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Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

case. and a fireplace at one end. and
so large that fifty persons could have
sat in the room without crowding.
And she did not like entrance halls.
She did not like big house anyhow.
But she let him do it just as he
pleased until it came to the dining
room. There she did faint protest,
for She had been taught to believe
that a dining-roo should be full of
plants and windows. a light. cheerful
place in which to eat ones food. She
especially wanted a bay window and
plants. but Jefferson saw no reason
for either. He was kind. but very
firm. The dining-room was his din
ing-room when it was completed. 1t
had no bay window or. any place for
plants. and the paper was dark. On
dull days Agatha always had TO turn
on the lights. To jefferson the big
chandelier gave things a convivial
appearance. He was always conpar-
ing their dining-room to other
peoples. And Agatha was, too, all
though in quite another way.
After the children-Edna. Louise,
and Vincent-eame the house did not
seem quite so big and lonely for
Agatha. They filled the vast corners
with their young exuberanee. and she
began to care less for the things she
could not have. Sometimes when
they were all laughing around the
table she forgot the surly darkness OF
the big room.
No woman ever had healthier,
handsomer, more satisfactory chill
dren than Agatha Denee. She lived
in them They brought the world Of
which she had opportunity to know
so little into the very kitchen where
she baked and brewed and scrubbed,
for jefferson did not allow his wife
to keep a servant She was strong,
and housework was healthy; house
work was a natural business for a
woman. Besides, Agatha would soon
have couple of grown-up girls to
help.
Agatha had all the comforts OF life.
but she toiIed like a slave. Jefferson
was good provider. but he wanted
to dispense what he provided. He
ordered food he liked. When a new
article of furniture was to be bought
he picked it out He even command
ed the colors and designs for Agatha S
clothing. AS for the children he
ordered their lives to suit himself.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Just Between Ourselves
BY DELLA E. STEWART

good. they can do us definite harm
Some one has said that discourage
ment was left by Satan in the Garden
OF Eden, and it has been troubling
and limiting mortals ever since.
No one can ever bury the past. But
one can build on 1t for the future.
using it as foundation for better
structures Of life. No one whose opin-
ion is worth striving for win condemn
for what is long past. 1t is today
that counts in life. And If today we
are able to build more wisely because
OF even bitter knowledge. why not
accept its part and use in our lives?
It's weak to endlessly mourn any life
experience There are so many fresh
ones. happy ones, Annobling ones, for
our taking.
Let's be alive TO the here and now
accepting all that has gone before
as preparation to live today's life
more wisely.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

and body building materials, is suit
able for the production of good milk.
However. it must be remembered
that the milk glands are exceedingly
sensitive to any nervous influences,
and disturbances of digestion react
unfavorably upon the milk-secreting
mechanism.
For this reason, any food that dis
agrees with the mother. or whose
effect is doubtful, should be avoided.
Increased demands for food make
the work of digestion unusually great.
There is therefore more chance OF an
upset and the diet should be corre-
spondingly simpler and easier of di-
gestion.
Emotional and physical disturb
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Listening In On Eve

deed l should like to have it intro
duced into the family. But how could
l get in to my club meeting-and /
am sure the card club never in the
world would travel way out there.
wherever it isl"
Il will begin making out lists of
my friends whom l can have out
week ends said Alaska. brightly. ut
is so important to get the right peo
pie together each time
You'll have to turn in and help
wash dishes. then said her mother.
And there would be all the extra
cooking. and l don't see where We
could stow lot of extra folks-and
with food so expensive
why. If you live in the country
you grow your own food" explained
Alaska, patiently, glancing at her
wrist watch. Our eats wouldn't cost
US anything at all. I'm sure"
Nix on my wedding the onion
bed" broke in young Hector in alarm.
You always have to weed things in
the country. and if dad has to come
in town every day
Il suppose" remarked Alb ert
gloomily, 1T will work around to
where everything will be pushed off
on to my shoulders to do. I'll be the
one who has to run the place and
curry the cows and dig the corn and
husk the sweet potatoes, and must
say that it's a peach of life for q
man like me who can do things in the
world. And will YOU tell me how I'd
ever get in to the dances-and with
fellows trailing after Rosamund the
way they are. what chance would
stand with her? You oughta have
some consideration for"
I'm considering my pocketbook.'
his father told him briefly. Id like
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

the stage virago; wordless curses
poured from the toothless jaws. She
made Intellectual passes with claws
as long and curved as a wildcats.
Where did you get herr" we
chorused.
He pointed down our crack. saw
something moving in one O those
mushrat runs. and poked my spear
into it. Twas so hard / took it four
a stone, and / went to pull it out,
and
He paused. Plainly it was her head
he has discovered.
"You ought to have been asleep
this time of year." ! reproved the
snapper. What were you doing
there?"
Come out for breath of air. she
shifted. illustrating loudly.
Come out for a bite Of muskrat,
I corrected. "Well. it's eat and be
eaten, you know" Then | spoke to
Jim. There's one good meal that
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

to do few things besides pay rent
the rest of my life. I'd like little
peace and quiet"
Il don't see why Henry is so late"
fretted Alaska, again consulting her
wrist watch. IF we never can have
any company and nothing but large
chunks of peace and quiet I'd like to
know how l am to keep my friends!
think it would be lovely to have pale
blue notepaper with the name of the
place on it in silver with the tele-
graph address and postoffice and
everything
Are there any movies there?" de-
manded Hector with anxiety. How'd
| get to the movies"
Il suppose" remarked Albert. the
elder, with bitterness. that it will
end in my giving up my career and
becoming stoop- -shouldered and hav-
ing calloused hands, because some
body has gotta work out there to
feed the family. and dad will say he
has to keep his job. and it will all get
wished on to met Rosamund, she
just hates the country, and she'd
never"
Il don't know what all the excite
ment is about" said the head of the
family, finishing the last piece OF
cabbage with satisfaction. I'm not
moving you on to a ranch--I thought
of taking a little house with yard,
| somewhere near the end of the ele-
vated That's ALI"
We'll. my goodness!" cried Alaska,
| jumping up as the front door bell
! pealed. Why couldn't YOU say so in
| stead of getting US all stirred up! /
guess that notepaper would cost an
awful lot, anyhow. so it's just as
/ well--there's Henry now!"
Huh" shifted Hector. the young
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

you're a great little old grill"
She drove them home to the new
house with its fresh beauty, potted
plants, charming new furniture. For
a little while the three young people
could only run from place to place
exclaiming.
you've had my room done in
pink" Louise cried. "Oh, you dis
cerning mother."
These leather chairs are great :
said Vincent.
shutting out that ugly old stair
way pleased me most" breathed quiet
Edna.
But it was in the dining room they
fingered longest.
1T isn't the same room at all,
Louise cried THAT darling window!
How did you ever come to think of it?
Why, it's just like opening a pair of
eyes that were blind"
Il guess mother must have created
that window in her SOUL" said Edna.
Agatha smiled. She stood looking
out of the great window and the chill
dren looked with her into many pleas
ant years to come.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

A past can never be buried. We
may think that it is safely covered,
and sooner or later it confronts us
once more. "If / could only forget
Is there one of us who has not said
this with tears and bitter regret it
may be? And yet it's one of the most
futile of wishes isn't it?
We can stop right there and let it
forever shadow cur lives, or we can
go on to the next step of retrospec-
tion. Our past--what is it? Why we
are a combination OF all of our past.
We would not be as we are il it had
not been. Though it may have been
regrettable, are there not lessons of
life it taught us? IF it was SORROW
filled, did we not gain from it broad
ness of sympathy and understanding,
strength for further troubles. it may
be? we need to put self-pity and
self blame aside. They can do US no
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
WHY WE DRINK WATER

Il seldom take glass of water"
said the woman who was talking
about her state of chronic i'll health.
One hears a lot about the wisdom
of drinking quantities of water these
days and l think It's just a fad, like
vitamines and such things" And the
woman settled herself comfortably
by her fire and devoted herself to
plate OF chocolate creams.
Her companion. a serious faced
woman with white hair and grave.
kindly eye said, as she broke a
thread and paused to knot it again:
But l can't help thinking. Madge,
that you would be much better off if
you took advantage of some of these
fads as you call them. Give one of
of them a fair chance. Drinking wa
ter, for instance It's only reason
able that humans require quantities
of water. We acknowledge that the
flowers and trees respond to frequent
drinks and I can think of at least
six good reasons this very minute
why you should drink more than an
occasional glass of water you con-
slider sufficient for your day"
The Body's Need Of Water
You have such well balanced
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Eat and Be Eaten

ing into the cracks to find where the
muskrats of a lnarshy island had
tunneled out to water. Their bur-
rows turned and twisted through the
sand beneath the ice like fieldmouse
tunnels beneath the snow. When he
exclaimed: Hello! Who's this?"
thought he had found one of their
inmates.
But it was my neighbor, trudging
quickly up the short. dragging some
thing behind him. II wasn't a sled
it didn't run that smoothly though the
polished curface he trod so gingerly
had scarcely a ripple frozen in it. A
moment later Jim changed his course
and swung his prize trlumphantly
around before our admiring eyes. It
was a tremendous swapping turtle, on
her back, with a two-rope tied to
each hind paw.
She was enormously fat: the flesh
billowed about the edges of her plas-
tron. the horny breast-plate of the
turtle kind. as though she would
burst out her she'll She was APP
palingly ugly. all wrinkles and warts
and tubercles Of assorted sizes. And
she was not sweet tempered: she had
the pop eyes and the hooked beak of
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
THE WINDOW

A COMPLETE NOVELETTE,

with her all summer. She wanted to
have some welcome ready for them.
She decided to build over her house.
For herself alone she would have
lived on in the house as Jefferson had
left it. but she wanted her children to
have all the brightness and beauty
they could have in their lives. The
first thing she did was to have par
tition run through the entrance hall
completely obliterating its look of a
hotel lobby. She had window ex-
tended along the whole length of the
dining room, with French doors be-
tween that room and the next. She
had the whole house redecorated, and
she bought new furniture in keeping
with its changed appearance.
Once she gave her inclination sway
II swept forward like a full river.
And the thought Of the effect such a
transformation would have upon the
children filled her with keen JOY
of living she had never known. She
had kept it as a surprise for them,
intending to enjoy 1t all the more her.
self in that way.
So busy was she and so happy that
time flew. She had hired a car to
take her about her various errands,
when suddenly 1t occurred to her that
she might as well have an automobile
of her own and drive 1t, too. Jeffer-
son had always condemned the things,
but she had llankered for one secret
~. She bought one and learned to
drive it. With her hands ON the
wheel she seemed young again, full
of courage and self reliance.
The day the children came home
she went to the station driving her
car
"Mother, Your" Edna cried, while
Louise hugged her and Vincent shyly
patted her arm.
@Bully for you. mother!" he said,
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
WOMEN

Men, all of whom are animated by
vanity and egotism, contantly are
discovering they have problems they
imagine are of stupendous import
ance.
They notice, especially lately that
women do not pay much attention to
what men consider solemn problems.
Hence, the men reason, women
must be surface thinkers. The men
discuss this among themselves and
nod grayely. You tickle me, / tickle
you"
Women. who reason only in the
subconscious or instinct. realize that
little is important except making a
living for the family and perpetual
ing the human race by having chill
dren.
That is sound thinking-funda-
mental Women concern themselves
only with the really important Hence
they yawn when the men become ex-
cited about nothing.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
SATISFYING THE FAMILY

Well. where do we go from here?"
asked the head of the family as the
old fashioned New England boiled
dinner appeared on the table. We've
got to decide. because when our lease
runs out in the spring l want to be
ready to jump. I'm about through
with town-Td like to get outside"
That would be grand" agreed his
daughter Alaska, who was in q hurry
because her young man was coming
to take her to the movies Il think
it would be perfectly wonderful to
have a country place and weekend
PARTIES and
Arise from your slumbers," in
ierfupted her parent. Get down to
something side street and all will be
Wcn am conversing about a place
f0r the family of an honest work
7aalan to reside in. not an estate to
e ~ the family fortune in two
psi"
could have a runabout. then
casdnt II" demanded the younger
q. Hector. enthusiastically. And
3bits and dog and"
Geei" said Albert. the son who
I'd begun to shave and wear his
ather's best ties, why do you want
20 bury US in some hole out in the
country? Why. there's nothing doing
out therel When it gets dark every
body runs to cover, and cows and
chickens and things keep you awake
al night
Then let's go" his mother said,
amiably. If there's anything on this
green earth that will waSen you in
the morning and cause You to rise
without calling in the police depart
ment and derrick to accomplish the
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

the bodily fluids and it dilutes them
properly.
Too Profound for Her
1T furnishes in the blood a fluid
medium which distributes the food
and removes the waste material and
promotes rapid tissue changes.
stop, stop! This Is to profound
I'll drink a pound Of water this very
minute if you promise to stop ex.
pounding up it," gasped the in.
valid, laughingly.
Il wondered if you knew" added
the thoughtful woman, that va
ter also helps to distribute bodily
heat and regulates the body temper
ature by the physical processes OF
evaporation and absorption
II didn't know. But / am not im~
pressed, because that means little TO
me-" admitted the invalid. But
viii drink more water just to please
you if you promise not to keep tell
ing me why | should drink IL. IL
sounds fearfully depressing"
And the woman who usualiS ar2nk
q cup of water day instoaa of six
pints. painstakingly selected anesS1
chocolate
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
WINES

Every married man has had this
experience: Husband meets a man
with an impressive front, swallows
him hook, line and sinker.
He is so impressed that he insists
on wife meeting him. Friend wife,
meeting the stranger, isn't impressed.
Why? Well. she doesl't know ex-
actly--the stranger has a peculiar
look about the eses; he wears the
wrong color necktie or looks as If he
were mean to his wife.
Time proves the wife was right in
her size-up. Instinct, the sixth sense,
told her.
The only accurate clairvoyant is a
woman's intuition.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Diet for Nursing Mothers

ances must be avoided. Excitement,
worry. anger, fear, fatigue and con-
stipation, all react quickly and with
varying unfavorable results on the
mothers milk.
Successful nursing demands
quiet, contented life in which food is
intelligentIy chosen and exercise,
fresh air and mental diversion are
supplied in moderation.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Still

Another distilling apparatus ex-
plodes, this time in a Brooklyn, n. T.,
tenement. The blast kills an uniden-
titled man.
When home brewers begin produc-
ing high explosives 8 well as poison,
it brings home the dangers of liquor
manufacture by any except an ex-
pert chemist.
The average home-brew or home-
made wine Is nothing but swiH juice.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

didn't cost you much"
Didn't it?" he growled 4 dunno
why it didn't" He unRrapped the
bloody bandage from his hand And
IL you know what the legal compen-
sation is for wrecked middle finger
you know what that feast cost. But
YOU ought to have smelled it,
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
If YOU ARE WELL BRED

You viii appear to like every one
with whom you come in contact
You will treat your mother-in-la
when she's visiting you, as you VIII
want your child's wife or husband to
treat you.
You will remember that the art OF
living with others requires the cult
vation of judicious blindness.
You will remember that a fresh
toilette and a pleasant face are
proper at all meals.
You will not begin to eat until all
are served.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
BY JOHN RREcK

The wild wind of st. Patrick's Day
spread abroad tidings of an unsea-
sonable feast in the smoke from
Jinl's chimney to any one with an at
tentive nostril I shifted it myself,
and was duly envious. Luxury comes
high-though in this case the price
wasn't entirely due to the high cost
Of living.
On the day before the prospector
and I had been /ojecting around the
shore ice that edges the river. peer
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
LAWYERS

The country has enough lawyers.
doesn't need any more, says Chief
Justice Taft.
Isn't that true of every other line
of work?
Being overcrowded Is an excellent
stimulant for any profession or trade.
Competition-not enough completely
to satisfy the wants of all-keeps
everyone up on his toes.
without overcrowding, no spectac-
ular individual success. All men are
lazy except when they have compete
tion. Fortunately, most of ns have 1t
more than we can handle.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
WHISKY

Ninety five out OF each 100 bottles
of real whisky still left in the ma
tional desert are stored in three states
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ken
lucky.
Total stocks are about 3S,000.000
gallons. Kentucky has 25,000,000 of
them Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes says this must last the coun-
try, for legitimate purposes, 10 years.
This liquor Is closely guarded. II
bootlegger gets quart of il and
sells it to you. the chances are 1000
to / that you are receiving stolen
goods.
A thirst cannot be satisfied these
days without aiding and abetting
crime.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
(YOu andI
a Dx A11non.+ A Arn1n
ByA1bert Apple

provides the most perfect escape
from the great mechanism of civili-
zation."
Everett Dean Martin. director OF
Cooper Union Forum. New York city.
says this. He is right, being a keen
psychologist.
Chaplin appeals because he does
what most of us would like to do IN
trying situations and among bore
some people.
The human being. civilized, is
boiler holding tremendous steam
pressure or suppressed desire com
plex." Very difficult, at times, to
hold down the. safety valve.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

est. pessimistically 'Tn bet this fam
lily will be living in this same old flat
a thousand years from now, do!
I'll bet you never move! I'm a-going
to keep rabbits on the back porch
right now-you see If l dont!''
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
(copyright, 1921, by w. Werner)

(Copyright, 1921, by ". WERLICH
1t was a man built house. You see
% many of them everywhere-hand-
.ome and otherwise. but all built
.yithout reference to a woman's con-
genience. jefferson Dence had said
10 Agatha when he married her: III
build you a house you won't be
ashamed Of"
And he did. He built it exactly to
his liking. Agatha was not allowed
to have a word to say about it. she
looked on while Jefferson ordered an
entrance hall with a massive STAR
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
RY. pR. z. H. RlsHoP

tGhE 4S u gen
orally accepted
belief a m o n z
women that par
ticular foods have
specific effects
upon the charac-
ter of the moth :
ers' milk.
There is moth
ing to support
this belief. Foods
are broken down
in the digestive
tract and made
l. - 4
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
NEW WAR MACHINE

ALDERSHoT, Eng.-A new type
of armored car. made at Farnbor-
ough, is said to be capable of travel
ing at great speed and firing 1890
rounds a minute. Tests are being
made with it.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

Once they saw everything after a
drink! now they see nothing.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

Muscle Shoals was a white ele-
phant until Ford asked to start
circus.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

Maybe they call it Wall street be-
cause they are going to the wall.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

"tilts have been worn since 1926"
news item. All. the thrifty Scots
men.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

tory"-news item. A blotter is what
you hunt while the ink dries.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

We wonde; whether the man who
claims to have a serum to make peo-
pie tell the truth took any himself.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

A reducer has fat chance to get
slim.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

One at schools worth two at pool.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
cENERnlIs

The Red Cross figures that Ameri-
cans have given $256,375,000 to re-
lieve war distress in Is European
countries.
Cynics, with acid temperaments.
comment that this is only $3.50 for
each of us. A liberal estimate.
However, it is equivalent to 100000
men donating the entire fruits Of
their labor for whole year.
That isn't bad, considering the
libels about Americans being selfish.
It'd be a very cold day in August be-
fore other nations would do as much
for us.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

A happy thought of spring is tell
ing the janitor. You may cease fir
ing when ready, Gridley."
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Conn
Sims
S5aye

Al or us make trouble and wonder
why the supply exceeds the demand.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

That author of 100 stories at the
age of 10 viii be asking her dad to
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

Many a plan to get rich quick has
a poor ending.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

who were going to take long strides
forward by wearing knickers?