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Why the Marriage 81 the Principal Characters of This Move
Was Able to Stand tie Test Is Related il
Captivating Manner


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aid quietly You uss1k 6sts
IN ola MANS bad temper lIes
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potter more practical teacher
I can give you the e1dtesc IS ono
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lothe0ue Nationale reading AZ
about everything that happened
ii MoiEere's time. what dO Il
care what happened Ia Molier4's
timer what / want. what am
paying TOR. Is very simple thing.
Instruction In French diction.
don't see that am getting Il. :
Her accent showed that she
considered her case unassaiIably
good and reasonable.
M. vaudoyer listened with ~
tention, looking at her very hard.
and when she had sfihished Sc
nodded. ''You are right. Miss
Mills. am not teaching cor
you. I am. poor. old. impractical
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By Dorothy Garfield.
Whase Novel. the Brimrning Cup.s
Achieved Popularity Througb
eus the Country.

i III the way to the apart
"a ment / thought Of the
strange episode Of Peter
Stanley. but as soon a. !
reached my apartment. reacted
70 the environment and returned
TO the problems OF the morning.
round myself wondering what
had passed between Jim and
Ralph Lacy after they left my
Office.
lery had really always been very
kind to Marise. seemed really
fond OF her. had given her In
Vulnerable opportunities which
otherwise she would never :
What does she want 10 get
out Of nne9', Marise suddenly ask
Cd herself struck BY sudden
suspicion ana wondering why she
bad never thought Of this before.
Pondaring this. unpeeling an
other layer, an acid odor Ia her
nostrila. she struck out into I
Ionger. swlfter gait. at her old
futile trick 81 trying to hurry
away from what was inside her
heart.
The tall. slim, 1.-THE girls. walk
ing through the sweet spring
twilight looked ike the persod-
itication Of spring.tirne with BIER
kresh-young face her SiewY dark
eyes. her sensitive mobile zo,snz
red as dark red rosa.
she looked ike Youth tsetf.
welcoming Ii the new season.
Several penpIe glanced after her.
and smiled with sympathy Cor her
freshness and bloom and untouch-
ID yfrgtnal candor.
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OF
THE. FAMOUS

The story is told Of Sir Mich.
olas Bacon, a famous Judge,
that a criminal asked him tn
spare his life on account of kin.
ship.
my name is Hog and yours
is Bacon" he explained, "and
hog and bacon are so near
akin that they cannot be sep
arated."
AYE" responded the Judge.
"but you and I cannot be kin.
dred-for the hog Is not bacon
until me be well hanged"
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n "a 1e
MR. GEORGE: say Of Mrs. benson I'LL eyI yCu
always tearing each
know know that figured III I'D unpleasant
for III There's
shoudn have chance c lead decent lie Everyhng may
be well III the end for she's and she's not bad
MRS. GEORGE BY the way Roger Medfcrh has asked me-
lunch st che Union Hotel Last night at the
dance with the whole Of the evening like
very much.
Mr. GEORGE (brstlingl: Oh did he? Well. y0u don't
of man Medforth M
talk would "a about man
wi d Medforths.
MRS. GEORGE: Is that So thought said Mrs benson
and quite respectable Then perhaps you'd like
70 know that MedfOrth q the q her
get published couldn't prove
ANYTHING against may
Mrs benson. may associate with Mr. Medforth
Mr. GEORGE lsolemnly1: That's quite different
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~" OXY GRANDPA!''
shouted Bobby one day.
while we were spend
ing the summer In England.
THERE'S nest of birds up under
the caves. / can see them from
my window. Come up and see
them"
went right up to Bobby's
room and looked out the window.
That's Mrs. Wren,' said 7.
What fun" exclaimed Bobby.
Nov we must watch for the
babies to hatch out"
We didn't have to wait long.
Because one morning you never
heard such chirping and chatter
Ing In all your life. The eggs
had Matched and no parents In
the world were ever prouder OF
their children than Mr.. and Mrs.
Wren.
Il wonder how under, the sun
the babies learn to sing. won.
der il they just naturally know
how or if they are taught"
unused Bobby. 500
THAT would be very interest
ing to know. Perhaps II we
watch them carefully we can find
out" said L.
We'll, you can be sure will
watch them. The very first thing
I do when I wake up is to look
out Of the window to see the
Wren family" declared Bobby
Every morning I used to ask
Bobby how the Wrens were
getting along and he would tell
me. One morning he was so de.
lighted because he had seen four
little heads popping over the
nest.
But on another particular morn.
ing about which I am going to
tell you, thought Bobby would
burst with excitement as he
rushed into my room and gasped:
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Frenchman. Incapable of satisfy
ms practical Arnsrtcan girI.
who knows Whist sle wants and
has the money q buy 4 xois
are the racs 81 the future. You
Americans. of the past. There
= no common ground bstween.
MS He spoke mildly. Hueenla
stared. Marise WINGED
What 40 you mean. AZ YOU.
doyer2s asked Eugenia. Ars
Won sending me away7"
i'll az Ease.
he said with little smile.
'eYou have sent me away. Miss.
Mills. Gar away. And a. 20 what
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DID
HAPPEN?

1-When did Lafayette Join the
American revoIutionafy arlny4
When ala the Oxford 1n6ve-
ment IN the Church of England
take placer
3When were tlirty-eight labor
union officials found guilty oe !
dynamite conspiracy
when was Queen Victoria, =
proclamation Of neutrality IN the
civil war issued7
6-When was Cambridge, Mas
sachusetts. founded?
ANSWERS % these queries VIII Be
printed tOmOrrOWO
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

& Z ~.
"The fear Of heII's . hapgnan.s
whip"
Evidently Robert Burns resented
the constant preaching. of hell, az
his words in an, ''Epistle to q
Young Friend" bear testimony
'tQuoth the Raven Never.
MORE"
These familiar words are from
''The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poo
(18O9-1s49).
''In the busy haunts Of men,"
This expression was first nsei
by Felicia d. Hemans Q749-1s35l
in the "Tale Of the Secret Tribsi-
nal.'
"ChUUse an author as you choose
a friend"
This advice to the reader was
lndited by the Earl Of Roscom.
mon (16ss-16sN.
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate. 1ne.)
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"
landscape. and adding sadly. IAN
my life ali my life."
"But to have been-to be such
an artist az You are on the stage
surely that ought to be
enough" said Marise. This time
she spoke sincerely. out Of q
very genuine admiration Tor his
acting.
''0ne does what one can. what
one can, z said the old man. re-
signedly.. unbuttoning his blouse
and dragging II of. revealing
snuffy and crumpled garments.
He hooked. thought Marise. like
the parish priest of 8 very poor
ana neglected parish. And he
had been Cor years why, for :
life-time. one Of the most solidly
esteemed and admired actors In
the finest theatrical company Ia
the world. What more does any
man want2' Marise asked hes-
sell, wondering Why his face IN
repose was 50 bitter and melan.
choiy.
Before beginning his lesson. az
gave q last look ct SIS painting.
What do you think Of it9 What
do you think Of lt2'' he asked
suddenly, turning On Marise. the
question like = loaded revolver ar
her temple.
Diplomatic.
Much practice had steadied
Marise's nerves against any sort
of hold.up that could Be practiced
Ia social relations. She said IN
stantly. ..I think it shows one Ut
the most charming landscapes
ever saw. Where Ii the world Il
there such delightful compost.
tion7''
She was dealing with someone
infinitely more practiced !than
she. who was not IN the aIaast
taken In BY her evasion. sigh
Ing. he turned the canvas with It's
face to the easel, and M told
her over his shoulder. TITS Ia my
own country. where ought
to have stayed and been q dumb
beast. and happy. Nowlhers yon
ever heard OF. q far corner 0Kths
Pyreneea. Saint -Sauveur Is the
name And as IL. In spite OF him.
self. TO pronounce the name moved
him. he broke out. "It's the moat
beautiful place little heaven
on earth-why should anyone
leave It to spend inis life IL this
boulevard hell Of raaIignity. such
noble lines In its mountains, such
grand pacifying harmony IN the
valleys enough to reconcile q
man to being alivei Such details
- II has too! There Is q gorge
there where the gave de Gayarnie
rushes down. Always on the hot
test. dustiest, most binding sum-
mer day. It Is cool there. the sir
green like Chartres stained-glass
and alive with the thunder Of tho
water"
He frowned, shook his head.
put his hand to q book on the
table. and said. dismissing his
evocation with a shrug, .sEh> biea
Ell bien
The lesson began but Marise
heard not a word OF 1t, not q
word. She sat straight on the
hard chair. her face. q blank. AMI
walked up the street with Jeanne.
seeing in the blue twilight, the
pale face of Jean-Pierre GARNER
approaching them. The aIcovs
curtains close before her, and
Jeanne's voice was on the other
side. And then, the burst OF
mems laughter from across the
landing. cut short by Jeanne's
closing the door: and then the
heavy. dragging step in the cor.
rldor. the loud, harsh breathing.
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Mr.. GEORGE: don't
know her, but / hear she's.
pretty and clever or
course there's been 3 little
talk about her.
MRS. GEORGE con-
tenptuously Al little tallki
i like that. She filled the
newspapers Tor q month.
There wasn't only one man
III the case, there were
dozens.
Mr.. GEORGE: No. dear,
only two.
MRS. GEORGE. Well,
it's the same thing. If
there were two there might
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ANSWERS
TO Yesterdays questions.

darlington Booth founded the
Volunteers Of America' IN 1885.
r. John Brown seized the
United States arsenal at Harpers
Ferry, October is. 1859.
3-The United States entered
into a reciprocity agreement with
Canada. by treaty with England,
In 1854.
1.-THE present constitution OF
Japan was promulgated in 1889.
5-The Olympic games were 70,
vived at Athens, Greece. In 1906
Copyright. 1913. King Features IA
Syndicate. Incl
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By Dorothy Garfield
n. Z. George and HIS Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
IA Scandal

MRS GEORGE Have You seen II the papers that NJ
I Ferris i going y marry Mrs Julia benson? Really
looking lots money could have picked any girl
he goes and chooses woman like Mrs benson.
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Tllis Dau !. on Historu.

TNIS IS the anniversary 81 the Battle of Germantown
il 1777, between Washington and Howe and 1is
Hessians The result while indecsive led % Tho ak
lance between France aud the Colonies.
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Our Visiting Comets.

NEW comets are usually discovered at the rate OF
five year; but during the past six months the only
newcomer to the heavens is reported to have been
seen BY an English boy of sixteen living in Athens
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Bio Stories and Minor Events
Blue Penciled Into Quickly
Read Paragraphs.
DOlNGS AT NATIONS CAPITAL
happenings That Caused a Stir Briefly
Observation-Disclosures About h
Progress of Things In General
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON

Secretary of Treasury Mellon, re
turning from Europe. tells President
he will keep post, and reports on stu
alton abroad.
American members OF the Mexican
Commission report a basis for the e.
newal of diplomatic relations.
Senator Smoot predicts passage OF
Soldiers bonus bill.
E. T. Meredith, former Secretary
of Agriculture. is suing Senator
Brookhart for 80 cents for libel. Says
he places the senator's effectiveness
al Just that amount.
Labor Department reports employ
ment situation for July indicates a
healthy undertone through industrial
field.
Question OF the world court Is not
likely to be forced upon President
Coolidge in the immediate future.
Government, concerned over course
of coal negotiations, is still fully pre-
pared to protect public in event of a
strike.
President refuses to indorse omni-
bus public buildings bill, indicating
stormy future for pork barrel pro-
%tagonists.
Pledges Of support POUR in on Presi-
dent Coolidge from all quarters OF the
nation.
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GENERAL

France will recognize the Greek
Government.
Sir Thomas Upton arrives to chal-
lenge again for the Americas cup in
1925.
Waiter S. Ward wins Grand Jury
minutes and attorneys will ask dis
missal of murder indictment.
For the sixth consecutive day there
was frost at Oneco, Conn, the Their
mometer just touching 90 degrees, the
freezing point.
Governor Smith denied reports that
ne opposed a fight IN the state between
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion,
and Harry Wills, Negro contender.
American Legion suggests q world
conference to limit aerial armament.
Justice Doughty of Brooklyn holds
Z per cent a fair return 10 any land
lord.
Operators warn public coal will be
81 a ton higher if wage increase is
granted.
Immediate arrest awaits anyone
who is found distributing Ku Klux
Khan literature in Syracuse, N. Y.
State Department records confirm
charges Of delay by General Crowder,
ambassador to Cuba, in Capt. Smiths
efforts to recover home seized in
Havana.
General ,spect of Industrial m
pioyment situation is encouraging,
according to Labor departments
monthly review.
Appointment Of Henry Lane Vii
son Of indianapolis, former ambassa-
dor to Mexico, as ambassador to Tur-
key. when full diplomatic relations
are resumed with that country. was
urged upon President Coolidge by
Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana.
President Coolidge watches Cuban
situation closely and makes it known
he viii not hesitate to act promptly
if It becomes necessary to protect
American interests.
Department stores report 10 per
cent increase in sales over last year.
Negro committee tells General
Hines their race must control Tuske-
gee Hospital, if represented there at
all on staff.
Boil weevil plague, unless soon
checked. threatens American suprem-
acy in field. says President Bartlett.
OF the New York Cotton Exchange.
United States officials answer Ged-
des' Ellis Island complaint by saying
they are not obliged to house aliens.
Maine Governor asks Governor
Smith to bar Syracuse State Fair 70.
dec as brutal
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NATIONS BUSINESS

Committee from Chamber of Com
nerce of the United States gives
President its program for action on
Foreign and domestic affairs.
The retail cost of food averaged
2 per cent higher in July than in
June. while during the year ended
July Is the general advance amounted
10 4 per cent.
Massachusetts mayors hold a con-
f,rence on the coal situation. Mayor
Curley of Boston suggested concerted
action TO import large quantities OF
Welsh anthracite.
American and Canadian officials to
consult on means of checking trans
portation of liquor into the United
States.
Bricklayers and builders cooperate
to train 5000 apprentices in five Dor
oughs of New York.
Freight carried by nations railroads
in first six months of year sets new
all-time high record.
Sharp increases in imports from En-
rope reflects improved business condi-
tons here.
Upward trend Of gasoline prices in
New York indicated.
Shipyards gradually getting 0
business in outside lines.
Chief Justice Gummere issues man
damus requiring company to show
cause why it should not resume troll
ley service in New Jersey.
Secretaries Hoover and Work and
Attorney General Daugherty dis
cussed with President Coolidge the
Administrations attempt TO avert a
coal strike.
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FOREIGN

French officials. worried lest Amer
lea demand payment of debt, may send
mission here to ask delay.
Chancellor S"tresemann summons
cabinet to formulate r|eparations stand
and strike bargain with industrialists.
Lloyd George will sail for America
at the end of next month.
The Roman Catholic Church in Ger
many intends to form its own peace
organizations at the bishops congress
at Fulda at the end of August, it is
learned in Berlin.
Scientists foresee early fall as re-
suit Of abnormal ice conditions in the
North.
More than 100 persons drowned,
100 killed and Injured ashore and six
teen ships lost in Chinese typhoon at
Honkgong.
General Degoutte, commanding
French forces in the occupied zone,
announced that Germans found guilty
Of sabotage may be sentenced to
twenty years in prison.
The beautiful mansion of ex-Em-
press Zita of Austria-Hungary was
RACED in the devastating forest fire
which swept the French Riviera.
Mexican recognition may have to
await negotiations and ratification of
a new treaty.
Broken Casino bank at DeauYil1e
reopens for gambling.
Premier Poincare replies to Brit
ish arguments against French Ruhr
policy,
Britain IS preparing for interior
war capital because London is cas-
lily attacked from air.
Report by American Section of In
t|ernational Chamber of Commerce
calls occupation of the Ruhr an eco
nomic failure.
American block proposal
that Federation of Working Women
join the International Federation of
Trades Unions.
Eight communists killed, fifty
wounded in clash with police at Alt
dorf. Serious unrest and many con-
ficts reported throughout Duchy of
Hesse.
NOrld court, IN HrSt Qenulte de-
cision, finds against Germany in Kiel
Canal case, fixing damages at 140, 74g
francs, at 6 per cent interest.
No Mexican laws c-ontrayened in
drawing up of agreement with Amer
lea, President Obregon says in official
stament on late negotiations.
Miners and operators, believed
forced by public opinion, agree to re-
sume negotiations.
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SPORTING

Twenty-six army airplanes will par
ticipate in St. Louis air races from
Oct. 1 to 8.
Wallace Johnson and Manuel Alon-
SO beat Kinsey brothers In first Ma
tional Doubles championship.
An international race for a purse
of 800, 600 between the EPSON Derby
winner Papyrus and an American
th~ree-year-old will be held at Belmont
Park. New York, Oct. 20.
Ban Johnson, president of the Amer
lean League, indefinitely suspended
Waite Hoyt, Yankee pitcher. In Sun
DAYS game with the White Sox Hoyt
was charged with attempting to strike
Umpire Owens.
Miss Helen Wills, the e~ighteen-year-
old girl from California, became the
woman's champion, when she won that
title from Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Nal
lory on the championship courts at
Forest Hills, New York. Miss Wills
scored a surprisingly easy victory, de-
feating her elder opponent by e..
81. In losing to the young Califor-
mia girl Mrs. Mallory gave up the title
she had held seven times.
The national doubles title was won
by Mrs. B. C. Covell and Miss Kath-
leen McKane, of England, who defeat
ed Mrs. George W. Wightman, of Bos-
ton. and Miss Eleanor Goss, Of New
York.
Wildfre and Harpoon win Aston
Cup races off Newport.
Miss Wills and Mrs. Mallory reach
final round in national women's sin
giles at Forest Hills.
Australia qualities to meet United
States in challenge round for Davis
Cup by eliminating French team at
Brookline.
John (Hans) Lobert, who has
coached the army's baseball team for
several years, has signed a contract
to continue his coaching activities at
West Point for another year, it was
announced.
A new giant has entered the field
of pugilism. He is L. H. big" Mum,
0 Sioux City. Mum is six feet six
inches in height and weighs 295
pounds. Mum was a former star
athlete of Nebraska.
Pitcher Claude CLEARWATER, leading
hurler of the local Michigan-Ontario
League team, has been purchased by
the Chicago Americans and will report
to the White Sox at once.
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Establishment of the eight-hour day
in the steel industry probably viii
eliminate the labor shortage within {
few weeks. it was announced at Pitts
burgh. Thousands of men are apply
ing for work in the mills operating
under the new schedule.
A number of Irish notables have
wired Pope Plus urging papal inter
%vention to obtain clemency for Ea'
NOM de Valera.
Secretary of Labor Davis replies to
Ambassador Geddes' report criticiz-
ing Ellis Island conditions.
Mrs. Coolidge is already firing OF
the publicity which the Presidential
office has brought to her and her hus-
band. So she is now denying herself
to reporters.
Commerce Department announces
that Europe is still Americas largest
buyer, despite falling off of exports.
Farm organizations start drive for
legislation requiring labelling OF boot
leg beans and heather eggs.
Conference of anthracite operators
and mine workers resumed in Allan
tic City.
Herman Bernstein, Jewish editor,
files 5000 900 libel suit against Henry
Ford.
Poincare's seriatim reply to Britain
goes to Brussels for Belgian approval.
Owners believe tanker Swiftstar
was blown up by lightning bolt n
sank with loss of all hands.
Veterans Anti : Bonus League
planned ACKNOWLEDGMENT at expense
of Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Stars and Stripes declares.
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riod the bird used these curious claws
as Il minor means of defense. These
%odd-looking claws were inherited from
his reptilian ancestors.
For the most part the ostrich does
his fighting with his feet, and the ma
ture bird is able to deliver as power
full a kick as a heavy horse or mule.
1t is a ripping, tearing blow that the
ostrich strikes, which often results
fatally to the victim.
The ostrich is really the camel OF
the bird family, for he can go for long
periods without water where he has
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DANGER IN osTRICH'S KICK
Is Able to Deliver as Powerful a
Blow as a Heavy Horse or Mule,
and II Tears.

The wing feathers of the ostrich
are too soft to be of assistance TO
the bird for flying purposes, but they
aid him markedly in his running, says
Nature Magazine of Washington.
Strange as it may seem. small claws
occur on the wings of an ADULT ostrich.
1t may have been that II some pc
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access to juicy fruits or vegetables.
Peculiarly enough, the ostrich can
roar as loud as a lion, due to an I'M
usual arrangement of the vocal chords.
The bird generally contents himself
with kissing like an. alligator when
he is enraged, and his hiss is a sign
Of danger.