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BY WALTER D. HICKMAN
. EAUTY can be bestowed ev

n upon a love tragedy.
~ Robert Browning once wrote
1.-The Ring and the Book which
might be called a dramatic recital Of
the love affair Of two souls which
ends in a tragic success for both.
This dramatic soul poem or tragedy
has been adapted for the stage by Ar.
thur Goodrich and Rose A. Palmer
as new addition to the repertoire Of
Walter Hampden.
Mr.. Hampden chose Indianapolis,
the home Of Riley, as the first city to
see Browning's The Ring and the
Book" under the title of ''The Ring of
Truth" Last night at the Murat for
the first time on any stage this play
was presented.
Modern stage treatment. the use Of
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Mule In City Market?

White mule as we'll as soft drinks
was sold by Lee Wickard. 80, of 23O
E. Wabash ST.. at his city market
stand, according to charges police had
against him in city court today.
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Missing From Insane Hospital

James Stuckmeyer, 90, was missing
today from the Central Hospital for
the Insane. Police were asked to
search for him.
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low TIGER WAS SWIFTLY PUT TO FLIGHT

could scarcely see him at first
because his coat was a perfect
camouflage, as 1t blended with
the lights and shadows among
the leaves Of the tree.
What to do I didn't know! Un-
fortunately had not brought
Bunny along, otherwise he might
have used his Influence with the
tiger to leave us alone. I had no
gun and, let me tell you right
now, felt that we were in a
very tight place.
When the brown boy saw our
danger he let out a frightful
scream.
The buffaloes, thinking he was
calling them, came running, al
most tumbling over each other
in their eager efforts to get 10
their little herdsman quickly
for the boy had been very good
to them.
Just as they came within a
few feet OF us the tiger gave
great leap and sprang out Of the
tree. We all lodged him by
jumping to one side, and then, us
If the whole herd had received
an order from their leader, they
charged that wicked tiger exactly
as a regiment charges an enemy.
The tiger ran for his life, and
when the buffaloes saw that he
was safely oVt Of the way theJ
went on grazing as if nothing
had disturbed them.
/ lifted the little brown boy on
my horse behind me and we
drove his herd Of buffaloes IN
front Of us to a place nearer the
village, where Mr.. Tiger wouldn't
bother him or us again.
(AnOther Fine Story MOnday)
copyright, 1929, by International
Feature Service. Inc.)
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Half an hour later Neale was
still standing by the bookcase.
the book in his hand, his mouth
hanging open, shivering in the
clammy mist together with Pip
and the man with the iron chain.
An hour later he was tucked into
the Morris chair, among the
cushions Of which he hid the
book when the dinner bell made
him reluctantly lay 1t aside.
What made him hide it? An
invincible sense Of moral decency
made him hide it. He would
have shuddered. and covered like
a modest girl whose bedroom
door is opened inadvertently by
a stranger, at the very idea Ct
carrying the book to the table
and pouring out to his father
what 1t made him feel. With
a shy, virginia. delicacy, he
stood guard, half-frightened. half
enchanted, over the first warm
gush from the unexpected we'll
springs of emotion in his heart.
If his father had come into the
room, had seen what he was
reading and asked him how he
liked it, he would have answered
briefly. ooh, all right"
But for the next three days
he did nothing but live with Pip,
and feel intolerable sympathy. far
deeper than anything he had ever
felt in his own healthy life, for
the convict victim of society.
Or the afternoon of the third
day, his heart. pounding hard
with hope. he was in the row.
boat, in the track of the steamer.
The Morris-chair in which he
sat, swayed up and down tc. TIE
ocean rhythm Of the great deeps
which bore him along. He
peered forward. There was the
steamer at last, coming head on.
He called to Provis to sit still,
"she was nearing US very FAST"
"her shadow on u.s."
and then, oh, gosh! .. the
poIice-boat, the betrayal, the
summons to surrender .-E@ So;
Neale's soul recoiled upon itself
in a shudder of Mortified re-
volt. He recognized the traitor,
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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

a white terror on his face.
Grinding his teeth, Neale leaped
at his throat. With a roar the
water closed over their heads
he would never let him
go, never, never. Down
they went to the depths, to the
black depths. fiercely locked in
each others arms. Neale
smothered and strangled there
and came up into an
other world, the world Of books.
At the table that night, his
father looked at him and asked,
You're not getting a cold, are
you. Neale?"
mo, guess not said Neale,
blinking his Redeemed eyelids,
and eating with a ravenous sp-
petite his large slice Of rare
roast beef.
After that, time did not
hang heavy on his hands.
The days were not long
enough. The volume which
stood next to Great Elk
pectations" was called "The
p Tale Of Two elite s."
Which Two Cities
srxUh;oI, %,,,o oI4,~.o,, NYooIn -~-
dered., He opened 1t and began
to read. In a moment, wrapped
in a capped great-coat, shod with
muddy tack-boots, he was plod-
ding uphill beside the Dover
Mail, his hand on his horse pis-
toll. The painting rider on his
blown horse-the message, "Walt
at Dover for Mam'selle the an
swer in capital letters, IRE
CALLED TO LIEF
With long, quivering breath
Neale slid back century and a
quarter. into a world vibrating
with sorrow, hope, indignation,
hatred, love.
Social Injustice
He dipped his handkerchief in
the muddy wine spilled in the
street, he looked up, not sur
prised to see the squalid Joker
scrawI Blood" on the wall; he
climbed the filthy staircase, and
averted his eyes in Mortified SYM
pathy. from the ruin Of humanity
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THE WAY TO
PROMOTION
BY VIM. A. McKeever-

TOY, sit down and think 1t
over. There is some rea.
~ son why you are not max
ing satisfactory progress-if such
is the case.
Thinking will redirect you, will
save you. So do not rush on i'm
pulsively and without your mind
to direct your effort.
Perhaps your hand is the lag
gard. Whether you are jeweler
or a bookkeeper or what not. it is
seriously your duty to examine
the stroke of your hand to make
certain that there is not loss of
effort or waste in each move
ment.
Study the methods Of the best
workman in your line. ask him
many questions as to how he gets
results. Then adapt rather than
adopt his ways of doing the work.
Determine before you cease this
line of effort that you will i'm
prove the competency of your
hand so per cent or more.
Now, question your mind. Is
your thinking fitted to the work
of your hand? Are you giving
enough thought to IT, and that in
the right way? Above all things
else, are you learning to visualize
yourself as succeeding rather than
falling? If, for example, as a
bookkeeper, you allow yourself to
say frequently, Il always begin
a new account wrong" that state
ment reveals that you are think
ing Of the error and thus holding
it in your habit of performance.
Think the opposite, affirm it Sc
cretly, and soon this better way
will come out in action.
Finally. consider your heart
along with your hand and head:
that is, your sympathy, Before
you may reasonably expect to go
forward quickly to promotion you
must see the human side of YOU
work-must see that your en-
ployment Is somehow a help to
mankind; that the human family
has need OF you; that you arc
one Of the great mass of persons
who are alike struggling to get
something worth while done; that
there are many who would like
to help you on your way, AMI
many whom you could cheer and
assist; that the eternally~ human
within you Is but a part Of
the eternally human within the
masses and that this human stuff
In an expression of the Divine.
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SECRETS OF HEALTH
AND SUCCESS
T SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT FAILING IN LOVE

or may be the victim Of
disease-all of which excites sym
pathy, and sympathy is akin to
love.
The woman has beauty, grace
or culture. or all three. She is
amiable and docile, or has spirit
and DASH" Or she dresses well
and has social charm.
Secondary considerations, such
as wealth and social position,
may enter into the attraction on
both sides.
This is a fair outline of the
basis of appeal, and it must be
allowed that all of these con.
siderations are important and
ought never, consciously or un-
consciously, to be ignored.
But as a basis of appeal for a
life association that shall deter.
mine the happiness and welfare,
not only of the contracting par
ties, but of their children, these
attributes and considerations are
defective in at least one impor-
tant particular.
This is, that neither of the two
persons first influenced by it
has taken into consideration
consciously, at least-the quail
fications of the other for the
sacred office of parenthood.
We would have the falling in
love" go on as ever before, but
we would have the motive under
lying it broadened, strengthened,
exalted by a frank and intelli.
gent understanding Of this vital
phase of the question.
MOnday-What You Can Do to
Help Danish '"T. b."
Copyright 1923. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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all the time nowadays that
don't see how I'm going
through the summer without es-
tranging all my relatives and
friends" writes Isobel K.
IT am a widow with three chill
dren to support, the oldest Of
whom is fifteen and able to look
after the house during the vaca-
ton months. But even with her
at home to tighten my burdens
somewhat I can hardly hold my
self together and be civil either
to my friends or to my office
mates. I cannot look forward to
any change or vacation, because
cannot afford it. I would not go
away without taking the children
along, and I cannot manage to
give them anything more than a
days outing now and then.
at am earning enough to keep
up a decent little home and dress
fairly well, but cannot have any
of the things crave. I am thirty
five and can't make myself feel
middle-aged or contented with my
lot. Can you suggest any way for
me to get along without an ex-
plosion such as might cost me my
job, make my children miserable
or cost me my last friend?
Perhaps this doesn't seem Sc
rious to you, but it is driving me
half crazy. I hold on to myself
and hold on until think I am go
ing to scream. want to be amia-
BILE, but am so worn and hot
and tired don't know how to
fight my nerves"
It is no easy task for any of US
to fight our nerves, especially when
hot weather makes our belief in
them especially clamorous and
strident.
Yet which Of us is willing to be
at the mercy Of nerves" which
Of us wants to be the victim Of
conditions? Meme of us wishes
to yield to the things we ought to
handle and conquer. and vet most
Of us think we must do just this.
I believe that every one of us is
entitled to control over himself
and the beliefs he entertains. Now
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who sat In the dark, cobbling
shoes.
And then, sbrushed In with
great, colorful strokes, the causes
and authors. OF the filthy stair
way, the squalid joker, the
ruined man, the endless misery.
With the four serving-men pour
ing out the chocolate Of Monseig-
neur, NeaIe began to burn. like
a carefully constructed bonfire,
alight at last. 49,
He had never in his life before.
given a conscious thought to So
cial injustice or the poor. but
every instinct for fair play, sound
and intact in his heart, flared up
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holly and honestly, as he gave
himself naively to the spell Of
the magnetic exaggeration and
emphasis Of the story.
He had had" the French
Revolution in his history at HAD
ley Prep. and could have recited
correctly almost any date in It.
But. quite literally. he had no
idea until after he had finished
the story, that this painting,
bleeding, weeping, thundering
book had any connection with
what he had learned at school.
David Copperfield" was good,
not so terribly exciting as the
others, but solid food on which
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Why the Marriage of the Principal Characters of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

tors?" he cried, but the girls de-
INJURED. It was 5 o'clock. they
had, to go home and dress. They
laughed over nothing at all. shook
hands with Nea!e, told few friend
ly lies about bis progress, and
walked off laughing over nothing
at all, swinging their rackets;
white shod, yellow-haired. pink.
skinned
Little Insipid
Dear little sweethearts, aren't
they?" commented Don. "a little
,insipid, like most nice girls, but
you have to take what you can
get. Polly's dub at tennis, OF
course, uses her racket like a snow.
shovel, but she's not such worse
little flirt. Look here, Crit, old
boy. I've got to say in this stink
ing hole all summer, examining for
deficient exams.
1.-THE old man won't let me 90 to
the Water Gap till I can answer
those damn questions. And there
isn't a soul to play with but those
girls. It's rotten for my game.
Why don't you come out l1ereH
Come tomorrow. OF course. you
can't play, but TIL teach you. I
can teach anybody"
Neale blushed and accepted the
magnificent offer.
well, Ia. to, old man; sorry
you can't stay to supper"
Neale mounted his wheel with q
very high heart. This was some
thing like. Something was begin
ming to happen in his life. Wasn't,
Don great? As he rode home he
decided that he would ask his~fath-
er to let him go to Princeton. Don
was at Princeton.
But he didn't. Father read him
mothers latest letter, all about the
particular great-aunt she was visit
ing In Cambridge, and after they
had commenced on this. father look
ed at his evening paper sideways
as he ate, and Neale went over in
his mind the events Of the after
noon, and the wonder OF Don
Roberts turning out such splen-
did fellow, such good sport, such
clothes, such a way with him.
Go Be Continued Monday
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wv HILE we were in India,
" Bobby had made great
w friends with a young
boy who tended a herd Of buffa-
loes. He was a nice little fellow
mot much older than Bobby
and as he spoke some English It
was interesting for Bobby to play
with this little Hindu boy and
learn about the habits and GUS
toms Of the Hindus from a play
mate Of his own age. Bobby
called him "the brown boy"
One afternoon after tiffin-you
know that's what they call lunch
In 1ndia-we started off for a
ride across the plains and Bobby
suggested:
Lets ride out and see the
brown boy, Foxy Grandpa. He
must get awfully lonely off there
on the plains all by himself with
nobody to talk to but buffaloes."
That's a fine idea," agreed,
and we turned our horses heads
In his direction.
We cantered along over the
plains and soon in the distance
we saw the herd Of big lumber
ing buffaloes, and there sitting
under a tree was the brown boy
looking very sad and lonely.
When he saw us coming he
sprang to his feet and jumped
for Joy as we dismounted and sat
down by him.
had brought some chocolate
along in my pocket and the two
boys were chattering away and
crunching the chocolate as happy
as two CLAIMS at high tide.
All OF a sudden we heard a
rustling In the tree under which
we were sitting. I looked up and
1t was a moment before I real
lied that there was a huge tiger,
crouched in the branches.
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MR.. GEORGE: / don't, only
MRS GEORGE: Only you think about yourself and how it
will spoil pleasures suppose it never strikes what
child have kept in bed in this hot
weather. feeling ILL., too to take interest in books
to have mental amusement.
MR. GEORGE WE'LL you disagreeable enough last time
got chill and had to postpone going away You're
fault
MRS. GEORGE: Well, it your fault you got a chill
you cold if you would the river with
Mamie and stay there half the night
MR. GEORGE politel May point out that were not talk
ing about Mamie but about John. *>1@
him long that suppose the poor child will have die
real interest in him. Wicked And by the
way you look rather flushed wonder whether it's you
whove got measles and have given it to john
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sentiment of love-fhe love of
man and a woman, each for the
other.
What, then, is meant by fall
ing in 1ove?"
First and foremost, although
possibly quite subconsciously, it
IL a manifestation of sex attrac-
tion-a drawing together of a
man and a woman in response TO
the fundamental natural law un-
DERIVING the very existence Of
the race.
But why does each Of these
two attract the other?
Probably, IL asked, neither
could put the answer into words.
The first unconscious reason IS
to be found in proximity. II we
care to speak of sex attraction
in terms of physical law, we
may say that 1t, somewhat like
the law of gravitation. is effec-
tive inversely to the distance.
But, having met, having seen
each other once or repeatedly,
certain qualities are discovered
that make each of the two at
tractive to the other.
The man is perhaps strong
physically or mentally. or both,
able to cope with the world, to
make a living. to build a nome
and to protect a wife and chill
dren. Or. possibly, he is physl-
cally weak. mentally not strong,
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Neale, aware for the first time q
his hunger, feasted with a deep
content, all except the parts
about Dora, who made him tired.
After this, for a change. he
reached up to a shelf above and
took down at random one Of the
set in green and gold binding.
This was Kidnapped" There
after he read nothing but green
and gold, till his eyes gave out
and his father drove him out to
spend a whole afternoon on his
wheel.
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floor. did not suffer any pain, but I
was decidedly nervous and could not
sleep. For nearly two years was this
way, and the doctor was frank enough
to tell me that he could do no more
for me. Shortly after this I happened
to see in a newspaper an advertise
ment of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. In few days the med
icine was in the house and had begun
it's use and I took it regularly until
/ was well. recommend the Vege-
table Compound to others when /
have the opportunity. - Mrs. MAY
LINDoU1sT, 2814 independence Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, 1.-THE Brimming Cup .
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

~-~HAT was there to do?
" He got on his wheel
over the Plank road as far as
Passaic. swept through Mont
clair, the Oranges, out to Eliza
beth and home through Newark.
Home was just as dull as he had
left it. Neale was bored to des-
peration. and on a chance went
into The parlor and opened the
bookcase. He was no great
reader. In his own room there
was a fair collection Of Henty,
G. Manville Fem and Harry
Castleman, but none Of these
seemed worth re-reading. He
didn't suppose these groWr-up
books in the library could be
worth anything, but he took
Gown a volume To see.
"Ours was the marsh country,
Down by the river, within twenty
miles of the sea- Ny first most
vivid impression Of the identity
OF IElDgs seems to ME to have
been gained on a memorable raw
Afternoon towards evening. At
such = time forr1 out for ccr-
tain tat this hi =. place over
grown with nettles was the
churchyard and that the
dark fiat wilderness beyond the
churchyard intersected with dykes
ard mounds and gates. with scat
tered cattle feeding on it. was
the marshes; and that the low
lea5en line beyond was the river;
and that the distant savage lair
from which the wind was rush.
ing, was the sea; and that the
small bundle Of shivers growing
afraid OF it all and beginning TO
cry, was Pip.
Hold your noiser cried q
terrible voice, as a man started
up from among the graves at
the side Of the church porch.
Keep still, you little =devilE or
I'll cut your throat "
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come into the mouse, anu
everybody will shun me as
a sort of germ carrier. Of
course we can't have our
dinner party on Friday.
And I shouldn't wonder if
| caught it. Children are a
sickening nuisance. There's
always something the mat
ter. I
MRS. GEORGE: Really
you are without exception
the most heartless man I've
ever met. I suppose you
think poor little John is
going to have measles on
purpose. That he likes
mon S1os
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MOnday-What You Can Do Il
Help Eanish "T. B."
Copyright 1923. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
So 1t Seems.

You seem very keen on these
success articles. Have you
learned the secret yet?
We'll, from most of them it
appears that a successful man
gets that way solely because he
denies every natural, normal
human impulse
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HOT DAYS AND LOST.
TEMPERS
e CHEERFUL IN SPITE OF DISCOMFORT

when you find an intruding belief
in your thought, why should you
not refuse to entertain It precisely
as you would decline to have as a
guest in your home some one you
did not like?
But what Isobel K. and most Of
you do is sweep the hearth and
garnish the room and welcome
the annoying, morbid, terrifying
thoughts we say we do not want to
have around.
By the end Of the summer you
will have grown so much in self
control that you Will find your
months we'll spent in building q
disposition rather than in-learn'
ing to swim!
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men. the sac
rifle e a n d
martyrdon of
w o m e n, the
a C h ievements
OF ambition,
I h e destinies
of nations and
the welfare of
ra c e 8 have
b e e n, and
rightly S h a ] !
continue to be
actuated by the
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EV Err YD
MISTAKES
In Speaking

Wrong.
eff chewed habitually the teeth
become red from this herb"
Right.
IF this herb is chewed habitu-
ally the teeth become red"
The first sentence Is senseless.
owing to the improper use of
the participial construction. The
connection between the participle
and the noun it modifies should
always be clear.
Wrong.
Address" pronounced address,
with the accent on lad"
Right.
address, pronounced lad
Dress" with the accent on
"dress."
Wrong.
at was in a 'Chinee' restau-
rant yesterday.
(Copyright. 1898. King. Features
Syndicate. 1no)