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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 13, 1936
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"Vo Favor Sicay Us; No Fear ShaU Atce'
From First Statesman. March 21. 1851
Charles A. Spracus
StfEt-DO.N F. Sackett
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
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Bogeyman
WHAT a convenient device the bogeyman is '?. Mothers
have employed it for years and years for discipline of
their children. Perhaps to this day, as they did for cen
turies, Irish mothers invoke obedience by threat of the com
ing: of Cromwell's men. The method works during: childhood
'but. with widening of the 'eyes the threat fades and the
bogeyman becomes a myth
However, grown-up children still react to bogeyman of
certain kinds; and unfortunately never recognize they are
being bilked. Heads of states, for example, use the bogeymen
of foreign devils, to frighten their own subjects into obedi
ence. ; Are there murmurs among the people? Then start
jrumors of foreign intrigue, a good, old-fashioned spy scare,
or lurid news reports of military, activities by the neighbor
ing enemy, and presto, the populace musters into a common
f solidarity of opinion. ) -
: ' Thus France has lived on its fears and hates for Ger-
''many. Russia, once the big bogeyman to western Europe, now
."fceats alarums over nazi Germany to evoke popular loyalties,
i Sixteen men are sent to the death after a theatric trial in
. which such an incongruous bogey as Trotsky is conjured lip
?for the frightening of the radio audience. Mussolini keeps
: jltaly on the qui vive against unnamed enemies; and now
! Great Britain is madly building bomb shelters and fleets for
f Idefense against enemies it cannot identify. Even the United
States gets feverish, at least in the Sunday supplements, over
4 its "unpreparedriess", in spite of expending about the largest
sum of any country in the world. j V
f Bogeyman, bogeyman! When will people grow up and
I see how the use of bogeyman by rulers in order to maintain
jj their power is not only political artifice, but dangerous in
.'. itself by creating the very atmosphere in which war breeds ?
1 Just now Europe is busy arming itself for a war which it is
sure will take place, over unknown issues and between un
t known states. The internal shifts of government and the
i external shifts of alliances make it uncertain whether to-day's
enemy may not be tomorrow's friend, j -
V This country is just as susceptible to bogeyman as any
other. For years we have used the red bogeyman to frighten
the populace. Red communism wa3 just around the corner,
I : unless we voted "right" or acquiesced in the status quo. Any
r disturbance to political or business or social authority was
"financed by Moscow." Now we are busy conjuring another
bogeyman, the black one of fascism. This threat is being
i worked by politicians and reformers as a slur slogan. Tag a
candidate for of fice of a political leader as a fascist, and the
trick is supposed to cause his defeat. . !
The Statesman starts publishing today as a serial, one
of the important novels of our time, "It Can't Happen Here"
by Sinclair Lewis. It Actionizes "America under dictator-
r ship." We publish it not to exorcise a bogeyman; but to edu
; f cate the people in the technique of politicians without scruple,
j .and even of those who may have good purposes but endanger
j" political security- by short-cut political methods. The transl
ation from parliamentary government to a dictatorship may
be. catastrophic as in Italy with the "march on Rome"; or it
r may be gradual as in Germany where Hitler edged into power
j by degrees. In this country the course would be to make the
- congress subservient to the executive, a mere rubber stamp
for his will; to strip the supreme court of its power to
invalidate laws; to weaken and then to ignore the consti-
tutional guarantees; and finally to abolish the congress and
govern by decree. j
The Statesman would absolve both Roosevelt and Landon
of any communist or fascist purposes or sympathies. It re
gards as twaddle the attempt to pin "ist" labels on either of
them. The danger lies in the further decline of congressional
; dignity and independence as a legislative body, and in the
current threats against the authority of the supreme court.
; On this dual impairment some demagogue like Huey Long
may become the Buzz Windrip to seize dictatorial power in
this country. J
The savin cr trraees of Amerira hav rwn rmrmlur frf-
dom to "grouse ' or grumble, and the cleansing humor
which is infectious here. Between the two our rulers are
: usually forced to conform to safe rules of conduct. So long
. as they are preserved, "It Can't Happen Here.
Invagination as Light to Truth
ONE would expect in a work on "The Philosophy of
Physics" by the physicist who developed the quantum
theory, Dr. Max Planck, that the laymen would soon be
far beyond his depth. The contrary is true,! and this 1936
book is of interest to anyone curious about how this world
liangs, together DrrPIanck does not tell all the story; but he
:,, lines up very definitely on the side of those who believe there
is a causality in nature, and that so-called laws are not merely
I j the median of empirical data. But the point which the learned
: German scientist emphasizes is that scientific data must be
illuminated with imagination if they are to, be intelligently
t. synthesized. As he says :
; . .-..; "Science does not mean an idle resting upon a body of
fertaln knowledge; it means unresting endeavor and continually
progressing development towards an aim which the poetic in
tuition may apprehend, but which the intellect can never fully
grasp. i .
- Again he says: J
"There is an irrational core at the center of science which
; no intelligence can solve, and which no modern attempt at
'S : limiting by definition the tasks of science can. remove.
This does not mean that the patient accumulation of
- data through observation and experimentation is of less
value. It means that supplementing the plodding effort of
the laboratory must come the flash of ; the mind which
makes clear the meaning of the mountain of fact palnstak-
' : ingly assembled. j
Something of a parallel to these conclusions of Dr.
. Planck may be seen in an article in a recent Nation by Joseph
; - Wood "Krutch, eminent critic, writing undci the subject,
"Novelists know what Philosophers Don V The tendency
- of philosophers is to develop a closed system with the tool of
logic working in the ; material
! . savs Krutrh pvorv nViilnaonViv
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ic , or, using a more accurate
wnat is most true and most valuable in any philosophy ia
. not the tight and inclusive system which it presents but those
; glimpses and divinations and apercva which the philosopher
i - later formalized into his philosophical system."
It is art, thinks Krutch, which is more revealing than
;! philosophy. The artist lays his imagination over the cold
; concepts of the logician; and makes them luminous. That is
,;i why art is enduring, whether in poetry or music or painting
' ; or architecture E . , j
This truth was set down in an old booki which has been
; sc treasure-store of wisdom for many, centuries, in these
;.l familiar words: "Without vision, the people perish." The
j intuitive insight of the scientist, according to Dr. Planck,
makes possible the perception of natural laws which are not
self -revealing. The imagination of the poet, the novelist, the
. artist reveals truth which the logician cannot resolve with
syllogisms. For the common citizen the "vision" which is
usually a religion, gives meaning to the riddle of life and
of nature.
:
EditoT'IImnaffer
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like Santa Claus.j
of concepts. In consequence,
mnef aai-ifia tmtti .lo;f
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term, too logical, whereas
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
First bridge across j 9-13-38
Willamette was at saiem
not Portland; Oregonian off:
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A crowa esumaiea ai zu.vvu peo
pie attended the dedication of
third (present) bridge across the Atner I c a n Le
.; .UJon. The Got.
y luauiffiut "
was July 30. f
A fair idea of it may be bad
from the headlines of The SUtes-
i -i
man oi vvcuucsuay. - y
reading. - f
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"Traffic of years to come Is
led by ruril tractor, first vehicle
. . , ,
lO cross new Dnage. r
VJck Bros, pay 500 .for prlT -
Ilege of being first over span,!
while Polk countv farmer's wife
gives $100 for honor of switching
aglow decorative light standards.
Little Rovena Eyre draws cord
mat releases xiooa or nowers d-
neath arch, and young women set
semaphones that open structure
to world's travel. Day features
patriotic activity of two counties.
Twenty thousand witness dedlca-
tlon ceremonies and big sum oil
money is netted by Red Cross.
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Governor James Withy combe
led the procession, and Frank
Davey delivered the , dedicatory
address.
More than 93,000 was nettea
for the Red Cross funds, Salem j thought. It wanted collective se
chapter, which money was need-Icurlty. with sanctions to enforce
ed, American soldiers in France
having begun full participation in
the great push that led to- the
armistice. :
;
The sale of flags netted about
1,250, Dr. Alice Bancroft having
bid in the last one at $5.10. at
auction.
The rest of the net sum was
realized largely from tooa ana
refreshment stands.
The last of the foodstuffs was
auctioned off by Charles R. Arch -
erd and Dr. H. C. Epley. j
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The total cos t of the third
uiiuge was approxiuiaieiy
000, of which Folk county con-
iriDutea aooui i,uvu, aiariou
county ine resx. I
Tnat bridge nas stood is years.
After seven more years, it will
begin the period in -which the steel
work may begin the disintegrating
process cauea crystunzaiion, or
metal iaugue. ;
Not being- overloaded, this may
not cause dangerous weakness for
u yea.rs mure, or even iuSer. ,
tsm engineers iigure. or aia ng-
ure on 75 years as the limit
of full safety, and 25 years i as the
oegmning um ior crysuiuz-t.ou
to ive some weakness and, In
case of overloading, possible great
very strong. IN contains 650 tons
of steel. Some of the piers extend
38 feet below low water.
The clearing above low water ia
65 feet.
At the time of construction.
some people advocated a complete
reinforced concrete structure.
which would have cost $100,000
more, or perhaps a good d e a.1
larger sum.
The argument was. that a con
crete bridge might be so construct
ed as to-be absolutely perman
ent; that would last "forever."
Forever is beyond the reach of
imagination, and no one can say
that anything m this world will
endure indefinttely: or the world
itself. t
As voted above, the World war
was in its closing stages when our
third Willamette bridge was dedi
cated. ' ! '
It is Interesting to know what
was being said about it at that
time. Below are some editorial
comments from The Statesman:
W
Herr Herget. Prussian minister
of finance had aaid in a speech of
January 16. 191$:
"The great army over the water
nhot swim and cannot fly; i it
cannot
will not come
The Statesman's leading edi
torial of that day said In part:
."The American soldiers, who
could not fly across the Atlantic,
and who could not awim across,
are in France; the number of
them is approaching two millions
and two millions more a r e in
training nr irntnr fn mil will ro. I
If necessary to win the war for
democracy.
"Will they fight? Can they
fiirht
"They are smashing the best J
troops Germany has. They arei'n'"" "u7 swmwi ru couu
the best soldiers the world has tries which have recently been In.
even seen, in very way. volved 4n war and which may
"And they are the best partly soon.be Involved again. He might
because they are unselfish cru- have planned to invite, the rep
sad ers, fighting for the good' of resentatives of some of the coun
the whole world. Including the tries who stayed out of the last
poor cannon fodder being sent
against them. ' s
And the Bits for Breakfast col- I
umn had this paragraph on that I
day:
"The French are trying to keep I
up with the Sammies, as they
hurry ahead, lffking the Prussian,
guards and the Bavarians, the
Nrack troops of the kaiser's
ies. And the French are having to
speed, up some, too."
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A news Item of that day record-1
ed the fact that American troops j
from the western sections of the I
United States had fought for the I
possession of the town of Sergy, I
France, which had changed hands
four times between daylight and I
dark, and was then in American i
hands. . i 1
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Yes. our "Sammies" fought as I
crusaders In the war to end war, Jwerp.
and to make the world safe fori -Holland fortified and sent her
democracy. ; (ambassadors to Brussels and
And now look at it! I
It la mostly dressed up in red I
shirts, or brown or black ones,
and even France has gone half
shlrtward, while the brain trust
la the United States might at any
time appropriately don pink I
shirts to substitute for the appar-1
el of what we have heretofore '
called the white collar class!
On vjttie Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
Peace by Will Power
On Mnftdav RArimiAr t nlnt
.aid a few undramatie but verr
"sensible words about peace, and
he chose an ex
cellent forum In
I them: a meet ine
I j
- iof the state con
fvention of the
ernor said tht
inteUigent lerls
lation might les-
I sen tne danger
I of beinsr drawn
into war hut he Thompton
(.ddnd that th onlv real bulwark
against .war was the will to peace,
I willingness to sacrifice short-run
P"! wiUingness also . to
(stifle the national Affections
I whtch . wa hold tar thA lsnrla of
0ur ancestors. "We must," he
said, "keep our heads.
, ,ww- " l1 woV D Tel7 8at
aBteeg Uw that we wIU peTer
ga Into another war. r to those
I who think that in order not to
I be Involved In another war we
J must reform the world and see
1 that there are no more Fascist
I dictatorships. ' But yon cannot
J keep peace and engage in a holy
crusade. If anything has been
demonstrated in the last months.
I it is that you cannot be at the
same time a pacifist and an Inter.
T national reformer.
; The British Labor party h a s
I cot itself into a most serious dil-
emma by this confusion of
(peace on the wicked aggressor,
I and it wanted at the same time
I British disarmament, i The result
I was that Britain rot! out on a
limb from which she had to re-
treat with considerable Ignominy.
I A n d the cause of International
peace was certainly HI served
I Now Britain has crone Into re-
verse. She Is armlnr with tre-
mendous speed, while the coun
I try goes through a revulsion of
I feelingr. movinr to the nosltion
1 that Britain from now on will
fight exclusivelr for i British in-
I tereats. First too had holv mi.
1 8ders. nlus naciflsm: now -von
jure armament, plus pacifism
Neither- seems a Terr rood com-
I bination.
; wa h hnth vknAti fn tht
country. Our pacifists parade in
demonstrations for the Spanish
loyalists, although a parade In
Manhattan won't help the fight
inr Snanlards a bit. Our most
I rtrnint nattnn9iiBta n. nn
a occasions to avoid entangling
f alliances, and then nlumn for vast
i nf n- -mM fnr.. K.
yond a possible need for the
defense of our own ghoreg or ad
jacent waters againpt Invasion,
Th0 RoogeTelt administration
U-iir. hnnt an VAi-hhn ht
gress one of the most Incendiary
speeches against Japan which has
been heard from a responsible
public personage for years. Affi
as Mr. Charles Taft pointed' out
last Sunday, in a speech In Maine,
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Although we want ; peace with
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Hawaii and westward.
Our current appropriation for
the Army and Navy is a billion
and a quarter dollars, 68 per cent
more than It was three years
ago. And yet we originated and
sned a pect never to use war
o m u itis ii uuieui, vt uiiiuuai pot
Icy. There is more militarism in
this country at this moment than
there has ever been in peace
time; more money spent for war
preparation; greater expansion of
military training of civilians, al
though what in the world we want
a big land army for, unless to
ship it once again I overseas. Is
something I have never been able
to understand.
It would appear from a study of
recent history that the way to
keep international peace Is, first
j ol all. very passionately to de
sire ii ; to regard it as -a tnoni
value in Itself; to confine one's
Galahading to the soil of one's
own country, where one has duties
as a citizen, and to be quite clear
that, although we may loathe and
hate dictatorship, our sole busi-
ness is to keep it off American
soil. In other words, clearly to
define what our business is and
t&en mind K.
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When the President (according
to Mr. Krock) was considering
a ' peace t conference of world
statesmen he evidently planned to
war and ask them how they did
it. Holland, for Instance. For
that country has a right to talk
about peace.
Holland gave up war a great
many years ago. She had had a
lot of wars, and she hacTlost most
of them, and apparently It dawned
upon all Dutchmen, who are very
practical men, that wars don't
arm-1py.v Hi
Holland seems to have de-
cided by an almost unanimous at-
tltude of mind that It is cheaper
to buy wnat one wants than to
fight for It. Holland didn't go
in much for pacifism. She went
in for peace.. In 1910, when the
premonition of war was hanging
over Europe, Holland decided to
fortify the mouth of the Scheldt
River. There was an Interna-
tional outcry. The Entente con.
tended that it had the rixht to use
the Dutch part of the Scheldt, In
case of a German threat to Ant-
Paris to make clear that she was
fortlfxinc for reasons of peace, in
order In the future to allow Ger-
man; no pretext for possible In-
tervention. -
Aa a result of this move, the
German general staff rearranged
Its plan of operation In case of
war with France. Von Moltke's
memoirs reveal that the original
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Von Schlleffen plan contemplated
the violation of both Belgium and
Holland. ;
Holland built a crack army, and
when the war broke out mobilized
it and kept it mobilized at great
expense during the entire hostili
ties. It was perfectly clear that
any one who invaded Holland
would not have an easy time of it.
small though the country was. But
having done this Holland took
more blows on the chin, more in-
jsults to national pride, more in.
terierence ana more suffering
than is easily Imaginable. She
was between two fires. Her eco
nomic prosperity was bound up
with that of Germany. Most In
dividuals in Holland . were not
neutral in their feelings. For. one
thing, the Boer War was not yet
forgotten. On the other hand.
Dutchmen did not like German
militarism, and were outraged at
the violation of Belgium. The En
tente and' the Alliance both con
ducted propaganda campaigns in
Holland. Britain enforced a
blockade against Dutch food ships
to Germany; Dutch neutrality, on
the other hand, protected Ger
many's right flank. And the clos
ure of the Scheldt against
which France had protested
prevented Germany from using
Antwerp as a submarine . base.
German and British airplanes both
strayed Into Dutch territory; Pro
tests came to Holland from both
sides; from Britain, when Hol
land excluded armed British mer-
chantment from her harbors:
from Britain again when Holland
allowed the Germans . to trans
port sand along her waterways
for dugouts. Both sides penal
ized her. and both sides violated
her neutrality. London rationed
her on the 'basis of pre-war sta
tistics, and Ludendorff threatened
to overrun the country as a re
sult. An ultimatum was actually
presented by Germany, but Hol
land kept cool, and it was with
drawn.
We are told that capitalism and
the trade, conflicts are responsi
ble for wars. Holland Is a con
servative and highly capitalistic
country. She depends for her life
on international trade. Four.
fifths of her grain supply comes
from abroad, and she must im
port coal and raw materials as
well. Her sea-borne trade was
strangled. The Germans laid
mines before English ports; the
British laid them in " the North
Sea, and regardless of the Treaty
of London Britain controlled the
trade of neutral states adjacent to
Germany, and, finally. In the
spring- of 1915 did away with' all
distinctions between legitimate
and contraband goods and shut
out of Holland everything even
suspected of a German destina
tion. Holland's trade, even -with
her own colonies, was .interfered
with. ' Dutch vessels were sunk by
German submarines.
i And still the obstinate Dutch
8Wed out of the war.
And when it was over they got
ack to work, and reorganized
their laws, extended the social ser
vices of the state, rebuilt the
country from end to end, abol
ished slums and added a new rich
province to the nation by dumping
the sea out of it in one of the
most grandiose engineering feats
in history. The national pride Is
In the universities, the art col.
lections, the public parks and
beaches, the order, the thrift, the
social Justice, the tolerance, the
gleaming and beflowered windows
of a nation without a slum.
Governor Landon Is right. To
maintain peace ene must keep
one's shirt on and xoncentrate
one's moral crusades where they
will do the most good.
Copyright, 1938, New York Tribune Ine.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL & COPELAND, M. D.
Catted States senator from Ntw Tors.
Former Commlntoaer of Health.
New Tork City
AT. THIS season of the year I
receive numerous inquiries about
Infantile paralysis. The presence
of this disease In the community
causes a great deal of anxiety and
even fear. Mothers are always
concerned about the welfare of
' their children. Of course, they are
anxious to learn how they can pro
tect their dear ones from disease
and suffering.
Infantile paralysis, or "anterior
pouomyelitLr as the doctors call
it, la not a new disease. It has
been known as an enemy of man
kind for many centuries. But It
is only within recent years that It
: has attracted such close attention,
As is true in most other ail
ments, early recognition of Infan
tile paralysis Is necessary if there
is to be hope of a speedy and com
plete cure. Skilled" medical atten
tion is necessary. Let me Impress
upon you the danger of trying to
make your own diagnosis of what
alia you or any member of your
family. When it comes to treat
ment, certainly, self-medication
should not he resorted to because
It may prove harmful.
Disease Cnrahto
Many of the persons who fear
Infantile paralysis the most, appear
deliberately to Ignore nature's
warning signs. This is unfortu
nate, for with proper care and
nursing the disease la often, cur
able, and certainly serious cc im
plications can be presented. Paral
ysis and permanent deformity can
usually be avoided if certain dan
ger signals are quickly recognized
and heeded. 4
It must be admitted that early
recognition may be difficult. The
disease often comes on suddenly
and. so closely resembles a cold at
first ' that its true nature Is not
suspected. The - victim has fever
and complains of various digestive
symptoms.
Since it is Important to make a
diagnosis before; the paralysis ap
pears, the doctor may regard it as
advisable to resort to tapping the
spinal cord. This is reaUy a sim
ple procedure. The spinal fluid wiU
reveal the presence or absence of
the disease. This is true in a great
... .si ) s i - - - - - ' .
Glittering Girl
CHAPTER XXXIV
"Hit my high-and-mlghty cou
sin fairly in the eye, eh, what.
old dear?" giggled Nan to "Fog
gy," as, supporting each' other a
little rockily, the pair found
themselves before the long buffet
table. "Foggy started to pour
out further liquid libations.
"Quite a biff in the solar plex
us! They both looked miffed!
Shouldn't be surprised if she
takes your advice and marries
him! Wish I was as handsome as
Shannon! He gets the luck! I'm
out!" gurgled "Foggy."
- "But you don't care for her?
You care for me!" Nan corrected
him sharply. : Ugly as "Foggy"
was. an entirely devoid of that
intriguing commodity, sex-appeal.
his money TALKED! A sudden
scheme, born of her slap In the
face from invulnerable Terry, and
of the many and mixed potions
she had consumed thereafter.
sprang to .Nan's mind.
"Foggy let's elope tonight!
Let you and I spring a grand
surprise on all the female cats
and he-male dogs, and get mar
ried!" "Whash thash you shay?" He
swung round on . her, his drink
poised in mid-air, his buck teeth
protruding comically.
"'Foggy,' you've got your car
below. Let's pull a fast one on
em and be off to Greenwich or
Maryland or wherever a judgell
splice us!"
He gaped at her. Even at that
percentage of cases, even in the
early stages. "
Serom Inoculations
Previous to the paralytic stag
of the disease, there is a great deal
of muscular irritability, indicated
by twitching and constant move
ments, of the Involved muscles.
These symptoms may continue for
several days and then be followed
by paralysis.
Not every case of infantile paral
ysis reaches this stage. Often the
disease runs a mild course and
complete recovery ' takes place
within a shore tune. Serum inoc
ulations, given before the paralytic
stage is- reached, win . materially
lessen the degree of paralysis and
hasten the cure.
Answers to Health Queries
A. 3. Q. Could you please ad
vise me as to- how a 15-year-old
boy can gain weight?
A. Diet Is important. For fun
particulars restate your question
and send a stamped, self -addressed
envelope.
H. M. Q. Would a child i
years of age have a constant dry
cough if afflicted with worms T
What treatment do you advise for
worms in children?
. A. Possibly, it would be wise
to have an examination made to
determine definitely the cause of
the irritation. . For fun particulars
restate your question and send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope.
N. F. Q. My son, a young man
of 27. la troubled with bed; retting.
Be has had treatment without suc
cess for both bladder and kidney
trouble. He has a bad cough and
also a spot on the lung. What
wowa you aavise in nis case T
Av This condition should have
careful medical attention. The pa
tient should make every effort to
improve bis general health and re
sistance. His doctor win outline
the proper treatment.
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4asfies trrnm reefers wW seat sa
mmuw
ther '. a44reM ail fotto
t Dr. CUa4 la emr f thl
ii ipMH a us mia taci ia tats
city.
CopyrtgM. 133 1. K. F. t, lucj
"Ssh-h-h! He's asleep at
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exciting moment, fCan thought
with a pang how unattractive he
was! .. J I
4 "You'd merry me, Nan? To
nfehtsh? j .
"Uh-ha. Speak loer. Don't let
'elm guess. iTomodfow the pa
Pfrs'U ring ifith it'J"
This would be tif for tat with
Shannon. A Quick salve to
her outraged pridei Already she
saw the big headlines . . "BEAU
TIFUL AND POPULAR DAUGH
TER OF OLD KNICKERBOCK
ER FAMILY ELOPES WITH
BLUE - BLOODEb MILLION
AIRE" . . j f '
I f
!: Before thel triple mirror of her
dressing-table in the luxurious
bedroom of jtheir apartment sat
Vernon Tyson, her face strained
and wan after last "night's party
w)th its disturbing Incidents.
fit was four o'clock in the af
ternoon.' Allj day siie had been
able to settle: to nothing. Her ears
were keyed to the! ring of the
telephone, to the fwrhirr of the
door-bell, toj the hope that. Terry
might in some way! communicate
With her. . 4' , .
jj As the day worel on", her de
pression increased, t
jtXow Mrs. Van T-le was com
ing to call on herf mother, and
Sidle Tyson; in another manner
equally on edge had command
ed her daughter t4 freshen up,
tf beautify herself.!
f'Aren't you tickled to death
tjat she's : anxious I to cultivate
ui. Vernon? Don'tl you realize
what a feather IhS Our cap to be
able to say we're onf calling terms
wjin aucn an important person in
Society? And herj son himself
bringing you home last night, and
wanting you but with him tonight.
and all! Why, it's Jitst grand! All
tae money your Pai and me are
spending la coming right back to
us in social position Maggie I
mean Vernon. It's iiy dream be
nig realized!! f
I don't want te ro out to
night with j 'Teddy Van Tyle.
Mother. I'm tired." f
I Mrs. Tyson drew in her Hds. "I
declare I could spank you. vou
.Ungrateful girl! Buf go you shall
1 m not going to nave vou home
on my hands this evening moping.
wnen one of the west names lu
the land is after yim. What are
all these expensive! clothes for:
I'd like to know, dnless you ko
Out and are seen in (hem?' -
Mr. Van Tyle's all rlrht. Mo-
fiber, but he simply Idoesn't inter
est me. So why shodld I bore mr-
felf?" ; I -
f I "Don't come the great lady over
me until you ARE one. Mazrie
Tyson! Remember this town's full
of women a whole heap better-
looting than; you, fand the men
can pick and . choose, knowing
there's as good fish; in the sea as
ever came out of it. and the catch
ing'a.easy. YOnr Pa) and me ean't
havetyou forever o our hands
it's no good me pretendlna- vou're
only 18 whenj right how, with that
suiky face and yoM refusing to
put on a bit Of paint, you look all
of 25! For the land's sakes. cheer
lip and act like afdee-boo-tantie
that s got money arid rood clothes
and kind parents a-nd one of the
best names in tow interested In
Her!" 1 - . s
j Vernon smiled Wanly.
"They'll be saying you're grier-
ng for that brute of a Prince Ksr-
Inoff If vou i don't f chirk nn And
Show yourself in public, proceed-
a ner mother. -But don't yon
think Iln going to let you tumble
nto another mesat tbroush not
being properly chaper-oh-nied! I
go- right along with you tonight.
waggie. 1 oung van Trlell think
all the more of yon,' knowing he
cant put anything; over on yon
with your own mother rlrht at
your side!- I
Have It your blrn wav " na.
ceded Vernon apathetically, it
would eertatnlT beia. omint
mg wim ner mother as the third
angle of the triangle. She couldn't
i tlsuallze Toddy" an Tyle's face
last!"
by
MAY CHRISTIE
when, he learned that Sadie was
coming with them.
The telephone rang. Would it
be Terry . . .? Terry whom she
had left last night without an ex-,
planation of her sudden fit of
tears over the announcement of
what seemed to be the Karinof f
de Bray elopement! She had rush
ed from Terry's side in nervous
confusion, and locked herself in
a bathroom of the Van Tyle's
house until she had regained com
posure. .
"What on earth could he have
thought of -me?' had . been turn
ing in her mind all day long.
The obvious answer to that, of
course, was that he had erron
eously but naturally surmised she
was in love with "Prince Karin
off." and heart-broken that be
had gone off with another wo
man! If Terry only knew that the un
expected rush of tears had been
pure nerves, plus relief at t h e
"Prince's" departure! But some
how afterwards, she had had no
opportunity of explaining things
to him. Today Van Tyle had de
liberately claimed her for the rest
of the evening. Then, in lieu of
defaulting "Foggy" Henson, he
had brought her home.
Before her mother could reach
the telephone for Sadie was tre
mendously inquisitive Vernon
had picked up the receiver.
The call. alas. Was not from
Terry, but from Mr. Drouet the
Jeweler. He had had an expert
examine the papers regarding the
Customs Declaration of the neck'
lace, and It was exactly as Ver
non had surmised. The papers
were forged. I
"Mr. Drouet has been down to
the Customs House with the fake
papers, and of course if Prince
Karinoff or rather, Serge Met
chaeva were here, he would be
arrested for forgery at once," Ver
non told her mother.
"And theft, too. But they'll get
after him yet, for all that he's
sneaked oft to Europe with that
serpent, Mertina."
"I hope they, don't arrest him.
I don't want to be dragged into
a big scandel. Mother.
"Then you'd best- get married,
quick, and the whole thing'U blow
over!" llloglcally.
Having said her say, Sadie wad
dled out to the drawing room to
see that everything was In readi
ness - to receive the aristocratic
Mrs. Tyle. Short of being a real
Princess (as she had hoped for
her daughter) the good old Dutch
name wasn't to be sneezed at. She
was "gasping" to ret Vernon mar
ried "Into the best eirelas.
Continued on page 6
Ten Years Ago
September 13. 132s
Twenty-four hour shift may
be added at SUte Lime plant as
orders axe piling up despite
double crew.
Additional tax cot Is needed
says Congressman Hawiey drain
on corporations is declared too
heavy. ' .
Governor Pierce s e n t a tele
gram to Queen Marie of Rouman
la arginr that she nar Ore eon a
visit while in the U. 8.
Twenty Veers-Ago
September II. lllf
Bank finances will pay for flax.
Ladd and Bush will advance
115.000 needed to pay farmers
for straw. .
A rousing welcome Is being
planned for Salem soldiers when
the arrive next week. A banquet
and dance la being planned by
the Patriotic league.
Friendly calls sre exchanged by
Wilson at New London in hces
and Mexico to bo friendly and