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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

T vas after nightfall in that part OF
New York which Is, to the rest Of
the city. the top story Of the house
where the servants sleep.
And now, when the business dis
trict Of the lower town was as dark as a
deserted basement, the lights were lit In
all these shining windows, and behind
the drawn blinds clerks and bookkeep-
ers, shop girls and working women
laughed and chatted in their tiny cells
and cubicles. Their rooms were piled
up, in LAYER on layer, to form contin-
uous blocks of houses, and these rose
from the unbroken pavements with an
appearance of standing ankle deep In q
pool of frozen stone-as IL an mum
dalton Of fluid rock had hardened even
" over the streets and buried every in
equality of the green sod and brown soil
of suburb under a. barren crust OF
asphalt and cement.
Up one of the bare gorges of brick
and pavement Larkin struggled against
all the winds of December that fought
and jostled him, beating down the
Pickering gas lights until they gasped
behind their rafting lamp glasses and
putting stiff blasts along the sidewalk
to sweep the stones as clean as ice.
Bending forward, with his chin In
his collar and his shoulders huncheo
about his neck. he looked as II the vio-
lence of the wind had pounded his head
into his body and crushed his derby
down on his ears. He had one hand
thrust into the breast of his overcoat
at the aperture Of missing button and
his elbows were pressed in against his
sides; so that he seemed to be hugging
himself against the cold, shrunken in
on himself in an unwilling and shiver-
ing discomfort.
Yet when he stopped in the light Of
a hall lamp to look up at the number
of the door package showed IN the
crook of his elbow to explain his pos
ture, and about the wrappings of that
package there shone the gilt twine of
the bonbon counter. His lips were con-
tracted with the cold as II to the pucker
of whistle, and his simple face, glow
ing with the nip of the wind, was the
sort from which an always cheerful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

she replied with an air of pride in 1t
tine doctor says my lungs ain'
strong"
He nodded at crayon portrait Of
Mrs Connors on the far WELL
That's what they toll us"
There was an awkward pause In the
conversation until she said: They're
f-i-ne" bending over the candies
Wont yuh try one?"
She held out the box to him and he
reached across the intervening space to
take a chocolate drop. He put it whole
into his mouth and rolled 1t over into
the pouch Of his cheek In a way that
made 1t plain to her that he had not
eaten candies since the days when he
had sucked penny lasters."
She nibbled chocolate with super
lative daintiness and watched him.
: He was staring solen1nly at the wall.
I'm over In Bowler's," he said. "Pipp's
In the Pennsylvania ofiice."
"Oh7"
I'VE ust to 60 to school together I'D
home. ! came down 70 N York with
him.
did youhP"
Yep" He nodded, sucking on the
bulge in his cheek. I'VE sort O. ran
away. I've known Pipp ever since he
was ABOUT 80 nigh. he held MS nat
out on level with his shoulder and
smiled askew, around the chocolate.
''Whered yuh ust to live?" she asked
politely.
He named the little town upstate. He
had driven his fathers bakery wagon
after school, and "Pipp." who was the
doctors son, had ridden with him "for
the fun Of It,"
THERE was look in his eyes that
= she did not understand. II came
with the memory Of those sleepy after
moons in the wagon-the smell Of fresh
bread, always sweet, on its worn shelves,
that were as clean and as warm as a
bakers oven; the sun beating down on
Its heat-cracked top. and the yellowish-
white nag, that knew its round of Gus
toners as well as he did, lacking from
side to side Of the road unguided.
His whole manner puzzled her, and
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| it was not to be the last time he was
to leave her at loss. He had one OF
those minds that seem to make stolid
night marches and to arrive unex-
pectedly at the strangest conclusions
without at all sharing the surprise they
cause.
He CROPPED in his pocket to draw out
yellowed photograph of his fathers
bakeshop, taken by some travelling pho
| tographer who made speciality OF
Commercial business"
In the doorway Larkin was posed be-
tween his parents, in q pair of knick-
erbockers that came to the calves oil
his legs, and he had an air Of acknowl-
edging that, though his father was the
original owner of the trousers, his
mother had made them over for him.
Miss ConnorS did not smile when he
explained that his mother looked sleepy
because she always sat up until the
bakers to their work.
He had also tintype Of "Pipp" and
himself, grinning consciously in the
gummy smile of youth.
Hes pretty smart-Pipp." he said
admiringly. I'VE ust to be in the same
class at school, but he got away ahead
of me-"
Hes jollier, amt hep" she said in
the same tone.
"sureI" he laughed. "F5e was jollyin'
the red-headed girl today. He's more
fun'n enough"
She Strengthened back from the pho
tograph with a change Of face.
II don't see such a much Of him
now" he went on innocently, "'cept at
II. He's mighty poplar, guess. He
has IN nrff ,kRAI1f nVy,rHy pNin1a<
He turned the tintype over in his
hand and sat looking at the blank back
Of 1t. She was studying him.
"D'yuh board together?" she asked
suddenly. e..
He shook his head.
"Pipp'S moved downtown He nut
the pictures back In his pocket and sat
leaning forward with his forearns on
his knees, looking down at his hat ON
the floor. an York's big place." he
said.
She smiled the smile of understand
ing:
Won't yuh take of yer coat?"
He rose.
Il guess better be goin',n he said.
I'll JUS dropped into see how yuh
were" He evaded her eyes by looking
into his hat. and while she was still
stammering an attempt to put him ct
his ease again he edged to the door and
slipped out. She followed him.
Il hope yuhI come again, MI
He did not give her his name. He
stumbled down the stairs,
Well. goodnight" she said re-
proaohfully,
Goodnight, goodnight" he an
swered from the lower landing,
= = \ Il
CHE went back into the room and took
candy from the box and smiled
as she crunched it. When her mother
came in she bent down hastily to pick
up the paper and gilt twine from the
floor.
"Who was its" Mrs. connors asked.
"Oh. JUS q. frien OF q fellah in the
Pennsylvania ofnces." she said. HE
sent me up some candy"
The following day she spent ut the
closed window, wrapped In shawl. the
curl on her forehead done up Ia . twist
OF paper, watching the street below her.
I'm. awful busy" she said TO her
mother as she hurried back to her post
Of observation after dinner. I'm nloy-
, in In across the road.
| she nihhled chocolates, She sat and
frowned or sat and smiled. Once her
| mother, who was working over the
| laundry tubs, heard her singing and
peeped In to see her busting the room.
And when night fell she dressed In
.her black lace gown that had no collar
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melody might be expected continuously

melody might be expected continuously
to pipe.
He came up the steps to pick out the
name of "Connors" over an electric
bell and he pressed the button heavily
with the fiat of his thumb. The lock
clicked.
He wiped his feet on the mat for a
moment Of hesitation and then blew
apologetically into the thumb-crotch
Of a closed fist as he entered: but these
were the only signs of any inward agi-
tation at the prospect Of making a
social call, unlimited, on girl who did
not know his name and who might
possibly not even remember his face.
A little old woman in a shawl was
waiting for him in a doorway on the
second landing. He asked cautiously
from the top step:
Miss Connors live here?"
She does" She peered out to see
that he was stranger. I'll tell her"
She disappeared.
He prepared to wait at the door, but
she came back at once in f1utter to
invite him into the parlor. She asked
him, with an Apologize warmth, to be
seated. He nodded, but he did not
speak.
LIE put his box of candies on the
4 table and covered 1t with his hat,
There was q pink plush photograph al
bum under his hand with q scroll of gilt
lettering on the cover, and he stood
tracing out the design on it with a
fascinated forefnger until he heard q
swish of skirts and q patter of quick
steps in the adjoining room.
He looked up to see the girl stop
short between the gaudy hangings of
the doorway. Her lips, that had been
ready in a little shipper of welcome,
parted in cape of surprise; her hands,
that had been smoothing the shoulders
Of her dressing jacket. caught at the
curtains, and she remained there, as If
had explained himself.
She was small girl, with head Of
coQuettish black hair, and she wore
one artful ringlet in the middle Of her
forehead. He fastened his gaze on 1t
while he spoke.
I'VE heard t yuh were sick from one
o. the girls. was-I was goin' past
here an I thought I'd drop in an
see how yuh we're comm on"
"Ohl" she said. with an affectation
of recognizing him for the first time.
you're Mr.. Rattray's frien'?"
He nodded.
P1pN was aSLl6 ABOUT yum IIom the
red-headed girl. We been goin' TO your
place at the lunch counter right
Have yuha" she laughed, dropping
her hands.
He nodded,
I'VE thought yuh'd like some choc'-
lates,"
He lifted his hat to uncover the
candy box. From the way he did it.
it was plain how much he had counted
on the effect. She laughed.
"Oh--oh, thanks!" she said, and
came In to take the box from him.
As soon rs she had relieved him Of
the package he backed away from hel
and took refuge in chair, sitting down
in his overcoat, with his hat IN his
hands.
won't yuh take of yer things2" she
asked In the voice OF social politenesS
He shook his head.
II Jus dropped in to see how yuh
were" He looked around the room n
: manner Of being very much At MS
ease.
a0h, Tn pretty we'll, guess" she
said with a nervous laugh that was
followed BY at Of coughing, She sal
down with the box In her lap and began
to open it.
He frowned at the cough.
aThatS right, = he said ut last, rYuE
don't want to 20 back too soon aftei
I the grip" !.
q Il guess mine was nemmonia, too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Oleomargarine Output.

More than quarter Of billion
pounds Of oleomargarine and
other butter substitutes were produced
IN the United States during 1877, the.
Department Of Commerce has an
nounced after . survey Of the field. This
1902 workers we're employed In produce
ing It.
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who. was watching him came up to
speak to him, He wandered of aim
lessly without answering.
He passed and repassed the door sew
eral times In the night. At daybreak
ne saw the black streamer on the door,
ian1b, and he turned away.
y \
"a H, don't lea me, lad" Mrs. Con-
nors pleaded. Sure, If Maggie'd
lived yeh'd a been my son, Tom.
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Story of Mans Love and Devotion.

and nat q huge butterfly bow OF black
velvet In her hair. 81
.I'Ii Bet no one'il come, now I'm ready
! for Them she said humorotisly.
They'd sooner catch me when I'm
iooIin' sight.
Larkin, however. came on the stroke
Of 8, and was so cordially received that
the parcel he had brought under his
arm.
i He did not remember it until after
he was sitting down.
st thought I'd better run UP with II
tonight" he explained then. Shes
got to have It back Saturday. girl
at the house. She said she liked II. My
names Larkin.''
1t proved to be circulating library
novel. He had borrowed 1t from some
one In his boarding house.
"Oh--oh, thanks!" she said. I'm
awful fond of readin, amt your"
He laughed unexpectedly.
well, amt such a much. I saw
some books over on Third avenuh Z we
ust to read in the barn, one day, an
got two o. them, but I didn't get
through the first."
Didn't yuh?" She smiled at his
sudden voluhility.
NO. we uSb 70 nave RIShb IlItl0c III
the hay loft. They cost cents each
about Jesse James an the Indians. We
ust to borr' an lend them-until
Buttony Clark joined the Y. M. @. A.
He baird them all, without tellin' us
likea"
like"
ooh, any Sort" she said gaily, "as
longs it's love.stOry. guess you men
don't read love-stories much" He
shook his head uncertainty and then he
smiled q broad grin. She turned the
pages of the book. Except when yuh
want to Jolly us along" she added.
He hitched up his shoulder and looked
troubled.
II don't know but what yuh look up
few pointers then" she said, and
glanced up archly at him.
He shifted uneasily.
"Pipp," he began, he"
ooh. himl" she stopped him. II
guess he don't do all the jollyin'; that's
game for two." She leaned back and
laughed rather harshly. Il guess you
haven't been readin' any Of them lately.
anyways"
'No-o," he said.
She bent down over the book again
so that he could not see her face.
"Praps II yuh'd ever been in love
yllh would"
He was not so stupid that he could
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Tell m I'd a married him. she said.
Say good-by to Nike she said. calm
yeh Mike that way. An tell m I'd q
married him. she said"
Larkin shook his head. He knew
better.
However, he did not 60 back to his
boarding house. He sat in his old place
in the kitchen until she made up bed
for him in the room that was now to
spare. And when Mrs. Connors had
gone. plaintively, to bed he dampered
the stove, tried the lock of the window
that opened on the fire escape, and
took UP the oil lamp that she used to
save gas in the kitchen.
He stood long time gazing 1T the
light in his hand. Then he went up the
hall to the door of the room and stood
there. Finally he blew out the light.
In the darkness he tapped on the panel
and whispered, floarsely. apologetically:
"Maggie!"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

SHE HAD APPARENTLY ACCEPTED THEIR STURDY ASSURANCE
THAT SHE WOULD GET WELL WITH THE WARNER WEATHER,
AND THEIR EVENINGS WERE AS PLEASANT AS IF THEY ALL
BELIEVED THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE WOULD HAPPEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

tn HE man who shared John wilkes
Booths last meal has con-
sented for the first time 10 tell
4 his story In print.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

I'VE HEARD IT YUH WERE sICK-FRoM ONE
OF THE GIRLS. WAS-I WAS COIN PAST HERE
AN THOUGHT I'D DROP In AN SEE HOW YUH
WERE COMM on"
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He Shared Booths Last Meal

Dr. w Ne Death
Lncons Sayer-Gs All
Penalty
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
OvERPOWERED BY GAS

G. M. Nelson, of Elbow Lake,
Mimi, narrowly escaped asphyxia-
ton by carbon monoxide gas fumes
one day last week. Mr.. Nelson
had driven to Miltona, about Is
miles north of Alexandria with
members of the family to spend
the day. The Elbow Lake Herald
gives the following account Of the
near fatality. DiAs
"On the way Mr.. Nelson's car
started heating. AT Miltona after
the other occupants of the car had
gotten out, Mr.. Nelson decided to
drive to garage and have the car
looked over. He drove to the ga
rage, but found it locked and no
one there. He got into, the car
again and started it. There was
a blanket over the hood. The car
had been running about 5 minutes,
he began to feel as though he
were going to float away. He had
presence of mind enough to reach
for the latch of the door and as he
released it the weight of his body
against the door opened it and he
fell to the ground He crawled
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
Effects of Malnutrition

Malnutrition is condition of un-
dernourishment or underweight.
Children with malnutrition do not
all behave the same way. Some are
pale, dull and listless, with dark
rings under the eyes, tire easily.
and have no ambition for work or
play; their work in school is often
SO poor that they must frequently
repeat their grades. Others are
nervous and fretful, hard to please,
and hard to manage; they eat and
sleep badly. Still others are over
ambitious, constantly active, rest
less; they find it difficult to con-
centrate. Children get into a con-
dition of malnutrition because their
growth is not watched. To grow in
height and gain regularly in weight
is just as much sign of health in
a boy or girl Of nine or ten as In
q baby.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
August Wensman, Melrose
Citizen Called by Death
PAGE SEVEN
CONTINUED From Page One)

tired and moved to this city.
The immediate survivors are
his wife and eight children. Four
children preceded him to the grave.
The children surviving are: August
Jr, Of Milk River, Alberta Cam
ada; Henry, Of Strome, Alberta,
Canada; Casper, of Melrose; Mrs.
Elizabeth Thull, Of st. Cloud;
Mrs. Isidore Kolb and Alfred
Wensmann, Ogema; Joseph Wens-
mann, of Wildwood; and Sister Hill
eodora, Of ierz. There are -
grandchildren. He is also survived
by the following brothers and sis
ters: Herman and Ben Wens-
mann, Of Freeport, Anton Wens-
mann, Of New Munich, Felix WenS-
mann, of Germany and Elizabeth
and Theresia of Germany. He
was a member Of the st. Joseph
and st. Bernard Societies.
The funeral will be held at the
st. Boniface church here Satur-
day morning at o'clock.-Melrose
Beacon,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19

Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps. The Progressive Club is
an ardent supporter of the Stearns
County Fair and has divided it.
self into two sections and created
red-hot competition for the prize
money offered by the County Fair
for the best Club exhibit.
The Club actively sponsors the
All Club movement of the coun-
ty. A number of the Junior mem
bers Of the Club were active mem
bers of the Gopher Prairie Boys
and Girls Club, Of this commun-
ity, and the parent organization
this year contributed $500 to as
sist in carrying on the county wide
club work sponsored by the Coun-
ty Fair.
The social activities of the Nc
Cormick Lake neighborhood re.
wolves around the activities of the
Progressive Farmers Club to a
large extent.
| The success Of the Progressive
Farmers Club has attracted state
wide attention. The Herald con.
graduates them upon being free
from debt with the hope that the
Club has many more years of use
| fulness ahead.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
Old Grads Will Be
Home for Whoopee
CONTINUED From Page One)


our Homecoming New Years
Eve.
If you plan to attend the
banquet, please notify Florence
Capky, chairman of the invi-
tation committee, Sauk Centre,
Mimi, before Dec. 18th.
Your interest and attend
ance at this, Sauk Cetnre's
first Homecoming, will insure
everyone good time.
A very attractive program
has been arranged for your
benefit. Come and meet the
old bunch. They'll all be here.
Sincerely,
Invitation Committee.
The program arranged for tn
event is as follows:
Monday, Dec. 80, 500 a. M, t.
500 p. m, registration, Gophe
Prairie Inn.
Tuesday, Dec. 81, 500 a. m, t.
500 p. M, registration, Gophe
Prairie Inn.
Tuesday, December 81, 800 t.
4:30 p. M, band concert at Junio
High gymnasium.
Tuesday, December 81, registra
ton booth for Alumni at Junio
High School auditorium.
Tuesday, December 81, 600 t.
7:15 p. M, banquet at the Com
munity Club rooms.
Tuesday, December 81, 800 t.
9:15 p. m, game, Melrose VS. Saul
Centre at Junior High gymnasium
Tuesday, December 81, $40 p. m
dance at Armory, music by Caster
orchestra. ~.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
FARMS ARE MOVING

Alex Paschke, who is advertis-
ing an auction sale of live stock
and farm machinery for Saturday
of this week, recently sold his 80
acre farm four miles north of the
city to A. L. Westbrock, of Free
port, for $500 per acre, cash. The
sale was made through w. A.
Moore, Mr.. Moore stated to the
Herald Tuesday that was the 18th
farm sold in Sauk Centre territory
this year at satisfactory prices.
Mr.. Paschke and family will re-
turn to their old home in Fari-
bault county.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
M. w. A. ORGANIZES

A group Of Stearns County Mod
ern Woodmen gathered in Albany
Dec. 18th for the purpose of or
ganizing county branch of The
Minnesota Modern Woodmen Pro-
tective Association, an organiza-
ton within the order which is
combating the putting into eff
feet of = the excessive insurance
rates enacted by the June Head
Camp. -
Owing to rather small attend
ance it was decided to organize
temporarily and arrange for an
other meeting in the near future
for the purpose of carrying the
work to every camp in Stearns
county. = g. -
The following officers were elect
ed: gsssts :
F. e. Bunker, Sank Centre, pres
ident. :
x. A. Homer, Albany, secretary
treasurer.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
Inspiration for Saws

The earliest prehistoric saws, so
It seems, were not made as are our
ordinary hand saws, with teeth
notched out in the material of the
blade. The original type seems to
have been a wooden blade with in
serted teeth, copying almost exact
ly those in jawbone, and these
ancient devices varied mainly in
the substances Of the teeth. For
example, one type of early saws
used flint teeth, another obsidian
or volcanic glass, still others
broken shell, while in some of the
Pacific islands wooden saws were
found, the actual teeth of sharks
inserted along the edge Of the
blade. 1t therefore seems likely
that the jawbcne was the inspira-
tiOn for saws.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19

away from the car over near the
oil pump at the curb and took
hold Of that to holt himself down
He was there when c. H. Nelson
came in search of him. They had
wondered why he was gone SC
long and Clarence came to see
what had happened. He had a
hard time lifting his father, who
still clung with his hands to the
pump, feeling that if he should re-
lease his hold he would float
away.
"Mr. Nelson was put to bed at
once. He was able to drive part
way home, but he still feels some
of the effects Of the gas, especially
when he is inside"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
FORMER RESIDENT DIED

Friends in this city recently re-
ceived word of the death of Mrs.
Lizzie Coe, who at one time was a
resident of Sauk Centre. Mrs. Coe
was the wife of L. e. Coe, better
known as dad, who was one of
the first volunteer firemen of this
city. Mrs. Coe passed away in
Pasadena, California, on November
81, from the ravages of pneumo-
MIA. Her daughter, Mrs. Francis
Armstrong, of Denver, Colo, at
tended the funeral. Mrs. ARM
strong and two daughters spent
two months Of the past summer
with her mother at Pasadena.
Friends here will recall that Mr..
and Mrs. Armstrong and daugh-
ters visited in this city two years
ago.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
Natural Gas Waste

The problem of what to do with
large quantities of natural gas
which are going to waste is trou-
bling the bureau Of mines.
In many areas the gas cannot be
transported for fuel and local con-
ditions have prevented its being re-
turned to the oil sands to form new
gas. The result has been a tre-
mendous waste. The bureau is seek
ing some means of converting It
into products such as methanol,
ammonia, formaldehyde and other
such things which may be ecOn0m-
ically transported to markets.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-12-19
Couldn't Fool Him

A Boer backvelder in a remote
part of the Transvaal began to have
doubt, owing to native depreda-
tions, as to the safety of $500 he
had slowed away under his bed. A
friend advised him to deposit the
cash in a bank in the nearest town
and they would look after 1t for
him. The farmer did so, and
asked the bank manager what would
be his charge for keeping it safe
and sound. On being told that far
from there being any charge, the
bank would pay him ELS per annum,
he "smelt rat" and brought the
money back to the farm!