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12 TTTE MORXrN'G OREGOXIAy. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. BAKER AUDIENCE IS INSPIRED BY STUBS Miss McHenry, in "Within the ; Law," Captivates Crowd at Season's Opening. m. WOODRUFF REALISTIC Curtain Calls Frequent for Pretty Leading Woman IVho Enlivens Story of Cruety, Love and Law's Technicalities. r CAST OF "WITHIN THE 11W." t t ! Sarah Klizabcth Rosa J Smlthson Corry Jones , i Richard Gilder Edward Woodruft Kdward Odder Henry Hall J Georje Deroereat Harlin Talbert , I Helen Morris Nancy Duncan 4 Detective Sergeant Cassidy t 4 John Sumner Man" Turner Francis McHenry t Agnes Lynch Mary Edgett Baker , J Joe Carson..., Will B. Lloyd , Fannie Maree Knight ? f William Irwin Walter Siegfried X Eddie Griggs Walter B. Gilbert f Police Inspector Burke. .William Dills I Thomas , ... Lincoln Davles T Chicago Red Samuel James J J Tom Dacy Corry Jones I Williams john Da,y , Thompson Charles Humbert J J Dan Lincoln Davles BY LEONE CASS BAER. It is difficult to believe that among 11 the companies with which the Baker Block managers have made us acquaint ed as the years pass, any one of them has had a more perfectly balanced and amazingly promising: opening as the one of yesterday. Even the audience assisted in, the production. Everybody in the theater behaved as if it were his theater, his May and his specially organized com pany, sharing in the work with enthu siasm that must have thrilled the Mayers and warmed the cockles of the box office's heart. Always, of course JTovldinsf that box offices have hearts! The play was Bayard Veiller's famous drama. "Within the Law" which turns out to be finely adapted lor stock presentation. It holds the qualities of suspense and surprise, its action moves rapidlv and the entire play has big body and sub stance. Revenge of Victim Is Story. It is the story or a shopgirl who is made the innocent victim of a crime and is sent to prison. While she is there she plots revenge and to strike directly at the man. her former em Moyer. who has made her a jailbird the studies law and evolves a plan wherein she can pursue .the life of a criminal and yet keep entirely within the law's requirements. Her machinations directed against her employer form a great part of the story, and her regeneration, through love, is another story. It doesn't lack for comedy either there's a lot of it, delightful and sure And there's thrills a-plenty, and never flagging interest. The new company saw to it that "Within the Law" got over in excellent style. Each player apparently had con stituted himself, or herself, as a com mittee of one to see that everything Went off in fine shape. And it did. Kroner McHenry f 'aplivntrs. All the pretty adjectives in Mister Noah Webster's big book fall flutter-' Ing at the feet of Prances McHenry, who made her bow as the new leading woman. Whether it was the inspiration of the role, or the spirit infused by the audience, or just a nice present from the dramatic deities, it can't be decided at the moment of going to press, but Miss McHenry gave a performance of brilliancy and dramatic reserve that was highly noteworthy. Her study of Mary Turner could scarcely have been improved upon, and there was no lack of facial expression and exquisite shadings of voice to give added point to her clever reading of every line assigned her. Curtain rails Frequent. The audience quite went mad over htrr big scenes and brought her before the curtain a dozen tfmes to receive their tribute. As for that dashing and debonair young leading man, Edward t Woodruff, the year he has been away has only added to his vigor and the brilliancy of his art. As young Gilder, who is made a cntspaw by Mary to reach his father. Mr. Woodruff scored tremendouslv. Mary Edgott Baker, as Aggie Lynch, the confidence girl, triumphed over a role that would have blown up or proved a veritable boomerang in less capable hands. Her performance was a gorgeous and glittering Joy. Joe Garson Also Made Real. Another study that stood out in gem like beauty was Will Lloyd's Joe Gar on, the forger. Nancy Duncan, as the pathetic little thieving salesgirl; John. Sumner, as the gullible detective; William Dills, as the never - wrong - but-seldom-rlght police inspector: waiter Gilbert, as a stool igeon: Henry Hall, as Oilder, senior; 'Elizabeth Ross, as his plump secretary, are the popular "favorites" who re turned to give Joy. Each received an Novation. A dozen more players lengthened the cast. The scenic equipment is beauti ful and faithful in detail, and Miss Mc Henry and Miss Baker wear lovely f frocks, frills and furs. "Within the Law" continues all week. There's a matinee today, one on I Wednesday and one on Saturday. ; GIRL ADMITS ROBBERIES Wontan Said to Have Instructed 1 To Sisters in Crime. I CHICAGO. Aug. 17. Cora, IS. and her Ulster Lillian Siedliek. 15 years old, of , respectable parents, confessed to the j police recently that they had been bur glars for two years. t "We were taught by Baldheaded ' Mary." Cora related. "We robbed . houses more than I can remember when the owners were away. We took cloth , ing and Jewelry mostly and pawned , them. The money went for clothes and amusements." "Baldheaded Mary" left the neighbor hood recently, and the girls continued depredations on their own account. "Where is Baldheaded Mary now?" Cora was asked. , "I don't know. She comes back our way once In a while. She has a little girl named Abbott, who Is 14 years old. ; with her now." Instructions were sent out to arrest the alleged female Fagin and her new pupil. NEW HEADS OF BAKER STOCK I tsiLKUA X 1-N - V ft ' Mr Kdward Woodruff, Leading Man. Frank Rich Company Captures Audience at National. APPLAUSE SELDOM BROKEN 'Two Married Mien' Opening Bill of Two Weeks' Encasement. Singing, Klcctvieal Effects and Costumes Add to Success. Playing with a finish and a dash that made three large audiences yesterday literally "Bit up and take notice," the Frank Rich Company, in an opening of two weeks of musical shows at the Na tional Theater, made a hit from the rise of the curtain. Every one of the 10 musical numbers, several of which were made effective by striking electrical effects, went like clockwork, and applause was almost continuous. Most effective of all were Miss Dorothy Davenport's "Roses Bring Dreams of You, in which the whole stage became a bower of electric roses and the chorus bombarded the audience with flowers, and George Burton's Portland" number, with an illuminated Portland sign and a parade of girls representing beauties of every clime, with the "Portland girl' as a lovely climax. Two Married Men" Involved. "Two Married Men" was the title of the opening number, and despite the prevailing habits of musical comedies having intangible plots, "Two Married Men" had one that was clear and well defined. Tom Jones is detained all night aloft in a Kerris wheel car, his partner in misery being a strange woman. Jones, well played by Cash Knight, tells his wife the truth, but as ehe fails to be lieve him he prevails on his friend, Kerry Klint (George Burton), to invent n explanatory story, in which the truth is handled carelessly. The mysterious woman in the car turns out to be Mrs. Klint, and when she turns up, as also does the supposed mythical person Hint was representing, one complica tion .succeeds another. Both married men have a busy time explaining the truth. The manner in which the story is told gives ail kinds of opportunity for fun and amusement. Frank Confer has a rattlinjr role as Dobson. an English butler, and his songs, "Father Came Home With the Milkman in the Morning," and "I'll Take You Back to Panama," were well received. Prima Donna "Win Favor. Miss Honorah Hamilton, the new prima donna of the Rich Company, won her way into instant favor. ihe has commanding staere presence, with added good looks. Her principal num ber. "Bubbles," from "High .links," was received with warm applause. Madge chuler's "Dixie Band," in which the vivaciousness of the little soubrette was well shown, was another popular song number, while Cash Knight's Parodies" and M iller Evans' roundly Hibernian. "It's a Rocky Road to Dub lin." proved hits. Miss Schuler supervised the dancing numbers, the 20th century maid chorus of 12 adding finish to the performance. The costumes were all new. There was I MUS1GALSHQVV WINS PORTLAND BOYS WHOSE SUCCESS IX TRY-OUT WON THEM PLACE ON EMPRESS BILL. - i I V. M'KIM. -. JOHNSON, K. P. M'KIM, c. O. STRYKER. Notified at a late hour Saturday night that as a result of the splendid reception accorded the singers at a recent "trtyout" at the Empress Theater they had been engaged for the week, the members of the Imperial Male Quartet yesterday repeated their success at the Em press ad component parts of a regular bill. The singers are all Port land boys, one of tUem being a member of the crack gunner s squad of the Coast Artillery. The members of the quartet are T. B. McKim. C. G. Stryker. L. Y. McKim and F. C. Johnson. COMPANY WHO WERE WELCOMED J.im: THE LAW. 1 k' 0 $ Miss France. McHenry lVomll. LeadiBE a large orchestra, directed by Harry K. ruson. The Rich Company will be at the Na tional two weeks, and if the perform ances yesterday are any criterion, ca pacity houses will be the order before the close of the engagement. There will be three performances daily, at 2:30, 7:30 and 9 P. M. BROTHERS PLAY PRANK Warden's Duties Performed by Ia-- jer Till Deoentipn '-Leaks." WOODBURY. N. J.. Sept. 1. Al though they are not twins, Harry Magrer. warden of the County Jail here, and his brother. Edward, an attorney in Washington, look so much alike that they sometimes ask each other which is which. This resemblance gave Warden Mager a chance for a Joke at the ex pense of the county officials, and he put it into execution. Soon after he started on his vacation his brother came up from Washington, went to the Jail and took up the duties of the post. As he appeared Sheriff Madden looked aghast and inquired: "I thought you had gone for your vacation?" Edward smiled and made some excuse that worked for the time. The situation was easy after that. Edward made the rounds of the Jail and none of the prisoners- penetrated the duplicity. He went out to the stores to make purchases of supplies. ana me snopKeepers were as readily deceived, although they had waited upon Harry for months. The joke was carried along for three days. Then it leaked, and Sheriff Madden found it difficult to believe even then. DAUGHTER STOPS WEDDING Bridegroom Receives Slap but Moth er Says "I'll Marry Him Vet." LA PORTE, Ind., Aug. 30. Just as S. K. Fay, 52 years old, of Decatur and Bloomington, 111., and Mrs. Frances Thomas. 59. of Chandlerville. TIL. were about to he married here, Mrs. J. L. Lamkin, daughter of the bride, ob jected and the wedding was postponed. The Rev. D. L. Berry, pastor of the First Christian Church, was about to complete the ceremony, in the presence of several witnesses, when the daugh ter, who is nearly 40 years old, threw her arms around her mother, became hysterical, and slapped the groom when he attempted to pull her away. There was consternation among the guests. The minister, after a talk with the daughter, in which she failed to re lent, declined to perform the ceremony. The daughter says her mother, who is wealthy, met Fay through answering a Chicago matrimonial advertisement. All three were friendly later, Mrs. Thomas declaring: "I'll marry him yet." A X"w Zealand plno tree is 130O- years old. said to be -- -v i 1 - V , Y - i ' I 1 is $ rK ! - - - . HONOLULU IS EAGER TO SEE Island Bodies Work Enthusias tically to Induce Portland Organization to Visit. OTHERS ARE INVITED, TOO Many Members Give Assurance of Joining in Excursion to Mid-Pacific Island and Governor Will Go Also, if Possible. Government officials, civic bodies, outing clubs and various other organi zations in Honolulu are boiling over with enthusiasm about the projected excursion, of the Royal Hosarians from Portland to the Islands next February, ard Dean Vincent, Prime Minister of the Rosarians, has received hundreds of letters within the past month from them, urging that the trip be definitely settled and promising the Rosarians such an entertainment as they have never encountered before. Clippings from the Honolulu papers weVe also sent Mr. Vincent in which the proposed excursion is given wide notice. Many Decide to' Go. "We are already receiving continual assurances from our members that they wil i participate in the excursion to Honolulu," said Mr. Vincent, "but if they could see just a little of the mail that has been sent me in the past few weeks pledging us the hospitality of the Islands, we wouldn't have room on the steamer to accommodate the crowd." The personnel of the party will be passed on by a special committee of the Rosarians, and many persons who are not members of the organization but who are prominent ir Portland and Portland's interests and activities, will accompany the crowd. Governor Withyeombe will arrange to make the trip if possible. Governor Pinkham, of Hawaii, has supplemented the invitation of other organizations in. Honolulu with an offi cial invitation. t Honolulu Committee Named. The following extracts from a letter from the Hawaii promotion committee director, A. P. Taylor, indicates the plans that are already considered for the entertainment of the Portland Rosarians. "We want you over here: we want you to see what a modern paradise really is; we want you to come down here and see our Gibraltar of the Pa cific; we want you to come down here to the lazy latitudes and see for your self what Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson and Stoddard and scores of other writers saw and wrote about. "Come on oveY. the water's fine. The Hawaii promotion committee is taking a deep interest in the proposed trip, and at a meeting Riley Allen, editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, ap peared and gave us a live-wire talk about your trip. It was so lively that our chairman immediately appointed him, chairman of a special Oregonian-Rosarian-Hawal ian committee." EMPRESS BILL COMICAL EPi3RIEX(KS OP INOIJLE FORTUNE. HUNTER AMITSIXG. Portland Imperial Quartet Shares Hon or. With Hcadltnrr, and Other Aeta Are Meritorious. Senile idiocies of an English Earl and the vim and capers of a red-wigged Irish girl are but a part of the funny factors that help to make this week's Empress bill a hummer. For, besides several fine local personalities, Uiere are a number of other artists of humor who are a credit to a thoroughly en tertaining show. "Honora," by Francisca Redding and her company of clever actors, is a com edy playlet, in which Lord Percy Fitz Maurice, in search of an heiress, be comes the victim of the brother of the girl he wishes to marry. - Honora, the fat. red-headed cook, is "dolled up" and passed off on the poor old Karl. The servant's policeman admirer comes in and the nobleman adds a ridiculous climax. Five persons are in the cast. The Imperial Quartet, local Portland singers, vie with the headline act for applause. Their happy, melodious airs, songs with fun and ideas, sung with ability, are winners of meritorious ap preciation. "Original Descendants of the P. Nuts." the Alvias are billed, and they are the funniest and most unique acro batic dancers that have recently taken the Empress audienee by storm. The little gold-slippered girl in her cun ning, sparkley costume has as nimble toes as her partner. Billy Roder, with his bevy of popular songs, is an unusual "vaudevillain," with a captivating personality and a good voice. Davis and Uerrier are two Portland musicians who are clever with their banjos, and drum out a series of fascinatipg melodies. Mae Cahill, writh her scores of gorgeous and stunning gowns, and Le Roy, with his variety of jokes and mirth-stirring songs, are ex cellent. Two real artists are the Potts, whose feats on the trapeze are daring, pretty and fascinating. SOCIETY AS soon as the young people have started off to school greater activ ity will be noticed in social affairs. Many of the smart set are passing the week-end and Labor day holiday out of town, but will be back tomorrow. Miss Gertrude Talbot has returned from California, where she visited the exposition and attended several educa tional gatherings and was entertained by Mme. Montessori. her former teach er. Mme. Montessori will come to Portland in December and may give a lecture here. Plans so far have1 not been completed. ... Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Uakes and Miss Claire Oakes-have returned from a six weeks' visit in San Francisco. ... Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gordon an nounce the engagement of their daugh ter. Effie Helen Gordon, te Elmer Bailey, of this city. The wedding will take place in the near future. . Dr. and Mrs. R. S. DeArmond and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. George T. New man and Miss Regena West motored to Wilhoit Springs on Sunday. ... Mrs. Henry McCraken and Miss Dolly Pratt, Mrs. McCraken's cousin, of Ore gon City, with Miss Ethel Graves and Miss Winnie Hanny. left for California Saturday, soicg down by steamer. RQSABIANS They will visit the fair at San Diego, also the Panama-Pacific Exposition. ... Mrs. Maria Smith, of Tacoma. widow of the late Major Twedwell Smith, is a guest of her daughter. Mrs. Frank E. Clements. of Laurelhurst. Mrs. Clement's sisters, the Misses Eva and Lillian Smith, are also visiting her. Miss Eva Smith is prominent in edu cational work in Puget Sound cities, being principal of the Longfellow School at Tacoma and secretary of the Woman's Educational League. . A number of society matrons are planning box and line parties this week to witness the production of "The Birth of a Nation" at the Heilig Theater. Several parties were given last week, followed by suppers in the grills. ... The Athena Delphian Club will meet September 13 at the home of the presi dent. Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, 693 Wasco street. . Mr. and Mrs. C. ST. Fowler and daughter. Madeline, are at the Seaside visiting Mrs. Bruce Rowan and Mrs. Frank Davies. . . Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Gillespie and the latter's brother, W. F. Wilson, have re turned from an outing up the Colum bia River. They were in camp five weeks, and enthusiastic about the beauty spots along the Columbia River Highway. ... Miss Louise Williams Watson re turned to Portland Friday on the steamer Northern Pacific, after a ten weeks' trip in San Francisco and South ern California, where she was the guest of relatives. ... Nathan Lytell Young and Miss Ruth Kilbourn were married on Saturday by Rev. A. L. Taxis at the Arleta Presby terian Church. ... Miss Laura and Miss Ethel Hanke. of Minneapolis, are guests of Miss Ethel Mitchell. Miss Rae Zimmerman is also visiting Miss Mitchell. ... Mrs. H. O. Hickox and little son have returned home after spending the Sum mer at Seaside. They expect to leave shortly for California for a two months' visit with relatives. ... Mrs. Walter McCredie and Mrs. John Lusch left Thursday for San Francisco, where they joined Mr. McCredie and Mr. Lusch to visit the Panama-Pacific Ex position. They will return about Sep tember 3 o. ... In honor of Miss Esther Levitt, who has been visiting in Baker, Or., for the last two months, the members .of the Asorah Delphian Club entertained their president at a box party and later at the Hazelwood Friday night. Mrs. S. Levitt and Mrs. M. J. Weiser chaperoned the party. Following are those who were present: Miss Flor ence Nudelman. Miss Agusta Weiser. Miss Rose Weiser, Miss Anabelle Levitt. Miss Fannie Gettleman, Miss Dorothy WeiseV. and Miss Dorothy Nudelman. BATHXOSTS $2000 IN GEMS Ba?r Containing Jewels disappears While More Valuable One Is Left. LONG BEACH, N. Y., Aug. 30. A mys terious disappearance, involving jewels valued at $2000, is engaging the atten tion of the police authorities of Nas sau County. The victim is given as Mrs. J. Tre ple, of 2108 Dorchester road, Flatbueh. The jewels disappeared from a bathing pavilion while Sirs. Treple was enjoy ing a dip in the surf. Strangely enough, a chamois bag, which, it is said, con tained jewelry valued at $8000. belong ing to Miss Treple, a sister-in-law, was untouched According to the description, which Mrs. Treple gave to the Nassau County authorities, the missing jewelry con sists of several diamonds, a pearl necklace and a diamond lavalier. The Treples say that when they en tered the Deauville Pavilion they checked their valuables at the office with H. Petti t, who is the clerk in charge. They remained in the water for some time before they returned to their dressing rooms. When they presented their checks at the office for the return of the jewelry Pettit could only find the chamois bag containing the $8000 in jewelry, which belonged to Miss Treple. The other chamoi hag. containing the $2000 in jewelry of Mrs. J. Treple. was missing. A thorough search was instituted. Every noofc and corner of the office was examined, but no trace of the miss ing chamois bag could be found. The bathing pavilion people immediately notified the Nassau County authorities. Detective Seaman and Constable Thorne also made a thorough examina tion of the office, but their efforts were just as unsuccessful. The Treples were enjoined to secrecy, but the facts of the robbery became public today. While Seaman and Thorne since yesterday have been making a search and had been furnished with an accurate description of the missing jew elry, the sleuths have been unable to get the slightest trace. Barber Sicers Presscr to Cuomer PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1 Joseph Noar. a diamond merchant, hereafter probably will go to a mercantile agency when he wants a financial rating of a prospective customer, instead of a bar ber. It was on the reference of a barber that Noar sold on memorandum $2148 in diamonds, watches and other jewelry to Harris Allweil. Both men aptronized the sanle bar ber. Noar accepted the assurance of the man that shaved him that AW we 11 was responsible for anythin he bought. He turned the jewelry over to Allweil, and all he has been able to get back has been $14 worth. Noar has brought suit against the supposed man of wealth, who, he has learned, is a clothing presser. Allweil, who was arrested, is in Ludlow-street jail, being unable to give a bond for $2000. The opportunities for gaining ltnowTede in thf Province of Ontario are great. There are, including kindergartens, institutes and continuation classes. 014" public school ail frv ( , '-j. . - 'Trie Quality" In Honor of The Great National Holiday Labor Day This Store Will Be Closed Today See our Ads in this evening's and to--morrow morning's papers For Shopping News of Tomorrow 800 BANKERS TO GOME DELEGATES TO SEATTLE CONVEX. TIOX DIE IX PORTLAND FRIDAY. Elaborate Luncheon for Visitors Satur day Is Proposed and Hotel Reservations Made. Approximately 800 bankers are ex pected to pass through this city on their way home from the convention of the American Bankers' Association which convenes in Seattle this morning. The Portland Hotel has been chosen as the bankers' headquarters while they are in Portland, and the south rooms of the entire lower floor will be utilized by the visitors. A banner 51 feet in length will be stretched across the front of the hotel and upon it will be written. "Headquarters American Bankers' Association." George C. Ober. manager of the Port land Hotel, said last night that a big party of bankers had made reservations at the hotel for Thursday, close to 400 Friday, and the same number on Satur day. An elaborate luncheon will be served the visitors on Saturday. The American Bankers' Association will have as speakers on its programme at the Seattle convention some of the biggest men in finance in the country. Not only will the United States bankers be heard at the convention, but Canadi an financiers are scheduled to speak. Besides the general business of the American Bankers' Association, all the different departments will hold sepa rate sessions. Among the speakers will be "William Howard Taft. who will discuss the economic and political changes that have occurred in the American Com monwealth during the last few years. PACKED STAND FALLS Hundreds Seatetl in- Structure Hurled by Crasli and Score Hurt. KEANSBURG, N. J., Sept. 1. Eleven persons were injured dangerously and double that number badly bruised and cut when a section of the grandstand on the boardwalk of the New Point Comfort Beach Association collapsed. Several hundred men and women were in the section and many fell 25 feet amid broken timbers. It was Grangers' day at the annual carnival of the Keansburg Association, and the athletic contests attracted an unsually large crowd. The stands were filled to their seating ca pa-city when one section collapsed. Its occupants were thrown together among broken planks and nail-studded timbers. Panic started in the adjoining sec tions, and in the rush to get out of the stands many more persons were hurt. Women whose chiliren were in the broken section added to the excite ment with their screams, and the spe cial police were handicapped badly in their efforts to aid the victims. Kully half an hour passed before sufficient order was restored to enable the police to get all the injured out of the wreck age. Four physicians were called to the carnival grounds and they were busy for an hour with the men and women most badly hurt. TWO MAIDS RUN OWN FARM Wisconsin Lassies Wouldn't Have Man Around, Tliey Say. OCONTO. Wis., Sept. 2. Wearing men's clothes, except for bloomers in place of trousers, two Oconto girls are operating a 76-acre farm a mile south of Brookside. They are the Misses Dolly Powell and Sadie Bundy. Theirs is an Adamless Eden, and they are happy In it. No male help for them. They do all their own work on the farm, employing a woman, a sister of Miss Bundy. to kep house, while they Donald MacGregor Versatile Scotch Comedian, Is at Ye Oregon Grille "Tommy Atkins, Pride of a Blooming Army" (Harry Lauder's Latest.) His feature song will be sung at 8 and 11, fol lowed by other Lauder hits, such as: "Ta Ta, Ala Maggie Darling" and "It's Nice to Get Up in the Morning, but It's Nicer to Lay in Bed." Also standard ballads. Donald MacGregor comes to 1 Oregon Grille straight from a successful vaudeville and con cert tour. The programme includes the All-star Cabaret, and the incomparable Sis:. I'ietro Marino and his famous orchestra. From 6:30 to 8:30 and from 10:15 to 12:15. Ye Oregon Grille Hotel Oregon. M. C. Dickinson. Manager, Broad way at Stark. When In Seattle Stop at Motel Seattle. Stork op Poktuaxo Tin i w. ii Ma Cleaning and Dyeing The finest dry cleaning and dyeing in the city is done by The Wardrobe. 4 Stores Both Phones go out and till the soil, do the plow ing, dragging and seeding, as well as the haying and harvesting. They whistle, talk farm and stock just like men. and say they are thoroughly en Joying themselves. "We are perfectly independent and making a good living." Miss Powell said. "We wouldn't be bothered with a man under any circumstances. He would only be in the way. We arc free to do Just as we please., and there Is no one to boss us. The land is owned by Miss Bundy and her two sisters and myself, and we do all the work our selves. "It isn't hard ar.d hot and irksome as housework, and besides there is more profit in it, and we are perfectly independent. " The farm is one of the finest In the countv. 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