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THE D fllb Y TIDINGS EDITORIAL and
C. J. READ, H a w i n g Editor
A SH LA N D
D A IL Y
T ID IN G S
B elieve It Or N ot
We learn that prospective brides taking a
course in home m aking at an eastern university
are advised not to be too neat about their house
keeping. “ Neatness has broken up many a hom e,”
they were told in the first lesson.
Of course, there is probably a word of wisdom
in this advice, but it is the kind that needs to be
taken conditionally. It is like English grammar in
that the exceptions are as important as the rule and
the frequency of their occurrence just; about equal.
I t isn ’t the fact o f neatness which gets the
American husband’s goat, but nagging neatness, and
that needs explanation too. The average husband
likes to be proud of the little woman’s housekeeping
and h e’ll brag of her fussing about the curtains’
and rugs and the kitchen floor. H e even likes to be
badgered just enough so that he thinks he is get
ting away w ith something when he drops ashes cn
the rug or tracks in a little mud. He is proud to
have her tell company that she doesn’t know what
he would do if hfe didn’t have her to clean up
after him. It makes him feel more masculine and
im portant B ut if the little woman’s reprimands,
come too often and too loud, that is som ething else
again.
♦
It ban been our observation a spotless house
keeper is often a quarrelsome wife. Solomon plain
ly didn’t know what to do about a quarrelsome
wife. “ Hunt a cyclone cellar,” was in effect the
best advice he could,give.
“ It is b e tte r /’ said he, “ to dwell in the w ild
erness than with a contentious and angry wom an.’’
But that advice isn ’t practicable to twentieth
century America. I t has been tried with the result
that the follower of it generally gets yanked by the
soruff of the. neck and thrown in jail for wife
desertion.
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A divorce court judge recently gave more prac
tical, if less palatable, advice. “ Do what she te|l
you to do,” says the judge. “ T h a t’s the only way
to get along w ith women.”
D on’t marry until you arc your own boas,” is
the advice o f a noted Englishman to the men of
the younger generation.
W hat does he mean ‘‘until you are your own
b o ssf” Would he have a man achieve independence
only to lose it at the altar or does he think that
onoe achieved it becomes a permanent possession
like a trophy cup won three tim es! Moreover, what
in thunder is an unmarried man if he isn ’t his own
boss! Certainly he is as near being his own master
during bachelorhood as he can ever hope to be.
Men hav$ plunged blithely into matrimony
with the idea that so simple an operation would
make no difference. Many of them are now paying
alimony more or less regularly. Those who aren’t
are those who wisely prefer peace to independence.
Queen Marie’s Clothes
The arrival of Queen Marie in America will
be a sad day for the average American husband.
The Queen, we are told, is bringing a wardrobe that
is almost certaifa to establish many new styles on
this continent. New Styles are such a drain on the
weekly pay envelope!
And in contrast to Qneeu Marie we have the
case of the Queen of tlje Belgians, who, we are in
formed, hasn’t bobbed her hair as was recently mis
takenly rumored. Not that it cuts any ice with the
lives and fortunes of womankind generally, but
it is interesting to know that in the world of fashion
there is one woman at least who is proof against tlic
temptation to go with the crowd.
Twelve master minds pasg on a novel now be-
for it is accepted for the movies, a dispatch says
But now and then they get a rash under their arms,
of course.
Heigh-ho! The gra]>cH are going east again,
more and more baby girls are 1>cing liorn every
year and songs still are being published.
A ll th a t’s keeping un out of the lake these days
is the lack of a song whose title might be: “ Peaches,
P ap a’s Pining for Y ou.”
Friday is unlucky. It usually comes the day be
tyre p»ydtY when you are broke.
When you dance them* tlayn, you rnuHt pay the
battery man.
By Williams
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CHAPTER
I I — Lydia.
1
Maguhau. to« to w a ’s beaker. Jotas
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ther calls on Amos to eomplato,
b u rn in g L y d ia fo r the mishap.
C H A P T E R l i t — L yd ia explain»
the accident aad aaaaris th a t ee-
cauaa M arg e ry la coueldared '»tuck
up" ahe la ao t a popular playm ate.
M arshal) arranges fe r L y d ia to
teach M a rg e ry to swim and other
wise beooaa»' "one o f the crowd.”
L e rin e tell« Amoa hie plan to take
tim b er from the Ind ian reservation
and u ltim a te ly have U , opened fe r
settlement.
Tomorrow’s
What Others Say
HOROSCOPE
By Genevieve Kemple
W ED NESD A Y, OCTOBER 10.
The general trend
of
events for this days is a
happy and prosperous one,
judging by the ftlqndiyjppai-
tlon of Important planets.
Yet the most propltlods cir
cumstances may he jeopard
ized by the
tendency to
rash and insufficient con
sidered moves or changes
or by irrita b ility , misrepre
sentation or other impron-
dent actions. Properly man
ipulated, w ith speculation
and extravagance shunned,
there should be many bene
fits, especially through the
removal of old obstructions
or through the intervention
pf friends.
Those whose birthday it
Is may expect a year of
much happiness and success
if they w ill determine not
to Jeopardise their excellent
prospects by hasty and ill-
advised actions.
Changes
and travel should be well
considered a n d
specula
tion. A child born on tbla
avoided. . Be careful of all
fraud and
misrepresenta
tion. A child born on this
day will have many splendid
opportunities, for which It
w ill be fitted by excellent
talents, but It will also have
many personal tendencies
to regulate and control.
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(Now go on w ith the story)
mlttened bands clasping her knees.
Kent stood staring at his little
ehum. Ha took in the faded Slue
tan», the outgrown coat, the red
mittens, so Imdly mended, the leg
gings with patches on the knees.
T hen he eyed the heavy circles
around her eyes end the droop to
the month that was meant to be
merrv, u.
. (B aker H erald )
The political news s’ orles
in the two lending Portland
papers yesterday were vary
inform ative.
They
dis
closed Just what the two pa
pers hope w ill happen.
’ The biggest need In
teriä is traffic cops.
Faith, to amount to anything,
has got to have long roots.
The kiss of innocence is mere
ly contact and an exchange of
saliva.
A real liar never feels at home
until he gets, on the witness stand
under oath«
Happiness is that condition of
mind where you have nothing to
do and plenty of time to do it.
In listening to two women talk
it is often impossible to make out
the subject of th e ir conversation.
Hez Heck says: “No m atter
kow small the town, you kin git
into jist as big a jam with a wo
man as you kin in New York
City.”
(Cottage Grove Sentinel)
The person who eats his
vitals cut with envy Is due
fo r a tong attack of bilious
ness. .
Some people*take pleasure
In predicting that all sorts of
terrible things are going to
happen.
A proposed reform is of
ten made possible and popu
la r because of the arguments
against it.
The fellow who nails a lie
and makes it stick is a
knocker wort a while.
(Cottage Grove SentlmJ)
The big issue in the coun
ty commissioner fight
w ill
be how >600,000 of O. & C.
land grant refund money Is
to be spent. W hy not l«avo
the decision to a taxpayer’s
meeting after tbe money la
received?
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
10 Years Ago
20 Years Ag<
30 Years Agi
Mias Myra
Homes
visited
Frank Bess of the
Southern
Pacific a ir department' has been friends at Grants Pass last week.
transferred . from Dunsmuir to
Ashland and is moving his fam
ily to thia city.
W . J. Virgin, Ute merchant
miller, has returned from a busi
y . O. N. Smith and J. W. Mc ness trp to Northern Calif oral«.
Coy left today ror Povtiana where
they w ill attend the state bankers
convention.
Miss Floy McNeill has returned
from Portland where abe has
been taking a course In bustanna
M r. and M r * J. H. Turner training, and has taken a poaitlon
returned from California Thurs In the teaching force at the State
day, accompanied by their daugh Normal.
ter, Ruth.
* Newton Harrison has taken an
interest In the Ashland Vulcanis
ing W orks, recently established
by W . 8> Weaver and Ellis Nell.
Messrs Weaver and Harrison will
conduct the business and have the
agency, for the Chevrolet car.
B. W . and N, A- .H ayes and
their faratllea are new arrivals la
Ashland from
Grays
Harbor,
Wash. They came overland from
Portland bringing three teams,
and expect to locate here If they
can ftod occupation tos them-
eelvee and teams.
Wallace Rogers and H. C. Dol
la r hide started Saturday morning
for Dunsmuir.
They go
(n
search for q lost gold mine to tbe
Sacramento river.
Harry Thought It Was Marvelous
was Just from having heard his
friend play with so much natural
talent that he thought he eouta
le a n easily.
But his father thought it would
be nice if his son could really play
the violin, nod perhaps 1 m could.
Who would ever know unless be
was given a chance to try?
And yet ne did not want him to
waste hie time learning something
that would be diflcult If be really
did not show talen t About that
Ida father had doubts.
But so oae really knew how
deeply H arry cared about music.
That vs> because he *aU vary Ut-
tto eheut what ha « * « * for
tot shyly, and very
quietly, to himself.
flo he becan his
teak them twice Sweak rfte r school
was over. I t was surprising how
he managed to take lessons and
practice a little and do hie 1—
a little and get through all right,
and etui have plenty of time tor
plBjr,
But he did. And quickly, very
quickly, It was only too clear that
Harry had a ST**t genius for un-
<tarstsndtng the violin
*
*
studying.
give
H u violin was net ea a
ight
ona
But from it H arry
so
and
and
H id
Idle,
ived
oore
jved
tain
the
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i to-
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m t
8. P. and D. H. Barneburg
have moved to the Valley from
the Dead Indian ranch io r ibe
wlator.
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DAILY BIBLE PASSAGE
Mias Nellie Bolton etairtad
Friday evening for Grant* Paas
to take charge of a schonl near
that place, for the winter.
“H e that hath my command
ments, and keepeth them, he it
Is that loveth ma; and he that
loveth me a te » he loved of my
Rather, e s id a wBI love- M m,
and wUl manifest myaelf to
W a lter Conner of the Hotel
Oregon and his brother-ta-lax, E*
Travlab, a m ail coaductor, start
ed today for Romburg to l*vestl-
W e have MM sb —w and— »ta
In.the New TeataaaaAt.ted.tkte
Ja< ihowi onr ■> lo v e 1 1or ■, H im MS
tested. How db w e'keep His
commandments?
gato wv«nM 9®» '»ntog to to»1
vicialty.
gingerbread awaiting m e n .
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“Sea i f yon can get bar to eat,
Kent?’ aald Llside.
“Sure. ails'll eat,” Kent answered
her.
“Gimme back my hanky,
L yd t”
Llzgje gave a keen look at Lyd
ia’s tear-stained face and tamed
back In a moment to And Lydia si
lently eating what Kent bad set
before her.
Kent ate hngely and talked tritti-
oet ceasetlo* About what, Lydia
did not know, for the sleep that bad
been denied her was claiming her.
She did not know that she almost
burled her head In her second cup
of cocoa, nor that Kant helped car
ry her to t»e conab behind the liv
ing room base burner.
“Is she sick ? Shall I get the doc-
to rt* be whispered as old LiSsie
tucked a shawl over her.
“M ckl
Mo!
No!
She’s Just
dead for sleep. She’s neither cried
nor bat nor had a decent hour of
sleep since It happened. And now,
thankr to yoq, she's done all three.
You are a good boy, Kent Moul
ton.“
Kent looked suddenly foolish and
embarrassed.
“Aw—that’s noth
ing," he muttered. “Where’s my
cost? Maybe I ’ll come out again
tomorrow, if I ain’t got anything
better to do."
'
A ll the rest of the .winter after
noon, Lydia slept.
Amoe came
home at sevga aad ha aad Lizzie
ate supper In silence except for the
old lady’s story of Kent’s visit
“Poor young ene," muttered
Amos, looking slowly toward the
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child and *U forget M soon.“
Lizzie gave Amoe a curious
glance. “You don’t know Lydia,
Amoe,” she said.
He did not seem to hear her. He
moved his chair toward the Move,
y. his feet oa the tender, lighted
pipe aad then eat without mov
ing until a stamping of teat and'a
hearty rap on the door roused him.
Lizzie let John Levine in.
“Where’s Lydia?” was LaMne’s
first question.
Lizzie pointed to the couch,
I where,' undisturbed, Lydia slept on.
“Good!” said John. He drew his
chair up beside Amos, and the two
tell into low-voiced conversation.
It must have been nine o’clock
when Lydia opened her eyes to'
hear Amos say fretfully :
“I tali you I went to him today
as I ’ll go to no man again. I
begged him to renew the note, but
he insisted his duty to the hank
wouldn’t let him. I told him it
would put you In a terrible fix, that
you’d gone on the note when you
couldn’t afford i t
He grinned a
devil’s grin then and said, ’Amos,
I know you’ve got nothing to loee
in this. I f you had, for the sake
of your children—I mean Lydia—
I ’d hold off. But Levine ean fix It
up !’ ”
—
“So I could, ordinarily,” said Le
vine in a troubled voice. "Buf It
just happens that everything I've
got on earth is shoe-stringed ont to
bang onto that pine-section of mine
up In Bear county. I ’m mortgaged
up to my eyebrows.
Marshall
knows it and sees a chance to get
hold of the pines, d—n him 1“
Lydia sat up and rubbed her
eyea
“Well 1 WeH I young Lydia,” cried
Levine. “Had a fine sleep, didn't
you !”
*Tm awful hungry,” said the
child.
“Bless your soul.” exclaimed Liz
zie. ‘T il warm your supper up for
you in a minuté.”
Lydia stood with bands out
stretched to the base burner, her
hair tumbled, her glance traveling
C
* Her Foot.
want waa only a boy, but be was
mature in spite of his heedless
ways. Staring at the tragedy In
Lydia*« ravished little face, a sym-
patny for her pain as real as it was
unwonted swept over him. Sudden-
ly he dropped down beside her on
the log and threw hie boyish arms
a haul her.
“I ’m so doggone sorry’ tor you,
Lydia I” he whispered.
I.ydln lifted startled eyes to his.
Never before bad Kent shown her
I * * «lightest affection. When she
saw the* sweetness and sympathy
in A lt brown gase:
"°b . Kent,” she whispered, "why
ttd Obd let it happen! Why did
Apr -and' she buried her face oa
big Shoulder and began to sob.
Softly at first, then with a racking
agony Of tear«.
Even a child 1« wise In the mat-
ter of grief. Kent*« lip« trembled,
but he made no attempt to comfort
Lydls. He only held her tightly
add watched the fire with bright,
hti,seeing eyes.
And after what
seemed a long, long time, the soba
grew. lea* Finally, he slipped a
pbeket handkerchief into Lydla’a
hand. I t waa gray with use but
of a comforting size.
“Wipe your eyes, old lady,” he
Said in a cheerful, matter-of-fact
tone. “I ’ve got to put the fire out,
ao’q we can start home.”
..¿ydia mopped her face and by
tbe Maae Kent had th s fire smoth
ered with snow, she was standing,
sad-eyed bnt calm except for dry
soba. Kent picked up one of the
«tick« he b«d brought for the fire.
‘■f’.U
k hold,” he
k . «1,1
id i
-Cates
«aid . ; “ “I I ’ll
’ll n pull
uMhaS Bteahwam d?
t •
a^WUVa
.
Old Lisate was watching for them
end when they came stamping into
the dining room, they found a
pitcher of steaming cocoa and a
«lata» ed hraari and bnttac with hot
k
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,
1
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getting too old for la p *”
said Lydia, coming vary willingly
nevertheless within tbe compass of
John’s long arm * “But I love you
next to daddy now, to all the
worid.”
John swept her to his knaes and
put his cheek against hers for a
moment, while tears gleamed to hi«
black eye«.
"Eat yonr supper aad go to bed,
Lydia,” said Amo*
“Don’t be ao cross, Amos,” pro
tested Levin*
“God knows I am not evoau to
Lydia of all people In the world.
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the way her
money matters
mother did and
talking this over with you.”
“Them** nothin» w a r* to talk
aboqt,” Levine’s veloe wag short
“M t him call to the Ioan, the fat
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(Continued TomoiTowj]