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college and be freshman again? Why
ii sounded like going back TO kinder
gartenl And had lot OF property
Ia manage. and about that time ac-
cum.llated Louise. So just--~kind OF
drifted.
on earth l want to, I'd pike for Cam
bridge tomorrow. 1t isn't practical, but
It's what I want. It's what / wish I'd
done Ave years ago. But didn't nave
sense enough, and now I'm too late.
And, once In a while, 1t gets me. All
this is so infernally--futilel"
But / don't see why it's too late.
said Miss Maillard. meditatively. !
don't see why It's ever too late 10 starr
toward an ambition"
Louise?"
why not? Couldn't you have a
| house In Cambridge as easily as you
can In Exmouth?"
mot and have any Of the life there
I'd want TO be regular undergraduate
and live In a dormitory and run with
the gang. I'd want 10 pick up the life
where I dropped it. And 1t wouldn't
be for Just four years, 1t would be for
seven. I'd want to study law afterward
| RidicuIous-isnt tt?"
but you'd only be 35l wouldn't
keep regretting what / hadn't done
| I'd 90 do II"
But tell you, what about Louise
Where'd there be home Tor nerp "a
be at lectures during the day and study
| ing nights. No. sir. shes got TO nave
this last chance"
but 1t really isn't the last. Is it,"
He nodded. Absolutely. When
| told YOU you're the end of the string,
| meant it, But. as far as / can make
| ont You're going to do the trick. Here
| Miss Mailard winced) You've got
| every asset, II you can't make go
| Of it then nobody can And. II you
| don't. why. I'll just have TO fold ur
| and send Louise of somewhere"
| "But~~irl that CASE"
| oh. yes " he said. "in that case I'd
| be free TO do whatever liked. But, you
| know. I'm really so crazy about that
! kid~~and I do so hate TO be a quit
/ ter" He broke off there. SO that
| presently she finished his own speech
| for him. =,
! go much so that you'd sacrifice all
| YOUR own personal wishes?"
"Oh. the worlds fun Of second-rate
| LAWYERS he said. and. of course,
| don't need the fees IT would just
| have been~~picasant. But the world
J isn't full OF homes Houses~-~-yes. But
| moi homes. / want Louise to have
home I'm responsible for her"
| There was pause. You talk abou'
giving her last chance, Mr., Douglas
| but why won't you ever give me .
chance. She does her lessons splendid
| ly~~w1en she chooses She's the dear
est little girl you'd ever care to see"
| when she chooses But, az far as un..
spelling her for you IN concerned,
can't. She's going In the other direc'
ton. You've tied my hands"
Il suppose you mean she ought 10 Dc
walloped. Well, I've told you before
that's of That's only for mothers"
Misa Mailiard was thinking dillgent'
ly II she resigned, and Douglas heie
to his word, would she not actually
have engineered his freedom for nun
Two tiny wrinkles we're lying paral'
lei on her forehead Honestly, though
do you want me To keep on trying9"
WHAT" His tone was the sharpes
she had heard from him. MY word
you're not gutter are you7" And
then, for the first time. he touched
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REVOLVING STONE BALL.
IN cemetery near Marion. in Ohio

IN a cemetery near Marion. in Ohio
u there is to be seen monument
having a stone ball. whose extraortin- ~
movement has attracted the attention
of many men of science. Various ex-
pienations are offered for the balls
queer actions.
This ball. about IS inches In diane
ter, weighs about 1900 pounds and .tStS
tip0n large stone base. Fer some
time the stone ball has been slowly
turning on its base, revolving about a
horizontal axis In direction from
north 10 eouth,
as first the ball rested in socket
provided on the base. The portion of
the heE that fitted In the tlie was not
polished In 1904 Ii was observed that
tho unpublished spot Of the ball had
became visible and that the ball had
revolrsti nearly 30 inches In . northetly
direction from its original resting place.
The cnploye who reported this tact
to the authorities found that they fatty
refused to credit his statement lie
was right, however, as was proved by
. regular and systematic Inspection
that was instituted with referenc, to
the phenomenon, II was soon asccr~
tanned that the ball had q continuous
NHu IcAuisl HluRCHASHt. bStNEEn jury
and November OF one year tbs bah
moved FIVE inches
All manner of explanations were I'M
mediately offered by all sorts OF people
everywhere Investigation showed thaS
the hall had In no vay been fastened
to its base; the builders evidently ex-
peeted that is weight would hcl6 IL
In place
Perhaps the heSt explanation offered
OF the curious Behavior OF the ball Is
this. First, the ball becomes, In the
sunlight, more heated than dos the
base, and consequently expands more,
giving rise to y slight ereening" The
ensuing contraction, Il Il thought, II
probably not suficient 10 take up" the
displacement occasioned by the heat
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By Will Rogers.

cerned I think they take II too seri-
Gus. / believe they would 60 further
II they kinder ridiculed and kidded the
men. They can do that in everything
else. so why cant they do 1t In Politics.
|. Personally / think the Camera has
done more harm for Politics than any
other one faction. Every body would
rather get their picture than their ideas
In the paper. What does the platform,
Of Political party amount too COM
pared to the photography There Is 10
cameras to every plank In the plat
form, There was more film wasted on
the two conventions than was wasted
making the King of Kings" Speakers
get up early In the morning not to find
out how their speech was received by
the Press. but how the Pictures turned
out.
A woman Seconder of somebody's
nomination would rather have her can
didate lose the election then to have
missed the front page In the morning
holding q bunch of American Beauties
in her arms.
And some means should be worked
out where by you could keep track of
the same thing said by various speakers
over ar over again. Each man Just
stands and repeats what has been said
better than he Is saying II. Their Cam
didate's honesty is thing that they
dwell mighty heavy on, You would think
from the nominating speeches that that
was their outstanding qualification was
Honesty. They don't exactly say so.
but they casually insinuate that the
Candidate on the other side will per-
haps steal the White House II he Is not
carefully watched,
But its great game, this Convention
game Is, don't suppose there Ii
show In the World with as much same
ness In 1t as 1t has got. You know ex-
actly what each speaker Is going 10 say
before he says II. You know what the
women seconders will wear. You know
before you go who viii be nominated.
You know the platform will always be
the same. promise everything, deliver
nothing I really don't think any such
proceedings could be carried on In any
other civilized country In the World
except ours, You cuss yourself for sit
ting day In and day out and looking at
such nonsense. But the next four years
find you back there again. So It's really
our mental exhaust.
tConsright, te.S1
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A LII know Is Just what read In
| ~ the papers. and what can re-
| ~ member OF the days that passed
4 a lately at what was for lack of
| better names, Political Conven-
tons.
| Its been over week. the last one
and / am Just getting over It, Two
straight weeks OF Applesauce. These
are momentous times, the eyes OF the
and elaboration. Now you heard that
by every speaker. Now just take en-
apart and see why they fall over II you
| try and let EN- stand alone.
These are momentous times" Now
what Is momentous about emp Time
| is time. momentous things happen Ia
| individuals. not to everybody at once
| What might be momentous to one would
| Just be wasting time to another. They
are momentous times with the Speaker
For If justice gets its due its the last
| time he will ever get TO address a Ma
| tional Convention. The only Guy q
Convention Is momentous with Is the
bird that gets the nomination.
| Then the prize bromo of ALL THE
eyes of the World are upon u.s." Now
| II that Is not insulting your intelli-
gence? Whose eyes are ON who?
What's the World care what we are
doing? What do we care what the
world Is doing? The eyes Of the World
In coekeyed as far as we are concerned.
Why the eyes of our own Country are
not even ON us. They know the thing
Is just an ordinary routine. Somebody
Is going to be President. 1t don't make
any difference who II Is. None OF them
. from any party are going to purposely
ruin the country. They will all do the
best they can. II weather and crops,
and no wars. and fair share Of pros
perity Is with them they will go out of
Office having had good Administra-
paying any attention TO us. The World
Is short sighted as far as we are con-
cerned
Our Public men take themselves so
serious. II just looks like they are
toop-shouldered from carrying our
Country on their backs,
And the Women. poor souls, when
they are allowed to speak. 1t seems they
have paid more attention to the mate
rial In the dress than they have to the
material In the speech. They mean
we'll and act awful sincere, But the
girls just amt there. 1t gets EN- out
and gives EN- a chance to set away
from home, and wear badges But II
Just seems like they haven't added any
thing constructive to the art Of Politics.
You see EN- scattered around through
the Hall as Delegates, But not In
enough quantities to affect the voting.
They are awful nice folks TO meet and
talk 10 In fact ! made a speech Just
for them, The only man at the Demo-
cratic convention that spoke For
Women Only" But you see there they
had dropped their grave responsible
ties and were just women, could sit
around with them and talk Babies, and
Operations. and reducing and We got
on fine. But they haven't been able TO
harrow much of row ~ far as clean
Ing UP our National pastime u con-
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Use to consider-and DOUGLASS wishes
for her--and Miss Maillard's loyalty to
her employment.
Louise, If you keep on being so
naughty that I have to go away, do
you know what would happen to you?
You'd 60 away, TOTO a boarding
school. eight months of the year, with
rules you'd have to obey. No pony, no
kind Mr. Douglas, no servants to wait
on you. no such beautiful place as you
have here, no
"Oh. give it drink" said Louise.
Miss Maillard controlled herself. DO
you care very much for Mr.. Douglas,
Louise?"
"Oh, $3.50" said Louise condescend-
ingly.
"And for me?"
Not a lot. You're big bluff" said
Louise frankly.
That was the last straw. When Miss
Maillard arrived at the house she went
directly TO her room and began to pack
~
At 5 o'clock the packing was done.
& There was no train until 8. Miss
Maillard wrote a prim little note to
Douglas-she couldn't face hin1-tagged
her trunks. ordered her hand luggage
sent to the station and then went out
sgain alone, to walk and to rage and to
suffer. She struck off into a grassy
road and marched rapidly toward the
sea.
That's right" said a genial voice
go it while you're going-'cause when
you're old you can't"
She started violently. It was Claude
Eastman, the stationer, sitting by the
roadside In his battered runabout, Ia
admire the sunset He was regarding
her narrowly And cheer up. anyhow,
he said Maybe 1t amt true"
She laughed, without rnirth. On
but 1t Is. I'm glad saw you You're
one of the few people I want to say
good-hy to-"
NO! You amt leaving us?''
Yes. I am Tonight"
Eastman climbed stiffiy out of the
runabout Young woman he said
I'm old enough TO be your grandpa
Maybe I don't know much. but ! know
folks. I'll give myself just one guess
You been up to the Hunt Club again
and they gave you the raZz. Well.
told Alan a fortnight ago they was
bound TO be lot Of gibble-gahble
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around here. and he told me it'd be
wuth 1t. So, II -"
Miss Maillard recoiled. He said
what did ne say?"
"He said it'd be with it. What did
he say when you said you was
through"
Miss Msillard hositatcd II haven't
told him yet. I'm not going to see MIN
again I wrote him letter"
"Oh! That don't surprise me neither
Because, between you and and the
fence post, soon's you told MN, you
amt goin'!''
What? Why not?"
The old man put his hand on her
arm. Because Alan. he's told me why
not Alan's a kind of a peculiar teller;
he's awful bashful about women. Wen,
I been raisin' Cain with him. all Sum-
mer. I told him q Teller that knows
how to school a colt like he does ought
to see where children is just human
colts, and has got to be treated ac-
cordin'. I just about got him sold on It.
told him what about this college BUS
mess, that he ought to go baca-oniy
leave out the rafa-rah stuff. Well. !
Just about got him sold on that. And
I told him what he ought to do about
yotI--fe didn't find no fault with that,
neither. He's got a terrible mash on
you, only he's so COMPOUNDED shy ne
don't know what to do next. He said
he couldn't make love to YOU inside his
own house. or it'd be like takin' adj
vantage of you. Dunn fool. Alan Is.
Now. the thing for you to do is to come
on and be nice: you hop in my car
and I'll run you right back. and
She stood like marble. Il can't! Oh
II cant!''
why In tunket can't you?"
"You don't know what you're talking
aboutl I'm going to take the
O'Clock train"
mot If I know it! Not till you've
seen Alan"
do you think you can stop me?"
For reply he picked her up as though
she had been an infant. He deposited
her. breathless. on the seat of the run
about. Before she could command hef
muscles and escape the little car was
in motion. Now. don't get too gay
young lady" he said grimly. "or
might forget I amt your grandpa"
He drove another furlong. "Darndess
thing. these women! Got to handle EN-
! like they was heather savages. or they
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don't respect you no more. I told that
to Alan so times, II told him once.
But he's too refined" He drove her
through the village to Douglass estate.
The runabout stopped under the porte
cochere. Douglas, regardless of formal
tiles. came running out to meet them.
He had read her letter.
"H.rs che Is. Alan" said the sta
toner. calmly: a. kctcl1ed her for YOU
and to Miss Naillard he added: Nov,
thank me pretty. Go On. Do 1t. you
know mighty we'll you just loved BEN
byung back like a sack OF meal" But
she had ned.
DOUGLAS caught her by the lily
pool. His remarks were some
what disconnected. but. even in her
acute turbulence oil mind, she was
able to grasp their sense.
But it isn't true," she persisted
weakly. Ut can't be true! Uts-its-
you're only sorry for me! Or else it's
what people have said! Or else It's
for Louise! A buffer-that's ell ! was!
Let me go"
"Well. hang it." said Douglas. piteous-
ly. Il had to have some kind OF an
excuse. didn't ~ I thought I
was pretty clever about 1t. I
couldn't have the servants talking,
could I? I was going to tell you
tonight, and then when I read that
letter of yours what more can
/ say? TN going 10 Cambridge and
have a house and take Louise-Iu do
anything else in the world you want.
but I've got to have you. Buner!
Well--mayoe you are Against all the
rest of the world. Don't you-don't
you think you'd like the-experience?"
Alan kissed her.
Involuntarily she relaxed . trife-
''Is It truly-just nle?"
We'll, I hope you don't think ever
kissed anybody else-like that. Be-
cause, strange as II may semi
never did,
They were married at IL O'Clock the
following morning +: the local justice
of the peace.
BY noon. carefully reverently, and
in her legal status as mother by adop-
ton. Mrs. Alan Douglas had spanked
Louise.
tCanvright 1897
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est young man she had ever encoun-
tered. His estate was magnificent; the
neighboring squires were his friends.
he was pursued by score OF adorable
debutantes, and invitations fiuttered
down on him like snowflakes. yet his
favorite diversion was arguing away
long hours with the cadaverous owner
of the village news emporium
why" he said TO Miss Malliard, L
like him. because he hasn't any formu-
las. He's about the only man IN Ex-
mouth that can AFFORD TO say what ne
darn well thinks"
DO you mean to say that nobody
else in Exmouth can afford to be gent
ine?"
mo, but they've all got formulas OF
thinking. Just as they've got formulas
of dressing It's kind of etiquette,
But Claude Eastman works In his shirt
sleeves
Yes, he was an extraordinary young
man. BY intention he was extremely
punctual, but In practice he was q
notorious late-comer. He was forever
discovering. at the ffty-ninth minute,
something that erased all previous COM
mitments from his memory. The trou-
bles of a servant. the malay OF a
horse, the distress Of village family or
| took precedence Miss Maillard fell into
| the habit Of acting as his social con-
science.
mfr. Douglas! Do you know it's a
quarter past 10? You said you abso-
| lutely had to leave the house by 10
O'Clock"
| "Oh, yes--but I'm writing refer
ence for groom / had last Summer.
] He's got TO have 1t tomorrow morning
| or he won't get the Job he's after"
But do 1t when you come homer
NO. it's got 10 catch the milk train
Call Hughes. will you2 want him TO
| take II down to the station"
| But, Mr.. Dougias~~you told Miss
| Edwardes over the telephone that
"Oh, that's only dance. II Edith
| Edwardes ever needed Job the way
| this lad does then she could talk.
| At the stationer's one afternoon East
man winked at Miss Maillard Know
| what he's done? Just gave $40 to a
beggar on the road and got the village
| all excited"
Douglas laughed. Why he asked me
was any earthly reason why / should
give 1t TO him. and he grinned and
said: Nary one!' SO slipped him $40
end ne told me the story Of his life
and 1t was peachl'
HIM" said Eastman. THAT waf
human. But the humaner a society
teller liz, Alan, the quicker he gets him"
self called fool"
II was in regard to Louise, however
that he vas most qlixotic He INDUCED
her infinitely more than II she had
been bis only grandehlld, he discounted
for her all his goundegt principles. Ht
forgave her. With unruffied cain, fol
unconditioning his champion bulldogs
With n1armalade sandwiches although
she had been forbidden 10 feed them.
Invariably he said 10 Miss Maillard
But, If you'd seen what sort Of dunn
| the poor lid came from you couldn'
, get mad at her either"
Miss MaiIlard Bit her lip. But, Mr.
Douglas, how can she have respect 70
. law when there's no penalty TO
breaking IT."
!, But shes only o." he protesteds
Yes, but mines intelligent. Sh
! knows what she's doing I've lost IN
fuence ever since the very FIRST day
! You won't give ngs any authority"
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Long-Lived Cinderella Story

The stories of Cinderella and Red
Riding Hood were created lust 500 years
ago by Perrault. Frenehmen. who
never dreamed that the fairy children
Of his brain would become immortal,
He wrote poetry OF nm exceedingly dull
order. and 1t was by his poems and not
by his fairy stories that he hoped to
win fame, rerrault conceived and
wrote his stories. which ne called "rales
of Neither Goose" TO please his little
son, Just rs Lewis Carroll, maths~
matician, told the tale of Alice In Won
deriand 10 amuse two little girls.
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of the early day In the second place.
the circumference OF the Sphsre prob
ably lengthenS on one side. giving rise
to pulling between the ball and the
base wherein IL rests.
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ana intent ana demure when man
came through the curtains into the
drawing room.
asory had to keep you waiting 80
long, Miss Maillard," he said, but
LOUIS decided she was coming down,
too. and / took don't. ] guess you
probably heard me taking 1t. It's all
Tief1t: I've locked her up in the linen
press. She did get in couple OF good
kicks. though" And he massaged his
shin, reminiscently Wen. ] might as
vel tell you right OF the bat--the rest
Of her behavior's guaranteed up TO the
sample"
Ms Maiilard. having caught her
breath, was staring at him, spellbound
Her poor. bafied old dear was young
man In o loose tweed golf suit. There
was no slightest hint Of martyrdom In
his figure, his. energy, his complexion,
or even hts neckwear; on the contrary,
the only ascetic thing about him was
q pair Of tortoise trimmed spectacles that
merely succeeded In italicising his youth.
In spite OF herself she had gasped once.
and now she did tt again, and continued
TO stare, fascinated.
you SEE" he went On. ingenuously,
latter the gaerre was fine, ! thought
the least I could do was 70 get together
ana UI2ESNIlE oil UkpA&ans OhSSs 1AA-
fortunately, didn't specify whether /
wanted lady or a tiger I never sup
passed they'd send me girl. Anyhow, 1t
never occurred 20 me. But, the frst
thing / knew, they'd done it. So vent
down 10 the ship, and got her out Of
hook, and she bit me.
well. she was only 8, and thought
II would be- mean trick 10 back out,
20 went ahead with it, And, IN three
years. I've had 10 governeSses. and not
one Of them clicked. She eats them
alive So this is my last shot al 1t. II
the next one can't show something, I'm
afraid Louise Is out Of luck. III have
10 send her OF 70 a menagerie. some
where. guess ought TO have ordered
her 49,. On i, approval n anyway Are you
Although her amazement was still
baDbling, Miss Mailiarc was almost
borr1er for him than II he had fitted her
Elusive portrait His boyisnnesg ap-
g,slled her. at the same time that his
paternal frown made her want 10 laugh
Why, he was nc more aged than her
self--and as impulsiye as his protegee
why. no, Mr.. Douglas, she said
slowly. I'm not discouraged kne"
II would be IA problem.
There was very long pause. Al
length. Douglas smiled. alphabetically
''T'ns sorry I'm such duh al this sort
Of thing" he said but, honestly. Miss
AfailisFd. don't quite know what othei
questions ought 70 ask you ou'
hold on q minute Wait ILL YOU take .
slant ut her" He rang bell. afld, x
the maid who presently appeared, ~
said Let Miss Louise out Of the linen
closet and bring her down here" Th'
combination Of his manner which wa
the grand seigneur. and Of his words
which weren't, made Miss MafIlaft
cough 10 her handkerchief.
TWO minutes later, Louise made
spectacular entrance. She looked
older than years She was legg'
blonde, dressed with bachelors taste
with strong emphasis on lace and pink
And. dasiliug into the foreground, sfai
matted and purred something In French
at which. although Douglas only dres
down his eyebrows. uncomprenend1ng
MiSs Maiilard gaSped again, For 1t va
q French imported straight from tn
A. m84 80
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Convention Women Mean Well
By Rogers.
The Proceedings Get En- Out and Give
EN- Chance to Get Away From Home
and Wear Badges" Says Rogers,
But They Take 1t Too Seri-
ously." You Always
Know What the Women
Seconders Will Wear.

LII know Is just what I read In
the papers. and what I can re-
4 member OF the days that passed
a lately at what was for lack of
better names, Political Conven-
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TWO minutes later, Louise made q
u spectacular entrance She looked
older than 0 years She was q leggy
blonde, dressed with a bachelors taste,
with strong emphasis on lace and pink
And. dasiliug into the foreground, she
The Washington times., 1928-08-01

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