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Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
MARY MARRIES
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY STORY
A COMPLETE NOVELETTE,

was no doubt about that. she reflect
ed. as she caught glimpse OF her
self in the mirror and she smiled un-
mindfully. But when neighbors, par
ticularly young, unmarried neighbors,
began to remark about Alexis ap-
pearance and Alexis geniality Mary
grew vaguely troubled.
So gradually Alex began to take IN
terest in outside things. He enjoyed
going to town, stopping at the stores,
calling on neighbors. attending the
movies. and participating in most
ANYTHING at hand. wish Mary cared
about going around" he remarked to
Mary's mother.
"But she doesn't" returned old Mrs.
James. Besides if she did she hasn't
the time. Alex"
mo, / guess not" agreed Alex.
"But there's nothing special to do
evenings, and person needs recrea-
tion, Mrs. James"
Mary's mother merely grlfnted
reply. She always had entertained
doubts regarding this sudden mar
riage of her daughter and Alex. Ana
then one day neighbor made IT her
business to walk over and inform
Mrs. James that the night before
Alex 1au SdL Will NiS oiAo" iASAA~
at the movies.
sMaybe it's a mistake" said old
Mrs. James.
well. / guess not" replied the
neighbor, ..for saw 'em with my own
two eyes. I do think it's terrible, as
good as Mary's been to Alex Bond
1T is turrible." said old Mrs. James,
shaking her head. and as soon as the
neighbor had departed she went an
search of Mary and acquainted her
with the facts.
To be sure Mary looked startled,
but she made no reply.
"Ain't you goin' to say anything to
him?" her mother demanded.
Mary nodded a negative. {.
"I declare. Mary, did think you'd
have more spunk er resentment re,
torted old Mrs. James. II know I'd
| lay him out"
Mary sat quite still, looking over
| the October fields. Then OF a sud
den she rose and went up to her bed
| room. She wanted TO think. but not
down there, with her mother con-
| stantly interrupting her thoughts. OF
one thing she was certain. She did
not want to lose Alex. She laughed,
a trifle harshly, because she knew
she was not going to lose Alex, for
he appeared to be perfectly SATISFIED
with the present arrangement of
things. But Alex did not love her.
and that truth forged. not pleasantly,
into her mind. Had he loved her she
knew she would not wish to lose his
love. But why she asked herself. AS
she sat with clasped hands, leaning
forward, thinking more seriously of
| her husband than she had ever
| thought, poor Mary realized that in
spite of the business proposition she
loved Alex and she wanted him now,
whether or not he owned desirable
adjoining farm.
SO Mary continued to think for a
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
n]You andl
AA ByA1bertA Apple
Centenaridns

In our country are $500 men and
women past 100 years old. Occasion
ally one of the gives the rules why"
Take such rules with a grain of
salt. Practically all of these CEN
tenarians are such by accident. Few
OF them achieved their old age by
any formula. Arrived at the century
mark, they look back and attempt
self analysis, usually with Iudicrous
results.
Almost any one with a normal body
and sane mind and healthful view
point can live to be 100, barring ac-
cidents. Bot, in one form and an
other, most OF us are committing
slow suicide and know it.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Copyright, 1921, by W. werner>

No one ever expected Mary James
to marry. Mary herself never enter
tained such a thought. She was un-
attractive-at least she never botn-
cred about her appearance-anu eV-
ery one took it for granted that lne
tall, slender woman who lived Wltn
her mother on a small farm at the
edge of town and worked like a man
could never be anything but plain
and colorless. But as a matter OF
fact Mary had nice. dark eyes ana
pleasant, regular features and When
she smiled her face lightened and
shone with an uncommon sweetness
of expression. In spite of that and
her many capabilities people around
would have ridiculed the idea OF
Mary marrying, but marry she did
one June day right in the midst OF
wheat harvesting.
Alex Bond had bought the adJoin-
ing farm. He was probably a year
or so Mary's Junior, but he looked
older, for he had been in poor health.
A doctor had suggested farming on
small scale. He knew little or moth
ing of farming, but some one told
him of the small farm next to Mary's,
and he straightway purchased it and
Immediately began to feel better, liv-
ing so constantly outdoors. The
farming end of it, however, was a
dismal failure, and it annoyed him
exceedingly to think he was not max
ing a success of his venture. He was
forced to call upon Mary on all occa-
sions and learned to value her opin-
ion and to enjoy her hracing up
society.
One day it occurred to him that the
solution of it all was to ask Mary to
marry him. It seemed most certain
ly like a cold, businesslike PROPOSE
ton and he wondered at his audacity
in proposing. But Mary had been ac-
customed to cold, businesslike propo-
sitions ali of her life, and she imme-
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
MANY CLAIMS ON GERMANY

Diaro de Noticas of Lisbon, pub
fishes an article by Correias. until
recently the Portuguese representa-
tive on the reparations commission.
describing some of his experiences
while acting in that capacity.
Among the private damage claims
against Germany, presented TO the
commission, were many like the fol-
lowing: immigration agncies wanted
heavy compensation for loss of busi-
ness during the war; film companies
demanded enormous damages be-
cause their business was interrupted;
an African merchant filed claim
for the equivalent OF 100000 gold,
because he was unable to obtain
firearms for his customers from Eng
land and France during the war.
European merchants who were un-
able to export merchandise, during
the interruption OF ocean traffic by
the submarines. filed claims FOR loss
es to their business; q plantation
company sought more than $500, 900
gold damages, because its tea planta-
tons had suffered from lack of labor:
trucking company presented
claim amounting to several thousand
pounds sterling, because its business
fell off on account of the shortage
of tonnage; similar firm in one OF
the Portuguese colonies demanded
S30.000,000 damages for loss OF busi-
ness during the war: q great number
OF companies claimed heavy compen-
sation for losses due to their ina
bility to secure labor to replace their
employees who were conscripted for
the army.
The artivle does not state that
these claims were allowed, but many
of them are still being pressed.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Fakers

Blackrnailers, quacks and charla.
tans who live by their wits are in
yading the psyche analysis field
Word has gone forth that this Is
one OF the easiest gratis since the
gypsies invented palm reading.
Legitimate psyche analysts are
starting campaign against the IA
kers. Getting evidence is unusually
hard. DR.. A. A. Brill, who wrote the
best American book on the psychic
science. points out that victims OF
blackmailers cannot make charges
without revealing the secret which
subjects them to blackmail.
If taking up psyche analysis, be
careful with whom you deal.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

We've all struggled over vers libre.
We've tried to see the poetry in it,
and sometimes, We'll have to confess
with shame. or otherwise, that we
have not been able to discover it.
The wild impression has come that
the author, taking his words all jum-
bled together in a dainty little bas-
has selected wide mark and thrown
them proniscuously at it, without
hitting the bullseye in his attempts
All this is probably the result Of be-
ing abysmally ignorant and hope
lessly lacking In appreciation of the
really beautiful. So be it,
And now comes the Dadaists. Have
you met them? If you have not, you
must. SO here is a poem" by one
Louis Aragon, which he calls sui
eide:
"A b def
Ghiki
NJ nopqr
Stu Wv
XyZ."
There you are! Isn't it wonderful?
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
IT'S ONLY A curln

Jed was working over his bicycle,
doing something to the chain. when
he cut his hand. 1t did not bleed
very much. nor did the cut impress
Jed as being very deep.
So he said, "oh. gee; it's only a
cut" and tied his hand up ia a red
handkerchief he happened to have in
his pocket. There were stones and
knives and rusty keys and other
things in Jed's pocket with the hand
kerchief, and his bicycle chain was
muddy
Jed's hand began to throb and ache.
He went off to the house and men
toned the matter to his father. be-
cause his mother was away from
home. Looking at Jeds hand. his
father said, Its only a cut: | guess
it will be all right" And nothing
more was said about 1t.
Jed was just an average boy. and
his hands We're not cleaner than the
average boys hands are after he has
spent an afternoon tinkering with a
muddy. rusty bicycle chain.
Jed could not sleep that night. be-
cause his hand throbbed and ached.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Substitutes for Castor Oil Easy to Take

or be used in small doses simply as
laxatives aloes being an instance in
point.
1t is wise II be careful with podo-
phyllin. as 1t is very Irritating. Call
omel should not be used as routine.
Irritant purgatives have killed
many a dropaical patient
Wate- fiven in the form of hot
teas is the best medicine to produce
perspiration. Filocarpine is advisable
at times bu the heavy doses for
merly giser are going out oil use.
Many phi. sicians now denounce cas-
tor oil. l. Eas a binding effect and
for this reason is used In diarrhea-
Most cathartics have such a second
ary binding effect.
The substitute for castor oil most
recommended. especially for babies.
is aromatic syrup OF rhubarb (U. S.
P.) in the same doses for the same
purpose
Babies and children like 1t and
have named il the candy medicine
Other rood substitutes for the for
mer bane OF childhood are milk OF
magnesia liquid petrolatum, aromatic
fluid exit act of cascara, liquid citra-
tes of magnesia, SIENNA leaves chopped
up with figs. and phenolphthalein
tablets.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

diately accepted him, because, as she
explained to her dismayed old moth
er. she had always wanted to own
that adjoining farm, but had thought
they asked more for it than it was
worth, and another thing, this man,
Alex Bond, needed a woman's care
lots more than he needed a farm.
So Mary married!
Then came the inevitable question
of where they should live. Mary had
never for a moment considered liv-
ing any place except at her own
home. Alex, in his mild way agreed
that as long as he was not well he
might as well go over there for the
time being. Later he intended to re-
model his house and then. of course,
Mary would come to him. Mary said
perhaps she would, and Immediately
she and her mother took charge of
Alex and he soon began to look like
a different man. Before fall he wore
a healthy color, had healthy sparkle
in his genial eyes and was full of
buoyant spirits, and Mary suddenly
discovered she had a good looking
husband. And she was plain! There
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Hand Swollen in the Morninu

In the morning he had headache
There were shooting pains in his
hand and arm, and his hand was stiff
and swollen. There was pain also
under Jeds arm and when he looked
at his bare arm in the morning light
he was amazed to see tiny threads of
scarlet under the skin, running up
toward his elbow. The cut itself
looked red and angry.
Jed was frightened He had heard
of blood poisoning" His father, too,
was frightened.
So they sent for the doctor.
After hearing the tale of the muddy
bicycle chain. the doctor examined
the hand and arm. looked thoughtful
and put something into Jed's shoul-
der with hypodermic needle. This,
he explained was antitoxin.
Jed felt quite important. He was
the only boy in the neighborhood who
had ever had antitoxin.
But his hand was very painful.
How Infection Was Cleared Up
Then the doctor filled a basin full
of very hot water. into which he put
a few dronS of antiseptic solution and
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

The glaciers and snow fields or
Switzerland melted so much during
the long. hot summer of 1921 that
many longlost bodies were found.
One was that of a guide lost eign-
teen years ago. another, SWISS
school teacher who disappeared IN
1914; and in as much as the winter
just past has been mildit seems that
many more bodies will be recovered
this summer. 1t is hoped that the re-
mains of Lord Frederick Douglas.
killed during Whymper's ascent OF
the Matterhorn in 1855, may be found
Ice surpasses embalming. and if we
could get to the bottom of the Arctic
ice we might learn what men were
like fifty thousand years ago.-Scien-
tific American.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

The exit Of athletic heroes is a
possibility suggested by Carl l..
Schrader, head of physical education
in Massachusetts,.
He thinks that in future schools
the physical instructor will serve all
instead of confining his efforts to
a few General athletics will be the
aim, rather than the victory:
1--WE have had the wrong objective
In physical education up to the pres
ent, inasmuch as victory in our
games was our only goal and defeat
considered a disgrace"
Schrader's theory is sound. But at
tention will concentrate on victors as
long as everyone wants to be a VIC
tor. And that, apparently, will be
forever.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

mountain chains of earfhen hillocks
Will show where the gophers have
mined up from underground to seek
their periShable treasure. For they
set most store by what we tread un-
derfoot, all their ways being direct
reversal of our own.
But the ground squirrels seem
ludicrously human. They, too. spring
up in a single night. like the armed
men where Jason sowed the dragons
teeth. all ripe for dissension. Each
scuttles about with his tail fairly
inviting some one to step on IT.
When he pauses to dig he cocks 1t up
at rakish slant, distinctly touch
me if you dare
And somebody always dares. Then
the scrimmage begins, true catch-as-
catch-can wrestling. any hold goes,
biting allowed Their wiry bodies
tumble in dizzying gyrations. Then
they break the clinch and one streaks
off, saving all his breath for foot
power while his pursuers triumphant
accents fall as brisSly as thunder
shower: they cease as suddenly when
he remembers that one combat does
not win a battle and returns to his
digging. But nobody pricks an ear.
When the hawks wing flags them
tue SiSlidi lOI d III AcL lidSS SOo AN~A
they should be grateful to him.
What is il all about? Not love-
making. Sometimes you glimpse the
eternal triangle, but that matter is
usually conducted with more discre-
ton, by moonlight, with the owl for
chaperone. They have more the air
of mated pairs. Not food. for their
garden patch OF lilybulbs is not the
battlefield. 1t seems to be a matter
of housing, of abandoning old homes
to find news ones rather than bother
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Death

II know absolutely how to live to
be 100 years old, and don't prac-
tice what I know"
That is the confession OF DR.. Roy
al s. Copeland, health commissioner
of New York
His admission sums up nearly ev-
erything IN life. All of us have wis
dom. but We ignore it. as when we
spend moe than we know we can
afford, OF eat more than we know is
good for US
We seek mythical panaceas, know
in our hearts that we already have
them in simple old fashioned horse
sense
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
You

Men, are YOU the right weight? To
find out: Take the number OF inches
you are over five feet, multiply IL
by six and add this result to l10
pounds, The total will give you what
your weight should be for good
health.
Anything over that mark is excess
baggage, says DIR. Royal S. Copeland
who furn shes the formula.
And man so or more years old,
who is so pounds over weight. has
lessened his chances of living so per
cent"
A set of scales is the best ouija
board for learning about your future.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Parasites

What a pity that new sciences and
discoveries always attract a swarm
of parasitic takers! They are like
the gambling cars, hooked onto many
old time circuses so that at the end
OF the season the performers wages
were back in the box office wagon.
That part of spiritualistic and psy-
chic phenomena that eventually viii
have grea' scientific value has been
set back many years by the grating
quacks who discredit whatever they
touch.
The only useful quacks in history
were the patent medicine takers.
They developed the science OF ad-
vertising.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

tain foods are The best IaXatIVes We
can use because they have no bind
ing effect, it is often necessary 10
use purgative or laxative meol-
cine.
According t, a recent issue of the
American Physician, cascara Is a
splendid laxative, but is not a salts
factory ,uTgative and may do harm
if long lsed as such. Salines or
salts are too irritating to be used
continuously 1or chronic constipation.
Severe tprl ing in organic diseases
is dangerous. A long list of purga-
tive remedies could well be dropped
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

particularly like
the generous por-
tions you give in
your restaurants.
In France. poor
France. it is an
other story. / live
in Nice. and one
evening an Amer
an gentleman
and his wife took
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

me to dinner at one of the restau-
rants in the Avenue de la Gare-Ave-
nue. de la Victorie we call it now.
Well, the American gentleman was a
great wag. and he poked great deal
that were served to us. At the end
of the meat course the waiter asked
him: How did you find your steak
monsierg oh, quite easily said
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

1T was an ac-
cident, sir" re-
piled the wife.
AN accident
how could it be?''
the m a g is t r ate
asked.
"W ell" said the
woman. Il had no
in t e n t / on of
breaking the um :
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

Have you fin
ished your letter
yet ?"
II finished the
letter long ago."
What k e e p S
you then? ?"
"T am writing
the poscript."
&c ra c j o u S T!
Have l got to
wind +bn ~. hry fu,
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
IF YOU ARE
WE'LL BRED

You do not burden your friends
by being a chronic borrower.
You are particularly careful
not to borrow personal belong
ings. as clothes or hats, because
most people object to lending
these things, no matter how gen
erous they may seem.
You do not borrow things that
have sentimental value and
cannot be replaced in case of an
accident
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
THE iDEALIsTlc ATTITUDE

Are YOU sure your ideas about
politics are practicaI?'
I'm not supposed to be practical,
replied Senator Sorghum. My part
of the proceedings is to tell people
that if they will be happy, and leave
the practical details to my cam
paign managers. .'-Washingto Star.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

C o n z r a t u lated
himself on his
soft touch
my poor man,
said the Lady. no.
ticing the tramp's
thin and woebe-
gone face, there
Is a quarter for
you. Dear me,
you must have
A.- ~ u
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
sv Or r. II. BISHOP
UMAN Nature new
er intended man


should be con-
tinually d o sing
himself w i t h
purgatives a n d
laxatives. Meth :
er did Nature in
tend man to live
most of h / S
h o u r 8 indoors
and to eat arti-
ficial and predi-
gested foods.
Aifhnugh GER
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

According to Dawes, the standing
army is too much running expense.
Jazz Is Going" reads a popular
headline. To make it true read ''On."
Lots of jokes cracked have
wrinkles.
ANY hen can be made to lay twice
daily" says an eggspert. Read this
threat to Your hens.
Boston's largest taxpayer is dead.
Can you blame him?
If these wireless telephones keep
on. a vans wife can talk to him no
matter where he goes.
A stick-up man has been stuck up
for 20 years.
"Cold cash" doesn't come from
coal cash." but that's where 1t goes.
Turned up noses get into things.
A man has about 200 bones; but
pulls more than that.
Wrinkled Meat, Chippewa Indian,
who died the other day, was married
for 100 years. Wrink. they say, was a
great fighter.
Swiss have two women judges
news item. We have few million
who think they are women judges.
In answer to "Who won the peace
conference we would say Hotels
Rich man who adopted six chill
dren was putting on heirs.
Birds keep coming from the South,
but spring won't be here until the
wind does that
About 20 is the stone age; bigger
the stone the better she likes it.
Convict forgers who defrauded Sing
Sing out of s14.51s took their pen in
hand.
The man who flies to pieces has to
collect himself.
Kentucky senate is fighting over
the Danwinian theory. More monkey
business.
Another nickel cigar has dropped
from s to 6 cents.
Country bedbugs are training for
spring tourists.
Coxey, who led the famous army,
wants to buy 112 ships, so maybe we
will have a Coxey's navy.
Too many husbands are threaten
ing to go home to father.
New bathing suits seem designed
TO be worn while taking bath.
A man who tells all he knows
doesn't often tell much.
All OF us like to brag about how
bad we were when growing up.
The rising generation wants to
sleep until 10 o'clock.
Another income tax is when you
take wife candy because your income
was 2 a. m.
What worries congress is. can the
farmers raise a majority?
A girl is going to cross Niagara
Falls on a wire. She wants to reach |
Canada worse than we do.
Beauty is only skin deep and some |
get skinned trying to get it.
1t will soon be time to decide where /
you are going on your vacation be-
sides broke.
A serious scarcity of reformed re-
formers is reported.
Motorman who smashed into an
other car can prove that silk stock
ings will turn any mans head.
A quack gets your money and
duCks
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

iy he hit upon a
plan to remedy
his defect.
When the lads
ap.her went to
he chicken house
he was surprised
70 find an ostrich
egg tied to one of
the beams, and
above it this no.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Just Between Ourselves
BY DELLA e. STEWART

SO much Of rhythm, of tender feeling,
of-of--of--the alphabet, in fact The
longer we gaze upon it the clearer
the fact becomes that it embraces
every word in the English language
and then some. Its name is probably
given 1t for the reason that continued
search for Its hidden beauties would
lead one to suicide. IL that one fails
to please your critical mind, here is
another by Pierre Shapka- Bonniere,
entitled "Paroxysms':
- -, o
~ tsi-i-i-I
ct sanl--et--Sa an-eain-a--M
--et sam-et--Sam-sam
cha Keink- tsi II
rroor-O
--atakak af--oh--tzzi g."
Can it be that Shapka- Bonniere has
cannibalistic tendencies? Those third
and fourth lines? /!
After this the st. Louis girl SEN
fenced for stealing trousers will only
steal those with men inside.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

yes, num-" replied the tramp! Il
have. And a heap Of convictions,
too!''
A youthful chicken fancier had in
his possession a couple of bantam
hens that laid very small eggs. Final
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
THE OWNERS
with a spring house cleaning

with a spring house cleaning.
All of them want the same location
and there is considerable inaccuracy
about squirrel surveying: their shafts
over and under-run each other until
cave-ins must be the rule rather than
the exception. Why? You cannot see
any advantage in soil or drainage,
sun or shade: what Is fifty feet
farther away from their market?
What makes this one spot worth the
premium of such effort No, know
no true answer which applies TO
either squirrels OF their betters. But
you might ask real estate agent.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
THE REAL EXPERT

What is your idea of a tariff ex-
pert?"
"A real tariff expert" replied Sen
ator Sorghum, :" a man who can keep
his constituents good natured in
spite of the fact that they have tc
pay taxes. ."-Washingto Star.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
Laugh With Us

the American; I'm detective. you
know"
Mary" the husband called up
stairs, why don't you come down?
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

Mile. Lenglen. the French lawn
tennis star, said at dinner while in
New York: 81 like America, and 1
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
BY JOHN BREcK

n the first burst
of spring the fur
crops far outstrips
the budding green.
The rabbits are out
before the lilacs,
new mice are afoot
to nibble the new
grain. Your mead
ow may lie smooth
ly when the slant
Ding sun of late af-
ternoon makes ey-
cry shadow loom
tail: next morning
Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

mind the baby two hours longer?
$50 you broke an umbrella over
your husbands head" said the judge.
What have you to say?"