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Mrs. Marion Tucker wants to know
if think it's right to let children
read fairy. tales and wild adventure
yarns"
not only think it's right, dear
lady. I think it's a crime not to let a
child read fairy tales and wild adven-
ture yarns.
Fairy tales and adventure yarns are
more than an amusement to childre 4.
They are mental food. They give the
necessary vitamines just as spinach
and beef and eggs give them to the
body. They actually nourish the
child's mind and prepare it for adult
life. And without such nourishment
and preparation, 40 youngster devcl
ops normally.
But fairy tales don't tell the
TRUTH" retorts this anxious mother.
"And adventure stories incite q child
to recklessness and rebellion"
You're mistaken, my friend. Fairy
tales do not lie. They tell the most
valuable truth. They portray n worlj
of beauty and light, of heroic bravery
and romantic love, Of black magic alo
white miracles, world wherein
psychic forces may be seen plainly ut
work, without the veil of materialism
which blinds the sight of older folks
to their reality. -. 4 - ~ r.,ssss,ss'
The child needs to inhabit this
world of fancy. Unless he does inhabit
it during his plastic years his spirit is
starved and warped. And it is impos-
sible for us with our darkened vision
and stiffeled tongues to give him this
experience. He must get it through
another, more sensitive medium. The
fairy tale is that medium. 1t provides
food which the child's Imagination can
assimilate, food which is as delicately
adjusted to his tender spirit as his
diet is adjusted to his tender stomach.
First should come the merry nom
sense of Mother Goose. And effort has
recently been made to ban Mother
Goose because OF its so-callcd "vio.
lence ald vulgaiity." Such reformcrs
will shortly be calling God to account
because He puts stings in wasps AMI
thorns on roses.
All life is violent and vulgar to
squeamish sensibilities. All life is full
of conflict and we enter it armed for
conflict. We cannot eliminate that
conflict nor the qualities in ourselves
which react to it. But we can be pre-.
pared to go forth in a merry. friendly
mood. And that is just what Mother
Goose prepares che tiny child to do.
Start with Mother Goose. then go
on to Beatrix Potter's delightful AM
NAL stories. Now the stage is set for
"The Three Bears" "The Three Little
Pigs" etc. Then come Kiplings
"Just So Stories" Andersoa's Fairy
Tales, ''The Arabian Nights" "Tangle
wood Tales"
As the concept of the real world
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08
A Birthday Gift.
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAh MhS. bcEShMAN
have been a very good friend with
young man for almost a year.
I had known him for four months,
when 1 received candy and flowers
for my birthday from him.
bis birthday is soon. and I am
wondering if it would be proper for
me to give him a gift.
If so, what kind Of gift would you
suggest? ROSALIND.
The young man showed such excel
lent taste in giving you the conven-
tional gifts that l urge you TO use
the same kind of taste in yours. OF
course the ideal gift for you to give
him is "the perfect book" one on
n hobby of his or some interest-radio
or cross word puzzles (if he is fan
of neither of these enthusiasms), a
travel book, a biography, or one of the
new (and many excellentl novels. Or,
if be smokes, how would you like
to give him carton of his favorite
cigarettes?
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res syndicate. incorporated
must work that out together. But it's
sad that Arlette suddenly regards the
doctor as her enemy. Sad for him.
That. too, must be left to work out"
And so they went away leaving
cynical Nick, a pouting Arlette and n
thoughtful BERTHE. The doctor stayed
only minute or two at Ieke
Schmidts and then insisted on driving
me home calamity.
II didn't know how you could drive
the car" / protested as my sweet old
cavalier took the wheel at my door
step.
"I'd do more than this to deliver you
safe and sound to your husband" said
the sweet old man.
! laughed as gaily rs il l didn't
know that Jim wouldn't be home until
hours later. I laughed as il jealous
gnawing weren't going on in my heart
while a bitter cynicism Knocked me
with the scornful repetition that jim
is in conference. And it was not until
the doctor had driven away and was
alone, fumbling Mt the door-knob that
a towering figure arose and came
toward me out of the gloomy shadows
at the far end of the porch. My heart
almost stopped beating as I waited 10
see who my visitor might be--and
whether he was as menacing as he
looked. ...
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
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Some e. Pointers;
on Manners
A Gift to a Baby.
BY Mrs. Beeckman
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAR MhN. DbEChhAN
1 received an engraved card from
friend few days ago, announcing the
birth of boy. How shall respond
in acknowledging this card? Would n
gift for the little fellow be proper:
L. A. =.
The announcement does not neces-
sarily call for an answer. but, OF
course, it is more cordial and friendly
to acknowledge it in some way. 1t is
delightful for you to write note to
the mother, telling her of your happi-
ness at the news of tho arrival OF
the new soul. With the note, you
might send her box of flowers, con-
tanning tiny bouquet of small white
flowers for the baby. This tiny bou-
quet can be made entirely of the deli
cate baby's breath, or this approprl-
ately named flower may be combined
with small white roses or other flow
crs. Also there are the regulation
gifts for the new arrival--a silver
mug, an article for the lnyette, silver
spoon or pusher.
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FOXY CRANDPA'S STORIES
The Story of a Great Sculptor.

patron-for he was very kind to
the child-was giving great BAN
quot. Elaborate preparations had
been made and a great fancy center
piece for the table had been ordered.
But it did not arrive and the host
was very much distressed. His table
would look very bare and not as
imposing as he wished 1t.
The little Canova heard Of this
from the other servants in the house
and straightway he went to work.
What do you think he did? He
modelled the beautiful figure of a lion
out of butter. 1t was placed in the
center of the table and looked very
fine. The guests were astounded ana
when they found out who did IT, they
were more surprised
"Canova's master was so pleased
that he sent the boy TO study sculp-
ture. How happy he was. For that
was what he loved TO do.
He worked very hard and when
he was only seventeen, he produced
his first statue, which was of Orpheus
and Eurydice. 1t was so beautiful
that the State of Venice sent him to
Rome to study.
"From then on he worked and work.
ed and became famous. He studied
all the old works of ancient Rome
and yet tried TO give them something
of his own conception Of beauty.
"Canova was a pioneer of the
new school Of sculpture and because
of his beautiful work, Rome is much
more beautiful than it would have
been if he had not adorned it with
his statues"
We were leaving the building just
then and Bobby said:
Lets find some more Of Cam
ova's statues, Foxy Grandpa, won
der how he kept the butter from
melting. Perhaps it was in the win
ter time"
Copyright, 1896. International Features
Syndicate. Inc.
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Meditations of
a Wife
One Way to Torture a Wife.
By Helen Rowland

One Way to Torture a Wife.
Suing for divorce on the old camp
ing grounds, Cruelty" an actress
claims that her husband told her she
was getting old and ugly"-and then
sat up reading, all night so that she
couldn't get her beauty sleep.
II this be true, that man certainly
knew how to torture q woman :
Cruelty, in its most ingenious and in
tensivc form. could go no farther.
A man may break a woman's heart,
break up the furniture. break his we'd
wind-vo and smash all the Com
mandments: but until he skaters q
woman's illusions about herself, he has
not utterly crushed her.
But, the man who wrecks woman's
vanity is almost humane. beside the
man who wrecks her beauty sleep!
Where did men get this stavistic
habit of prowling around the place
all night, anyhow?
Apparently, the average man can
never 20 to sleep until he is convinced
that his wife has reached that stage
of nervous tension, where she won't be
able to close her eyes for the rest OF
the night. Then, he can roll over and
drop right off into a state Of sweet
symphonic slumber, that will last I'M
til long after the alarm-clock has gone
off.
A man can think Of more things
that he wants to read, eat, say, or do,
after 10 p. M, than in all the rest Of
the day put together. He may doze
off in his armchair Immediately after
dinner, and remain in state Of coma
all through the sprightly home eve
ning.n But, by 10 o'clock, when his
wife's lids begin to droop and he hears
her winding the clock, he is a perfect
little bright eyes, and as full Of play
fulncss as kitten.
Many a man who is "too tired to
cat mouthful," at dinner time. de-
velops fine. healthy appetite around
midnight, and either demands hearty
supper or goes out and raids the ice
box.
No woman knows whether 4 man
inherits this niGht-prowling instinct
from some of his prehistoric anccs-
tors, ar merely acquires it during his
gay bachelor days. But. it is the do
nestle third degree" through which
nine out Of ten wives arc put, every
night, from the wedding-day to the
grave. ........ .,.., q..,s +.
Copyright. 1895. King Features Syn. Inc.
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Asking to Be Escorted.

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Is it proper to ask a young man
whom you know very well to escort
you to a party? II. ID. +.
Yes. It is better to write him
note of invitation rather than ask him
IN person "'or'by telephone. This gives
IN chance to refuse il he wishes.
Copyright. 1926. Premier synd-- Lna
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A Parting Courtesy.
MRS. BEECKMAN:

UEAH MINIS, DEEChMhS
What should one. reply when ieav-
ing a person who uses the words, Il
am pleased to have met your
MRS. W.
Say, "Thank you, very much. ]
I'm glad to have met you, too" ("Glad
Is the better word to use, for, some
how, it is easier to use in this
sentence than "plcased.") II you
wish to be especially cordial and wei
come the intro6 ction with a special
enthusiasm, you may add. II hope
that 1 shall sec you again some
time"-or "soon."
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THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann Lisle
Chapter 1914.

Copyright 1895 King syndicate Incorporated
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08
FOODS FURNISHING
ROUGHAGE.

These help to aid peristalis and
therefore healthy action of the bowels.
Have three or four in your daily diet.
They are: Celery, parsnips, turnips,
cabbage, etc, pumpkin, potatoes,
beans, peas, dried fruits, fresh fruits,
whole cereals and whole grain breads.
Foods containing vitamines: Milk
(raw), citrus fruits, all fresh fruits
(uncooked), green leafy vegetables,
butter, cream, liver, potatoes and car
|rots.
Foods rich in mineral constituents ::
Milk, cheese, spinach, lettuce, nuts,
raisins, dates, pruncs, figs and beans.
In general dairy products except
butter; vegetables, fruits and le-
gumes,
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Table Talks
For Health
BY Mildred Kitchen

No doubt, we are all guilty Of some
dietetic sins committed during the last
month. when food has been too abund-
ant. life too fully Of hurry and ex.
citement, and temptation stronger
than our will power. We can now
take stock and resolve to put our
bodies in trim for the year ahead.
Are the following among your
dietetic resolves:
l. I resolve neve- to overeat. If !
do I know that the excess must tax
some organ of digestion or excretion.
2. I shall chew my food thoroughly.
By 20 doing / play fair with my
stomach.
3. ! shall eat slowly, and never
in 4 rush. The reason is obvious.
A. I resolve to discuss only pleas
ant topics at meal time. know that
my digestive system is sensitive to
nervous excitement and that bicker-
ing, 'quarreling, arguing or the discus.
sion. of unpleasant subjects inhibits
proper digestion. g
5. ! shall, therefore, never cat
when very weary or very excited. =
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
8. shall drink six to eight glasses
Of water (not iced) each day. My
body needs this amount to properly
carry on its functions.
Z. shall have an ample supply OF
fruits in my food program. Foods fur
nish minerals, alkalinity. roughage
aid vitamines and are therefore val
liable for four reasons. r.-
s. ! shall eat of green leafy vege-
tables each day. They furnish me with
protective substances-a. verftable
form of health insurance.
Q. / resolve that will do my share
TO see, that every child has quart
of milk a day. Though this may be an
expensive program it is natures II.
tended food for children.
10. If i am over weight / resolve
to cut my calories but at the same
thine choose food to keep my body in
health. / know that can subsist on
1900 calories, il properly chosen, but
that if not well chosen may under
mine my health. "a pound Of choco-
late creams would furnish all the
calories needed for one dayD l know
that after the age Of 80 every excess
pound of weight may shorten my life.
KEEP WEIGHT RIGHT.
II. II / am underweight 1 shall
build mp my body to safe resistance.
know that n mal-nourished body Is
poor protection against the inroads OF
disease.
II, / shall avoid extreme food fads.
Ny body is not capable Of Sudden ad-
justmepts. -, 800. ...... ..sl,s.s.-, +.
IS. I shall not look uponF vita
mines" as fads since scientists have
proved their value beyond the shadow
of . doubt.
IA. shall establish regular habits
of eating and elimination. / know
that my body is machine which
works best by routine.
is. I shall avoid stimulants of all
kinds because my body is injured by
their use.
16. I resolve to read about food
and diets with an open mind and to
remember that little knowledge is a
dangerous thing.
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Who Said 1t and Where

IF were an American, as am an
Englishman, while a foreign troop
was landed in my country, I never
would lay down my srms-neyer-
never!"
So spoke William Pitt, Earl of
Chatham, in the House Of Commons,
November Is, 17zZ
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u. S. WILL
WATCH AS
1926 FADES

Indianapolis will have a watch
ful-wet" New Years Eve.
This is the statement today Of A.
R. Harris, deputy prohibition admin
istrator, who is preparing to cope
with the liquor situation when 1927
makes it's debut.
I'VE will be on the Job in the
clubs, hotels and restaurants New
Years eve," Harris declared, "tc
see that liquor violations are curbec
Owners of these places who sell
ginger ale and soda for cutting
liquor brought in by patrons. will be
dealt with severely. in addition to
patrons violating the prohibition
law"
A number Of agents over the State
will be brought into the city for the
night, Harris added.
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SONIA MARSH leaves Stockton and
as she pleases. DON. sTILLWATER. a
young doctor. helps her get job IN
the real estate office. of his uncle. Jed
Thomas where she falls in love with
FRANKLIN CRANE, petted young sales
Sonia calls for DR., saltwater to at
tend her after an accident. Though she
still loves Crane she is disguised with
his habit of becoming intoxicated. and
marTies DR.. saltwater They keep the
news from all but their parents. She
refuses to accompany her husband TO
Berlin.
engagement to Genevieve Erickson.
Sonia confides to Crane that she. will be
free to marry him after Don returns,
Wealthy WALTER HENDERSON
whom Sonia refused to marry Is found
drowned. Crane is suspected, and to
save him she falsely declares she was
with him that fatal night in his Marin
County shack.
She sends newspaper clippings of tho
SAM MARSH kills himself because of
Sonia's disgrace. She is surprised to
learn from her mother that Jed Thomas
Is Sonia's, father, but Mrs, Marsh never
Sonia decides to return to work, but
spends the week-ends with Crane.
Don wires that he is coming homo.
Crane confesses to Sonia that in Ieal-
Gus rage he cause the death OF Walter
Henderson. She is infuriated with him.
and regrets that she should live to bear
murderers child.
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CHAPTER LXXVIII

Hours passed. but Sonia was not
conscious of their passing. She was
aching with cold when she dragged
herself from the floor. She began to
pace the room. Darkness forced her
to stop and turn on the electric
switch. Her wracking sobs seemed
to come from another person.
She had condemned her mother for
giving herself illegally. How had
she dared to criticise? The lowest
woman on the street was better than
she. Married to a man like Don
Saltwater! Yet how willingly she
had offered her sacrifice! With
what high courage she had prof
fered heer reputation to save a MUIR
derer, and he had told her, even
while thanking her, that he could
easily have escaped conviction. He
had deceived her from the begin
ming. Yet, piercing to her very heart,
came his repeated cry, IT loved you
too much. :"
Weak, willed, undisciplined, the
son of a doting mother, his charac-
ter had been slowly undermined. He
had to have whatever his heart was
set upon. Sonia shivered as she
realized to what depths Of suffering
he was to descend.
Her infatuation was crushed with
a single blow. But the result-the
fruit of that intoxicating madness
was not to be eradicated.
She pressed her hands to her
heart and snatched them away.
loathing them.
ooh, God, let me die. 80"
Shame, like a red tide, poured
over her. For the first time in her
life she felt unclean.
But women often died in child
birth. Surely she could not live af-
ter bearing a child she hated. She
would not eat. She would starve.
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SONIA D. a s,ss, Love If

already mapped out for her! Her
volition had nothing to do with It.
But If this were true, Franklin's
crime, too, had been inevitable. No
one could be held responsible.
Trembling with weakness, she
felt the flaw in her reasoning, but
was too exhausted to pursue It. Too
eager for any loophole of escaped
The future was black. She only
knew that she could never face Don.
She would hide from every one. Move
away from this room to another,
equally grimy, possibly more dis
reputable, exist as she could, do any
kind Of work she could to keep from
going mad. And when work became
impossible, she would go to a rescue
homo and pray for death. .....
But in the midst OF her tragic
musing, the door opened and Don
saltwater came back
Go Be Continued
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By Vida Hurst

But the pangs of hunger were al
ready a physical nausea, forcing her
toward food.
She faced her disheveled, swollen
countenance in the mirror, remem'
bering that dancing image of long
ago.
\ She smiled bitterly. God! Aren't
you proud of yourself? A pretty
mess you've made Of things"
Dizzy and faint she sat on the
edge Of the bed. gulping milk, NUT
tering, "Oh, Lord, I'm sick-I'm 80
sick!"
In the next breath. 'If I could
only die!'
The room took on a green, un-
natural 'tinge, the walls undulated
up and down. She cried aloud. I'm
dreamingl I've been to San Fran
CISCO"
OF course she was dreaming. Her
father would slip to her door in a
moment.
Come. honey, it's time to get up. .
How she would surprise him. She
would throw her arms around his
neck, crying, Darling, love you
I've had a terrible dream :"
AS If she had just heard It. the
realization Of his death swept home.
Pictures flashed before her staring
eyes. Her mother pinning up her
graduation dress
stand still, Sonia :"
Her father. insisting on her going
to Sunday school.
"Oh, Daddy, why do I have tor
His patient, anxious face! He had
never failed her. How 1t would
hurt him to see her wounded to
death broken, beaten. unclean
Thank God, he had not lived to suf
fer that. Tears rolled down her
cheeks as she told herself she was
no longer entitled to sympathy
Every one had warned her. Even
after her fathers death, her mother
had pleaded with her. Futile, In the
face of her passion for Franklin
That passion was burned as with
acid out of her heart, but the scars
could never be removed.
She had always detested vice and
common vulgarity, had pledged her.
self to only beautiful adventures
How fate had cheated her! Tricked
her into giving her first. fresh love
to a coward! It was not altogether
her fault, she protested, always
ready to shift the blame.
Chin in hand, she looked out
over the lighted city, going back to
the summer before her birth. Her
mother had sinned first.
what could you expect" asked
Sonia bitterly, "of the daughter OF
woman. who deceived her hus
band for twenty years2"
She had thought she was free
to twist events to suit her pleasure
No more free than a toy in the hands
Of q malicious childl
How gaily she had come to San
Francisco to follow the dark course
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RITES SET FOR
F. H. BLACKLEDGE
Insurance Firm Counsel
Funeral Wednesday.

Funeral services will be held
Wednesday for Frank H. Black
ledge, SO, counsel for the Old Trails
Insurance Company. who died at
the Methodist Hospital Monday after
a three-weeks' illness following an
operation. The rites will be at the
home Of Mrs. w. w. Thornton, his
sister, at 1921 N. Delaware st.
Born Nov. FL. 1857, at Bluffton,
Mr.. Blackledge and his parents
moved to Franklin, where he went
to the public schools and was gradu-
ated from Franklin College. The
family moved to Indianapolis fifty
two years ago.
From 1880 to 1884 Mr.. Blackledge
was private secretary to Governor
Albert G.. Porter, and in 1885 entered
the practice of law. Mr.. Blackledge
was a school commissioner from 1894
to 1898. Burial will be in Crown
Hill cemetery.
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EXTRACTION BATTLE

Musician Charged With Indiana
Murder Seeks Kentucky Trial.
BIZ Times Special
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind, Dec.
2S.-A legal battle over the extradi-
ton to Indiana of John Staebler,
26, charged with killing Herman
Roth, 20, another Louisville must
clan, at a resort near here, was
seen today.
Roth died after being taken to
Louisville. Staebler, who surren-
dered to Louisville police, insists he
be tried at Louisville.
The shooting, police say, climaxe1
wild Christmas celebration at Ma
pie Wood Inn, near here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
FORM POLITICAL CLUB

Roosevelt Club Of Lake County Is
one of the newly incorporated organ
izations registered with the secre-
tary of State. The purpose Of the
club is political and headquarters
are to be at Hammond. Ind. Or
ganizers are Charles Klasner, John
snithans and Joseph Ritz, all of
Hammond.
Christian Keseach Of the Soul
Church is the latest religious organ
ization to be incorporated. Arthur
Hubbard is president and the church
is to be located at Kendallville. Ind.
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Test AnSzCerS

These are the correct answers TO
the history test questions which ap-
pear on page 2:
1-Andrew Jackson.
2-Mayflower.
3-Elba.
4-Pocahontas-
5-France. Austria and Russia.
"a bill Of rights and privileges
of English subjects, signed by King
John in 1915.
Joan of Arc.
8-Abraham Lincoln.
9-Benjamin Franklin.
10-Monitor.
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wet Chamber of
u. S. Is Very Arid

An exceedingly dry 'wet chamber"
will greet AlfIO. Meloy, recently APP
pointed United States marshal, when
he takes his office here about the
first of the year.
The wet chamber" in the Federal
Bldg. basement, from which $40 cases
of seized Squibb liquor valued at $780,
600 was stolen a year ago, now con-
tains only the "driest Of dry" court
records.
No seized liquor is in the posses
sion of the Federal authorities here
now, according to Linus P. Meredith,
outgoing marshal. Meloy will relin-
quish the post of bailiff in Superior
Court Four, in becoming marshal.