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New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

inquisition tortures upon helpless people"
 Allen Drake laughed lightly.
 What Lillian Asked
 "Oh, my dear sir" he said mock lingly, what an absurd idea But of course, l cannot blame you fol shrinking from the thought Neve, | in all your experience. in your ole home or your new, did you eversee or employ such methods, of course" The gibe was unmistakable, ano Smiths eyes showed his reaction tc 1t in an angry flash. But he spoke only two words, those in accents which were a command instead of a request:
 The cigar"
 "Oh, a thousand pardons :" Aller Drake replied We must not let ii go out, But there must be only two or three puffs this time. for this lad, is very interested In you, and i, would be unfattering to keep he, waiting"
 He waved toward Lillian with one hand and put the cigar again be. tween Smiths lips with the other while the bound man registered loft, contempt of Lillian with an extreme ly mobile set of facial muscles Bu, he did not neglect to take the two oi three puffs MT. Drake had promised him, and his furious eyes held also a tortured. hungry look when the government agent as deftly extracted the cigar again and laid it carefully upon a smoking stand.
 If it goes out I'll light you an. other" he promised, then added signi hciently after a seconds pause, thai is, of course, provided you are req sonable."
 A low snarling sound from Snitr was his only answer but Mr. Drake Han.
 Shall we valet him now?"
 Lillian shook her head while puzzled over the cryptic allusion.
 T want Madges positive identifica- Ition of him first she said, turning to me
 "Can you swear she asked, "even disguised as he is now that he's the man Smith you saw in that cafe near the Ashokan reservoir. and whose voice you heard in the reservoir grounds after he had killed the young state trooper?"
 Before I could answer, Smith S voice rose in a furious yell
 You she devil :" he shrieked If you dare to say yes to that I'll tear you in inch pieces when I get loose. '
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
HAIL THE WoMAN'-PALACE.

Hail the Woman the picturiza- tion of actual life, as lived by a hun dred million Americans throughout this broad continent, and the greatest achievement of Thomas H. Ince, pio- neer motion picture producer. comes 10 the Palace theater on Sunday, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Written by C. Gardner Sullivan, master screen dramatist, it is his deepest human document.
 Florence Vidor takes the leading rcle. that of Judith Beresford. It is that of high-minded, sensitive daughter of the New England Hills, whose soul rises in revolt against mans immemorial cruelty and injus- tice to woman.
 Playing opposite to Miss Vidor is dainty little Madge Bellamy the new est star in the motion picture f1rma. ment
 Theodore Roberts, masterful inter preter of character roles, takes the part of dour and grim Oliver Beres- ford.
 Fully Marshall is in his element portraying the role of the vicious odd jobs man"
 The bill tonight and Saturday fea- lures Marshall Neilan's Lotus Eat CTS" with John Barrymore, Wesley Barry Colleen Moore and Anna Q. Nilsson. An excellent bill of Keith vaudeville is also offered.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

enjoy our nuts?" Fatty inquired. Why not eat them here in the woods?"
 But Uncle Sammy said no. He said that was not according to his plan. Somebody might come this way and expect us to share our nuts with him Go to my place and we'll lock the door, just as said. Well. Fatty Coon could see that there was a good deal of common sense in Uncle Sammys scheme. So off they trudged 10 Cedar Swamp, each carrying a bag of beechnuts, Uncle Sammy eroaned and sighed and complained that his bag was terribly heavy He grumbled so much that at last Fatty Coon offered to change bags with him. And that was exact ly what Uncle Sammy had wanted.
 My Your bag is heavy" Fatty exclaimed as he picked up Uncle sammys burden. You must have more nuts than I have.
 Maybe. Maybe" Uncle Sammy muttered As they neared the eating house. Uncle Sammy limped ahead as fast as he could hobhle
 T want to see that the coast is clear" he called T want to make sure there's nobody inside. for it would be shame if we had to share cur feast with anybody else"
 Somehow all at once Fatty Coon began to feel that there was some thing amiss with Uncle Samny's plan He didn't know what was wrong. But he quickened his step And when he did that Uncle Sammy broke into a run. Then Fatty began to run, too. He did not catch Uncle Sammy Coon however. That sly old chap reached the doorway 9 few jumps ahead of him, slipped through it. and slammed and locked the door right in Fatty's face
 Hi, there, Let me in." Fatty cried angrilv.
 What for?" came Uncle Sammy's voice from the other side Of the door. Didn't I promise that I'd lock the door? And did I say that we'd both be on the same side of it's"
 Well, Fatty Coon was erribly angry But all at once he happened to think of something that made him less an- ery than he might have been.
 You've forgotten something" he called to Uncle Sammy. You've for gotten that we swapped bags I still have yours; and you have mine And your bag is ever so much the heavier of the wo. I shall keep your nuts and eat them. every one"
 Inside the eating house Uncle Sam my Coon laughed mockingly, but in a somewhat muffled way, as if he al ready had his mouth full of beech nuts
 That puzzled Fatty Coon. He couldn't understand why Uncle Sam my was in such good humor
 He soon learned the reason. When he opened Uncle Sammys bag, over in the middle of the swamp, he found not more than handful of beech nuts Uncle Sammy had filled his bag with pebbles, which felt, through the bag, exactly like nuts, but did not taste like them at all
 Copyright 1922 by Metropolitan
 Newspaper Service.)
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
LEEpY TALE
SWAPPING BAGS OF BEECHNUTs

Fatty Coon liked beechnuts. When nutting time came he always tried to get his share of nuts-and more! Frisky Squirrel often remarked that it was a lucky thing for the Squirrel family that Fatty Coon wasn't as spry as they were, Fatty had such an enormous appetite that if he had been quicker at finding nuts, there wouldn't have been many left for anybody else.
 Uncle Sammy Coon was another nut lover. But he was lame. He couldn't climb trees easily. So when the beechnuts were ripe, he had to set his sharp wits to work in order to get what he thought was his share and no more!
 Let's have feast of beechnuts," Uncle Sammy said to Fatty Coon one crisp day in the fall, after the frosts had come and sweetened the nuts, I'm going a-nutting You come along with me. And when we've gathered all the nuts we can carry, we'll take them to my eating house down near Cedar Swamp, and we'll lock the door. and we won't let any body in until we've eaten every nut"
 Uncle Sammys plan sounded very pleasant in Fatty Coon's ears. Most people were afraid 10 be shut up alone with Uncle Sammy in his eat ing house. But not Fatty Coon, He was young and strong
 Come on." Fatty cried Let's start for the woods right away"
 So off they went. They gathered a great number of beechnuts Or at
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
What the Man smith Threatened
 to Do to Madge

At the self-revealing facial gesture of the man who called himself Smith but whom Allen Drake evidently be. lieved to be some formerly exalted Europan parsonage, Lillian took a swift stealthy step forward unseen by smith, and with tense narrowed eyes scanned him closely
 Her face was masked imperturh- able as always. but l who know her so well realized that it was she who had first suspected Smiths identity, she who in all probability had plan ned Allen Drake's campaign.
 The reason for her leaving the management of Smith to Mir Drake when she herself was so peculiarly equipped for such a feat, was also clear to me, smiths race, position and training made him look upon d woman as something of inferior abil- ity and station. To convince him of Lillians authority would have been an almost insuperable task, and Lil- lian, always willing to submerge her self and her position, 1T necessity called for 1t, had turned over the
  But now MT Drake turned to her.
 "A Thousand Pardons."
 Are you sa--stied on that point ?'' he asked
 Absolutely" she rdturned. My compliments, Milori."
 He made an airy little depreoatins gesture while I gazed with wonder at the malevolent scowing fury in- earnate who called himself Smith.
 Could it be possible that this un- couth looking man. dressed in the attire of farm laborer, with a scrag gly, unbarbered growth of beard up- on his face, and wearing around his forehead apparently the same dirty bandage which had been there when he first came to the neighborhood. was really of royal blood? Then I remembered the really magnificent stature and bearing of the man when l had seen him in the Catskill noun tains remembered also his arrogant air of command and the thing be- came more believable
 That the man himself was fully cognizant of the meaning attached to the little by-play between Lillian and Allen Drake 1 saw by the rallor which deepened on his face, and by sudden look akin to fear in his eyes. Then he began to bluster again.
 This is what you call free coun- try, suppose he sneered, using
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
Gossip Corne,
Of Hunters Green.


 There's something reminiscent of the Alpine hunter in a green felt hat with tiny rolling brim outlined with black velvet and three quills, shad ing from gunmetal to pearl gray placed at one side of the crown.
 Chenille Flowers.
 Chenille flowers trim many of the smartest frocks and hats Some times these are embroidered directly on the fabric or they may be ap- pliqued. The more brilliant the col ors. the better.
 Unusual Frock. blue serge frock, cut on delight fully girlish lines. with the waistline at the normal place, is trimmed only with diamond shaped medalions of black silk braid and sash of Amer ican Beauty -colored georgette.
 Painted Decorations. A gown of white chiffon, designed for a young girl, is made with a close bodice and very full skirt About the waist and hemlines are painted designs in blue and pink, beaded in silver.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
BREAD AND PEACH
 PUDDING
BY BERTHA E. SHAPLEIGH
 Of Columbia University

slices or 12 small pieces of soft stale bread.
 IF cups milk
 3 eggs
 IA cup sugar
 1-2 teaspoon salt
 l teaspoon vanilla
 8 fresh or 1 can peaches
 Butter a tin mold, as is used for steamed puddings.
 Beat eggs slightly, add to milk with sugar salt and vanilla Dip bread in the milk and line the mold with these pieces, placing a layer on the bottom of mold.
 Over this place peaches, cut in quarters or eighths, adding sugar If peaches are not sweet.
 Continue until material is used. Pour over all the remainder of egg and milk Steam until custard is set.
 Turn from mold and serve with any good liquid sauce or with plain or beaten cream.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
EARNI-af AIT EOX,S.

William Farnum, loved by all New Britain, will be seen at this theater tonight and tomorrow VI his latest release, "Moonshine Valley" It is a thrilling story of a man who defeat ed .is desire for whiskey and scored decisive comback, mainly through the aid of his young daughter.
 Monte Cristo." gigantic, wonder tul, the greatest motion picture ever produced, will start this Sunday eve
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

Nearly all of the new fall frocks show growing recklessness of ma terial.
 Many use panels and drapes and sleeves of fine pleating. All are lon- ger and fuller. From one to five more yards of material is needed now than last season.
 Colors are gorgeous. Amber,
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 Was there danger for Sally if she won the beauty contest and took her place in the Manhattan Frolics show The woman reporter dodged the question,
 The girls mother is to accompany her at our expense" said she.
 She's alone in the world-a found ling
 A perplexed look came into the girls eyes,
 Then I can't tell you another thing till I see Miss Angela Rose, she said determinedly. Tt all de- pends on her"
 Martin thought this over, nodded and asked the reporter to join him and Sally at dinner.
 When Sally saw the stranger with Martin some premonition startled her It gave her the air of some pretty woodland creature hearing q sudden sound The reporter made an instant comment to herself:
 Shes as good as her picture slender-lovely ankles-lively-she' dol"
 Sally Martin laughed nervously Brace yourself for a shock. This Is Miss Bonnet of the American News Syndicate She's come to tell you you've a chance to win the beauty prize-job in the chorus at the Man haitian Frolics-New York-you've read about it'
 Nrn said Lucy Bonnet heartily, holding out her hand. You've won the prize!"
 My names Sally Dawson" Sallys dazed look frightened Martin.
 Never mind come on and eat he cried jovialy. we've got to cele- brate,''
 By the time the three were seated at the best table in the Commercial House restaurant, Sally was in pos session of the facts. It was Miss Ben net herself however, who frankly put before her the possibilities
 "Mr Martin here-who is your very real friend-and l feel you should know just what is before you" she said seriously. but with cordial smile that won sallys confidence.
 "Of course, if you had your mother to advise and help you, there wouldn't be much chance of this turning out wrong.
 "As it is, our syndicate will try to keep you under it's wing bit. But first and last. it will be up to you, Miss-Sally to make something good out Of this chance
 The word chance" always had an effect on Sally like trumpet call. "Chance" to her meant Opportunity, never risk.
 She was thinking hard now, and thrills were beginning to surge through her. Of course, If she didn't make good. there would be the humil- iatine return to Branchville-a wren who had thought she could be pea cock.
 But she would not permit this pic lure to stay in her mind
 "I'u take the-crance," she said in
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

least Fatty Coon found dozens and dozens of hem. Uncle sammy Coon. however. gathered only a few But he kept sharp eye on Fatty And at last Uncle Sammy cried, Let's go to my eating house now! We've got enough nuts for big meal. and I'm terribly hungry"
 Why go to your eating house to
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
CINDERELLA SALLY
SALLY WINS!
Dazzling Stage Career Opens to
 Founding. Now Prize Beauty.
BY ZOE RECKLEY.
START HERE TO-DAY

START HERE TODAY
 SALLY, orphan emrloye of a soda fountain, has won newspaper beauty contest through the efforts of her friend
 MARTIN, photographer. reporter has come to award the prize and is talking with Martin, Salys past life has been one of drudgery and insults at the hands of a new-rich mistress. She carries only pleasant memory, that of HARRY STANLEY, her former mistress
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

ming and be shown for four days and . ghts.
 For the vaudeville this last half of the week, Albert, Joyce and Albert are the headliners with an act with special scenery and composed of novelty singing and dancing number The Winchesters, The Fuller Girls and Well and Wilbur support the big act with good sketches.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

enjoy our nuts" Fatty inquired. Why not eat them here in the
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

cocoa, chocolate. bronze and the lighter golden browns are most pop ular and for evening wear the gold and flame shades are most in demand
 Embroidery is used to great eX- tent and so are trimmings of the ma terial itself-peating and tucks and tailored tabs. Wide sleevs are ofter lined with silk of brilliant shade tc give a color contrast.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
If You Are Well Rred.

You know it is just as easy to serve food correctly as incorrectly.
 The woman at the right of the host is usually served first
 No plates for any course are re- moved until everyone has finished.
 The maid serves dishes from the left and removes them from the right Water glasses should be kept filled. The hostess always gives the signal for leaving the table.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29
Marriage a la Mode.

At the smallest home wedding the throwing of her bouquet, to be scram- bled for by the members of her bridal party, is one of the features the American bride does not forget.
 The German bride does not throw her flowers, but one of her white satin bridal slippers. The signif- canoe, however, is the same. Who- ever is successful in catching the sou venir will be married soon.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-29

the same quiet tone she had once used to her old mistress. Mrs. Stan ley of Terrace Road.
 (To Be COntinuetl. Copyright, 1922, NEA Service).
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
Cancelled Check a. Recent.

This is a bankers answer as to
whether a cancelled check is evidence
Of payment. &
A check is not a payment. It is
merely an order to makes payment.
An indorsed and Cancelled check is
valid legal evidence that payment has
been made. provided there is no over.
coming evidence to the contrary.
If 1t is made clear that the receiver
Of the check has not, lin fact, received
payment, then the endorsed check,
marked paid, is not, in fact, acceptable
evidence that payment has been made.
When a bank pays check It goes
on the assumption that the man who
receives the money az well as the man
who draws the check is responsible.
and therefore, II the check proves to
be not good, the man who received
the money i held responsible. He.
in turn, must look to the maker Of the
check. Il II
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
HeIatsd doe

The preacher was Scotch, and of
the old school. who believed ii 9
physical hell, and he was preaching
one Of the good, old-fashioned, IRE.
and-brimstone sermons. With awe
inspiring gestures and appropriate pul.
pit pounding, he brought . particular.
" fiery discourse to as triumphant
close with something like tho follow.
Ing: 5$s f3ys
"And on the last day there yen
Be, all ye wickut sinners, up tae your
necks in the sea Of birthstone, and the
farhes'll be roarin' round ye, and yen
no hae a drappie Of water to wet your
parched throats, and there'll be vail:
In and gnashih' OF teeth, and ven bs
crying out unto the Lord, oh, LORD,
we did not know-we did not know L
And the good Lord. N the in-6nite
maircy and compassion Of His loving
hear-rt, will say Weei 1 70 ken the
4 moo + !. London Opinion q. s.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
!, ADDING \: DIN TO VALUE OF LAMBS.
Docking and castratlon Should 30.
Done In .Mornlno-Many Males
Should Be Marketed. ia

Lambs should be docked and cas-
trated in the morning II possible so
that they can be looked after during
the day time. In case Of excessive
bleeding as a result Of docking, the
tail should be tied with cord. It is
best to dock first and castrate a few
days later, but II the flock is a large
one and q second handling is not desir.
able both operations may be done at
one time.
Too great emphasis cannot be placed
uron these. two acts Of proper flock
management from the standpoint Of
success In raising the lambs and the
higher market value. Many males are
used for breeders when they should be
wethers fattened for market.
The proper place to dock is about
the third vertebrae or about one inch
from the body. The skin should be-
forced forward so that it may later
fall back and cover the stump. For
docking sharp knife will serve well.
Many use a hot pincher or chisel for
this operation, but the heating Of iron
consumes time and the hot iron is used
only in cases when lambs cannot be
watched afterward, as in range flocks.
Phil A. Anderson. division Of anil
NAL husbandry, University farm.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
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%. 1922. Westefn Newspaper Union.l


THERE is a contrast to the holiday
atmosphere as one passes into the
dark and damp underground way out
Of the great depot. A chill strikes
upon the soul as well as upon the
body. The passer hurries on to escape
into the light and cheer Of the street.
He hugs his Christmas packages q
little closer and tries to whistle him.
self into something like gayety.
a Suddenly he Is startled and helped
by the tones Of q merry tune and dis.
covers the old blind man who has long
haunted the dismal place. For years
this unfortunate has made, It his one
business to stand there and pipe up
the failing spirits Of travellers. His
face has refused the. marks Of dark
ness and his soul has kept gladness
behind its closed and curtained win
dows. As one stops to leave token
and a word Of appreciation with him
he says, Thank you; I don't know as
y ever did anybody any good; some
people don't like It."
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14

ment that Maybelle had used i've hun.
dred yards Of baby.ribbon-pink and
blue and white and yellow--in her
trousseau, and that she was bestowing
the same passionate fervor on her hem
stitching and tucking that she had
wasted on literature; that she was
helping papa and mamma by shoulder
ing the biggest wedding ON them since
the Tomlinsons went into bankruptcy
after their fireworks ceremonial. Miss
Larrabee said that Papa Bottoms
livery.stable was burning up so fast
that she wanted to call out the fire de-
partment, and that Mamma Bolton
made her think Of the patent-medicine
testimonials we printed from poor
tired women"
The day Of the wedding the blow
came. A very starched.up little boy
with strawberry Juice frescoed around
his mouth brought In note from May.
belle and tightly rolled manuscript
tied with baby-blue ribbon. In the
note she said that she thought 1t would
be so romantic to write up her own
Notwithstanding the dear, dead days
when she was q neophyte in letters"
We handed the manuscript to Miss
Larrabee, from whom, as she read,
came snorts: "'Drawing-roomv Hrh |!
'Muslc-room.' Heavens to Betsy! Pc
culiar style Of beauty!' Oh, joy!
Looked like wood.nymph in the
morn Wouldn't that saturate you!
The Apollo-like beauty Of the groom" {"
Miss Larrabee groaned as she rose, and
putting her raincoat on the floor by
her chair she exclaimed: "Do you
people know what l am going to dot I
have got to lie right down here and
have q fit!'
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
:ood-Producino Machines In operation.

r0oo-rFouOcin0 MaSnlnoS III Oporatlonr
the self feeder is used with the above
feeds, II alfalfa is good, and the
shotes pastured at the rate of about
20 head per acre. q pound Of gain can
be put on with approximately three
and one-half pounds Of shelled corn
and four-tenths Of pound Of tank
age.
At this rate, with corn at $1.2O per
undredweight, and tankage at $3.50
per hundredweight, a 15O-pound gain
per pig can be secured at q feed cost
Of $40. With SO hogs, this leaves
$500 per head, or $132 per acre from
the gain alone to pay for alfalfa.
With only 20 head per acre. fair
cutting Of hay may also be secured
b. ]. Maynard, associate professor.
animal husbandry. Colorado Agricul-
tural college. t36g sS
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14

note to him and gave him directions
how to deliver it. Turning away, still
feeling in his pockets, he found the
glasses, which he had overlooked, in
his haste. He hastily recalled the boy
and, adjusting his glasses, took the
note and added, "Have just found my
glasses in another pocket Then he
handed the note back to the messen.
ger and said, "Lose no time; see Mrs.
Anderson herself and wait for pack
age; bring to me here and ask for Mr..
Anderson at the door,"
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
Absent.Minded A LAWYER.

A prominent and successful lawyer
in Virginia afforded his friends much
amusement by his Observation-Disclosures.
On reaching the court house one morn
ing he failed to find his eyeglasses In
their accustomed pocket. He searched
hurriedly and then as best he could
without them wrote to his wife !:
"Please send my eyeglasses by bearer.
I think I left them on the table in
living ROOM"
He called a messenger. handed the