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By ARTHUR HOERL
Advice to LOvelOln
By Beatrice Fairfax

, qualities. I honestly think. have
not gone out Of fashion.
But it also meant being very
polite, indeed, in q way that
took up a great deal OF time,
People are more direct now
adays and more hurried. Polite
ness is "old stuff"
And it meant knowing how to
do everything about house, In
cluding many things that were
unnecessary.
Ladies also wore a great
many clothes. Oh, II you
could have seen their starched
petticoats!
They were dear. sweet crea-
lures, and they were highly at
tractiye to men when that was
what men expected.
But I can easily believe that
a rough. sIangy, delightful boy Of
1890, deeply interested in auto
mobiles and airplaneS and ra-
dios. and not the least bit inter
ested in manners, wouldn't
know how to get on with typl-
cal lady" and that neither he
nor the lady would get any
pleasure out Of the encounter.
We are all pretty much OF q
mind nowadays, are we not, that
the time that girls used to spend
in piano practice. whether they
. were musical or not, might much
better be given to driving a car
or to outdoor games, or TO pre-
pairing oneself for a useful job?
Nor need a woman spend her
entire girlhood learning how to
keep house when she is prob
ably going to live in a flat
equipped with electricity.
Such a girl as Nancy describes
herself as being, may regret
wasted time, but she need not,
of course, despair of her future
or prepare to forego the happi-
ness of marriage.
Can she dance well? If she
can that in itself is enough to
recommend her to boys and girls
of her own age.
And if she is genuinely inter
ested, as she seems to be, IN
these other youngsters who have
been brought up so differently,
I am sure they will feel her warm
friendliness and respond to it.
She can learn to drop some OF
these ladylike ways that she
feels are such handicap.
Personally. I will confess. in
whisper. that I lament the COM
plete disappearance Of manners
as we used to know them. I
even think that a few manners
Just a few-would make the
girls and boys of today even
more charming than they really
are.
But it is a foolish person who
struggles against the spirit OF
his age.
The lady has disappeared.
Let us do full justice to the en-
chanting qualities Of the good
sport and good companion who
has succeeded her.
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Fear Disinheritance

You fool! Why didn't you
shut up? I never said anything"
when you two get through
arguing maybe we'll get some.
where about Saturday night.
Better come clean, Duncan; it
may save you a lot of grief"
"Oh, there's nothing to be
afraid Of" With that Dun
can turned and addressed a
few words to the girl.
I'm tell him everything. Sis.
Well, Miss Kane is my sister.
Murdock met her through me.
Last June they were married
in greenwich. He wanted it
kept quiet so his folks wouldn't
cut him off for marrying q
showgirl. He didn't live the
most decent life in the world,
but there was nothing I could
do with him. Sis raised the
devil about it and threatened
to tell the world the truth II
she caught him at it. A couple
of times she almost busted into
parties, but I was the only
one who could steer her, off.
You see, Murdock figured it
wovld've cramped his style if
he dragged q wife around, and
the way I figure it, he only
married Sis because he couldn't
make the grade any other way.
Aw, you amt got anything to
be ashamed Of, Rita. Anyway
I was used to keepin' her clear
because figured. after all. If
she got him dislnherited she'd
be out a lot of dough. too"
Saturday night she threat
ened Jerry she'd break in at
the Stiles place, so he told me
to watch out and head her off.
That's why / went out at 1880.
did meet her not far from
the house, explained that every.
thing was okay, and she finally
went on home. I was back in
the house Is minutes after I.
left it. Then I went right up
stairs, ike / said and didn't
hear q thing until they broke
the news in the mornings
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NotO Continue

band sponge on him as long as
the sap had a pretty wife.
Grace Stiles was another.
They had quite an affair be-
fore the lady met Stiles and
fell for him. I'll say this for
her, though, she gave Murdock
the air clean since she got mar.
ried, and I know he's tried out
his act more than once, but it
didn't work. Got enough now,
captain?"
Captain Blake questioned
Duncan at quite some length,
but obtained no other impor-
tant information. When he left
the apartment with Robin Dale
he called the office and left
word to have Grace Stiles in
for questioning the following
forenoon.
How about some afternoon
tea, captain? / know you'll en-
JOY Dolores Quincy's place"
Captain Blake smiled and
nodded his head. They decided
to walk, as it was not more
than half q dozen blocks.
The Dolores Tea Room had
a distinctive appearance. even
on the outside. There were mas
Sive candles, q single one in
each window. Heavy drapes
hung on the inside of the
windows, fastened back by a
rope about at the level Of
the eye. Huge wooden cut-outS,
beautifully executed, screened
the dining room from the gaze
of passers.t1y. placed, as they
were, inside the windows. There
were two, one to each window,
COPIES of famous group statues.
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An Authority ON Problems Of I

An Authority on Problems OF
Love and Marriage
Is it out of date to be a
lady?
Nancy W., a girl Of 20, has
written to ask my help, and I
must tell you why. Her mother
has brought her, up, Nancy
says, ito be a lady" And the
trouble is, as Nancy sees it,
that ladies are old.fashioned.
Il don't know how to get on
with young men," she con-
fides, "or in fact with girls
either. And I know / shall
never be married. My mother
wanted me to be a lady, like
herself. So can keep house
and play the piano and en-
broider, and all that, and l sup
pose my manners are good, but
I know as well as anybody that
they will never get me any,
where. seem queer to young
people Of my own age, because
NOBODY is polite nowadays, as
I have been taught to be. /
would really like to become a
"rough-neck," if that would
make me happy and popular,
but I don't know how. Can
anything be done for me?"
Now that I think about it,
am afraid that what Nancy
says is true.
And it's almost tragic. isn't
it, that so much trouble should
have been taken to make a nice
girl into the type of woman
that is. we have to admit, out
dated.
l doubt If most nice young
things even know what people
meant, a generation or so ago,
when they used the word
lady"
1t is true that it meant first
of all being square and honor
able and high-minded and these
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When q Man Suffers
Not all the back.seat drivers
are women. One Of mans pet
weaknesses is his passion for
telling a woman how to DO
things"
Watching his wife drive the
car has the same effect on
mans nerves as wacthing the
baby play with his watch or
Junior fool with his gun.
Probably half the nervous
wrecks in the sanitariums, to-
day, are men who were driven
there by the agonizing strain
of watching their wives Craze
telegraph poles, take the paint
off safety-zones and Just miss
killing traffic officers.
Nothing is so painful to a
man as to sit beside his wife
and see her ball up" things In
the midst of traffic, and then
have to listen while she tries
to argue with the policeman!
Yet, a man usually gives his
wife no peace until she learns
to drive, and is aStonished
when he knows no peace, him.
self afterwards.
There is no time when a wo-
man gets so much attention
from her husband as when she
is trying to drive the car. That
is when he concentrates both
eyes and all his interest upon
her. Even If he sits in the back
seat. he keeps an eye to the
wheels, an ear to the gears and
a ready word for every signal.
That is ONE time when q wo.
man can turn her back on her
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The Marry-GO-ROund> )
BY Helen Rowland

husband and be sure that his
thoughts are still WITH her!
You can always pick out the
husband of the woman who Is
driving the car by his panied
forbearance, his anxious haunt
ed look and his bright express
sion Of relief when the car
STOPS.
Many a man who has fought
in the trenches and faced the
German macl1ine-guns without
f1inching will cringe pitffully
when he hears his wife grind
the gears. gToan when she stalls
on q hill and turn pale at the
sight OF an old man in her
path.
Anything that sounds like q
crash, within a mile of the car
his wife is driving. is apt to give
q man shell.shock.
A woman always irnagines
that once she has LEARNED
how the car works." the agony
Is over, and she may resume her
natural expression, and 60 on
her way, skidding, speeding and
rejoicing.
Later, she discovers that, for
HIM, the agony has just begun!
There are only two kinds Of
happy husbands these days.
Those who insist on doing all
the driving themselves and
never permit their wives to
touch the wheel. And those who
are content TO let their wives
do all the driving and never
know how often they face
death!
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CHAPTER 81

AlphonSe.
RaGueI felt that queer shrink
ing she had come to know lately
when the thought Of the chalky
little Frenchman with the long
tapering fingers and the agate
eyes pressed in upon her.
II don't know what's wrong
with me, Greta," she confessed,
something like fear in her wide
black eyes. "It seems incredible,
but already Alphonse is as a
stranger to me. ] have trouble
in visualizing him. Except his
hands. when they close over
something he really wants and
cares about. And his eyes,
when he narrows them and
they glitter"
you mean you can't see
what he looks like. just as If
he were here now?"
That's it. / can't even re-
call the tone of his voice clear
ly. And yet I've seen him,
listened to him, been with him
day in and day out for more
than two years. He's done
everything for me. Everything.
But for him I'd be a grain of
dust-on a desert. It's un-
canny."
"He has no idea you might
become Mrs. Jerry?"
How could he have? I had
no idea Of such a thing my
self until q few hours ago."
"Umnf. Something tells me
the old boy is going to stick
pins into the nice pink balloon
when he hears about it. He's.
ha1my about you, dearie. 1
could shed tear or two for
him, at that. He's a good egg,
even II he has had a few bad
spots in his time"
Hes splendid" said Raquel.
without stint. 1--WE honestly
tried to care for him-that way.
He's like a father"
Well" said Greta, "Alphonse
is not exactly what you could
call a father. And if he is,
you couldn't go through life
with papa. So there's no use
getting yourself in an uproar
Il don't know quite what to
do" Raquel confessed.
Then don't do anything.
Just tune in on the Wedding
march. Let them dance as
likes it. I'll miss you like I
would the other half of me, if
I was a Siamese twin. But
you don't hear me grabbing
about It,"
"Alphonse might be ugly
about it. He can be, you know"
Then be yourself. Hard
boiled. He'll get over it. They
all do. You've always claimed
you do these bimbos a good
turn when you give them the
air. That's what you said
about BERTHE Adams, and Stat
ford"
YES" thought Raquel. "And
Bill johnson. and Jack Farrell"
1T does sound hard, but It's
true" she said to Greta. II
know myself. There are many
devils In me. They would turn
on any man who bound me
against my will. His life would
be a he'll. Not just an ordinary
hell with fire and birthstone,
either"
Raquel reached her decision.
She would not inform Alphonse
of her approaching marriage
until it had become an estab-
lished fact. Once she had taxen
the step, there was nothing
Alphonse could do about it.
Her future with Jerry woulG be
reasonably secure. A week re-
mained in which to accomplish
this security Alphonse would
not be in Paris for another
week.
She did not stop for sleep.
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Chauffeur Talks Freely

"sure. I'll tell you everything
I kIyow-an' that's plenty! I
don't suppose I have to tell you
he was on the make for Diana
Anderson? Getting her in his
room was his style of working.
But she amt the only one.
He put UP the dough.sfor the
Quincy woman to open that
hoity.toity place of hers near
Fifth Avenue. Her husband
didn't know anything about
that. know that because
Murdock told me particular
never to mention it when Dick
was around. A fine sap that
guy Dick Quincy is-but he had
It comm to him the way he,
Sponged on Murdock. That
was another one of Murdock'S
rackets-he'd let any sap hus-
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CHAPTER v

"Sit down, Duncan" Captain
Blake said pleasantly. This Is
quite a fortunate meeting
saves me the trouble of inviting
you down to headquarters. There
are q few questions I wanted to
ask you."
Duncan sat down in silence.
He was obviously troubled, not
yet understanding the reason
for Blake's presence in the
apartment. Rita Kane took q
chair and was now. lingering
the folds of her ressnervously.
why did you go out of the
Stiles house about one.thirty
Saturday night. Duncan? And
why did you lie about it when
questioned you yesterday?
Didn't think there was any
use mentioning it. Just went
out to the car to get q bottle I
left there"
Queer" drawled Dale. Miss
Kane was at the beach about
that time. Didn't happen to see
her, did you?"
why didn't you shut your
mouth?" Duncan Snarled at
Rita.
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YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader--I
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
July rs

fOf lnOSe "nOSS DAEkAAWAy 10
July rs
If today is your birthday dur
ing the coming year you may
meet with some unexpected
success. 1t is time when the
unusual is most apt to hap
pen. You should be most
active and work with fine men
tai application as the results
should pay for all the energy
used.
Important dates-Avoid ex-
ceSSeS of all kinds, take no un-
necessary risks. and maintain
routine from July 26 to August
8, August 80 to September 2,
october 10 to 26. October Is to
@28. November 80 to December 2.
February 4 to 10, February 26
to March |, March 27 to 80,
April 7 to 13, May % to 81,
June % to 80. Good for gen.
eral affairs, make efforts to ad-
vance your interests from Oc-
tober % to 81, February "a to
81, June 27 to 80. Contradic-
tory dates show two opposing
influences.
A child born today should be
given all the opportunity pos
sible to develop his unusual tai
entS. He may become we'll
known in chemistry or cleo
tricity. He will have unusual
ideas and may become an in
ventor.'
Tendencies for tomorrow
(July 30. The day is unfa-
vorable for finances. Keep
away from peculiar schemes as
loss or trouble could arise from
them.
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By Jane Dixon

stayed with me at my club
often when he's in port. Well
let him play skypilot for us,
Raquel. I knew there must be
some way, even if the old mind
has gone blotto thinking of
you. Raquel, you're mine"
He looked at her as if his
eyes could not believe what
his heart told him.
will you mind, dear girl9
The skipper's an ace. And
we can have the knot double
tied by a landlubber when we
get to New York"
She supposed she ought to
show some hesitation-to be
coy. To keep him on the qui
vive for his answer.
What was the use? She was
as anxious as he was to have
their union accomplishments
be aboard that ship.
Very well, Jerry" she said.
"It shall be as you wish"
He would not let her go. He
held her in the curve Of his
arm while they surmised and
supposed and made a great
pretense of working out plans
for their going.
And Raquel. her head
pressed against his heart,
spread the crazy quilt of her
youth and her flight from it
through strange paths into his
arms, before Gerald Parker.
She withheld nothing. Her
mosa. The 'dobe shack in Ari-
zona. Pancho. her father; Lucy,
her mother; Emilio, her brother:
Rosita, her sister; and baby
Jose. How she had all but sold
herself to Bill johnson, the cat
tleman. Jack Farrell, the laugh
ing mining engineer, that night
on the edge of the desert when
she had ridden aWay-out OF
his life. The black hat with the
paradise feathers that had led
her to Alphonse. BERTHE Adams.
Eric Stafford.
Hhe must know the worst of
her. The best he already knew.
If the worst unbalanced his
love for her, then there was time
for him to turn back. She had
done no evil in the accepted
sense of the term. She had been
cruel, but not wicked. To the
world she must appear an un-
grateful child, a daughter be.
reft of all filial love. Yet she
was an migrate who struggled
desperately to climb to some Sc
cure height where she might
safely make an attempt, how
ever belated, to pull Lucy and
Pancho and their brood out of
the morass into which they
were sinking.
Gerald Parker did not inter
rupt her recital. The past flowed
from her lips like water gush-
ing jerkily but with a force
that brooked no barrier from a
hot spring hidden within her
breast.
When she had finished, Jerry
but lay tender lips on her
trembling mouth.
THANK you, dear one" he
said. for the condolences you
have given me. We will not
mention these things again.
They are dead. Except such Of
them as have to do with the
'dobe house in the desert. But
they must wait--until we reach
New York"
II want to see Lucy again
and little JoSe." Her eyes we're
wet.
"You shall see all of them. I
know Raquel, you do not love
me. / have known from the
first. But I want you on my
terms. And if there is a way of
awakening love with you, I shall
find it."
Copyright 1890 Metropolltan Mess
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

The Union of South Africa
has a surplus of 100000 men,
out of a population of 1000, 900.
Europe'S poorest ruler is said
to be King Boris of Bulgaria,
whose income is only $4,000 a
year.
Great Britain has Isl, 100000
proof gallons of whiskey in bond,
or enough to last 10 years.
The 1,000th anniversary Of
Icelandic Parliament was re-
Gently celebrated in ReykiaVik.
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What Do You KnOw?
(Questions on. EDITORIAL Pagel.
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

/. Bunker Hill. 2. w. r. Sher-
man. 8. The 13 original States.
I. Queen Victoria. 5. 1914. 9.
Cum Of an evergreen tree. Z.
Underground fungi. 8. Luther
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Burbank. 9. Owl. 10. George
Bellows. IL. Exultant. Ia. A
ships small boat. l3. To wink;
IA, Sorrow, Is. A lively solo
dance.
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The Muffled Shot
Howa Quick Thinking Cub
Helps Solve Mystery
The Stor1 Thus Far

Jerry Murdcck myserously shot stiles
palatial Manhattan Beach suburb Of New York The
only bullet hole in window drape and footprints IN
Broadwaytes ct the
for q weekend party.
She admits having into Murdocks room Just prior 70 the
police medical examiner reports dOped
water In the two adjoining MurdOck's
Capt questions Quincys who occupied Of the
rooms eicits Murdock financed
operated Dolores Quincy. Later Diana Amber
being arrested Bert Forrest playwright cOnfesses to-
the crime.
The murder weapon found In
identifies the his!
Kane shOwgir estate stating Jey
wife! While Blake and Dale questioning her her
all startled the entrance MudOcs
former servant. sE
NOGO Continue
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-03-20
GLOVER TOWNSHIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Rasmussen and
baby visited at the homes OF Grandma
Allen and Mrs. e. Stevens Sunday af-
ternoon.
Grandpa Brown has been very i'll
the past few days, but is improved
at this write-up.
Harley Golf visited with Allan Aydt
Sunday.
The Misses Shirley and Eloise
Brown visited with the Irons children
Sunday.
Leslie Hastings is now employed at
the Ben Irons home.
The alderman children visited
with the Neuhring girls Sunday after
noon.
Ben Irons and son, Raymond, left
Friday for Elba, on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Brown and Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson from Bradford
Iowa, visited at the Fred Golf home
Sunday. returning the same day.
Mrs. Robertson visited with Mrs. E
Stevens and Mrs. Fred Brown Sunday
afternoon.
The Misses Sylvia Goff. Bonnie
Hamn and Marian Jones visited al
their parental homes over the week.
end.
The Misses Elizabeth Swanson ant
Alice Sanburg spent the weekend al
F. L. Sacre's home.
A surprise party was held Frida,
evening fer Mrs. F. L. Sacre, it being
her birthday. 1t certainly was sur.
prise for her and everybody who at
tended reported wonderful time.
Mr.. and Mrs E. Huntley and sons
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-03-20
TO RECITE HISTORY
OF GOPHER SCHOOLS

The story of the growth and devel-
opment of education in Minnesota
from pioneer days to the present Will
be told as a feature the annual
Schoolmen's Week at the University
of Minnesota, April IA to Is. Veteran
schoolmaste who were the moving
figures in the early days of the Min
nesota school system Will be honor
guests of the College of Education,
Dean M. E. Haggerty has announced.
Schoolmen's Week will also marx
the twenfy-fifth anniversary OF the
College of Education and will be cele-
brated as such.
Dean Haggerty and his committee
have sent invitations TO all OF the
1000 living graduates of the College
of Education and a broadcast invita-
tion has gone out to school people IN
all parts of the state of Minnesota.
Schoolmen's Week is the second
largest gathering Of teachers con-
Quoted annually in Minnesota, the big
gest being the annual meeting OF the
Minnesota Education association.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-03-20
MARKVILLE

Mrs. Art Lund returned Tuesday of
last week from Fairchild, Wis. where
she had been visiting relatives and
friends for two weeks.
Frank Neffe from LOnenz, Iowa is
clearing some of his land west of town,
and expects to move here in a year or
so.
Mrs. Frank Grace entertained Mrs.
Freymiller and children and Miss
Evelyn Bergman at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Knauss returned
to Minneapolis, late Sunday, after
spending a week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Bailey.
Mrs. John Brow and son, Louis,
spent Saturday in Superior.
Mrs. Bert Mckee is substituting in
school for Miss Krussow, the Latter
being ILL.,.
A meeting of the building COM
mittee for the Lutheran church was
called Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rash of Kings
dale. moved to Markville last week
and are living In the place formerly
known as the Pete Olson place. Mr..
Rash is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for the
local creamery and good promoter.
All welcome them to our community.
A number of the young people at
tended the dance at Cloverton Satur-
day evening, given by Mr.. and Mrs.
fired Carlson
Mrs. Paul Babcock and little daugh-
ter are spending few days in the
Twin Cities.
Mrs. Carl Slipper and daughter. Mar
jorie Mae, are spending a week visit
ing relatives and friends in Alex
andria.
Geo. Fletcher enjoyed call from
his brother and family of St. Paul,
Saturday night.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid meets at
the home Of Mrs. Aug. Carlson, this
week
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-03-20

and Mrs. w. Huntley and daughter.
Myrtle, spent Sunday at the Hastings
home.
Miss Alvina Lundquist and Gust
Nelson stole a march upon the Clover
ties and were married Saturday. All
wish them much success. and happi-
ness in their welded life. Congratula-
tions.
Mrs. Paul Babcock and baby OF
Markville, and mother, Mrs. Swanson,
of Danforth, visited with their sister
and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Swan
son, Monday.
Mrs. F. ]. Baker visited the 3D.
school Monday.
A charivari was held for Mr.. and
Mrs. Gust Nelson, Monday evening at
the Arvid Lundquist home. large
crowd attended and all enjoyed the
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Baker visited
with Grandma Allan Monday evening.