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The OHEGON STATES:.! AN. Salens, Oregon, Sunday Zlorrtias, September 6, 12S
Founded lilt
"No Favor Sieav Us:
From First Statesman, March 28. 1851
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Labor: Power
ON the eve of a national holiday dedicated to the cause of
Labor, ten unions, whose members number one-third of
. the membership of the American r ederation ot ladot,
' have been suspended from the federation by its president, be
cause of their rebellion in proceeding with industrial rather
than craft unionization of unorganized industries. ,Jhe solid
arity of labor is thus wrecked by internal deavage which
gees bo deep that it will be long before it is healed. The ex
pectation is that the militant rebels will organize under the
nucleus of the committee for industrial organization and seek
by aggressive tactics to displace the old federation 'as the au
thoritative voice of organized labor. It is assured of friendly
support in the white house, though the president has sought
to avert the breach. v '
Perhaps never before has labor been in a position of so
much power. It his political favor. It has secured legislation
designed to force Employes into union organizations and to
force employers to' grant them recognition. It has put fear in
the minds of office holders so that in some places, like, Se
attle, the municipal government is subordinate to the labor
government. ,
Yet-labor must remember that with power goes respon
sibility. Organized labor numbers only 3,500,000 roughly, a
mere fraction of the number gainfully employed in this coun
try. Its influence is far out of proportion to its numerical or
voting strength. So labor by abuse-of its! powers may speed
ily bring about public reaction to its own setback.1
America has always been a land of labor; a land where
labor was dignified, where from Humble employment a person
might rise to high position. The future happiness of the coun
try depends, on keeping the social structure fluid, to avoid
cleavages on class lines, to prevent such an alignment of
forces as is drawn on the continent of Europe now. The
wholesome tolerance which furnishes poor soil for seeds of
bitterness needs to be cultivated in this country. In this vir
tue the pugnacious Lewis seems to be deficient. And that is a
worse omen than the type of organization he espouses.
Power of
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N Paris last week 100,000"
joined in a demonstration against the policies of their own
member-premier, Louis Blum.
in obtaining a non-intervention
ers respecting Spain, and gotten1
munitions to either side in the
paraders in Paris were not satisfied with this policy. They
demanded : "Planes and guns for Spain", and they meant, for
the loyalist government, which is now socialist. The French
radicals shook the clenched fist,! the communist salute in to
ken of their sympathy and solidarity. Workers threaten a
strike. ; - : . : ' j i
The socialists in France assert that the fascist powers
are violating their agreements, and furnishing supplies for
the rebels. So they want the mask of non-intervention drop
ped and want the French government to assist their comrades
so sorely beleaguered in Spain. ) -
W'-.. Here is an example of how wars start, not so much from
economic motives as from moral sympathies. Only indirectly
would the French gain from the success of the Spanish gov
ernment; yet they appear ready to face general war in order
to give aid to those with similar political principles. The emo
tional stir excites them ; and it would not take much to touch
off the hot tempers into open outbreak. j ; , : j
- ' ' Masses of men are still dominated largely by their pas
sions or, speaking in more moderate terms, by their feelings.
Sometimes they gloss their self-interest with reasoning ; but
generally their moving impulses spring from emotional tu-
,rault.That is why the bulwarks of peace crumbles so rap
idly in times of stress. And that is why public leaders must
seek to control the feelings of
long action on the drive of popular hysteria
Rebuking
IT; seems clear that the Vatican
with the radical utterance of Father Coughlin, but with
the defense of the radio priest by Bishop Gallagher of De
troit. A few days ago this paper said the Vatican should
speak to make clear whether the bishop spoke with its author
ity in urging support for Father Coughlin's political organ
ization. The response seems to have come in the comment of
La Corrispondenza, "the usually well-informed Catholic news
agency at Vatican City. It says plainly that the bishop re
ceived instructions "which cannot be misunderstood, name
ly to moderate the ardency of an orator. , . and also renounce
the forming of political parties.' I
,r This makes it clear that the churcb is not backing Father
Coughlin in his political adventures: and the pointed nature
of the comment is something
bishop.
.. '. ' i Clearing Up
A N error in typesetting obscured the meaning of the refer-
ence in this column yesterday to the folly of. placing the
new state capitol to head Capitol atreet. To make the mat
ter clear: the distance from the center of Capitol street, if
extended, to the center of Wa verb' street is a fraction over
192 feet. Now the new capitol is about 400 feet in length. So
if it were built to center on Capitol street, the east wall would
stand several feet east of the center of Waverly street, and
would leave only a-narrow aisle of about 30 feet between it
and the state office building. The mere statement of the di
mensions shows how foolish such a location would be. It is
far wiser to put, the capitol in the approximate middle of the
whole tract between Cottage street and Waverly, giving it
the splendid approach of Summer street, and giving it breath
ing space in all the other directions.
The Salem Statesman complains that nearly everyone has de
cided hsw to rote or could very easily, that the campaign ought to
be Bearing the end instead of barely beginning. Our long campaigns
are a hangover from the horse and buggy period when they were
necessary because of the slowness of communication. We are about
the only self-governing nation on earth that stages a year's battle
over the election of a president. In England and France the national
campaigns last about two weeks, and the results seem Just as
satisfactory. Or just as unsatisfactory. Baker Democrat-Herald.
A singer has flown across the
triller.
Ten Years Ago
September , 1026
125,000 silver fox deal was
made here by a well known
Brooklyn buyer at the Relabbw
SUver Fox farm. -
First National bank at Sheri
dan guarded after yeggs hold up
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Scrogins. Mr.
Scrogins is president of the bank.
E. L. Sadler of Portland walked
from Salem to Portland in 9 hours
SiH minutes in walking race.
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No Fear Shall Awe" ,
and Tolerance
Emotions
members of the Popular Front
The premier has led the way
agreement with other pow
them to agree not to export
pending civil war. But the
the multitude to prevent head
the Bishop
is out of sympathy not only
of a rebuke for the talkative
Meaning
A
ntic. That must hare been
Twenty Years Ago
September 6, .191 1
William Adolph. native of Sa
lem, died last night at his home
on the River road, after a compli
cation of diseases had set in.
The administration emergency
bill to raise S26S.900.000 is now
ready for Wilson to sign.
Judge Pi H. D'Arcy wants to
serve drinks in front ot his build
ings on Court street and maintain
the 4-hold bubbling fountains.
Interpreting
the News
By MARK SULUVAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 The
republican national committee has
given out a copy of a 39-page
memorandum of
Instructions al
leged to have
been sent by the
official head of
WPA at Wash
ington to branch
offices through
out the country.
It seems safe to
accept the" copy
as authentic for
the republican
Uuil tuuo national commit
tee Is practicing pains for accur
acy of statement and research into
facts not hitherto duplicated by
any campaign committee of either
Party. .
The original ot this WPA mem
orandum was marked "not for re
lease," that Is. not for release to
newspapers or the public It was
an "inter-off ice" communication.
Its purpose was to instruct em
ployes of WPA In the technique of
getting information and views
about WPA into the minds of the
public.
There were instructions for
writing news articles and getting
them into papers; for posters, pla
cards and cartoons; for writing
speeches and getting opportunities
to deliver - them; for dramatic
resentatlons called "playlets", for
motion pictures and camera
stills", for window-displays and
lantern slides In short for every
known mechanism of publicity.
In connection with this memor
andum of instructions the repub
lican national committee : made
public two lists, a list of "WPA in
formation service directors.' one
for each state, and a list of "state
directors federal writers pro
jects", likewise one for each state.
Here are close to a hundred pub
licity, workers employed in two
new deal institutions. It ; seems
fair to estimate that the total
number of persons employed for
publicity work in all the new deal
agencies in Washington and
throughout the country must be
upward of a thousand.
The official WPA document
quoted by the republican national
committee uses the phrase "infor
mation service." The republican
committee uses the word "propa
ganda." That the harsher word Is
justified is suggested by a passage
in the WPA instructions about
speeches: "In speeches before as.
semblles and over the radio, it is
permissible, without violating the
canons of good taste, to editorial
ize express opinions much
more than is possible in articles
for newspapers." This seems to
ustify the republican committer's
assertion that the objective is "to
let the citizen do no thinking on
his own account but to pump Into
him what the government wants
him to know and what the new
deal wants him to think about
new deal policies."
The republican committee
charges that this immense and
widespread organization is an "ef
fort to bring about government by
propaganda for the purpose of re
electing the new deal ticket." In
effect this amounts to two
charges. One is to "bring about
government by propaganda." The
other is "reelecting the new deal
ticket." Of the two charges the
former Is the more accurate and
the more serious. The many in
formation services of the new deal
were set up long before the cam
paign approached. No doubt, at
this time they have the election
In mind. Bnt at the time they were
set up the purpose was to cause
the country to be sympathetic to
what Mr. Roosevelt has called a
"new economic order," "a read
justment of many of our ways of
thinking: and therefore of many of
our social and economic arrange
ments."
In the European countries in
which two new orders of society.
communism and fascism, have
been brought about, the funda
mental mechanism is propaganda.
The heads of both types of gov.
ernment eonceive themselves as
sitting at a central mechanism
from which flows every channel
for Influencing the mind of the
public. A person or group pos
sessing this leverage can set up
and maintain a -dictatorship. With
assistants expert in technique and
psychology, they can cause the
public to pass into any mood
which the dictatorship - wishes it
to have including, when the time
comes, the mood of war.
These European set-ups, how
ever, Include one factor which
does not exist in America. It Is
not enough for the heads of gov
ernment to possess mechanisms
for Influencing the public, how
ever formidable the mechanisms
mar be. It is indispensable that
all other agencies of publicity be
suppressed or brought under rigid
obedience to the government. It
is necessary that the head ot gov
ernment have an exclusive mono
poly of the agencies for dissemin
ating information and inciting
mass views. .
So long as there is a free press
press and free opinion, there can
not be either communism or fas
cism. The conditions are mutually
exclusive. So long as any govern
ment permits tree dissemination
ot information and opinion, it Is
not fascism and it is not com
munism. It seems safe to go far
ther and say that in any country.
so long as freedom ot opinion con
tinues, communism or fascism can
not take hold.
In America the question Is the
fortunately simpler "one of whe
ther it la desirable, as a practice
of government, that an adminis
tration should employ an army of
publicity agents. True, however
large the present new deal army.
the number of private persons en
gaged In the dissemination ot
facta and views, in print and over
the radio, is still larger. It Is de
sirable tor these private report,
ers and commentators to be clear
about how they are to regard In
formation put out by the govern
ment. Are they to regard the gov
ernment agencies as government
agencies In America used to be.
merely' givers-out of austere and
nncolored Information? ' Or are
they to be regarded as official pro- :
orwea
By H J.
The flax and linen 9-1-31
Industry seems now on
a basis pointing to big
things la Oregon's future:
(Continuing from yesterday:)
During the World war, the flax
Institute of Belfast, Ireland,
through English sources, made an
Investigation ot methods in t h e
Courtral district,
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So the "mystery was unravel
ed! That is, the mystery of the su
periority of flax fibers from the
Courtral district. .
The whole mystery was in the
fact that the water of the Lys
river, running through the Court
ral district, was warm!
Thus retting was performed in
three to five days. Instead of two
to four weeks, at elsewhere! (The
Lys empties into the Scheldt riv
er, which runs to the North sea.)
The whole lesson, learned after
a mystery 2000 years old bad
been unriddled, was to have soft
water, and warm it! j
So, the water of Mill creek. In
the Oregon prison flax plant is
warmed; the bacteria grow and
work fast Instead of slowly and
the retting is done within1 about
four days the process of filling
and retting and taking out of the
tanks is done on the average in
less than a week. , -
Retting consists of loosening
Editorial -Comment
From Other Papers
Negligent States -"We
talk a great deal about the
inalienable rights of the states,"
says Dean John H. Wigmore of
Northeastern Law School, "but
wo forget about the inalienable
duties of states to take care of
their own miseries." One of the
most distinguished of American
writers on law, and famous for
his monumental work on evidence
Mr. Wigmore could probably cite
scores, and scores of instances In
which states have failed to per
form their duties. I
The West has been perhaps the
principal offender, but even Mass
achusetts could not go Jto court
with clean hands. The tendency
to look to Washington for a al
leviation of minor as well as maj
or troubles has been Increasing
rapidly in the last generation or
so, and the depression land the
New Deal policies hare made the
tendency a custom, unless it is
checked, we are certain I to have
a central government ever more
powerful than at present, and a.
congeries of states which will be
their own masters only in the
phrases ot a moribund constltu
tion. U
Under the articles of confedera
tion we had so many clashes
among the states that the central
administration was weak and at
times even contemptible. Its very
existence was in" danger. Now we
are at the opposite pole. The fed
eral administration has an au
tnority and a scope of discretion
which have been unknown here
tofore except during war.
i What is the "general welfare?
Is a southern flood, a Chelsea
fire, a grasshopper plague in Kan
sas, a pest of the Mediterranean
fruit fly in Florida, a blight on
grapes in California, the failure of
the maple sugar crop in Vermont
or a potato famine in Aroostook
county vested with a national in
tereat? The lawyers cannot say.
i The remedy Is obviously a re
turn to the practices of a genera
tion or so ago. A condition prece
dent to that is a realization ev
erywhere that a state cannot ar
gue on is knees, and when it is
under heavy debts and other ob
ligations to Washington. A cen
tral government which gives will
inevitably ask for a quid pro quo
and the consideration is likely to
be the taking over of many func
tions which go to the essence of
statehood. Immediate, tangible
assistance often blinds a state to
the fact that the price to be paid
wul Inelude sooner or later self-
respect and the loss ot independ
ence in various fields.
i Levcrett SaJtonstalL Republl
can candidate for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, discussed a similar theme
when he warned women lawyers a
day or two ago against the evils
of centralized authority. The peo
ple of Massachusetts ought to be
especially interested In the sub
ject, as a strongly centralized ad
ministration is likely to drain the
prosperous, self-reliant states for
the benefit ot the others. This
commonwealth happens to be one
of the most substantial In the
country. Its very wealth and pros
perity make It a tempting terri
tory for economic, social and pol
itical exploitation. A dictatorial
regime at Washington can do al
most as much damage te us as an
outright dictatorship. Boston
Herald.
pagandists who by their election
and arrangement of facts aim to
cause the public to have a view
determined in advance by the
government agencies?
The other day, writing on this
same subject. I said that some
newspapers had charged that
certain photographs ot drought
scenes la the west, given oat by
new if deal agencies, had . been
"made with the use of a 'property
skull ot a dead steer. I added
that I assnmedthat "if the eharge
Is not well-founded the appropri
ate officials will make reply or
explanation. Explanation has
been: made to the effect that while
the same skall of a steer was used
in different photographs, all were
taken , within ten feet ot each
other. that the skall was only
moved that distance and that the
purpose was merely to get better
backgroaads. To this. It is said in
rebuttal that a photograph of a
skull of a dead steer can be found
at any time in almost any. place,
in the west, in good years or bad.
and that It does not necessarily
reflect drought conditions.
New York Herald-Tribune Sya.
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HENDRICKS
the fiber, which Is on the outside.
from the woody core of the flax
straw, that ' is. eating away the
pectin wntcn aaneies the fiber
to the core or shive; the same pec
tin that adheres the peeling of an
apple to the apple. '
1m "a
The new flax plants at Canby,
Mt, Angel and Sprlngrield of
course warm the water in their
retting tanks.
: They wiU all take advantage of
the latest -inventions, : if not from
the beginning, in due course of
time.
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Our linens, when they are ready
to market In quantities will not
need much advertising. ,
. Fine linens have been, used and
advertised throughout all history,
from Bible days and before Job.
the first book of the Bible, was
pat onto parchment.
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Before the pyramids were rear
ed or TJr of the Chaldees was
built, linens were favoredi
"Solomon in all his glory was
arrayed in raiment ; fashioned
from the yarn of flax, i .
The painted and nerfumed dar
lings of Greece and Rome wore
products of the loom woven from
the fibers or flax.
The loom of those days was a
hand affair, proven by the nar
row width of the woven pieces.
It could be only the width of
the reach of the hands of the op
erator, shooting the thread of the
woof with the shuttle from one
edge of he cloth to the other
through the threads of the warp.
The mechanical devices for do
ing the same thing render it pos
sible to extend the width of the
cloth to any desired measure; but
as has been mentioned, in ancient
Egypt hand weavers achieved ln
tracles of weave that modern In
vention has not yet rediscovered,
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Something should be added tc
the reason why the flax industry
must be extensive in order to be
highly successful.
One of the main reasons Is that
each operation in the higher
brackets will require a different
lea of yarn.
The reader recalls that we
would have had here. 20 years
and more ago, a weaving plant of
Dr. Deimel, employing 4000 peo
ple, could ho have been more
certain of a reliable supply of
yarn of the fineness required for
his finished products.
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That would have necessitated a
dozen or more plants as large as
the one in the state prison.
In the Belfast district, flax fib
er Is. divided Into 50 . or more
grades, for length, strength, fine-,
ness. etc., etc. -
Dr. Deimel's English and Ger
man plants (two In England and
one in Germany) require only one
or two or a very few of the, 50.
or more grades. .
The rest must go to other buy
ers. But there are-customers for
all the other grades.
And many of them need also
hemp fiber, for the making of
such things as coat linings, strong
cords (ply goods), etc., etc.
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So our coming flax , and linen
industries will be strong when
they become great, and then they
will be able to stand against
world competition on an even
keel.
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Mrs. Lord was more than a flax
enthusiast. She was a protagonist
or beauty as well as utility and
thrift wanted our streams made
attractive with trees and flowers;
neipea organize floral societies.
She wanted Oregon to be glor
ious as irel! as great.
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She went to Italy; studied hemp
growing ia that leading country
lor that Industry.
(Continued on Tuesday)
Yellowstone Park
" Coal on Vacation
MONMOUTH, Sept. 5 Mon-
mouta residents are vacationing
In distant spots both In Oreron
and out of the state. Mayor and
Mrs. Bowersox are home from a
trip to Yellowstone park. In Idaho
they visited the Crater, of the
Moon, where in ages past a huge
mountain top erupted layering
the country with lava for miles
about.
The. return was made via the
Ontario-Burns-Lakeview highway
to Klamath Falls and thence north
over the Pacific highway.
- jcatertala Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fishhack
entertained the Clapp family of
ten members, all of Merlden,
Idaho. Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week. They were, return
ing to their borne after a 3.000
mile janat by motor 'throughout
the northwest. Utah and to
Boalder dam.
Elton Fishback of Monmouth,
accompanied by three other young
mem members of the Christian
Endeavor association, are touring
Oregon In the interest of their
organization. Conferences wOJ be
conducted by them in Astoria, and
other coast highway points. Hood
River. The Dalles. Klamath Falls
and Redmond. They will return to
Polk county to attend a confer
ence at Falls City September It
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
MEEK TO INHERIT EARTH
Editor The Statesman:
Tour editorial and reaction to
your subject "A Dog's L I f e.
came under , our notice, sou
shoald worry,' as you get paid tor
the ads run tor dog food and It
gives many others a chance to
make an honest living. The bones
K ke. .
, f J y Ill 's J .ssSSS&sSS
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"Glittering Girl
CHAPTER XXVII
But her happy mood had fallen a
Uttle as she ate her breakfast. It
only she'd never borrowed that neck
lace I She knew that Dad had wor
ried about her going off like this
but she told herself it was the only
coarse possible, in the circum
stances. Would the stout lady who had
greeted "Madame Metchaeva" in
the lobby of the hotel be still
around? That was the important
question In Vernon's mind as the
ear finally drew np at her destina
tion. She must proceed carefully. Be
diplomatic. Perhaps the unknown
woman was of the same type as
Mertina, and scenting something
wrong might even communicate
withher?
Then why had Mertina left so
abruptly after encountering her
here? In the light of Vernon's
present knowledge, and with the in
criminating passport in her pocket
book, she had little belief in the al
leged tele gram that had summoned
Mertina back to town I
It would be her business to find
oat from the office clerk, tactfully,
if any such telegram had been de
livered to Mertina on that day and
hour . . .7
' As she siened the hotel register
after her room had been allotted to
her, she turned the leaves back to
four days ago, looking down the list
of arrivals on that day. ....
"Are these people still staying in
the hotel?" she asked with attempt
ed nonchalance. Bat because one
or twe had gone, and she had ne
knowledge ox the lady's name the
reply was unsatisfactory.
. Vernon went up to her room, had
a batn, got into a negligee, and tnen
the telephone ranr.
It was her father. He had tele
phoned before, he said. He was
worried about her, and thought he
nad better come down. .
She pooh-poohed that; assuring
aim that couple of days at most
would see ner hack tn the xamuy
nest. v -
Then she dressed for dinner. With
all her heart she prayed that the
stout lady would be is the dining
room I
Vernon cot her wish. The stent
woman who had greeted Mertina
do Bray as "Madame uetehaeva
was in the dining room of the Hot
Springs hotel en the evening ef her
arrival. t
She had a thin, elderly friend
with her a sharp-Xaced. rather
aristocratic looking woman with
pinee-aax,
Coffee was served in the lounge
ef the hotel after dinner. Vernon
manoeuvred so that, as though ac
cidentally, she found herself on
settee beside the plump one. The
this lady eat fat an armchair oppo
site. Within a few minutes she had
contrived to ret fa eeaversetioa
with them, by borrowing their sug
ar. The stout one seemed garru
lous and friendly. -"Haven't
I seen yea before, my
ieer?:.-
Tes. I was here with my Bar
ents and some friends. 1 was hers
just as yen arrived. I think yea
spoke to a guest of ours a Madame
UetehaevaV
The stout lady beamed. "Why,
of course I remember. But she
didn't introduce as to each ether."
Vernon smiled back. New ahe
would soon find out I She said, ent
ly: "Yonv were old friends abroad,
were you-net, you aad abet"
The two ladies exchanges glances.
The thin one had a supercilious look
m her face as she remarked, aip
Bwg her eeffrei "Ne, 1 Shouldat
exactly say that lladama'Uetchaeva
yon speak of are mostly sold now
to the- poor tor soup when the
butcher cant get all meat from
them. . Yon. cant blame ' him
either when gronnd meat brings
twice the price now. By the way
yon remarked also that "unless the
dog food (In cans) tastes bad the
dog will not complain. makes as
wonder just how much and what
goes into our hamburger? Not a
slam, but a query? Yon say many
a home where bsbies are not
wasted." maybe they've raised
them and been left alone. The
Tomorrow: His Day
was er ' our sort. Would
Pannier? I i
yon.
Just aS Vernon waited on tenter
hooks to get the stout one's answer,
an elderly gentleman approached
their corner, aad asked the two older
ladies iff they would care to make
up a table for bridge 7 3
They !; agreed. , But ia fourth
player must be found, j;
"Do yon play. Miss er er?"
"Tyson is my name. I dent play
well, bnt if yon can stand my poor
game, id like to join you."
"Oh, hone of ns are any great
shakes,! good-naturedly1, declared
the one called Fannie. I
There iseemed. thereafter, no oo-
port unity for bringing op any fur
ther mention of "Madame Metch
aeva" that eveninr. f
The game came to an end around
eleven. ! "Naomi" aad the elderly
gentleman had won a few dollars
each, vernon settled her debt, and
so did f Fannie. The party was
aoout to oreas up. i
Vernon thought: "I've simply
got to rope them in fori tomorrow
morning! 111 suggest at little run
in tne car. t I
nut cezore she could do so,
Naomi remarked to Fannie: "I'll
just atop at the desk and remind
them that we want a motor ready
for notii later than ten j tomorrow
morning; That'll give ns time for
tne trip and be back for lancn."
It seemed they had planned en
visumg some beauty spot. Vernon
suggested that she would love to go
along with them, and it would give
her real pleasure if the ladies would
come in her ear? .1
"Please do. There's j heaps ef
room. I feel at a loose end by my-
What could they do but comply?
Though' Naomi, who was not good
at "picking up chance i acquaint
ance," as she would have termed it,
looked a little askance, the good
natured Fannie accepted the invita
tion. l i
v awaa www WaV
the night Vernon went over to the
desk, on; the pretext ef wanting to
know about the various places with.
in drlvinar distance. !
The-night clerk was a pleasant
young man. u gave vernon the
necessary information.
i tuani expect you back so
soon." hum eyes rested on her
admiringly. ' 1 I
She lushed a little, f How to
broach the subject of the telegram?
Dare she come right out bluntly
with a question? - j
we were called back to town
r than we expected." she said
desperately. "Ton remember Mrs.
de Bray our guest get a tele
gram four nights aro it was four
nights ago, want it?" my mother
and I had an argument about the
exact time ahe received it "
The clerk looked somewhat mysti
fied. "Mrs. de Bray sret no tele
gram while I was en duty not even
a tetter--' ? . ; j;;
Vernon smiled at him. I I wonder
if you'd mind looking up the exact
time the desk sirned for that tela.
grass? i waat;te wm any little bet,
yon nnderstand. Four nights age,
aronna fnaxz past eight name ex
Mrs. oe Jtfray
uoea4hanireiSy as compiled with
her request. lie ran p his finger
down the hotel ledger.
"Sorry. Miss Tyson. 1at yonre
going to loss your bet. For no tele,
gram earn for lira, de Bray while
here. he csust have bean eooefliv
yeol" - 8 . ; .-
Freteodins to whistle rtwfrfTv.
box aeugasea uei ner suspicions
were beinc verified. Vernon went aff
. m. r e a w
tO bed. I !;
She slept wen that nle-ht.' deanft
the fact that she was far from homo
human creature Is an adept at In
gratitude. If yea raise your own;
you are very lenient over this, bat
if adopted yon become very re
sentful had the child 'senses this.
There are so many apartment
bosses where "children are not
allowed.' Whose to blame?
Just' watch how they are permit
ted to tjreat other people's prop,
erty aad;: then how they soon learn
to respect the property of their
areata. gTbere are many fine chil
dren that even neglect cannot
spoil,, aad there are others show
MAY CHRISTIE
and oa her own! She was healthily
tired after the long trip, in the open
air.
Besides, the f uture looked bright
er now. She was on the scent of the
necklace. She I dreamed ahe was
with Terry Shannon explaining
everything about the "Prince" to
him telling him everything and
Terry was kissing ner
"Now I do call this kind and nice
of yon, my dear," declared Fannie
rrensham tn was the stout
lady's name a she leaned back
comfortably in the gorgeously ap
pointed limousine of the Tyson's,
next morning. "111 tell yon that in
this day and age not many young,
girls are as thoughtful of their
elders. Don't you agree with me,
Naomi?" v
The thin fr iend Mrs. Walters
nodded rath r grudgingly. 'All
Fannle's geese were swans, Naomi
often thought.
But the' cou itryside was lovely,
the sir fresh end bracing. Her
bones that had been poorly up
holstered by Nature were at ease
in the ovei -stuffed limousine.
Naomi began t enjoy the ride. Her
taut face relaxed.
Vernon had ' ordered her new
chauffeur (the1 detective) to lower
the screen of glass that divided him
from those in the interior of the car.
She wanted him to overhear every,
thing that might be said by the
ladies about the mysterious "Ma
dam Metchaeva". alias Mertina
de Bray. . , . J
To her relief, there were no com
plaints about a draught. And she
was overjoyed when Mrs. Frensliam
herself brought op the subject of
Mertina. . . . j .
"Did yon tea me last night that
Madame Metchaeva was a uet of
yours down here?" she queried
suddenly, r
"Yes. Mr mother LI tw
Did did you know . her well in
Europe?" . "
"Oh. So-SO. Ninml ant f ran
Into her in the variotu s.inn
She and that husband of hers are
pretty high flytrs."
We met then in Monte r.rU
several times. volunteered Mrs.
Nom Walters. "Great gamblers,
both of them. Fannie, yon remem
ber there was something shady
about ; the sudden way they cleared
out of Monte ?1 i
"Well, I wouldn't go so far as to
y that," Fannie hedged. She
looked dubiously at Vernon. It
wouldn't do te knock the child's
If1?. "But I did hear the casino
didnt like thehi system. Personally
rd nothing against Metchaeva. lie
seemed a gentlemanly enough chap.
She was nice enough, too"
.,ik TeTyody. Ttm're
5i2" lafal Naomi Irritably,
"Why. they're well-known adren.
to rers, Fannie.! You see him nsual
l tiumt he. He .works alone.
You coold have knocked me down
wah a feather when I ran into him
"5 f nIllU U Pre
tended not to see me, too!"
-pf here? Here la
this hotel?- Venon asked autekly.
lt2 Tident M1 McGraw at the
J-g mt paing one syllable
Nomi stared at her
f- Wasn't ha accompany,
tag his wife? You Just said sh was
here as your mother's tst?"
Jv I? deep breath and
pW. Sha drew ta in
Pfaport from her
iwLj?vi& "Sea those two
Ta Be! Continued)
tSS.S3as
ing; aa undercurrent of naughti
ness area with the best environ
meats. There's nothing mora
pleasing tfcajs watching a child
ran aad romp with his pal-dog,
bat there are people who put at
poison for the dog. risking the
ehila Ufa as well. Diaciliaers. who
think the world waa made tor
them, therefore it should run to
their Hkiag and that alone. 1 "-t
God who - created all Hviux
things aays -The meek shall in
herit the earth.
M. M ALLEN, f