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WILL PLEASE MUSIC LOVERS
Waoner's "Llebesverbot," Practically
Forgotten, 10 Soon to Be Issued
by a Berlin Firm.

Announcement that a Berlin firm of
music publishers is about to issue the
score of Wagner's "LiebesverbOt" will
be hailed with acclaim by music lovers
throughout the world.
prohibition Of Love-" to translate
the title, was written during the youth
Of the famous composer. and shows
more plainly than do his other earlier
works the period Of transition through
which he passed before he matured in
to the producer Of the compositions
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light signals. operated from the same
electric circuit. Mounted SO as to be
in plain view Of the hoisting engineer
from his station, is q bell to which is
attached a colored lamp that lights
at the same time the bell rings on
signal from one Of the mine stations.
Another lamp on the bell base indi-
Gates to the engineer that the sys-
tenn is operating when he wants to
repeat a signal or to give one, for
which purpose he Is supplied with a
conveniently located circuit closer.
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Recovering Tar Products.

A combination distillatiOn and
burning process in which the tar
products are driven off from coal be-
fore being burned under boilers. is
now being introduced in Germany.
Coal from the bunker is fed to the
boiler furnace through a retort. at the
bottom OF which is a distilling cham
Der facing the glowing fire on the
crate. The gases driven Off from
the coal discharge into an ex
traction apparatus alongside the
boilers. and sthe tar, ammonlacal
liquors, and other products recovered
This method is said to be more efii.
cient than the separate gas and
coking plants.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
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The DetestabIo Dance.

VIII "The Last Waltz" lead to Q
revival Of the waltz In England2 Miss
Milford, the sedate author Of "Our
Village" would have been Mortified at
the very idea. Writing In 1914, she
described the waltz as "detestable
dance" adding, "In addition to the
obvious reasons which all women
ought to have for disliking it. can
not perceive its much vaunted graces."
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Fingers Made Musical.

Musicians need long and supple
fingers. Those whose fingers are short.
and who have musical ambitions may
he interested to know that European
has invented a machine that will make
musical fingers. The hand Is inserted
in the machine and pressure is applied
In such way as to stretcn the bone
and fex the joints, without pain or in
jury, so the inventor says.
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New Safety Signal System.

A new safety signal system, de-
scribed In Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, and developed with especial ref
erence to the requirements of coal
mines and other underground work
ings, but applicable to many opera
lions above ground, has for Its princi-
par feature combination Of bell and
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impossible Happenina.

"What terrible thing 1t must be-"
said he, "fOr woman to discover a
iore-letter in the pocket of her hus-
bands coat just after she has mended
II neatly and lovingly!" The woman
smiled. THAT could never happen"
she said. "The woman would find the
letter f1rst-then she would not mend
the coat"
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Always Some Cause for eIadne...

1t avhils us nothing unduly to be.
moan our errors or losses. For hap.
pen what may to the man of simple
faith. still, when the last minute comes
Of the sOrrOwful hour, when the week
or the year Is ended still will he find
some cause for gladness as he turns
his eyes within.-AIaeterlinc
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A Tooter.

"A man dat brags about hiseslf,"
said Uncle Eben. "is generally like a
filvver wher' muffin ain workin' but
de horn. n."-WashingtOn Star.
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MuMPs

An epidemic of .swelled heads
seems to be taking shot at the cit
izens of Thurmont and vicinity again.
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II has Been Observes.

Libertines are hideOus spiders that
often catch pretty butterfies.-Diderot
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ORDER NISI ON SALES
NJ ornn TH.I

ORDER NISI ON SALES
No. 1892 Equity.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick
County sitting in Equity
March Term, 1923
In the Matter of the Second Report
of Sales filed the 9th day of April,
1928.
Charles H. Brown and Nettie ]. Brown
his wife
VS..
Dianna Brown, widow, ct al.
ORDERED, That on the 25th day of
May, 1928, the Court will proceed to
act upon the Report of Sales of Real
Estate, reported to said Court by
Charles H. Brown and Vincent Sebold
Trustee in the above cause, and filed
therein as aforesaid to finally ratify
and confirm the same, unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown before
said day; provided a copy if this order
be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Frederick county for three
successive weeks prior to said day.
The report states the amount of
sales to be $7,521.00.
Dated this 9th day of April, 1923.
ELI G. HAUGH,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Freder-
ick county.
True Copy-Test:
ELI G. HAUGH, Clerk.
Vincent Sebold, Solicitor. 5-34t
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Mankind Not 0reaarious7
OF an animals, men Is the least suit.
Cd to live In nockS.-Rousseau
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MONEY LOANED

on HIGH GRADE first mortgages
IMPROVED FARM LAND, tracts
IS acres or more.
Herbert c. FOoks
Munsey Bldg, Baltimore
8-24-1yr
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genuine forgetfulness Of The
weather. Also, caught up into
another world as she was, she
forgot for an hour or two all
about the white rosebud.
But she was reminded Of 1t as
she opened her eyes the next
morning. It was her fifteenth
birthday and to celebrate it,
Jeanne had already been out to
the market and brought home
great bouquet of white rose buds.
She was lettering around, pre-
tending to pick up the room, but
really waiting to hear what Mar
Use would say, so of course Mar
Use must conquer the nausea
that white rosebuds gave her and
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out surprise, az though they had
been expecting this. Mardse start
ed up, suddenly very pale, put
on her wraps In great hurry
and ran to where Jeanne was
waiting for her. Jeanne looked
Just as usual, although every
thing else seemed to have changed
in an instant and to look threat.
eningly upon Marise.
Your mamma Is home from
the baths" said Jeanne, as
though she were saying something
she had made up to say before
hand, land she doesn't feel very
well. Since Monsieur Is not here,
thought we would better come
and get YOU"
Terror.
Marise seized Jeanne's arm and
dug her fingers deep into II,
Jeanne Jeanne
nothing's happened Ma-
mas not
Jeanne said with the very ar
cent or truth. mo, no, no.
Madame Ii not dead--never fear,
my darling. Sne Is only very
Is. nervous" She said +
with the very accent of truth.
but Marise knew perfectly
well that Jeanne could say
anything she pleased with that
accent. She never believed q
thing Jeanne said unless she
knew 1t already.
But In spite OF herself she was
relieved from her first wild panic.
Nothing so very bad could have
happened, with Jeanne standing
there. carved out OF brown wood,
just as usual. They began to
hurry up the narrow shortcut by
the market, and Jeanne told her
little more. Maman had come
back by the. first train. She
must have taken the afternoon
train down from Saint Sauveur to
Lourdes, and have waited hours
in the station at Lourdes, till
the westbound train from Toa1.-
louise came along, And she had
come in. perfectly worn out. stag
gering, and pushed right by
Isabelle to so to her room. And
she had locked the door. and
wouldn't answer when they
knocked. and wouldn't open when
they brought a tray with some
food, only called out to them in
queer hoarse voice to get Soeur
Ste. Lucie. And they could hear
her crying and sobbing. so they
had sent Anna Etchergary to get
the nun, and she. Jeanne, had
come Of her own idea to get
Marise
Marise read into this Jeanne's
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buds. Down below the surface
where she kept her real feelings
she heard a sick sort of laugh.
What she said was, with fervor.
"Oh, yes, Jeanne, a thousand
times better!' (You might as
well make it a thousand Times
while you were about it,
well, T should hope so" eaid
Jeanne, satisfied at last.
That morning when Marise
stepped into the courtyard at
school q group Of older girls had
their heads together ever news
paper, and when they saw her,
they all started. Elsie Fortie-
rolled the paper up rapidly and
put it In her leather portfolio
with her school books. They
looked at her very oddly. Four
years ago, Marise would have run
up to them, demanding, WHATS
the matter? What makes YOU
look 30 funny? What il it in
the paper?" That was before she
became aware of any nire in the
world, invisible, wide-spr eading,
into which almost any casual in
quiry seemed likely to plunge
you. Marise knew what it was to
have some of that indelibly stain
ing mire splashed upon her, from
q look, an information or e phase
that meaning expressed much
more than 1t said. She walke1
with desperate wariness now.
trying to pick her way dry-shod,
In the dark. So that morning
she was only afraid that the girls
would tell her what 1t was they
had found In the paper that
made them look 50. She pre-
tended that she had seen moth
ing. ran up to them with a
funny story to tell, and went at
once to hang up her wraps n
the hall outside the classroom
door. Sister Ste. julie passed.
her and said, "Good morning,
my child" 1t seemed to Martse
that she too looked queerly at
her. She reached her hand over
her shoulder to make sure her
dress was hooked. and felt Of the
ribbon in her hair. No mirrors
were allowed inside the school
and convent walls, or she would
have stepped to look in on to
see what was wrong.
At II O'Clock while the class III
advanced geography was recit.
ing, the street bell rang. Sister
Ste. Marie went to answer. and
came back to say that Mile. Allen
was wanted. Her mamma was
i'll, and the bonnie had come for
her. ALI the girls turned in
stantly and looked at her with
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like the genii put its greatness at
the service Of the being who knew
the charm to free it from i'm
prisonment.
Stronger there, as you come
up from the bass said Mile,
Hasparren. and Marise knew
from her voice that she too was
soaring up. And yet, although
she sounded no longer dull and
weary, but strong and joyful,
she abated nothing Of her exact
ing rigor. mo, don't blur it be-
cause you make it louder. Don't
lean on the pedal. Clean power
Of stroke, that's the thing for
Zach. Now try again. Roll it up
from that, lowest note, like a
mid-ocean wave
She listened, all her personality
concentrated on her hearing. her
head turned sideways, her eyes
fixed on q point in the very far
distance. With all her intelligence
she listened, and when the i'm
mature intelligence OF the pupil
faltered or failed, she came swiftly
to the rescue. ''No, take care!
you're losing yourself in that
passage. You're playing each note
correctly but you, haven't the
sense of the whole thing. There's
g. rhythmic progression there that
starts four measures back, and
doesn't end till you swing into
those chords. Don't lose your
way in what is only a little or
namentation Of the line. See, to
here-all that is half OF the rhyth-
mic figure, and here it is repeat
ed In the bass. Now again! Read
it SO the meaning comes out"
The nimble flexible young fin
gers went flying at the passage
again. guided and informed by
the ripe soundness Of the older
mind. and from passage which
Marise had physically mastered
as mechanically as she would an
exercise. she heard the master
voice speak out again.
Hard Work.
Her teacher leaned forward be.
side her, working as hard az
Marise. although she did not
touch the keys. Four years of
incessant work together had made
them almost like one mind. From
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Why the Marriage Of the Principal Characters This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

dislike Of the nun and her usual
suspicious idea about poor Maraan
that It was all just some new no
ton Of hers. But she also felt
that the old woman had had .
real fright and she walked faster
and faster.
The door on the landing was
ajar, and inside the hall they
saw . tall old monk. his bare feet
in sandals, his bald head bowed
over his clasped hands. his lips
moving In prayer. When he saw
the girl and the old servant. he
made way for them to pass. and
without interrupting his prayers.
naotioned them to enter. His ges-
ture was 50 inperious that with
out word they tiptoed In past
him. Isabelle. her eyes wide, and
not as red-faced as usual. was
standing uncertainty In the door
Of the salon, her apron up to her
lips, looking scared. ''soeu- ste.
Lucie has gone In to Madame.
she said to Jeanne In 4 whisper.
she said you and Mademoisslle
were to 50 to Mademoiselle's
room and wait until she came"
The Silent Question.
Jeanne inquired wildly with .
silent jerk Of the head who In
the world was the monk who
stood praying before Madame's
closed door: and Isabelle answered
with . desperate rolling Of her
eyes that she had no more idea
Of that than Jeanne.
They ali went down the cOrri-
dor on tiptoes. to Marise's room,
where automatically Marise took
off her hat and coat. She saw to
her amazement that Jeanne had
dropped down on the crimson
quilt on the bed. Nothing that
had happened bad startled Marise
30 much as to see this.
Almost at once Soeur ste. Lucie
entered. and coming up to Marise
put her arms around her and
kissed her very tenderly Then
she turned and motioned the two
servants out Of the room, II must
speak to Mile. Marise alone" she
said. Isabelle was only too glad
to go, but Jeanne looked furious
and stood for q moment with
darkened face. lowering down on
the nun, as if she were on the
point OF defying her. But she
finally thought better Of II. and
followed Isabelle out.
no Be Continued TomoFrowl
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The Story of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
Each Other Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

; time to time, they wiped the per-
SEPARATION away from their fore
heads with hasty pass of their
handkerchiefs, Mile. Hasparren's
gesture as hurried as Marise's.
''Pearly in the treble-clear,
clear-try that bar Of triplets
again. Again! Again! Once more.
There, now start at the double
bar-like running water. No, not
so much shading, ugh! no, that's
not classic, let 1t speak for itself!
You don't need to use those theat-
rical swells and die-aways Eere.
You're not playing Gounod. Start
that movement over again. Every
notes a pearl, remember, string
them together in a necklace.
Don't tumble. them in a heap"
They were still at 1t, laboring,
like slaves, putting their backs
into it like ditch-diggers, exalted
as young-eyed cherubim, when
Jeanne came discreetly to the
door to look in on them. This
was her decorous method Of in.
timating that she was about to
put Marise's dinner on the table.
"Oh. la! la! cried Mile. Has
parren. sis it as late as that?
And my sister told me to be sure
to start early enough to buy
some salad for our supper" She
slammed on her. hat, took her
bag, and darted away.
Her Birthday.
Marise got up. feeling numb,
flung her arms high over her
head, and stretched herself like a
cat. although she knew that like
any other vigorous and forth
right bodily gesture this would
call down q reproof from Jeanne
as not being 'convenable." But
she did not care what Jeanne
said to her. She did not care
about anything in the world but
the deep-rolling waves Of rhythm,
and the clear tinkling rain OF
pearls which went on and on in
her head as she ate her solitary
dinner, and studied her lessons
In her solitary room afterward.
When Jeanne came to set up
her bed for the night, she re-
marked What a horrid sticky
lot day 1t has been"
HAS it?" asked Marise. in
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By Dorothy Garfield.
whose Novel, ''The Brimming Cup"
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

-UT this hot day Of early
spring she thought neither OF
America or Of hats, as she
plodded silently beside the equally
weary school teacher, through
the dusty stone streets. the
depression which had hung over
her all day deepened till she felt
ready to cry. Wherever she looked
she saw Maman standing in that
atealthy attitude, looking out or
the window. Mile. Hasparren's
worn, swarthy face, under her
homemade hat. was palmer than
usual.
Isabelle let them in to the
SIMPLY salon, with her usual air
Of being cheered up to have
something happen. and bustlingiy
arranged two seats before the
piano. Mile. Hasparren took Off
her hat and pushed her fingers
through her CRAVING hair. Ma
rise fumbled among the music on
the piano and pulled out what
they were working on, the Toe
cata in D minor. She flattened
It out with both hands on the
music-rack above the keys. and
rat down. She raised her fingers,
made sure of the notes OF the
first twiddle. and began to play.
She had not wished to take
this music-lesson. She had been
hot and listless and tired: with
q secret heartache and dread
like a black shadow on her heart.
She had sat down before a great
black vanished wooden box and.
detached, indifferent, preoccu-
pied, had set her fingers to push
ing first one and then another
bit of wood covered with white
bone.
And what happened?
Out of the black, Vanished f'ox,
ike the mighty genii Of the Ara
ssan Nights. scared something
BEAUTIFUL and strong, something
that filled the dreary. empty
salon and her heavy heart with
sonorous life, something which
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WHAT A GREAT ENGINEER LEARNED FROM A
LITTLE WORM
LITTLE WORM.

~ OBBY, Bunny and I were
fascinated as we watched
H. the workmen, as busy as
an army Of ants. going into and
coming out of the entrance to q
tunnel. The tunnel was being
dug under the bed Of a great
river, and as we stood there chat
ting with one of the engineers in
charge, I said, solemnly:
What wonders men work.
The young engineer laughed as
he replied:
yes. but not the wonders that
animals do. Perhaps it would in
terest you to know how Sir Isam.
bard Brunei got his idea of the
way to build the first great tun.
mel under the Thames river in
England"
Indeed, 1t would" I answered,
politely, but thinking all the
while that I would be bored to
death with technicalities. Yes,
that's long word, children, but
what I expected the young man
to talk about would have been
just as clear to me as that word,
maybe, to you!
So imagine my surprise when
my engineer friend said:
"Sir, Isambard learned to build
that great tunnel from watching
a teredo."
"a tornado?" I exclaimed, for
that's what I thought he meant.
mo" laughed the young man.
"A teredo--a worm. It's a long
white worm with a waist measure
of about an inch, but that worm
is almost a yard long, and what
powerful little wriggler he is"'
"A worm" I exclaimed.
Eyes" continued the young
man, she can bore his way
through a wooden ship and ruin
the hull. In fact, at one time,
the whole country of Holland
was in great danger from the
teredos. For, as you know, a
great part of Holland lies be-
low the sea level and the dikes,
which are built of wood, keep the
sea from rushing in and destroy.
ing the property. And it was
these little teredos which caused
so much damage by weakening
them with their tunnels. 20 that
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE

Something is rotten in the state
of Denmark"
When things are not going as
they should, with the business Of
a firm or a political body, the
general comment is couched in
these words, which are from
Shakespeare Hamlet"
1--WE have met the enemy and
they are ours"
This was the message sent by
Oliver Hazard Perry to General
Harrison after the battle of Lake
Erie, September 10, 1913.
"By hook or by crook"
Spenser Q552-1599) in his IA
nous poem, "Faerie Queene,"
first used this phrase to express
the getting a thing by fair or
foul means. It comes originally
from the shepherds practice of
selling a sheep with their crooks
or with hooks made from branches
of a tree or hedge.
copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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don't think your fidelity is strained Remember the
has to be attracted before she becomes dangerous
MR. GEORGE (fatuous): Oh that's all right.
MRS. GEORGE know should love to feel that
being tested indeed tempted and resisted
should feel that moral
fiber was being strengthened Also it would
to feel that other absolutely pnng you should
be o proud to have captured
MR. GEORGE: And feel all that dear since 50 far
always it isn't you think for
keep himself only but it's worth it! It
makes feel noble against worldly
MRS. GEORGE How splendid Of you dear! but remember
that though takes make temptation takes to
make a fall.
Copyright by
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exclaifn that they were lovely,
and kiss Jeanne and thank her
and lean over them and smell
them raptuously. What q lot OF
this sort of thing there was to
do, Marise thought, II you didn't
want to hurt peoples feelings,
or let them suspect things you
didn't want them to know.
Jeanne tried to restrain herself
to decorum, but her overwhelrn-
ing jealousy Of any one else who
touched Marise's life was too
much for her. They're nicer
than one wilted old thing Cab
rielle Meunier gave you, heinz"
Marise understood then why
Jeanne had chosen white rose.
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OF
THE FAMOUS

Ignace Paderewski, the pianist,
has disclosed his secret for keep
ing his hands supple.
THE night before I play turn
my hands over to my valet, and
he rubs my fingers until they
tingle," Mr.. Paderewski said.
Then he takes one finger
after the other and turns and
twists it in the palm of his hand,
always turning the one way.
That makes the fingers supple,
and keeps the knuckles in good
working order.
Then he rubs the palm OF
each hand very hard-as hard
as can bear it. Just before I go
on the platform to play I have a
basin OF hot water brought to
my dressing room. In this / i'm
merse my hands.
Hot! should say so; just
about as hot as it is possible for
a man to stand II"
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By Maria JeritZa,
Famous Prima Donna Of the, Met.
ropoIitan Opera Company and
One of the Worlds Most
Beautiful Women.

One of the Worlds Most
Beautiful Women.
A RE your wrists as lovely az
~ you wish them to be? Per-
"A haps you have never even
thought about this particular fac
tor Of good looks, yet it is on. the
wrists that disfiguring wrinkles
are wont first to appear, giving
an aged appearance to a hand
that may be in every other re-
spect youthful.
Folds of flesh are another dis
figurement sometimes seen on
the wrists Of a stout person. Gen.
eral reduction is the best remedy.
Also, exercise for the wrists will
tend to reduce their size by keep
ing circulation vigorous, thus us
ing up excess fat and reducing it
to trim. symmetrical muscle.
Make sure your wrists are as
smooth and unwrinkled as your
hands by giving them the same
care you gave your hands. Wash
your wrists carefully in warm
water and pure soap, rinse and
dry them carefully, and apply
now and then your favorite hand
lotion.
In case your wrists are wrin-
killed., rub a nourishing cold cream
in the skin occasionally at night,
just before you retire. Massage
H. in with the same vertical move
ments you would use in smooth
ing a pair of new gloves over
your wrists.
The wrist is extremely i'm.
portant to graceful movements of
the hand and arm. You have
probably realized this to your
sorrow IL at any time either
wrist has been "out Of commits
sion"
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Resisting Temptation.

MRS. GEORGE weary !:
Oh, dear, oh, dear; there ne
goes again.
MR.. GEORGE (unde-
terred): / say one of the
noblest sides of my nature
is that though ! have .
strong sense Of beauty,
though women delight me,
/ never give one of
them more than q thought.
It's rather hard on me, rs
upon the others. It's too
bad that a mans fidelity
should be strained like this.
Don't you think 50, dear?
MRC CEOREE. But