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Evening star., 1922-12-10
BY
INEZ HAYNES
IRWIN.

UP this one with a tired sigh. He
bent his head to bristle Of figures.
When he came down the steps Of the
elevated, q woman came forward to
meet him. She was so different from
the figure he had visualized In his
mind that Keene stared in astonish-
ment. He had expected to see Elsie
in a travling gown: suit case in hand;
the look still in her eyes Of raging
defiance. InsteRd-it was evident tina;
she was not leaving town that night
she was vision of GOODNESS. She
wore q light ruffled silk gown. such AS
he had not seen since last summer in
weenana; q transparent. black tulle
hat, through which her hair glistened
like pulled candy: accessories OF
gloves and stockings and shoes. all Of
the most summery order 1t was true
she carried what looked like travelling
paraphernalia-a big straw hamper.
| This she Immediately handed to him
with a
"Oh, here you are, Keene. Take this.
please thought you'd like to take
a little walk with me before dinner"
There was in her voice none of the
raging acrtnony of the morning. In
deed. 1t was soft. appealing. and her
eyes had that misty starriness which
experience had taught him trailed
her weeping.
Were going to dine out tonight"
she vouchsafed. gently. and proceeded
c1, cd
You're awfully tired"
They entered the park at soth
street. And following what was ap-
parently a familiar way. Elsie con-
Quoted him south over. tree-grown
rock. down hollows and up hills
curving. dipping. ascending. Soon
green, cool world encompassed them.
It was not yet sunset. but the shad-
ows-brown lances thrown over the
glowing emerald of the grass-grew
longer before their eyes. Presently
on Keene's exhausted ears sounded
the trickle of water. A little CULVER
of excitement seemed to run over
El.ie's slim figure.
There: Here's the place" she ex-
claimed. She stepped off the asphalt
walk, onto the grass, threaded her
way among the trees until they
caught up with tiny flashing brook
which dropped from a pool near the
reservoir and. making baby-water-
falls of Its leaps from rock to rock.
ended finally by trickling into the
lake. Elsie found a soft spot near the
tinkle. in the shadow of q tree.
There, dear" she said. ''sit down
! SO that your back is against the
/ trunk. Take your coat off. Il you
like"
| kneeling beside him, she opened the
! hamper. Appeared a picnic meal. ex-
psrtly packed. delicately organized.
t Elsie spread a cloth over the grass,
placed on it sandwiches. hard-boiled
eggs, salad which came, still crisp,
from a preserve jar; small bottle of
salad dressing: a thermos bottle of
! iced coffee. Talking busilv. as
though to forestall comment. she ar
ranged the food with the detailed
daintiness which characterised her.
I kcene had not yet emerged from his
daze. But suddenly he found HIM
self ravenously hungry. He ate with
the air Of a starving man. Elsie
ate with him. but more slowly. Much
OF the time she was talking.
I've made up my mind. keene." she
said. that as long as this hot spell
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- cd out 10 uaroeHs"le' =.
a of Baltimore. recently. and laid
4 wreath on the only existing monu-
ment to the memory of their illustrt-
GUS ancestor. the father Of the race.
1t was Adams birthday. If he had
been spared to US he would have been
5.926 years old. or one of our Oldest
Inhabitants. The celebration of the
occRsion was Of q very quiet nature
this wear, There was no parade or
fireworks or sham battle-in fact, no
demonstration save the placing of
earlands of leaves on the Adam monu-
ment at Gardenville.
This memorial was erected in 1905
on the extensive estate of John r
Brady. He thought it high time for
some sort Of commemoratfon OF the
life and good works of the first man.
Therefore he had this shaft construct
cd At Gardenvflle. or Gardenofeden-
Vile, which is supposed to have been
the original name OF that section.
The shaft is a simple ore and is
surmounted by a sun dial on the face
Of which is the inscription. ''Sic TRAN
sit gloria mundi" which is Latin to
everybody in Gardenville and for five
miles around. On one side is en-
blazoned the legend: ITO the memory
of Adam, the first man."
X X X X
TT is a diEnified sort of memorial
i and one of which Adam and the
immediate members OF the family
would doubtless be Immensely proud
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tory; came three years OF work and
Of promotion so steady that 1t was
apparent Weir had no intention Of
losing his superintendent IL liberal
treatment could prevent 1t; came mid
summer and
Mother, I'm getting six weeks va
cation this year. You see. l haven't
taken any for three summers. so I've
got all my vacations saved up. I'm
going to Chicago. There's O man I've
been corresponding with for three or
four years now-he's an efficiency ex-
pert. He seemed to be interested to
show me some plants in Chicago and
he's invited ME to come on and see
him."
The visit to the efficiency expert
there need be no secret Of the fact
that 1t was Adams-was highly sue
cessful. Adams barred the manufac-
turing heart of Chicago to Kcene. 1t
filled keene with new ideas. II re-
suited in a friendship so strong that
on keene's announcement Of his en-
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lasts I'm going to meet you every
night. and we'll eat here in the
park. You don't need hot food in
weather like this. and you ought not
! to take that awful trip In the subway
in the rush hour. Wen have
our supper here. and then, when it
cools Off. Well go home at our leis-
ure." Size rambled off on a descrip-
tion of how, during lonely walks in
the epring. she had found this spot
Keene ate and listened. All the time
brook purled its song into the inter
stices Of her talk.
After he had eaten. Keene produced
cigarette; leaned back against the
tree and listened again.
k-k
ssN IOw. there's something more"
~ Elsie said after a long interval
in which by turns they had quietly
talked and quietly meditated. Its a
special treat I'm going to give you
tonight I'm afraid We can't afford it
every night. though"
She led him in the direction of the
lake.
An hour later. Elsie was still row
ing on the miniature ocean. Other
boats passed. but they seemed to be-
long to another world; to be Sliding
along another dimension. The sunset
had long ago faded away. but line "t
shore lights gave a distant gayety "a
their voyage: their reflections stool
upright in the water like long golden
come. rockets. Stare. pricking out
one by one until they lay in dense
shining masses. had cooled off the
sky. A delicate breeze foated abou,
, them. Keene still lay back in the
/ bow of the boat. his head on the pill
low which Elsie had miraculously ez
temporized from the hamper. his face.
from which all the tallowy fatigue
had evaporated. turned UP to tbs
stars.
II had an awful f2h; with HeywarG
today, Elsie" he said. And thought
/ was going to tell him tomorrow thai
I'd get through Saturday night. But
I see now he wasn't ali wrong. a"d
d i
course / came into the office THIS
morning ir a mood that This
GOODNESS and quiet has given me 4
chance to think. What you've Jus
been eaying now about marriage b.
ing different from an engagemeH
about the give and take of it-am'l
the pulling togethe--makes M
realize that. A business is just liae
/ marriage. No one in the conc" 'ii
can have it all his own way. I'm GO
ing into the ONCE tomorrow and t"li
Hayward I'll give in on half his
points if he'll give in on half of min
! As much as he irritates me. ! really
] like him. Sometimes, Elsie. I'd like
: to invite him to dinner. Elsie. ycu'vs
done lot for me tonight CAM
tell you how much. / was all in-I
was at the end Of my rope. Iou'vf
helped ME around a hard corne"
; You've handed me cup OF coiG
water"
I denly she had a vision of two in -
| kitchen. big Irishman and a hie
Irishwoman. throwing suds at each
other as they made roaring holiday
Of their nightly ritual. 1T wasn't
cup Of cold water-it was i tub e.
, hot suds.'
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herself always brought them out as
they came to her hand-the meat
platter and the cream pitcher. cheek
by jowl. And everything went into
the dishpan together: china, glass and
silver. As housekeepers go. she wal
clean; but she was far from scientific.
Mrs. Sawyer happened upon keene
once. standing immobile bebfore the
dining room table. still spread with
the remains Of the devoured dinner
contemplating the savory ruin with
the fixed eyes of one in trance.
Hurry up, keene!" she admonished.
You'll never get them dishes done.
lallygagSlng like this:''
I'm not lallygagging" he retorted.
"1'm only trying to figure out how
few trips 1 can get 'em all out to
the kitchen In"
This made no impression on Mrs.
Sawyer's mind. But few nights
later, passing through the kitchen, her
attention was caught by something
that did. keene's performance on this
occasion, had something Of tho re-
hearsed military precision Of vaude-
vile act; glasses neatly piled; silver
neatly gatherd; plates neatly stacked
como in that order from the dining
room plump in to fresh relays of hot
water. But, dried. they returned in a
different order: glasses first, to the
glass shelves in the kitchen: china
second, to the china cabinet in the
dining room corner, nearest the
kitchen: silver last, to the sideboard
under the window.
BY degrees her kitchen was trans
formed. Mrs. Sawyer's house grad
uAlly became the best systematised in
Weenana. Then one afternoon-he
would graduate in three months
Keene came home from the public
library with a book. somewhere in
whose title appeared the word Ehici-
ency. For the rest Of the evening,
he was deaf and dumb. Books
they all bore the word Efficiency
somewhere In the title-followed one
another in steady procession into the
Sawyer household. With the author of
one book. he opened a correspondence.
The result was letters, which every
month grew, on keene's part ct least,
longer and longer. Books came from
this friend, pamphlets. catalogues. He
haunted the few manufacturing plants
Weenana boasted: Curran's box fac
tory; Weir's automobile parts; Oar
lington's creamery.
Came graduation. came his Job in
George weir's automobile.parts fac-
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gagement to Elsie Gammell, Adam.
| suggested that he go to New York
offered to get him a job with the
Poulter & Hayward Yeast Cake Com
pany. The salary looked. from Wee
nana's standard. large.
There followed marriage, the
honeymoon trip to New York. the
hunt for an apartment. the making
of the home steady chapter af.
ter chapter in Elsies book of disillusion
. resistless stage on stage in
keene's experience Of despair.
ssT>HERE-now we can have a
/ talk" Again Mrs. O'Connell,
returA ASng from the hall sink. broke
stridently into Elsie's meditations.
Had those long, long thoughts con-
sumed but these few brief moments?
There's nobody coming up these
stairs. this hour. but I'll just be Law
ing my pail here-handy-like II they
did. Now tell me all about every
thing, woman dear. How often do I
FELTON, Hail together. Sure my heart
was broke when Tim Dolan stopped
off long enough from the coal wagon
to court you right under me eyes-as
YOU might say. Tell me about the chill
dren. When last l seen You, young
Tim was getting into trouble break
ing windows"
"'Tis truel Oh. the money We paid
out for that boys ball playing. But
Tim says 1t was an investment: for
now look at IN! A ball player with
his name in every newspaper you
take up. Oh, it's public character
he Is. Why. the lad earns"
tded financial secrets Of a momentous
nature. And for an interval. the two
voces, relating intimate gossip. kept
to a uniform level, bit above q
whisper.
That year in New York! What an
experience! Bitterness welled in
Elsie's heart as her thoughts ira
versed the smoothly oiled grooves Of
memory.
First had come the shock Of rents
that matched the soaring buildings;
then the lowering. notch by notch. Of
her standard of space in comfortable
living. until she clutched gratefully
at the combination OF four cubicles
in a cheaply built apartment in a
cheaply built uptown neighborhood
Then followed her gradual realixa-
ton Of the shrinka0s Of the dollar in
Evening star., 1922-12-10

acute SOFT sweetness; when ehe
walked in the park. tiny. hard. tight
rolled jade green points were prickine
out from bare brown stalks. Another
day-and whenever she looked dowr
from her window it was on wagons
loaded with blooming spring flowers
hoarse voices what seemed unintelli.
gible peans to Pan. Balloon.
bloohned miraculously in children,
hands.
oh, yes. the spring. But tn,
THE steps by which that soft-sweet
/ l. fresh, fragrant New York spring
merged with the damp acid. staenant
dead New York summer we're beyont
the powers Of Elsie's analysis to fol.
| low. And yet-she could have stood
even that-if Keene had been success.
| full. and if But he was not sue.
cessful.
Poulter. the senior partner in the
firm. theoretically interested before
Keene's arrival. had on Acquaintance
with keene's ideas lost all belief In
them. Hayward. the Junior partner
was interested: but he was difficult. q
quibbling. querying bully. Keene had
fought for his ideas with every pow
er Of his belief in them-with gen.
tleness, with tact. with flrmness. with
obstinacy, with the courage Of his de-
spair and the despair of his courage.
But he was distinguishing inch by
inch and day by day.
And then, in addition much more
serious matter-their marriage, Re
certainly as Keene's theories, was de-
veloping into a failure. All the
poetry had gone out OF it, all that ro-
nance, all that high glamour Of ideal
ism to which Elsie had determined to
hold SO punctiliously. Little atten-
tions: Why. keene showed her no at
tentions. little or big. He was too ab.
sorbsd in the business problems that
confronted him daily. Her long days
were lonely, and sometimes It seemed
to her that her long evenings were
lonelier still. kesne got home too
late for them to think OF going any
where; or. worse still. 20 exhausted
from his daily struggle with Poulter
that he could do nothing after hts
apathetic dinner but stretch out on
the couch: and then drift from his
to troubled, intermittent
mapping.
Elsie often contrasted her marriage
with that Of her parents. What would
her mother say? On Whist her father
would say it never occurred to her to
reflect. Well, she would never give
up the struggle to keep the little at
tentions to hold her place A. an
ideal" The pile of Kesns's laundry.
which had started last nights wran-
gle, lay on the chinonier top. Her
ltps set. She would carry out her
threat. II she went ahead to Wss-
nana--Keene was bound to follow.
She would 60. She would go today.
She rose again to pack. But the
conversation began across the sleva-
tor shaft. Mrs. Dolan was speaking.
There was something pleasant almost
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( they were still in our midst.

II they were still in our midst.
Historians. as a rule. have throwa
very little light on the momentous
problem when Adam was born. Ban
croft ignores him altogether, anl
there is only casual reference to Adam
in the works Of Theodore Roosevelt.
At Johns Hopkins University prac-
tically everybody is in the dark con-
cerning the date of Adams birth. DR..
Jacob Hollander. to whom the devel-
opment of financial system for
Santo Domingo was a mere bag OF
shells, says the age of Adam is as
much a mystery to him as the age OF
Ann.
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DR. BROADUS MITCHELL throw :
- up his hands in horror when the
age OF Adam is broached. DR.. Franz
J. Goodnow AYERS he knows nothing
about II. Roman and Egyptian his
torians also balk at the date and pr
Bernard c. Steiner. an authority on
birthdays. says the whole matter is
one Of guesswork
Moreover" continues DR.. Steiner.
Il do not propose to assume any re-
sponsibility and will not discuss the
subject for publication"
1t seems as IL Adam had got the
goat of all Of them.
But. while nobody recalls the date
distinctly. the majority of the natives
accepts as authority an old act Of the
British parliament which fixed tn"
date of Adams birth as October 20.
4004 b. c.
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@yXELL' of all thinss-if it amt
w Della Dolan! But for the love
of all the blessed saints. what do ye
be doing here!'
These words, drifting across the
airshaft, came through the window
which opened above Elsie's head into
her bedroom. Elsie recognized the
voice to be that Of Mrs. O'Connell,
the woman who once week cleaned
the halls and stairs. Another voice
presumably it belonged to Della Do
unanswered. 1t had nothing like
SO pronounced a brogue as that Of it's
interlocutor. Nevertheless. there was
an unctuous softness here and there,
as Of ireland in the second genera
ton.
What do I be doing here7 Why,
looking At an apartment, to be sure"
Looking at an apart Well, it's
up in the world ye are!''
up in the world Is It! It's moro up
in tho world the children are! What
with my Theresa q stenographer and
my Mary a milliner and my Tim q
ball player, sure It's on Easy street
we Mve-Ttm Dolan and me. Why,
Mrs. O'Connell-"
There followed settling sounds as
Of highly starched skirts cracking,
the faint groanings OF . large body
lowering itself with care and dubiety,
the scrunch Of . hastily moved pail,
and the slop OF overhowinG water
Finally Mrs Dolan was seated.
"wait-a moment, women, dear"
came Mrs. O'Connells cracked voice,
while fill me pail at the hall sink.
just a moment I'll be laving you.
Then we can talk"
Complete silence as Mrs. >C'Con-
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Kssne's, q balled wad In the corner
lay where they had been thrown when
tho Quarrel-begun the night before
and resumed on rising-reached Its
climax.
She had let her housekeeping 60 in
the tropical onslaught Of the last
three days; now she went to work
systematically. She washed and
wiped the dishes; stacked them In the
built In cabinet; proceeded to the front
room; began to mop the floors. But
this was not an unconscious protest
against the slatenly ways into which
she had fallen; it was merely trans
lation Of that fierce. inner protest into
action. Afterward she busted; made
her bed All the time, the heat OF her
body grew Yes, undeniably this was
the warmest day yet. Still. some Of
that heat was thrown off from her
own mind-the result Of her swift,
violent, intensive thinking; for she
quarrel with Keene thinking of
more bitter things she could have said.
After q while the ice man came
her duties and responsibilities we're
over until dinner time In the bath
room, she turned on, the water tap
optimistically marked cold-fts cold
est was merely tepid-waited until
the knitting needle jet half filled the
tub. dropped into it. Still wet, she
resumed her nightgown and kimono
and lay down on the bed a
palmleaf fan in her hand lay,
her eyes wide open the fan
lanzuidIy swayinG thinking.
She had told Keene the truth; her
mind was made up. Just as soon as
she could pull herself together she
must pack her trunk, get to the sta
Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-13
Still Is Seized
Near Tecumseh
johnson Man, Taken in Raid,
Pays Fine for Illegal Posses
sion of Liquor.

Tecumseh, Neb., Feb. l2-(Spe-
cial Telegram.l : State Deputy
Sheriffs E. A. Haughton OF Tecum-
sch and Dick Fulton of Lincoln,
discovered two stills in this section
today. At the home of Harry Tenn
pleton. near Johnson, which is also
near Tecumseh, they found a COM
plete outfit with the exception OF
the coil. Two barrels of mash were
destroyed.
Templeton was brought to Te-
cumseh and pleaded guilty to illegal
possession OF intoxicants before
County Judge James Livingston. He
paid fine of $l00 and costs. A
part of his equipment was brough,
to this city.
1t is said Templeton requested
no publicity of his case as he ax-
poets to be married in Nemaha
county next week.
Parts of second still were dis
covered, together with five. barrels
Of mash, at the home OF bachelor,
said by the officers to be Fred Fol-
ken, in the Cook section.
The mash, which was in the cell
lar, was frozen. Parts OF the still
were brought to this city. Folken
was away from home and the Of
GERS are searching for him.
Samples of the mash found al
both places were submitted to the
Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-13
Republican
Victory in
Iowa Sure
Interest in Hawke,e State
Now Cenlers in Appoint.
mcnt of Succrs- .oy,
Senator sv.A ~
Three Aspnas,s, ,,',l,S N Race
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
alniahn Itcr Leased Mirc.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. l2.-There
Is a lot Of. discomfort among the
farmers in this great agricultural
commonwealth, but not enough to
give the democratic party here
abouts any perceptible encourage
men.
Iowa, according to present indica-
tionS. will continue TO be represent
cd at Washington by two republican
senators aud probably by solid re-
publican delegation in the house.
Such political Serapping as one per-
eeives is confined 10 the ranks OF the
republican party, little il anything
being heard from the democrats. who
appear 10 have gone down for the
third time in this state.
Right now, interest centers on the
rivalry for successor to Senator Ken
yon. who has accepted appointment
as Judge OF the United States circuit
court OF appeals and whose resiena-
ton from the senate Governor Ken
dali is awaiting. There is contest
Tor the appointment by the COVER
nor TO I'LL the vacancy and there will
lie even livelier contest for the re-
publican nomination in the primary.
June o, OF a candidate for senator 10
serve out the unexpired Kenyon term
who will be elected in November.
Three in Contest.
Governor Kendall has stated that
ne Will appoint man from northern
Iowa and that has narrowed the con-
test down TO three candidates.
Charles Z. Pickett of Waterloo, who
served with distinction in the ma
toral house of representatives a few
years ago and who has become one
OF the most widely known and in
fiuential political leaders in the state:
+. I. Cunningham, secretary of the
Iowa Farm Bureau federation, and
Congressman L. ]. Dickinson, who
is strong with the farmers and is
the brother-in-law of Gardner
Cowles, publisher of the Des Moines
Register.
The governor has asserted that the
appointee must be favorable to the
program of agricultural legislation
endorsed by the farm bloc in con-
gress. and favorable to soldier bonus
legislation and a sincere supporter
OF the prohibition amendment.
Pickett has the support of the re-
publican organization throughout
the state TO conspicuous extent and
of dozen or more of the largest
aud most influential newspapers. He
stands for legislation favorable to
agriculture as the basic industry Of
Iowa. but he has asserted that if sent
to Washington he will go as repre-
sentative OF the whole. and not of
particular class OF citizens.
Farm Bloc Candidate.
Mr.. Cunningham is the real farm
bloc candidate, having the support
of the organization which works with
the group in the senate of which Mr..
Kenyon has been the acknowledged
leader. Many republican politicians
(Turn to Page Two. Column Five.)
Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-13
By EDWARD DOHERTY.
Omaha bsee iea.~d Mifs,

Los Angeles. Feb. 1.-Two womsr
got OF the Overland the other day
tipped the porter 2S eegts. entrusted
their baggage 10 red cap ant
boarded one oi the slow-moying, an
iique, SJ-au-hour taxieabs Tor III,
Ambassador hotel.
Under their arms were all the
moving picture magazines. la Their
faces was the look OF conquest In
their clothes was the hint OF Nazi.
nova and Betty Compson.
One vi the women was young and
blonde. The other was old and
blonde, and plump. One had been
pretty. One was beautiful. They
were, unquestionably, mother and
daughter.
They did not enlhuse much over
the scenery. the yistas OF mountains
seen as the taxi ambled on It's way,
purring over the velvet smooth road
the green OF palm aud pepper tree
the stretches OF lawns. the magniii-
cent houses. Along West Lake park,
out Wiltshire boulevard. with all the
beauty OF the day and all the won
ders OF Los Angeles were wasted.
Seeking Movie Jobs.
Mamma and her fair white hope
had conc 10 Los Angeles TO get into
the movies. Anyone could have told
you that. The clerk waited po-
litely when they signed their names
on the register, waited for them TO
ask:
And how far is Hollywood,
plcase?"
He looked at their names and the