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DABS got up then to go. She
u could see that there was moth
ing to be gained by argument with
Peggy. Peggy was just another
OF those benighted wives who be-
lieye that marriage is forever and
ever-that was ALL
Peggy walked with her to the
door, and stood on the porch
watching her sail down the street.
AT the corner an automobile watt
ed for her. and she got into it.
1t was Rannyss car.
As Peggy stood there watching
e move away In the sunny dis.
lance, Fay came out Of her moth
er's house across the street and
waved gloved hand at her.
An Ambition Refused
$50 this Is where you arer'
she cried gayly, coming up the
walk. "I've been teIephoning your
house all day long. Eddie and ]
wanted you and your lord to 80
for a drive with Us down in the
country"
Peggy smiled at her and shook
her head. 1sBut we couldn't have
gone, anyway" she said. II
couldn't leave the baby with Aunt
Agony all day."
Fay's green eyes, greener than
ever under the .1eopard-skin tur-
ban that she wore, searched her
face.
'sWho was the handsome vamp
I saw going down the street just
now?'' she asked sharply, and to
the point. wasn't that Rannyfs
car that was waiting for herr"
Fay always rushed in where
angels would fear to tread.
Eyes, It was Ranny's car"
Perxy answered brayely. There
was no use in trying to fib to Fay
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that Ranny had packed up his
clothes and gone away.
Suppose that the time table,
tucked int her pocket now,
meant that he had really left
her. I What on earth would she
do then? What would she do?
With a quick jerk she opened
the drawers, one after another.
and gave e keen sigh OF relief.
Not . thing was missing from
them.
All the shirts that she had
washed and ironed. herself. were
IN their neat piles.
What He Liked
Fanny liked to keep all his
things in perfect order and
she did. She even pressed his.
trousers for him. No matinee
idol or movie hero received
better care from his paid valet
than Ranny Phelps received from
the wife he no longer loved.
II know he doesn't care about
me any more. know he cares
about Babs, and YETI" thought
Peggy. She couldn't bear to
give him up, even In her
thoughts. As Aunt Agony said:
Where there's life, there's hope.
Peggy picked up one Of the
ties he had worn and stroked It
between her fingers. She loved
il, because It was his, and be-
cause he had worn it. as she
loved everything that belonged
to him.
The telephone, ringing in the
lower hall, startled her from
her gloom. She ran down TO
II and picked up the receiver.
1t was Mother Phelps on the
wire.
Good morning, Peggy dear"
she said In her cheerful central.
to. how are you? And how,s
the dear baby?
The baby's just fine, Mother
Phelps" the girl answered.
She realized that her mother.
in-law didn't suspect that any
thing was wrong at the Little
White House. Evidently Ranny
had kept his tongue between his
teeth, for once.
II called to ask you to q vanish
ing luncheon. Mother Phelps
went on. You know what d
vanishing luncheon II, don't your
Peggy opened her lips to say
that she couldn't 30 to q VANISH
ing luncheon, or to any other
kind OF luncheon. But Mother
Phelps went right on talking,
without waiting to be answered:
''I'Il tell you about it. I'm hav-
ing eight people to lunch on
Thursday. Then each OF my
guests has to have seven people
to lunch the next week, and the
next week each OF those guests
has TO have six people for lunch,
and"
Peggy broke In at this point.
''I'm sorry, Mother Phelps. can't
possibly make it, she said.
y 4
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You Will Want to Know Beautiful Peggy Starr Heroine Of
the Most Interesting Story of Young Love Ever
Penned by Beatrice Burton.

cigarettes?" she asked, and looked
suspiciously at Peggy. ''You?"
Peggy shook her head. mo,
Babs Delano had one" she an.
swered. do you remember my
ever mentioning Babs to you,
years ago, when went to library
school with her? I used to like
her."
Aunt Agony said she had never
heard Babs' name until last night.
And hope she never comes to
my house again. she added,
handing Peggy the baby. Smell.
ing up my house with her nasty
cigarettesr'
She marched into the best par.
Tor and opened both OF the win.
dows to the clean afternoon air.
Then she came back into the din.
ing room, where her niece stood
looking nournfuIiy out into the
street.
Without turning away from the
window. she said quietly to Aunt
Agony: Ranny wants me to di.
yorce him. He wants TO marry
Babs Delano."
For once in her life, Aunt
Agony was too surprised to snort.
Peggy Explains
She collapsed weakly on q
chair.
1t was fully two minutes be.
fore she found her voice.
well" was all she found to
say. theni
Peggy turned toward her hold.
ing her baby in her arms. Her
eyes were dry, and only the
wilderness Of her face showed
her strain.
"she came here to beg me to
give Ranny up" she told her.
aunt. He sent her. think. At
any rate, he. was waiting for her
in his car at the corner
Aunt Agony nodded. ''And
what did you tell her.? she ask
ed, in dazed sort OF manner.
Il said / wouldn't think OF
doing such a thing, OF course"
Peggy answered. For one thing
there's the baby. I don't want
her to grow up without a father.
And besides. can't leave Ran.
ny. It's silly for me ever to
think of it," She choked up. and
couldn't speak for q minute.
Aunt Agony was staring out OF
the window with her parrot-gray
eyes.
So she came here to ask you
to divorce. Ranny"I she unused.
The hussy! l don't know what
the worlds coming to, I'm sure,
with women acting the way they
do. today! They're all crazy, it
seems to mel
The next morning. while the
baby was having her nap at the
foot of Aunt Agony's four-pcster
bed. Peggy went home for some
clean things for her.
The house had a deserted look.
The Sunday paper still lay on
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> 3. GEOGRAPHY. Montreal is
the largest city in the Dominion
Of Canada.
4. BUSINESS. The American
people consume annually about
10 pounds of butter per capita.
S. MANKIND. "All things con-
sidered, England has been the
most progressive nation of his
tory, combining in a rare degree,
adaptability and variability with
resolution and strength" Gid
dings.
6. HUMAN NATURE. "It is
best not to swap horses while
crossing the river" Abraham
Lincoln.
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Birds
OF the vulture family are often
protected by law in warm coun-
tries because they act as scav-
engers.
8. LAW. An Tex post facto"
law Is law which makes an
act done before its, passage a
crime.
8. CIVICS. The function Of the
Federal Farm Loan Banks is to
lend money to the farmers OF
America at reasonable rates on
long-term mortgages.
10. ART. Hans Holbein Q497e
1543) was the greatest colorist
of the German school Of paint
ing.
II. MUSIC. Josef Haydn Q732'
1902, the celebrated Austrian
composer. has been called "the
father Of instrumental music"
IL. HEALTH. When a cold in
the head blocks up the Eustachian
tubes. hearing may be impaired
Ger the time beinS.
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FOrBaby 'sSdke, Mothers, Keep aIm!I

ster INFO her arms. Then she be-
gan to cry.
May ! come in?" I asked. And
receiving no answer I went in just
as though I had been invited.
you think I'm crazy. I know
she said rather defiantly.
No. just think your nerves
are all Cnstrung," / replied.
I'm so dead lonesome and go
hungry for a little bit of pleasure
could yell my head off," she be.
gan. "All I do from morning It'll
night, week in and week out, Is
stay here at home with the baby
Then my mind went back over
my own experience and I told iler
this:
I followed the same trail, bet
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Read This First

PEGGY STARR engaged to RANDALL PHELPS for
year him. because he's fallen in love with
her SHIRLEY. &
Peggy gives him to the satisfaction Of her
Aunt Agony that Ranny
PETER X, 3 bachelor who adOres her.
their life
from
he falling
IN friends
teacher
keep upth M live = - 49, 80. $
baby and Peggy has breakdown
to refuses
finally to
to he
He PROMISE whole
the Little White that they
buy Peggy full the bm. Then BABS
Babs library school
GIRL the Babs
All
begins vamp Ranny, Sylvia
There
her the next day.
afternoon Babs her.
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; iff had known what know now,
I should have saved myself many
hours Of useless agony.
Dancing and music and friends
and theaters are not absolutely
essential. You can exist without
them for a while.
1T is this continual hauling
and pulling between your anxiety
over the baby and your own in
clination that keeps you unhap.
py."
II certainly am nervous" she
admitted.
Eyes, and the baby is fretful
and he is not very WE'LL" /
ventured.
How did you know?" she
asked, open-eyed.
Because whenever a mother
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The Note Of Mystery

u ETURNING home for
clothing for herself and her
baby. Peggy receives q fresh
heartacI1e. Buffeted on III
sides by D seemingly cruel
fate, Peggy receives 3 n1ys-
FERROUS note in which Is re.
yealed how i mans soul can
Be steel. Read all about It
IN The Washington Times.
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SCHOOL LIFE
ENDED

EoUR MILLION American
- grammar school children are
leaving school this summer never
to return, says William Fred
erick Bigelow, in an editorial in
July Good Housekeeping in which
he urges parents, teachers and
boards of education throughout
the country to join In a concerted
effort to encourage continuance
OF education through the high
schools.
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By L. Lamar Matthews

CHE sat staring out of the win.
- dow, unmindful of the baby
playing on the floor. Suddenly
she heard him choke and sprang
toward him with a little shrek.
With the swift movement which
every mother knows, she slipped
her finger into the child's mouth
and extracted the piece OF paper
which he had attempted to swal-
low. Darling" she whispered
and gathered the squirming young.
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
New Broom

New Broom
~s. When you buy a new broom,
before using it put it in pan or
bucket, pour kettle of hot water
over it, then let stand that way
for at least half an hour. You
will find that it will last twice
as long as it would otherwise.
MRS: n: LANDSMAN, 1908 U
St, n, w.
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From the days OF the polonaise to
che days Of the radio. mothers have
given this dependable medicine to
their daughters. School girls are
often careless. They get wet feet.
They overstudy or they tire them.
selves with too many dances and
parties. They get run down.
Many an active girl OF today. like
the demure maiden Of the 1905,
has found that Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is helping her
to md better health and energy.
H cave my 6ftsep-ZeaT'o!d girl
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Think of That!

Mothers who do not have time
to read the Friday bargain ads
in the Washington Times on
Thursday night should place the
paper on the breakfast table
Friday morning and read while
they eat. This will not only
keep the table cloth clean, but
will save time and dollars by
reading The Times ads before
shopping.-MISS LUCILLE Blk.
LER, 500 A St. S. e.
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A stunning robe de style of
amber taffeta has a lace collar
and flounces embroidered in
chenille dots and gold beads. Old
blue velvet streamera come from
the neck and tie in bow at the
back Of the waist,
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Worlds Longest EscaIator

E longest said be in the Oxford Circus
tube station, shaft is 122 feet long and its
level is Sd feet This escaaor carries OVO
persons day.
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To Prevent a Sneeze

Press your finger on the upper
lip, close up to the noze, for a
few moments, and the desire will
pass over.-MRS. j. e. ARCHER,
1882 / st. N. w.
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This Dan IN History

nURNc convention q Wings and Free solsr' Tie
present Republican Party adopting antayery PLATFORM
was founded Il Jackson Michigan, in the year 1854
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The newest shade particularly
popular for hats is Suntan and
,pinlsisa tan,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
THE WEATHER

Los Age'es and vicinity: Cloudy
unsettled weather with rain tonight
and probably Tuesday. Moderate
temperature.
Southern California: Rain tonight
and Tuesday; moderate temperature
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
WORLD EATS LETTUCE

+ 1t may be questioned whether bread deserves any
longer its proud title of "the staff of life. The Amer
can people consuming only three-fourths much
: cline continues. This is why the farmer
gets less for his wheat than he thinks he should
Why do we eat less bread? Partly because
eating corn which helps things up for the
farmer and shows fine, thrifty tendency-corn is
always cheaper and more plentiful and it is very
good food.
But most of the decrease is due to a more funda-
mental change of diet. We eating far more fresh
vegetables and fruits than previous generations did
Athletes like James j. Corbett nearing the 60 year
mark and to all appearances man of As; Zbysco,
worlds champion wrestler at the of 55 both insist
that salad, preferably containing lettuce be eaten
at least day and every time meat is eaten. Such
advice is bringing realization to millions of readers
that in the past ate too little of vegetables.
We all the better for that. 1t makes more
wholesome diet. 1t shows progress. Our ancestors
would have eaten the fruits and vegetables just
do, but they didn't have them. Their diet surprs
ngly limited compared with ours.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
ROAD SHOW WILL
CARRY EQUIPMENT
TO INTEREST ALL
Even Carries Its Own
Projecting Machines
For Movies.

The educational road show.
which according to advice received
! by Edgar Bros. Co.. local Ford deal.
ers. will visit FL Centre Wednesday,.
April :, and Thursday. April in
cludes representatives and lecturers
from the participating firms. The
caravan is being directed by j. II.
Woran of the Ford Motor compsr".
! II. Shearer. also Of the Ford Motor
! company is in charge Of Tie tractor
division. while Il. X. Gi,Son Of tn
! Kuek>tcll Sales x Mse. Co. is in
. charge of the truck division. Geo.
! c. Thornburg of the Ford Motor
company. and pud l.. Day of tn
/ RuckStell Sales \ Mfg. Co.. are in
| charge of publicity and advance
! work.
In DAYS gone by when transporta-
: tion was a problem. the demand Of
rural districts for something new,
Interesting. entertaining and cduca-
tirnal was satisfied by the circus or
I carnival which went from town to
I town The show had to be brought
to the people. Today transporta
tion facilities are greatly improved
and so. too. has the speed of life
increased to the point where people
cannot spare the time to seek en-
tcrtainmCnt and education, hence the
demand still makes it necessary
that the show be brought to them;
/ therefore. these allied interests are
carryiug the most extensive cdUca-
tional show to the rural districts
that has ever been attempted as
travelling unit.
The show carries equipment Of
interest to every one ,aud Is in pur-
pose highly educational. It predicts
the new and old methods of trans
portation, agriculture, construction
and many other features of modern
day commuuitye development.
Farm equipment, contrastcd with
the old horse drawn implement, Of
decade ago, form AN interesting
exhibit. while now devices for irrl-
CATION work az" 2ttractiH- much At
tcntion. III the old days, the Young
sters truGgcd to their school work
on foot or by horseback. bnt today
the safety school coach i the aim
Of every progressive school district
in the land. Several models are
being shown.
Tie show j. completely equipped
to carry on for am indefinite time.
y motion picture car carrying Il
complete library Of comedy and edu-
/ cational films. and two projecting
machines, are part Of the equip
ment. Special programs and lee
+ tGres are being arranged for shoW-
il4 to high schoo! pupils, where
there has been Il big demand for
! these subjects.
To cniiven the might activities,
a spectacular electrical display fro-
turing a 4J,OG0OgQ candle power
searchiight. capable Of making a
beam Of light that can Toe seen for
81 miles. and many colorcd lighting
effects, is being operated. y caliope
operated by compressed air will
further serve to carry out the carni-
val atmosphere and attract alton
tion to the show. Sufficient cncr-
gy is created to make this iusrru-
ment heard for a distance Of three
miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
Sunmaid RaiSin
Growers Face
Big Damage Suit
by United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, Cal, April 5.-Thc Sun
maid Raisin Growers company faces
a 100000 damage suit by the de-
fnnct grape syrup company OF Tur-
lock for alleged infringement of
patent, according to Il complaint
filed by B. F. Bartel, Il Chicago at
torney.
Sunmaid officials declared that
the suit was absurd and that the
company had conducted years of ex-
pcrimcntal work and had carefully
considered possible encroachment of
other patents before patenting the
processes used in the present three
quarters of million dollar syrup
plant.
Bartci declared that his clients,
Sam Avis, Joseph Ionan and j. y.
Baboo patented their processes in
1927 and that they are now being
intringed upon by the Sun Maid
plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
INTEREST IN MUSCLE SHOALS

"If is to judge by casual observation, re-
marks middle west editor there is widespread
public indifference to the fate of Muscle Shoals.
This appearance is probably deceptive. Closer OBJ
servaton may show currents of interest that quiet
but deep And any inadequate handling of the Shoals
matter by the committee which congress has authorz
ed to dispose of it may turn that current loose with
like Niagara.
Reawers of the Imperial Valley Press will recall
that last Wednesday Henry Ford gave the United Press
an interview in which he said that whoever got the
the lease should be compelled to keep it intact
unit for future government
The public is always interested in safeguarding its
natural resources. That has been proved dramatically
enough in the of forests, petroleum and water
power many occasions The public is especially in
terested in matter which involves the profitable
of valuable project in which great deal of public
money has been invested.
The taxpayers have put into Muscle Shoals
$3.50 100000 and believe that its potential worth is
possibly twice that much. They have expected great
things from it. They would not view calmly any dis
position to turn it to private interests terms
which failed to give proper return to the owners or
failed to provide ntrates and electric power at fair
prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05

coffee will not Keep you awake
al aight II sou dtiah mAA inst bad.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
S. P. Schedules
Changed Sunday

Attention of Imperial Valley resi-
dents is called to the changes in
the Southern Pacific time tables eff
fectmg Imperial Valley, which were
made Sunday.
Train No |. the through Chicago
Los Angeles train, will leave FL
Centre at 7:l2 a. M. arriving in Los
Angeles at 2:3O p. m. Its compan-
ion train, No. 10, will leave Los An
gcleS at 9:45 a. m, arriving in Ell
Centre at 4:40 p. IN. These trains
are known rs the " Apache -
Trains lO3 and lO4. known as the
" Argonaut, will serve the valley
by connections at INLAND with Train
No. 10. No. l04 leaves Los Angeles
at t p. m. arriving at INLAND at
9:5s y. NJ. Passengers leaving Ell
Centre on No. ~ at 7:4J, due in
inland ut 9:30, can make connec-
tionS fer the east on No. l04. Sim
ilarly, passengers from the east trav.
cling on No. l03. arriving at INLAND
at 1903 Il. m.. can make connections
with the valley by way of Train No.
46, due here at Il. m.
The = Apache' carries diner and
observation ears in addition to
coaches and sleepcrs and will serve
the business formerly handled on
Trains 100 and ll0, which have
been discontinued. The new trains
are among the best in southern Pa
cific service, according to c. w.
Runge, district freight and pass
engcr agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
Hed- Tire Stories
By HOWARD R GARIs
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGIIX AND THE
MUD PUDDLE

Because So uaay Of the animal
children m Woodland had Eastcr
eggs to eat, E--.,r rggs to play
with AMI Easter eggs to roll around
to see if the shells would crack-bc-
cause of all Of r1j~ the Lady Mouse
, Teacher in the Hollow stump school
decided She Nsoua' lave no classes
on the Monday after Easter Sun
, day.
"Rug the bell narSward, if YOU
plca>e.' >ald the Lady Mouse
Teacher to the Big Rat Janitor.
.'Whv should ! rH.~ the bell bac},
ward >" asked the mttor twiddHme
lis whiskcrs, which We're very long.
"Se the ehi'drya viii know they
need not come to- school. = answered
the lady mouse.
The iauiter pulled the rope and
the bell rang backward.
'poug ding, yaa know, instead
Of ding Dong
Hnrrav, crlt4 ~aumic and Susie
Litt!ctail. tn rabbit. boy and girl
Tootcr and Scooter. Jingle al.I
.Iaugle, as well as NWmhv and Pam
Ev, who were J,r.e Wiggilv's httl"
Dummies, shou.cd iIurray. No
school,
Johnnie and Billie BushytaiI, the
squirrels; Jackjc and Pcctie Bow
Wow. the dogs; Joie. Tommie and
Kittie Kat, the rH>sies, all made
such Jolly noises. lurying over to
Uncle WigGilv'S hollow stump bun
galow to see the rabbit children and
talk about the good news that the
old gentleman bunny had to held his
paws over his ears. such a racket
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
Trout Anglers in
State Cautioned

SAN FRANCISCO, April g.
A word of caution to California
anglers with reference to the open
ing of the trout fishing season was
sounded by California fish and game
commission today. Instead of the
season opening in most sections of the
state on April /, as IN years gone by,
glance at the digest Of California
fish and game laws, now in tho
hands Of all license dealers, shows
the season opening on May l III
virtually all sections of the state.
This change i'll the Aaw governing
trout season was made some years
ago, but each succeeding season finds
the commission in the position of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05

An auto tire seems to last longer
when it is ON Il neighbor s car.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-05
IMPERIAL

IMPERIAL. March . The sac
red cantata, Queen ESther,' was
presented Sunday evening at tie
Community church, under the Aus
pices Of the Community church choir
and tho per,oul direction Of Mrs.
Carmen IairbaukS.
A we'll balanced cast of - people
took part jn the presentation.
1t was announced that it viii be
presented again no>j Sunday at jLe
same place and same hour.