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upon the passages written when
she was sixteen and seventeen.
The ardor of those microscopic
lines written to him in French
with their young wild sweetness
lit a flame in her heart.
Why should she remain silent?
Was that pride? Or was it only
poverty and meanness of spirit?
Pride was to do the thing you
wished, the thing that seemed
right and give no heed for the
vioce of convention.
A Letter.
She began to write-one of
those impetuous, fervent letters
that in two years absence had
kept so vital the current OF his
love. She poured out, unre-
strained, the warm torrent Of her
feeling, filling page after page.
She ended:
'Dane-you love me and I love
you. Shall we throw so dear a
gift away and leave our lives
scooped clean OF joy? Oh, you
must know that I have never,
never scorned you or what you
had. You have everything
everything in the wide earth that
1 want. And you only have It.
care nothing for others. I
never have. I never can. I care
nothing for all the wealth Of the
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She didn't allow him to walk
home with her as ne asked to
do. And when he wished to call.
Winnie made it a point~to have
other engagements
The girls weres delighted over
Georges snubbfng because they
had tried in vain to captivatc
him. George was hurt and
mvstified. but soon forgot the
matter after Winnie returned to
the city.
And Winnie? When her fort
night vacation was memory,
it occurred to her that she had
needlessly sacrificed what might
have proved a very pleasant
friendship in her desire to oblige
two girls in carrying out . not
very gracious plan.
Beth became engaged to Frank,
whom she met at the university
when both were students there.
Frank, after his graduation, went
back to the distant State where
his parents lived to go into bust
ness with his father.
He wished to marry Beth and
bring her to his western home
to live. Beth was perfectly will
ing to go. But Cousin Jane
thought it was folly to go SO far
away from the friends and rela-
tives Of ones childhood.
You'll be lonely and unhappy"
she croaked disnnally.
"And he doesn't belong to the
same church you do" Cousin
Eliza would add sadly. Religious
differences in a family are always
fatal"
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<("AN we tell when we cross
the equator, Foxy Grand
~ PAP" asked Bobby as we
sailed southwark on the Atlantic.
laughed as replied:
''No, my boy; there's not even
q buoy to indicate it,"
"Oh," sighed Bobby, the disap-
pointment showing clearly in his
little face.
The captain told US when we
crossed the line, and then we
steamed on.
One afternoon as we lay on the
deck of the small tramp steamer,
Bobby lifted my glasses to his
eyes and shouted:
There's a white island over
there. 1t shines like silver"
1.-THE st. Paul group" said the
captain. would you like to stop
off and explore them, Foxy Grand
, pa?"
Indeed, would" I answered.
So the captain steered toward
the first island, dropped anchor,
and lowered a boat for us.
What q lark 1t was to go on
that island where no one lived.
There were hardly any animals
only insects, We discovered, and
what they lived on was a mys-
terry, for there were no trees or
vegetation Of any kind.
However, there were birds there.
For as we approached the island
We saw that there We're hundreds
of pelicans and tropical birds rest
ing on the coral shore.
We jumped out of the boat and
waded toward shore and then we
started exploring.
Here's a birds nest" shouted
Bobby.
BE careful not to brighten the
owners" I whispered.
But it was too late, for as
Bobby shouted two big birds
darted out from the nest.
That's too bad" said Bobby.
1--WE can have a look at the
nest, at any rate" said 1.
And with that we walked to-
ward the nest to examine it.
why, here's a flying-fish right
by the nest, Foxy Grandpa" Ox-
claimed Bobby.
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Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
roi, ly,s PHILOSOPHY IN Yesterdays WORDS
y Helen Rowland

to look for inspiration" else
where.
Keep him so busy trying to be
"a good faithful slave to you that
It win never occur to him to pose
as Sultan.
Keep your house so filled with
rose-colored lights, sunshine,
gayety and beauty that nothing
but a funeral would prove any
VARIETY to him.
All this will be much harder on
you than on him; it viii hurt
you much more than It does him.
But, when you feel your heart
beginning to soften and your will
beginning to weaken, just re-
member, as Father used to say,
that it is FOR HIS OWN
GOODw
It will be an awful sacrifice for
you, not to be able to coddle him,
worship him, mother him, baby
hiIn-to make his life one long
path of roses and pick off all the
thorns for him.
But, SACRIFICE yourself! Sac.
rifice is a woman's mission, any
how!
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dictate, Inc.)
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NEW KIND OF STATION IN SOUTHERN ATLANTIC

Sure enough, there, lying at the
edge of the nest, was a beautiful
flying fish.
''Their supper. suppose" I
said.
Lets wait at a distance and
perhaps we can sec them eat It,"
suggested Bobby.
So we sat down for a moment
hoping that the couple would
come home. But they didn't.
They were afraid Of us. AS we sat
there watching, Bunny tugged my
sleeve and said:
Look"
Bunny was pointing to the
ground near the nest, and there,
walking along, as only one of his
family can, was a big crab!
He ambled right straight up to
the fish, took it in his claws and
before our very eyes gobbled 1t
up and then made for the water.
Can you beat that" I ex-
claimed.
They're worse than that" said
Bunny. 1--WE heard that they
take the baby birds right out Of
the nest. Strange things happen
on these stations"
Stations" said Bobby. What
do you mean?"
II mean that this is a bird
station, where they often stop in
their long Journeys up and down
the ocean and eat-bugs."
"Oh"' said Bobby. Kind CT
like coaling station for ship"
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NORA LEE = By Elenore Meheri1
Writer of Great Serial Chickie Presents New Novel OF
Modern Life, Conferred on the Heart and the
Mind of the "Flapper"

world. / only want your eyes
to look at me. / only want your
lips. All other things are hate
full. You must believe it. 1t is
true and always has been.
could die now recalling what ]
said to you and that sent you
from me. You must come back
didn't think you'd go.
I waited and longed for you to
return. Come now-because in
your heart you know that things
YOU said, Of me were not so.
They aren't. None but you has
ever dwelt in nay heart
none ever cam"
She sent the letter to his Of
flee. She waited, whipped with
eager expectance all the next
day.
No .snswer came. Weeks passed
and there was none.
Her despair hardened to q steel
like calm. She looked often these
DAYS at the reckless face OF her
father. She said to herself, wild
": 1T am your daughter! Yours!
And she grew afraid Of herself
ana Of the future she felt steal
ing upon her.
END OF PART ONE.
Copyright, 1924, by Elenore Meherin.)
CTO BE Continued Tomorrow
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MzmmMz.

to keep him busy, busy, BUSY!
Keep him so busy striving to
live up to your ideals that he will
have no time to wonder whether
or not you are HIS ideal"
Keep him so busy wondering
what you will do next that he
will never stop to wonder what
HE is going to do next, to amuse
himself.
Keep him so busy endeavoring
to be good enough" for you that
he will never have an idle mo-
ment in which to consider wheth-
er or not you are good enough"
for HIM.
Keep him so busy trying to dis
cover how much you love him
that he will never be inclined to
stop and wonder whether or not
he still loves you.
Keep him SO busy working for
the money to satisfy your anbi-
tons or pay for your frills that
he won't take time to wonder
how you are spending it.
Keep him SO busy admiring
your latest culinary feat, your
newest perfume, your latest &C.
complishment, your newest hat
or frock. that he will never find
himself signing for a Change"
Keep him so busy struggling in
keep peace with your mental at
tainments and intellectual pur-
suits that he'll have no time left
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WHEN DID TT
HAPPEN?

wv HEN was the Pennsyl-
:" vania station, New York
w city, opened.
2-When was the capital Of In
dia transferred to Delhi?
3-When was the second inter.
national peace conference held?
when did the English enter
Lhasa, Thibet?
when was Elagabalus EN-.
peSor Of Rome?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS
To Saturdays Questions.
1.-The body Of John Jaul Jones
was buried at Annapolis in July,
1905.
2-The Russo-Japanese battle Of
Liao-Yang was fought August
25-September 4. 1904.
3-The first Cuban congress met
May 8, 1902.
4-Shakespeare wrote Much
Ado About Nothing" in 1897.
5-Lemercier, Richelieu's favor
tie architect, died in 1860.
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Syndicate, Inc)
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What to Do When in Doubt
QUESTIONS ON
RULD44ONO O1V AoOO1<4L OUo1 O1uo 11VDW 1.sASA1'
Mrs. Cornelius Beekman--
Laundering Hand-Embroidersd
Giffs

Laundering Hand Embroidered
Gifts
NEAR MRS. BEE6cKMAN:
~ There has been some dis
cussion as to whether it is cor
rect to launder hand-embroidered
work before giving it away as a
gift.
Some OF my girl friends say it
is better. to keep the article clean,
and give it without laundering it.
VIII you kindly give me your
opinion? M. H.
TT is better to send It as fresh
I looking and as exquisite and
appealing in its neatness as pos
sibIe. Therefore, It is usually
necessary to launder it.
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TO THE
LOVELORN
by Beatrice Fairfax
She's Shy When With Men

She's Shy When With Men
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ am seventeen and fond
of young men. but feel a little
shy in their presence. They
don't seem to care much for me.
Please tell me what ! can do to
win their attention.
SNOWFLAKE.
You are to young to be the
least bit worried because of
any lack Of suitors but too old
to feel embarrassed in the pres
ence Of young men.
Remember we are all human
beings, whether we are women or
men, and there is nothing to fear,
nothing to worry about. Just be
natural. Act In the presence Of
young men exactly as you do in
the presence Of your girl friends,
and they viii be sure to like you.
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RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
FrOsting.

cups sugar.
- cup water.
IL cup California orange juice.
Grated rind of 1 orange.
Boil until it spins a long thread;
add gradually to well-beaten
whites of 2 eggs (beating con-
stantly); fold in, over and over,
"a marshmallows (cut in small
slices) until stiff enough to spread.
Mrs. r. NJ. Graham, Alexan-
dria, Va.
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A Grdduation Gift
CAP MRS REEcKMAN.

nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
- If a boy invites girl,
graduating with him. to a grad
uation party, what is an apprO-
pirate gift for the girl to bring?
ca Would you kindly tell me
what gifts are appropriate for
a girl to give another girl at
such party? F. 8.
A BOOK is the most appropriate
n gift for d graduation party
gift.
(21 A silver, enamel or gold pen
or pencil, some accessory Of
leather for her desk, a book,
beads, a purse or bag of silk or
leather, a sheer dance" handker-
chief, or box of letter paper
are suitable presents.
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For the Home

IF ivory handles Of knives are
discolored, clean them with lemon
Juice and salt.
Cut flowers will last longer If
two or three tiny pieces Of white
soap are added to the water in
which they are placed.
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tIlOrity on Problems Of Love.
m II, Winnie, we have q
great scheme and we
~ need you to carry it
out. VIII you help us7"
"of course. What's the scheme
and what can do?" was the
eager reply. And pretty, good
natured Winnie, home on vaca-
ton from the city where she had
made real success Of her nusi-
cal studies, smiled her desire. to
do everything in her power to
oblige her friends.
"well. there's a new young wan
in town since you went away last
fail. He's awfully popular. All
the girls are crazy about him.
But we think he's conceited and
needs taking down.
cat the dance tonight George
that's his name-wil1 make
great fuss over you because
you're the newest. pretty girl and
are from the city.
Promise to snub him and let
him see how unimportant he Is"
why, III try" agreed WinEie,
but I'm not crazy about the
idea"
AS matter OF fact, Winnie
was none too enthusiastic over
her appointed task. But when
George was introduced to her
and asked her to dance, although
she gave him one dance i'm
puIsively, she dutifu1ly refused
him q second and third.
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But, w h Q n
the Lord gives
you the max
ing 81 of n
good husband,
it is up to you
to turn our
the perfect fin
ished product,
at any cost.
And the only
way to make
a. good hus-
band out of n
mera man il
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49, AKING an Indifferent hus-
band out of a devoted
su lover seems to be WON
ans meter. and her chief occu.
patton in this life.
It is SO easy! Because the heart
of a loving woman is the tender
est spot on earth-and spelling
a perfectly good man is her rul-
ing passion. Petting him is SO
much more delightful than chast-
ening him.
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By Eleanor Meherin
The Biggest and Best StOry Of
Her Career.

EET DIDN'T hut you, Nora
Lee. wasn't quite
myself
Don't speak about it. You did
hurt me. You make it seem that
you do these things because I
was fool enough to take this
apartment cheaply from you"
He pinched the neat mustache
viciousIy. Don't he altogether
unjust. I'VE liked giving you
things, Nora Lee. I've never pre-
sumed on 1t. Never! What hap
pened would have happened if
you were a queen and your
lackey."
She made an impatient, angry
gesture. Richard didn't count.
All the Richards in the world
didn't matter. She said YEARLY:
'.Never mind! It's past
She paid no attention to his
words. She was thinking bitterly:
Suppose he would come this
moment and find Richard here?
Sees False Pride.
He didn't come. At the end OF
q week from the sheer longing to
hear his name spoken. she called
up Mickey Grant. She learned
at least that he wasn't dead; he
had done no terrible thing-at
least Mickey didn't mention any
tragedy. He talked as though she
knew every move Dane made.
So he must be living On in the
same outward routine-he end
Mickey having lunch together,
swapping jokes. laughing
For a few days this filled her
with storming resentment. The
false pride of him that kept him
silent She considered coldly the
crucifixion her life would be If
she married him. Why, one look
Ono hurt look from him and
whole days would be ruined.
She would give up all material
pleasures-even sell her car; go
with poor, dingy clothes. And
IN return wait hungrily for his
royal win! Give up all and per-
haps not even find q great, gen.
erous love. Oh, IL he were gener-
Ous would he not have come
again? Would he fly into rage
and make vicious accusations ?
Judge her capable of vileness?
why, he had said she had
affairs" with men. So let him
So! Shed never call him back.
But she was Ike all the women
who have ever loved-her heart
dying on her hand for him
In the middle OF the second
week she was able to go out.
She drove to the book store across
from his office building and
parked the car. She waited from
till awaited for a. glimpse of
the bronzed, young face, the deep
set eyes and rugged jaw. tie
didn't come. Three days she.
parked here waiting-growing ex-
cited with her hope. He never
came. J
The third night she sat at her
mothers desk, idly turning the
pages Of her diary. She cam.
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By Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies a Unique Position
In the Writing World as an Au-
tIlOrity on Problems Of Love.
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The Situation in Poland, Italy
czecho-SIoVakia and Scandinavia

TN Poland. the situation is the same
L as that in the Balkans. Strong
peasant movements, strong move
mepts among the national minorities.
which represent parts of the peasant
movement, and also a strong labor
movement. Consequently, in Poland
also the combination of these three
factors is in operation. A superficial
investigation may lead to the conclu-
sion that an improvement has taken
place in the position of the Polish
bourgeoisie, but the three factors men,
toned above should not be lost sight
of.
A word or two more concerning
Italy We have not yet succeeded in
overcoming fascism there. Several
weeks ago it seemed that Mussolini
was approaching his end. 1t turned
out not to be the case. But, the posi-
ton of Italy is shaky, unstable and
pregnant with everything in the world
but consolidation.
Nov with regard to Czecho-Slova-
IN kia. The position Of the bourge-
oisie there is such that it can find no
constitutional way out Of the diff
culties in which it is immersed. The
coalition is breaking-up, and this is
becoming more marked as time goes
on. Here, as in Poland and in the
Balkans, we observe the inter-action
of the same three factors. II is true
that the peasant movement and the
movement of the national minorities
also is weaker than in the previously
mentioned countries. But on the other
hand, the third factor, the labor move
ment is much stronger in Czecho-Slo-
vakia than in the other countries.
AS for Scandinavia, these blessed
lands of the petty-bourgeoisie where
the reigns of government are still in
the hands of social-democrats, 1t is
Characteristic that even in these coun-
tries, the class struggle is becoming
more acute. The idyll has come to
an end. The sharp class struggles
which we have witnessed in Scandina-
via recently. particularly In Norway
and recently also in Sweden and Den
mark, testify TO the growing acuteness
Of class antagonisms in the Scandina
Wan countries.
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International Prospects and .BoIshevization

and will no doubt grow. What attracts
representatives Of social democratic
and non-party workers from other
countries to US? An instinct that &C.
nuine sociaIistic construction has com
menced in the U. s. s. r. These dele
gates reason to themselves approxim-
ately as follows We have proceeded
by different paths to those followed
by Russia; we follow the social demo-
Gratis. What have we achieved? Econ
omically, our position is very bad. In
Russia, the proletariat took what is,
indeed, the thorny path, the path Of
blood and civil war. But, the Russian
workers have already achieved much.
The consciousness of this is awaken
ing in the minds of the social-demo-
cratic workers and from now on will
become more fixed.
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IITE come now to the next point, the
W situation In England. Here certain
changes are to be observed. First of
ALL l will state that the Second Inter
national is gradually transferring its
attention from Germany to England.
This is fact With the formation of
the first, so-caIled labor government,
- the Macdonald government - the
center Of gravity of the Second Inter
national was removed to England. It
seems to me comrades, that we are
on the threshold of a period in which
the center Of gravity Of the future de-
velopment of the world revolution will
also gradually commence to shift to
England.
The opportunists will ask: do you
really think that robust, full-blooded,
conservative England has to fear re-
volution? Those who look upon things
superhcially are hypnotized by the
full-bloodedness of British capitalism.
But a pupil of Marx and Engels can
not but see that the power of the Bri-
fish bourgeoisie is seriously threaten
ed from three directions. The first is
the dominions. The second is the re-
evolutionary character which the labor
movement is assuming and the third
is the Orient.
THE place Of the conservative gov
L eminent in England can no longer
be taken by a liberal government.
There are only two great forces in
England today: The conservatives
and the labor party. II the conserva-
tiyes will have to make way for an
other party, that party will not be
the liberal party, but the labor party.
For that reason the position taken up
by the British labor party is Of enorm-
Gus Importance. The gradual trans
formation Of the labor party is OBJ
vious. Not less obvious is the growth
Of its left wing. These facts indicate
that full-blooded, conservative Eng
land is standing on a volcano. The
situation in England does not show
symptoms of increasing stability, but
on the contrary, is continuously be-
coming more revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
Antagonlsms Between England
and France

THE sixth point-the relation be-
l. tween England and France. Here
too antagonisms exist. A conflict is
going on for the domination of Eu-
rope. Both states at the present time
are, in a certain degree, dependent
upon American Imperialism, which is
striving to play off one against the
other, rousing mutual conflicts be-
tween them and at the same time
rousing conflicts between the two and
other states. The situation in France
is not in the least stabilized. The
Herriot government, politically, has
outlived its time. In order to prolong
its life, It must abandon the very
sense and content Of it's life. The
French proletariat has increased
numerically. The party of the prole-
tariat has grown also. Work is being
commenced in the colonies and among
the peasantry.
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The Situation in the Balkans

TN several countries, in Roumania,
L Bulgaria, Yugo-Slavia, there are in
my opinion three revolutionizing fac
tors: ~, the peasant movement, az,
the national movement and (3), the
labor movement. The interaction Of
these three factors is Of extreme i'm
portance, and this interaction is
visible. Sometimes we are told that
the fight is being conducted too half
heartedly that the counter-revolu-
ton in these countries has become
stronger. However, the dialectics Of
history teach us that sometimes,
precisely at the moment when the
counter-revolution appears to have
reached its eliminating point 1t turns
out that the revolution is near, preci-
sely at such a moment, counter-revo-
luton is substituted by revolution.
That the national movement, the peas
ant movement and the labor move
ment in these countries bear a mass
character there is not the slightest
doubt The Yugoslav government may
annul the mandates Of from 60 to 80
peasant deputies, aud from the con
stitutional" point Of view, this may
seem a mere bagatelle. But such
things cannot be done with impunity:
The discomfort OF the masses is mere
ly driven down deeper. For that
reason we Communists, in estimating
the position in the Balkans, will not
allow ourselves TO be deceived with
what we see on the surface. Super
ficially, the reaction appears to be
omnipotent. AT first glance It may
appear that the government in Yugo-
Slavia has crushed the Raditch move
ment. II we look deeper, however, we
shall be compelled to admit that the
position Of the Balkan government is
still shaky and is not approaching
stability in the least degree.