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4 - . THE OTlEfiON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON: T ; . , . . . - - . , WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 2, 1924 ' : ' Taaaad Daily Except Voaday by 1 TEB STATESMAN FUBLISHIKO OOICFAVT X1S South CoBuntrelkl St, Balam, Orro - ! "T R. J HIXDRICK8 CA&tC ABRA1IS Secretary MXXBX CT TH ASSOCUTZB ?BXSS '. '-- Th AhcUu4 Praaa la sxeloaivaly antitlad to tha h for puiUeatloa at all ws diapatekaa eradiwd ta U r Ml othanriae n4ito4 U Ola fapar m4 alaa taa R. X. Han&rieks :1 Joaa L. Brady v' -( Frank Jaakoakl. l. BU8IKZ8S OmCUl ? ' -4'-.; a. r: tteoM T. CUifc Ca., Haw Tort. 141-KB Waat 86ta BtJ Caieefs, Xarqastts BuDl- . Ia, W. 8. erotawabt. Kn. (Fort land OffU 801 WareaaWr Bldf Fboaa 6687 B&oadway, O. J". WUUamt, Vgr.) TZLZPHOXESt ! ' IS Circulation Offie S810S ftoelaty - Xdltac ,. Baslaaaa Offlcs ' ' -If awa DapartaMat ' - . Jb Dapartaaaat Xatorad at U PoaUfflaa la Salan, WHO AEE THE BUYERS? "Who are the shoppers in the United States t The average reader will be surprised to learn that according to the very latest statistics 90 per cent of the silk hose bought.in America is purchased by men , r " . .;:'" v-ii-U ' And this effectively disposes of the oft repeated statement that the modern mania for silk hose that has attacked the fair sex is hurrying the head of the family into bankruptcy. Mod ern girls who, have often been compared, to their, great dispar agement, to their grandmothers, who not only wore woolen hose, but knitted them themselves, ; But the masculine toilers like their own feet ensconced in soft silks quite as well as their Bisters da . - ''it i?;vki- - -. , fit is even more surprising to learn that women buy 50 per cent of all-the automobiles sold ;; V : . - lv ' - . For considering the number ot women figuring in automo bile accidents and the. fact that they buy half the output . of buzz wagons, this proves that they are even better drivers than formerly supposed. iiThe cynic will say that the fair driver does not take chances that might lead to a wreck that would mar her fatal beauty and so drives somewhat cautiously; but others will conclude that women are naturally more cautious and more conserving than men ; including the conserving of life. Also, the Radio Press Service declares that there, are as many, women radio fans as men and that many of them enthu siastically construct their town seta. ? The radio has : become a bij domestic factor, especially, in the country; it' lightens the burdens of women helps in instructing and; entertaining the children, and gives them. information m various lines that keep them in touch with the outside world. The survey concludes with the statement that women make the largest proportion of purchases, with the exception of real estate buys, which are usuallyj carried on by men. ' From this the economists j conclude that the wife controls the pursestrings in America to a greater extent than any where tlse in the world, in household furnishings and necessities buy h practically everything herself.vi - i' V i - s. Joint bank accounts of husband and wife have increased a-nazingly of late in this country; ; ; f i: ! " All of which furnishes additional ftps to the advertisers nf the United i States. The appeal must be even more largely to women than heretofore. no coxvxxnox The plan to tarn a Lincoln day Celebration into a republican state convention died a-bornlng.1 "It was f trick that, could not stand day rbt. and doubtless the men back ct it are heartily ashamed of it .row.' . . : , -:., r4: If the people of Oregon do not , izt the primary election law they Lave' way to 'get' rid of it, the fane as any other, law.'. It, is just rs c-aortl to nullify the primary tcticn law by holding a convenj t' n as it would be to nullify pro 1 ..lUca by opening a salo6niv.KT If the people of Oregon tire oX ; .a primary, they have a remedy, ut until they tire of it. itmust la used. The primary is the only r; stcai devised that protects the ; ?c;!e in their rlghta. Everything -'-9 plays into the hands' of the ; . '.Itlclans, Under the old system a Lad, a government of 'the' pol i : clans, by the politicians and for :a politicians. 'After they took t .clrs they let us have what was m&inlng, . but ' they always got t .;!rs first. The Republican party as always been a party of pro r.resEives. It never heads back- ard. therefore It Is going-to.be long time before i it heads; to4 ard disaster by repudiating the rriaary law while it is still on tie statute books. : If a campaign Is made and the ;:lary loses, the rest of the vot- rs will accept the convention; but ..HW the primary la a law. the Republican party must obey It- !' ' - ' '' f - . .... "...Jf.v, ' XOTmXQ GAINED Just now the . modernists and fundamentalists have an idea thai th.ey are very much the center of its stage, and some of them seem to be very much in earnest in their zntenxion. It is all a bubble; there is no substance back of it. It will blow over he 'same as c ther .bubbles but the. world may be some better tor, the contro versy,1 although these' men will 7. ain nothing. It is. beneficial to hutory as well a current thought. It Is our deliberate conclusion that religion has never once been weak ened and that it i stronger after .each attack. - .'; -" 'r'y.,, j Of course, this attack Is from Ltliin, which It always the-most , Jingerous, but religion Is virile foush to absorb all the good on i rth sides and will be found la act when the' tempest has sub- Cotne of these contenders have n ilea there is a regular. refor- 'l-a la the :::. It is. non j. There is to iorei similar j tc.weea the, contenders and Ltuher reformation than there l i day & 1 nl-Lt... J. Xi. BRACT Ylca-Praaidast " '. Vinafar X4itot Xaaafav Jk Dapt. 888 k 808 888 Orafoa, aeond-ea suttar. ' "1 CANNOT DO IT A Russian high official with an unpronounceable name has mad a savage attack upon Secretary Hughes. If anyone felt that Hughes had not Acted with his usual deacretlon,' this would satf isfy them that everything was all rights uav i 'V-'? ' V This defender of Kussia declares that capitalism is about to be. re stored, and the bolsheTick are starting constructive policy. The one thought they have is on cap! talixation, everything else is a side bsue.r No matter what they may pretend,; they are actually: always preparing for a fresh onslaught' up on capitalism. A bolshevik who does have this at heart is simply no bolshevik at auV-V.t ,' . " Secretary Hashes sounded fair alarm when he disclosed the pre parations being made to - over throw this government. Of coarse, the bolsheviks know It cannot be done,' hot the effort is1 made to convince and hoodwink the fol lowers and to deeeive them into continued hostility to capitalism. A DIVERSITY OP CROPS We were talking, to one ot the most ; successful business 'men In Salem recently and he told us why ne had located here. ; His first business venture iwas not ; satis factory because he located in one-crop country, and when that crop - failed, r nobody - had f any money with which to buy. . He de clared that . he' studied the' re sources of Salem and decided that we had more things to turn into money than any other locality he could find. ' : Salem stands by such a - Judg ment.- 15 has a wide diversity ot crops,' and if one fails, or gluts the market,- which Is about as bad. there are a dozen other ways . of getting as some money. The con elusion of the whole matter Is Just as this business man concluded that Salem is a city of opportun ity. J . EGGS AND LOGANBERRIES . ? v -rv,-'; The egg combine has Just sue ceeded In signing above 250,000 hens, and the egg business of the northwest is assured of prosper ity tor the next five years. f The loganberry market V is ; not organiiftd.: Half of the crop' was not picked last yearl ,It Is still at the. mercy of an uneducated public. If the loganberry men would learn of the. egg men, ; both would be prosperous. ;;:r 'l :: .'-C-! K t Listen! Effgi are produced al over the United States. There is not a township in the - United States that does not produce them yet 'the northwest eggs, by being X, properly-organized.' are sold at a profit to the producers. Logan berries are produced la only a very lew localities and there la practi cally no competition in, tie mar ket, and yet loganberries hare not oeen: profitable. The growers have not been organized. This carries Its own self-applied moral. - ': '..01- r' '.: WlV t' ;- About next year Santa Clans will : discard his reindeer and travel in an airship;' also Father Time will throw away his anti quated scythe and use a self binder. 1 , ' MUST CUT EXPENSES The reduction of taxes is some thing that appeals directly " to every man who owna property or who' expects to get property j We are penalising thrift now, nd It must be stopped. It la estimated that Secretary' Mellon's proposed reduction would effect a saving of 1257 for every Jnan' who had an income average- of $8000. i4 Of course, . the : direct tax would not be lowered jSo tuuch, but. the re duction on everything - the - man buys io make up the total sum. There Is some hesitatlon Jn con gress because the special, interests are always anxious to have their part jlet alone.. Taxation Is a good deal like law enforcement; we, all want' It, hut we want 'the incon venience of the cut made on the other fellow," , , THE TWO FORDS When Henry Ford. was looked upon aa an; uncertain Quantity in politics he was much praised." No body knew which way he would amp and everybody was prepared for him to lump their way.'Whea Ford became a certainty in poli tics, one .half ot the people sud denly, became -hia1 enemr." and questioned, his- every 4 motive and charged , hixn with a diabolical crime -that of trying to sell his nfluence. . , . . - - xet there are not two oras, there is just the one Henry Ford of Detroit- . i . A DISGRACE. OP COCRSH Of course, It Is a disgrace' the way the prohibition .law was -de fied and trampled under; foot' on New Years eve, but yon will find that more people , participated in the orgy this year than will next year. These people are not crim inals. They are Just insensible to the tact that all laws must be obeyed if we are going to be ruled by law.;7i A '-k ui '&t Some . of these days the people will realise that they art criminals In ' such conduct, and i they will Stop It, ' r The . greatest . example of post- huBKts fame is yoang King Tut He was supposed to have ruled but 18 -months,; yet he is better known today than any other phar: aoh. , Advertising pays. 1 ; Lest we forget: the birds are our , beet friends'.' In this; storm we mast feed them. -'A bird is small and; it does not taks much to starve it to death. We need the birds and Just now. they need us. Do you know that it Is com paratively easy to combine ginger with brains. Men of energy, and purpose . make great- progress while some men of brains, lacking these cither qualities, get nowhere. Heavy Mail Brings Final i- : Applications for Bonus - Monday was the final day, for the filing of initial applications by ex-service men for cash : bonuses under the state ' bonus and loan act, and there was a heavy mail af the : department's offices throughout the day. - ; - . "The fact that today la the final day for this class of benefits un der the act does not bar those ex service men whose letters asking for application blanks are on file with the department, though -the actual application may not have been received, said Major Simp son, secretary. In such cases the bonus-may be paid at any time, "It is explained that Initial ap plications tor loans may be made up to -: and including June 30 1927. which also Is the last date for filing a final application for the loan. Both applications for the loan may be filed at any time prior to that date. In the iniUal application : the applicant desig nates whether , he desires f a loan on city or farm property, but it he desires to change from one to the other a final application la necessary. vf -;! fv. l: : "Some (ex-servlce men are re funding cash . bonuses ' previously paid so ; that they may. apply for loans. Aboujr250 of these have been approved - t t-mA -, : - A- sufficient commentary on morula is ? the fact that the knocker always has a larger audi ence than one who throws bou quets. ,"'' " -"--.' MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS . Adele Garrison's New Thtm ct REVELATIONS OP A WIFE Copyright litU by Newspaper, h . Feature Service. Ine, CHAPTER 62 THE GUESS LILLIAN MADE 1 ABOUT BESS DEAN'S ERRAND "Marion, I'll, wager you a nick el that you can't get dressed be fore I dress Junior." .. " ! The little girl sat up in bed as f galvanixed at my challenge, al though; she had " been sleepy enough before. . I had slipped nto Lillian's , bungalow In the Cosgrove grounds at her waking hour to dress my small lad, whom bad left with her the night be fore, and I wished to get both children out of the way before I told ' Lillian of the night's dra matic happenings, v -'.' i Lillian, raised herself on one elbow and gave me one swift. keen look. - v J ' - '-;: "Teaching my cheeld to gamble. are you?" she mocked, while Mar- on t giggled gleefully. "But if you're going to " offer a wager, give one worth hurrying tor. Ill wager a real, corn roast, Marion, with potatoes and everything, that you can cut: Auntie Madge's1 time down a whole fniaute? : : 1 1 - Oh-h;i watch . me!" squealed Marlon, diving tor her clothing. while I, of course, slyly manlpu- ated my dressing ot Junior so that she finished Just inside the time prescribed by her mother. -" T on ' won both wagers)?; dear,' said, kissing her:' "Now.-wiU yon please take Junior out ror a little walk on the path? Don't let him get his feet wet, and tell Auntie Cosgrove that your mother and Auntie Madge would i like breakfast a few minutes" earlier than usual if she can manage it." "AH right. " Come, Junior,", she carolled, taking him by the hand. f'AH wite. Dooner tummlh," he echoed dutifully, " trotting;' along beside her, 'and. Lillian ' and 1 smiled at each other. In' motherly pride as they;went tnjht'.''K': -Well hat is it?" she asked when X had closed the door after them. "I know you aren't stag ing all this dressing haste and arlf breakfast without reason." j 'The Man I Mean." She was dressing swiftly as, she spoke, moving with precision and no waste of time or energy in her old! efficient way. That she conld listen and file the information re ceived wane' completing her dress ing. I well knew, and I proceeded to give her as orderly and detailed a history of the night's events as I could manage; , - 5 U She only,, interrupted me onccf. and; -that was when I was giving my description of the man. Smith. "What" sort ot eyeborws has he?" she asked abruptly., 3 If 'Unusually heavy, and Jet black. And yes. i they looked in , one place as if they-ihad been plucked like a. vain woman's. But, 0f course, that is nonsense. '1' "As It happens, it Isn't," Lil lian said quietly. "If he is the man I think he is, he used to have a queer-looking tuft, of eyebrow. heavier than the rest, over his left eye near the middle, and it was white, while the rest were black- It was a mark which made him conspicuous years ago, and the man I know would 'believer enough ! to disguise it in Just that Way. Where was this appearance of plucking of which you speak? : "Just where you have indicat ed.' I returned, and Lillian nod ded. , " i'-': '- " "No dbubt the man I mean," she said. "Go on 1 r Before ! had finished tti? had completed her toilet, and seated herself, by the window, cufping her chin in her hands the old familiar gesture which I had! seen so many times when she had some problem, professional or personal, to think out. It was one I had not seen since the day of her col lapse indeed,' before that, and though I feared that she' might ertax the strengtaof mind, and body which had been for so long in Jeopardy, yet I rejoiced at this indication that f 'Richard was him self again." - " ' X husied myself quietly with picking up the children's night things amngmg the room,; for nothing so annoys Lillian as ito have any one watch her when she Is engaged, in working out a prob lem." And when she - raised her head, it was to ask an incisive auestlon. - 1 , Bess Dean Rises Early, ; rThls Col. Travers is coming at elaht-thirty, you say?" i "That was the hour he named. tHa must not' be kept waiting, for there, is stiff work on hand. Come on to breakfast. There'U be nobody there so soon, and we can hurry through." . , But early as we were, ' Bess rnvin ' was bf ore us. She looked PI as we entered, smiling as ae rently as if she . had- not -r been hoist by her own petard the night before. ' . .' ' ' !I 'pity" the Vorms, she-said saucily, ''with three such birds as we astir. What's. ( the matter. Madge? ';, You look as if Atlas had Just , transferred the old world from his shoulders to yours." ' "I'm sleepy, that's all,". I said. "X would have given anything to have slept till - noon, but those younsters ' " "I'll bet . If the truth were known you' pulled : them out of bed," Bess Dean interrupted. - "You must .have been .restless, too,' Lillian remarked quietly. "Oh! I'm . the original- early riser," Bess Dean declared. "That proverb of early to bed was writ ten aboutme." ? . v ';'''-.. But when Bess Dean had saun tered out of hearing, Ullfan to whom I had confided a -Httle of the personal drama in which Bess Dean had figured had '-a differ ent solution of the girl's early rising. v'-J V'? --;'K-f ''She went to . mail . a telegram to some one In the city." she said' shrewdly. "It will be wired back here tomorrow a summons r to come home." , CHAPTER NO. C3 THE SOUND- MADGE HEARD - BEHIND HER WHEN LIL LIAN DROVE AWAY ".She's not particularly 'origin al,'. I commented idly when Lil lian had Interpreted Bess Dean's early rising as a trip to 'the tele graph office. "Rita Brown did the came thing when we were down South' f;.'.-', .' ";v';.rV':: '". 'What else could the poor girl do,'" quoted Lillian, 'save stage a fake telegram? Neither has any talent for facing failure or humil iation. But don't make the! mis take of putting Rita Brown and Bess Dean Into the same, category. Of course, ess is catty and vain, also she is very angry at yon, and If there was ever a chance where she could do you some petty, pure ly feminine 111 turn, she'd contrive the trick. There's no real villainy la her, however. But that other dame? I wouldn't trust her across the block. If shef ever appears on yoUr horizon again, yon see that she Is hobbled, pronto.' ::? 'Til look out for. her,' I prom lsed. "But if you want to eat a decent breakfast before Col. Trav era appears, I'd advise you to stop talking j ; v.X . : 'tf Good enough advice, old-hen wlth-one-chicken," she retorted affectionately, and i I fussily watched her until she had dis cussed a good ; breakfast, for knew, that - the - officer's arrival would peremptorily j put a period toe any further thought ot food. She. had said that fhe most not be kept waiting, for, there, is stiff Work an haUd," and she was. not one to utter such words idly. d;-v-':-1 Kir- V ,C-. While They Waited; ill -lacked five minutes of the hour. named by CoL.Travers when we tinished,:and as we walked out to the! veranda; I noticed that Lil lian took from, its hook a motor coat of hers which hung in the hall ready for use, and put it over her arm. I looked quickly from the light sweater which she had on over her gown to the coat, won derlng vaguely ichy She wanted it. as the mornings was delightfully warm. But I knew better than to ask her the question and she vouchsafed no explanation, simply laid the coat over the railing of the veranda and -seated herself in one of the big porch chairs. ; -, "Is there anything in the world equal, to the beauty, of the morn ing sun upon these mountains? she asked dreamily, r . "Unless it be the moonlight no on the ocean." - countered, with a vivid memory of that never-to-be- forgotten sight. . - 1 "Getting homesick for the east end of Long Island?" she laughed What Lillian Asked; ' ' . "A little X. confessed. "I think myself It's nearly time we all went home," she said, re- fleetively. I -I am ever so much better, and' there are any number of thins I ought to do. i And above all. there is Katie. I want to see that young woman." 1 : I looked' at ' her, wondering at her .continued harping upon the subject of my little ' maid's queer behavior aa reported- by my mo-ther-ht-laWs letter. She returned the look with a qnlzzical smile. "I do take a ; lot of patience. don't I, Madge ? ' Bat trust -me I'll tell you all I can as soon as I can -:' -'i:;'' K--:; " "1 don't mind anything, Just so I am of real use to ; you," I as sured her hastily, and i then the noise of a rapidly driven motor, a little whirl of. dust, a; sudden slackening before the Cosgrove premises, a atop before the gate heralded the approach of Colonel Travers. The officer himself was driving, and beside him sat Ted Cosgrove. i. As they alighted and came up the path together I no ticed that the boy was1 heavy-eyed from fatigue and laek ot sleep, the Interruption of his healthy boyish routine, ! while the officer r evi dently used to catching sleep when he couldIgetit,i;doing without it whenever necessary was as fit as possible. I had not noticed in the : stress of the evening ; before what, a really handsome, man he was, with his magnificent figure, elear complexion, a bit high col ored, and black hair heavily tinged with gray; His manner, was faultless, too, an- he bowed - in, acknowledgment of my Introduction of him to Lil- I .a e The Boys 1.. , ..The i Things To Do Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors. ( How a Letter Travels Those New Year's cards you re ceived through the mall tocay were s 0 r te a . just as. wi s --' ". .-" .' iLl. man is aortingvniaa in the , post office. ; This man is one 01, crack maH sorters in a great city post office and he knows all the streeta , and numbers in . the city with as much accuracy .as a city rectory.., Ay- f : Every letter yon get has passed through, the hands of some man ike this several times oeiore you get it. t Andy Andrew's New Year Reso- latlons arer: Always be on time In all things be ! boneat. Wear what Is becoming, rroiees Deuei fin your fellow men. - Ian. . Then he spoke crisply but deferentially: . "I have only a very few minutes, and our talk must be undisturbed. Can I talk to yon where we will be sure of no interruption or pos sible listeners ot course, unin tentional ones?" he amended hast ily. . Lillian's answer was a question. "Can yon drive and talk at the same time?" She had thought it all out be forehand!! saw the moaning of the: motor coat laid over the ver anda railing. Into CoL Travers's eyes flashed a gleam of admiration. "Yes. and that is of course the best solution. How soon "Now." Lillian rose and pick ed up the . motor coat from . the raiung. - . ' ; ' : ;'v;?;-;:; " The officer, with Quick accus tomed courtesy, took the coat and helped her into It. Another min ute and they had walked to the car, entered It, and the officer was bending to .;the'aw1tcht kayi.X"7;;;; Behind me I heard a' sibilant In take of the! breath almost a gasp. turned to see Robert Savarln. with face drained of all color and bis eyes flaming.' ' : . ITo be continued. 1. . aUl 1 M4 UmtA Ml tnlluWt felAMWMBt BBAMB FIXXJL to SS 5DLD II KUitiQIS BlHKm n It WQald be a pretty good Idea for you all to adopt a little motto for this1 year, which the ' great "Teddy"- Roosevelt gave ,to his sons. He said, "Don't flincn, donFt foul, but hit the line hard." Now 'Teddy, as most of you. know, was a real man and he had some real boys they're grown up now, but; they're still boys. What he said was good dope for' his boys and it 1 good dope for you. , . ! ' ' . . ' - . Whatever you-fellows get into this year, and you'll get into plenty ot scrapes I - guess,- don't lie or cheat. If you've done something wrong, take the. punishment with out whining or flinching, and then go out and play the game again. and njay it hard,,' . f When you're with the gang, be a regular fellow, but not a fool If some -one of your friends sug gest doing something which you know is. foolish ' or . dangerous. don't do It; Just because, you are dared to. It often takes more real nerve to refuse a dare than it does to accept one. t If you know what yon are doing is; right, go ahead and don't let any one stop you. but if you'. see you're wrong,' face about and start all over again. I was talking to a big -business man in Chicago the other day about boy. He said, ''Whenever I see a boy I size him up and see whether I think he's going to grow into the kind of a man I'd like to have working for me." j What kind of a man are you going to grow into, the sort that people want to have around or the other kind? . ,CAP'N ZYB. Cat) Zyb and Girls Statesman Blggcrt Little Paper in the World - NEW YEAR'S CUSTOMS IN SCOTLAND The great national holiday of ScOtland'is New Year's, or, as the Scotch call it, Hogmanay, Where this namecame from la not cer tain, but. whether ' from .France, Norway, or elsewherej the cus toms of the day are of the Scots' own invention. ' ' " " In certain parts or tne country, children of the poorer classes, on the morning of the last day of the year, bundle themselves in great white sheets, doubled in front to make an. .apron or' pocket, They go along the streets where live the wealthier folk - to ' aik for oaten' bread. ; Sometimes their begging takes the form. of song; and a housewife may be summon ed to her door with such a rhyme as! "Get up, goodwolfe, and dinna swelr, And deal your bread to them that's here,' Tor ' the time will come when 'v ye'll be dead, And then ye'll need neither ' ale nor bread. j - - . . At one time 'in Scotland the New Year season ' was celebrated with such joviality that the days were called "Daft Days,-meaning mad ones. Mummers used -to go about at night singing humorous songs . before the houses. ' At the end of a performance, the tronpe would be Invited in for a supper. Frequently' the members sat down " Her Dangerous Path " ; By Paul Forrest Adapted from the Patheserial by Hal Roach , Copyright, 1923, by Pathe Exchange, Inc. -i r v.. - CHAPTER II Fetters of Gold Wong, who had given a lifetime pr service - as the Grant's ,; chef, looked up wonderinRly as Corinne. his mistress, entered his quarters with Donald Bartlett. Viewed through . a veil of Oriental, super stition he had ajways been an un fathomable mystery to the house bold.. His bamboo stick and magic sand ..box-held mysteries and told of future destinies. . , .rjH - us, , Wong,. smiled Cor ;nne, "would we be. happy as hus band and wife?" J tnnutd ' good-naturedly. TWatch," he said,1 "sands speak truth ail truthi" And stirring the sands with his . stick,- he prepared to unfold the fntnre , to the , two anxious young . people.' s , ? As the future unfolded,. Corinne saw that life with young 'Bartlett spelled - only unhappiness. His mother- was; the- domineering- per sonage in the big mansion and Donald was as clay in her hand& jUrs. Bartlett even took it upon her self to select, CorinneV hats, and the girl could not visit the snodiste's without her. " Finally a turning point came. Cbrinne was about to dvc up all bbpe when Mrs. Bartlett gave one of her sumptuous dinner parties. Among the guests was John Dry den, a, Western mining engineer and a commanding figure in the rorld of finance. He seemed to take a great liking to Donald and spent a great deal of the evening in his company. : Finally, both men approached the spot where Corinne was standing with Mrs. Bartlett '"Your husband and I have been talking business, Mrs; Bartlett, he told Corinne "He has agreed to start work next week in my Ari zona mine. . . . , . - Corinne smiled heir delight, but Mrs. Bartlett .1 seemed : extremely ' displeased. V- -i ,'-i -. : ... "Your son," he continued, turn ing; to the . young man's mother, Vill learn' the mining game from the ground up. When he has mas tered it, I expectrto take him in as partner. . Ill expect you next Mon day he added turning to Donald. , ou re not going ; to disgrace your family by going to work, are your- asKea the horrified dowager. "I am, smiled her, son. It , was Corinnes moment of triumph. At last her husband had asserted himself... She could not help but smile at the way Mrs. Bartlett whisked herself away. ,7l S00' fir Ion?, dear little . girl,", Donald assured his wife, "and just as soon as I am established and sure of my self 111 send for you. . . .. :,,.--..-:: . .,'It was a Iocs', weary year for. rConnne a vear in which a babv had come but word had come that .Donald Bartlett had won his place -autwug uiqn anu . was prcpanng 10 t leave for his new , duties in the East. However, relentless nagging by Mrs, Bartlett' and her daughter had driven Corinne to seek refuge 'in a little apartment -of her: own. I She could hardly await the return ' of her husband. , , ; ;i Suddenly there was a ring at the door. A messenger appeared with -a . telegram. ' Corinne . nervously openea it ana read: - . . Tine Bluff, Arix.. SepL 21 Mrs. Donald Bartlett: - Your- husband accidentty tilled here today by fall of rock. Please advise. . , Poole; Suft. v- Corinne was nrotratrt Tl j shocked brain and tortured body slowly recovered only, to receive a greater misiortune. ? . mt9.- i3riicit naa- wasted no time in making; Corinne more miserable.- With the pull she rn joyed with those higher up, the CLASSIFIED ADS IN TIIE STATESMAN BRING RESOT ,T Loads . ot Fna Edited by John L BliUcr. to six or eight tables in one even-' ing, and it became a marvel that they could eat so many suppers. In a row! THE FUN BOX ARTIST Mff I NFLUENCE TKT PUBUC R5aQ0DOTHRO0OH HiS tOGK. . . m 1 iu. ,iri irin mi invv Hi kit AKx nla ru-w r ' " " ; in'aIl, ' THINQS WEAR WHAT . IS PPJ0FE35B FEUXWHtN ;' .'Awaiting Good Noose n' ' 'Warden," said the . criminal, , whowas ticketed to the gallows,. "I need some exercise, , ' t "Just what kind of 'exercise do you want?", asked the, warden. "I'd like to skin the rope,", he grinned. ,j dowager and her daughter arrived at ' the i little apartment with an bfScer armed with a court order lvmg Mrs. Bartlett custody of nr-inn', TV. '.- 1 accuscd of being responsible . for .AUE KUt ws iu&u- ionaias acam ana charged wlta being incompetent and unable' to properly, provide and care for her. Child,' ' '.fi' ; V'X 'l,)!' - :.'' Delirium was the result r.f TiT cruel blow."- Days - passed - before Corinne was able to get about. And then on a night when a fierce stnrir was raging outside, the delirium hear her baby calling; to her. : Aiuaing ner nurse, Corinne threw apartment, fleeing t through the storm to the Bartlett home. Sha was . refused adm buUer. r What could she do? He brain was burning up. ;f ... Running: throuirh tfi 'rain 'lm girl found her way to the side ol ine nousc wnere there was a trellis leading up to the second floor. Clinging to the wet lattice work. ! Corinne manaced tn -limK to her baby's room, flames in the wu greeted ner arrival. A care- I less maid had left an electric iron' on an enameled bureau. tjonnnt rushed to the tiny criS and gathered the baby in her arms, bne stumbled down the staircase toward the door only to encounter ' Mrs. Bartlett, just returning from a social function. . i "It's mine. I tell you! It's minel Corinne shouted. "You take it from rnel . "': T i Mrs. Bartlett recovered tmm !. astonishment in time to call for her i m:a,,d ini both "shed toward the j lul w prevent her leaving the "Stopf the girl cried. "I She suddenlv . fwrvd i backwards ancf fll 17 : their feet The two women stopped T. . - .racni ana tared at .the small body : lying. before thenv The maid was j the first to re-' cover her composure. She bent over the girl and made a quick . ,Her-her heart it has stopped ; beatingP, she gasped. . Ah. yes! The sands tell all, tell the truth I v Corinne drew her hand across her eves. - It was VJnntr o .1 Woog-was speaking. But the girl was all a-tremble. She had ' Bur cumbed; completely to the marie art Of the mvstic Chinaman qk- glanced nervously at the young man ww, aw ssxea ior ner hand.. Hie face was white and his hands seemed to tig at one another. " ZZ, uwu" Kwi oot i "VnM turning to young Bartlett. " i f i v Don laughed nervously. Yes. he answered, "but now that I know. . f.vumu i. jun, . A woman t go to Anrona. x,t.. : j ! "Your mother what of her r Donald Bartlett twwvri utm t...' He was beaten. - ; v Then she stepped into the enor mous living room. A footstep on tne staircase startled her from her reverie and she looked up -to see Dr. Markham. the familv ehvir!an approaching her. - r , Jl've been thinking, Corinne he: smiled, . that I fcan get you a post in the hospital as nurse.; Would; you care to accept rT;;;Vyvv;: U ,.1 The girl. thought for a moment : ",Sood oflFer. and one that she might learn to like. Should she ask Wong?; Or should she put herself- m . the hands of tha pbysicua?. , -' . itTo be continued) r