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Degree of Honor Meeting

Red Cloud, Neb.. Nov. 16.-The local
chapter of the Degree of Honor is
convention to be held here November
27. The Guide Rock. Blue Hin and
Bladen lodges will be the guests Of
honor.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-11-17
Alleged Lincoln Forger
Arrested in California

Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. Is.-Rush
c. Noble was arrested here today
on a charge Of forgery which he is
alleged 20 have committed in 1sin-
coin. Neb. ! II was stated by officials
that he obtained $4,000 by forvery
from the First National bank Of Lin.
colin
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Revival at Red Cloud

Red Cloud. Neb.. Nov. Is.-Tha
union evangelistic meetings which
opened here in the Baptist church ara
drawing splendid crowds. Mrs. VII
cox. the evangelist. a resident Of this
city is preaching.
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The Weather

For "a hours ending o. m. November
IS. 1923.
Temperature.
Highest, 49, lowest. 3s mean. AZ: nor
nal. 49,
Total excess since January l. 200.
Relative Humidity, Percentage.
n. m. rs. noon, 6t 7 .. m, &C.
Precipitation, Inches and Hundredths.
Total. Q. total since January 1. 30Sii
excess. 90.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Nebraska-Fair Saturday; littl
change in temperature.
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Marriage License Applications

Leslie j. Marousehl Aveny. Neb.. .... 30
Cecilia Debella, Omaha. a..............1S Is
Filed November 10.
r. O. Haley, Omaha ha..................fi
Huth Lee, Onahas s.+.s.s....... lb
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Marriage Licenses.

Arvid G. johnson. Omaha. ........-.2 %
Hazel c. Jolson. Omaha .............2 20
Francis p. Johnson, Omaha. 20
Martha Ieavitt. Omaha........,. ,....,2i
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Married i'm Council Bluffs

The following persons obtained mar
riage licenses in Council Bluffs yester
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-21

father. reverting to the abandoned
theme, proceeded on the assumption
that she had. I'm glad you see 1t
that way. Trix. It's no Disgrace to be
ignorant of things you care nothing
about-things that can neither please
VOC nor hurt you r a thing that
can please you or a thing that can
hurt you, you want to know all about.
Take this society chicken-feed. 1t mar
not seem worth while; 1t Isn't, until 1t
can get you somewhere you want to
go. or keep you from getting there. II
II can, it's important. I've had to
study etiquette. of lots of different
kinds. My life's depended on 1t, more
than once. In some of the queer places
I've BEEN On my knowing how to do
the right thing with a mouthful of
grub, for instance.
"Of course with noe, now, IT'S differ
ent- They know I'm hard-boiIed, and
they suspect I'm dangerous. That's
why they put Henry Craven into the
company: to watch me. Henryl He's
all right, at that. They know, some of
'em, that I'm a better man than they
are. and they like me to be what they
call unconventional They have to
like 1t, because they know l can get
away with It,"
but you'll want you to learn their
game. You can do 1t: I've seen that
already. But It'll mean watching 'em,
learning their tricks"
Beatrice pushed back her chair and
rose. "All right, Dad" she said, "Pn
be good. I'll go with her to Cape Cod.
or wherever IT is" She paused to
shoot an impudent grin at him. 'You
see, she invited me this afternoon.
Made me promise to ask you If /
might CO."
Then, laughing over his look of
blank discontinue, she came round the
table and kissed him. But it wasn't
the sort of kiss she'd had waiting for
him at five o'clock that afternoon.
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the mountains called ST. Moritz, where
they have winter sports. Well have &
grand time, little girl. as soon as I dare
take my hands off this thing. For a
while I'll have to stick tight And
that1l give you time to learn the game.
Their game, d'you see. Trix? Be
cause they're got one, and 1t has to be
learned. You'll be able to play IT.,
when you get the hang OF 1t, better
than those kids you saw today. They
were born with it In their mouths;
they don't even know It's game. If
they ever had to learn a different one
they'd be lost. But you and | aren't
like that. We can show 'em a few
things they don't know, when the time
comes. Well, how about it7 Is that
a bargain?"
Arson had come In Il. announce din
ner, and was waiting, respectfully and
rather spectraily. In the doorway. for
his employer TO finish speaking.
serious reply wasn't possible, just then
ooh. / suppose So" she said, but
without any idea that. In doing so.
she'd signed treaty.
But they hadn't been alone over the
cofree-cups two minutes before her
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-21
By HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER


| Margaret explained). young girls Of
about her own age. After the buzzel
had announced them in the vestibule
her hostess told her, swiftly, who they
were. One was Dorothy Williamson
whose father had gone In with hers
in the new flax business. She had got
back, only the week before. from her
school, Thornycroft, In the East. The
other was her particular friend, Sylvia
Stannard.
When a telephone call took their
hostess out OF the room, for quite a
long while. the vacuum got higher
than ever They didn't talk about
men at all even with this opportunity,
and 3eatrIce's attempt to introduce
the topic was, as her instinct had
warned her 1t would be. blank fail
ure.
II think Henry Craven's a peach !"
Beatrice had volunteered, apropos OF
something that had been said about
Margaret. 81 had a lot OF fun with
him at dinner the other night" Then.
uneasily aware that both the other
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-21

1T is only few years." remarked
tourist the other day. "since fresh
flowers were considered a great lux
ury at sea. The voyager was deluged
with bouquets on sailing. but these
soon faded. Sometimes the first cabin
passengers arranged with the steward
to have flowers kept on Ice through
out the crossing. Today the flower
shops on the great liners sell fresh
flowers in variety every day through
out the crossing. Some of the flowers
are actually growing when the ship.
leaves port. and are picked later that
they may be perfectly fresh. The sup
ply Of cut flowers in the ice boxes.
is large and varied, no matter how
cold and stormy the weather By pay
Ing the price any one can secure a
bouquet from the sea florist as fresh
and charming as ashore. On a recent
trip a well-known society woman Of
New York introduced a novelty In the
matter of flowers. She appeared on
deck with fresh orchids every day.
There was little difference between the
bunch discarded and the fresh flowers
but no orchid was ever worn more
than once
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mother has had talk with her, any
how. And she probably Is all right
though she may be a little high and
mighty. They're all that, one way and
another. But, with them. the point is,
II isn't a bluff. They really are like
that not putting 1t on. They know
they're solid. and they don't-give a
d-n for anybody.
Take those WiIliamsons. l didn't
understand 'em till | saw where they
lived They've got one of the most
beautiful places I ever saw, up at Lake
Forest. Acres and acres of it, don't
know how big II is. And house as
big as hotel. But 1t might be five
room cottage for anything they care
They have things as they like; do and
dress as they please. There's no one
to tell 'em what they shall do or what
they sha'n't.
well, we're going to be like that
ourselves. We are now, only they
haven't found It out. altogether. Some
day We'll have place like William
sons. I'm not as rich as he Is now,
there's some of them we'll find pretty
dull and stufry, but there're others
that aren't. I've found that out al
ready. On the whole, once they see
we're inside the fence, they're q per-
fectly friendly lot. And as good 4 lot
to settle down among as you'll find
anywhere. Well, and that's what ware
going to do when I've polished of this
fax business"
The girl stirred impatiently. She
was standing at the window, looking
out over the lake where q bank of
heavy clouds was coming up with
summer shower.
Her father rose and came toward
her. How does that strike your" he
asked.
II suppose it's all right to settle
down some time," she said "Only that |
Isn't what I'd hoped I'd do with you. ! !
thought maybe we'd go of somewhere |
together, exploring like you used to. |
Down in South America. / found some
letters once that you wrote. mother |
Long ago that was, when / was a little |
girl, but I've never forgotten the things
you told about. She'd have hated 1t
all, of course, but I'd love 1t. Riding
over mountain-passes and crossing can
yons on rope bridges. Finding out
seeing things nobody else had
seen. l wouldn't be afraid anywhere
with you"
He was silent at that, and, from a
glance she stole at his face, thought
ful. For q breath-arresting moment
she believed he was entertaining her
plea seriously, but, a the end of 1t,
ne laughed "Out In the middle of
hat" he said, with gesture toward
he lake, with gale blowing up. and
/ rotten, little. leaky dugout. Padding
or your cheap life; balling. And then
/ night on shore, without q fre-noth-
ng to make 1t with and not daring to
'isk 1t If you had" He drew deep
'reath. mo, this Is better, when
you've got your grip on It,"
He turned to her. well travel.
rrix. Well travel a lot. Don't you
worry about that. Wen go to places
We never seen. any more than you
Paris. and Madrid, and a place up In
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am well assured that marriage Is
not merely an affMr for the indivld-
uel. Both church and state do well to
concern themselves with 1t, writes
Maude Royden in the Atlantic
Monthly. But let them do SO at the
right end-that Is to say, at the begin
ming. To fail In marriage is a great
and tragic failure-tragic for the mar
ried partners, even more tragic for
their children. Every one should be
taught to think Of marriage as a high
and sacred responsibility. Both church
and state-but especially the church
should regard 1t as a grave indictment
against themselves that any of their
members should marry without know
ing what they are about Ignorance1
and levity should be made impossible,
80 far as any teaching or moral au-
thority can make them so. No one :
should be allowed to admit failure
lightly or quickly. Every effort Shout q,
be made to create deep sense of rel
sponsibility, to induce those who have
failed, to try whether success be NOT
yet possible. But so long as either
church or state bases its laws upon
fction-as long as their morality leans
upon dishonest but absolutely rigid
pretense-so long will they shirk the
harder but truer duty Of intoxicating
so high an ideal of marriage. so deep
a sense of mutual and racial respon-
sibility, that both separation and di-
vorce will at last become as rare as
they are always tragic.
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There are just now several Maua
Mullers down in the south end OF
Brooklyn, says the New York Sun and
Globe. The modern Maud Muller
Is big and brawny and of southern
European extraction. She wears red
skirt and a green waist and on top
of her head Is white towel-like gar
ment that serves as hat. She's the
Ice mans wife and she shakes a
wicked rake as she gamers the hay
cut down by realty developers who.
care for the streets In that section.
The moving machine clips one swath
on each side of the walks. Then the
ice wagons appear all the way from
Coney island and Bay ridge. The
man rests at home, but his woman
gets in the winter provender for the
horse
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'cHAPTER v


Slmone Greville once spoke Of d
group of women, which had included
Violet. as perpetual tasters of sensa-
TONS mostly mental; passive epicures,
waiting to be made to feel. She said
she didn't know whether their pre-
cocity had exhausted them before they
were ripe or whether they had too
many ideas to leave room for anything
else, but she'd come to believe that an
astonishing proportion of them, any
how. went through life passionless,
frigid. missing the great thing alto
gether.
AS applied to Violet. this was pretty
good diagnosis, II by Violet one means
merely what Violet meant to herself
the only Violet she knew or, until her
thirty-ninth year, suspected the exist
ence of.
When, on that notable Sunday morn
ing In May, she'd had her first taste
Of Joe Greer, she'd consciously admit
ted nothing-really had been aware Of
nothlng-that differentiated the expe-
rience from a series of forays to the
pantry that went back twenty years,
to her first experiment upon her boy
cousin, Henry, undertaken during
summer tour the Prince and Craven
families had made among the French
chateaux.
Her experiment with John William
son, while 1t got from the fact Of their
marriage social significance that was
revolutionary and, she assumed. per-
manent, was not, In Its psychological
aspect, very much more important than
some Of the others. The first weeks of
marriage had given her some appalling
hours, of fright, of revulsion, and of a
wildly incredulous disappointment.
But the subsistence of all this had been
an acquiescence, little lronic, but
near enough contentment to pass for
it. SO that was what 1t was like
Very well now she knew.
John developed, under her spirited
pruning. into, really, an old dear; jolly, .
just bit outrageous now and then, in
dulgent always and sometimes sympa-
thetic. She had an immense pride In
his weight and position In the com
munity, and she was deeply impressed
by the discovery, once In a while, of
something she couldn't make him do.
She was terribly fond Of him."
He was easily the most important
tenn In her landscape, but he'd long
been, also, the most familiar one. A
aew item-especially II strange. almost
nonstrous. as Joe Greer appeared to
5e-was, naturally, subject for la
vestigation. John, thank goodness, un
derstood this perfectly 1t would have
been terribly silly of him. of course,
to make fuss, though there were
husbands, Violet was well aware, who
did.
Sophisticated as she believed herself
to be and as, In the true sense Of the
word. she was, yet. in the valid expe-
rience Of life, she was deficient to a
degree that might fairly be called per-
verse. If her case were not so common
among carefully nurtured American
women. What she had told Joe, about
going through life waiting for door
to open and coming to the conclusion
that there was no door to the thing |
she was in, had been, so far as shs
knew, merely a part of her technique |
a useful Item in her standard roper
tory, which could be counted upon to |
get almost any man, even the most re-
uctant, started. She hadn't the dim
NEST notion how profoundly true 1t |
was.
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girls were looking bit blank, sh
added, "You know him, don't your"
"Rather" the Williamson girl an
swered. Hes my cousin. Yes, he's
lamb"
| Beatrice flushed and looked away
II was as II door had been shut IL
her face.
There broke over Beatrice wave Of
something like inconsistencies. Home
had never been place she'd con
sciously loved. She'd never found
much sympathy or security In 1t; mol
anything better than meager and un'
satisfying spiritual fare In the world
that surrounded II. But Its inhab-
itants and their codes and standards
were, after all, familiar and Ineligible
TO her. These people were aliens,
They left her out, not so much from
malice as from the lacl- of any con-
nective medium. She glanced round,
desperately, at the clock; 1t would be
almost an hour before Burns would
call for her with the car. Luckily, the
other guests went earlier, and she ey-
perienced certain relief at being left
alone with Miss Craven.
Just as she was leaving, an invita-
ton for visit to the Cape Cod cot
tage was extended in a way to show
that 1t was meant and rlust be, In
some fashion, dealt with.
"Wby, it's frightfully kind oe you"
Beatrice said. 81 don't think father
means me to go away again as soon
as this I've just come, you see.
But I'll speak to him about It,"
dol" said Margaret. IF he's go
ing to be away himself any time this
summer. up In the Northwest where
they're building their fax factories. 1t
might just fit In"
Beatrice awaited his return from the
office that evening with an emotion
that was more filial and domestic than
anything she had felt toward him be-
fore. She'd hoped he would be early
something he'd said that morning had
led her to think he might be-but the
better part OF an hour passed before
she heard Arson letting him in, and by
then she was on the verge Of tears.
Unluckily. too, he came to her full of
of his own. He was very
jovIal about It, whatever 1t was, and
the hug and kiss he gave her, though
vigorous and enthusiastic, lacked the
tenderness she, for the first time. want
ed. She released herself with move
ment Of petulance which caught his
attention.
whats the matter with your he
asked. Getting lonesome?
'T'll make II up to you now, though"
he went on. "What can you think OF
that II would be fun to do7 / guess
we've seen most Of the shows, but II
you want to repeat on any Of them,
I'm game. And there's still time to
go downtown to dinner. We won't
stop to dress; you look great just as
you are"
you hate that red dress of mine
| know you do" she said. II guess
you're ashamed Of me In It," Her
voice broke over that and betrayed the
fact that she was crying.
There was a long moment before he
made any response at all. She had
sense Of him. for she didn't turn to
look, standing unnaturally still and
not looking at her. Then without
for he moved lightly and the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-21
THE OPEN poor

SYNOPSIS. - Joseph Greer, q
black bearded pirate OF fifty,
having discovered a process OF
extracting fiber from fax straw.
is male director of big corpo-
ration. For years distrusting
men of affairs Greer has played
a lone hand. Now holding what
he considers the winning cards,
he is willing to sublet his wits
TO wealth. To protect his own
interests, Joe has foisted his own
secretary, Jennie Macarthur.
upon the company. Henry Cra-
ven. bank clerk related to John
Williamson. the millionaire back
err OF Greer's new company. Is
offered by Williamson the posi-
ton OF treasurer OF the new COM
pany. with the generally under
stood purpose OF watching Greer.
Craven accepts. Joe tells Jennie
about his wife. who is about to
divorce him. and his nineteen
year-old daughter Beatrice,
whom he has never seen. He is
planning 10 force the daughter
into Chicago society. Joe goes
to a Weekend party at William
sons house, where he meets Vio-
let, Johns wife, and is strongly
drawn TO her. He fascinates her.
Beatrice arrives and father and
daughter get acquainted.
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1.-THE trouble with you 10 that
you think you are still in the
jungle"
cTo BE coNTINUEDo
A Good Chance.

Friend-Why do you think the edf-
tor will use your poem7
Poet-Well, when was In the Office
swiped his waste basket. SO he
hasn't any place TO throw 1t.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-21

An equiiatersi triangle is a three
sided figure with all fts angles equal
to its side.
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Things which are equal to the Same
thing are equal to anything else.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-01-26
CHURCH ELECTS

At the annual meeting Of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church of Skann, the
following officers were elected:
Vice pastor, G. H. Bomgren.
Deacon for years, Ernest Fred
rickson and Nels Rylander.
Trustees for 8 years., Olof Nord-
quist and Ernest Nelson.
Supt. of Sunday School, Miss Dag
ney Gust.
Organist, Miss Dagney Gust.
Janitor, Ernest Fredrickson.
At this meeting the election Of a
pastor also took place. The theo-
logical student, Enoch Sanden of
Rock Island, ILL.,, being the candidate.
When the vote was taken all voted
in the affirmative and he was declared
elected 1t is sincerely. hored that
this call may be accepted. Mr.. San
din served the church at Skanee dur
ing the Christmas vacation and be-
longs to the graduating class of the
Aupustana Theological Seminary at
Rock Island. He expects to be or
dained at the synodical meeting in
June.
Rev. G.. H. Bop,gren of Calumet
conducted the meeting.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-01-26

by the degree team of Byrkkia Hive
of Hancock, this hive also being pre-
sented with the prize for having the
largest number in attendance at the
meeting. Considerable business was
transacted and several very interest
ing talks were given. The meeting
was in charge of District Deputy Ida
M. Major of Houghton.
In the evening the association held
an open meeting which attracted a
large number of ladies from all parts
of Houghton county. The feature of
the evening was the address given by
Mrs. Alta N. Fulcher. representative
of the state health department. Mrs.
Fulcher is a very fluent speaker and
her talk was very interesting. Those
present were unanimous in saving the
session was one Of the best they had
ever attended. During her talk Mrs.
Fulcher took occasion to compliment
the copper country members Of the
Lady Maccabees on the manner in
which they conduct their business
meetings. The stated the Afternoon
meeting was one Of the peppiest she
had ever attended and her recitation
of "Pep" tokk the house by storm.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-01-26
MUSIC SELECTIONS THIS WEEK

Rarcarolle from the "Tales of Hoff-
Offenbach was born
in 1919 at Cologne but became nat
uralized Frenchman. He was the
originator of opera bouffe, a lighter
type of opera with comic tendencies.
He was very prolific writer, writ
ing many operas for his own com
pany which be directed for eleven
years. The "Tales of Hoffman" was
his last work and was produced in
1881, year after his death. His
works are mostly satires and have
not had the fundamentals of great
ness. Many Of them are forgotten
ond he is remembered now principal
ly by his Tales of Hoffman, of which
the Barcarolle has become very pop
ular. 1t has received many settings,
for different instruments and voices
but in the original it is written as a
duet for tenor and soprano.
Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhauser.
Richard Wagner, 1813-1883. Born
in Leipsic. From early boyhood
Wagner's life was one of more or less
struggle against poverty and disap-
pointment. At that time such was
the popularity Of Italian and French
opera that German found it very
hard to even get hearing much less
Ia production of his operas. After
many attempts more or less success
full it was not until 1912 that he
scored real success with the produc-
ton of the opera "Rienzi." After this
period his fame was assured and he
wrote many operas of which perhaps
Tristan and Isolde" is the master
piece. Wagner was the originator OF
the music drama as opposed to the
old style Italian opera. He wrote
his own dramas as well as the mu.
sic and also wrote several Theoretical
works. Tannhauser was first per.
formed March 13, 1861, at the Crane
Opera in Paris.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-01-26
BARAGA

A million and half feet of logs
will be hauled into the Baraga Lum-
ber Company's mill yard this win
ter. The timber is coming from the
several jobbers who are cutting the
company's timber, the hauling by
sleighs being good at present.
Mrs. Peppler Of Ashland left last
Saturday for Chicago after few
days visit with Mrs. John N. Cote
Night Electrician George E. Def
foe Of L'Anse spent Tuesday in town.
Misses Ethel and Ebba Johnson
visited in L'Anse last Friday.
VIM. Mayo is rebuilding new
home on Lyons street. His dwelling
was recently DESTROYED by fire.
Little Florence Hill returned to her
home Monday from L'Anse, where
she visited the week end with her
aunt, Mrs. ]. H. Mclean.
w. c. Birk returned last Saturday
from two weeks business visit, in
Cleveland and Chicago.
Charles Kelsey Of L'Anse was at