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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-09

came into their bedroom quite late, her
face shining. Lorette was waiting up for
her.
"He stayed quite a while, didn't he,
dear?" said Lorette, bitterly noting that
i. was nearly II o'clock. He had left
fifteen minutes earlier the night before.
'He told me | always brought out the
best in him." replied Doris happily, as she
began to undo her hair.
"Oh, he did," said Lorette. Raleigh
had never told her that.
But next night it was nearly midnight
when Lorette came up to bed-and Doris
was waiting up for her.
Raleigh said he felt as if he could lick
the world when / am near him." Lorette
remarked, quite radiantly.
And Doris crawled into bed biting her
lip.
Both girls were Fundamentally in love
with poor Raleigh now. 1t was not puppy
love any longer. Both of them really
loved their childhood beau, the only man
they had, either of them, ever cared for.
Then the thing happened that Stanton
had half hoped for and half feared for
months. He got an offer from an out-of
town firm at a salary SO large that he
could not afford to turn it down. The
letter meant he had come to the cross
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had dawned on him that he had problem
on his hands.
As time went on he grew more and moro
thoughtful whenever he was with them.
They noticed that every once in while
he would glance stealthily from one to the
other and then get more thoughtful still.
He was not the old happy-go-lucky play
mate they had always known and loved.
Something was worrying him. But, some
how, neither Doris nor Lorette could quite
bring herself to ask him what it was. They
were afraid they knew.
One night, about two years ago, after
he had gone, the two girls sat on the porch
and thoughtfully looked at the moon.
"Did he ever try to kiss you?" asked
Doris, the older of the two, at last.
"Why, nor cried Lorette. "0f course
not. You know he hasn't"
But suppose he wanted to kiss you
OF me-sometme," went on Doris. "He
couldn't do it very well with one of us
on each side of him, could he?"
Lorette sighed little, She had thought
CT that, too
'1'm never going to see him againp'
said Doris. ut isn't fair. He loves you
and you love him You marry him when
he asks you, dear and be happy"
HE doesn't love me a bit more than he
does you. And don't care for HMM
that way-any more than you do"
After both sisters had insisted on step
ping aside and both had refused to hear
of such thing, Lorette finally said:
There's only one thing to do. Wen
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-09
Raleigh Stanton, Who Loved
Both the Girls and Could
Not Make Up His Mind
Which One He Wanted
for a Wife.

have to split him. You see him on Sun
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I'll
see him on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays."
When they told Raleigh their decision
he fell in with it heartily That would
settle it, he told himself fervently. But
it didn't 1t made things worse. After
long evening with Doris he would go home
on fire with love for her, sure that she
was the one. But next night he waltzed
home on clouds just as rosy, certain that
'Lorette was the light of his life. The re-
suit being that the too well-blessed Romeo
fell only more deeply in love with both
Of them
And after the put-and-take arrangement
had been in force for a while the strain
began to tell on the sisters. Once Doris
Cc) 1895 By American Weekly II
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Lorette sat down little weakly at the
table. Doris stood beside her anj put
her hand on her younger sisters chair,
Mrs. Lorenzo stood opposite them, and
Stanton tremblingly fumbled in his pocket
and gave her a tifty-cent piece.
There was dead silence as the mother
poised the coin ready to toss it.
"YouI turn first" whispered Doris
Flip The coin was spinning IN the air
"Tails! Lorette said softly
The coin rang on the table bounded
and spun, and was still.
1t was heads. Doris's lips went little
whittier.
The three lovers said nothing Their
eyes were again fastened on the cleaning
half dollar. 1t was poised in the mother
fingers, which were shaking little now.
Again the coin was spinning in the air.
"Headsw whispered Doris.
Smack. The half dollar was lying on
the smooth table This time it was tails.
everything was all even again. Both
sisters had lost. One more chance On
the next quick spin hung the whole future
of three lives. Silently. nclplessly, Lorette
pressed her older sisters hand.
Ready, Lorettew said the mother.
"Headsw
The coin struck the table. Maddeningly
it spun round and round for ten seconds,
while four motionless people watched it,
spellbound. At last it flattened out and
was still.
1t was heads.
Lorette had won.
For a moment no one moved. Then
Doris leaned down to her sister and kissed
ner. She looked at Stanton. tried to smile,
turned silently and went up to her room.
Next day Lorette and Stanton were
married, and Doris was her bridesmaid
At the station while the train was wait
ing to take Lorette and Stanton away,
Doris put her arms around them both.
"Be happy" she said to Stanton, as he
kissed her good-by.
"You won't be lonely, Doris, will you?"
asked Stanton.
"No-nOt very,' answered Doris, fight
ing back the tears and trying not to think
what life would be without these two who
had never really been separated from her
since pigtail days.
"Well, III tell you this,n said Lorette.
ITS going to be a lonely honeymoon for
Raleigh and me-.
at certainly is" added Raleigh with a
heavy sigh. He still wasn't quite sure
but of course it was settled now.
"Good-by," Doris whispered to her
sister, "and if there's ever a little girl
name her Doris, and keep the good luck
half dollar in the bank for her."
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ne had to leave next day, that he
wanted either Lorette or Doris TO GO with
him as his wife And he begged hel, as
an older woman, and the one who knew
all three of them better than anyone else,
tell him which one he should marry.
Mrs. Lorenzo, like Stanton, also loved
both her daughters. She could not do
anything that would hurt either of them
but if Stanton went away still bachelor,
they would both be miserable. She was
a woman of decision. If he really loved
both girls, then he certainly should marry
one of them and, officially speaking, it
didn't matter which one, so long as the
choice was fairly made.
There's only one way that anybody
on earth could settle it, Raleigh, she said.
You'll have to toss cOin-and let that
decide once and for ALL"
Toss coin! 1t was way out-the
only way out. Not, perhaps, the most
gentlemanly way, but a way out at last.
They called the two sisters and told
them their plan. They would go into the
dining room. Mrs. Lorenzo would toss the
coin three times. The sisters would take
turns calling the toss. The one who called
two out of three would marry Raleigh,
and go away with him.
"Shall we, Doris?" asked Lorette.
eyes, dear" said Doris. "And good
luck to all of u.s."
It was silent little procession that filed
into the old fashioned room.
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While the Two Sisters Watched with Hearts That Scene
to Stand Shn and the Puzzled Sweetheart Looked
Nervously On the Mother Tossed the Coin Whose
Verdict Must Inevitably Mean Happiness for
One of Her Daughters and Sorrow for the
Other Had Ever Mother Been Called
Upon Before to Decide in Such
Way Her ChiIdrens Future!
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roads. He had TO de-
eide, and decide that
very day. The next
afternoon he had to
leave Florida City.
Unhappily he went
over to the Lorenzo
home. How he could
break it to the two
he loved more than
anything he didn't
know. Which one he
would choose for his
wife he had even less
idea-now that he had
to leave one behind
than he had ever had.
He found Mrs. Lorenzo
alone on the wide
porch. The mother had
watched sadly and help.
lessly the little love
story that, for nearly
eighteen years, had I'M
folded itself in her
house.
Desperately Stanton
told her his news, that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29

At prices you can afford to pay. Every home farm
needs tools of some kind. This is the time to buy.
Hammers $1.O0 value for Coo
14'' Iron Jack Plane, $3.50 value $3.50
Screw Drivers, 25c value 15c
AZ Pipe Wrenches $1.75 value for SIPS
Is" Pipe Wrenches $3.50 value for-- $175
AZ Compass Saws, 75c value for. 4Oc
24' Aluminium Levels $500 value $500
81" Wood Chisels, 75c value for soc
1" Wood Chisels 85c value for Coo
Hack Saws, 65 value for 45c
tt. Folding Rules, 50 value
it. Folding Rules, Csc value 4Oc
q" and p" Anger Bits, Coo value 35c
8" Monkey Wrenches 75c value SOC
10" Monkey Wrenches, $1.35 value Csc
II" Monkey Wrenches, SLIGO value SIPS
Pliers, 35c value fol- 19c
6" Slim Taper Files, Is value 1Oc
8" Oil Stones 4Oc value for---------- 25c
Steel Squares, 12"x24'', S1.25 value 95c
Steel Tri-Squares, 40c value for 25c
Small Vises, $3.50 value for CSC
Side Cutting Pliers, $1.OO value--------- 65c
Tin Ships, $175 value for- SIPS
II" Compasses $1.00 value for------ SOC
Carpenter Pencils, DC value
IA" Corner Chises, $3.50 value $3.50
Hickory Carpenters Mallets, 75c value 5Oc
Long Nose Radio Pliers, $1.25 value Csc
Tap and Die Sets for standard bolts, 5 taps and
dies-14", SIC" IS" TIC, 12"-$35O val.-----S2.25
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
MIRO ALUMINIUM WARE

Special prices on this highest
quality aluminium. 1t is extra heavy
and from our regular stock. We
keep only the best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29

of the highest quality A big assortment of pieces.
This is not cheap grade of enamel ware and in
comparing prices with inferior grades quality should
be considered
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
18th ANNIvER SARY
SALE OF HARDWARE
APRIL 80 TO- May 9

e lmmr urha dwarL dby the M In
Qlt Oacntl O. bli n has beenou aim tSH
m ipia f View t
y rfendan dcutome
the beer
$50 Hsan have of listed
una
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
GOOD TOOLS

At prices you afford to pay. Every home or farm
needs tools of some kind This is the time to buy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29

be considered.
qt Coffee Pots, $1.75 value for $1.2O
at Coffee Pots, 81 80 value for $1.3O
10 at. Dish Pans, $3.50 value
II at. Dish Pans, S1.75 value for
10 qt Water Pals, $1.75 value
IL qt Water Pals, $500 value for $14O
at. Preserving Kettles, $1.00 value for-------7Oc
at. Preserving Kettles, SIPS value for------85c
at. Covered Kettles $125 value for---------- 9Oc
qt Covered Kettles, 81. so value for--------$115
at. Covered Kettles, $1.75 value $14O
at. Pudding Pans, SO value
at. Pudding Pans, 65c value 45c
Mixing Bowls, 75c value
Dippers, 60 value for-------- 4Oc
Sink Strainers, 75c value for 4Oc
Commode Pals, 81 rs value for SIPS
Wash Basins 75c values for 48c
4-Cup Teapots, $1.25 value for -85c
2 at. Sauce Pans, 65c value for 42c
at. Sauce Pans, 75c value SIC
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
OIL MOPS
Miscellaneous Bargains

$4,000 REFRIGERATOR, ice capacity
100 lbs. -------------------------------- -@@o'UU
$500 No. Bar. Churn, loyal. SOTO
$500 3-burn. gasoline stove -S2l.5O
5000 Nickle p. Cop. teakettles- Sl.65
$500 Roller Skates, B. B.---Sl..U
$50 cast iron hog troughs- sl.Io
soc Butcher Knives DOT. Soc
e0c kitchen forks, alum. hdls.---.3Sc
81 wagon doubltrees. all ironed-- QUO
T5c Ain. heavy tee hinges, pr. l0c
Csc Padlocks zoe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29

Zenoleum, gal. size, reg S2-.---$1.6S
Fly Spray, per gal.------------.-..---75c
Graphite Machine Oil, per gal.4Sc
Cream Separator Oil, per gal.45c
Spring Oil for auto springs and
general use, pint bottles, regular
$1.00 for ...-.-..-.-..................... zoe
Csc cans light, gen. use oil15c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09

structure across the street from the
Eighth street store. now being util-
ICED as garage and warehouse.
, In the list of employees appears a
carpenter. as well as a painter who
are kept continually busy with vari-
Gus little items needing attention in
the store.
Window displays will be one of the
outstanding features of the new ad-
dition. just es they have been in the
Seventh ST rUot store. The firm points
to the window at Eighth and f
streets as being the prospective scene
of some of the choicest displays in
local department store visual adver-
Using.
The policy Of the institution also
demands the services of 80 buyers.
travelling in all parts of this country
and abroad on the lookout for mer-
chandise. Suggestions for articles not
found in the store by patrons are re-
ceived by means of a "want-slip''
system, whereby the Arm checks on
the demand, and instructs the buyers
in their scouting expeditions.
Educational department..
being conducted by Lansburgh's for
pal items OF the curriculum being the
standardization and teaching of quail
ity in wares.
All employees. moreover, are pro-
tected by group life insurance
policy, premiums on which are paid
by the store, and vacations with pay
of one to two weeks are allowed dur
ing the Summer.
Lansburgh's has also affiliated with
ka
in the cooperative buying OF mer-
chandise and to conduct a clearing
house for merchandising problems.
Among the recent innovations has
been the establishment OF New
York office.
And this very same store which
has developed from a salesplace for
tional Retail Dry Goods Association, of
the United States Chamber OF Com
merce and of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, as we'll as OF the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton and the Better Business Bureau.
In 1850. when Gustave and James
Lansburgh knew Washington they
laid the foundation in a space of
10 by Is feet square. Now the floor
spaces amount to more than five
acres. In thar interim there has
been changing panorama of man
ners. styles and social customs. The
store changed its scope with the
changing manners and evolving Gus
toms. The merchandise changed and
| the heads of the institution changed.
| But the original policy as laid down,
| it is held by the store, has never
changed and the same policy that was
| in effect at the start of the develop
| ment of this business is promised to
be continued in effect throughout the
present era and into the future.
I'VE are old-fashioned in one thing
| only" said Henry Lansburgh, and
| that is-honesty."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
PERSH|NG. IS GUEST
OF CUBAN WARHEAD
Honors Dead of Battleship
Maine in Havana-SaiIs
Home Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.

HAVANA, March s.-Gen. John j.
Pershing, with his mission, on their
way home from a South Anne rican
tour, will be guests at a dinner in
their honor this evening, having as
host the Cuban secretary of War,
Gen. Armando Monies
Gen. Pershing, Admiral John H.
Dayton and Minister Frederick c.
Hicks, with their aides. are expected
to sail on the battleship Utah tomor-
row morning for New York.
Yesterday morning the entire mis-
sion attended unwilling ceremonies at
the monument to the victims of the
Maine and in the evening were guests
of honor with Amba ssador Crowder at
a dinner given in the presidential
palace by President Zayas. Among
guests present were President elect
Machado and his wife.
The Importance OF the brotherhood
of the various republics of North and
South America in promoting world
peace was stressed yesterday by Gen.
Pershing in an address at the I'M
yelling of the monument erected by
the Cuban government in honor of
the 266 Americans who lost their
lives when the battleship Maine was
sunk by an explosion in Havana Har-
Dor the night of February Is. 1898.
1T seems fitting" said Gen. Peshing
that there should exist a very init
mate relationship between the Oldest
republic on this continent and Cuba.
the youngest. We have watched our
small sisters growth with sincere So
licitude. Such things naturally form
the basis of a mutual confidence and
friendship that will grow stronger
with the passage of years.
''Rnt m the lar EkuSa heionn
to the great brotherhood of American
republics, and in that status all of us
have a destiny to fulfill. Our several
republics are founded on the theory
of government by the people.
The task that presents itself &c
every American republic is not only tc
develop the untold resources of tn.
new continent, but at the same time
to prepare each individual for a wise
participation in the government oil
which IL is part"
The American general made a plea
for the establishment of complete pan
American cooperation and under
standing. declaring he considered il
would be the most important step ever
takei. toward the peace of the world.
Others who spoke at the dedication
were President Zayas and Admira
Dayton. AS a tribute of the King oil
Spain to the Americans who lost then
lives in the sinking of the Maine, the
Spanish Minister laid a huge wreath
at the monuments base.
Members of the American Legion
Post here. of the Spanish-Americar
War Veterans and the Cuban Wal
Veterans Association and representa-
tives of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution attended the ceremony
Sailors from the U. S. s. Utah, flag
ship of Rear Admiral Dayton. alsc
were present. as well as Cuban soldier.
and sailors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
ST. ANTHONY'S PLAYERS
OFFER PEG O. MY HEART
Theater Success to Be Presented in
Brookland Parish Hall on
St. Patrick's Day.

The ST. Anthony's Players of st.
Anthony's Parish. Brooklyn, are to
give a play, Peg o My Heart st.
Patrick's Day, March II. at Sis pm.
in the parish hall for the benefit Of
the psrochial school.
Miss Elizabeth Mattimore Is to take
the title role. Others in the cast are:
Misses Louise Bishop, Anna May
Fitzmorris, Richard Price, Thomas
Brosnahan, Herbert walsh. Edward
Frank and Bernard Crowley.
The play is given under the direc-
ton of Miss Ida May Madigan. The
St Anthony's Players have previously
won favorable comment by their
pre- sentation of My Irish Rose"
Seventeen" Rev. P. Di Paola, pastor
of the parish has taken a great in
terest in the work of the players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
Famous BOOtn,aker
Is Buried in Austria
With Signal Honors
Vas Successor OF CObbler.
Poet Imm0rtaLi5ed in
Opera of Wagner.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 9.-The German
newspapers pay high tribute to Peter
Menth, Austria's most celebrated
bootmaker. who died recently, aged
81, at Kritzendorf. Austria Menth
was buried in the historic costume of
Hans Sachs, his great medieval
predecessor. whom Richard Wagner
immortalized by making him the CEN
trail figure in the master singers of
luxembourg"
The original Hans Sachs was a poet
as well as being famous as a boot
maker, and Peter Menth not only
adopted Hans Sachs costume, but also
he knew most of the songs and
rhymes in the 20 volumes of the
bootmaker's collected works
Former Minister of War Baron Won
Auffenberg Komarow OF Austria de-
livered the funeral grafton, while
scores of celebrated Austrians stood
beside the grave. Menth was credit
ed by his army officer customers as
being the world best maker Of cavalry
boots, which were his speciality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
WOOD EXPORTS VALUE
SHOWS DROP IN YEAR
Decline Attributed to Lower Prices
Rather Than Reduction
of Shipments.

Value of exports of wood and
wooden products from the United
States declined slightly during 1924,
the Department of Commerce an
nounced today, such shipments in 1924
being valued at s142,S49.220. The de-
crease was attributed to the lower
price level in 1924 rather than a re-
duction in the quantity of material
shipped.
The United States also is an inn
porter of woods on a large scale.
Imports for 1924 were valued at
s1l2, 094,7S2, which was $4,000, 900 less
than the 1923 total
In quantity, the bulk of American
exports consisted of the materials
usually listed at soft woods" such
as the Pacific coast fir and spruce and
the Southern pine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
STUDENT HANGS SELF.
Leaves Note Explaining He Died
for Love.

ATLANTA. Ga. March a.-Mer-
chant Maddox, %. A freshman at
Georgia Teck, and whose home is in
New York city. committed suicide
yesterday by hanging himself in his
room in the school dormtory.
The youths body was found by his
roommate hanging from the door
of a closet inside the room.
A note, addressed to a young woma n
of this city in which the youth said
that he would rather die than to be
denied the privilege OF seeing her,
was found near the body. 1t was
stated that Maddox indicated in the
note that the young woman's parents
had objected to him paying her atten-
ton.
A radio wire was used by the youth
- execute himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
Naval Officers Transferred.

Lieut.. Comdr. Joseph ]. Broshek has
been transferred from the Navy De-
partment to the navy yard, New York (:
Lieut.. Comdr Aaron S. Merrill, from
the battleship Nevada to the COM
mand OF the L. S. S. Mccormick;
Lieut.. Comdr. Marion c. Robertson
from the Navy Department to the
battleship California; Capt. Barron p.
Du Bots, Supply Corps, from the Naval
Academy, and granted leave of alb
sence; Comdr Felix +. Holt, Supply
Corps. from the battleship Maryland
TO the supply depot, Brooklyn, y. Y;
Lieut.. Comdr. Fred +. McMillen, Sup
ply Corps. from the Navy Department
to the transport Henderson,; Lieut.
Comdr. Lawrence A. Odlin. Supply
Corps, from San Francisco to Brook
Ign, \. Y. and Lieut.. Comdr. Ed
ward r. Wilson, Supply Corps, from
the twelfth naval district TO the bat
tleship Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
QUAKE DESTROYS CHURCH
Causes Crack in Chimney, Which
Results in Fire

OTTAWA. March 9.-The recent
earthquake is believed to have been
the primary cause of a fire which
Saturday night destroyed ST. Victor 3
Roman Catholic Church at Alfred
Russell county. The Are was caused,
IL is thought, by a crack in the ehim-
ney resulting from the earth tremor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
Posthumous Award of Silver Star.

Posthumous award of silver star
citation has been made by the War
Department to the late Col. Frank
A. Barton, a retired Cavalry officer
who was appointed to the Army from
the District of Columbia for gallantry
in action in the Philippine Islands
January 3, 1900. Delivery has been
made to his widow. Mrs. Louise
Wilheson Barton, who resides in
Ithaca n Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
GIGANTIC POWER
SYSTEM PREDICTED
Senator Norris Sees Even
tual Cheap Electricity for
Every Home in US
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, March 81 publicly
owned giant power system, which, by
an interlocking system of transmits
sion lines will be able to bring the
benefits of a cheap and plentiful sup
ply of electricity into every city,
town and hamlet in the United States,
was prophesied by Senator George W.
Norris of Nebraska as being inevits-
BILE and essential in the future.
In the course of his address Soma
tor Norris contrasted the cost and
methods of supplying electricity by
private companies in America with
those in force in Canada under the
Toronto publicly owned system.
He cited the case of two individ-
uals, one in Washington, D. c., and
the other in Toronto, each OF whom
for one month used 334 kilowatt
hours of electric current in their
homes. The cost in Toronto, he ex-
planned. was 1856. The cost in Wash
ington was S231S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
Black Cross Liner Freed.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, March Sat
isfsctory arrangements having been
made, the libel for debt against the
Black Cross Line steamer General
George w. Goethals was lifted yes
terday and the vessel released to sail.
Marcus Garvey, so-called Provisional
resident of Africa" who now Is in
he Atlanta Penitentiary. is a prom
nent official in the line.