will be A genuine American produc-
ton. and will be heard twice. Miss
Rachel Einsolving is manager or the
company
Mrs Freer said the new company
was an outgrowth of efforts to promote
opera in English and to encourage
American musicians and composers. as
advocated by the opera in our language
foundation and by the David Bispham
memorial fund Mrs. Freer is national
chairman of both foundations. as well
as chairman of the Chicago company.
Mrs Edith Rockefeller Mccormick is
vice chairman of the national organ1za-
ton.
THE response which our work is re-
ceiving" said Mrs. Freer. lis indicated
by a resolution which the General
Federation of Women's Clubs passed at
its convention in Chautauqua. N. ".
last June"
The resolution follows:
There has been for many years the
need for truly American plan to pro-
mote public interest in the American
singer and composer. thus establishing
an American school Of opera and ma
tional opera houses where genuine
American opera shall be produced in
our language.
That the General Federation of
Womens Clubs pledges it's interest in
furthering the plan of the organizations
now working toward this end
Evening star., 1922-09-14

Catering to critical trade including some Of the
largest and most particular merchants in the country
we have incorporated in our merchandise over fifty
hand operations which we feel are necessary to
we'll tailored garment The % hand operations listed
are the essential or key operations, other hand oper
ations are contributory.
Evening star., 1922-09-14

The traditional standard of quality in clothing has
long been represented by custom tailoring. Today
successful retailers, who believe in quality, specify
certain operations of handtailorng as essential in
their garments that they may possess the merit OF
custom tailoring.
Evening star., 1922-09-14
WHAT Is HAND TAILORING?

the tailored the advertising
while the
this clothing has created confusion the
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Copyright By Eleanor II. Porter

CHAPTER MARY begins with Nurse
Sarah's account of her (Mary's) birth,
which seemingly interested her father,
who is famous astronomer, less than
new star which was discovered the same
night. Her name is a compromise, her
mother wanted to call her Viola and her
father insisting on Abigail Jane The
child quickly learned that her home was
in some way different from those of her
small friends, and was puzzled thereat
Nurse Sarah tells her of her mothers ar
rival at Andersonville as a bride and how
astonished they all were at the sight of
the dainty eighteen-year old girl whom
the sedate professor had chosen for
wife.
CHAPTER H.-Continuing her story.
Nurse Sarah makes 1t plain why the
household seemed strange one to the
child and howher father and mother
drfted apart through misunderstanding,
each too proud to in any way attempt to
smooth over tie situation
CHAPTER III.-Mary tells of the time
spent out west where the perfectly
all right and ienteel and respectable
divorce was being arranged for, and her
mothers Ito herr unacountable behavior.
BY the courts decree the child is to spend
and six months with her father. Boston
is Mothers home, and she and Mary
leave Andersonville for that city to spend
the first six months.
CHAPTER Vat Andersonville Aunt
Jane meets her at the station. Her ia
Their is away somewhere, studying an
eclipse Of the moon. Marie-"M Mary
ENTHUSIASTICALLY compares Aunt Jane,
prim and severe, with her beautiful, dainty
mother, much to the formers disadvan-
tage. Aunt Jane disapproves of the dain-
ty clothes which the child is wearing, and
replaces them with "serviceable" serges
and thick-cole shoes Her father arrives
home and seems surprised to see her. The
child soon begins to notice that the girls
at school seem to avoid her. Her father
appears interested in the life Mrs. An
derson leads at Boston and asks many
questions In queer manner which
puzzles Mary. She finds out that her
schoolmates do not associate with her
on account of her parents being divorced
and she refuses to attend school. Angry
at first. Mr.. Anderson, when he learns
that she need not go. He will hear her
lessons. In Aunt James and her fathers
absence Mary dresses in the pretty clothes
she brought from Boston and plays the
liveliest tunes she knows. on the little
used piano. Then, overcome by her lone
someness. she INDUCES in a crying spell
which her fathers unexpected appear
ance Interrupts She sobs out the story
Of her unhappiness, and in a clumsy way
he comforts her. After that he appears
TO desire to make her stay more pleasant
Her mother writes asking that Mary be
allowed to come to Boston for the begin
ming of the school term, and Mr. Ander-
son consents though from an expression
he lets fail MAJ believes he is sorry she
is going.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-27
ONE WEEK LATER

1t isn't a dream. It's all really,
truly true-everything: Father COM
ing to meet me, the lovely automobile,
and the pretty lady in the light-blue
dress, who kissed me. And when /
went downstairs the next morning
found out it was real, specially the
pretty lady; for she kissed me again,
and said she hoped I'd be happy there.
And she told me to amuse myself any
way l liked, and said, if l wanted to,
l might run over to see some of the
girls, but not to make any plans for
the afternoon, for she was going to
take me to ride.
Now, what do you think of that?
Go to see the girls in the morning,
and take ride-an automobile ride
in the afternoon. In Andersonville!
Why, couldn't believe my ears Of
course, I was wild and crazy with de-
light-but 1t was all so different Why, |
began to think almost that was Ma
rie, and not Mary at all.
And it's been that way the whole
week through. I've naQ DeauLlIul
time. I've been so excited And Moth
er is excited, too. OF course, wrote
her and told her all about it right
away. And she wrote right back and
wanted to know everything-every-
thing l could tell her; all the little
things. And she was so interested in
Cousin Grace, and wanted to know all
about her; said she never heard of her
before, and was she Fathers own cou-
sin, and how old she was, and was she
pretty, and was Father around the
house more now, and did see a lot
of him? She thought from something
said that did.
I've just been writing her again, and
/ could tell her more now, of course,
than l could in that first letter. I've
been here whole week, and, of
course, know more about things, and
have done more.
told her that Cousin Grace wasn't
really Fathers cousin at all, so 1t
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Mary before l go. Now, what do you
1 think of that? And If I've got to be
Mary there and Mary here, too, when
can l ever be Marie? oh, l know
T, said I'd be willing to be Mary half
and maybe more than half, the time
But when 1t comes to really being
Mary out of turn extra time, that is
quite another thing.
And / am Mary.
Listen:
I've learned to cook. That's Mary.
I've been studying astronomy. That's
Mary.
I've learned to walk quietly, speak
softly, laugh not too loudly, and be a
lady at all times. That's Mary.
And now, to add to all this, Mother
has had me dress like Mary. Yes, she
began two weeks ago. She came into
my room one morning and said she
wanted to look over my dresses and
things; and l could see, by the way
she frowned and bit her lip and tapped
her foot on the floor, that she wasn't
suited. She said:
81 think, my dear, that on Saturday
We'll have to go in town shopping.
Quite number of these things will
not do at ALL"
And ] was so happy Visions of new
dresses and hats and shoes rose be-
fore me, and even the pink beaded silk
came into my mind-though l didn't
really have much hopes of that.
Well, we went shopping on Satur-
day, but-did we get the pink silk?
We did not. We did get-you'd never
guess what. We got two new Bingham
dresses, very plain and homely, and
pair of horrid, thick, low shoes. Why,
I could have cried l did most cry as
l exclaimed:
"Why Mother, those are Mary
things!"
"Of course, they're Mary things"
answered Mother, cheerfully. "That's
what 1 meant to buy-Mary things, as
you call them. Aren't you going to be
Mary just next week? OF course, you
are! And didn't you tell me last year,
as soon as you got there, Miss Ander-
son objected to your clothing and |
bought new for you? Well, l am try |
ing to see that she does not have to
do that this year."
And then she bought me a brown
serge suit and a hat so tiresomely
sensible that even Aunt Jane would
love them, know. And tomorrow I've
got to put them on to go in.
Do you wonder that say am Mary
already?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-27
SEPTEM Der

Well, vacation is over, and go back
to Boston tomorrow. It's been very
nice and I've had good time, in spite
of being so mixed up as to whether
l was Mary or Marie. 1t wasn't so
bad as | was afraid it would be. Very
soon after Father and / had that talk
on the piazza, Cousin Grace took me
down to the store and bought me two
new white dresses, and the dearest lit
tie pair Of shoes ever saw. She said
Father wanted me to have them.
And that's all-every single word
that's been said about that Maryland
Marie business, And even that didn't
really say anything-nOt by name. And
Cousin Grace never mentioned it
again. And Father never mentioned
it at ALL Not a word.
Fathers been queer. He's been aw-
fully queer. Some days he's talked a
lot with me-asked me questions just
as he used to, all about what l did in
Boston. and Mother. and the people
that came there to see her. and every
thing. And he spoke of the violinist
again, and, of course this time l told
him all about him, and that he didn't
come any more, nor Mr.. EasterbroOk,
either; and Father was so Interested
Why. 1t seemed sometimes as If he
just couldn't hear enough about things.
Then, all Of a sudden, at times. he'd
get right up In the middle of some
thing l was saying and act as IL he
was just waiting for me to finish my
sentence so he could go. And he did
go, just as soon as 1 had finished my
sentence. And after that, maybe, he
wouldn't hardy speak to me again for
a whole day.
And so that's why | say he's been
so queer since that night on the piaz-
"a. But most Of the time he's been
lovely. perfectly lovely. And so has
Cousin Grace. And, I've had a besuti-
full time.
ITO Be Continued)
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wasn't any wonder she hadn't ever
heard of her. She was the wife Of
Fathers third cousin who went to
South America six years ago and
caught the fever and died there. So
this Mrs. Whitney isn't really any rela-
ton of his at all. But he'd always
known her, even before she married
his cousin; and so, when her husband
died and she didn't have any home,
he asked her to come here.
1 don't know why Aunt Jane went
away, but she's been gone most four
months now, they say here. Nellie
told me. Nellie Is the maid-I mean
hired girl-here now. Il will keep for
getting that Tm Mary now and must
use the Mary wor.s hptrl
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did not even stir until I said how at
the last she bought me the homely
shoes and the plain dark suit so l
could go as Mary, and be Mary when
Aunt Jane first saw me get Off the
train.
When l said that he dropped his
hand and turned around and stared at
me. And there was such a funny look
I'm his eyes. Then he got up and began
to walk up and down the piazza, NUT
tering: $50 you came as Mary. you
came as Mary" Then. after a minute,
he gave a funny little laugh and sat
down.
Mrs. Small came up the front walk
then to see Cousin Grace. and Father
told her to go right into the library
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-27
CHAPTER VII
When ! Am Neither One.
ANDERSoNvILLE


Well, l came last night l had on
the brown suit and the sensible hat,
and every turn of the wheels all day
had been singing: "Mary, Mary, now
you're Mary!" Why, Mother even
called me Mary when she said good
by. She came to the junction with me
just as she had before, and put me
on the other train.
"NOw, remember, dear, you're to try
very hard to be a joy and comfort
to your father-jusr the little Mary
that he wants you to be. Remember,
he has been very kind to let you stay
with me so long"
She cried when she kissed me just
as she did before; but she didn't tell
me this time to be sure and not love
Father better than l did her. noticed
that. But, of course, didn't say any,
thing, though / might have told her
easily that l knew nothing could ever
make me love him better than I did
her.
When we got to Andersonville, and
the train rolled into the station, |
stepped down from the cars and
looked over to where the carriages
were to find John and Aunt Jane. Bot
they weren't there. There wasn't ever,
the carriage there; and l can remem-
Der now just how my heart sort Of felt
sick inside of me when thought that
even Aunt Jane had forgotten, and
that there wasn't anybody to meet
me.
There was a beautiful big green au-
tomobile there, and l thought how /
wished that had come to meet me;
and l was just wondering what l
should do, when all of a sudden some
body spoke my name. And who do
you, think it was? You'd never guess
it in a month. 1t was Father. Yes,
Father!
Why, l could have Rugged him, l
was so glad. But of course l didn't,
right before all those people. But he
was so tall and handsome and splen-
did, and l felt so proud to be walking
along the platform with him and let
ting folks see that he'd come to meet
me! But l couldn't say anything
not anything, the way | wanted to;
and all l could do was to stammer
out:
"Why, where's Aunt JaneY
And that's just the thing | didn't
want to say; and l knew it the minute
I'd said it. Why, it sounded as if 1
missed Aunt Jane, and wanted her in
stead of him, when all the time | was
so pleased and excited to see him that
1 could hardly speak.
He just kind of smiled, and looked
queer and said that Aunt Jane-er-
couldn't come. Then l felt sorry; for
i saw, of course, that that was why he
had come; not because he wanted to,
but because Aunt Jane couldn't, so he
had to. And l could have cried, all
the while he was fixing 1t up about
my trunk.
He turned then and led the way
straight over to where the carriages
were, and the next minute there was
John touching his cap to me; only ii
was a brand-new John looking too
sweet for anything IN a chauffeur's
cap and uniform And. what do you
think2 He was helping me into that
beautiful big green car before knew
II.
"Why, Father, Father" | cried. |
"You don't mean I just couldn't
finish: but he finished for me.
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AUGUST

Well of all the topsY-turvy worlds,
this is the topsy-turviest, l am sure.
What do they want me to do, and
which do they want me to be? Oh, |
wish l was just a plain Susie or Bes
sic, and not a cross-current and a con-
tradiction, with a father that wants
me to be one thing and a mother that
wants me to be anotherl II was bad
enough before, when Father wanted
me to be Mary, and Mother wanted
me to be Marie. But now
Well. to begin at the beginning.
It's all over-the love story, | mean,
and know now why it's been so hard
for me to remember to be Mary and
why everything is different, and all.
They don't want me to be Mary.
They want me to be Marie.
And now l don't know what to
think. If Mothers going to want me
to be Mary, and Fathers going TO
want me to be Marie, how am I going
to know what anybody wants, everf
Besides. It was getting to be such
beautiful love story-Father and Cou-
sin Grace. And now
But let me tell you what happened.
II was last night. We were on the
piazza. Father, Cousin Grace, and l.
She got up and went into the house
for something-COusin Grace. mean
and all of a sudden I determined to
tell Father how glad l was, about him
and Cousin Grace: and how I hoped
Il would last-having him out there
with US. and all that And I told him
1 don't remember what I said exact
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-27

Like itw / guess he didn't need t.
have me say any more. But did say
more. l just raved and rGved over
that car until Fathers eyes crinkled
all up In little smile wrinkles, and he
said:
Pm glad. l hoped you'd like it."
81 guess 1 do like it !" cried. Then
1 went on to tell him how | thought
it was the prettiest one l ever saw,
and way ahead of even Mr.. Easter
brooks.
And, pray, who is Mr.. Easterbrook? "'
asked Father then. 1.-The violinist,
perhaps-eh?"
Now, wasn't it funny he should have
remembered that there was a violin
list? But, of course, told him no, it
wasn't the violinist. 1t was another
one that took Mother to ride, the one
l told him about in the Christmas let
ter; and he was very rich, and had
two perfectly beautiful cars; and l
was going on to tell more-how he
didn't take Mother now-but l didn't
get a chance, for Father interrupted,
and said, Eyes, yes, to be sure" And
he showed he wasn't interested, for
all the little smile wrinkles were gone,
and he looked stern and dignifed,
more like he used to. And he went on to
say that, as we had almost reached
home, he had better explain right away
that Aunt Jane was no longer living
there; that his cousin from the West,
Mrs. Whitney, was keeping house for
him now. She was a very nice lady,
and he hoped 1 would like her. And
l might call her "Cousln Grace"
And before could even draw breath
to ask any questions, we were home
and real pretty lady, with light
blue dress on, was helping me out of
the car, and kissing me as she did so.
Now, do you wonder that l have
been rubbing my eyes and wondering
If l was really I, and if this was An
jacksonville?
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Main Roo6 40 l7i0 St,
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OFFICES AND STUDIOS.

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