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Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
SUDDENLY THE RUSTLING
Stopped AND MRS. DCNNELL
STOPPED. TOO.

street where her house stood. She
t ID to visualize that street. She
IL just where IL was. There was
ato en- or more of those shabby little
dr clings, with torn shades at the
windows. All sorts OF working people
lived in those houses. "A lonely little
boy" No doubt he was lonely. but
Why didn't he go to school? And the
idea of his mother letting him adver-
tise? Still the appeal was touching.
A grandmother! Well, Mrs Donnell
had never been a grandmother. She
had Just escaped being one when her
son died. If he had lived and mar
ried and had children life would have
been very different for her. She al
most forgot the advertisement in
thinking about the past. But present.
~ the advertisement came back to
her.
"Betsyl" she called. And Betsy
came She was a large, good natured
looking Betsy, this one. Bring me
my things and my wheeled chair,
please. l want to make a call here in
the neighborhood."
Betsy produced furpcape and bon
net, and Mrs. Donnell put them on
Then she got into her wheeled chair
and she hurried her to Winding way
Betsy always hurried her. She was
that kind of a. Betsy. She shifted a
little when Mrs. Donnell pointed to a
number and made her stop. 1t was a
typical Winding way house, only that
the window shades were little more
torn and the door a little more bat
tered Mrs. Donnell stepped out OF
her wheeled chair-which a slight
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
AMONG THE PEBBLES

white worm. Sometimes he peers out,
sometimes ventures forth on the end
of a silken line to fish for microscopic
game. But he reels himself deftly
back into his door when any bogie
of little grubs come after him.
They lurk on every side; fierce
waterbeetles row past neatly feather
ing their oars, back swimmers driven
by their long, jointed sweeps, and wee
trout hatchlings. all google eyes and
gaping jaws. The masked larvae of
the dragonflies, propelled by squirt
of water astern, and adolescent
beetles. some swapping tail as agile
as the crawfish they look like. some
cared like galley. eight pairs to each
side and two pairs to steer by, clap
their nippers at him, while the sandy.
shore fairly crawls with prowling
toad bugs. Where could he stop to
sprout a fancy pair of wings? When
he leaps to the surface, full grown
fly, his sails must shake out the
instant they feel the air. For he'll
have birds to dodge out there.
And there are many vacant houses
in the town beside those whose ten
ants have taken wing-houses with
torn rooms For a small stone gray
bird, kin to the thrush, dives after
them, plucks their startled inmates
forth to an untimely end, and then,
depressing his full craw with his
sated beak, he has the impudence to
sing their requiem. AS the walrus
sympathized with the oysters he. de-
voured. so does the water ouzel mourn
with little rising tinkle, as though
he were laughing at himself, in the
finish of his song.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Money

Stocks of the various Standard Oil
companies have advanced in market
value more than a billion dollars
since early in the year.
Yet there has been practically nc
change in the actual physical prop
erty back of the companies. Same
old pipe lines, same old refineries
same old relation of assets to LA
bilities.
ly a reflection of increased conf
dence in general business outlook, es-
pecially for the oil industry.
Confidence is our greatest national
wealth. For confidence is courage
the generator of prosperity.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Just Between Ourselves
BY DELLA E. STEWART

Nor are the fathers scot free. Re-
wards greater than they can imagine
would be theirs if they woulds be
chums with their growing lads and
teach them the pitfalls of coming
manhood, inculcate respect for them
selves and womanhood; if they would
father their daughters instead of leav-
ing all to the mothers.
1t makes the blood boil to sit back
and note the blatant comment on the
youngsters of today. OF course they
constitute serious problem.
But-who is at fault?
Has the home been one in which
respect for law and parental author
ity has been wisely taught; not with
sharp words and club, but with low
ing admonition, and most of all. by
consistent daily example? Has it?
And If it has not, as many of us
must confess, are we truthful?
Who is the most at fault?
Flappers?
Or parents?
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
"oNLy a sPRAJNv

Jerry Black was running along the
lake shore with his dog one morning,
when he stepped in a hole. He fell
with a curious twisting wrench of his
foot. Instantly sharp pain flashed
through his ankle and he found that
he was unable to put his weight
upon his foot.
Jerry gazed about him ruefully.
1t was just noon, and there were
crowds of small boys and girls on
the sand. He tried to drag himself
to the trees beyond the silvery stretch
of sand. but the intense pain caused
by the least attempt to move
brought quick tears to his eyes, and a
peculiar feeling of being hot and cold
all over at the same time.
Then a woman sitting under a
green parasol saw the small boy. She
was at his side in a moment, and
her cool, skilful fingers were strip
ping his foot of shoe and sock.
jerry remembered that she was a
hospital lady," as the boys of his
gang" called the internes at the
sanatorium across the lake.
Your hands feel just like my
mothers" he said
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Home Nursing and Health Hints

What Tendons and Ligaments Are
What are tendons and ligaments? ?''
questioned Jerry
"Tendons are the cords which bind
the muscles to the bone, and liga-
ments are the bands of fibre which
hold the bones of a joint together" :"
the doctor said.
"A sprained ankle and fractured
ankle look so much alike that it is
very hard to tell one from the other"
the doctor continued. But this is a
sprain, sonny. and we must take quite
as much care of it as If it had been
broken ankle"
So, explaining to the maid that the
thing to do for a snrain was to keep
the injured ankle quiet and elevated
on pillows and covered with either
very hot or very cold congresses un-
til the first severe pain subsidized. the
doctor placed the painful foot on two
pillows, protected with layers of
newspa per under a bath towel, and
wrung towels from ice water. After
time. when the pain was less. she
applied a firm bandage, and promised
to come back in the afternoon. And
jerry. free from pain. waved a good
bye from his chair at the window.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

meaning currants. and pictures to
look at and wonderful music box.
Mrs. Donnell called UP the mill and
the superintendent sent her the Harry
he thought best suited her description.
Mrs. Donnell merely asked him to call
at her home that night on his way
home.
At 6:10 o'clock he appeared laden
with his supper in parcels. He was
young, anxious and with something of
the same look as Roger. Roger was
with Betsy in the kitchen, so Mrs.
Donnell had Harry all to herself for a
few minutes. In that time she learned
all there was to know--how Rogers
father had died when he was a baby,
and his mother. who was Harry's
sister, soon after, and how Harry had
kept Roger with him and made. a
home for him-"a kind of woman's
home, like the kids want. though
there's never been a woman in it," he
explained.
sAnd this grandmother business?"
asked Mrs. Donnell.
"Oh," Harry blushed. 'Well, you
see, the little chap was always beg
ging me to bring him home an auntie.
and the best could do was to promise
him grandmother. So fixed up the
advertisement to please him. put it in
an envelope and directed it to the
paper and he must have sent it,
Well" said Mrs. Donnell. 'I'm very
glad he did. And now, Harry, an
swered that advertisement in person.
and I've got Roger right here with
me, and I'm going to keep you both
until after dinner. Then we will talk
some more. Grandmothers, you know
have some rights when it comes to
little boys and even big ones" she
added, smiling and patting Harrys
shoulder.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

What every newspaper woman
knows is that she is besieged with
letters from girls, letters that show
more plainly than they do the fool
ish ideas of those who write, that
mothers are not on their job" of
mothering in mental, spiritual sense
Thousands of questions that are
asked, confessions that are made
troubles that mar and MAIN, would
never come to light if mothers were
trying to put into their task of moth
ering all the wisdom and strength of
character and tenderness they pos
cess-and anything short of this is a
crime against motherhood.
For every foolish child of good
mother there are hundreds of fairly
good children of foolish mothers;
mothers who do not trouble to tell
their daughters the fundamental
truth of life so that they may be
shielded from the dangers of ado
lescence, when the blood runs high
with untried impulses and passions.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Movies

You repeatedly hear some one, who
has just seen a good German made
movie, say: 'They certainly turn
out swell films over there"
German movies, admittedly, ring
the bell occasionally. But, of the
super productions offered by Ger
many, only one out of 100 is accepted
for American production.
Most of us jump at conclusions,
having weakness for generalizing
Seeing one good German movie, we
reason they all must be good. Read
ing of few murders, we decide it's
a bad world forgetting that promi-
nence comes only to exceptions.
Most conclusions are based on mi
nority evidence.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Watching the Parade
BY JOHN PILGRIM

The Old Boys into the house last night little
He
out for himself small That M he has the agency for
he
that ought to have and the OF
address; little by little he gathering
good accounts
Pink people, he said q" had
believe told him where off,"
explained He sold bill
had the order
personaiy-repudaed it,
"But order the Old Boys
"He didn't" said the
Whereupon dignity twenty
doubt called
telling the that
than you-moray, mentally physically and
inviting When he left the office
being another salesman just climb
ing his automobile
the other salesman
kid had he had triumph But by
that had
his Old
Boy indicated that within his
actually original In
the kid Justified in acting like boor and boob
"As business doing something than
selling said foundations for
future difference of
hoer, they
will refuse to have dealings with ALL"
kid He still thinks he triumph,
if he did iote
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
YOUR SLEEP

we'll as by night maintain fair av-
erage. More sleep is required in cold
than in temperate or warm cli-
mates.
A cool. dark, we'll ventilated room
comfortable bed and adequate bui
not excessive covering are conducrve
to sleep. A preparatory period OF
sleepiness is natural and in case of
insomnia ought to be cultivated. Hab-
it is all powerful here as generally.
Regular hours for retiring and aris-
ing are most important
Practically every deviation from
health is marked by disturbances OF
sleep. Once a bad sleep habit is es-
tablished it tends to persist. Many
people are hereditarily poor sleepers.
Hunger, over feeding, Indigestion,
gout, kidney trouble, various drug
addictions, tea, coffee, alcohol, fever,
malaria, lead poisoning, too much or
too little blood in the brain, heart
maladies. discomfort, pain, nervous
exhaustion. mental preoccupation,
intense study-such are among the
causes melting to sleeplessness.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
ACCOMMODATING

A cyclist passing. through sleepy
village stopped to ask a young man
if he knew where certain road led
to.
The youth did not know, and
seemed very III at ease at not being
able to give the information.
The cyclist thanked him and rode
on.
After riding for about three miles
he stopped in an inn for some re-
freshments and presently he was
surprised to see the youth from the
village come painting UP and covered
with dust
Are you the gent wot axed where
this road led to?" he gasped out.
Yes" said the cyclist.
"Well,'' was the reply, Il asked my
brother, and he don't know, either"
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
GRANDMOTHER WANTED
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY STORY
A COMPLETE NOVELETTE,

], Lameness had made necessary-and
| Knocked at the door. 1t opened in
| stantly. and before her. staring up
ward, was a little boy OF 5.
| He looked exactly like the pictures
| of little children one sees sometimes
| with halos about the head and deli
cate long necks and blue. wondering
ewes and wistful downward curved
| Iips. He was beautifully clean in
Dutch cut trousers and blouse. all of
| blue cotton. The only fault to be
found with such apparel might be that
il seemed rather Inadequate for a
cold day. He stood very straight,
with his hands at his sides and his
stubby toes properly turned. gazing
straight into the face of Mrs. Don
nell. And while she was trying to
think how to begin he did 1t himself.
"Hello. grandmother" he said.
Mrs. Donnell jumped. my good
ness.' she gasped. Then back over
her shoulder to Betsy. "I'm going in,
Betsy You better come. too. It's too
cold for you to wait out there
BETSY flopped the chair about out
of peoples way and they entered,
The room was as clean as the little
boy. 1t looked as if woman must
be there but there was no one about.
isn't your mother at homer" asked
Mrs. Donnell.
The little boy shook his head. Il
never had any mother, or father
either,' he said in his singularly clear
voice. Just Uncle Harry. He's
working"
Don't you go to school? You look
old enough
i've got the chicken pox. Look!"
He pushed up a sleeve and showed
two or three microscopic marks. Then
he evidently decided to ask question
himself. did the paper send you 2"
1.-The paper? Did You advertiser"
It didn't seem possible. L mean,
did you tell the paper to send you
grandmother
.sUncle Harry did. And I sent 1t.
The postman took it. 1 wanted
mother or something and-and Uncle
Harry said maybe he could get me
a grandmother. Then he wrote that.
And | sent it." He drew close. u
pretty near give UP your coming"
s'Oh. my dear." said Mrs. Donnell.
She bent and kissed him. What
shall do?" she begged Betsy. What
do grandmothers really do in cases
like this?''
you could come here and live. or
you could take me home with you,"
said grandson.
81 guess / better take you home
with me. But where does Uncle
Harry work."
Grandson smiled. "He makes silk
and he comes home when the whistle
blows
IF there aren't too many Harrys l
can find him." said Mrs. Donnell.
"Get your coat and cap. dear. and
come with grandmother"
Grandson went gayly. He liked
being held in Mrs. Donnelps lap
while Betsy drove them along. AT
grandmother there were all sorts OF
pleasant surprises waiting - little
frosted cakes with bugs" in them,
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Copyright, 1921. by w. werner)

Mrs. Donnell was glad enough to
hear the catch of the mailbox click
and the postman stamping down the
stems. In such weather even the
daily arrival of mail was an event.
Not that Mrs. Donnell received many
letters; she was far too much alone
in the world to do that. 1t was years
since she became a lonely old lazy
living in lonely house with no one
nearer and dearer than Betsy. her
exchanging maid of all work. TO
look after her. If the Betsys could
have become one permanent Betsy,
Mrs. Donnell would have liked it bet
ter. But some of them married and
some of them went into the mill ana
some of them struck for higher
wages. Mrs. Donnell. although she
was amply able to pay. had conserv-
ative ideas of the value of labor. and
she never departed from any rule she
ever made. Yet she did not look that
way--so blue eyed, gentle, and dear
was she as she sat in the winged
chair at the window with sheer
apron tied over her gray wool gown.
She peeped now from the window
and perceived that the postman had
left only the daily paper. She did not
know what she had expected him to
leave, but she was rather tired OF
mere daily news However, Mrs.
Donnell went out and brought In the
paper and adjusted her glasses ana
sat down to read it.
The room was very pleasant with
warmth and the smell of narcissl
blooming in great bowl filled Win
water and pebbles and the tick-tick
of the tag-at- the-wall clock. There
was presently added to the sound of
the clock the rustic of the paper as
Mrs. Donnell turned the pages. SUD
denly the rustling stopped and Mrs.
Donnell stopped, too. with curious
look on her face. Right under her
thumb was a lonely advertisement
which looked as if it might have been
inserted as a joke or an afterthought.
1t said merely: "Wanted-a grand
mother by a very lonely little boy?"
OF all things! Mrs. Donnell read it
twice What made it convincing was
the address, IL Winding way. why,
that was right around back of the
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

The hospital lady smiled. Then
she gathered the youngster into her
white linen arms and carried him
across the sand to her car. He was a
very small boy though he was sur
prised that woman could carry him
at all. Then he was whirred home
in the low green car, and so fascinat-
ed was he by the chauffeur's tan
linen back that he almost forgot the
pain in his ankle.
Jerry's mother was in the city for
the day, and there was no one in
the lakeside bungalow except very
frightened maid To her the doctor
explained that Jerry had sprained his
ankle.
"Oh! Only a sprain!" shifted tHe
maid, with relief in her tone.
Its quite as serious as a fracture,
as far as actual suffering goes" said
the doctor. sending the maid for ice
water and towels.
What makes a sprain?" asked
Jerry in awed tones.
ITS an injury to a joint caused by
the twisting, and sometimes the tear
ing. of the tendons and ligaments."
explained the doctor.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Spiritualisn1

Flammarion, celebrated French
scientist, is convinced that the hu-
man soul survives after the body
dies-as nine out of 10 people already
believed without any scientific in
vestigation.
Flammarion's excitement will re-
mind good church-goers of a boy
rushing about announcing that there
is a moon.
The important thing is that Flam-
marion's sure evidence" was accu-
mulated during 80 years of research
in psychic phenomena.
Spiritualism is bridging the gap that
has existed for centuries between sci
ence and religion. Eventually the
two will be in the same camp.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Memory

Have you good memory? 1t is a
valuable thing. But the memory
developing craze can go to the point
of blending into plain, old fashioned
bunk.
The man who is mot good at re-
membering faces and names is not
out much. unless his job requires
this peculiar ability. for the very
simple reason that very few people
you meet are worth. remembering.
What we need, more than memory
training, is a system to enable us 10
forget some of the misinformation
that cutters. up the average mind
The brain, like a sponge, has a ca
pacity limit.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

a swarm of life wanders the crooked
streets between them.
They are built of stone, for tiny
grains of sand make blocks as big as
those which make the pyramids when
laid to the scale of your littlest
fingernail. And they are round, as
builders began in earliest times.
Thus they We're made and thus they
were mortared with spun silk before
ever moth wings grew scales. Their
masons are the young of the slim
gray fish moths" who poke feelers
as long as themselves from under a
leaf to test the wind. Ancestors of
the moths, they have declined to be-
come extinct. as ancestors should be,
but true modern moths they have re-
fused to become. They still wear the
primitive insect hair. Perhaps they
were wise not to experiment with the
new style of wing spangles.
For in each tiny house lives small
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
ALL UP

The presiding officer at a Wash
ington banquet recently introduced
an innovation that will be appreci-
ated by all baseball fans who have
learned to practice and revere it as
an attraction.
No doubt the banqueters enjoyed
the surprise.
There had been two or three rather
long winded speeches following a
somewhat Gargantuan feast. The
company had in consequence, been
seated continuously for more than
two hours. Suddenly rising as il to
announce the next spellblinder. the
presiding officer rejoiced all hearts
by saying:
Gentlemen, it's the seventh in
ming. Let's stretch!"
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

loncello on the pavement, rendered
the cabman a shilling.
Ere! What's this?" demanded the
driver in disgust.
fare replied the patron, haughtily.
That's all very well. I know a
shillings my legal fare for carrying
you,'' answered the cabman; but
casting a malevolent eye at the bulky
instrument reposing on the pave
ment, what about that there flute?'
A colored man was on trial in a
southern court for an offense against
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
IF You Are
Well Bred

You will not monopolize the
conversation when others are
present, or be too eager to show
off your accomplishments.
The persons who are valuable
socially are the ones who can
efface themselves and draw out
the more timid guests, and give
the feeling that each person is
interested in the conversation and
is contributing to it.
You will never contradict an
other person, even if you are sure
the statement is erroneous.
There is nothing more distress
ing to others than to have to
listen to disputes.
1t is better to let statement
pass unchallenged than to start
an unpleasant discussion.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

and at different ages there are
different needs, Some few of us can
get along even on four hours sleep
but most of us need eight and some
times ten. There are also tempera-
mental differences and variations re-
sulting from habit and circumstances.
Infants sleep most of the "a hours.
At years, f2 hours are needed: at
IA, 10; at II, 9ia, and or during
adult life. In old age continuous sleep
is rare, but frequent maps by day as
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
~ yA1bert Apple

cent This is the report by Uncle
Sans statisticians.
With exception of coal mining and
cotton textiles, employment gradu-
ally is getting back to normal
Normalcy seems to be the goal, yet
normally there always are 1000,
900 men out of work in the United
States-such as ''floaters' and build
ers idle between jobs.
Normal condition never is good
condition.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
Record

All telegraphic records are broken
when Edmond Hartman of Tucum-
carl, n. , NJ, receives 209 words
spelled out, in two minutes and AZ
seconds. This happens at conven-
ton of knights of the key"
Twenty years ago, it would have
created national sensation. Today
it gets only brief mention in the
newspapers, being smothered by
news about the new marvel, radio.
All marvels are comparatively
short Lived, in our generation.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18


The jury filed in.
His honor asked
for the verdict,
1--WE find the de-
fendant guilty" the
foreman + e p Ii e d,
"and fix his pun
ishment at 35 years
In the peniten-
tiary." You could
hear a. min drOp a s
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18


and his unwieldy
instrument inside
as best he. could
he instructed the
Jehu to drive to q
house in a fashion :
able square nearby
On arriving al
his destination the
musician. after de-
Y1ncitipU his yio-
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

peration the teach
err changed the sub
ject from mathe-
natics to science
and began to ask
each boy and girl
questions about the
great inventions of
the age.
"Now. then" she
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

C E r T A / n
amount of restful
sleep is required of
every indiv ! d u a ]
who would be nor
mally healthy.
Any disorder or
disturbance of the
sleep may be Sc
rious, especially in
the elderly. Indi-
viduals vary great
ly in the amount of
SleeD thew REQUIRE.
Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
BY JOHN BREcK

HERE the cool cur
rent of a mountain
stream slackens in
the shadows be-
low a bend. as if
warmed into leth-
argy by the patch
of sun which
S t i k e s through
the willows, a city
stands. 1t is a
city of tiny homes.
They crowd the
p e b bl e S, like
houses set on q
myriad hills, while