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THE LOVERS.

Sally salter, she was a young teacher who taught,
And her friend Charley Church, was a preacher
who praught.
Though his enemies called him a screecher who
scraught.
His heart when he saw her, kept sinking and sunk
And his. eye, meeting hers, began winking and
wunk;
While she, in her turn, kept thinking, and thuuk.
He hastened to WOO her, and sweetly he wosd,
For his love grew until to a mountain 1t grewsd,
And what he was longing to do then he doed
In secret he wanted to speak, and he spoke,
To seek with his lips what his heat long had soke
He asked her to ride to the church. and tLey rode
They so sweetly did glide that they both thought
And they came to the place to be tied, and were
toed
Then homsward, he said, let us drive, and they
And as soon as they wished to arrive, they arrove
For whatever he couldn't contrive, she controve
The kiss he was dying to steal, then he stole;
At the feet where he wanted to kneel then b,
knole;
SO they to each other kept clinging. and clung
While Time his swift current was winging, AMI
And this was the thing he was bringing, AMI
brung:
| The man Sally wanted to catch, and had caught
That she wanted from others to snatch. and ha'
snaught
Was the one she now liked to scratch, and sh
| scraught.
| And Charley's warm love began freezing and frozt
| While he took to teazing. and cruelty toze
The girl he had wished to be squeezing an
| squoze.
Wretch :" he cried, when she threatened to leav
| him, and left.
Glow could you deceive me, as you have deceit
And she answered, Il promised to cleave, and Nv
4 cleft"
i szaaasszaHE.aszi- Phoebe Carr
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THE PLAYS THEY CHEER.

A Paris correspondent sees signs
of a change in the mental attitude of
the French people in their enthu-
siastic reception of an anti-war play
ut the Coincide Franchise.
Change from what? In $4,000
there was an anti-war play by Charles
Mere at the Theater Antoine. The
people "ate it up." And there have
been others, all popular:
The French people, like most other
people, hate war when its hateful side
is emphasized to them. Look at the
British. No other nation, with the
possible exception of America, has
preached peace to itself so steadily !;
and no other nation has had quite
SO many wars. 1t is a very, very
quiet day when the British are not
fighting somebody somewhere. Yet
they hate war very sincerely; and
the army is to large extent flor
the commissioned officers) a social
institution.
The French theater is an emotion
nj place. So is the Chamber of
Deputies. And both are representa-
tive of the people. There is nothing
to be wondered at in Parliament
declaring war with the utmost en-.
thusiasm while in another part of
the city housefdl of people madly
applauds a pacifist play. The mem
bers of Parliament would probably
applaud the play also; and the thea
ter audience would probably so right
around and the corner and enlist.
if they found after the show that war
had been declared.
You cannot tell much about any
people by the theatrical productions
which they cheer. II you could heaven
help America Detroit News.
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of her nephew because Of their FRIEND
chin with tho family

of her nephew because Of their friend
ship with the family. ,
She remembered Mrs. Copeland's
answer to Sloat's query for news:
"A vague clue but a most amazing
coincidence" She had meant the
possibility that the woman crook
was on the Gotham Arrow, too. 1t
certainly was queer.
Sallie tore the paper into tiny
pieces and opening her bathroom
window scattered them wide and
when Miss Tidmarsh appeared she
found her patient curled up half-un-
dressed upon the chaise lounge. A
light dinner was brought to her and
a little later the nurse approached
her with glass of water and two
more tablets identical in appearance
with those which the doctor had adj
ministered that morning.
There was going to be no more
doped sleep for Sallie if she knew it.
Extending her hand in seeming will
ingness for the medicine she raised
it to her lips and then drank some
water but the tablets were in the
closed fingers which rested SO in
nocently across her breast. Miss
Tidmarsh settled herself by the low
night light with a book for an hour
and then satisfied that her patient
slept she left the room.
She had scarcely gone, however,
when Sallie was in the bathroom.
washing tho moist, sticky white
paste Of the melted tablets from her
fingers.
The little French clock whose sill
very chimes had first caused her to
open her eyes that morning was
ticking softly on the mantel, the
hands pointing to five minutes before
10. and Saliie stole to the window,
pulling aside. the heavy drapereis
which the nurse had lowered.
Mr.. Bellows was apparently In on
this scheme, too, and Sallie meant to
know when he arrived.
Eleven o'clock came and half after
the hour and at last car pulled up
before the door. In the rays from
the street lamp 1t appeared a large
and magnificent machine and yet
there was something about its out
lines which reminded Sallie vaguely
of the cars in which the more pros
porous doctors Of Shaftstown had
made their rounds.
In swift premonition she crept
back into bed, forcing herself to
breathe lightly and regularly and IN
few moments the door opened and
DIR. Qualters entered accompanied by
Miss Tidmarsh. His examination
was brief but more of an ordeal than
Sallie had anticipated and at re-
quired all her self-control to keep
her eyelids from fluttcring when he
passed a small flash-lisht before
them.
CONTINUED In Our Next Issue.)
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MAS SICK.

Mas sick,
And somehow, seems to me;
Things aren't just like they ougf
be,
The house seems kinda still;
Just like, you know, some houses
When folks tiptoe around;
You know how stiffness will aboI
When no one wants to speak,
And every one is kinda meek.
Mas sick,
And thought I don't know why
A tear drop steals from every
Course ] can hardly tell;
How long twill be before she's Y
At night, we burn a light;
And then her face looks sad Z
white,
She Is SO sad and pale;
Somehow, my courage seems to
Mas sick,
1 wonder what ais me;
None of the food seems to agA'
None of the food taste right;
l guess I've lost my appetite,
Maybe it's cause miss Ia
Her kind words and her loving X
And it's been quite a while
Since l last saw her sunny smi
Mas sick,
And to my memory; \
The days gone by, come back
Into her lap I'd creep;
She'd sing, and then rock me to
And how ! used to rest,
And lay my head on mothers
After my prayer was said;
She'd 60 and tuck me into bed.
Mas sick,
I really feel so blue,
/ really don't know what to do
/ guess I miss her so:
Because we were such pals, you
She'd sit close to my side;
Whenever I'd 60 for ride. II
You'll miss her too, and so; m
I thought I'd better let you IN
Mas sick. A. DH
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not wish to take the trouble to strive
for higher values irf the particular work
in which they are engaged, or to at
tempt to understand the relationship
of their work to that of others. These
people pride themselves on the "prac-
teal" nature of their endeavors.
Dollars and cents, as represented in
business are eminently practical. They.
are concerned with producing results,
that is, the success of the particular bust
ness on the basis of money. They do
not wish to be hampered by theories"
or ideals" This was the state of mind
the country found itself in after the
apparent failure of those theories"
PHILOSOPHERS of life" and "ideals" Incl
dental to the continuation and conclu-
sion of the war. The fact was over
looked that ideals always accompany
a war. These ideals are civilized mans
means of justifying war to himself and
his abandonment to the brute instincts
wars release.
Dimly the public mind grasped this
fact, but falsely concluded that the
theories solely were to blame. Give us a
practical business man for President"
everybody said "'and a practical bust
ness administration" And in many
respects, as was the theoretical admin
|istration, the business one was a Sue
cess. But never before in the history
of this country has such a startling ex-
ample been furnished of what the So
called practical business methods" can
do when they have. unhampered scope
The difficulty in carrying out any idea
to its ultimate conclusion lies in the fact
that it is obliged either to make adj
justments, and by so doing acknowledge
the validity of other ideas, or it must
use means to attain its own ends. Such
means involve control of the machinery
Of life, not for the benefit of life as a
whole. but for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The methods necessary for this are brib-
cry and graft and a gouging of the pub
lice purse, that ultimately reacts upon
itself
If the railroads in the state OF Tex
as, or throughout the whole of the
United States are out for all the money
they can make regardless of conse-
quences, then they have no use for
"high brow" sciences, such as philosophi-
cal comprehension of all the elements
involved. Their practical idea would
then be to get all they can. If, how
ever, they possess a more philosophical
attitude towards life. which presupposes,
at least, an attempted comprehension of
the whole, they will see that excessive
getting can be driven to the point where
it defeats itself. Excessive rates would
ultimately put stop to all tonnage
movements or drive the public to other
means of movement, and that sort of
knowledge would seem to be the very
essence of p racticality. Still it is
called high brow" and relegated to
the realm of theory which is but GIN
gerly applied.
There may come time, for all sorts
of things happen, when a theoretical
understanding of life, philosophy of
| its values, an acknowledgement of GER
tain ideals that involve fair dealing will
be considered not "high brow" but as
the very A, B, Ce of common sense.
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PLACE FOR ADVERTISING

A committee has been appointed by
the American Radio Association to
study abuses of broadcasting by ad-
vertisers, and according to their slogan
ito free the air of advertising" In this
work the committee is seeking the CO.
operation of the Associated Publishers
Association, the Associated Advertising
agencies and similar organizations to
protect the public against advertising
hidden under the cloak Of entertain
ment
This Is a step in the right direction
and one in which those interested in the
highest good of advertising will certain
ly take part, for there is always the
possibility of OVERRIDING even the best
thing on earth. This is being realized
in other directions. According to recent
report: from the east, the billboard is
about to be declared a nuisance, and
not by those people who have long in
Weighed against its over use, but by some
of the biggest advertisers in the country.
"Soon the motorist and traveller by
train may be able to see the country, y
runs this report, INSTEAD of signs which
warn him that he must preserve, his
teeth. Use the right sort of catsup, and
sleep on a never-die mattress. if he
would live to collect his endowment
policy. All of this advice, and much
more besides, now greets the eye at
every turn of almost every highway OF
America"
This, of course, can apply only to
highways The owner of property has
the right to put signs on his land and
he always will and should have that
right. To have the boards at a little
distance makes for better and more eff
fective advertising, anyhow.
When one comes to think about it.
the American people are certainly good
nattued. They read what is stuck be-
fore them along the roadside, apparent
ly enjoy what the artist, Joseph Pen
nell, has called the worst phase OF
modern ugliness," and presumably act
upon the various suggestions. They &c
to the picture show and sit patiently
while the advertising takes up dis.
proportionate part of the time for the
performance. They may now be imag.
ined as again sitting patiently listening
through their radios while the virtues
of this and that commodity are extollet
by the hour, unless the American Radio
Association can save them. Only few
utterly contrary minded people rebel ant
VOW they would never buy anything
advertised out of sheer perverjty, bu
no one cares for them as they are il
the minority.
The public worm, however, may do ;
little flip when least expected and on tina
fine day may make demands. 1t woul'
not be far fetched if the worm woul,
insist on advertising being confined t.
newspapers and magazines where he ca,
read it when he wants to read it ant
not have it thrust into his notice whei
he wishes to be entertained or enjo,
the beauties of nature. -
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

When q movie plot is used for the
first time in several months 1t is
called an epic.-Watertown Stand
ard.
People were happier in the old days
when the sewing on of patches was
an art.-Birmingham News.
When the meek inherit the earth
they'll probably find that somebody
else has arranged for the oil leases
and mineral rights.-Little Rock Ark
ansas Gazette.
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Poets Corner
REFLECTIONS ON VISITING TIL
ALAMO

. ~@<. &@.< ~ = aVANo OAN AoA AANO = ~
ALAMO
Texans Of the year 'th1lHG1R
With Mexicans refused . 10
And SO we have the Alamo
And its story of long ago.
Quaint structure Of the Spanish Friar
OF your old tales one never tires.
Your old romance is always new,
Time, like old wine, adorns the hue.
One can't come here and look arour
But he feels he's on sacred ground.
Sentinel of the old desert,
The ages can do you no hurt.
No loyal son Of our country dear
Can visit>you and not revere
The memory Of the pioneer,
Who gave his life that we hight
here.
Within your walls, one hears 1!
cries
OF saints and martyrs from the skill
And, when one treads your blod
stained ground,
The souls of heroes hover round.
Few lawyers, like old Travis bold
Can have their deeds for ages told
His names inscribed in tn Alamo
The Fates decreed it must be so.
As we look in the past, we see
The men who made this country frE
Travis, Crockett, Bowie, Bonham, =
With their avenger, Colonel Sam.
For Santa Annals cruel laugh
Turned t grief in a month and a az
Sam Houston's men were not slow h
To avenge "The Rape Of the Alan
Crockett knew that he wars right
With Iowie and these men of MID
SO all crossed tn line without a <
And taught the Mexicans how to
David was right; 30 he went >ah1:
And earned the sleep of the blea
dead. q
With Santa Anna. he wouldn't bar
But preferred to die like a martyr
No more we hear the ancient oh
But the Alamo's sacred for all ~
1t was the haunt of men divine;
May 1t continue a well-loved shrin-1
1t was christened with mari
blood;
It's stones have stood a cent?
flood.
Cherish. long its ancient glory;
Long may it live in song and 81
EDWARD J. WHITE
st. Louis.
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Begin Here Today.

Begin Here TOday.
Sallie Peck. employee of the Fair
Deal Five x Ten, quarrels with her
policeman sweetheart, Michael Cur
tbs. That night storm comes up and
Sallie volunteers to take down a wash
ing left hanging in the yard by Ma
Brennan, with whom the girl lives.
A crash shakes the earth and some
thing strikes Sallie a blow on the
head.
When she regains consciousness,
Sallie finds herself in strange sur
roundings, handsomely furnished. She
is waited upon by maid named
Theresa and a nurse. Miss Tidmarsh.
They call Sallie by the name Of Alva
Copeland.
Madame Copeland, : tall, richly
gowned woman, comes in and calls
Sallie her step-daughter. She tells the
girl that she was injured in a train
wreck. Sallie is taken downstairs to
see Cousin Wheeler and, when Mrs.
Delapierre is announced, Madame
Copeland goes into another room to
receive her. Now so on with the
story.
"Has Aunt Flo told YOU about Mrs.
lDelapierre?" Sloat had moved a low
chair close to hers and his peculiar
eyes were regarding her with a pene-
trating stare. "You seemed surprised
when she was announced"
"Did II" Sallie shrugged. II don't
| feel as though much would surprise
me lately! But tell me about the
wreck"
SDon't Won recall any of it-Alva ~
He hitched his chair a trifle nearer.
"Nothinp of what's been told me
vet" She eyed him steadily. I'D
| like to know how YOU bappened to find
me ~
"Noturallv nv first thought was of
von - Sboot RESPONDED ouickly. "Your
mother and Therese we're safe but YOU
we're hurled under a beap of wreckage
tbat had cangbt fire from tbe engine
of the train which ran into ours and
| il was a miracle that I could manage
TO reach Won in time. for people were
being burned TO death all around you
If was horrible =;
Sallie glanced Mt him in amazement
for the note of bravado had left his
tone ard it shook slightly as though
with some genuine feeling. but his
face expressed only a sickened revul-
sion.
at must have been fierce!" she
ecboed with a little shiyer. 81 guess
neonle could easy get mixed up. dying
| like that. and maybe buried for some
bodv elsei" .-tFll
"Wbot made Won think Of that?" he
demo nded
"Oh. I don't know" Sallie was
looking into the fire and she spoke as
though TO herself. at might be kind
or hard 70 tell 'em apartVafterwards.
WHY. suppose somebody else had found
me and ia walked up as the doctors
were afraid I was going to. without
even being wise to who i was myself
| mightn't even be who people doped
lie ont / was!D
"What do YOU mean?" He turned
again and fixed his oblique gaze on
her. then forced a laugh. "Tha,
would be absurd! Mistakes like that
don't happen. Alva."
"Did Won ring. miss?" The voice Of
tho foofman Fitch sounded from the
doorway. "Shall / take away the
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Our idea of faith in human nature is
the fellow who really thought Congress
would pass tax reduction measure be-
fore March Is.
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1t is rumored that prospective Sue
cessor for Daughertys job was turned
down when it was learned he was adj
dicted to hair oil.
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~ Daily only average. 1860
- Sunday only average. go. $3.50
me above totals and averages for paid cir
euistion exclusive of all spoiled copies and any free
copies OF nature.
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement OF
paid circulation IS correct
~ Circulation Manager.
c. J.. BUCHANAN,
49, Business Manager.
sworn and subscribed to before this End day
bf April. A D., 1924. - -
(seaD FRED J. BONNER JR'
Notary Public.
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CHAPTER Nv.
PLAYERS of the Game.

How had that particular scrap Of
paper come to be under her door!
The De-pierre robbery seemed to be
of interest to Mrs. Copeland anil
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The paid circulation of The San Antonio Light
turing the month OF March, day by day, was as fol-
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Sally Salter, she was a young teacher who taught,
And her friend, Charley Church, was a preacher
who praught.
Though his enemies called him a screecher who
scraught.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-18
nrAR oi MOTHERS. ILLNESS

A1r. and Mrs. Ernest l.. D"rhanf of 5G1 1'ark stf,-'t saturday received word that tI,ejr nofbrre wrro sri ousiy ill at tl"ir rcspcctitc homes fn Tcnnsyl, aria. Mr. Dcchart's mother. Mrs. r.. r. I'ocbaHt. Of Mount Car mci. I'a.. who was injured in faIi about thrn weeks ago. uas overcome by gas which secped into her homo from iF' gas main in thc street thr latter part uf last week. and for 4 time grave fears were entertained for her recovery. Mrs. Dechant is G years old. Ernest, inc oldest son. is a reporter on the staff of the Herald.
 About the same time she heard or the serious iInesS of her nother-in- law. Mrs. r.. i:. Dfchant also received a letter stating that her own mother, Mrs. Mary C. Matthias. Of Phiiade1- phia. Co years old. was seriously III with bTonchial pneumonia.
 Herbert Drchant. Of Chestnut and S''1nlcr streets. younger lBrot hcr was notified 'ast w-', that tef" vnuna wom"r friends nf his af sucn=t Gan. T'a-. had IsrTn rur do.wH and kfl:rI "n the T.. and E- raiifoa.L
New Britain herald., 1924-03-18
IRISH DEBATERS PREFER
 ENGLISH TO GAELIC
Despite Fact Native Language is on Par With English Language
 inc Latter is TSed

Dublin, March 1S.--1n spite of the
 fact that by the terms of the Free State constitution the Irish language
 is placed on complete equality with English, and that all official notices arc issued in both languages the use of Irish mp to tho present timc has been very Limited. Not moro than one in 500 Of the afIidavits sworn in the law courts arc in Irish, and the de- bates in tho Dali are almost wholly conducted in English.
 Deputy Patrick Hogan of Clare says; Every bit Of national lrgisla- ton has been discussed and canvassed in English, every question has been asked in English. every amendment, except one, has been moved In Eng fish, and the entire life Of the nation IS maintained by artificial respiration
 a foreign languaG"." His suggestion is that both houses Of thc parliament should adopt standing order forbid ding any member to speak unless his or her remarks are prefared by at l'ast 20 words Of Irish relevant 10 the discussion.
 lt is pointed out that this would mean that all deputies and senators must have som" ronsiderab blc knowI- edge Of the Irish language. which many Of them today arc without
New Britain herald., 1924-03-18
HIRES MEXICAN ID
 MURDER HIS WIFE
Colorado Woman Slain as She
 Knelt in Prayer

1 Pueblo, Colo, March ls.-- Mrs Bella Jansen. whose body was founo in trunk al ogden. Utah, Saturday was slain as she knelt in prayer, Fred Janssen, her husband told the Pueblo police here yesterday. Janssen admit. ted he had hired Mexican to kill her.
 Although he denied having had any. thing 10 do with the actual killing of his wife and packing her body in the trunk, Jansen confessed to making all preparations for the staying.
 'l saw the Mexican last Thursday" hc told police. '1 asked him it he would do the job for sl50. He said 'ycs' and then kissed mr on thr arm and forehead. That was to seal the bargain.
 He came up that night aud I let him into the house. Belle was un- dressed. wearing only her night ciof h. ing. q kimono end pair Of house slippers. Shc was kno1ing beside a chair in the kitchen saying her pray. CTS.
 "Sh" was going to E"t me all right. knew it. She got gun from Pitts burgh. I think fellow namrd Tom sent il to her
 'l didnf s,'~ thr Mexican kill hnr. I wcnt into another room and when I ramc out sh" was gone. There was blood on the floor aud thr Mexican md dt'a sscd hr on the back porch.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-18
Heinrich's tooth Death
 Anniversary Celebrated

l@mbrrg. Bavaria, March 1S.-Thc 9n"th auniv' rsarE oi Inc drath of Heinrich IT. founder Of the cpiscopate ot Banihrrg. is to b" celebrated here this summer by ail th" Churchts of jhc rpiscopatr The main ceremony will take place il the I'ambcrg cathedral. wn"r" Emperor Heinrich and Empress Nuniggndc are buried.
 Heinrich rUicd over thnira1 Europc as king oi th" Holy Roman Empire. aid during his lifetime made wars OH Italy. 'Urand and l;ol, mia. as well az rT"H' EIany rival princes. He WIS madc q sair; hy iouc Eug,n" III. fn lia5. \ monument was erected io ll"inrica and his vii" iu thc i;anlJcre cathedral hy Tiiman Iii"mcnschn"iacr. a cont, Up0rary ot AlbreCm Durer.