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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

BuENOS AIRES. - Nobody laid
down his tools to. take advantage of
the new law abolishing work for
everyone who has toiled twenty-five
years.
TOLEDO, ohio.--The death of Phil
lip Miller marks the fifteenth death in
Toledo in a few days from drinking
denatured alcohol Two others are in
serious condition.
PARIS.-Premier Poincare indicat-
ed France will not accept the findings
of the commission of experts on Ger
many's capacity to pay reparations II
it involves abandoning occupation Of
the Ruhr.
JERSEY clTY.-Jersey City grand
Jury refuses to return blue-law indict-
ments.
cHlCAGO.-Aaitation over paeifist
"pinks" grows at Northwestern Uni
versity and University of Wisconsin.
NIAGARA FALLS, NJ. Y.--The De-
veaux School. Niagara Falls military
academy, was closed for two weeks
because OF an outbreak OF mumps.
NEW YORK. - The Woolworth
Building, the worlds tallest Office
structure, was sold for $1,000 900 to
the Woolco Realty Company by the
Broadway Park Place Realty Corpora
ton, a holding company.
MuNicH.-General Ludendorff was
acquitted for the part he played in
the unsuccessful Nationalist revolt in
Munich on November s and 8 last
year. Adolph Hitler. former Chief of
Police Poehner, DR. Weber and Col
onel Kriebel were sentenced to five
years confinement in fortress and
a fine of eco gold marks each.
MONTREAL.-Eigh masked men,
who opened fire on a money car of the
Bank OF Hochelaga, escaped with
S142,2SS after one of their number and
bank employee had been killed and
another bank employee slightly
wounded:
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
NATIONS BUSINESS


Secretary Mellon opposes higher in
heritance tax as leading to economic
suicide"
Conservation of the nations oil re-
sources, in view of the fact that geolo-
gists believe the supply is limited to
lance to industry and the national de-
tense, said George Otis Smith, direc-
tor of the Geological Survey and
member of the oil conservation COM
mission appointed by President Cool
idge.
Reports OF favorabl business con-
ditions laid before President Coolidge
at Cabinet meeting.
Wall Street hears Federal Reserve
Board may rescind branch bank regu-
lations.
Withdrawal for public entry Of 1000
acres of public lands in San Juan
county, Utah. was announced by the
Interior Department
Pennsylvania Railroad System for
the year ended Dec. 81, showed cperat-
ing revenues advanced to $775.254. 21S,
a gain over the previous year of
$7S.654, 499.
April proves prosperity is national.
Dividend cheques totaling between
$3.50 900 900 and 100000. 900 were
mailed to between 1,00O.O 900 and 2.O00,-
600 stockholders of various corpora
tons In fact. dividends were paid on
no less chan 452 different stocks. rep
resenting virtually all lines of indus
try.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10

New York senate votes, 33 to IL for
New York city as Roosevelt memorial
site.
Governor Smith says mis- name went
into Wisconsin primaries without his
knowledge.
Fiery cross burned on Columbia
campus, New York. to brighten Wells,
negro student
Major George Haven Putnam, New
York publisher. is honored by many on
eightieth birthday.
Federal Judge Campbell In Brook
Ign orders padlocks placed on Is
Brooklyn and; Queens cafes.
Receiver named for Associated Pro-
ducing and Refining Corporation. AS
sets are estimated at $s4, 100000.
A group OF mines in the Missouri
Kansas-O Oklahoma mining district has
been purchased by the Federal Mining
and Shelter Company, Guggenheim
subsidiary. for $1.5O0,0O0. Four hun
dred acres OF virgin land and several
large producing mines are included in
the transaction.
British Empire Exhibition workers
strike.
La Toilette leading Coolidge two to
one in Wisconsin primary.
Ralston's chances boom as politi-
clans concede McAdoo strength will
dominate Democratic convention.
Snow and sleet make vote light
throughout the state Of New York
election OF delegates to the state and
rational conventions.
Premier Mushir-E d-Dowieh has is
sued proclamation declaring that a
republic for Persia is contrary to the
Islamic religion. 1t prohibits all men
ton OF a republic under threat Of PEN
alties.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
GENERAL.

Proposed use of alien property
funds to finance foreign market for
American farm products was Endorsed
before the senate agricultural com
mittee by Thomas w. Miller, the alien
property custodian, and by several
senators and representatives from cot
ton growing states.
Before the Daugherty investigating
committee of the senate H. L. Seattle,
once an investigator for the depart
ment of justice, charges Secretary Of
War Weeks, former Attorney General
Daugherty and others with obstruct-
ing justice in the case of the Wright
Martin aircraft corporation.
Dr. Robert Bridges, poet laureate OF
England, aries at New York.
Senate passed bill granting PEN
sions to veterans of all wars except
World war. Cost will approximate
S27O,000.000 a year.
Estate of Countess Leary shows
great shrinkage from debts; 100000
goes to Cardinal Hayes for st. Pat
rick's Cathedral. New York.
intention of making the Labor govern
ment's foreign policy revolve about
the League of Nations in winding up
the House of Commons debate on the
Turkish treaty.
Monarchists riot in JOY at acquittal
of Ludendorff; Hitler's sentence sus-
pended.
Secretary Wilbur was advised that
Paymaster Ervine r. Brown, of Coro-
nado. Cal, has been missing from the
Destroyer Somers. and an examination
of his accounts disclosed shortage
of about 100000
AT least $500 chorus girls are out
of work in New York. 1t was revealed
when theatrical producer let it be
known he needed dozen or so TO
complete cast. 1t vas estimated the
closing of the season for road shows
soon would bring the number to 5000
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
U. S. TREATY WITH FRANCE

Full Privileges Assured Americans In
Syria and the Lebanon.
washington. This Government has
concluded treaty with France assur-
ing the United States full privileges
in Syria and the Lebanon, now admin
istered under French mandate. The
treaty is similar to the agreement re-
Gently concluded with Japan with re-
spect to islands under mandate in the
North Pacific Ocean and to treaties
with France and Belgium in regard to
Africa.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
MELLON DENouNcEs TAX BILL
Calls it Capital Levy; Should be Left
to States.

TO STATES. ~.
Washington. increase in the
estate tax rates made III the revenue
bill by the house was denounced by
Secretary Mellon before the senate
committee as economic suicide"
THE estate tax is a levy on capital
primarily and carried to an excess
d .1fers in no way from the revolution
lists of Russia" Mr. Mellon said. He
argued this form Of taxation should
be left principally to the states.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
COOLIDGE PLEADS FOR SPEED
Lodge, Wadsworth and Borah Among
Those at Conference.

Washington Means OF speeding up
legislation in the senate were consid-
cred at a White House breakfast con-
ference. attended by about a dozen
Republican senators, including Lodge.
Borah and wadsworth.
An endeavor was made to map out
a program for the remainder of the
session similar to that agreed upon by
he executive and Republican leaders
Of the house.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-10
HUGHES TO vIslr ENGLAND

Secretary OF State VIII Aecompany
Bar Association.
Washington. Of State
Hughes plans to go to England with
the American Bar Association in July
as guest OF the British Bar Associa-
ton. At least this is his present in
tention. Whether he goes, it was stat
ed authoritatively. in response to an
inquiry. will depend wholly upon the
exigencies of the period. As matters
now stand Secretary Hughes expects
to be able to make the journey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
KEEP OLD FRIENDS
 ATTRACT NEW ONES
''Her face is 50 fair that. like the air, Iris less of earth than heaven"
 Milton. <

z Certainly freckles, tan and discol orations are bound to embarrass E, the woman or girl who wants to makes ss good impression on new aeduaintances, and hold old friends as well.
 But with the wonderfully quick re- suits girls and women are getting from Beauty Bleach, one of the well-known beauty creations which bear the lfa. nous Black and White label, in clearing their discolored skin and making it pleasing to look at, you need not worry and fret over your disappointment. You just haven't been using the right method. ..A
 Black and White Beauty Bleach re- moves the blemishes from the scarf skin and does not 60 beneath the. sur. face to harm the delicate skin tissns. That is the main reason it is so popu- lar; but in addition to that 1t can be put on day or night without anyone knowing it is there, because it is not greasy" and it is flesh color.
 For the economically low,. popular price of 6Oc, you get a liberal jar of Black and White Beauty Bleach, which will last you until you can see your skin clearing up again.
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Home Nursing
SprinRti,l,e Bitters

T suppose it's spring coming OF and you just feel run down." said Sara Spry m3athetically.
 Her visitor, an angular spinster, Of uncertain age, agreed.
 If it isn't one thing with me. it's another" she said. "l wonder l ever lived as long as l have. All our ian:ily had heart trouble. you know :. Mother was never well day in her life and father hal liver complaint. indr- gestion and rheumatism. I can't re- member when I .sncw what it w#s like 10 feel real well.''
 Sara Dodde.l understandinely. She had heard Ellen Ayr's ailments and these of her family recounted so often that she knew them by heart. Sinking spells and rlcImltr"m. neuralgia and dyspepsia, floating kidneys and opera tiors, measles and typhoid. pOiscn ivy and pleurisy-she had hstned patiently fer years.
 I'm thankful that I've always been blessed with good health," sighed Sara comfortably. But wonder if little drink of poplar bark tea wouldn't make you feel better? Mother always used to give 1t to us when we were children. She said spring fever was the measles. After the long cold winter most people feel downright miserable. They get spring fever and they don't know what they've got"
 q don't believe I ever tried poplar bark tea," said Ellen hopefully, though she had run tho garlut os herb teas, camphor bags, rcd flannel md ginger wine.
 So, accordingly, Ellen learned how to brew ''bitter tea" of poplar bark. It is a most vile and distressing brew to swallow but she drank it valianily several times a cay, without feeling in the least benefited.
 Then someone told her about sul- phur and molaSsss. She recalled vaguely a rather sticky yellow mass streaked with molasses which had been given every winter to hcr as a child on general principles.
 She mixed a crock full and Ewal- lowed an enormous spoonful night and morning. It took away he!' appetite and she seemed to derive nO tangible good from it.
 Finally, in alarm, Ellen sent for the doctor. He advised her to threw away her "bitters" and sulphur mix ture and to get out in the yard and rake and clean and dig in her garden. Ellen regarded this audacious young man with amazement tempered with awe.
 T don't feel a bit strong" she said.
 The doctor spoke kindly. Miss Ayr" he said, T want you to forget all about spring fever and being run down. All that's wrong with you is that you are fine machine which is being allowed to rust from disuse." Ellen gasped and a faint pinS burned
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CHAPTER IS

CHAFTEH 1S
 read until Natalie came in little after one.
 ''I stopped at Miss Tyford's for you, Natalie. Have you any objection to telling me where you have beenY
 Not in the least," she surprised me by answering. Ned called up, said to dance. As I infinitely prefer t!anc- ing to nah jong, accepted"
 You see a good deal of Ned don't you?
 "Oh, don't know! Of course, see him occasionally, why shouldn't T."
 For a moment I felt almost vicious, not entirely because she had felt the allure of another man, but because she was making herself an object of public remark.
 Aren't you afraid you will be mis- understood?'
 Not by anyone for whose opinion I care"
 What about Jessie, and-me?"
 Well, what about you and-Jessie?'
 ''Is it fair to us to allow your name to be linked with Ned's?'
 Evil to him who evil thinketh," she quoted, then with nasty goodnight left me, declaring she had danced every dance and that she was going to bed. At the door she turned and inquired how I found Uncle Robert.
 Not very well. He told me to thank you for your message"
 "So you gave it to him-good-night '" It could not be that Natalie was seri- ously attracted to Ned Church, mar ried man, whose wife was her friend. He, 1 knew, was m unstable creature, disposed to predatory divagations. But no one of these had ever been serious -as far as I knew. And Natalie-so short a time married. l had been in dulgent, tried in every way to make her happy. What had she missed in me that Church supplied? I had worn myself out in her service, her chase for the pot of pleasure at the end of the rainbow. I had danced like puppet when she pulled the string. It was impossible to believe she had changed, no longer loved me, when my only ob- ject in life had been to make her happy.
 Not comfortable thoughts for a man to take to bed with him.
 For once she had frankly replied to question as to where she had been. This in itself was either comforting or disturbing-she had nothing to hide, or she had become reckless, didn't care. Which was it?
 I had been foolishly soft with her what man with q beautiful, fascinating wife with whom he is in love is not It was hard to deny her, so for granted did she take my indulgence, take it as | her right
 I thought of Uncle Roberts plan for the summer, yet how could I leave him alone in the hot city? I felt anxious about him. He was far from well. If he would go with us, if Natalie would consent to have him, how happy it would make me.
 I rose early despite my sleepless night. Natalie, fresh and lovely as ever opposite me- read her morning mail.
 How would you like to take house
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MY WIFE AND I 4 Husband Tells His Story To Carolyn Beecher

ill the country this summer, Natalie?" l asked, laying down my paper.
 '1That depends" she replied, looking keenly at me.
 "On what?'
 Where the house is and-other things"
 You can choose the locality, only have it near enough so committing won't be too much of a hardship. Any where within an hours ride will do.'
 'Ill think it over," she said at last. Its only May"
 We would have to get a place soon or everything desirable will be gone"
 "I'll decide soon enough-by the way here's an invitation for the weekend from Ned and Jessie. A sort of house. warming, she says, to open the season. She wants us to come down as early Saturday as we can and stay until Mon- day morning"
 'All right, I don't see anything to prevent-unless Uncle Robert is not as well. feel anxious about him, Natalie. He's aged dreadfully in the last few months"
 I'll write Jessie we will come," she said as l rose from the table, making no reply to what I had said about Uncle Robert. As had so often be- fore, I wondered at her callousness where he was concerned.
 had made no objections to the week. end, but in my heart I was ashamed of myself for the reason. did not want to go, but did want to observe Ned and Natalie, their attitude toward each ether, and there would be a certain free dom that would put them off their guard.
 Saturday was a perfect day, warm for May, the air fragrant. Natalie de- clared we were sure to have a good time and wondered who besides our selves would be there. I had hired a smart car, determined to give Natalie no cause for complaint. Uncle was feeling better and gave myself up to the enjoyment of the ride. We had started early, so could spin along at our own speed so long as we kept within the rate prescribed by law.
 As we went up the long drive to the house gay voices reached us. We were not the first to arrive. Hearing the honk-honk of our horn-Natalie al most deafened me by her insistent blowing of it-Ned and Jessie appeared. Following them came a slender figure dimpled face, rougish eyes. The girl who had sat beside me at Herndon Blackwell's supper party.
 After greeting us effusively, Ned turned and drawing the girl forward said:
 "I believe you never have met Miss Lovell-make your best bow Diana Mir. and Mrs. Henderson"
 Gro Be Continued
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DcAVfO yVU WhM c6o mihH MCkUy CHOIoAo4 Johnny Chuck. : layed call just imagine how surprised he was not to find Wihsome in the old apple tree in which was the hole which used to be his home.
 "He must be off after his breakfast and probably Mrs. Winsome is inside that hole," thought Peter. '.I'll just sit down and wait while"
 So he sat down where he could watch the entrance to Winsome's old home and waited He waited and waited, but still there was no sign of Winsome Bluebird. .
 That's queer,' thought Peter. q never knew him to stay away from home so long before. Then he wait ed and waited and waited some more, and still Winsome Bluebird did not come.
 Waiting for some one?' asked a voice. G
 Peter turned to see Johnny Chuck sitting up and grinning at him.
 Yes" replied Peter. Tin wait ing for Winsome Bluebird. I thought would pay him call this morning. 1"
 ''I'm afraid you will wait long time before you will see him here," chuckled Johnny Chuck. g
 Peters eyes opened wide with sur prise. Isn't that his home right up there?" he demanded, pointing to the little hole in and out of which he had so often seen Winsome and Mrs. Winsome pass.
 Johnny shook his head. No" said he. T understand that the old home isn't good enough for them this year. They've got new home. |"
 Instantly Peter was all curiosity. You don't say so !" he exclaimed. Where is it?" s..9
 T don't know" replied Johnny Chuck with a yawn. Tt is no busi- ness of mine where it is, and haven't even asked" st.tsys ,e
 But it is somewhere in the Old Orchard, isn't it?" persisted Peter.
 Didn't I just tell you that I don't know where it isy' retorted Johnny Chuck. There are some things that it is just as we'll not to know. When my friends try to keep their homes secret I don't go asking questions. Then if any harm comes to them it will not be through any fault of mine."
 There is something in that" said Peter, looking very thoughtful. "Stil
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minutes and we will soon catch up with the time we lost!" Raggedy Ann said, But we must catch hold of hands, for if one of us should be left behind, that would never dol"
 So all the friends caught hold of hands and ran backwards for ten min utes. This made them catch up with the time they had lost and they could hear the Magician running not far away. The nice fat policeman, seeing the ten minutes were up, would have stopped, but Raggedy Ann whispered to keep on running, then, after they had run ten minutes more, Raggedy Ann cried, "Stop!" and all sat down to rest 'Now!' Raggedy Ann said, i've are ten minutes ahead of the Magician, so all we have to do now is to wait until he catches up with us Then we will jump out at him and capture himw
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on her thin cheek bones. Hut she listened to the, doctor.
 "I'm not going to give you q tonic. You don't need one. You need to run around and get limbered up. to breathe a lot of fresh air and drink a lot of water, eat lot of good food, think happy thoughts, dig in your gar den, set some hens, whitewash the hem house, if you like-but do something {! Stop thinking about yourself. Forget your body. See how blue the sky is :'
 Ellen blinked up at the sky obediently and thought it had never seemed so blue.
 And following her doctors orders, she began to gain flesh and eventually for got all about her 'bitters" and her spring fever.
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sort of unwind the time we lost when we ran before!"
 "Of courser' the Wild Gazook cried, Tt is just like winding a top When we wind top, it takes lot of time, but when we spin the top after winding it the top spins so fast it sure ly must catch up with the time it took to wind it, and maybe it gets hours ahead of itself !"
 "Who knows" the fat policeman said.
 "We must try it" Raggedy Ann said. "For, unless we can make up the time we lost, we shall never catch up with the mean old Magician
 The nice fat policeman had a large watch and he could easily tell how much time they had lost. Almost ten min utes !" he said. "Then we must run backwards ten
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Where was winsome ,Bluebird's new home? Peter Rabbit had turned that question over and over in his mind until his head ached. Not that 1t was any of Peters business. It wasn't. Of course not. But you know how it is with Peter--he is lot more interested in the affairs of other people than in his owns Some people are jfst that way. He had taken it for granted that Winsome would build a nest in the same old hollow in the Old Orchard that he had used the year before and the year before that. So during the time he had been so interested in the affairs of. Mir. and Mrs. Quack he had given little thought, to Winsome Bluebird.
 T can run up and call on him any time, thought Peter. But; when gat last he took it into his head carly one morning to make that long de
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LITTLE BEDTIME STORY
Peter Rabbit Cannot Find Winsome,s Home
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DI would like to know where Wln- some Bluebird's new home is.
 Listen r said Johnny Chuck: hold ing up a wArning hand. lsn tna. Winsome's whistle? Why don't you ask him where his home is :!
 y Peter listened, and sure enough ne heard the sweet whistle of. .Winsome Bluebird, but just where the sound came from he couldn't tell for the life of him. You know Winsome Bluebird has a way of making ills voice sound long way off when. he is very near, and quite near when he is long way off. It just seems to come from everywhere and no- where in particular. Peter listened with f.all his might, and then he started off through the Old Orchard with his head tipped back as he watched the treetops for a glimpse of a blue coat. Johnny Chuck watched him and chuckled.
 All through the old Orchard hop ped Peter, stopping every few min utes to look and listen. and all the time his curiosity grew and grew and grew. He was so absorbed in trying to find Winsome Bluebird,s new home that he quite forsot everything else. He forgot to watch out for danger, and so he didn't see Black Pussy creeping up behind him.
 Next Story: Peter Rabbit Jumps For His Life Y
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we have lost a great deal of time by re- turning to where the policeman lost his breath. But it seems to me that if a person can lose his breath and catch it again by remaining very quiet, there must be way to catch up with the time one loses!
 "Of course, when anyone loses time, they can make it up. by working extra hard!" Raggedy Andy said.
 That is very true!' Raggedy Ann smiled. "Still, that is not just what I mean! "
 You see," Raggedy Ann continued, ''When we ran back to the policeman, we lost the time, so it seems to me if we run backward the same way we ran when we ran to the policeman, we will