THE TURNER TRIBUNE
VOL.
TUKNJCU, OREGON, 'I'llU IÍSDAV, J U N E
VI.
$40,000,000 CUT E X P E C T E D
New deduction« In Hall I ’ ay Effective
OF CURRENT WEEK
July 1 Clerks lilt llardrsl,
Chicago.— Wage reductions estimat­
50 PERSONS DIE
IN SEVERE STORM
ed at not exceeding $40,000,000 for
1(0,000 additional railway employes,
Brief Resume Most Important
FOR
Cloudburst and
through the railroad labor board, are
Daily News Items.
COMPILED
whose wage« the carriers seek to lower
Winds
Rake New York.
expected to Isaue from the board with­
YOU
Wild
Thing. Worth Knowing.
Greece baa added an article to her
cunatllullou grantlug civic rlgbta to
woman.
The American government haa ac­
cepted the Invitation of (treat llrllalu
to bn repreaented on the comtnlaalon
which la to Inveatigate alleged Turklab
«trueIdea In Anatolia.
ItIchard A. Ilalllnger. who waa arc
rotary of the Interior during Tread
dent T afi a adnitnlatrallnn. died In Be­
attie Turaday night at hie home after
an lllneaa of two daya.
I’ rlvate advlcea received In aovlet
rlrclea In Berlin Saturday atated that
Tremler Ionian auffered a alroke laat
Thursday.
Maxim I.ltvlnoff, Karl
Uadek and other aovlet leadera hero
left Immediately fur Moacuw,
The
repuhllcana of
King county.
Waahlngton In their convention laat
week went on record In favor of re­
peal of the pull lax law. Not a voice
waa ralaed to realat thla action.
The charge o f bigamy agalnat
llodulph Valentino, film actor, waa die
mlaaed Tueaday In the townahlp court
In l«oa Atigelea. Whether It will be
taken before the I-oa Angelea county
grand jury waa atlll under conaldor-
at Ion. Dletrlct Attorney Woolwlne
aald.
Over the etroug proteat of the three
labor repreaentatlvea on the United
Htatea Railroad t-abor board, a new
wage rut of 7 cent« an hour for rail­
way ahop mechanlca and 9 centa for
freight car men. cutting 400.000 «hop
men approximately $40,000.000 a year,
waa ordered by the board Tueaday.
Tlfty member« of the claaa of 1922
at George Teubudy collego In Naah-
vllle, Trim , have taken out life In-
aurance pollclea for $1000 each with
the college aa beneficiary. They have
«p e rille d that tho Income from tho
fund «ought to bo created «ball be
uaed for atudent loan«, acholarahlpa
ami fellowahlpa aa rapidly aa It be­
come« available.
Ilr. Guatav
T.
Iloffm an of South
Orange, N. J.. took a pair of worn
ahoea -and $4000 worth of hla wlfe'a
diamond«—to a repair «hop In Newark
Monday. The police are looking for
the gema. Not until the doctor roturn
rd from hla errand did hla wife dla-
rover that tho ahoea, In which ahe had
atowed the dlamonda. were mlaalng
from the cuatnmary place.
Ilrttlah
Infantry, cavalry,
artillery
and whippet tanka took part In the
flrat offenalve action of the Ilrttlah
troopa on tho Ulater borderland early
Monday afternoon when Tettlgoe,
which atraddlea tho line, though a
largo part of the town la In Tree
State territory, waa atortned and re­
taken from troop« of the lrtah repub­
lican army who entered on May 30.
John
I.ew la
ThlUlpa.
republican
atate chairman for Georgia, for whoae
arreat a warrant waa laaued late Sat­
urday on complaint of the department
of Juatlce. alleging conaplracy to de­
fraud the United States In connection
with a war contract for the disposal
of surplus lumber, surrendered to n
deputy United Stutes marshal on hla
arrival hero Monday from Philadel­
phia.
Frank W. Anderson, floor manager
In a department store In Kanaaa City,
was found shot to death In a hotel
room early Sunday and Mias Teggy
Mario Ileal of Springfield, III., waa
found unconscious on tho floor, a re­
volver In her hand and a bullet In her
brenat.
Ile r condition was critical.
Tho two mot during the war, when
Anderson waa a captain In tho avia­
tion service and Mias Ileal was an
army nurse.
Arrangements were being complet­
ed In Seattle Tueaday for the funeral
of George W. Carmack, whoae discov­
ery of "pay dirt" on Ilonanxa creek,
August 17, 1896, sent 60,000 prospect­
ors scurrying Into the Klondike gold-
fields and opened a vast territory visit­
ed up to that time only by trappers,
traders and missionaries, earmark
died In Vancouver, B. C., Monday
night after a brief Illness. The body
was brought to Seattlo.
Silverton
business
in a few daya to be effective July 1.
men have decided to celebrate
The new decision will make a total
Fourth of July at Silverton. It was re­
ported that the e»l«b r«tlo n will be in
the form o f a community day affair.
of approximately
$1(0,000,000 to
be
FORTY ARE DROWNED
roads.
and Tarlile N o rlh o r.l, and Other
Fossil.— The cloud burst season for
Wheeler county Is here. All last week
there have been heavy rsln and small
cloudbursts In different parts of the
county.
Sllkerton.—The
rut from the annual pay rolls of the
K t m li o f Notrd Tropi«, Government«
STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
About (000 train dispatchers, gen
«rally considered as subordinate o f­
ficial«, while coining under the pend­
ing decision, will not suffer any reduc­
tion, acrordtug to authoritative Inform­
ation.
Super«laory officials In the
ahop crafts, whoae pay waa recently
slashed $60,000,000, likewise rvcelve no
cuts.
Coal pasaers, oilers and water tend­
ers, Including !u the general classlfica
lion of stationary engineers and fire­
men and freight handler«, and other
common labor Included In the station
employes' group, are expected to re­
ceive a reduction of approximately five
cents an hour, the same cut applied
to common labor In the maintenance
of way department. There are about
IK.OOO unskilled laborers In these two
classes.
The signal men and marine employ­
ee, numbering 1(,000 and 800. respec­
tively. are expected to come under the
reduction but no figures were aval!
able to Indicate the amount of their
cut.
Anticipating a reduction, however.
I). W. licit, president o f the signal
men. declared the board would "prob­
ably hamstring us," adding that he
could find no justification for the cut
and that he expected them to vote to
strike as soon as the decision wax Is
sued.
STARTS MOVE FOR
CLEANER FILMS
New Turk
Moving picture reforms
of a sweeping nature, both aa regards
the morality of the screen and the
economic structure o f the motion pic­
ture business, were predicted as a re­
sult of a conference held behind clos­
ed doors Monday between representa­
tives of the producing field, headed by
Wilt It Hayes, and the exhibitors
headed by Sidney S. Cohen
The conference represented tho first
real test of the leadership of the ex
cabinet members In his new position,
according to motion picture men. Itela-
tluna between producers and exhibit­
ors have been discordant, and Mr
Hayes hopes to bring about greater
harmony In all brunches of the busi­
ness.
Theater owners sought to obtain re­
ductions In film rentals, saying that
they have felt the general business
slump and asking that the producers
help them meet It by cutting rentals.
FE D ER A L EX P E N S E S
GET ANOTHER CUT
Krrria Wheel is Wrecked When
Lose
U ves
aa
Big
BIx
Machine
Collapses In Htorm.
New York.—A violent storm accom­
panied by shifting winds that reached
s velocity of 88 miles an hour took the
lives of more than (0 persous. Injured
more than 100 and caused enormous
property loss In the metropolitan sec­
tion late Sunday
Forty persons were reported to have
lust their lives while boating I d Long
Island sound and many others were
killed by falling trees and lightning
aud accidents caused by the wind.
Ten bodies of tha drowned have been
recovered and the waters about New
York were being searched for 30 mis-
sing.
The storm came at the close of
one of the most torrid days of the
season The wind, coming gently from
the south and southwest, shifted sud­
denly Into the northwest and Increas­
ed In velocity to 88 miles, and sweep­
ing through New Jersey, W est Chester
county, across City Island, the Broux
and Munhattan, left death and destruc­
tion lu Its wake.
Torrential rains, then lightning, fol­
lowed the wind.
Hundreds of thousands of New
Yorkers were on the beaches and at
varloua outlying resorts, seeking re­
lief from the heat, when the storm
broke and It was from these that the
storm took Its death toll.
Blx persona were killed and more
than 40 hurt when tho wind caught a
huge ferrls wheel at an amusement
park and crushed It to the ground.
A woman and her 7-year-old daugh­
ter were crushed through the roof of
the crowded dlulng room of the lied
Lion Inn. on Boston post road.
Tho bodies of seven canoeists
caugbt In Long Island sound o ff City
Island at the height of the storm, were
washed ashore after nightfall.
Mias Kdda Smith, 17, walking with
a companion along the reservoir road
at Ossining, waa blown Into the water
and drowned.
A tree fell across a party of mo­
torists set-king shelter on the Bruok-
vllle road. Long Island, killing Harry
llallcran of Oyster Bay and seriously
Injuring bis three male companions.
It was estimated by the police that
more than 200 small boats were over­
turned and It was also reported that
an entire boatload of persons went
down before the storm's fury. Police
boats were rushed to the scene and all
night threw powerful searchlights
over the water, aiding the work of
those who sought the dead.
Searching parties were working
along the shores of tho Island Telham
bay park to locate bodies that may
have been washed ashore. Many of
the searchers armed themselves with
Improvised torches.
The searchers returned to the po­
lice station laden with wearing ap­
parel which they heaped Into piles
where anxious onlookers sought to
Identify garments belonging to mlaa­
lng relatives. The work of tabulating
the articles was handicapped, as the
police had to work by the light of
candles, oil lamps and lanterns, the
atorm having wrecked the Island light­
ing plant.
Washington, I>. C.— Kxpendltures for
carrylug on the ordinary business of
the government for the current fiscal
yeur will be nearly $1,700,000,000 less
than last year, or about $100,000,000
more than the latest catlmnte by
Director of the Budget Dawes, treasury
officials predicted Mouday. Expend!-
turea of the government, chnrgcable
agalnat ordinary receipts exclusive of
the principal of the public debt for
the fiscal year to date, have amounted
to $3,(23,136,768 compared with $5.-
138.806,937 for the corresponding per­
iod last year, according to the latest
dally treasury statement.
Treasure by tho budget bureau, o f­
Eight Thought Lost In Bay.
ficials declared, would prevent undue
Washington, D, C. — Virtually all
last minute expenditures before July
hope haa been abundoned by the com­
30 ao that General Dawos’ estimate
manding officer of the gunboat New
would be more than borne out by the
Orleans, sow at a Siberian station, of
results for the year.
finding alive the eight men believed
to have been caught In a sudden squall
English Is Compulsory,
In Amur bay In a motor sailor June
Berlin.— It Is now compulsory to 4. It was said Saturday at the navy
tench Kngllsh, Instead of French, In department.
A telegram from the commanding
the Bavarian high schools. The bud­
officer of the New Orleans stated
get commltteo of the Bavarian retch-
Chinese and Corean fishermen had
stng. In accepting the proposal to sub­ taken up the search, together with
stitute Kngllsh for French In the tho ship's boat and a chartered tug.
schools, explained that French cul­ A searching party also has been land­
ture has passed Its xenlth, while Kng­ ed on the north shore of Amur bay.
llsh has an entirely different value
Bloody Battle Begun.
because It la tho most widely spoken
language In world commerce.
Buenos A ir e s — Government troops
Btarek Is Confirmed.
Washington. D. C.— The nomination
of Fred Btarek of Ohio to bo a director
of the war finance corporation was
confirmed by the senate late Monday.
Mr. Btarek, a former Washington
newspaper correspondent and widely
known In political circles, will fill
the vacancy caused by tho recent resig­
nation of Angus McLean.
and Paraguayan revolu tion ists are
locked In a sanguinary battle In tho
outskirts of Asuncion, the capital of
Paraguay. A dispatch to the lot N o­
rton of thla city from the city of
Formosa said machine guns and artil­
lery were being used by the contend­
ing forces. The people of Asuncion
have fled from the streets, telegraph
and wireless stations are silent and
the city is In darkness.
1«,
1922.
NO. :i8.
IMary ]Marie
----------------B y —
E L E A N O R H. P O R T E R
CoprHfM by Ekanor H Porter
the
biographies. I had to read them when
there wasn't anything else to read.
But there v-eren't many love stories.
Mother's got a few, though— lovely
Klamath l^ lla.— Eurly beginning of
"Father m ils me Mary. Mother
ones—and some lawks o f poetry, on
ra il« rue Mane. Everybody else
road work In klam alh county la
ralle me Mary Marta. The reet of
the little shelf In ber room. But 1
forecast In the advertising by the
my name la Anderson. I'm thir­
read all those ages ago.
teen year« old, and I rn a cross­
county court for bids for $400,000 of
That's why I ’m so thrilled over this
current and a contradiction."
the $800,000 road bond Issue author­
Mary Marie Is telling the truth,
new oue— the one I'm living, 1 mean.
but not all tbe truth—sbe Isn’t do­
ised by the voter* In the special elec­
For o f course this will he a love story.
ing h-rseif justice. For she’s also
tion this spring. Bids will be opened
There'll he my love stor- In two or
adorsbls; that’s Just what alia la
three years, when I grow up, and
June 24.
And ths story aha tells proves It
You see, her austere father and her
while I'm waiting there's Father’s and
eunehlny mother are divorced and
Kugene.— The prune evaporator of
Mother's.
Mary lives nfty-flfiy with them. So
the Kugene Fruit Growers' association,
Nurse Sarah says that when you're
with her father ehe’e Mary and with
divorced you're free Just like you were
ber mother she's Marls. And alto­
already one of the largest In the state,
gether she’s a delicious blend of
before you were married, and that
will be enlarged at once, the board
deinureness and liveliness, of sense
sometimes they marry ugain. That
of directors has decided.
The en­
o f duty and love o f mischief.
made me think right sw ay: what If
While you're reading Mary Ma­
larged plants will have a capacity of
Father or Mother, or both o f them,
rie's story you’ re abeorbed In Its
8( tons of green prunes. An addition
romance and love
A fter you get
married again? And I should be there
through
you
realise
that
you've
will be constructed.
to see It, and the courting, and a ll!
read a powerful preachment on
Wouldn't that be some love story?
marriage and divorce—and real
Balem.— Authority to advance be­
love.
W ell, I Just guess!
tween 50 and 7( per cent of its open
The author? Oh. yea—Eleanor It.
And only think how all the girls
Porter, the most popular American
prune prices to growers upon the de­
would envy me— and they Just living
woman writer, author of Polly-
livery of the prunes was granted the
anna." "D aw n" and a dosen other
along their humdrum, everyday exist­
novels that have sold by tha million.
Oregon Growers' C ooperative associa­
ence with fathers and mothers already
married and living together, and noth­
tion’s dried fruit committee by the as­
ing exciting to look forward to. For
sociation's board of directors at a
PREFACE
really, you know, when you come right
meeting here Saturday.
down to it, there aren't many girls that
Which Explains Things.
have got the chance I ’ve got.
Salem. — Four hundred sixty-six
Father calls me Mary. Mother calls
And so that's why I've decided to
claims for cash, amounting to $116.(00, me Marie. Everybody else calls me
write It Into a book. Oh. yes. I know
and 29 vouchers for loans, amounting Mary Marie. The rest of my name Is I'm young—only thirteen. But I feel
to $69,900, were approved by the world Anderson.
really awfully o ld ; and you know a
I'm thirteen yearn old, and I'm a woman Is us old as she feels. Besides.
war veterans' state aid commission at
cross-current and a contradiction. Thai
Its meeting here Friday. The com­
Nurse Sarah says 1 am old for my age.
Is. Sarah says l ‘m that. (Sarah la my
and that It's no wonder, the kind of
mission also fixed the amount on 100
old nurse.) She says she read It once
a life I've lived.
loans aggregating $249,100.
—that the children o f unlikes were al­
And maybe that Is so. For o f course
ways a cross-current and n contradic­
Hood River.— The shortage of houses
It has been different, living with a
tion. And my father and mother are
here has reached a seriously acute unlikes, and I'm the children. That father and mother that are getting
stage. During the past week at least la. I'm (lie child. I'm all there Is. And
a dozen families hare sought in vain now I'm going to be a bigger cross­
V. ' \
tor living quarters.
A number o f! current and contradiction than ever,
orchardlita. leasing their places t o ! for I’m going to live half tbe time with
Mother and the other half with Father.
move to the city, have been unable
$-i
Mother will go to Boston to live, and
to obtain accommodations.
Father will stay here— a divorce, you
know.
Dallas.— Frank Honda, aged about;
I’ m terribly excited over It. None of
75. died at hla home at Grande Ronde the other girls have got a divorce In
June 5. He waa the last o f the Yam-1 their families, and I always did like to
hill tribe of Indiana, original settlers be different. Besides, it ought to be
of the Grand Honda Indian reserva­ awfully Interesting, more so than just
tion. In hla younger days he was a living along, common, with your father
and mother In tbe same house all tbe
man of considerable prominence and
time— especially If It's been anything
Influence among hla people.
like my house with my father and
mother in It 1
Salem.— In an order laaued Satur­
That's why I've decided to make a
day, the public service commission book o f It—that la. It really will be a
granted the state highway department book, only I shall have to call It a
authority to construct an overhead diary, on account of Father, you know.
crossing over the tracks o f the South­ Won't It be funny when 1 don't have to
do things on account o f Father? And
ern Pacific Railway west of Oakland.
I won't, o f course, the six months I'm
In Douglas county. T w o hazardous
living with Mother in Boston. But.
grade crossings will thus be eliminat­ ob. m y!— the six months I'm living
ed, the order stated.
here with him— w h ew ! But. then, I
run stand It. I may even like It—
Pendleton.—One of the most expen­ some. Anyhow. It’ll be different. And
sive and difficult pieces of roadwork that's something.
Well, about making this into a book.
in this county will be advertised tor
construction in the near future, ac­ As I started to say. he wouldn't let
me. I know he wouldn't. He says
cording to the members of the Uma­
novels ure a silly waste of time, if not
tilla county court, Reed and Hawley absolutely wicked. But. a diary— oh, And So That’s Why I’ve Decided to
Writs It Into a Book.
mountain up Tine creek from Weston he loves diaries. He keeps one hlin-
is the rocky grade which has In the aelf, and he told me it would he an ex­ ready to be divorced, from what It
past been almost impossible to trav­ cellent and Instructive discipline for would have been living with the loving,
uie to do It, too— set down the weather happy-ever-after kind. Nurse Sarah
erse.
and what I did every day.
says it’s a shame and a pity, nnd that
Hood River.— The Dee plant of the
The weather and what I (lid every It's the children that always suffer.
Lovely reading that But I'm act suffering—not a mite. I'm
Oregon Lumber company, operation of day. Indeed!
would make, wouldn't it? Like this:
Just enjoying It. It's so exciting.
which has been delayed this year be­
“ The sun shines this morning. 1
O f course If I was going to lose
cause of damage to a logging road last
got up, ate my breakfast, went to either one. It would be different. But
November during the heavy sleet school, came home, ate my dinner, I’m not, for I am to live with Mother
storm, started the season’s run Mon­ played one hour over to Carrie Hey- six months, then with Father.
day. The concern will employ about wood's, practiced on the piano one
So I still have them both. And.
17S men in the plant and the logging hour, studied another hour. Talked really, when you come right down to
with
Mother
upstairs
In
her
room
about
it. I'd rather take them separate that
camps on the upper west fork o f ,
the sunset and the snow on the trees. way. Why, separate they're just per­
Hood river.
Ate my supper. Was talked to by fectly all right. like that— that— what-
Pendleton.— Thunder showers pass­ Father down In the library about Im­ do-you-call-lt powder?— sedlltzer, or
proving myself and taking care not to something like that. Anyhow. It's that
ing over Umatilla county Sunday add­
be light-minded and frivolous.
(H e white powder that you mix In two
ed to tho total rainfall of the past meant like Mother, only he didn’t say glasses, nnd that looks Just like water
week, making the precipitation, wel­ It right out loud. You don't have to till you put them together. And (hen.
comed by the farmers, nearly an Inch say some things right out In plain oh, m y ! such a fuss and fizz and splut­
and one quarter. Cooler weather, com- j words, you know.) Then I went to bed." te r! Well, It's that way with Father
Just as If I was going to write tny and Mother. It’ll be lots easier to take
ing with the rain, has broken the hot
wave which had started to burn the i novel like th at! Not much I am. But them separate, I know. For now I can
I shall call it a diary. Oh. yes, I shall be Mary six months, then Marie six
grain and farmers are now practically
call It n diary— till I take It to be months, nnd not try to he them both all
assured of an average crop.
printed. Then 1 shall give It Its true at once, with maybe only five minutes
SOME G IRLI
m
McMinnville.— That the direct pri­
mary law should by all means be re­
tained. but cured of Its defects, was
the resolution adopted by the execu­
tive committee of the Oregon tax re­
duction clubs, J. C. Cooper, president,
which met here Friday.
President
Cooper appointed a committee of four
to draft changes In the primary law
and report to the convention of the
clubs fixed for July 4 and ( at Salem.
* Eugene.— More than
a carload of
wool was shipped from the Grangers'
Kugene
warehouse
during the
past
week, according to w . A. Lord, man­
ager. The warehouse association has
purchased more than 16.000 pounds
of wool from Lane county growers
slnee June 1, paying from 25 to 40
cents a pound. Mr. Lord said nearly
all the I-ane county wool had been
bought up, there being hut a few small
lots anywhere In this part of the valley
unsold.
name— a novel. And I'm going to tell
the printer that I've left It to him to
make the spelling right, and put in all
those tiresome little commas and
periods nnd question marks that every­
body seems to make such a fuss about.
I f I write the story part, I can't be ex­
pected to he bothered with looking up
how words are spelt, every five min
utes. nor fussing over putting In a
whole lot of foolish little dots and
da sites.
As If anybody who was reading the
story cared for that partW The story's
the thing.
I love stories. I've written lots of
them for the girls, too— 'Itlle short
ones, I mean; not a long one like this
Is going to he, of course. And It'll
he so exciting to he living a story In­
stead of reading It— only when you're
living a story yon can't peek over to
the hnck to ace how It's all coming ont.
I shan’t like that part. Still, It may be
all the more exciting, after all. not to
know what's coming.
I like love stories the best. Father's
got —oh, lots o f hooka In the library,
and I’ve rend stacks o f them, even
some o f the stupid old histories and
between them.
And I think I shall love both Father
und Mother better separate, too. O f
course I love Mother, and I know I'd
Just adore Father if he'd let me— he's
so tall nnd tine and splendid, when
he's out among folks. All the girls are
simply crazy over him. And 1 am, too.
Only, at home— well, It's hard to be
Mary always. And you see, he named
me Mary—
But l mustn't tell that here. That's
part o f the story, and this Is only the
l ’ refsce. I'm going to begin It to-mor­
row— the real story— Chapter one.
But, there— I mustn't call It a
“ chapter” out loud.
Diaries don't
have chapters, and this Is n diary. 1
mustn't forget that It s a diary. But
I can write It down as a chapter, for
It's going to be a novel, after it's got
done being a diary.
C H APTE R I
know, and I’d like to do It. but I can't.
I'm beginning with my being horn, o f
coarse, and Nurse Barnb says the sun
wasn't «(lining at all. It was night and
the stars were out. She remembers
particularly shout the stars, for Father
was In the observatory, and couldn't
he disturbed.
(W e never disturb
Father when he's there, you know.)
And so he dldnt even know be had a
daughter until the next morning when
he came out to breakfast. And he was
late to that, for he stopped to write
down something he had found out
about one o f the consternations In ths
night.
He’s always finding out something
about those old stars Just when wo
want him to pay attention to some­
thing else. And, oh, I forgot to say
that I know It Is "constellation.” and
not “ consternation."
But I used to
call them that when I was a little girl,
nnd Mother said it was a good name
for them, anyway, for Uiey were a con­
sternation to her all right. Oh, she
said right off afterward that she didn't
mean that, and that I must forget she
said it. M others always saying that
about things she says.
Well, as I was saying. Father didn’t
know until after breakfast that he had
a little daughter. (W e never tell him
disturbing, exciting things Just before
meals.) And then Nurse told him.
I asked what he said, and Nurse
laughed and gave her funny little
shrug to her shoulders.
"Yes. what did he say. Indeed?” she
retorted. "H e frowned, looked kind o f
dazed, then muttered: ‘ Well, well up­
on my soul 1 Yes, to be sure!’ "
Then he came In to see me.
I don't know, o f course, what he
thought of me, hut I guess he didn't
think much of me, from what Nurse
said. O f cout .e I was very, very small,
and I never yet saw r. little bit o f a
baby that was pretty, or looked as If
It was much account. So maybe you
couldn't really blame him.
Nurse said he looked at me, mut­
tered. “ Well, well, upon my sou l!”
again, and seemed really quite Interest­
ed till they started to put roe In his
arms. Then he threw up both hands,
hacked off. and cried. “ Oh. no, no, n o !"
He turned to Mother and hoped she
was feeling pretty well, then he got
out o f the room Just as quick as he
could. And Nurse said that was the
end o f It. so far as paying any more
attention to me was concerned for
quite a while.
He was much more In.crested In his
new star than he was in his new
daughter.
W e were both bom the
same night, you see. and that star was
lots more consequence than I was.
But, then, that’ s Father all over. And
that's one o f the things, I think, that
bothers Mother. I heard her say once
to Father that she didn't see why,
when there were so many, ninny stars,
a paltry one or two more need to be
tnude such a fuss about. And I don't,
either.
But Father Just groaned, and shook
his head, and threw up his hands, and
looked so tired. And that's all he said
That's all he says lots o f times. But
It's enough. It s enough to make you
feel so small and mean and Insignifi­
cant as If you were just a little green
worm crawling nu the ground Did
you ever feel like a green worm crawl­
ing on the ground? It's nut a pleasant
feeling at all.
Well, now. about the name. O f
course they had to begin to talk about
naming me pretty soon: and Nurse
said they did talk a lot. But they
couldn't settle it. Nurse said that that
was about the first thing that showed
how teetoU lly utterly they were going
to disagree about things.
Mother wanted to cull me Viola,
after her mother, and Father wanted
to call me Abigail Jane after his
mother; and they wouldn’t either one
give lu to the other. Mother was sick
and nervous, nnd cried a lot those
days, and she used to sob out that If
they thought they were going to name
her darling little baby that awful Abi­
gail Jane, they were very much mis­
taken; that she would never give her
consent to It— never.
Then Father
would say in his cold stern w ay:
“ Very well. then, you needn't. But
neither shall 1 give my consent to my
ilaughter's being named that absurd
Viola. The child Is a human being—
not n fiddle In an orchestra!”
And that’s the way It went. Nurse
said, until everybody was Just about
crazy.
Then
somebody suggested
“ Mary.” And Father said, very well,
they might call me M a ry ; and Mother
said certainly, she would consent to
Mary, only she should pronounce It
Marie. And so It was settled. Father
called me Mary, and Mother called
i n Marie.
And right away every­
body else began to call me Mary
Marie. And that's tbe way It’a been
ever since.
“ First I found out how they
happened to marry— Father and
Mother.”
(TO BE CO NTINU ED .)
Ths Cause.
I Am Born
Judge— Why docs this prisoner's
The sun was «low ly setting In v.e
nest, casting golden beams of light In­ face look so pasty, ofilcer?
l'ollceman 1 pasted him there, your
to the «omber old room.
That's the way It ought to begin. I honor.
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