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The Dolores star., 1922-02-24

yada or from Ell Nido, or men he had
known in college. They would dis
cuss personalities, would shout over
recollected good times, would slap
each other on the back and laugh
tirelessly.
She thought him an extremely diff.
cult man to live with, and was angered
when her hints to this effect led him
to remark that she was the "llmit."
They had a serious quarrel one day,
when he told her that she was the
most selfish and spoiled woman he
had ever known. He called her at
tention to the other women Of the
town, busy, contented women, sending
children of to school, settling babies
down for maps in sunny dooryards,
cooking and laughing and hurrying to
and fre.
Yes, and look at them" Cherry
tired all the time!"
The trouble with you is" Martin
said, departing, you've been told that
you're pretty and sweet all your life
and you're spoiled! You are pretty,
yes" he added, more mildly. But.
by George, you sulk so much. and you
crab so much, that I'm darned II l
see it any more! All l see is trouble ~
With this he left her. Left her to
burst of angry tears. at first, when
she dropped her lovely little head on
the blue gingham of her apron sleeve
and cried bitterly.
The kettle began to sing on the
stove, q bee came in and wandered
about the hot kitchen; the grocer
knocked, and Cherry let the big lout
Of boy stare at her red eyes un-
caring.
Then she went swiftly into the bed
room and began to pack and change
She'd show Martin Lloyd-she'd show
Martin Lloyd She was going straight
to Dad-she'd take the-take the
She frowned. She had missed the
nine O'Clock train; she must wait for
the train at half-past two Wait
where? Well, she could only wait
here. Very well, she would wait here.
She would not get Martin any lunch,
and when he ragged she would explain.
She finished her packing and put the
house in order. Then, in unaccustomed
mld-morning leisure, she sank into a
deep rocker and began to read. Quiet
and shade and order reigned In the
little house.
Steps came bounding up to Cherry's
door; her heart began to beat; knock
sounded. She got to her feet, puzzled !;
Martin did not knock.
1t was Joe Robinson, his closest
friend at the mine.
Say, listen, Mrs. Lloyd; Mart can't
get home to dinner" said Joe. "He
don't feel extra well-he was in the
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dad i'll. Don't worry. Come
If you can"
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ
TOO MUCH FOR MRS. SMITH
Mrs. Brown, to Keep Up Her
Dragging Remarks.

Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith were
neighbors, both were fat and both
were extremely sensitive about 1t.
Both tried every method they could
hear of for losing weight, and, until
this summer, both continued to gain.
Mrs. Brown went West early in the
spring and while there managed in
some way to lose nearly thirty pounds.
When she came back Mrs. Smith saw
her step from the taxi and realized
that her neighbor had accomplished
what to her seemed unattainable.
Hello, dearie," called Mrs. Brown.
Don't you think my trip has agreed
with me7 Four months in the West
certainly make a difference in one I"
Jealousy seized Mrs. Smith. The
Idea Of Mrs. Brown braGging that way
just because she weighed a few
pounds less!
you have fallen off marvelously,
dear" Mrs. Smith replied. "When
you stepped out Of the taxi 1 never
would have known you. only for your
hatw
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engine room and he kinder-he
kinder"
"Fainted?" Cherry asked sharply,
turning little pale.
well, kinder. Lawson made him
lay down." Joe said. "And he's com.
Ing home when the wagon comes down,
at three O'Clock. He says to tell you
he's fine!'
"Oh, thank you, joe" Cherry said
She shut the door, feeling weak and
frightened. She few to unpack her
bag, hung up her hat and coat, dark
ened the bedroom and turned down
the bed; waited anxiously for Mart's
return.
She was deeply concerned over the
news from Martin. Cherry met his
limp form at the front door and
whisked him into a cool bed and put
chopped ice on the aching forehead
and got him, grateful and penitent, off
to sleep.
For day or two Martin stayed in
bed and Cherry spoiled and petted
him, and was praiseu and thanked for
every step she took. After that they
took little trip into the mountains
near by, and Cherry sent Alix post
cards that made her sister feel almost
a pang of envy.
But then the routine began again,
and the fearful heat Of midsummer
came, too. Red Creek baked in n
smother Of dusty heat. the trees in
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
"PM TIRED"

Synopsis-Doctor Strickland, re-
tired. is living in Mil Valley, near
San Francisco. His family consists
OF his daughters, AliX, 81. and
Cherry. IS, and Anne. his niece. "a.
Their closest friend is Peter Joyce,
a lovable sort OF recluse- Martin
Lloyd, a visiting mining engineer.
wins Cherry. marries her and car
ries her off 10 Ell Nido, a mine
town. Peter realizes that he loves
Cherry. Justin Little woos Anne.
Cherry comes home for Anne's
wedding. Cherry realizes her mar
riage is a failure. Peter tells Cher
fy of his grand passion" without
naming the girl. Martin comes for
Cherry.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
By
KATHLEEN
NORRIS

| the mill. wave Of inconsistencies
swept over the younger sister: life
tasted bitter. She hated Alix, hated
| Peter: above all she hated herself.
She wanted to be there, In Mill Valley,
| free to play and to dream again
A day or two later she told Martin
kindly and steadily that she thought
| 1t had all been mistake" She told
him that she thought the only digni-
| fed thing to do was to part. She liked
him; she would always wish him well,
but since e love had gone out Of their
relationship. surely 1t was only honest
| to end 1t.
whats the matterr Martin de-
manded.
Nothing special" Cherry assured
him, her eyes suddenly watering. "Only
I'm tired of 1t all. I'm tired Of pre-
tending. l can't argue about It But
| l know It's the wise thing to do"
you'd go back to your father.
suppose?" Martin said, yawning.
Until / could get into something"
Cherry replied with dignity. A vague
thought Of the stage fitted through her
mind.
"OhI" Martin said politely. "And
suppose you think your father would
| agree to this delightful arrangement"
| he asked.
81 know he would" Cherry an
swersd eagerly.
"AIl right-you write and ask him !"
Martin agreed good-naturedly. Cherry
was surprised at his attitude, but
grateful more than surprised.
Not cross, Mart?" she asked.
Not the least in the world!" he
answered lightly.
because | truly believe that we'd
both be happier the woman said
hesitatingly. Martin did not answer.
The next day she sat down to write
her father. She meditated, with a
troubled brow. Her letter vas unex-
pectedly hard to compose. She could
not take bright and simple tone, ask
| ing her father to rejoice In her home
coming. Somehow the matter persisted
in growing heavy and the words
| twisted themselves about into ugly
and selfish sounds. Cherry was young,
but even to her youth the phrases, the
misunderstood" and the "uncongen.
ial," the friendly parting before any
| bitterness creeps in," and the free to
| decide our lives In some happier and
wiser way" rang false. Pauline had
been divorced a few years ago, and the
only thing Cherry disliked In her friend
| was her cold and resentful references
to her first huband.
No. she couldn't be a divorced wom-
an. 1t was all spoiled, the innocent
past and the future; there was no
way outi She gave up the attempt at
letter and began to annoy Martin
with talk of visit home again.
"What you want to go for?"
"Oh, just-just-" Cherry's irrepres-
sible tears angered herself almost as
much as they did Martin. ~ think
they'd like me to!" she faltered.
go If you want to!" he said, but
she knew she could not 60 on that
word.
THAT'S It," she said at last to her
self, In one of her solitary hours. I'm
married and this is marriage. For the
rest Of my life it'll be Mart and L
Mart and lin everything! For richer,
| for poorer; for better, for worse
that's marriage. He doesn't beat me
haps there are a lot Of other women
| worse off than I am. But it's-it's
| funny"
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
PortIand,s Famous Houssa.

In Portland. Me-, near the water
front. there stands, side by side, two
weather-beaten, neglected houses. One
of them Is the house in which Long
fellow was born; In the other. Thomas
B. Reed, "the czar Of the house," first
saw the light. But as far as Portland
is concerned they are just plain
houseA
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
Certainly Not!

Certainly Not!
A plumbers bill at Boston included
the item: ''ro man ana boy looking
for smell, Sl.75." They probably
agreed that the remuneration was not
to be shifted at.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
India Nation Of Farmers.

India Nation Of Farmers.
The large majority of the population
Of India are engaged In agricultural
pursuits, nearly 2O0.0OO.OOO being en-
gagged in tilling the soil or dependent
for their living upon those so engaged.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
STARVING MOSLEMS
CHARY OF u. S. AID
Prefer Relief From, Non-Chris.
fians but Get American Bread

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 7.-Inclined to
be indifferent to relief from Christian
hands, the Moslem inhabitants OF the
Crimea, still in want are appealing for
succor to the people OF Anatolia. fellow
Moslems. I'VE have hopes that Turkey.
Afghanistan and Egypt will help u.s.
they say through their representatives
FOR we prefer a mouthful of bread from
the Turks to sacks of wheat from other
sources"
Nevertheless Christian relief is going
into the Crimea, for the American Re-
lief Administration Is distributing food
stuffs there and Moslems also have
needed the call. Through the Red Cres-
cent delegation. to the Crimea Turkey
has sent 10000 sacks Of flour into the
district.
The Turkish delegation went to Bagh-
tela Serai and to Akmezdjcd. the Mos
lem sections OF the Crimea. Its MEM
bers say the famine Is not SO acute AZ
II was. Relief is arriving from various
sources.
The Crimea to-day is an Independent
Federal Soviet Republic with a Ministe-
rial Council composed chiefly of Mos
lens. Tho people make walking sticks
which are sent to Europe and America
for sale, the receipts being used for
famine relief. The stricken territories
have sent q commissioner to Angora who
II laying emphasis on the desire for
help from Moslem sources. He describes
the situation as bad. Only three schools
remain open, he says: there has been no
sowing of the usual agricultural prod
ucts--tobacco. cereals, fruit and grapes
and the harvest outlook is far from
promising.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

after the Colonial style gave way
before new designs, American subur-
ban and country homes commonly
displayed a degree OF intermixture
OF types and happiness so great that
with few exceptions the only beau
tiful homes were old homes. Hybrid
structures passed for mansions, and
designs which would have been beau
tiful in the foreign environment from
which they were wrenched became
unsightly when transplanted.
More architects and better archi-
tects, assisted by general improve
ment in taste. have remedied that
condition. The ornate and the
merely pretentious have largely lost
their vogue. There are no longer SO
many disastrous combinations Of
widely different forms. Home build
ers realize that good looking house
need not cost any more than an ugly
house. The publication of magazines
dealing with country life and do
mestic architecture and the real es-
tate sections of the newspapers have
aided In the formation of taste.
Fifty years more should see the
new simplicity and beauty generally
established all over the country.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Labor Union Intimidation.

To THE NEW York HERALD: AS a
wage Garner, a lifelong one, and as a
former member Of labor union. de-
sire to thank you for your editorial ar
ticle What 1t Means"
A thrill of satisfaction came over me
as I read the refusal OF the railroad ex-
ecutives to restore to their former posi-
tions all of their striking employees,
many OF whom had assaulted the loyal
men and the mechanics recently en-
ployed, and those who had not taken an
active part In this detestable work, but
had not opened a mouth or raised a
hand to stop 1t.
1t may be that those who direct the
unions tell their pickets to use no vio-
lence, but when they do 1t is with their
tongues in their cheek and with as little
sincerity as Marc Antony had when he
harangued the Roman mob at Cesar's
funeral and advised 1t not to get excited
and hurt Brutus and his associates.
Peaceful picketing! The sole object Of
the pickets is intimidation. and IL threats
are not sufficient to prevent the nom
union man from working. then violence
extending even to death may be used.
For over twenty-five years I have
worked at trade and never took part
In strike. either to make II or break
1t. but am more than ready, I am
desirous to reenter the ranks OF labor
and be one Of those who are to teach
the union men that they shall not ruin
the business OF the nation IL they can
not dictate terms to their employers.
A WORKER
SCHENECTADY, August Y
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
The Bicycle Survives.

The automobile may have dis
placed the horse and buggy, but the
motorcycle has not superseded the
bicycle. Indeed, the foot power wheel
appears to be regaining something OF
its old popularity. The figures OF
the fourteenth census, supplying data
relative to the manufacture OF mo-
torcycles and bicycles in 1919, show
that an increasing number Of bicy-
cles is being manufactured and that
the value of the bicycles produced in
1919 nearly equaled that of the mo-
torcycles produced, in spite OF the
fact that the bicycle is far less costly
than its noisy brother.
Nobody expects that the bicycle
will be restored to the place 1t had
in the public mind during the '90s.
The old absorption in cycling clubs
can never return while cheaper motor
cars are made and golf links multiply.
Nevertheless, the bicycle is doing
well. The combined value OF the
country's bicycle and motorcycle pro-
duction in 1919 was about equal to
ethat of bicycle production alone in
i1S99, when the industry was at its
gheight and bicycle prices were higher
Ethan they now are. BY 1904 the value
Eof bicycle products had dropped from
|fS31, 600, 900 in 1899 to s3,000,O00. For
Ieeveral years after 1904 II continued
!to drop steadily, and up to 1914 it had
gained but little. In 1919 the figures
Sfor bicycle production jumped to
$12,277,341. In that year 470,675
bicycles were manufactured, as
against 2s9. .o2s in 1914 and as against
59,214motorcycles in 1919 and 62,154
in 1914.
There is undoubtedly a place for
the bicycle. So long as the small
boy likes II It will stay.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Was Cox in Earnest I?

The Democratic candidate for
President in 1920. Mr.. Cox, is re-
ported to have said to Sir ERIC
DRuMMoND, general secretary of the
League of Nations:
"wait for a movement favorable
to the League OF Nations In the
United States"
Mr.. Cox has never been rated az a
humorist, but this sounds as IL he
we're spoofing Sir Eric a bit. He
might as well have advised the Brit
ish diplomatist to walt for the skat-
ing season in the Gulf OF Mexico. the
caribou hunting in Brooklyn or
mountain climbing in Death Valley.
II Mr.. Cox Is to be taken In earnest
then other conspicuous Democrats
must be grieved at his lack OF vision.
They must wonder why. with so
many living issues springing up
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Rebuilding America.

When historians OF the twenty
first century turn their attention to
the customs and manners of the
United States of our own time they
may find room to note that in the
early 1900s the change for the better
in American domestic architecture
which had been poted in the late
nineteenth century became markedly
accelerated and that by 1922 the
change had visibly altered the ap-
pearance of city residential districts
and suburban and country towns
alike.
The change that is taking place
in New York has been patent for
some time, and within the last year
or two 1t has proceeded with new
swiftness. The previously prevailing
brownstone has been definitely
snuffed out. The GOODNESS of white,
the warmth of brick and the gayety
of tints have pleasantly altered the
face OF the city's best sections. It
is difficult now to find residential
street in Manhattan which presents
an unbroken monotony of brown
fronts. This alteration in color tones
has been accompanied by an i'm
provement in design.
For the better part OF century,
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
The Golfer Abroad.

The golfer went abroad in lands
Beyond the sea TO roam,
And wrote his honest sentiments
In weekly letters home:
Grand holes are in the Alps, but II
The ball went in / doubt
II brassy. niblick. cleek or skill
Could ever get 1t out.
TN Venice, with Its long canals,
Are water hazards great.
Tho Appian Way at Rome would be
A fairway fine. I'll state.
A course laid out at old Versailles
Would much improve the scene.
Hyde Park is wasted now. II ought
To be n putting green
But Scotland is n bonny place,
It's captivated me:
You cannot go foot without
You stumble on a tee.
Golf Is the leading business-get
A ticket for my wife
And bid her come to Aberdeen:
I've settled here for life"
MINNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
The Supervision Craze.

It is not surprising that the book
publishers do not take kindly to Mr..
SUMMERS suggestion that they put
themselves under an authority such
as WILL HAYS is to the motion pic
lures, Judge LANDS to baseball and
AUGUSTUS THOMAS to the spoken
drama. The book publishers are
mostly individualists. They are con-
fident that their mental powers are
not falling. They do not yearn to
be protected from one another or
even from themselves.
1t was about time that somebody
stood up and declined to file volun-
tary petition in intellectual bank
ruptcy. 1t was beginning to look as
IL very large part of the world
was yearning for even more guardian
ship than that which already exists
to an alarming degree in national and
State >paternalism.
But the busybodies will go on with
their efforts to have things SUPER
vised, regulated, standardized and de-
hydrated. Baseball has its czar, so
why not golf? 1t is notorious that
there is betting on the links, that
dues are high and that caddies are
not all like the hero of "Sandford
and Merton" Perhaps tennis suf-
fers now and then from egotism;
give 1t a Grand Mogul.
Auction bridge certainly needs
Standardization 1t is crying shame
that when citizen of Waco, Texas,
cuts into a game in Flatbush he or
she Is likely to misunderstood a
partners doubling of an initial bid.
A Pooh Bah Of Whist should be
chosen, at salary of not less than
$50,000 year, to establish uniform
conventions throughout the land. us
ing the Government radio as an aid
IL necessary.
Why not a national censor for the
bathing beaches? Who else shall
say, whether the sands be at Dark
Harbor or San Diego, what the cos
tune shall be and how dangerous
propinquity" shall be defined. The
police at Long Beach insist that
bathers shall keep six inches of day.
light or moonlight between them. IL
this fair? A Boss OF Bathing should
make an expensive survey of beaches
and suits. He might, incidentally
discover the percentage of profit made
by the lighthouses that charge from
So to "a per swim.
Dancing, jazz. phonograph records
motoring-aren't all these worthy
| OF Landises?
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Where Cocoanut Rules.
Measures Wealth and Fixes Rank In
South Sea Island.

F~om the Notso~1' Geographic Maoozsns.
Wealth and rank or the island of
Nauru, In the South Seas. are gauged
by cocoanut trees. To own much Cocoa
nut land Is wealth and aristocracy; to
own mono Is beggary; in the old time
II was good thing, as rcckoned in the
islands, to marry brown brides rich In
cocoanut land. The land IL cut up into
very small piats. usually described by
square rods and roods instead Of acres.
The title to tho trees does not pass
with the land but Is a separate trans
action. Ono may buy q piece of land
but cannot use the nuts, and tho native
owner has the right to come upon ones
premises to gather toddy nuts
The trees arc not only reckoned by
count but the nuts are recAoned by
count. In normal times the crop Is con-
tinuous. blossoms, green and ripe fruit
being on the tree at the Same time.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Careless Smokers.
Besides Annoying Others They In
crease the Fire Risk.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In a bank
"A $1.5oo.000 Cigarette"
am wondering II william M. Shack
ford, who writes OF the dangerous prac-
tico of throwing away carelessly tho
lighted butts Of cigars and cigarettes,
had in mind that great waste OF prop
erty at Arverne, L. l., when he prepared
his letter.
! will not call to mind the details Of
the loss Of life and the destruction Of
property due to fire caused by care
less smokers. but will mention just ono
A cigarette butt carelessly thrown
from an apartment window landed In
a baby carriage. setting the draperies
afire and burning the infant therein 90
much that 1t died in agony.
Is II not time for the transportation
companies to enforce their rules against
carrying lighted cigars and cigarettes
upon the platforms and In the trains
Of their roads? mo smoking allowed"
Is frequent sign in the subway sta
tions and the law should be enforced
or the signs taken down.
To-day saw q tired woman abandon
her seat on a platform because two
youths persisted In smoking and thus
drove her out of seat intended for
weary men and women.
Why do so many smokers assume that
every other person enjoys tho odor Of
tobacco?
I ask, therefore, is II not time TO
sound the tocsin Gentlemen will not,
others must not" endanger the lives and
comfort of others? LEE RIcHMoNDs.
MOUNT VERNON, August Z.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
A Precedent Full Of Danger.

To THE New YORK HERALD A serious
feature Of the seniority question In the
railroad strike situation is the effect the
precedent OF allowing the strikers to re-
turn to work with seniority rights unim-
paired would have on future strikes.
Their return with superior claims to
employment necessarily means that the
new men who came to the rescue Of the
railroads will be discharged. With such
a precedent. and one established too by
the demand OF the Government, when
we had the next strike the railroads
would be fiat on their backs and would
be unable to recruit new employees!
The same result, furthermore, will
affect those employees who remained
faithful. II the strikers return to their
same old Jobs and privileges. does any
one suppose there will be any induce
ment to employees to remain faithful
to their trusts In the case of future
strikes?
Therefore, such a precedent is one
that will throttle the railroads COM
pletely In the event of any future strike.
WASHINGTON, August z. N. H.