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The Tangle
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
COTT TO RUTH BURKE
CONTINUED

COTT TO RUTH BURKE
CONTINUED.
Some way, Ruth, could not but
feel sorry for this man who was able
to buy everything in the world ex-
cept love and friendship. When his
hand fell almost Inadvertently over
mine which was resting on the rail,
1 did not draw my hand away.
II will never be very lonely here
again." he murmured, "for while l
am sitting on this deck with the
moonlight making pathway of
silver across the sea up to the castle
>of my dreams, I will people this deck
again with all the lovely ladies and
five men that are here tonight.
MANY, many times I shall see you
just as you are standing now, the
moons silver glow turning your pale
cheeks to an almost translucent
radiance.
ooh, my dear Lady Of the Shows,
you will never guess how many long
conversations I will have with you
when you will have all the things
I want you to say, and smile on me
as YOU did last night when you
stretched out your soft, white hands
to me in sympathy.
IF one has a vivid imagination,
ones friends are often pleasanter
company when one meets them in
that fairy land one calls his mind
than when they are beside him in
the flesh.
There there are no conventions to
be considered, no social ethics to
remember. There the Icy GOODNESS
Of society's criticisms are not to be
feared, for they do not exist"
His voice trailed away into silence.
gently drew my hand from beneath
his. Dear Ruth, was getting rather
restless, for did not know why this
man interested me so, why it was
that I, who had just won several
hundred dollars because I was not
curious, should be so curious to
know what he was thinking about.
Was this the same Melville Sar-
toris who was supposed to be so
fascinating to all women?
Was this the way he talked to
those lovely ladies that Jack insisted
he had made his victims, or was
the only one for whom he, saved his
poetic fancies?
hardly dared to be egotistica1
enough to think the last.
Soft Hawaiian music began. We
heard the chairs moved to- give US
room on deck to dance. Can you
imagine the soft, silvery moonlight
flooding that white deck and from
some hidden place behind the screen
Of white roses the sadly sweet
strains Of aloha" filling our listen
ing ears? 1t was the most sensually
beautiful moment have ever
known.
The lovely gowns OF the women
were drifting from the s!2adowy
moonlight o. tie rail to the bt-i.,.!a,... :
electric light which was streaming
onto the deck from the windows of
think at that moment that in all
the world there was no unhappiness,
there was no one in misery or in
pain.
Come and dance with me, Leslie"
whispered sgd in my ear.
I turned obediently, although !
confess to you that 1 had hoped Mr.
Sartoris would ask me again to
tango with him.
NEXT-Letter from Leslie Pres
colt to Ruth Burke.
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Lemons Bleach
the Skin White

The only harm
less way to bleach
the akin white Is 10
mix the Juice OF two
lemons with three
ounces OF Orchard
white, which any
druggist will sup
ply for a few cents.
Shake well in a
bottle, and you
have a whole quar-
ter pint Of the most
wonderful SIX . 4
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whitsne-, softsner end oeautiner.
Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon
hands. " can no rirritete. Famous
stage oAf mites nsA II TO bring. that
clear, youthful skin and roEy-white
complexion; slso ~ a freckle, sunnrrn
and tan bleach. Won mast mix this re-
bought ready 60 use because II acts best
Immediately after u Is prepared.-Ad-
vertisement.
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is making a undue tour of Indiana
on foot ad with the assistance OF mo,
florists who give, her lift. A story OF
her experience appears in The Times
each day.
By Nell Gordon
This isn't such bad job this
hiking. Not when one can go to
q circus and get in for "nothin.," and
be a guest of the management, and
dine with the circus folks, and ride
on the circus train, and be enter
tanned in the private car of the
owners of the circus, and ride up
ahead In the parade, all in twenty
four hours. Not so bad, I'll say.
This Is how it happened Not hav-
ing visited the eastern part Of the
State, I decided to travel that way.
AS | stood on the curb on e. Wash
ingten St., while the traffic moved
there, right IN front of me,'going IN
my direction, was g. big automobile
with a West Virginia tag and a
lone man driving. I couldn't let the
opportunity go by, so I asked if L
could ride.
why yes; ride way to West Vir
ginia with mo, II you will. I am
very tired ct riding alone" was his
reply.
He proved to be salesman for an
automobile tire which would be solid
IL 1t wasn't for the holes In 1t to
absorb the shock. On these so-called
solid tires I rode to Richmond. 1t
was rather an uninteresting trip, as
there Is little to Sc along the way,
and city which was my destination
offered little to write about.
y Circus In Town
After registering at the hotel
learned that the 101 Ranch Circus
was In the city and decided to try
dining with the circus folks. 1t
was long hike to the grounds and
feared I was late. as circus folks
eat early. Nevertheless, l arrived IN
time to enjoy the supper of steak,
celery, potatoes, peas, corn, toma-
toes, four kinds Of bread, coffee, tea,
milk and Casaba melons. The din
ing tent is an immense affair." seat
Ing over 500 people at long tables.
I made myself at home on the
lot, chatting with Ezra Meeker who
IS es years old and enjoying his
fret season with q circus.
y cane with the1a OF account ct
the attractive salary Which they OF.
rered Ee,' was his explanation
whispered 20 me IN MS kindly way.
M lsa 1,.% t,, -.
coach act.
When It was time for the eve
ming performance l hurried to the
tent. AS I entered, a storm began.
Perform I'm Rain
The open arena which Is used in
stead Of a big top for this show,
affords no protection for the acts.
The audience only Is under cover.
F., The far east act was on when the
wind and rain started. There was
| fear that the tent would collapse
and many in the audience started to
leave. But through all that down
pour of rain so heavy and sheet
like, that at times the performers
were almost hidden from view, the
show continued. The band struck
up a livelier tune and the Arabs, as
they made human wheels Of them
selves, only laughed as they fell In
the puddles of water. Finally the
wind blew with such terrific force
that the management ordered the
sides of the tent dropped to allow the
wind to blow through and save the
top. Act after act went on. A
| ticket seller offered me- his ra in
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shape their lives. II IL what you are
that matters. not what you have.
You do not need an expensive set
ting TO draw real friends. But you
do need a radiant personality. A 1T
tie ingenuity will do wonders 20.
ward fixing up your homo, complete
with hospitality and personal charm.
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LONG ILLNESS FATAL

BIZ Trttgd Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. a.
John Balr, II. prominent for many
years among educators Of northern
Indiana, died Thursday after long
illness. He was formerly superin-
tendent oysthe st. Joseph County
schools
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HIKER SEES CIRCUS
in RAGING STORM

coat and allowed me to stand In
his stall that my feet might be out
OF the water. I had not accepted
the reserve seat offered me as pre-
ferred being where I could chat with
the press man.
AS the storm abated I made my
way back stage, or more properly
speaking back lot. I had expected
to see doleful looks and perhaps
hear bit of GUESSING among the men
as they returned from their acts,
but instead a carnival spirit pre-
vailed. Everyone appeared to be en-
joying the deluge despite wet feet
and wetter costumes. In the ladies
dressing tent small trunks were
floating about, boots had filled with
water camp stools had overturned
and the rag baby which takes an i'm
portant part in the stage coach
scene was missing. Her body much
discolored from the rags with which
she was stuffed, was later found by
a cowboy as it f1oated down stream
in one Of the many rivulets which
had formed and she was rescued
just in time to be thrown into her
act.
Take Precaution
In company with Mr.. Zack Miller
J visited the horse tent. I noted
that every few feet a stable boy
stood alert, with his eye on the man
in charge. Also that many horses
were tied very loosely.
"The storm may return and when
there is danger we order the boys,
each to his section" explained Mr..
Miller, Had there been any greater
danger, tonight we would have
united the horses and led them out.
How did you know the tent was
not going over tonight7" I asked.
''Oh. the elephants let US know.
They are very sensitive animals
and will warn Of danger in a storm.
Tonight there wasn't squawk out
OF an elephant and they squeel in
a peculiar pitch when danger is
near. Had they started in tonight
we would have cleared the tents i'm
medietely We have en- audience OF
5000 people. TO Us It means 5000
guests TO crote.c&. beside the 335 Q:
our OWL people who are Il our e..2-
p!oy."
The rain s.!n poured down when
the evenings performance closed.
Not an act had been omitted, except
the Anal with the high-schooled
horses.
They refused to lay down in the
mud puddles," explained Mr.. Miller.
The buffalo and the Indian ponies
rather enjoyed the wet grounds.
I had never been aboard a circus
train, and having been invited to
join the Miller families in their pri.
vate car for day or two, accepted
the trip to Anderson, the next stop
for the show. AS we rode away from
the grounds In the private car of
the big Snowman and passed the
hundreds Of people who were walk
ing home, was glad I was not
hiking on the highway when that
storm struck.
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Physical Disabilities
wild Animals

These women prisoners can be
handled as wild animals, Of course,
by any one who is larger and strong
err. But they cannot be reclaimed
by intimidation.
Only intelligent sympathy and pa
thence will win them toward any
Kind OF reform.
This SOFT OF intelligence we co rot
purchase tor $40 OF $50 month.
4 woman IN court one day
brought there es witness. turned
to the probation oficer ana said: II
can't stand ting. Take me away. It
is too terrible to see all this wicked
ness"
1t might have done her some good
to have her vision brOadened by a
view Of some of the seamy sides OF
life. But her investigation Of a
Jail would never better 1t.
Reject Obligations
And there are so many thousands
like her, who shoulder and turn
their eyes away from ''wic1edness,"
rejecting any obligation to put an
end to the wickedness.
On the other hand. mere sentimen-
taIity in the public attitude toward
prisoners is worse than Indifference.
No prisoner Is helped by receiv-
ing sob letters and sanctimonious
sermons from chicken-hearted ladies
on the outside who get some sort
OF thrill from contact with a GALL
! bird"
The only thing that will help in
the Jail problem is money, and
plenty OF IT.
No Jail superintendent can do
anything without the money neces-
sary to hire the best men and wom-
en- available for the work Of matrons
and guards.
Moral CrippIes
AS for the prisoners themselves.
they are moral cripples usually.
They display all the traits Of a
hayward and egotistic child.
They are restless, selfish, quick
tempered, strangely generous and
peculiarly sensitive about their
honor.
A prisoner, speaking one day Of
how the jail mail is censored, spoke
of whole sentences being blotted out.
"I- that SOP" replied. II should
Ike to see one OF those letters"
"Then you don't believe me?" she
flared, her eyes bitter with resent
ment. She was insulted, outraged. I
had touched her honor.
In many cases criminal tenden-
cies may be removed by a simple
operation on the brain. Some Of
these operations are performed.
Little Study
But as yet there is very little
study of the individual problems
of psychiatry. Our jail are about
century behind the times
With the advance Of psychoanaly-
sis and abnormal psychology, It
should be possible to discover the
cause for every crime that is COM
mitted and to apply the scientific
remedy.
BUT we prefer to look upon crimi-
naas as bad" people. who must be
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Martha Lee
THIS GENERATION is
ONLY HOUSE CLEANING

broom sweeps clean. Reentlessy the old order
changes under the vigorous strokes of the generation and
the harbored refuse of older generations swept away
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winnifred Mason Huck. former Con-
preside prestxO% o8er tRa House Zoe ReprssentS
ives. got herself sentenced TO prison:
Guiltless Of any crime. she sought
Are our prisons humanet
Can girl. crushed by her fellow men,
regain her place in society,"
wr Hhis for % he RE T iiMSe''-''V'r'I
By Winnlfred Mason Huck
Former Representative to Congress
From Illinois
"a HAT Is wrong with our Jails?
M/l My weeks Of Imprisonment.
w and my subsequent efforts to
come back" brought that query
before me more and more forcibly.
Are our prisons functioning to
safeguard the mass of society and
also to reform and brace the weaker
citizens who fall before temptation?
Or are they merely institutions OF
revenge upon the wrongdoer? q
First OF all, let US admit that 4
great deal Is wrong with them.
Lack of Interest
Perhaps the basic weakness in the
system Is the lack Of public interest
in the Jails.
Each year the jails are better. the
tendency of public policy is to be-
come more humane, But there Is
also a public tendency to smugness.
We are too we'll pleased with the
progress we have already made.
Reports here and there show the
elimination of the more CALLING as
poets Of prison life, the striped uni
forms, the insanitary conditions, the
sunlessness Of the buildings.
Yes, our Jails are getting better"
but they have been so bad that as
yet the better" does not mean
much.
For example, examine the choice
Of Jail matrons. In some instances
they are splendidly equipped for the
work.
Small Salaries ,
But that is not the result Of any
care taken by the State. Such small
amounts OF money are appropriated
for their salaries that the kind Of
women needed as matrons are se!-
dom attracted to the work.
When we go about reclsIming dee-
erts, we put our best engineers in
charge, regardless Of cost. We Law
ish millions on the redeeming Of
barren land and swamps,
But for our human insists. we
merely assemble a few stone walls
and iron bars and put $40 or 500
a-month matrons in charge.
There was a time when, even at
Marysvtlle, one Of the highest types
OF prisons. these underpaid matrons
were responsible for their prisoners
for twenty-four hours a day.
Now they are on duty only four
teen hours.
Physical Disabilities
The woman with chronic, indiges-
ton or any other physical disability
has no more business being a jail
matron than the selfish. ignorant
woman who lowers herself to the
point Of feeling personal anger TO-
ward a prisoner. And yet many
physical units are acting as ma
irons in our jails.
Few Of the women serving in this
capacity realize that most Of their
prisoners are only children, suffer
ing from arrested development in
moral and physical ways. Many Of
them have minds that actually test
as those Of children Ave or six years
old.
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Sister Mary5
Kitchen

ma hot day there's nothing
quite like a well-made and
II chilled beverage served with
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Note-Nen Gordon hThe Times staff
on foot ad with the assistance of mo-
florists who give, her a lift. 4 story Of
her experience appears in The Times
each day.
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greeswoman and the frat woman to
preside over the House Of Representa-
ives got herself sentenced TO prison.
Guiltless Of any crime. she sougnt
answers to the questions
Are our prisons humanet
regain her place in society,"
This is the rtwenty-seventh story'
BY WinnIfred Mason Huck
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-09-17
Thursday

Erie E. Faber left this morning
for Denver, Col, after spending the
summer here with his mother, Mrs.
E. B. Winslow. During his stay
here Mr.. Faber has taken part in
a number of musical events and has
conducted an eight weeks Sum-
mer School of Music, eliminating
in recital last week. Mr.. Faber
expects to open a private studio in
Denver this year and he will also
continue as director of music in
the United Presbyterian church of
that city. Kenneth VonWald, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry VonWald, Of
Livingston, who has spent the sum-
mer in Baraboo, expects to leave
in two weeks for Denver where he
will enter the Barnes business col
lege and continue to study voice
with Mr.. Faber, under whom he has
made remarkable progress.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Coburn have
returned from Minneapolis where
they have been visiting for about
two months. They make their
home with Mrs. Minnie Crawford,
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Saturday

A Booth Harrington story in which
love and faith prove to be the saw
ing force in the life of man is now
showing at the AL Ringing theatre.
"The Man Who Found Himself is
the story of a man who went to
prison to save his brothers disgrace
who came out seeking revenge up
on the enemy who had sent him
there, but who found instead low
ing and faithful woman who saves
him from the act which will put
him again behind prison walls.
Thomas Meighan and Virginia Valli
play the leading roles in this alb
sorbing picture, shown for the last
times tonight. Felix Cat cuts con.
siderable capers, a Pathe Review
gives some interesting pictures of
Baltimore. and a Mermaid comedy
amuses on this good program.
Donald Buehler, Baraboo gradu-
ate of the University of Wisconsin.
has joined the staff of the Milwaii-
kee Family Welfare association as
a case worker, it was announced
in Madison. Mr. Buehler will
work from the east district of the
association. He is son of MIR. and
Mrs. F. H. Dwinnell of this city.
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also present for the picnic dinner
and day of sociability.
Mrs. George Weidenkopf and dau-
ghter Dorene returned home yester-
day after spending week or more
in Theda Clark hospital in Neenah.
where they were taken following an
automobile accident while motor
ing to Appleton. Both Mrs. Weld
enkopf and her daughter have re-
covered nicely from various cuts
and bruises.
Mrs. Maude Barker of Little Rock
Arkansas, called on friends in the
city, Saturday. Mrs. Barker has
spent the summer with her son,
Howard in New Jersey and. she
stopped in North Freedom to visit
relatives enroute to her home in
Arkansas.
Robert Pease, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. V. S. Pease leaves tomorrow
for Boonville, Missouri, where he
will enter Kemper, a Military
school. Mr.. Pease has had one
year at the University of Wiscon-
sin. The military school at Boon
vile is a preparatory school for
Dartmouth college.
Miss Frances Jones of Baraboo
was bridesmaid at the wedding of
Miss Lenice Goodrich of Madison
to Gilbert F. Hoffman, student che
mist at the University of Wisconsin
the ceremony taking place at the
First Congregational church in
Madison on Saturday night. Miss
Jones wore gown of yellow geor-
gette over yellow satin aud her
bouquet was of orchids, yellow
gladiolus, and larkspur. A recep-
ton in the church parlors followed
the wedding.
L. j. Romelfanger, 127 Second
avenue, broke his wrist on Sunday
morning while cranking his auto
mobile. Mr.. Romelfanger has been
employed on the c. & N. w. road
out of Adams, driving back and
forth to his work there.
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Monday

A number of Baraboo families
were in Columbus on Sunday to
attend a family gathering which
was held in the Firemen's Park at
that city. Twenty eight people
were present, including the follow
ing persons: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ludwig and daughter, Eunice Win
ME. Mr.. and Mrs. Carson VanEit-
zen, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Turner,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Turner, Mr..
and Mrs. John Lange, John Jr. and
Amanda, Miss Muriel Graft, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Butterfesd and
daughter Esther. Other relatives
from Waukesha and Madison were
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403 Walnut street. Mr.. Coburn
is a veteran of the Civil war, knew
Abraham Lincoln and was at the
funeral of the president.
District Attorney H. J. Bohn of
this city was the speaker at the
10Th anniversary reunion of the 9Th
Wis. Battery, held in Lone Rock
yesterday. Mr.. Bohn spoke on
abraham Lincoln. The reunion
was held on an historic site, the
same spot where the company was
mustered in so many years ago.
Mrs. Glen w. Orion entertained
eight ladies at Bridge Wednesday
evening at her home, 404 Third St,
in honor of Miss Inez Kuhns who
leaves Saturday for California
Miss Kuhns has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Mould,
for several days. She has been
in Washington, d. c. At the Or
ton home Wednesday evening the
cards were followed by luncheon.
Mrs. julius Reul received first
prize and Miss Charlotte Parker,
consolation.
Miss Pearl Frank has returned
to Prairie du Chen where she is
a student nurse in New Sanitarium
after spending the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. F.
Frank, Oak street.
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DAHLIAS
BARABOO AT
MADISON SHOW
Blossoms From Reink-
ing Gardens to be
Shown at Lorraine
Hotel, Sept. 1G and
II

The Dahlla gardens at the A. R.
Reinking home on Ninth avenue are
this year larger and lovelier than
ever. After fourteen years Of
specializing in the blossoms, Mr..
and Mrs. Reinking have achieved
what is probably one OF the most
interesting collections of dahllas in
the state. In the garden there are
now more than 10000 plants con-
sisting 800 varieties, many of them
exceedingly rare.
Mrs. Relnking is to make an ex-
hibit of her flowers at a dahlia
show on the mezannine floor of the
Lorraine Hotel Madison on Wednes-
day and Thursday, Sept. 16 and II,
and this lovely hotel will make a
fitting setting for the lovely flowers,
which will doubtless delight Madi-
son people as much as they have
the residents and visitors who come
in numbers to the gardens every
day to view the gorgeous display.
Among the rare blossoms in
which Mrs. Reinking is specialize
ing this season are he Clara Fling
er and the lockwood. The former
is a giant decorative dahlia of a yell
low and pink shade. One of these
blossoms in the Reinking garden
this summer attended Ia inch
diameter. The lockwood issa light
American Beauty shade and is one
of the most famous of American
dahlias, growing to exceptional size
and displaying rare beauty OF
color
About 40 of the varieties in the
Baraboo garden are those original.
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Reinking. OF
the giant cactus varieties, the larg.
est is the H. l. Vaughn, named for
the father of Mrs. Reinking. An
| QUIET VI JuS NdIISI1GS pIOuuCSu nGIC
is a large cardinal blossom, fitting
ly named The Wisconsin.
Two of the highest priced variet-
les to be seen here are the ElGrana-
da, a scarlet and gold variegated
flower, and jerseys Beauty, the on
ly true pink blossom grown and
one which reaches unusual size.
Mrs. Reinking is a member of the
American Dahlia association. From
an admirer of flowers, and dahlias
in particular, she has come to be
one of the most extensive growers
of the flower in the state and her
garden, started merely as hobby,
has become one of the city's we'll
known and successful business en-
terprises.