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Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-24
FRESNO MAYOR RETAINS
OFFICE IN RECALL VOTE
Wv V'olteN p-.ss uc,sed Wire

FRESNO. Calf, July 2i.-Mavor
Al Sunderland Of this citv, retains
office bv n vote of js0G to 344G,
the official tabulatorS of Yesterday =
recall election revealed today. John
Morgan led &. Il. Johnson as the
pricipal recall candidates.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-24
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHUR

ORANGE AVENUE
Phone 263W
930 O'Clock
G. Jackson, Superintendent
Peoples Meeting $50
O'Clock
Meeting Wednesday O'Clock
A ALL
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-24

Harry Riddle, formerly an lmpc-
rial Valley rancher, who now is in
the dairying business in San Ber-
nardino, has been renewing ao-
quamtances in the valley this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-24

DeTsr, farm adNsot, Yesterday
went to see Holt andhis beans and
reports bumper crop on the small
plot Holt is experimenting on. lie
plans 10 grow them somewhat ex-
tensively later.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-24
PLANS
DEVELOPMENT OF
GREAT AIR lines
Government ContrcIs Big
Portion of Stack in Ar
Companies.
BY FREDERICK KUu
CUritcd Press Staff Correspondent

(Urited Press Staff Correspondent)
+ BERLIN. July 24.-Whilc other
governments are spending fabulous
Sums eil military and naval aviation,
( Germany is concentrating entirely
on the Development Of commercial
aviation
Forty u," per cent of the total
capital invested i'm the recently
created German aviation corporation
80 LufthmuSa is in the hands of
. The goycIumeHt The remaining -
! prr crut is divided between the
Jnuk".s company and the Druts-hrr
( Aero-Lievt, whose amalgamatiau
brought The present trust being. Al
thoHgH the exact total Of thc trust :
capitalization has not been an
Eounrrd, it is authoritativriy c~ti-
nateI ,,t - 10 20 million marks.
Both federal and state govern
mcuts Of Germany will be represent
ed ON the corporation : board of Ii-
rector>..
Meanwhile, the contract awarded
whereby many Germans hope 10
70 the Jmkcr-' company in Persia
realize iu IA" air the Berlin -3agdal
dream which failed TO come true
on laudI has been ratified by the
Persian parliament. II grants five
Year monopoly ~ German aviation.
Leaders Of British aviation are re-
ported to bc disquictcd by this cx-
pau,ipn Of German aerial routes into
the Near East
Subsidies Granted
Reliable estimates Of the aviation
subsidies to be granted by the Ger
man government during 1926 agree
on the figure Of 10000, 900 marks.
As rule, these subycntious take
the form Of - government bonus Of
Approximately marks for every
kilemctcr flown, while the com
pauics operating costs are about
go per kilomcter. This clearly in
dicates that commercial aviation is
still far from being Il paving enter
prise. More than two-thirds Of the
cost must be met by German tax
payers.
Ia the first II months Of 1925,
Junkcrs airplancs also are said 10
have flown 100000 air kilomctcrs.
Junkers and ArroLloyd together are
believed to have covered Il distance
exceeding 100000 kilometcrs. This
would yield a direct federal bonus
Of 10000 5000 marks.
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By Elenore Meherin,
Author Of .sChickie, 2 Ann, :
Ann and Phir' and
Nora Lee"

CHE walked rapidly up the
~ block But she stopped when
ever she caught her reflection in.
the store windows. She glanced
with stealthy agonized intensity
at these images.
An odd. hot dialogue Went on
in her mind. ITS not so. or
course it's mott,
"oh, don't be such a. fool! You
know it's so.
But what win / dor God. what
CAN I dO2''
Face ii. Youll face it.
not face il. I WON'T I
won
She tore along as though she
would fly out Of her own body.
This incredible thing happening
TO heri Mother people We're
cowed by Life. But she was So
slim. so tall, 50 very breezy and
do as you please! She was that
gay. light hearted Sandy Mcneil
who snapped her fingers with an
fnpudent laugh and dared any
one to high-Ilat her. Let Life
shake it's old gray fingers shed
get by.
And even now she tried TO
fling back her head She said a
hundred times a day as though
her scared, piteous denial was
going to alter the fact: NO
it's not 50. God don't let it be-
It's not
It was evening. early in Sep
TENDER. Clouds drifted like silver
flowers across the mountain tops.
They kept drifting and drifting.
new ones blooming as the first
ones were lost All along they
drifted, a music in the blue lanes
or the sky. The sky was blue
and clear like that last April
that Sunday of the picnic, and
she had come running out this
gate giggling TO have made the
sneak so cleverly.
She pushed the rusty hinge,
went in quietly and sat hidden in
the shrubs. Then she took off
her hat. shaking back the red.
shiny hair She thought of her
bridal night, standing here with
Jimmy, fitting her face backward
for him to kiss. She belonged to
herself then.
Then she Thought Of that wall
ed-in garden and Murillo coming
upon her. leading her back, the
moon floating in golden mist.
Why hadn't she run away then
5 before il was too Iate-why hadn't
she flown-no matter where?
But no, she had gone back like
aweak, puny hearted thing. She
deserved this She thought in a
fury of resentful stiffness. Don't
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THE IDEAL.
HUSBAND
BY Beatrice Fairfax
MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
For the last three years
/ have been going about with
young man three wears my
senior. He confesses his love Tor
me constantly. and has no inter.
est in other girls. He would
make an ideal husband, for he II
not q "sheil. =
1 have nothing against this
Young man, except that he is not
intellectual My idea OF man
is one who can hold an interest
ing ana intelligent conversation az
any time: and 50 sometimes
feel that he is not my ideal.
Do YOU think this should Inter
fere with our friendship
CURIOUS.
UOU are fortunate il you have.
won the love OF a man who
would make an ideal husband
except for the one flaw to which
YOU refer in your letter. Men Of
fine character who make ideal
husbands are so rare that you
Will make no mistake Ii you
marry this man, even though you
have to do most OF the talktnS
yourself. / assume, of course
that YOU are fond Of him. or you
would not even consider marry
ing him.
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NOlO 90 On WIN Gle StOru

stamp your feet now; it won't do
any good! No good to scream,
it's, truev'
Every time she said "it's true
things went clashing wild in her
thoughts. Strike out. her hands,
beat off these closing walls. Strike
out and get free some owany-
how.
She could have hurled herself
on the ground and given up to.
uncomfortable sobbing. Nothing
could equal the poisonous bitter
ness of her self-reproaches. IL
she had only known-if she had
only thought she had only
brazened them to the end-if
she'd only run away beforehand.
Beaten
She always came back TO the
deadly conclusion. TITS too late
now. You're beat.n
All last night she lay awake
defying this. She wasn't beat.
She would leave anyway. She
would fight the thing out alone
meet II by herself.
What good would that do Kun
to the farthest end of the earth.
bury herself in the Femotest
island. it would still be his child
he would always be the father.
She felt MurilIo's limp, moist
hands on her shoulders. his lips
pressed TO her throat. Shame
burned hey scariet scarlet to the
heart. Then she said, half weep
ing. Il won't have it. / won.t,'
She hated herself She put her
hands behind her, the touch of
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early. he was very suave. He
went up to sandy and put his
arms about her He kissed her
and laughed softly His eyes
had d cruel, exultant glea1n
These silent clashes made her
hvsferical. Tm dog to stay
on here, she told herself
dog!'
Lonely and Defenseless
Then one evening the thing
she had dreaded happened She
was in the garden small, de-
IightfIl enclosure. with an old
MAGNOLIA tree and red pepper
and two acacias II was the
end 81 October. The setting sun
was gaudy tan spread out y
amber and Jade on the sea.
sandy wore black That made
her face so pale and filled her
eyes with shadows. She had
picked the last three roses, cream
color with the petals blown. She
leaned against the tree, watching
the colors tossing on the waves.
She wished she was Tar out
there on the ocean. She had
cried because she felt lonely and
defenseless
Now she stood with her hands
behind her head. taking slow
sweet breatIls. She thought life
had used her bitterly.
Suddenly she was aware OF
MuriIl0 staring at her. She didn't
know how long he had been there
He came toward her IOwIy, his
face flushed. He said III Il con-
fused way: Sandy. Then he
bent down and kissed her hands
Felt Trapper
she trembled The tears flsw
to her eyes.
When p, he asked.
She couldn't answer. She was
both touched and stricken by the
look Of his face. she had a feel
ing as Of death IN her heart
He, put his arm about her as
thew walked to the house.
She wanted greatly to cry.
He was unnerved with emotion.
He tried to tell her that he
understood now She could feel
his exultance.
All Ln0u&n the 0InneE Sne 1elL
It. His sister was there. He
kept looking at Sandy and toast
ing her. He opened tha finest
old wines he OWNED urged her to
drink.
She saw him talking with Bea
tTice They were talking Of her.
She knew this was a bitter thing
to feel. yet she felt. trapper.
His sister came over officiously.
kissing her as though she were
receiving her into the fold.
Sandy wished to ruI2 screaming
from the room.
That night she was standing
at her window It was late.
Murillo came softly. He took her
hands drew her TO him. She said
family: i love to watch that
light on the water. Don IT,
He LAUGHED. Sandy! Every
thing is different now
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she would have Haunted about.
changing a picture here, b drape
there. She would have tOed high
and handsome!
Instead, she was frozen with
apathy and MuriliO acted a.
though he could gladly kill her.
The whole thing was e desolate
travesty.
she was partly to biame. I'm
consciously, of course, but inegcap-
! ably TO blame She grew sick, I'D.
] hitting this.
She did admit it--censured her
self bitterly She should have
known how she would feel; known
that she wanted love; waited a
million years, If need be- till it
caflae to her She grew quite
! wild asking herself how, how,
how she had ever beens so blind.
And the heat would fly about
her neck.
But she was, into it she would
say: eve got to face 1t! That's
why I came back. OH be a sport
about IT,"
InsoIenty Gay
She wondered necessarily what
he would do when he found
outflow much longer she could
keep it from him. She lived in
dread of the moment Of this dis
covery.
She would be in his power then
completely. How he would roar
with laughter at her threat to
leave. How he would make her
pay
She trembled thinking about it
But she would grit her teeth, de-
termining to be game. Shed not
back down. She'd not be cowed
by this or anything!
Then she would go about laugh
ing, insolently, gay--ignoring his
efforts to hurt, her. This bonny
audacity ellraged him. He
wouldn't stop until he had crush
ed her.
In little ways. he sought to
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ders shook. she laughed and
laughed
In the middle Of the afternoon
she drove with MurillO TO the
white stone house. He led the
way up broad staircase. He
pushed open door-a bedroom.
filled with flowers
She found ii hard to breathe
He said: Yours, my dear. Shall
/ give yen key?"
CHAPTER is
He treated her with sarcasm
and resentment. His eyes mar
rowed and he grew murderous at
her continued indifference.
When she looked loveliest, he.
follow ed her about, making little
sIurring remarks, pleased when.
he succeeded in hurting her. Her.
coldnesss dashed him to inner.
furies and his hurt pride kept
goading him to strike back; crush
her as much as he could.
She was appalled, at this intens-
ity of his. 1t gave sense Of
violence and strain to their rela.
tons.
Going about the house, Sandy
would sometimes stop before the
little ivory elephants In the cab
met or that old piece Of pewter,
lingering these treasures in a
still, frightened way. This was
Muril1o's home. He had prepared
it for his bride.
RebeIIiOus and BaffIed
She was his bride. but he hated
her. She felt like a stranger
lere--a stranger under punish
Iinent. She moved about uneasily,
rebellious and baffled.
She could have loved this little
house. Nothing costly about it,
but it had a charm. And that
bedroom Of hers with the big
windows looking out on the water
and the afternoon sun bringing
out old blue and gold in the
Persian rug With another
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more manly than the six-foot
bronzed native in his earrings.
necklace of flowers and bright
windings? / can picture the saw
age standing tall, We'll knit, look
ing more manly than the gig
Cling sightseer.
plaid kits Is not one bit effemi-
nate looking! The Turk, the
Arab, the Alpine climber. the cow
boy in his gaudy shirt and hand
kerchief--all look nanly!.
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THE INES
Dali, Y SIX
-Bx a. D. What. q a

t@t3Y Ia ls ttAAeN@A - - - &
1I.ITERATUE Who y the ~.
chief hero iii Homer Odyssey
2HISTORY what great
sea battle did England decisively
defeat Spain
GEOGRAPHY What ID tnes
capifal of RuTnania
BUSINESS ~ hich country
produces the greatest number s0h
motor cars in the world
5MANKIND. Which state
has the largest number q IN
dams?
MAN NATURE. What e
s. cOquette2
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
SCIENCE. Guglielnlo Mar
conf. an Italian
LAW. al principle 81 inter
national law whereby certain
classes residing in foreign cotiil-
try are exempted from its 1uris-
Gliction.
CIVICS. Less national cen
fraIizatfol1. more control By the
states over their own affairs
ART Saint Mark.
music. High bass voices q
men
6HEALTH. To keep the teeth
and gums in healthy condition
II
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CHESTNUT
CROQUJETTES
BY Alice Langelier

Correspondent
PARIS.
HHESTNUT croquettes make
~ good French dessert IN winter
time.
Cook In milk with little va
niIla, one pound of chestnuts
thoroughly cleaned. Pass through
sieve and add one.fifth pound
of sugar, a large piece Of butter
and the yolks Of three eggs.
Work all together over the fire.
then let cook and make into little
round balls Roll in fine bread
crumbs and fry in hot fat.
Serve the croquettes with an
apricot sauce.
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satin knee breaches of bright col
ors, diamond shoe buckles, long
silk stockings, lacy frills and
flashing rings, and they didn't
seem TO interfere one whit with
his mental acutenesS or courage.
History shows that men of keen
mind great courage, and high
ideals have worn beauty patches,
powdered wigs, flourished lace
edged handkerchiefs, carried jewel
ed snuff boxes and bon bob
vases, and wore rings on every
finger.
Docs the tourist in his tailored
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

i
/. When did Denis Diderot, the
celebrated French philosopher
die
2. When Was Edward v of Eng
land murdered?
g. When was the great obelislS
in front of ST. Peters. Rome.
erected?
Answers to these queries viii be
printed tomorrow.
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
/. The Huguenots began set
Element in Florida in 1862.
2. The province of Hesse-Nas-
sau, Germany, was formed in
1868
g. John Asgill English pam
phIeteer was expelled from the
Irish Parliament for bIasphen1y
in 1903.
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cHAPTER IN

MURILLO'S pride was restored.
V1 He saw reason for the
vicious wound she had given In
the light of this great news,
Sandys' flight, with her subse-
quent hysteria. was beautifully
explained. 1T had no relation to
him. He was willing to pardon
her; grant q general dissolution
OF all her erratic behavior: over
look that note and the insulting
conditions Of her return to him.
These conditions meant nothing.
now. There would be no further
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By FAY KING

T CAN'T help smiling at the hue
i and cry of disapproval and
ridicule that is raised whenever
the style makers for men an
nounce anything new N the way
of frills and bright colors;
Men who rant and rave about
the lack of personal liberty be.
cause they are deprived for their
own good of buying booze that
rots their inwards and adde's
their brain. make no squawk
about personal liberty when il
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break her. He gave her no money
but her expected her to ask TOR
Ii. She wouldn't though she
hadn't the price OF an Ice cream
soda. He said to her: MY
sister III giving Il dinner: set
new gown Go into Los angeles
for e..
She said quietly: All right "
The day OF t11is engagement he
had still given her no money nor
even the fare to Los Angeles.
But when he saw her IN 9.
gown she had worn dozens OF
times. he rot white with anger
cruel se1suOus frenzy.
she fIcuted him: oh, keep
vour eyebrows out OF your hair.
Z BENNY I'm good enough Tor
Queen Bazazas, let alone Bebe
1 MurilIo! AS TOR the gown, YOU
omitted ID tell me Which day II -
they give dresses away IN Los
Angeles. !,
YOU'RE too proud to ask for
the money. i suppose? Why
didn't YOU take Il ti1en2 You're
not too proud to take. or have
Won changed2 The wallet IS still
IN my pocket.
She never let him see how these
g0ads stunR her. He was releKt-
less. Perhaps you thought when
YOU married me, the walls would
be papered with greenbaclks ana
YOU'D have your own little car
And q maid and what not
she smiled: You read my IL.
most faOughtsi Poverty and
are good pals, Benny You cant
make me mad leaving m alone. s
He walked i'm, his teeth half
barred. she expected him to strike
her.
TrifIe Oyerdone
And one night he sat In the
living room watching as she read.
FINALLY be got up and leaned over
her shoulder. 1t was q love story.
He laughed: You take tout ~
in1aginatiUn, do YOU
sandy closed the book hOtly,
walked about the room. On the
level, though, why did you marry
she said quickly. not thinking:
Fl didn't know what I was 40
He rubbed his palms together
But you knew what you We're
doing when You stayed AL night
III 8 hillside cabin.
she had her back to him, her
hands on little table. He stood
behind her. pressing his hands on
hers, laughing softly Really,
when you consider some things,
isn't this coIdness Of yours
trifle overdone?'
At these times Sandy was afraid
OF him. RE did other things that
whipped her. like one afternoon
when May and Bernice Arliss-
dropped in and Sandy made them
a cup Of tea. Murfllo came home
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Sandy Burning With Resentment Because She Is to Be-
come Mother, Finds Herself Forced to Move
Into MurilO's New Home With Him

-
longer her own-she didn't belong
to herself. But she would. She'd
kill herself
ooh ] can't go on like this. Z
Her pulses thumped in a still
alarm. Suppose she ran away
now? Could she get a Job? How
long would she be able to work.
Then could they come and bring
her back?
Days and days of this. One
night she crept from bed, gliding
softly that Alice mightn't hear.
She sat by the open window look
ing down at the grapevines. She
felt desoIate. The thing that had
happened was vicious. The child
was her enemy. 1t was his. She
could never love 1t.
Burning tears. Never love i'll
Not herss His. She had to check
the convulsive sob. 1t would
never be his. Hers.
Then she felt b stirring Of pity.
Pity that she was to bring It
here q little helpless thing that
would mean nothing to her, and
she would never love it.
Why should she care for IL?
1T was forcing her back to him.
She had to go back. She knew
/. this now. Lying awake hour
after hour, she faced her own
angry defiance. She asked.
What else can / do? And she
saw herself rushing to the city,
throwing herself on Judith S
hands.
No-biit what else? Walk the
streets? Borrow-steaI die. Yes
she could die. But she didn't
want TO die. She wanted to
live
Yet now she looked from the
window and wondered II It would
hurt very much to go crashing
down there on the cement walk.
POwerIess
Murillo's house was finished.
One morning Sandy's mother
closed the door in that precise,
gentle way Of hers.
- Sandy. why are you 50 mel
ancholy?''
Many things. Z
You shouldn't be. Every one
7 has HUNDRED YOU Other parents
wouldn't have INDUCED you as
we have.
sOfls'
The house your husband has
so wonderfully furnished lis
ready. For the sake Of your
mother and your family YOU can
at least make one more effort.
Won't you do this for me-
SANDY
She sat very quiet, powerless
to force her lips 70 assent.
Murillo came. He said touch
-ingly: t'You have treated me
very i'll
She looked at him with burn.
ing accusation, DO you wish me
to &c. to that house with you?''
THE house was made ready
for you &
Then I'll 20 on one condition
that you leave me entirely alone.
n have ceased to be your wife.
His face flushed with a white,
angry light: 1T suits me per
fectly.''
III you break this promise I'll
leave. No power on earth Wi.
stop me-
Sudden Change
He knocked one fist against
his palm and laughed harshly
You'll find the doors open, my
dear-wide OPEN
Alice helped her pack the suit
case. What made you change
kid? Rather sudden, wasn't it?f
No way out of it much That
could see. Family opens the
door and tells me to beat it,"
Sandy hid her face in an ar1nful
of silk. She laughed. Her shout
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comes to buying and wearing any
kind of clothes they might ike
to wear
They have no courage when 1t
comes to shedding high collars or
changing the ..olor of their
clothes, a salesman has to he
something of a hypnotist to coh-
vince them that "A blue mufflef is
not too effeminate TO mar their
masculine" wardrobe!
Yet Napoleon. whom every man
secretly admires and tries 20 emu
late along his own lines, wore
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That American men like to
wear gay things is proved by the
ioy they take in lodge uniforms
and masquerade costumes!
Is the American man ever hap
pier or finer looking than when
he marches dressed as Knight
Templar with flying plumes or
the Red Fez and baggy boomers
of his Shrine?
I'd like to see men brave
enough to wear wnat they want!
If a mans a man. he can wear
tallet skirt and make it n1ascu-
line.
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Sandy ii Movies

SANDY soon viii be seen u
many Of the leading washing
ton tbeasers. The Fox Film.
Corporation already has started
production.
Madge BelIanly, shOrll Of her
luxurious tresses, has been
selected for the part Of the
reil.Iieaded, bOb-lnaired. flaming
SANDY Z
sandy will mako her screen
debut while the story Is run
ming III The washington Times
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What Has Happened So Far

Sandy Mcneil, young beautiful daughter OF family,
that had possessions in California and is now
settled in the town Of Jervs agrees her family
behest to marry rich Ben Murillo, whom she does not
love Her heart really belongs to Jimmy, childhood
sweetheart. and she surrepttously meets him. On .
to New York where her cousin, Judith Moore, lives,
she condes that she is to marry Muro and Judith is
aghas knowing she does not love him. But Sandy thinks
that everything viii be all right and that she win be able
to do pretty much she likes after her marriage When
the ceremony takes place and Muro slips the ring her
finger she has feeling that she has made big mistake
She has to force herself get into the in which her
husband drives to mountain hotel where they to
spend their honeymoon After months Sandy grows to
hate Murio and steals away her fathers home MufC
follows and Sandys threat to leave him made futile by
her discovery that she is to become mother.
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This Day IN Our History

ys is ~ annivesary 81 birth ii 1903 q Apranana n-
coin whose life story always be inspiration g sne
youth Today his birthday IS ceepraseo = s
In stWentyseven1 States