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Evening star., 1924-09-28

And she was right. Friendship be-
tween man and woman is posi- BILE
only when the chance of love be-
tween them is too remote to be even
considered. Sky realized that.
Wen always be friends" he as
sured her. Though, of course, as
am leaving Boston,"
Leaving Boston?"
"Ive gone back to the idea of the
diplomatic service" he explained. Il
ran over to New York couple of
weeks ago and talked it over with
my father. I've just been cleaning
up here. I leave Saturday."
Then won't see you again.
suppose This is good-bye?"
He nodded. He jolly well would
not see her again! Not for million.
Good bye. then" she murmured,
and offered him her hand.
He took it. Good bye" said he,
his voice determinedly light.
And then. as if against her will, her
eyes met his
why, Judy" he gasped, breath
lessly
And thereupon, without so much
as by-your-leave. he kissed her.
Kissed her once, twice, three times
before she broke away.
II suppose" said she, hotly, that
was the way you kissed Leila"
II kissed Leila?" he echoed. And
then he grinned. "Oh, | know what
you mean. She told me about the
yarns she sprung on you. She said
you needed a jolt
"Oh, she did" Judy broke in, om-
| inously. What else did she say?"
Plenty" Sky retorted-Judy had
succeeded in putting her spell on
him again, but he was no longer a
worm. Il have no desire to betray
confidence, but she did express the
high hope that your husband would
know enough to beat you when you
needed it,"
At that moment the butler inter
vened
"Mr. Thayer." announced he, So
norously.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

four hunks o lead into his hide be-
fore you could say Calvin Coolidge,
President. :.
x = x
"OUIT joshin'. Joe. I'm tellin'
" NJ. Dubois about the knuckle-
snake. About So years ago. while
travelin' in Texas, | sneaked up be-
hind one, with club, and broke il
into about II pieces. Each one ran
and hid. ="
"All listen here, I've got to make
some cash. Now. this is a Nashville
paper. Hiram Old and George Francis
Weakly, general agents for World
wide Insurance, advertise under the
firm style of old &; Weakley.' Do
you think they would be interested
in the purchase of monkey glands"
MY goodness, bo! Don't make that
sacrifice,"
All talk at once now. 1t is growing
late. Piles of SaucerS on the tables
stand like monumental pillars. Each
saucer serves as marker" for a
dead one to be ultimately paid for
Few hear knucklesnake Pete's new
verse. dashed off about the flirting
fly. who, it seems, met flea:
"A fly met flea in a fue
Said the nea to the fly: 'How-de-do.'
Said the fly TO the flea: let us fee.
"Magnifque" exclaims French Du-
bois, but. excuse. please. is 1T not?
The fee fly and the iy fee, but who
flew? | see him not. -
A young lady writer says severely
to Dubois, why make such fuss
about it? Once it's done, it's done,
you can't undo it,
II have no patience" she says.
with people who can't let go of
things. Let it go, Never do we re
cover the same thing we lose, or get
rid of the same thing we find. l hope
it is clear. now, NJ. Dubois?"
While Hank continues writin' lines
which some say are not his, but
young ladies'
Yet. for reasons of my own,
tAnd let them saeer their best!)
i will keep this little dream
Different from the rest!"
You will say it's different won't
you?
Evening star., 1924-09-28

pretty speech or not" Judy assured
him. But. anyhow. I'm moved to
offer you a cup of tea Unless you
have another engagement"
Even il l had the chance to re-
visit the scenes of my-shall we
say childhood-would draw me ir-
resistibly."
Il suppose commented Judy, you
do miss Leila terribly"
Il wasn't thinking Of Ieila-our
pleasantest moments were spent
elsewhere"
They had moved into her house.
There he relieved her of the furs
that hung negligently from her slim
shoulders. and she. putting her hat
aside. rang for tea
Il expect Reggie at any nome Mt"
she remarked casually.
iii promise to remove myself at
once" said he. and smiled.
The tea things arrived oppor-
tunately.
You prefer sugar, don't you?''
asked Judy, as if she weren't quite
sure.
Your memory serves you well,
wonder if you also remember that in
other days | was served lemon-on
the side as it were. How does Reggie
have il served"
This was outrageous. but Judy
would have forgiven him anything
but his absolute composure He
wasn't even jealous,
Reggie takes it as ] give it TO
him.
Blessed are the meek" said Sky.
Judy bit her lip. II like him
enormously" she flashed - which
would have both surprised and
pleased Reggie.
so l have observed Am I TO
wish you joy?"
Il wonder if you would-truly?
''Absolutely," said he. Many,
many thanks He set down his Gun
and rose.
Must you go?" she asked.
IF Reggie is imminent"
THAT is only an excuse. II see
we can't be friends,'
Evening star., 1924-09-28

! because it is one of the foremost
American features of Paris
a notable particularly tand here
we seq American common sense) is
that the Rotunda cafe maintains a
continuous art salon on its walls.
Everywhere hang color studies,
sketches touched with color, finished
| watercolors and full oil paintings,
which visitors can pick up for cash
| as cheap as 100 francs (about So.
with frame-and often worth lot
more
These draw the greater Latin
Quarter crowd" from Harrisburg, St.
Joseph and Tacoma They feel at
home in the sphere-the Latin
Quarter, yet they understand the Ian
guage.
Hundreds buy from painters who
had never seen an art dealer Now
they catch the spirit of it. They have
joined the lodge. We are all Latin
| Quarter guys together,
| 60. an American of greater Paris,
~ famous for this life of pleasure
refer to Florence O'Neill-who goes
| everywhere. knows everyone sums up
the Dome" and the "Rotunda," as
| follows:
| Florence, but, always. there is a ve-
| neer of culture. They come. some
prepared and many unprepared-
! there are tough citizens who get a
| taste for it. and will not quit! The
| real crowd is swamped by these
nondescripts, who crave for higher
| things!
TT is the Latin Quarter influence
| he concludes. And here is the best
I l.
who despised grind at college, and
| to college, have the Latin Quarter
bug and think that art and poetry
are fine,'
Paris looks on. complaisant.
Paris finds it natural. That's what
| the Latin Quarters for. n est-ce pas
to sweeten the rude citizen to
things Of the spirit?
Meanwhile the girl with the mono
Gle speaks earnestly:
1.-The United States is going to bar
the making of dandelion wine in the
home" she says, but if the dande-
lions were arrested and locked up,
then wicked people could not turn
them into wine. Let the dandelion
detectives get on the job, and pick
the yellow criminals as fast as they
show their heads
''Huh-huh. when | came over on
| the boat. man caught readin' an old
champagne advertisement was dou-
ble-ironed. If caught talking about
mint juleps, you got nine lashes. An
old brother with Martins in a flask
got keelhauled. And if any devil was
seen pouring down straight gin, they
hung him from the yard arm
All the while, Hank writes. Hank.
you understand, is hard-boiled; but
his thoughts are gentle. Like this:
81 will keep this little dream
Different from the rest.
All of q morning, l will build it
Like a robins nest. :"
But there are men, of course, to
whom nothing is sacred. The Dome
is frequented by trio from the West
who lap up art in gulps, but still brag
about home.
$. A trip I made up north OF
Jackson Hole, last Fall" the voice
drones Il was prowling around
without seeing anything, and all of a
sudden up jumps the doggondest big
gest elk I ever did see! / pumped
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Americans in the Latin Quarter
Talk Nonsense at Popular Cafe

so disgusted with life that she took
a taxi and got her hair bobbed-so
that she could wear the smallest
little round dud-hat in the Rue
Royale' Now she's a fashion plate,
all over"
That's right, Jim. If the hat is
right, the rest will come, in time
1T is proved. my dear, by a timid
little Church of England curate, who
arrived at the Rotunda' in civilian
clothes, which made him remarked at
once. a perfect lady in a green dress
sidled up to That's him, until the poor
clerical bird just squirmed with en-
barraSsment. When she started to
implant a sweet kiss on the man of
cloth, he broke the deadly silence in
his tranquil English way: oh. say,
this is getting a bit thick" Dougie.
you'd a died to see the green girl fall
back
Pardon. was Enrico Caruso any
relation to Robinson NO, Robin
son CaruSo was the hero of an old
sea tale, published in 1919. You may
still be able to procure it at a Ii
brary."
Il said to her: why are you wear
ing that thick veil? To tell the
truth she answered, in this tran
sparent skirt I'm really ashamed to
show my face"
''Wha-cha writin' poetry about?"
"A bully subject, those wax ladies in
the windows of the department
stores. What wonderful expressions,
One I see had outstretched arms, as
if pleading: Henry, give me back
my letters! Another drops a wicked
eyelash, as if saying: Stick around,
kid, we're gonna open bottle of
paraffin" Another"
Pardon
ONE of the French contingent in
" terrupts, who has been listening
with breathless admiration, but not
always understanding what is said.
Pardon, Paraffin? What paraffin p
Let me explain" says Hank. m.
Dubois, just for a supposition, take
this suit of clothes I'm wearing. 1t
cost me 800 francs; yet if told you
that it cost $50 francs, you would
believe it,
HE means" interrupts Percy mild
ly, eff he told you it over the tele-
phone. Now, do you see?"
Telephone? Excuse What tele-
phone?"
But Big Joe is busy writin' poetry:
My eyes--theyre brown!
NY shape-oh. great!
My hair-it's red!
My laigs-straight, straight.
HUH shifts the girl with mono
Gle 'I don't know about red-headed
girls, but I had a husband once, with
kissed hair and the only straight
thing about him was his legs"
But I'll say they're all wrong"
"Whats wrong, George
shirts! 1 came over here with
IL shirts and three nighties. Every
time I send shirts to the Paris laun-
dry, somebody takes off 10 per cent
for expenses! I went to a store that
advertised shirts a speciality and ask
ed for No Is. The clerk brought out
a No. 38. But 1 don't want night
shirt! I said. The rear tail touched
the ground and the front tail reach
ed below my knees. l tucked them
in and went to meet my wife.
john, she said, you've been
drinking. You are positively fat"
MARY 1 said. you are mistaken.
It's the shirt"
tell Of this Latin Quarter furore.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
What's in Smoke.

EVERY time a ton of coal is burned
- in the family furnace seventeen
tons of gas go up the chimney, six
teen of which are the gases of the
atmosphere, either free or in combi-
nation with the elements of which
the coal is formed. A little more than
twelve tons are of nitrogen, which
goes through the fire unchanged
Nearly four tons of oxygen are needed
to burn the coal and this oxygen all
goes up the fiue as carbon dioxide
sulphur dioxide and water vapor. Most
of the coal. 1900 pounds or so, also
goes up the chimney. principally as
carbon dioxide, less than one part in
hundred forming smoke.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

Tell him" said she, that I'm
not at home
The butler bowed and withdrew
Sky opened his arms.
Come home" he suggested.
You said you were cured" she
temporiZed How do l know-you
aren't?"
This Sky most properly ignored
Are you coming-or shall l come
and get you?"
Come" suggested Judy, poised for
flight, and get me-"
The tea things all but crashed. but
he got her. And held her as if he
feared she might yet try to escape
him. But she didn't Indeed:
Il think Leila was right" she
confessed, presently. You won't let
me walk all over you. ever again,
will you, Sky? II don't like il my
selfr'
I'm prepared to beat you twice a
day if necessary" he assured her,
and there was a note in his voice
that thrilled her deliciously.
x X x
A T midnight, that night, Livingston
Ames Stewart came to Sky's
door and accepted his invitation to
enter.
Good Lord" gasped Sky. as
he glimpSed Stewart'S expression.
What's happened, old man."
"Angela-Miss Sweet-has refused
me-" announced Stewart tragically.
II loaned her various books, as you
suggested, and she seemed so inter-
ested that 1 was encouraged to sug-
gest marriage. / told her that al
though l realized some men might not
find her attractive, ] believed that,
considering her genetic worth. l.
My aunt's seven cats" groaned
Sky. What did she say?"
she hurled the books at me-" re-
piled Stewart miserably.
II don't wonder" thought Sky. But
as Stewart needed sympathy, he tried
to give it. Well, there are other
potential mothers of great men,
aren't there"
But it is Angela that I want"
cried Stewart.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
BY STERLING HEILIG.

PARIS, September IS.
T WO large cafes in the more
spacious. shady american
Latin Quarter" (where the
Il new Boulevard RaspaI comes
into the Boulevard Mont
parnasse) have become famous for
| their artistic. literary, poetic and
conversational activities.
The Cafe of the Dome.
The Cafe of the Rotunda
Their handicap is that of becoming
too famous.
How can you read aloud your latest
verse or dash off with conversatlon)
an idea for a picture on the back OF
an old envelope or explain the prin-
cipleS of form and color if rough
neckS and tourists listen in all anx-
ious, earnest and admiring, all around
you?
Recently, when the rush of out
siders slowed up temporarily, the
Cri de Paris published cartoon
which set all Americans here gos-
| Quarter Americans is seated at the
| Dome" Around high piles of
saucers, representing refreshments,
| they say happily:
| Now that the crowd is gone. we
| can work.
There is truth in it.
! Tourists crave the carefree Latin
, Quarter life. They have always
heard tales of the pictures made
there, the poetry written, the studies
made 50 gayly and, especially, the
bright talk over light refreshm en- IS
| in these cafes.
All, to get. away from it all and to
have time to talk, Ah, to quit sordid
| business life and discover that we,
| too. take pleasure in things of the
| spirit!
| All, to have a mind-and not to be
ashamed of it. To talk and listen
| to literary things, yet not be literary
| pretentiouSly!
, There are roughnecks who are
| writing verses. There are refugees
from business life who become known
| for their words" their wit, their
table talk. Newcomers OF the species
listen, reverent and hopeful
Here are samples. All these say
| ings have been reported from the
Dome" or the 'Rotunda" in Latin
Quarter notes, actually printed at va
rious dates by this or that of the
| three American daily papers of Paris.
Among such topics are naturally
the freaks seen on the cafe terraces
the men with long hair, the corset
less girl with a monocle. and the ten
dency of art girls" to dress man
nishly.
Here goes-for table talk.
* X X
"SERIoUsLY, Dougie. this Rotunda
~ is a nice cafe. One gets such
| innocent fun trying to tell the ladies
from the gentlemen. One here yes
terday was all mixed up herself about
| it and nobody succeeded in helping
| her! AS she veered away a waiter
| came running and calling: Made
moiselle. your cane, your cane" It's
| lucky, Dougie, it was not her pipe,
| nest ce pas?'
| Listen, Dougie, here's a true one
She blew in from Greenwich Village
and. oh. my, she was going to see
| life! My word, if she didn't head
| straight for the Dome without a
hat and in sort of smock-you
know! When she hit the terrace
those man girls who live there gave
the poor thing such stare! She wa
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Garden Curiosities.

THE latest addition to this season $
garden freaks was found by Ar
thur c. Miller of Auburn, N Y, when
)in digging potatoes ne found one
spud affectionately wrapped around
the end of d horse bit. Another un-
usual specimen in his garden is n
squash vine which has produced two
sQuashes, one of the green variety,
the other yellow.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

PARIS, September Is.
" WO large cafes in the more
spacious. shady american
Latin Quarter" (where the
Il new Boulevard RaSpaiI comes
into the boulevard Mont
Evening star., 1924-09-28

four hunks o lead into his hide be-
fore you could say Calvin Coolidge,
President. :"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12
LITTLE WILLOW

Mrs. W. D. Tstro and two children
OF Portland, Oregon, are visiting a.
the home Of Nj and Mrs. Ernest
Kirk Mrs. Tatro is Z sister Of MIS-
Kinks
Mrs. u. ". Cheek and girls visited
several days with her daughter
MIS-. Earl Coats. the first Of last
week
Mr.. and Mrs Robert AcTuly Of
Weiser, visited Mrs MeAuly's par.
ents, Mr. AMI Mrs. John Symes-
Little Johnny Stirm underwent z
minor operation on his hand in
Portland Saturday and his many
friends will be glad TO know he is
getting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs VIM. Eckes spent
Sunday at the home Of Mr. and Mrs
Pits OF New Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Coates of Fair
field, Idaho. we're the proud parents
Of !. boy, born June l.
Born TO Mr. and Mrs Floyd Cripes
on June 2 baby daughter. Mrs
Cripe will be remembered as Miss
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12
Roo.ev.,,,, 1~r aRed Rags

DR.. John n. Richards, Colonel
Roosevelt's physician during his last
Illness, writes In the Saturday Eve
ming Post:
On nv first visit TO oyster Bay II
was considered necessary 10 take
blood from Colonel Roosevelt's arm
for a chemical examination He III
sisted on standing while this Was be
ing done. IN spite OF the fact that ms
ankles were acutely infamed at the
time.
While the needle was being insert
ed he was joking with Doctor SwartE
and DR.. W. Martin, who were IN the
room with Us, and i. fearing lest he
should move his arm, thereby making
smother vein puncture necessary, said !:
please do not move your arm, so thst
I shall not misplace the needle
"All right he answered, but don't
enyons mention Wilson or the kaiser.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12
METHODIST NOTES

The Sunday School after a short
session at 10 A. n, will give Chill
dren's Day Program at 1890. Please
note the hour.
Our Life Investment series Of Sun
day evening services began last Sun
day with splendid audience and a
splendid address by Supt z Turner
on The Calling Of q Teacher" The
second Of the series will be given
Sunday night AZ 8 O'Clock. The sub
iect will Be, THE Investment Of Life
in Journalism" by l. Purcell These
services are of especial interest and
value TO young shrdlu yowarth va
before them but everybody is cordial
Il invited to attend.
Take part in the Big Sing before
the address.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12
RIVAL THE NATURAL PEARL
Artificial ~GenA" cheaply Produced,
Said to Be AZ Beautiful AZ the
Real Ones

II appears that the lining Of a peariy
mussel shell or OF a pearl oyster IS
precisely the same material as thar
which composes the pearl Itself Coat
buttons and other articles made OF
this "mother-of-peari" are very beau
tiful, and would bring high prices but
for the fact that the material IS 50
common
To make artificial pearls, clear moth
er-of-pearl is reduced TO fine pow
der and mixed with rosin, sheIlac,
stearin and a little pigment TO afford
color.
This Is the process devised by 4
westerner who possesses much knoTl-
edge of the peariing industry Of the
Middle West
A New Jersey man has invented p
process to make imitation pearls from
beads Of highly polished silver coatet
with q translucent cellulose varnisH
that contains q little white pigment
Light rays reflected through the coat
Ing from the mirror-Hke surface Be
meath afford a pearl-like effect
The most familiar artificial pearls
Of commerce are gfobules OF glass
lined with a substance derived from
the scales Of a fish called the bleak
II Is TO thi. substance that the rides
cence Of the scales Of many species OF
fishes Is Chickering's
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12
DIAMOND NOT NOW SUPREME
Scientists Have Put Forward Prod-
uets Which Rival Famous Pre-
cious Stone In Hardness

The diamond has always been ~
gsrded as possessing one quality
which placed 1t beyond rivalry, name
~. that Of hardness. There are sever-
al gems which compete with II In beau-
". and at least one, the ruby. when
OF rare size and quality. outranks IT
In costiinesA But none In the whole
list equals II In hardness
Diamond cut diamond" Is q popu-
lar saying. The hardest steel cannot
equal the diamond In that respect.
The diamond, the textbooks used to
declare. rs the hardest substance
known"
But science progresses. and II ma
ture has set aside for her king Of
gems the distinction Of unparalleled
hardness, the art Of man has not been
equally considerate- There are sew
ersl products Of chemical experiment
which have proved, II Is claimed, TO
be as hard as diamonds.
These are produced from the rare
metal titanium- One investigator Sue
ceeded In preparing titenium in the
electric furnace. In the pure form II
is harder than steel or quartz, and
when combined with silicon or boron,
50 as TO form a silicide or boride Of
titanium. II matches the diamond #
self in hardness.
Tftaniun resembles tin In its chem
ieal properties, and II Is the charac-
terisic element in the beautiful red
and brown crystals of rutile. These,
IN the shape Of needles. are some
times found penetrating large white
quartz crystals. forming gems that
the French call "loTes arrors"-
Washington Star.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12

Mrs. Rebecca Engle arrived Satur
day from Aurora, Oregon, for yisi
with her son, F. a. Engle and family
Monday Mrs S Lanfear celebrated
her 93rd birthday. Several neighbo
ladies went in and spent the after
noon with her.
Word was received Monday Of th'
death Of Mrs. ]. A. Bates in Bois'
Monday morning. Mrs. Bates hai
been in poor health for years, but f
was not thot she was so low.
Mrs. Ed Weaver and son Alfred
, came down from Boise Sunday t.
spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashcroft of Kellogg
visited at the Lou Etherton home las
week.
Mrs. William Rauert entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Puchert and Mr.
and Mrs. Clearance Ficken at dinner
Monday.
Howard Manser, Eyar Enberg, and
George sherrick were Midvale visit.
ors Sunday.
H. R. Ficken received a message
Sunday announcing the death of a
nephew's wife suddenly in Bison,
Kansas.
The w. H. NJ. s. met (this) Thurs
day with Mrs. c. j.. Coon
Mr. and Mrs. c. ]. Coon. Hr. and
Mrs. B. W. Grover. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Powell and Miss Wilma Miles
spent last Thursday evening at the
Charles Miller home in Ontario.
George Lorey and ]. Taylor of
Cambridge, visited at the Roy
Sparks and Charles Royston homes
last week
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Shake left
Saturday for Stanfield. Oregon to
visit Mr. Shakes mother.
Mrs. Allen Kinnison and Miss Mil
bred Baker Of Payette. were Friday
evening dinner guests of Mrs. Frank
Mrs. C ]. Coon and Mrs. George
Childs were Boise and Caldwell bust
ness visitors last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. HolIenbeck
and Robert, ami Miss Nadine Amick
were Boise visitors Saturday and
Miss Mildred Rudolph re-
turned home with them for visit.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-12

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