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your girl would be alone and very
desolate If she never married."
DIR. Grant Deceived
Her voice was soft and gentle. and
she leaned toward her companion as
if pleading his daughters cause. She
seemed kindly woman Samuel
Grant unused. Even If she was
fashionable, and perhaps. made-up,
she had the heart of a real mother.
Yet-she was mistaken in faneying
that Ruth would ever care for Nat
Smith. He was a good lad-but not
Ruth's equal
The father had been wondering if,
perhaps, it had been quite safe to
have as handsome a chap as young
Lang here in the house with his girl.
Propinquity worked wonders some
times-and of late Ruth had seemed
even gentler than usual, had had a
new, soft light in her eyes-as il she
were especially happy.
He would hate to have her marry
and leave the old home. Yet--there
was something in what the woman
said. lie, Samuel Grant, was not so
strong as he once was. lie was too
stout-his heart did not beat so stead
lily as it did when he was slenderer,
Suppose Ruth were to be left alone
1t would be a good thing if such
man as young Lang-the honorable
son of an honorable father-were car
ing for her, if the father were sure
that
Il have not wounded you, have 70
His companions trainante accents
reused him with a start from his
musings.
"You?" No. indeed" he exclaimed.
II was just thinking, that's all"
Our children always start long
train of thoughts when we picture
the possibility of our leaving them,
or their leaving u.s." the mother said
in a low;~sad voice. II know just
how you feel, dear DR.. Grant, when
you think of sutton for your girls
hand. For I know how l feel about
in Saxville. Butts natural, after
all. We married. So will our chill
dren. / am sure that your girl has
more than one sutton. She is very
lovely
Yes" the father said, sitting up
suddenly. There are a plenty of
men who want to marry her. In
fact, there are several right here in
this town just waiting for her to say
Yes"
(To BE Continued.)
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cancer who might have been saved
If they would have admitted the
truth to themselves about some ma
lignant sore. but they had not the
courage to do it. They kept deceiv-
ing themselves and telling them
getting better and better until it
was too late to do anything for it.
Alienists tell you that an enormous
percentage of feeble minded children
could be saved from utter idiocy If
they could have the proper treat
ments while very young, but their
parents will not face the fact that
their child is subnormal. They lie to
themselves about Johnny or Sallie
being a little backward in walking or
talking until the time when the child
could have been helped is past.
The most pathetic people on earth
are the near-ge niuses, the men and
women who have jollied themselves
into believing that they have tai
ents that they do not possess. They
toll like slaves writing stories that
no editor will publish. They spend
their lives half-starved, painting
daubs that nobody will buy. They
keep their whole families impover-
ished taking lessons from high-priced
music teachers when they have no
more voice than a cat.
Their only reward Is the bitter
bread of baked ambition, yet they
might have been happy and pros
porous if only they had had courage
enough to give their abilities fair
appraisal, and to admit to themselves
that their headgear was not laurel
wreath. but about five and one
half sized hat.
How many men waste their lives
in callings for which they have no
aptitude; how many sink deeper and
deeper into debt in a bankrupt bust
ness because they dope themselves
up on false hopes that some miracle
is going to happen that will turn
their failures into success!
How many women break their
hearts and wreck their lives by tell
ing themselves that if they will just
be patient enough they can blow the
ashes of a dead love into flame again,
when they might build new life full
of peace and contentment If they
could only realize that what is ended,
is ended, and make a fresh start!
How many mothers are so anxious
for their daughters to be beauties
and bellies, and their sons figures of
Importance, that they fail to make
the most of the limited ability that
their children havei
We gain nothing by telling lies to
ourselves. The wise thing and the
brave thing is to look life in the eye
without flinching; to recognize that
conditions are often hard but to make
the best of a bad bargain; to see
that We are poor, weak, faltering
creatures, and to struggle to make
better men and women of ourselves.
1T is folly to stultify ourselves by be-
lieving that we can think corned beef
and cabbage into being angels food,
or an ordinary, commonplace dub
into being a world beater.
Deceive others If you must-and
can, but don't kid yourself.
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or rug. You smile at the interpre-
tation-but it will prove true, never
theless. 1t means that you will find
something of great value, so precious
that It viii amount to a small for.
tune. If. on the other hand, YOU
beat carpet, you will be annoyed
by petty chickering's in your home.
To sit in moving van, or next TO
the driver, is a sign of an unpleas-
ant trip of duty. If the van moves
through city Atreets, the distance
you will have to go is short. If along
a country road, you will be called
out of town, probably far away, TO
find nothing but care at the end of
the journey.
To see furniture, yous or that OF
other people. fall out of van, is
warning against hasty and ill-advised
purchases or other domestic expen-
ditures which have been in your
mind. To help in carrying furniture
out of your home tells you that you
will have unwelcome visitors, but to
bring furniture into your house is
a sign of dear guests. To see or
feel a bed break down is har-
bsnger of a message of childbirth.
If you have the vision while You
are in bed, the baby will be boy;
if you merely see it break, it will
be a girl. But it will not be your
child, but that of near relative.
A vision in which you search for
new home foretells quarrels. To tell
some one in your dream that you in
tend to move means that, for one
reason or another, you will take the
lead in important domestic affairs,
either overruling your husband or
making an important decision for one
of your children. If your children
help you in moving your furniture,
your famMy's financial affairs will
become involved and your sons or
daughters will be compelled to bear
some of the burdens which, hitherto,
devolved upon YOU or your husband,
and gave the rest of the household no
concern whatever.
To miss familiar article of furni-
ture is not a good sign; it foretells
losses of some sort, and may. if the
particular object is closely identified
with some member of your family
even hint at this persons illness or
death So. for instance, if you miss
your husbands bed, you will soon
be widow.
Mrs. Robert J. Don't be silly.
told you on the very first day that
my own views, that l can give no
guarantees and make no promises.
/ would not be worried over the
dream you speak of, If l were you.
Live your life carefully and con-
siderately of yourself and others. and
all will be well.
In Love"-No, your dream does not
mean that he loves you. The appear
arce of a man You care for in a
dream vision may signify hundred
things, but If, as. you describe il,
he seemed to be unhappy because 1
cried" this merely indicates that he
will sustain small money loss and
the dream has nothing at all to do
with you.
Student-The dream-boolx you
speak of does not interest me.
Unhappy Wife-You are perfectly
right; geraniums mean lying ru-
mors," and in the dream connection
you speak Of their Significance
seems to be your husbands willing
ness to listen to idle gossip.
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Fauorite Recipes
of Famous Men
Ey ERETT SHINN, ARTIST
Rice Pudding


I have delayed this thing hoping
day by day that the perfect recipe
for rice pudding would come to me
don't misjudge met is not ques-
ton of memory, but a discovery.
To date no one has solved the one
and only way to make rice pudding.
am &c years old and almost all of
that time has been spent in testing
rice pudding. In every country, in
many hotels. houses, tents, l have
hopefully raised the spoon to my
lips. Oh, well. it's no earthly d
use. No one can make a rice pud-
ding. My labors outside of testing
rice buildings have been directed
without reserve to one thing-to give
the world decent rice pudding.
haven't fortune but / am fast ac-
cumulating enough money to join
hands with the real benefactors and
do my share to help build better
rice buildings. L shall endow a chair
in one of the larger universities of
learnins-a rice pudding chair
would nominate myself as best able
to fill the chair. only 1 have got to
make the money to keep the lectures.
experiment laboratory, research and
filing and card index department ami
defray the expenses of expeditions
into unknown lands in search for the
perfect formula that will willingly
end uneerringly turn out a perfect
rice pudding. l can furnish you
with gestures toward making a rice
pudding: Open the back door and
put it on the step to cool. Open the
door about o'clock the next day
and let in the cat and wash and
scour the pan we'll. My knowledge
is limited to sight and sound alone
When the pudding is tipped slightly
it should be noiseless. In color il
should range from a mild sunburn to
a deep chestnut which reminds me of
pumpkin pie, which 1 infinitely pre-
fer,
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JOHN-A-DREAMS

This is a chapter for married worn-
en-: About dreams of moving from
your home. Occasionally, a single
woman might dream thus; a man,
too, at rare times. But the signifi-
canoe Is mostly for those who, as
mother and wife, preside over the
home.
There's an old almanac rhyme, of
which l would remind you-curious,
isn't it, how some of these ancient
sayings hit the truth:
If you move in the sun,
Your home remains one;
If you move in the rain,
Your home breaks in twain.
In this spirit must the dream be
interpreted. If the sun shines upon
YOU as you pack up, or leave the
house with the intention of going
into another, alls we'll and the sun
shine will follow You into your new
abode, and Won may rest assured
that the change will take place
shortly, even though you may know
of no plans at present that seem to
bear out the meaning of the dream
Fut if it rains, or it is dark, or the
winds blow, then separation will
precede your moving and there will
be sadness in your heart, for. .
those I have nursed with ach-
ing hands
Arc scattered far in alien lands.
If You find yourself in the midst of
furniture, standing topsey -turvey.
things out of their place and you
hpV will
there is happy news in store for you.
1t will first disconcert, perhaps even
orry you, until you realize that it
is all for the best To see broken
furniture is a good sign. 1t means
that you will be able to discard many
old things and replace them with
better and new ones.
Joyous amazement will be yours if
in your dream you take up a carpet
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Zone Trick a Day"
1NooMBusTIBLE HANDKERCHIEF


Tell your audience that SO Won
derful and great is the potency of
modern magic as you know it, that
even the seemingly inconquerably
destructive power of fire can be
rendered harmless.
Then you declare that a dainty
silk or lace handk erchief can be
placed in the flame of a candle, after
it has blazed up fiercely and yet the
handk erchief will have remained alb
solutely unscorched.
The secret is merely this: Steep
the handkerchief in alcohol, then
put a match or candle to it. While
the alcohol lastsb the handkerchief
cannot burn. But be sure to put out
the flame before all the alcohol is
consumed. otherwise the fire will
attack and burn the cloth.
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Don't Forget Grain of Salt
With ''Better and Better" Idea
Ru DOROTHY DIX

! No one will dispute the effect of
mind over matter, nor the fact that
a great. many neurotic people can
think themselves we'll. or think
themselves sick when there is moth
| ing the matter with them except en-
largement of the imagination. There
| fore, the humorless who can arise in
the morning and repeat the Coue
slogan; Every day, Ain every way,
l am better and better" for 20 times
without its one Earring their funny
bone, doubtless do get some good out
of it.
Dope, however, whether mentally
| or physically administered, is a dan
| gerous thing with which to deal
| Dope taking in any way is a bad
habit to form. and this is precisely
what people do who try to anesthe-
| tize their intelligence into insensibil-
lily so that they will see things as
they wish them to be, and not as
they are.
The alluring thing about dope is
that it transports its victims to
Hashish paradise in which there is no
pain, or poverty, or worries, or strug-
gle, or striving. Every heart has it's
desire. The sick are healed, the poor
have uncounted wealth, and are
Tapped in luxury. Nobody works, no.
body is troubled about anything.
Everything, in every way, is better
and better. as long as the effects of
the drug last.
But the pipe dream is only a pipe
dream. Believing you are a million
aire, or genius, when you haven't
a penny in your pocket, and have
only mediocre intelligence doesn't
give you a checking account at the
bank or a laurel wreath Believing
you are young and beautiful when
you are old and haggard doesn't turn
shriveled lemon into a peach. In
the end you are bound to wake up
with the bitter taste of the opium ad-
dict in your mouth.
Now the great trouble with the
towards who flee from the world of
realities into a world of imaginings
is that it paralyzes their energy and
ambition. You never heard of dope
takers trying to improve the condi-
tons in which they live, or sur
mounting the difficulties that con-
front them. 1t is easier to take jab
of the needle. or smoke pill and be
waited into the elysium you crave.
So it is with the mental dopesters.
They don't try to make things bet
ter and better every day. They sit
GSwn and stultify themselves by try
ing to believe they have got what
they want without making any eff
fort or sacrifice to get it.
An old proverb tells US that there
are two people to whom we should
never lie. One is our lawyer, the
other our doctor. l think that the
person whom it is~most important
not to lie to is oneself Yet this is
the individual whom we oftenest de-
Iceive. because our vanity will seldom
let US admit the real truth about
ourselves, and those nearest and
dearest to US.
Doctors will tell you that thou
sands of peoplA die annually with
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TENNESSEE OFFICER
SHOT RAIDING STILL

CLEVELAND. Tenn, Feb 4-Dep-
uty Sheriff Foster was shot and
seriously wounded during raid in
Bucks Pocket, near that place, early
this morning. Foster and other Of
ficers were raiding still which was
found to be deserted on their ar
rival. While in the act of destroy
ing it and pouring out the beer.
Foster was shot from ambush by
some person whose identity is not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-05
HANDY BATH BAG,

For boarding house, boarding
school or wherever the bathroom is
rather far from the bedroom, this
bag is of practical use, The bag
itself is made from figured material,
such as cretonne and is lined with
waterproof sheeting, 1t has pockets
to hold all the necessary equipment
for the toilet. including cold cream,
soap, wash cloth, tooth brush. etc.
The bath towel and talcum powder
may be carried in this roomy bag
also, One half yard of material 36
or 40 inches wide is sufficient fol-
this bag. which may be hung on
large ring or gathered on draw
strings.
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New and quite unlike anything have the draped
bodice
shallow, necine
The
about the
possible black white
the ovelto of The white
narrowly
the TERED he full which also
the two is
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FARM SURVEY BEING MADE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Determi-
nation in dollars and cents of the
results Of farmiag forl the whole
count during asa the, object of
a sure that MAS en- inaugurated
by the department of agriculture
Facts and figures as to receipts and
expen sss arc 70 DO compiled by the
surv the first Of its kind ever at
tenn si acreage, farm values,
met Of operation. production, re-
ceip ard expenses on individual
farn ara - he obtained and com
pile by sessions and also by com
moi esq
Children Cry
Er.I [ I rcHER'S.
e. Q RIA
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known but who is supposed to have
been connected with the still.
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Doctors will tell you that thou
sands of people, die annually with
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Student-The dream-book you
speak of does not interest me.
Unhappy Wife-You are perfectly
right; geraniums mean lying ru-
mors,' and in the dream connection
you speak Of their Significance
seems to be your husbands willing
ness to listen to idle gossip.
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your girl would be alone and very
desolate If she never married"
DR.. Grant Deceived
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29
K. OF P. FAIR
TO BE AMUSING

An amusing time is promised at the
Acme Aprn 5. the second night Of the
annual knights OF Pythias fair.
Laura Parsons farce, 1.-The Deestrict
School at Cranberry Corners" will be
presented at that time under the di-
rection of Charles +. Fuller.
Wallace r. Brann is to be the in
structor of this school. Among his
more or less troublesome pupils will
be Mrs. Roy c. Pearce, Mrs. Harold
c. Fuller. Mrs. Carl S. Aldrieh, Mrs.
Albert Longfellow. Mrs. Matte Full
Ter, Mrs. Jennie Slack. George Fl. Will
lis, DR.. Charles Z. II. Beane and Will
liam Cole. The entire list Of pupils
is not as yet available. but it is sure
to be an aggregation that Will keep
things moving and cause the teacher
to put into operation the reverse of
that old principle of pedagogy, said
to date back to Solomon's time:
Spare the rod and spoil the child"
II is whispered that the teacher will
do his full duty and not spoil the
child.
1t is understood that there will be
a visitor to that school. Judge Fred
Emery Beane, who should certainly
enter into that part with realism,
since he has been 4 welcome and be-
loved visitor in the local schools for
q long time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29

the parcel post table in charm Of
Mrs. Jane Hoyt and Mrs. Annie
Pollard. This booth had q back.
ground of green over which the ye.
low daffodils were very prominent.
Perhaps the most attractive tseth
owing to its many and bright cslsn
was the fancy work booth which
was to represent q tulip bed. With
its white background there were 4
very pretty sight. A wide variety
of articles were displayed and sola
from here, those being in cAarje
were Mrs. Clara Speak. Mrs. NAiA'
Mayo and Mrs. Catherine Buf6eM
At 81 o'clock a supper consliae
of cold ham, mashed potatoes aiadf'
hot rolls, assorted cake. cream ph'
and coffee. was served under he
direction of Mrs. Mae Snow and her
faithful assistants. Music during
the supper hour was furnished b.
the Odd Fellows orchestra.
/ In the evening an entertainment
in charge of Mrs. Clara Speak, was
given. The pregnant:
Music, orchestra: piano solo. Lu.
ellie Mclaughlin: song. Mrs. Frank
Lane: Spanish dance. Gertrude
Park: violin solo. Emma Tosier:
music. orchestra: musical reading
Ona Mayo: duet, Gertrude Park and
Gertrude Sykes .cornet solo. Charles
Smith: Gypsie dance. Gertrude
Sykes: violin solo, Ruth Park; mu-
sic. orchestra.
There was a good attendance dur.
ing the afternoon and an extra large
number at supper. many remaining
for the evening program. With the
energetic work of the committee and
assistants, the day was made :.
success. 4 "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29

At meeting of Louden Hill Com
munity club held Tuesday at the
home Of Mrs. Aaron Norton, the club
was reorganizZed and O new constitu-
ton adopted. Officers were chosen as
follows: President. Miss Adele II.
Fitzpatrick: vice president. Mrs. Aaron
Norton: secretary. Mrs. Inez Beane;
treasurer. Mrs. Zaidee Johnson. eX-
ccutive committee, Miss Lizzie Walk
cr. Mrs. Radcliffe. Mrs. Perl Blais-
dell The regular meetings are to be
cnce month. on Tuesdays. Other
meetings may be called at any time
that seems desirable.
This club has done interesting
work in the past and is now organ
izing for further and better commCn-
ity work. TIE next meeting will be
with Mrs. Alden Grimes. April 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29

resort. was among the first places
outside Paragon Park to be destroy
ed. The loss there was etimated at
100000.
On Atlantic Hill. the joint head
quarters Of the fire and police de-
partments caught fire several times.
but was saved
Jumping over Center Hill. the
flames attacked few places on
Green Hill. to the south, but out Of
town apparatus posted there checked
each in turn.
The firemen We're fighting in the
darkness In the later hours. over
the water-soaked ruins an icy glare
formed in the bitter cold. The score
or more of families whose homes
were burned left the household arti-
cles in care Of the doughboys of the
Thirteenth Infantry and found relief
from the icy temperatures in houses
that escaped the flames.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29
Chicago Cattle Market

Chicago, March "a.
CATTLE-Receipts 10000; fairly &C.
i've; medium grade yearlings ens
heavy steers about steady; otner
grades. strong to Is higher; top yeor.
ings 1925. weight 1888 pounds; iop
peef steers 1910. weight 1908 pouncss..
best heavies 1000. weight 1878 potnSasC;
9?75 1000; bulk beef steers $50 0!ss:
light beef heifers upward to $50; better
grade beef heifers rejecting 10 TO -
advance; veal calves Is to SO levin.
other classes generally steady; DUE
veal calves to packers S000 see; g.
choice kind upward to 1000 and apeSsi
bulk bologna bulls 5000 525; heavy 80
bulls draggy: bulk stockers and feeesn ~
Sesf e sse; Ca one country account -
HOGS-Receipts 10000: mostly :s
to 25 lower: bulk desirable $50 TO IN
pound average S25@S35: top $40; e9is. .
22o to 325-pound butchers 9e9Gs
few $50; packing sows mostly 71sg!E
pigs inactive. ESQ 500; estimated nov
sHEEP&Receipts 1900: fat lsnIs y.
s sirsps TO %o q sis amS, tSR
Ter kind mostly lsso@ilsS;. extra I'VE
ped lambs I050@i15O. with strictly
choice S0-pound recently clipped tanSW
landing 1850; heavy clipped lamoS -
@1000; mixed load 102-pound snossc n
Montanas and Colorado lambs lvvs ,.s
shippers for export; some native spVin.
lambs 1700@1900: three doubles az
pound fed yearling wethers scored st tc3
new peak for year. Three loads enSerrS
113-pound ewes 900: aged wethers -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29

town meeting in Perry's hall next
Monday, April ., at Q o'clock A. NJ.
If you as q taxpayer are interested
in the upbulding and development Of
our residential building sites in the
= 'thcrn part of our town, and as
4 parent are concerned about the
sanikry conditions surrounding your
children in the Grammar school
building, then you arc interested in
the new sewer. False rumors have
been circulated by those who ought
to know better as to the expense Of
construction OF sewer in an attempt
to create an unfair prejudice against
it. Come to this meeting and learn
the truth about it. and vote intelli-
gently upon the matter which so
vitality concerns you and your chill
dren.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE"