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Evening star., 1924-09-14

sarcastic and critical about her hair
or her clothes, Mimi felt she couldn't
stand it. There were tears behind
her eyelids-tears of defeat.
And there sat Kirk, cropping, with
actually a half-smile on his lips, for
whatever it was that eluded him.
Groping-Kirk, too? Funny, if that
were possible.
Mimi came slowly back. She stood
beside the settee, looking down at
him without a word.
Sorry 1 was cross, honey"
The old tone. She hadn't heard it
in months. 1t had been months since
Kirk had apologized for being cross
to her or she to him.
x Z x x
CHE murmured an unintelligible re-
~ ply. To herself she was praying
fiercely over and over again, Don't
cry. You know how he hates it.
Don't cry"
Game home with a rotten head
ache Kirk reached up one hand
and Mimi let him have hers to hold,
still wordless. Been working too
hard. ] guess. I hadn't told you-I
was afraid ] couldn't put it over
Potion. the fellow in charge of the
Office, is resigning, going to Califor-
mia to live. Chance for me to step
into his shoes. I'm almost certain of
it now from something the old man
said to me today. Didn't mean to tell
you till / had it cinched. but
But what" asked Mimi unstead-
lily.
He drew her fingers across his
cheek with gesture her heart re-
membered-grinned, half sha mefaced.
"Oh, I had sort OF lonesome
streak tonight
Evening star., 1924-09-14
BY Fanny Heaslip Lea

I wouldn't care so much. There'd be
some dignity about losing a man to
another woman! Or because he'd
gone down with boat. Or UP with
a train. But to have hinn-I did have
Kirk at first! We were crazy happy.
We were like a couple of kids; To
have him and lose him like this! To
lose all the lovely side Of him and be
left with a stranger on my hands-a
J stranger who doesn't even like me
| as don't even-"
But she couldn't pretend she didn't
even like the stranger. She couldn't
| make herself say 1t even to herself.
Desolation overwhelmed her at the
realization Of how much she did like
him in spite of everything.
She glanced back over her shoulder
at Kirk. He had dropped the paper
Eonce more. He was lighting a fresh
cigarette. He was smoking too much,
always a sign of overstrain with him.
Mimi said before she could stop
| herself, II thought you were going to
cut out smoking for while"
did your said Kirk.
Hopeless-worse than hopeless.
She couldn't make him hear her across
the gulf. His eyes rested on her
! without seeing her.
X i; \
WELL. Mimi had made her little ef-
w fort. She had held out her fu-
tile olive branch. Kirk hadn't so
much as been aware Of it. He hadn't
recognized her flag of truce-hadnt
cared enough to recognize 1t.
Blind and deaf and cold he was.
Let him go his own way and she'd
go hers. Love was dead between
| them. There wasn't a chance in the
world of getting back the dream.
Mac and the gray girl might have
better luck. Across yellow windowed
houses, across dark, roaring streets,
to that imagined room ovelooking the
| lights on the river, Mimi sent her
| sardonic fluctuations:
Il hope you'll be happy-whiIe it
| lasts.'
She turned away from the window.
She took a book from a little table
and tucked it under one arm.
In the doorway leading to the bed
| room she stopped, because Kirk called
| her name suddenly.
I'm going to bed
What for? It's only s o'clock"
She looked at him in silence-a
small, listless figure-wearily, re-
| sentfully conscious in that moment
| of her rumpled frill, her rumpled
hair, her shiny elbows. her shabby
skirt that needed pressing. Perhaps,
| aItef ALL "hat man wanted was
prettiness. properly cared for. The
gray girl-exquisite as a flower Just
! lifted out of florists box. No won
der Macs eyes had been ardent and
deep. If Mimi had done her hair
again and changed into the rose
georgette, instead of dashing out to
spend her soul upon that wretched
| stew
! In silence. oddly awkward, Kirk
| looked back at her
He saw her now. Oh, yes. beyond
question he saw her. He looked at
her as II he were feeling about in
his mind for something he wanted to
| say to her. If it were something
Evening star., 1924-09-14

fronted moment that she had done
forever with cooking stews or any
thing else for his table.
'Selfish!" she stormed to herself,
selfish and stupid and hard as nails!
He doesn't see anything that I'm try
ing to tell him. Sae doesn't care any
more. It's no good, my humbling
mistake when I married him, and
that's all there is to it,"
But she didn't say it aloud. Some
thing doggedly, childishly hopeful
held her back. She told him instead:
Go on in the living room and sit
down. I'll do the dishes"
To a speech like that from the
gray girl Mac would undoubtedly
have replied, with laconic tenderness,
wipe" Or, better yet, "Sit down
yourself. young lady, and see how
it's done"
Kirk merely paused in the doorway
to answer casually, "All right. I've
got a headache.' Then disappeared
still bearing the newspaper and feel
ing for his cigarette case.
AVA Of plates in the sink with coldly
that remained of the stew into the
discard-not a great deal, at that
Kirk had eaten where he had not
praised. and above the scattered rem
nants Of potato and pear she NUT
tered grimly:
well, call it day. I'm through"
Still, she left the tiny kitchen
cleaner than usual. There was a
vague relief in pouring streams of
hill
misprized dinner, a nebulous satisfac-
tion in creating horrid dissonances
with pots and lids.
If all Of life were only SO simple
If boiling water were all that one
needed to erase the work OF the
moving finger! If banging pots about
could case wounded heart as it
erased straining temper. Call it a
day-and what a day,
Mimi hung her last dishclotf,
kicked the kitchen chair aside, and
went into the living room.
Kirk was slouching low in his
especial corner of the deep settee,
smoking-smoking and staring at
nothing. The newspaper lay on his
knees. He caught it up as man
might catch up mask at Minis ap-
proach, as at the approach of an
enemy.
She inquired courteously, "How's
your headache?"
He didn't answer Perhaps he
hadn't heard her. Perhaps he had.
Mimi shrugged and walked over to
the window, their widest window,
which gave upon a street lined with
brown and gray houses-the same
sort of houses as the one in which
Mimi and Kirk lived. All the other
houses. showed lighted windows of
their own.
with just about this same sort Of
thing going on behind all the tidy
little window curtains" though Mimi
bitterly. She twisted the tasseI of
the shade about a restless finger.
III there were some big reason for il.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

pulls the strings. Dancing couples
and entranced spectators yield alike
to rhythm.
Tum: tump-a-tum. tum. tump.
Under influence of the jazz band
there is only 'tum, lump" in the
universe-pure rhythm, often fanci-
fully syncopated (as our ancestors
tapped on the village drum); just
rhythm only, free from sex or senti-
ment. or love or laughter. Tum
tump!
Move to tum. tump, Hear it
Watch the couples mo~e just so,
quite simple steps, but always TO the
drum.
Do you not recognize the jazz drum .
Its the tribal drum of our far an
cestors. Such is the secret of jazz.
The drum man dominates all else.
1t is deep down in the ancestry of
all Of US, before the races differen-
tiated.
Humanity's first collective emotion,
completely personal, intensely indi-
vidual, enjoyed each on his own and
yet in common with the mass of
others-is that stirred, first, last and
always by the "tum. tum." of the
TOM tom!
The purity of heart which jazz has
brought to Paris is seen at the pin
nacle of these establishments.
Maurice, the dancer. has presumed
to call his place The Embassy Club ?
But how object, since the ambassador
has honored it, with Prince of Wales,
King of Rumania, Shah of Persia,
King of the Belgians and Grande
Duchess Of Luxenburg.
1t is a night restaurant where they
dance. To general surprise, the very
best began to figure in thames like
the Due and Duchesse d'Ayen, Prin-
cesse de Polignac, Duchesse Decazes,
the Cole Porters, the Laurens Morgan
Hamiltons, Lady Cunard. Mrs George
Gould, jr.; Count Henri des Nun, Mrs.
Frederick Havemeyer Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Bate and Capt. L'Hopital, aid
de-camp of Marshal Foch. Such
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Lonesome, Kirk? For whom .


Lonesome, Kirk? For whom"
Another fear to face.
For you" said Kirk simply. Il
used to tell YOU everything. Don't
you know ] did? All the stuff about
the Office, and all that, until l got 20
thinking you didn't care for it. Mimi,
You didn't mean what you said III"
other day about never wanting to
hear
Mimi put their two hands across
his lips.
I've been an iN-tempered little
beast" she said, passionately, "and
a blind little fool-and you shall have
your breakfast on time if 1 have to
stay up all night totget it,
Kirk pulled her down beside him
and cuddled her head on his shoulder
THAT was darned good stew" h.
admitted with sporting generosity.
Mimi felt his lips on her hair and
drew long, relaxing sigh.
She knew now that the fog which
shut her in had shut him in, too. He
had been looking for her, as she for
him. One had merely to go on call
ing and seeking till it lifted. A mat
ter Of faith-and a gallant heart.
There were mushrooms in the
stew she said peacefully, with her
cheek on Kinks lapel.
Il know it was different somehow"
Mimi wisely said nothing Of the
he assured her proudly.
tear.
He kissed her hair again and the
end of one eyebrow, tipped up her
face and kissed her on the mouth
with kind of hungry tenderness.
Got on new dress tonight, haven
you?' he whispered. Looks like Z
million
Copyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Continued from Fourth PageD

apologized for not accommodating
them on his own ship. but said that
they would be we'll taken care of in
a frigate commanded by his son. to
which they were accordingly trans
ferred.
"rMr. Key had an interview with
DR.. Beanes. He found him in the for
ward part Of the ship among the
sailors and soldiers and constantly
treated with indignity. Mr.. Key and
Mr.. Skinner continued on the frigate
until the fleet reached the Patapsco,
when Admiral Cochrane shifted his
flag to that vessel in order that he
might move farther up the river. Mr..
Key and Mr.. Skinner were then sent
on board their own little vessel with
a guard of sailors and marines. They
were permitted to take DR.. Beanes
with them.
"They thought themselves fortu-
nate in being anchored In a position
which enabled them to see distinctly
the nag Of Fort McHenry. They re-
mained on deck during the night
watching every shell from the mo-
ment 1t was fred until it fell, and
listening with breathless interest 70
hear If an explosion followed.
w nile IuO w
it was sufficient proof that the fort
had not surrendered. But it sud
denly ceased some time before day
light, and as they had no communica-
tion with any one of the enemy ships,
they did not know whether the fort
had surrendered or whether the at
tack had been abandoned. They
paced the deck for the residue of the
night in painful suspense. and as soon
-
turned to the fort, uncertain whether
they should see the Stars and Stripes
or the nag Of the enemy. At length
the light came and they saw that our
nag was still there And, as the day
advanced they discovered from the
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Fox rot Gusts Other Paris Dances
Rhythm
Who Forget All Attracts Them

six miles across Paris, in the east end.
the week previous. AS l left they
were dancing Cover Me Up with the
Sunshine of Virginia."
When the Prince OF Wales danced
till am. at tine Embassy Club"
formerly The Garden OF My Sister"
in the Rue Caumartin (Which is
plum-central Paris) his favorite fox
trot was The Hoodoo Man.
Doubtless he did a tango. Doubt
less he did Boston or two He is a
strong young man. But here is a
strange thing: The young fellows
who are the ginger OF Partisan dance
floors yield to fox-trot purity, as you
might say, against their interest or
intent.
Eoluptuousness marked the Old
Partisan dances, but the fox-trot has
abolished all but fox-trot, tango and
Boston. The Boston scarcely counts.
The tom-tom hypnotizes men and
girls to virtuous automata.
Certain French cake-eaters have
tried to retain the Boston as a volup-
tuous dance, but the clear-eyed boys
who carry the ginger make it other
wise. They came to Scoff, but they
remained to pray. Jazz makes them
jumpingjacks to slow time, pure in
heart.
So my smooth French specialist in
sists.
X X X
"HEN a tango is played the Span
w ish and the South AmericaEs are
seen to rise to dance. The Paso-
Doblo is the favorite of the King of
Spain, which gives it certain prestige,
even in Paris. 1t is the one dance the
King dances, according to Oscar
Mouvet, who took "The Embassy
Clubs" orchestra to Madrid on order
of American Ambassador Moore.
But all Americans and English, the
entire French contingent and most
foreigners cut tango and Boston.
Fox-trot is the one dance.
Strange thing to happen to the city
tho 1id off, op-lruno ma n
Evening star., 1924-09-14
History of National Anthem.

movements Of the boats that the
troops had been roughly handled and
that many wounded men had been
carried to the ships. At length Mr..
Key was informed that the attack
had failed, that the army was re-
embarking, and that he, Mr.. Skinner
and DR.. BeaneS would be permitted
to go where they pleased as soon
as the fleet was ready to sail.
"He told me-" continued Justice
Taney, that under the excitement of
the time he had written a song, and
handed me printed copy. When 1
read it, and expressed my admiration,
l asked him how, in the scenes he had
been passing through, he had found
time to compose such song. He said
he commenced it on deck of their ves-
sci, in the fervor of the moment when
he saw the enemy hastily retreating
and looked at the flag he had watched
for so anxiously as the morning open
ed; that he had written some lines. or
brief notes that would aid him in re-
calling them to mind, upon the back
of letter which he happened to have
in his pocket; that for some of the
lines he was obliged to rely altogether
on his memory, and that he had fin
ished 1t in the boat on his way to
shore, and wrote 1t out as it now
stands at the hotel Immediately after
he reached Baltimore.
He said that next morning he took
it to Judge Nicholson, chief justice of
Baltimore, whose wife was Mrs. Keys
sister, to ask him what he thought OF
it; and that the latter was so pleased
with it that he Immediately sent it to
a printer and directed copies to be
be struck off in handbill form, and
finally that he (Mr Key) believed it
to have been favorably received by the
Baltimore public.
Judge Nicholson had been a men,
Der Of the garrison during the bonn
bardment, and you may easily ina gine
the feelings with which he read the
| song and gave 1t to the public con-
cludes Justice Taney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
SuERIEF,S SALE


Potosi State Bank of Potosi, Wisconsin,
a domestic corporation, Plaintiff, vs.
J. Lee Wright and Beth Wright, his wlte'
PEOPLES State Bank of Lancaster, Wlscon-
sin domestic corporation, Union state
Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestlc
CORPORATION, Dwight T. Parker, as ComHls-
sioner of Banking of the state OF WlScoh-
sin in relation to the liquidation OF Peoples
state Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin tlrst
Wisconsin National Bank of milwaukee,
wisconsin, a corporation, and George
Schlffman, Defendants.
By virtue of a judgment OF foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled actloH
on the Sth day of October A. d., 1928, the
undersigned sheriff of Grant county, state
of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front
door of the Court House in the CITY OF Lam
caster in said Grant County, Wisconsin on
the 9Th day of December, 1879, at Two
o'clock in the afternoon of that DAY the
real estate and mortgaged premises directed
by said judgment to be sold ana therelh
described as follows
Lots Number Two ca, Three 80 ana
Four (4) in Section Three 90 IoWnshlp
Two (2J North of Range Four (4) west OF
the 4th P. NJ, Also the Southwest Quarter
of the Southeast quarter OF Section Inirty
four (34), Township Three 90, North OF
Range Four (4) West of the 4th r. NJ all
in Grant County, Wisconsin, containing one
hundred ninety six C96) acres.
The terms of said sale will be cash.
Dated the goth day of October, A. D.,
1924.
36c6 Sheriff of Grant Co., Wisconsin.
Brennan & Carthew PLAINTIFFS Attorneys
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
WHITCOMB SCHOOL NOTES

1t seem impossible to realize that
our school had already been in prog
ress almost two months of this term.
But, nevertheless, old Father Time
tells us it is true and asks us to keep
on moving. Our school started Mon
day, Sept. 1, with an enrolment of IL.
Don't try to tell us that that is an I'M
lucky number becauSce we are not SUI
perstitious, and anyway there are IA
of US altogether.
It was our fortune to have Miss
Marjorie Breithaupt who is attending
Platteville Normal do practice work at
our school the past two weeks. Mr..
Brockert of the Normal staff visited
us one day while Miss Breithaupt was
here. Miss Bruss visited us also the
same week.
We have been studying Longfellow's
Evangeline in the 8th grade reading,
and are now working at booklets con-
sisting of the history, descriptions and
character sketches from the poem.
In agriculture we are studying in
sects although we are still mounting
weeds In physiology we are finishing
the study of the respiratory system.
While studying the circulatory sys-
TEN, Harold Block brought a chickens
heart to school in which we located
the different parts. Things are easier
OF remember if we can really see
them.
Our history books for the fifth and
sixth grades have come. To make up
for lost time we will spend two weeks
on history, emitting reading. We have
finished our Industries of New Eng
land" booklets in fifth grade geogra-
ply and Boots and Shoes" booklets
in sixth grade geography. The next
project we are beginning in the sixth
grade is a large product map of the
United States.
The first, second and third grades
besides making other posters and
booklets are working on booklet IL
Illustrating the daily walk to and from
school Good citizenship is the object,
being introduced through helpfulness,
courtesy, punctuality, care and OBJ
servance.
Come to visit us at "Doowell" some
day. See our postoffice TASK the 9Th
grade boys about that) and anything
else we have, which includes us.
We especially want you to come to
our Halloween program the evening
of the 31st. O-o-o-O-o-o-O-h!
After and perhaps before the pro-
gram sandwiches, coffee, ice cream
and homemade candies will be Sold
What will it taste like? more" of
course. Besides the program and the
lunch a surprise awaits you. Don't
miss it, because we're looking for you.
All right, let's go!-Blanche Kasper,
Teacher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
OBITUARY
Eugene A, Mcdonald

Eugene A. Mcdonald was born in
Beetown, Wis, June %, 1874, and died
at his home in Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept.
27, 1924, at the age of so years.
Eugene was son of Alphens and
Mary Mcdonald, pioneer residents of
Beetown, both deceased He grew to
manhood and received his education
in the public schools of the old town.
Later he moved to Lancaster, where
in 1903 he was united in marriage
with Carrie H. Ward and for time
they were in the hotel business in that
city. They then moved to Mason City,
Iowa, where Eugene took up the car
penter trade and for time he was
president of the carpenters union of
that city. From Mason City, he moved
to Rock Island where he spent the
last seven years of his life.
He was a man of genial DISPOSE
ton, a kind husband and father and
was a patient sufferer during his
last illness, having been in poor health
for about nine months.
Gene" as he was commonly known
among his friends and acquaintances,
was well known in West Grant, where
the earlier days of his life were spent.
tie was uGl1DSI VI IlS 1lOSh 10
land Elks lodge and of the Baptist
church of that city.
He is survived by his wife and one
son, Harold w. Mcdonald, of Rock
Island
Three children died in infancy. He
is also survived by one brother, Will
liam Mcdonald, of Rock Island and
five sisters: Mrs. Jennie Francis, of
Lansing, Mich, Mrs. Alice Budworth
of Bloomington, Mrs. Florence Roberts
of Platteville, Mrs. Glen Steinborn.
of Hazel Green and Mrs Rowena
Jones, of Saskatchewan, Canada. Two
sisters Miss Nina Mcdonald and Mrs.
Francis Wright preceded him to the
Great Beyond.
Funeral services were held in the
Beetown church. Rev. ]. A. Jamison,
officiating and burial was in the Bee
town cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
Emmanuel EPISCOPAL Church

Wednesday 1880 st. Agnes Guild
meets in guild hall. 800 Miss Edna
Beardsley Filed, secretary of the
House of the church-women of the Di-
Geese will address the members of the
congregation in the Guild hall. Fri
day 1880, evensong followed by junior
and senior choir practice.
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity:
1870 a. m. holy communion; $3.50 a.
m. church school. Children bring mite
boxes. 1920 a. m. choral eucharist
and sermon; 6:45 p. m. young peo-
pies society, topic: What can the
Church do for the Young People,"
1880 p. m. evensong and sermon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
DIES FROM ESCAPING COAL GAS

BELOIT-Coal gas escaping from
& faulty stove is believed the cause
of the death some time between Sat
urday afternoon and Sunday afternoon
OF Edwin R. Smith, veteran business
man and for many years proprietor
of drug store in this city. Smith,
rs, was found dead in bed at his home,
622 E. Grand avenue, Sunday after
noon by neighbors who became
alarmed when they did not see him
about his home. When the neighbors
entered the house they found a strong
odor of coal gas. Mr.. Smith had been
in poor health year, and it is sup
posed that heart weakness made him
an easy victim of the escaping gas
that filled his bedroom. Mrs. Smith
died about two years ago from burns
received when her clothing caught
fire from kitchen stove.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22

NOTICE OF SALE OF BANK FURNITURE
State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Court for
Grant County.
In the matter of the liquidation OF
Peoples State Bank, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of,
matter by said court on the 18th day of
October 1924, the undersigned Commission
or of Ranking of the State of Wisconsin
will on the 9TH day of November, A. ~,
Allison Time computer No. S37; 1 Cummins
ternoon at the banking building of said
Peoples State Bank at the City OF Lancas-
ter in said County offer for sale the bank
furniture of said Bank, consisting in part
of the following:-14 office walnut chairs;
small directors room table; 1 roll top DESK
8 coupon room chairs: coupon room table;
2 coupon booth desk lamps; L l.. Z. Smltn
typewriter; l Underwood typewriter; nat
plate glass top officers desks; 2 art lamps
for officers desks; l Westinghouse ran; L
Allison Time computer No. 1877; l Cummlns
perforator No IL; Counter check racks;
Steel filing cabinet; S-day CLOCKS; steer
note case; l Burroughs posting machine
No 6-27SSS5 with motor; 1 Burroughs ad-
ding machine No. 9-136342; 3 desk Stools
l dissection steel check file Drown Morse( !;
l Dodd Protectagraph No. 53S296; 1 Chal-
lenge Eyelet press No. l; mo1stener;
phone extension; 2 electric light frosted
globes; 1 dissection oak check file; plank
ledgers; 2 Grant County Atlas; 1 Amerl-
can flag 9x12; and many other articles as
as furniture
Terms of said sale will be cash.
Dated, October 18th, 1924.
w. H. RICHARDS,
Dep JuiSnonsin 36c2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
BARN BURNS AT EVANSVILLE

EVANSVILLE-Fire destroyed TWO
barns filled with hay, grain and straw
Saturday afternoon on the Elihu Sta
ley farm 8 miles west of here. The
loss is about $4,000, with partial in
surance on both buildings and con-
tents. Spontaneous combustion in the
alfalfa hay was thought to have been
the cause The farm was owned by
George and Everett Williams.