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The Kusko times., 1923-06-30

Shanghai.-With President Li Yuen Hung in flight, the Amer- ican Chamber of Commerce here this afternoon cabled U. s. Sec retary of State Hughes urging a British-Ameriean mandate and the policing of China to end present conditions.
The Kusko times., 1923-06-30

London.-Li Ynen Hung has issued a statement from Tiantsin repudiating his resignation as president of China. asserting that his action was taken under duress, says a Reuters dispatch from Picking.
The Kusko times., 1923-06-30

Peking-Li Yuen Hung this af- ternoon telegraphed from Tient- sin hls resignation as president of China and turned over his au- thority to those members Of his cabinet now in the capitol, from which he fed two days ago.
The Kusko times., 1923-06-30
River Fleet Doings

1.-The Maple Leaf. Bob Hart, left fo McGrath Sunday, with Axel Peterson as passenger.
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MISS BRAZEAL BECOMES THE
BRIDE OF MIR. DEVORE

A pretty early morning weddine
was that of Miss Elizabeth Brazeal
and Mr.. Phillip Allen Devore. which
/ took place at $40 o'clock yesterday
at the home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Brazeal. An inn
pressive ring ceremony was per
formed by DIR. w. R. Hendrix. pastor
of the South Highlands Methodist
church, in the presence of the two
immediate families only.
After the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served. The dining
table was lovely. covered with a Ma
dera cloth and bearing a silver baske ct
of Killarney roses.
In the living room an improvised
altar, banked with palms, ferns and
flowers of bright spring hues. fur
nished a picturesque background for
the wedding group.
The bride, petite girl OF the at
tractive brunette type, looked I'M
usually beautiful in a new spring
hree-piece suit of navy blue poiret
twill, with which she wore a becom-
ing gray hat and accessories of the
same color. Her corsage was of val
ley lilies and sweet peas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Devore left Immediate
ly after the ceremony on an extern
ded northern trip. Upon their re-
turn to this city they will be at nome
at 1415 Louise street.
Mrs. Devore has many friends in
this city who love her for her sunny
and amiable disposition.
Mr.. Devore is a Montgomery man,
having moved to Birmingham several
years ago to become manager of the
Alabama Traffic and Inspection bu-
reau.
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Mr Adveutures5 RaggedyAnn
s. .'4Ra99eAyAnAy a
dXsgOa by Sekmy SrueN< esq.,
coprr,h, BY JoANNv cRIlsllE An RsA.. R..e,y.l

| You wouldn't have to move a single
thing"
"Then tell us what you think about
| it, Raggedy Andy Raggedy Ann
said.
Wen" Raggedy Andy replied, cit
seems to me that the wonderful
magic castle has been made by some
one so that whoever enters the magic
castle can enjoy the wonderful mag
ical things in the wonder room. And
If everyone who goes into the magic
castle carries away some of the won
derful things. in very short time
there would be nothing left! And SO.
to keep people from carrying the
things away, the magical things al
ways come back to the wonder
roomi"
THAT is so" agreed Marggy's
! Daddy, "and it was not right for US
to take theml"
Indeed it wasn't! Raggedy Andy
said. And that is why the wonder
full things left the suitcase and re-
turned to the wonder room. SO IL you
wish to have the magical things, in
stead of trying to take them home
with you, you must bring your home
to them. Don't you see? You must
live right in the wonderful magic
castle and have it for your home"
Wheel" Marggy's Daddy cried,
Tragedy Andy thought of the incest
wayl For it is lovely to live in the
wonderful magic castle, especially
now that Marggy and her Mamma
are with mel"
And we will have Raggedy Ann
and Raggedy Andy and Mr.. Doodle
and the kind Dragon live here with
u.s." laughed Marggy. And everyone
was so happy, they caught hold of
hands and danced around in a ring.
Il wouldn't take the magica
things home, If 1 were you!" Raggedy
Andy advised.
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RANDOM ..07ES

Mr.. and Mrs. Quintard Wright OF
Americas, Ca, announce the birth of
a daughter, January s, whom they
have named Sara Ann. Mrs. Wright
was formerly Miss Augusta Gill of
this city.
Mrs. Lee Poe is leaving today for
a visit of several weeks in Ander-
son, S. C.
morning to attend the marriage of
her brother at Greenville, S. c.
Miss Rebeckah Frazier returned to-
day from Montgomery. where she
was one Of the Cut-of-town guests at
the inaugural ball.
Mrs. D. S. Meyer and Mr.. and Mrs,
Leopold Locly of Birmingham have
arrived at the Hotel Chatham, Van
derbilt avenue at Forty-eighth street,
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Burgin an
nounce the birth of a girl. born
January G.
MISS trace NaldfOp ana MISS Bed
trice Alledge have returned to Jem-
ison after visiting Mrs. w. E Greene.
Mrs. George j. Roebuck of Huff
man is resting we'll after an Illness
of several days.
Mrs. Roberta X. Borden, of the
Louie Compton seminary. spent
some time last week in Tuscaloosa
as the guest of the Kettle Drum"
which organization invited her to
make an address.
Miss Hattie Morton was the week
end guest OF friends in Montgomery
where she attended the Inauguration
on Monday.
Mrs. Isadore Lass of Brooklyn, n.
Y. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lass at their home. on, Ar
lington avenue, Miner Heights.
Mrs. H. w. Bostick. who has been
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MOTHERS OF
FAMOUS MEN
IE MOTHER OF LOUIS AGAssIz

THE MOTHER OF LOUIS AGASSIZ
A beautiful spirit or love and COM
partnership existed between Louis
Agassiz, the great naturalist, and his
mother, a woman of charm and intel
lect Specially suspicious circum-
stances surrounded the mental union
between mother and son. In the first
place he was the child of a very
happy marriage, which made him
much loved at birth Secnodly, his
mother had had four children before
him, all Of whom had died in child,
hood, and his infancy was watched
over with all the fear and trembling
that such an experience would foster.
However, he seemed to grow into
healthy boy, and his mother, who
for the first 10 years of his life was
his only teacher, realized that his in
terest in animals and nature in gen
eral was more than the usual childs
fondness for the outdoors. She there
fore nurtured this inclination in him
and nodded her teachings along the
lines of the boys natural impulses.
By this Intelligent, loving and sym
pathetic mother, then, he was spared
the anguish that SO many great men
have gone through, the making of a
false start and the Withholding of
parental approval of chosen occu-
patton.
This same sympathy ruled tho
mother when he became a man, and
she helped him as much as she could
with his work, as she had done III
childhood with his games. All his life
she remained his closest confidante
and his most intimate friend. He sur
vved her only six years.
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away for Kenneth Lang.
1t was not different from other
days that he had spent under DR..
Grants roof-except that he was
more perturbed than he had hereto
fore been.
He tried TO get his mind off the
subject of his mothers proposed visit.
But newspapers, magazines ami
books failed to distract him. He was
determined upon one thing, namely.
that he and his parent should go
on to Saxville Immediately. He would
not subject his hosts to the ordeal
of having a critical guest under their
hospitable roof.
How he was to make the physician
agree to his early departure he di'!
not know. He must plead business
and the desire to see how things
were, running at the bank as rea-
sons for leaving as soon as possible
after his parents arrival. The ease
lGying woman of fashion would be
only too anxious to move to more
luxurious quarters.
Then. when he was in Saxville
again, he would hide from his mother
any evidence of possible physical dis
comfort caused by his journey and
would urge her to return to Maine
or to seek relief from boredom at
some popular resort. He would have
no difficulty IN persuading her to dc
this.
After she had once more left him
to his own devices. he could come
back to Southold to see Ruth.
Always supposing she would allow
him to return without some good
and sufficient excuse.
The Greatest of Excuses
That he loved her was sufficient
excuse. He would confess this love to
her when he got the opportunity to
do so. That, is il her manner encour-
aed him in his hope that she would
not be angry at such a confession.
Today he had no chance to observe
her manner. BY eleven o'clock she
came out on the veranda and ex-
planned that as there was to be a
cake sale and supper in the church
parlors, she was on her way there
now to help about the preparations
for the occasion.
II am on the committee to attend
to the affair, she said, land I must
be on the spot. The sale begins at
4 this afternoon-so I will come back
home and dress and go right back
for the rest of the afternoon and eve
ming. Martha will look after you
during my absence. and Father will
be at home to dinner and supper"
HE is not going to the church
supper" Kenneth. asked.
In the back of his mind was the
absurd idea that perhaps he and his
host might take their evening meal
at the church, waited on by the fair
daughter of the house.
Father at church support" Ruth
scoffed. mo, indeed! You could not
drag him to what he calls a tea
fight" He gave me a generous check
for the cause-but will not go him
self. l do not really blame him." she
added seriously. TT is awfully hot
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Zone Trick a Day"


Fill two tumblers to the very brim
with water, SO that neither will hold
another drop, then tell your audience
that you mean to invert one on the
top of the other, so that You will
have a solid column of water.
This may be easily accomplished by
placing a sheet of paper over one OF
the tumblers, which enables you to
overturn 1t at your pleasure, and
when you have fixed the tumblers
rim to rim you may draw the sheet
of paper away.
Then ask how to empty the top
tumbler without touching it. AL
though many suggestions will be
made, only one solution is possible.
Take a thin tube of some sort and
blow downwards upon the glasses at
the point where they meet. The
water will come bubbling out-but
it is advisable to have the glasses
standing on tray or bowl of some
sort.
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The
Greater
Love
A NEW ROMANCE
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE
WATER
CHAPTER xxx.
A NEW ROMANCE


Ruth Grant did not speak for
some minutes after her father had
gone into his office. leaving her and
Kenneth Lang alone on the side We
randa.
The girl had finished sorting the
various articles to be mended, and
her hands lay idly in her lap. Her
eyes were fixed on the branches of
the tree at the end of the screened
retreat.
Her companion drew a cigarette
from his pocket and lighted it. Then
he took it from his lips long enough
to say:
II beg your pardon! May 1 smoker
Certainly" Ruth replied. But she
did not change her position. nor did
her gaze shift.
Lang smoked fast and furious. His
smother was coming. She would bring
her hypercritical and suspicious pres
ence into this tranquil home. She
would wonder how he had managed
to be content here. She would ask
him questions, and make comments
that would irritate and exasperate
him. If he had only known earlier
he would have telegraphed her that
ne would meet her in Saxville. Even
81 he had to risk his health by travel
dng, he would have left rather than
have her come to this place.
But now 1t was too late to con-
slider this. In spite of his keen
chagrin he felt no resentment toward
his host. DIR. Grant had done what
he believed was right. That he had
been mistaken was not his fault.
The invalid started lightly as Ruth
spoke without turning in his d.
rection.
Ruth Apologies
Il am very sorry" she said. that
father wrote to your mother. Bur
he--and Ibid not understand. OF
course, 1 knew nothing about 1t until
suited me before writing, 1 would
have advised him against it. And
yet-when Mrs. Lang's letter came,
and father read it to me. fancied
that you would be glad she was
coming. Yeti can see why, In one
way, you are not glad--that you are
upset about it,
What do you mean?" he de-
manded. II am not upset-at least
not at any thing your father has
done. 1t was mighty good of him
to go to all that trouble-and more
than good of you to be willing to
have a complete stranger as guest
in your home. Don't you suppose
that l know that it will be an in
convenience%
II am not a fool-and I can APP
Npreciate that, as / have your guest
room, it will be confoundedly uncom-
Portable for you to put my mother
up. She ought to go to hotel. Or
1 ought to go to one-if your father
would let me make the move"
"The hotel here is a wretched
place. Ruth remarked gravely. Mrs
Lang would be more uncomfortable
there than here-even."
She said the last word almost in
voluntarily and caught her breath
when she uttered it.
But Lang had heard it and chal-
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lenged 1t.
What do you mean by that?" he
demanded a second time. DO you
fancy for a moment that I am afraid
my mother will not be comfortable
here?'
Honest Opinion
YES" the girl said frankly. "To
be honest, l cannot help knowing
that you must feel that. You say
you are not fool" with a nervous
little laugh. "And 1 hope 1 am not
one either. So l recognize that your
mother, a woman of the world, who
stays at fashionable hotels, who dis
likes small towns, who is accustomed
to luxury. will be uncomfortable here
in this cottage where there are only
small rooms, only one bathroom and
few modern conveniences. And IL
you are worrying because she has to
stay here while 1 do not blame
you bit. You love her and desire
her comfort"
That had not been what he was
worrying about. Yet, how could he
tell her that he was not dreading
his mothers discomfort, but her re-
marks with regard to her discomfort
her censorious criticisms of the
surroundings that he had grown fond
of-the man whom he respected
the girl whom he loved more than
everything else in the world?
Ruth" he called her again by her
first name as he had done last
night, ct cannot explain-Just yet
being here. AS told your father,
80 NJ
journey. when do not need her. But
It is not this alone that makes me
deprecate her decision.
"Sometime-if you will let mo
I will explain to you my attitude of
mind. Just now I must not. I am
asking you to trust me until then
and to believe that I am most CRATE
full to you and your father for all
the trouble you are going to for my
mother-and me-"
As SO often before, Ruth looked
him straight in the eyes as she an
swered:
you must not feel Obliged to ex-
plain now or later" she said simply.
II believe you absolutely. Please do
not worry about anything. II you
worry. it will only retard your COM
plete recovery. And you are so much
better that it would be a sin for
you to have a setback.
"And If you will excuse me. will
go in and consult with Martha about
the meals for the day. Here Is the
mornings paper. Father cannot
read it while he has his patients in
the office, so I will turn 1t over to
you"
CHAPTER XXI
The day dragged itself YEARLY
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yesterday from Montgomery. where
they attended the inauguration.
Mrs. Robert Fonville and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack Clay are motoring through
Florida. While away they will visit
Mrs. Meanwhile, formerly of Besse-
mer, but now of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Eugene Brown and Mrs.
Frank Fowlkes have gone to New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs s. A. Love of Akron,
Ala, are guests of friends in this
city. having come to Nattend the
HeifetZ concert this evening.
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COMMENT ON BELL-WILSON
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Cordial interest centers about the
engagement of Miss Louise Williams
Wilson and Mr.. James Carter Bell of
Boston, whose marriage will take
place in the near future. Miss Wilson
is the only child of the late Judge and
Mrs. j. ]. Wilson of Lexington and
Louisville. She possesses charm and
culture which has made her popular
with a large circle of friends. She
was educated at Goucher college and
later studied at Columbia university.
Carter Bell is the only son of DR.. and
Mrs. Harvey Bell of Boston. He is
brilliant young attorney and is pop
ular in the business, social and club
life of Boston.
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THE FORMAL DINNER

BY JULIA HART
Miss Lydig Hoyt)

Warnings to the Hostess
Don't put jars, bottles or boxes
on your table! Individual vege-
table dishes are against all rules
of etiquette. Bread and butter
plates must never be put on the
dinner table. No napkin rings!
The damask linen cloth is always
in good taste unless refectory table
is used, when fine handkerchief
linen cloth, lace inserted and en-
! broidered, is more suitable. When
a damask cloth is used felt is
placed underneath, but the fine linen,
lace-inserted cloth must be without
lining of any kind. White satin or
any colored Innings are appropriate
only for boudoir pillows and are out
of place on dining table.
However, today many hostesses use
only doilies In setting table with
doilies you place large one in the
center and a small one at each place.
Nothing but sailed almonds and the
| decorations are placed on the table.
Everything is served from side
table. After the cloth is laid, CANDLE
sticks are placed in the four corners,
or IL two cande1abra are used, they
should be placed about half way be-
tween the center and the head and
foot of the table.
A centerpiece made of flowers with
compotiers filled with fruits and
sweets chosen for decorative effect
rather than eating, and properly
placed in the vacant places usually
make the incest decoration.
Places should be set at equal
distances and the pattern or mono
gram on the plates should be right
side up. on the right of each service
plate toward the edge of the table
is placed an oyster fork or whatever
implement is necessary for the first
course. Next to this comes the soup
spoon, and the meat knife is placed
nearest the plate. To the left of the
plate and nearest to it is the salad
fork, afer which are placed the meat
and fish forks.
Additional silver is brought in as
it is needed.
The water goblet is placed at the
right of the knives, and the wine and
other glasses are grouped to the right
of the goblet.
Napkins must be squarely folded
and placed on the Service" plate.
Place cards should be put on the
napkins SO that they may be easily
read
No bread and butter plates are
used on the dinner table. A dinner
roll is placed on the top of the nap
kin or at the left side of the place"
Commencing with the soup, thin dry
toast and additional rolls are passed.
There should be salt and pepper
pots between every two persons.
Olives, celery and radishes are
passed from the serving table.
Cigarettes are passed to both ladies
and gentlemen at the dinner.
How a Hostess Receives
At the formal dinner, as on all
other formal occasions, the hostess
stands near the door of her drawing
room. AS her guests are announced
she greets them with a handshake.
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PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION MEETS

The January social meeting of the
Jones Valley Parent-Teacher assoc
citation will be held Wednesday, jan
uary II. Miss Wilson will speak on
THE Needs of Life and Mrs. w. w.
peason will give piano solo. The
hostesses for the afternoon will be
Mrs. Grimes, Mrs. Stanley Hudnall
and Mrs. Williams.
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EDDINS-EVJNGTON
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Green B. Evington
of York, Ala, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Coralie Belle,
mopolis. The marriage will take
place on February 20 at the Metho
dist church York. Ala.
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MRS. HoRNER HoNoREE
AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. II. B. Campbell was hostess
Tuesday when she entertained with
a luncheon, complimenting Mrs. Rob
ert Horner of Notasulga. Ala, who
is her guest.
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MRS. PoRTERFIELD
HOSTESS AT BRIDGE PARTY

Mrs. Turner NJ. Porterfield is en-
PERTAINING this afternoon with a
bridge luncheon at her home.
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in those parlors at night. It's much
more comfortable here.
by the way, 1 left on the table in
the hall several books brought over
from the library for you just now-so
that you will not be lonely
Always Most And
He thanked her heartily. She never
forgot to perform kind acts, he re-
Elected. He hoped she performed
them in his case because she was in
terested in him. OF course, she could
not really love him--yet there had
been look in her eyes at times that
had made his heart before. He must
know what that look meant.
He could not know until tomor-
row. She was to be away all of this
long tedious day.
But tomorrow he and she were to
have a drive together. They would
go out into the country, far from the
village. and he would ask her to
drive slowly that they might have a
long talk. He hoped that the day
would be fair--that nothing would
happen to interfere with their jaunt.
If anything should happen--he drew
in his breath sharply and uttered a
muttered imprecation. Could he
stand the disappointment of not hav-
ing her all to himself for what might
be the last time before his mother
came?
He sprang to his feet SO suddenly
that stab OF pain went through his
shoulder.
What If his mother were to come
before he and Ruth had their drive!
The possibility sickened him. He
grew SO nervous that instead of 81;
ting down again, he began to walk up
and down the small enclosed ve-
randa. Then he strolled into the
house. The Swallowed interior was
deliciously cool and reminded him of
the day when he found himself in the
office after his accident in the glar-
ing sunshine.
He wished he was back in the Of
flee again. in and suffering, IL he
could but reyl)e all these past weeks.
Anything can get your
Martha haH come in from the
kitchen and Ltood looking at him.
d No thanks" he replied. II came
in for some books that Miss Grant
left on the hall table for me-"
Ito be continued.)