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dred soul---a soul attuned to my own.
a soul TO the music of which my own
soul might thrill
BLACK nights of bleak despair have
| brooded in my heart. for, in that ga
/ IRISH. tinsel world where destiny has
placed me. ! have never found that
deep sincerity. that glowing candor.
that spiritual truth and beauty Whlch
| have so long, 40 ardently craNed.
| And now, here, under the spell or
beauty that transcendS my most rose
| ate dreams love has burst into bios
som in my heart. Enchanted. yes.
maddened by the glory of your eyes,
| dare lay a heart drunk with adora-
! ton before you. Spurn IL not, LOT IL
is my sacrifice on the altar Of
Brenda stopped him with gesture
| Gently she asked. carton, are YOU
proposing to me-"
! Can YOU not see. oh. infinitely
adored one, that the heart within me
| cries out to-
1T has already cried out once said
Brenda. She was very calm you've
gotten your lines mixed up, Carlton
/. "Ny lines?" He was aghast
| YES YOUR lines. Now, listen to me.
| Carlton. Get UP from that rug and
be sensible. That's right. Brush off
your knees. That cleaning woman is
so careless: dust everywhere. l must
speak to her Now, let's have frank
| talk. | like you. Carlton. You're
nice boy. But like sincerity and
/ that is what you lack
| .Ry the uncounted stars in the
heavens. by all that | hold most sa-
cred I'm life. I am utterly sincere l
swear to you let my heart speak as
| it would -,
please. now" she checked him. II
know sincerity when I see it. Also
! know acting" =,
! acting? Oh Brenda-no. no.
Eyes. acting" she went on. evenly.
Every word, every gesture of yours
| lust now was acting. Good acting
| but acting. nevertheless. All you
needed was q makeup. Your speech
was a neat bit of dramatic writing.
| but it called for a scene in medleVai
garden. and moon, and a CRIMSON
| cloak
! brenda. on bended knee. | implore
YOU. listen to me. The heart within
me cries.
Dry it's tears and get up. Carlton.
Brush off your knees. Yes, | must
speak to that cleaning woman.
! Please try to understand how / feel.
I'm hattered bit, of course; but
don't you see, I'm plain. modern
business girl. I've earned my living
| since ! was seventeen.
I've seen something of men and
I've studied them. Men in love don
! talk like scene from Romeo and
Juliet. Generally they stumble about
and look a hit foolish. | know. I'm
sorry. Carlton. You are nice boy.
But love. to me. is not dress re-
hearsal. Let's have no more non
sense now. Perhaps it would he best
if we said good-by."
She held out her hand To him. and
he. stunned. took it.
can YOU not hear my crushed
heart calling ----' he began.
1T has a wrong number. I'm
afraid" said Brenda. He read sym
pathy but scant hope in her eyes.
Good by" he said. overcome, and
, made his exit.
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| IN an apartment on Creamery Park
= a luxurious place-a young man
| I'm a lowered silk dressing gown
paced up and down that night.
There was no one To witness his
| p1iSary IIiS hair IIImDlpd by
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gators now mean saving of more
than $10.000.000 annually in bread
grains which previously have been
wasted.
These new forms of equipment for
grain grading materially increased
the confidence Of both the farmers
who raise the grain and the bankers
who finance the activities in the sell
ing Of wheat. rye. barley and similar
materials according to score card sys-
tens.
T.. y. Bates of the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics has invented an
aspirator which can nav he used i'm
cleaning wheat directly AS it comes
from the threshing machine. This
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violets like these" she said, holding
them to her.
He smiled gravely.
Until this moment" he said. Il
have never been jealous of flower.
nor have | regretted the excellence OF
my tailor's workmanship"
Brenda laughed.
lone can always trip over pups,
she said. She looked at her wrist
watch and became very businesslike.
six o'clock" she said. II must close
the shop now. | have to hurry home
to- cook my dinner"
Carlton Elton picked up his hat. ad-
iusted it OH his head as If it were a
crown.
II wonder" he said. IF it is In the
realms of possibility to persuade YOU
to forego the pleasure of dining in
your home, which | am sure is charm
ing. just this once. and share the
humble meal of one who otherwise
must, perforce. dine alone?
You mean you want to take me to
dinner"
He bowed, hand on heart.
such is, indeed, the purport OF my
invitation, the acceptance Of which,
Miss Wayland, would. | assure YOU.
afford me infinite pleasure" His voice
was a tone-poem.
Brenda caught up her hat.
Sure" she said why not?
The humble meal which he provided
for her on the roof OF one or New
Ycrk's modest 22-story hotels, con
sisted of hors-d oeuvre varie. tlllet of
sole Marguery. quails la Lucullus,
artichoke salad, and baked Alaska.
nv the time the coffee came they had
reached the place where they were
telling each other the characteristics
each admired most in the opposite
sex.
."rhe one trait in man admire
above all others" Brenda told him. Is
sincerity. \ man may be flch, WHY
successful. handsome, but unless he Is
sincere, thumbs down. Thats the
ONLY thing that counts with me-sln-
cerity."
In his deepest voice Carlton Elton
said:
"Amen to that
He felt a surge of hope now. The
three hours he had spent with brehns
Wavland had made him absolutely
sure of one thng--the sincerity OF
his feeling toward her.
WHEN he left her at the door OF
her apartment near Washington
Square he said:
This. | make so bold as to hope
is not 'good-by.' but only 'au revolr
I should deem it an act of unusua
kindness if you would permit a lonely
bachelor to call upon you some time
Her smile was half amused.
Sure" she said. Come Sunday
Tea at a. Thank you again for the
dinner. Good night. Mr.. Elton.
He came Sunday at quarter TO
bearing roses. He came the follow
ing Wednesday evening at half past
8. hearing orchids. He came agar
Friday evening, looking resolute. Al
a little after 10 Carlton Elton dropped
to one knee on the blue rug before
the easy chair where Brenda was sit
ting.
Most wonderful one he began
his voice vibrating through the small
apartment. 1.-The almost binding sur
of love is shining in my life--at last
The heart within me cries out to the
heart within you. Through ten mil
lion wears. through all the ages,
have sought the priceless treasure oil
love since the world began, it seems
my soul has sought hungrily kin
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water to produce valuable CONNER
cial materials.
Our Federal graingrading service.
which has added system, standardized
practice and vast fortunes in gold
and silver to wheat farming. has been
productive OF important inventions.
Without exception, these finds were
perfected because OF drastic need for
just such appliances to serve grain
marketing. They have developed into
lieutenants of efficiency. They have
eliminated haphaZard. hit-or-miss
methods which formerly obtained. The
efficient affiliations Of wheat and
small misunderstanding devices invent
ed by Uncle Sans talented investi-
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which almost daily are being
tested and geared for public
service in the multiple GOV
eminent departments. bureaus anu
Offices.
Your next door neighbor with wnoih
YOU chat over the back fence or smoke
an after.dinner cigar on the front We
IA nda may. all unknown to YOU. spend
his working hours in originating new
machines and devices for the Govern.
ment. His identity may he concealed
under some such title as technologlst
or research specialist. Ills work,
hoiled down to brass lacks. IL just in
venting of most extraordinary con
traptions.
AT the Bureau of standards. in
Army and Navy workshops and draft
ing rooms. at the Weather Bureau. the
Bureau of Mines. Coast and Geodetic
Survey. Geological Survey, in the Ma
tional Museum. in the Post Once De
partment-and where not in Nashlng
,on-you will find him.
In the Department of Agriculture
offices. laboratories and WORKSHOPS ms
xrecieS is most numerous. During the
last II months employees of the great
farming orga nization have perfected
and applied for patent protection on
a5u different inventions. laboratory
processes and chemical tests
Some OF these discoveries are IN
valuable. worth millions OF dollars to
industry. Others are limited in use.
Many are important only as assist
ants 70 .ae particular branch OF sci
entific investigation which they were
developed to serve.
Just 10 illustrate the vast monetary
significance of some of these national
discoveries. recall the commercial ad-
vent of og-cholera serum. a product
originated more than 90 years ago by
DR. Marion Dorset. a Washingtonian
employed by the Bureau OF Animal
Industry This serum revolutioniZed
pork production in the United States.
1t has added billions OF dollars to the
exohequers of hog farming. DIR. Dor
set today would he several times a
millionaire If he had capitalized his
discovery for personal gain. Instead,
he dedicated it to the general use OF
mankind-one of the greatest gifts to
agriculture ever made By a resident
OF the National Capital.
Scan the list OF Agricultural Depart
ment inventions and you will And that
they cover the garnut from folding
Flows to compass altimetels and from
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the pile of grain draws a current OF
air through the thin sheet of falling
wheat. rye or barley. and blows out
the light foreign material. weed Seed
and smut spores. This dockaGe is de-
livered at one opening of the ma
chine. while the cleaned grain flows
from another exit.
One outstanding feature is that the
aspirator. dockage collector and sue
ton fan Will not cost more than $l5O
as used on the ordinary threshing ma
chine.
The impurities in bread grains in
the Spring wheat belt run as high as
80 per cent of the grain crop. Unless
the grain is cleaned when threshed
the grower has to pay transportation
charges on this dockage to market
and he receives lower price for his
grain because of it's corruption with
such foreign material.
To illustrate the vast economic i'm
portance of this dockage, il is notable
that one year recently more than
$500 carloads Of foreign matter were
culled from the grain shipped 10 st
Paul and Minneapolis.
Because of unclean grain used as
seed wheat from 500 TO 80. 600 weed
seeds per acre are sown annua lly
throughout our great Northwest The
Widespread use of the Bates aspirator
will eradicate such losses and mis-
practices in bread grain production
X
l. IL. cox. another Department Of
Agriculture specialist. has invent
ell An efficient apparatus which re-
moves objectionable weed seed from
grain and rice. when otherwise would
decrease the market price of these
materials.
w. ID. Smith OF the rice investiga
ton division of the national farming
department. has perfected a Smelling
device which is now used successfully
ny the California Rice Growers AS
ISOLATION.
Heretofore rice buyers have been
obliged to- shell out samples of rough
rice by hand IN order to ascertain the
amount of red kernels present. hard
ness and milling quality Of the grain
This process was SLOW, laborious and
Inaccurate.
Mr.. Smith designed and perfected a
Smelling machine which Is run By an
electric motor. BY means of mechani-
cally operated rubbing boards II re-
moves the huils from the rice kernels
and delivers refuse and grain at the
special outlets. This appliance has
expedited rice marketing operations
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device is effective in removing weed
seed and foreign material and also
eliminates smut spores. Smut is one
of the greatest foes or wheat raising.
The spread of the injury by smut can
be markedly reduced If the spores can
he removed from all seed grain used.
The Bates aspirator works on the
principle Of suction. 1t is operated
by a gasoline engine. The grain. as
1t is thrown from the threshing ee-
vator is spread into thin. even
stream by being directed to a low in
verified cone. The cone is held in such
a position as to cause the grain from
the elevator to pile up and flow evenly
over its edge. A suction from above
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animal traps to motion picture cam
eras. Many of these inventions have
gone to seed You will find certain
models discarded. dusty and rusty.
packed away in obscure closets and
corners. They represent fond hopes
and anticipations which never struck
pay dirt Others are now used In
all parts OF the world and have proved
boons to industrial needs and com
mercial OF agricultural requirements.
Among the many inventions which
have come into being during the last
few wears are listed kilns for drying
lumber. devices for stamping and
marking meats. n tattooine device for
marking hogs plant protectors, poul-
Try curing racks. mole traps. sirup
evaporation. a rotary grating machine.
tool for clipping fruit pits. clover-seed
harvester. an automatic weir. gray
ity fruit separator. trea-trimming
machine. insect traps, cane-stripping
combs. grain samplers. Photographic
dyes. beaver traps. a method for max
ing synthetic apple oil. power spray
ers a method OF making food products
from skim milk. a gravel tester.
aspirator. Smelling machinery. grain
recleanerS and many other forms OF
apparatus
A patent has been granted recently
10 MesSfS. f'OpeIloe anu SieSiei VI Tux
Federal Bureau of Entomology. who
have originated a new insecticide and
fungicide. II promises TO rival the
notable Bordeaux mixture. which ia
now used largely throughout the
world in spraying fruit trees. seed
and grain 10 protect them against
disease. This new insect eradicator,
which was perfected in Washington
laboratories. contains certain fatty
acids derived from coconut oil.
X 4
nURING the last score of years
only one non-exclusive patent
, has been granted 10 a Department OF
Agriculture representative. One was
awarded latterly to E. NJ. Larson OF
the Fixed Nitrogen Laboratory. on
Nebraska avenue northwest. 1t is the
only private patent Of the Department
Of Agriculture not available to the
mill.run of American manufacturers
which has been ratified by the United
States Patent Once in recent years.
1t In very important discovery.
which features use Of an ammonium
catalyst OF outstanding importance in
the production OF explosives and
fertilizers This catalyst assists the
combination OF nitrogen from the air
and hydrogen extracted from okdinary
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that He shook his head uncompre-
hendingly as he made his way along
Forty-fourth street, where actors
basked in the sun like SO many gay.
spatted lizards. Could it be. he won
dered, he was losing his charm?
| Hardly Certainly his manners were
as beautiful as ever. No one could
| more gracefully kiss a hand, or bow,
or carol out in rounder, more genial
voice to a male friend, well. old boy.
and how goes it this fine, fair day?
All. splendid. splendid
He did not let false modesty keep
him from admitting this. After all.
he thought. charm and beautiful
manners and a virile geniality are as
much a part of an actors stock in
trade a s soap, cough medicine. and hot
water bottles are part of the stock of a
successful druggist. AS sensible
young man Carlton Elton had come to
realize that i'm this world of salesman
ship his mellow voice and his man
ners were talking points. and he felt
no more diffidence about mentioning
them than druggist would feel about
pointing out the excellence of new
brand of shaving cream. Assets are
assets.
He was proud of his manners. He
had modelled them on his fathers. and
his father had been Shakespearean
actor of the old school he was not an
"acter.' but an 'act-torrrrr."
The only point in which Carlton Ell
ton radically differed fro:a his father
was that the younger man wore laven-
der-silk pajamas instead of a night
| shirt. In ornateness of manner the
son. if anything, surpassed the
father.
The manager he lunched with at
the Lambs Club was SO impressed
by Carlton Elton's manners and 2arb
that a contract to play leading ro
mantle role in a new play was signed
on the spot at salary that was al
most satisfactory to both of them.
1t was late in the day when the
actor started to stroll home to his
rooms on Gramercy Park. He noted
he had lost his boutonniere and was
dashed. for without it he felt }rac.
tically nude. So he stopped in flor
lists shop to buy another. While
there the thought occurred to him
that he should take Brenda Wayla nd
some tangible evidence of his graft
tude.
AS he drew near her shop it be
came more and more clear to him
! that gratitude was not the only emo
tion he entertained for her. Why
should he. almost unconsciously. have
quickened his pace? Why had his
heart quickened. too? And. above all
why should a feeling very like timidity
assail him? Why should q man who
had played romantic scenes before au,
diences Of q thousand women now
feel hesitant about entering the pres
ence Of one? This. said. Carlton Elton
to himself. must he the real thing.
He made his entrance into Brenda
Waylands hat shop as if it were
a, second act set.
An she said, lost another but
tom"
Dear lady" answered Carlton
| Elton earnestly. 1T were impossible
| for mere words of mine to express
adequately my gratitude to YOU, SO
| have ventured NO hope that you will
permit these floral messengers to
speak for me with their scented
tongues
! oh" cried Brenda. you mean
those lovely violets are for me-"
3. THAT was the idea / was attempt
| ing. In my own poor way. to express"
| I'd sew on hundred buttons for
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BY GEORGE III. DACY.

Id LADY NEED is the par
ent of remarkable inventions
which almost daily are being
tested and Reared for pubic
service in the multiple GOV
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IN an apartment on Creamery Park
a luxurious placea young man
in a lowered silk dressing gown
paced up and down that night.
There was no one To witness his
misery. lis hair was rumpled by
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DRoTEsT1NG yelps rent the air.
l. Down went che young gentleman
spats and all. fiat on the sidewalks;
nut. though he fell he fell with A
certain grace His hat. Jared off,
rolled to the patent-leather feet of
brenda wayland. Yes. he did have
vsvy hair.
For an instant he lay there. hurt In
dignity and elsewhere. An impish I'M
pulse to applaud came TO Brenda II
had been such a realistic fall; but she
did not applaud, for the distress visible
on the face of the young man was
patiently genuine. He got 10 his feet
slowly. ma jestically, and began TO
brush the dust from his coat and
trousers. She saw his look of horror
a. he noted that a button had ripped
from his coat in the fall. Brenda held
cut his hat.
Il hope you're not hurt" she said
The voice in which he made answer
was no ordinary voice. there was
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-28
GAME ASSOCIATION In
CAMP AEGN FOR REPEAL
OF PRESENT GAME LAWS

That immediate repeal OF the exist
ing game laws and regulations i5
necessary if Arlzonas supply of
game and fowl is to be perpetuated
was the declaration of Fl. E. Christy,
secretary of the Arizona State Game
Protective association, and Dan Kit
chel, presiden. of the I5isbee Game
Protective association, who visited
the city Wednesday in the interest
of referendum measure 302, providing
for repeal of the existing game code.
The following statement, prepared
by the Arizona State Game Protective
association, sets forth the reason why
the association is champ.oning the
referendum measure:
Most of the residents OF our west4
ern states would be loath to believe
the following statements concerning
game conditions, but nevertheless
they are true, being taken from the
reports of game and fish departments
of the different states.
New York state with her great
population and only one-Eaif the area
Q: Colorado, nevertheless kills within
her boundaries nine thousand deer
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-28
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
TO OPEN AT NOGALES

The annual convention Of the south
ern Arizona Federation Of Womens
clubs, of which the Douglas Woman's
club is member will be held, ia
Nogales Friday and Saturday. 1t is
probable that a number of Douglas
women who are prominent in club
work will attend, these including
Mrs. Ralph Morgan, Mrs. Frank
Douglas, Mrs. O. l.. Neer, Mrs. George
Briggs and Mrs. A. Z. Ash.
Discussions of problems of interest
TO the women of the state, particul-
arly with reference to club work,
will be a feature of the convention.
Delegates from Cochise, Pima, Pinal
and Santa Cruz counties will attend
the convention.
Along the prominent club leaders
Of the state who will attend are Mrs.
Lloyd Christy, of Phoenix, president
of the state federation; Mrs. j. H.
Westover, of Yuma, director of the
general federation; Miss Sharlot Hail.
of Prescott noted Arizona poet; Mrs
! J. J. Bevan, of Bisbee, president of
the district group and Miss Anna
Cooper, of Tucson, dean Of women at
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-28
OHIO MAN. PRETENDER
TO THRONE OF ALL
MEXICO" is LOCATED

MEXICO CITY, Oct 27 Especial to
the Dispatch) )-Eugenio l, King OF
Silksika. Chectaw and Algonquia In
dian emperor known, .ncognito, as
Prince Eugenio Gavin, is the curious
IS gnature to a document which has
deputies from a pretender to the
deputies from pretended to the
throne of Mexico. The document
which is headed With the seal "Tho
Imperial Council' and dated October
Is from AL Chicago avenue, Youngs,
town, O., Y. S, A., reads as follows:
To the Congress of Mexico:
Gentlemeh-This will advise you
that I hereby declare myself pre-
tender to the throne of Mexico. Since
II have been declared emperor of All
the Indians in Mexico. iney arc
automatically under my control, anC
in order to be able to govern then
properly, I should hv emperor o,
Mexico.
The Indians do not command IL
Mexico, but the Indian is the rea,
Mexican The white man is a usurper
and therefore, 1 am the real ruler o,
Mexico. Therefore, I ask the neces.
sary assistance to restore the I'M
perial dignity to the American In
dian.
FraternaIly yours, Eugenio I, King
of Siksika, Choctaw and AIS onqu d
Indian emperor, known, incognto as
Prince Eugenio Gavin
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-28
POLITICAL TEMPEST
CONTINUES TO RAGE
AROUND DR.. MARVIN

TUCSON, Oct 27.-P)-The tempest
that has ragged internationally about
the office of DIR. Cloyd H. Marvin
president of the University of Arizona
for the past several months took re-
newed vigor today as charges ano
counter charges were made by oppos-
ing political factions
j. Cow George w. P. Hunt last night
at Tucson read at a political meeting
letter written by the Rev. Ernest c.
Tuthin pastor of the Tucson Episcopal
church and leader of the anti-Marvln
clique in the university investigation
last August, by H. S. Corbett, chalr-
man Of the republican state central
committee, expressing opposition tc
President Marvin and promising. the re-
moval of the university president Il
e. S. Clark, republican gubernatoria
nominee, is elected.
Replying to the governor, the min
lister declared that Governor Hunt dur
ing the investigation carried on by th'
board of regents of the university
stated in the presence OF a commltte'
of ten people that he told the regents
Marvin was liar, that he would no
believe him under oath, and that h
(HunD would make life so miserabl
for him that he would resign" In tn
event President Marvin did not resign
Reverend Tuthill quoted thegoverno
as saying he would take great pleas
ure in giving him the boot"