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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1916)
Story About the Man a Girl Fell in Love With. envlouG of Raffles the country, drl runabout. Ho grounds, am" a furtive and m slowly rue took a trip Into rfng himself In his passed grounds after house after house. In ay he surveyed the latter .do mental notes. When he passed a fine colonial raan with an oldish man and a young lady -jMing on the veranda, a' man running r. lawn mower and tying on tho grass, he ' CLARA INEZ DEACON. Tt i said that no two meinberr cf two dogs tha average club can sit vis-a- ifig ln smiled and caid to himself the smoking room for five mmutes "I'll bet that 13 one of the houses without making a wager. 8tate- that that bungler, Raffles, has had f ia nrobably ex? uprated, but to pass by as too hard z nut for him v-hon a clubman ref'-ties to make a to crack." nmio waeer that A camel with one Half a mile further on he turned hump has more sentiment in his soul about, and as he passed the house than a Camel -with two he Is spoken ajjaiu si" iuu&eu up auu yueueu. f o haf-lc number. "Father, that may be Raffles." i . t-am, rlnh tt was ac- "Y"es? Well, I'll give him a job ,aa .w victor Winters was at mowing the grass." HUUWieufccu vuuv " the, most reckless among the bettors He bet $1,000 even that he could climb a certain church steeple, and he climbed It. . He was arrested for breaking the peace of about Ave thousand people who gathered to see him fall, but didn't Bee it, and the Judge called him a fool and fined him S50. .He got odds of three to one that he wouldn't bluff a well-known prize fighter, and he not only worked the bluff successfully, but gave the fighter a black eye. He laid a wager of $5,000 that he would kill a wild tiger within a year, and he posted oft to the Jungles of Tmiia and killed an extra one for Bond measure. A score of other Incidents could be related of what was termed Winter s mania, but these will suffice to show that a good fellow may be a very recu- less fellow. Everybody liked him, and everybody said there was no harm ln him. ; Thore was Just one thing that the young man refused to bet on, and that was matrimony as personally applied. He would bet that So-and-So would be married within a specified time, but when challenged on his own account he shook his head. No one could un derstand him in that regard, "See here. Winters," said Captain Frayne to him as they met at the club, "that man whom they call the country Raffles is cutting a very, very wide swath." "Yes?" "I am told that at least thirty offi cers of the law are on his trail. "Well?" "How do you want to bet will they get him or not?" "Captain, I have been reading about blm, and what they say of him makes me tired. They haven't caught him, and yet he Is a bungler! Ideals Make Possible Big Accomplishments of Life By NELLIE R. UMSTOTT "They say he drives around by day to pick out houses to rob by night." ' "Well, I bought you a gun the other day, and It's up to you to pro tect the house o' nights." "But If I shoot him, then what?" Why, you would be a heroine and have your picture In the paper. Per haps you could sell enough of your photographs to pay for a trip to Europe." There was silence for five minutes, and then the girl said: "I should hate to kill Raffles." "Cut you needn't, dear," smiled the father. "It will be Just as well If you shoot him ln the shoulder." "And then " "We can nurse him right here, and It will give you a chance to fall in love, marry and reform him." "You silly old goose!" An hour later Miss Estelle Purdy asked the man who was mowing the lawn: "James, do you think Raffles will try to get into our house?" "I do, miss," was the prompt reply. "When?" "Tonight." "Lordy, but what makes you?" "I've got a hunch that he will." "And when will he come?" "On the stroke of midnight. If you get up at midnight and look out of the window you'll see him Bteallng under the big willow tree." "And I'll call to him that he Is known, and that he'd better make himself scarce." I wouldn't, miss," replied James, who kept a very sober face, but was nevertheless "joshing" a bit. "You should open fire on him without a word. If you called to him he might Bhoot." "I see." That evening tho girl read until ten o'clock, and then going to her Along life's way we often meet those who betray the fact that they doubt the practicability and value of ideals, but if, as such men believe, ideals are nothing but dreams, rosy and beautiful, yet perishable, why do men achieve great things in the face of every obstacle placed in their path way? Is it not because they had an ideal and clung to it until it was realized ? Ideals, to be worth anything, must be made practical, and making them practical is the test of manhood. Had our beloved poet, Longfellow, said, "Ideals are mere dreams; vre are but common clay, filled with besetting sins, born to meet tempta tion on every hand and fall," would he have had the courage to write his immortal poems by which so many men have been inspired and strength ened? He is only one of many. If we have an ideal, be it of manhood or womanhood, let us cling to it with might and main and make it a part of our lives. Then, pei chance, some day someone, if only one, may strive to reach our ideal because he loves U3. Just as "thoughts are things," ideals are realities and we are the weavers. IRON JEWELRY NO NOVELT. Patriotic Prussian Woman Wore Sucr Ornament With Pride More Than a Century Ago. A FEW SMILES . . i I nnm aha rurmoi-Qil in ci r n A oanflna! ia hiiro-nr who can roD iweive - ""i""" houses and not create a single alarm ""til midnight. She realized that . , ? were Bhe to lie down for five mln- I could do as well, and have had "TV? a' no experience.' The captain did not want to en courage such talk and the results that might come from it, and sought to change te conversation. Young Winters carelessly replied to two or three of his Questions and then said: "This Raffles gets into a house and takes whatever he comes to and gets out. Ho even carries off plaster of parls ornaments, and he ia Buy of hliiB rooms where anyone is Bleeping, Blissful Ignorance. "Do you know how many miles an hour your car is capable of mak ing?" "No," answered the cautious mo torist. "You see, I have never been in such a hurry to reach a certain destination that I was willing to risk breaking my neck trying to get there." MOTHER'S COOK BOOK Like Reading a Book. "Women patronize moving pictures ln large numbers." "How do you account for that?" "Maybe it's because the silent drama ofTers superior advantages over the spoken play, from the feminine point of view." "In what particular?" "By coming ln at the proper mo ment a woman can learn how a photo play ends and she can then settle back comfortably to see all the epi sodes when the film is reversed." was, she had hard work to fight drowsiness, and had to think of ghost stories to win out At eleven o'clock she Bhadcd her light. Half an hour later she carefully peered out. As the old colonial clock down ln the hall struck midnight she took her revolver from the dresser, knelt by the window, and her heart jumped into her mouth as she looked toward the big willow tree. A man was standing under the tree. Hut he's got rich Jewelry among It was dark under there, but he was tt UUl IVUl BJJUI. UgUIUBl U1Q UiU HIltJBH. The girl waited until she saw a move ment that left her no room for doubt, and then she fired. There was an ex clamation and a fall, and she ran to her fathor'B room and pounded on the door. "Hurry hurry, father! I have killed Raffles!" But she hniln't. The bullet had burled itself In his shoulder, and he was found trying to sit up. "Anything to say before we tele phone for an officer?" asked the was the luterrup- judge as the household gathered around the victim. "Yes don't do It!" was replied. "Got a trick to play?" "I am not armed. Please send for doctor Instead of an officer. I'll make things clear to you presently." "Oh, I'm willing you Bhould have his plunder, "Yes, It was left for him on the dresser. Ho didn't have to pull out a drawer to get It, and I can't find that be has entered a house where a dog was kept. He's a longshoreman trylmt his huud at a now Job. Cap tain" 13ut the cnptaln feared what was coming, and said he had an engage' ment "Let It wait," was tho reply. "Cap tain, I'll wager you a thousand dol lars even up that v "I won't do it! tton. "Hold on. I'm going to out-raf fie Rallies.' "You will do nothing so foolish as to attempt it! "Net with criminal Intent, of course, but Just to prove to you that Unappreclatlve Parent. "Old Mr. Cob- . bles has a Bon who has taken several degrees at college." "I notice he loafs around home all the time and never does a stroke of work." "Yes. Another degree was recent ly conferred on hlin by Mr. Cob bles, tho degree of 'N, W. K.' " "What does that mean?" "Not worth killing." Accomplishment Worth While. "Making much progress with your garden, Dubwnite?" "You will be surprised to hear what I have accomplished." "You work It every day, I presume?' "No. I've succeeded ln persuading my wife to work it." burglury la a fine art. or should be tne uuliet dug out betore you g0' t0 made bo, and that our country Raffles ought to bo driving a truck, Name a country residence that you'd like to try my band on," "And get shot?" "Not even be 11 red at." i "But if arrested?" "That's one ot the arts to escape arrest." "Winters," Bald the captain after a long look at him, "give up any fool ish Idea you may have In that dlrec- tlou. We will all agree that you could bent Raffles' work, but don't try It" There are plenty of men, young and old, who will got an Idea Into their heads that they know Is foolish, and yet they will cling to It. as If It were full ot sense and wisdom. Young Winters' common Bense warned him ot the risks of a burglary, but the adventure of It appealed to him Just as strongly. He did not talk with any of the other members of the ciub. but there were those who said: "Winters Is plotting some new dov- A number of things happened with in the next few hours. The bullet was dug out; the wounded put to bed; Captutn Brayno sent for; the family sworn to secrecy, and two or three councils held. As tho last one broke up .Miss Estelle asked her father: 'Well, have you found out just who It Is?" "Oh, yes." "And it Is" "The man you are going to fall In love with and marry!" At the club they say that young Winters isn't making any more bets. He has been told that he must drop them. (Copyright, 1915, by the MeCluro Newspa per Syndicate.) Feeding the Soldier. The truth of Napoleon's Btatement that "an army travels on Its stomach' has been strikingly emphasized during the present war. It Is universally ad- lltry and will soon be blufflng us for mltted that the German commissariat a wager. Wonder what it will be this department Is the best organised, al time?' thoiiKh some of Its features have been Ex-Judge Purdy was a member of copied from other armies. the Jefferson ciud, out as he uvea The German soup kitchens on ln a manor house some twenty miles from the city, and as he did not drop ln to the club except at long inter vals, ho and young Winters had never met. The latter had simply wheels, which the German Boldier calls "goulash cannon," were acquired from the Russians. These kitchens can supply two hot meals a day and one cold meal to 250 men. Many of heard It said one dny that the former the German field ovens are patterned Ived In tho country. upon the splendid models used in the One June day tho man who vu ! United States army. A Rash Promise. Here's an attractive advertisement for summer boarders." "What does it say?" ' " 'Act as if you owned the earth at our place and we'll act as if we were going to give it to you." That Elusive Vote. No matter how insignificant a man may be, he always feels Important on election day." 'Yes. That's due to the power of the ballot. Election day Is the only day ln tho year when some men possess anything that anybody elso would go out of his way to get." A Cogent Plea. 'Mister, would you bo willln' to help a war victim?" "Of course I would." "Then you ought to be willln' to give me a dime. You know they say charity begins at home." Artificial Blood Latest. Blood Infusion will no longer require the sacrifice of blood from one person to ave the life of another, If an inven tion of a Now Y'ork physician meets the claims now being made for it. It Is a formula for artificial blood which closely approximates tho characteris tics of real blood. It Is composed chiefly of gelatin solution, sodium chlo ride and distilled water. The danger from hemorrhage is due not so much to the loss ot the actual corpuscles in the blood as to the loss ot volume. number of experiments with this new formula Indicate that It will serve as a substitute for human blood, at least ln many cases. Washington Omelet. Soak a cupful of breadcrumbs ln a cupful of hot milk. Beat six egg yolks and add to the crumbs with salt and pepper. Fold In the beaten whiteB of the eggs and bake in a thickly but tered pan in a rather hot oven for 15 minutes. This is very good served with a garnish of green peas or tomato sauce. Apple Salad. Take equal parts of diced apple, cel ery and a few blanched walnuts, mix with enough mayonnaise to moisten well and add one tablespoonful of horseradish to each pint ot salad. Diced pineapple may be used Instead of the nuts, making a pleasant variety. Spinach. This Is one of the valuable vege tables which supply us with Iron. Wash it carefully and put it to cook with no water but that which clings to the leaves. Cover at first until Its own Juice flows, then open and boil till tender, watching It carefully and turning it to keep it from scorching. Chop very fine and serve with hard cooked eggs as a garnish, or Bimply with vinegar and a seasoning of salt, pepper and butter. Whole-Wheat Pudding. Take two cupfuls of whole-wheat flour, a half teaspoonful of soda, a cupful of milk, a half teaspoonful ot salt, a cupful of dates and a half cup ful of molasses, beat well, and steam 4 hours in a buttered mold. If thick sour milk is used, add a teaspoonful of soda. Serve with whipped cream, plain cream or any preferred liquid sauce. Rhubarb and Raisin Pudding. Here is one you can give the chil dren: Take a pint of rhubarb cut ln half-inch pieces, sprinkled with a cup ful of sugar. Let stand an hour or more. Toss a pint of breadcrumbs Into three tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Put in layers into a baking dinli, sprinkling a cupful of raisins in between, having the crumbs on top. Cover closely the first half hour and bake one hour. Serve with a sauce or with beaten cream. Bread spread with butter and the rhubarb and raisins put over it in lay ers is another splendid pudding, also baked. Bananas baked with butter, sugar and lemon juico for a sauce are dell- clous served with beefsteak. Fashion's Decrees. Many months ago, almost from the beginning of the war, we were told that German women, following the ex ample of their great-grandmothers, voluntarily gave up their gold rings, necklets, earrings, bracelets and orna inputs nf Bvfirv descriDtion. to be made or coined into money for the national need. Whatever truth there may be in this story, there is no doubt that many German women have been presented by the government with iron rings to replace the gold ones they have parted with. But that happened a century ago Then Prussia, crushed by Napoleon and bankrupt, was ln dire need ol money, and the Prussian women gave up all their jewels and ornaments tc help cope with the prevailing poverty. And out of this sacrifice a new Indus try arose. This was nothing less than the man ufacture of cast-iron Jewelry to replace the gold and silver ornaments which the great ladies of the kingdom had given up. At first sight no material would seem less promising ag a sub stitute for the precious metals than Iron. It was entirely owing to the wonderful craftsmanship of the iron workers that the results were so extraordinary. Strength, of course, would be a dis tinguishing mark of such jewelry, and a complete set of these iron orna ments, now in the possession of a To ronto (Canada) Jeweler, 1b as rigid and firm as on the day it was made. This particular set, comprising a pair ot earrings, necklet, locket and brace lets, has not been looked after until lately. The ornaments have a wonderfully fragile appearance, due entirely to the exquisite workmanship. Their weight, too, is astonishingly small, the lightness of every article being quite a feature of the set. L MM GPAHAM BONNER COM'ftKiMt T TM AUTMMLJ WHERE MR. SUN GOES LUNCHEON. FOR "Now you will admit I'm pretty fine, won't you little fairies," said Mr. Sun. "Just stop for a moment and think how bright I am just the most cheerful, warm, good-natured soul you ever knew. And what would the doc tors do without me?" "I'm sure we've no idea," said the fairies. They always so enjoyed a chat with Mr. Sun. "You certainly are much better than all the nasty medicines. Yes, It'B true, you make ever and ever so many little sick boys and girls all well again." "Indeed I do," said Mr. Sun grow ing brighter and prouder by the mo ment. "I Just can't help thinking pretty well of myself when I hear the doctors say to the mothers and dad dies, 'Now see that the boys and girls play ln the warm sun. Then they'll get rid of their colds.' " "Well," ventured one very brave lit tle fairy. "I know you are wonderful Talk The Manner of It. The high schools and colleges o the day ought to do something more to teach students how to talk. The young men would be better off for some instruction of the kind, but in the case of the young women it is lit tle less than a necessity. Their voices, to be candid, are by no means as pleas ing as they might easily be were their possessors even reminded occasional ly of the value of modulation, varia tion, softness and correct and fairly precise pronunciation. As it is, how ever, the sweet girl graduate has any thing but a voice and a manner of speaking consistent with the refresh ing charms with which she is other wise so generously blessed. In one university in the state typical of oth ers a visitor recently observed that nearly every young woman in the senior class was woefully addicted to habits of mispronunciation. "And their Toices," he added, "were most distressing. What they said was well enough, but the manner of their say ing it was agonizing." The Indict ment, it must be admitted, is well founded. It Is one, however, that should never be brought for which there should be no support. And there would be none of it, either, if no more than casual attention were paid to the matter in our schools and colleges. Singing is taught to be only rarely used. Why not teach talk ing? Indianapolis News. Pelerines of taffeta are ln for eve ning wear. Pajamas and bed jackets are being made of colored jersey. Pompadour ribbons are run through and trim fine nightgowns. Petticoats show colorings such as mulberry, watermelon, lime and dewberry. Canvas Is being used for some new hats. It may be embroidered, fringed or appllqued. Round-mesh val, real Alencon lace, organdie and swiss embroideries all trim fine lingerie. Drawnwork Is made much of on a parasol of pongee ln natural color. The handle Is a carved oriental wood. Youngsters' hats are being made ot transparent straws and hair laces. They are trimmed with straw trimmings. The cape collar may be called a Beau Brummel, a coachman's cape, a highwayman's capo or the Newmarkot cape. Curing the Drug Habit. The drug habit can be cured. At least, so say the authorities ot the Philadelphia General hospital, after four months of experimentation with the drug victims who sought its aid, after the enactment of the new anti drug law. Since March 1 the hospital has dealt with 250 of these unfortu nates, and, in every case the craving for the drug whether opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin or laudanum was checked and broken. The victims came from dives and from homes they were of all ages, and eighty of them were women. But they were all successfully treated. "The habit," said the chief resident physician, "can be cured. The process is one of giving the victim a backbone. But right here is the crux of the whole matter if a man doesn't want to be cured, he can't be cured." It is a great and Important message. full of hope to drug victims every where and to those who love them and grieve to Bee them in the bonds of a destructive slavery. Columbus Dispatch. Will Aid Chinese Girls. Mrs. Howard Gould is In Peking for the purpose of establishing a school tor Chinese girls in which the Montes sort method will be used. Mrs. Gould recently had an Interview with the Chi nese minister ot education and is co operating with a number ot mission aries in educational work. She will finance the new school, which will serve as a model for Chinese teach er. "Often I Have Fine Chats With the King of the Clouds." and we all love you, Mr. Sun. But sometimes you know folks think you're very selfish when you go off on those long visits of yours and it rains all the time. Today I did hear some grumbling about you I really, really did." "And pray tell me what had I done?" "Just at noon today when so many people were starting out with picnlo boxes to the woods and with shopping bags to the city for the longest while you disappeared and no one saw a sign of you. Everyone was afraid that you had had a fight with the King of the Clouds and that he had won and that soon he and his army of rain drops would fall to earth and It would pour." "Well, now if that Isn't the sil liest " said Mr. Sun. "And the idea of grumbling! Couldn't they under stand that I had a luncheon party on for today behind the clouds?" "Oh, was this the day for the party?" snouted the fairies. "Do tell us about it." "Every time you hear the grown-up people say: "The sun has gone be hind a cloud,' then you may know that I'm having a luncheon party . I al ways call It luncheon, no matter what it is, because that does just as well as supper or afternoon tea or break fast and it saves time and trouble. Very smart, eh?" And Mr. Sun beamed. "You know how I love it back of the clouds," Mr. Sun continued. "It I didn't have a party once in awhile I wouldn't have any fun, tor when I'm out shining over the earth people I have to use all my strength to see that flowers grow and the boys and girls keep warm. "Ah, but it's fun behind the clouds. We had such a good time today. I never tried to shine at all. I Just sank back and rested and dozed. Often I have fine chats with the King of the Clouds to be sure, and his army of raindrops. In the winter I talk with Old Man Snow and the little icicle princesses. But. now I must get to work. The King of the Clouds is sleepy today so I said I would go on shining and the rain won't come until tomorrow when I'm giving the biggest luncheon of the year." "That means a hard rainstorm, then tomorrow," laughed the fairies. Girl to Receive Precious Gift. A birthday gift beyond price la planned for little Una Cunningham, aged eight. It is her sight. The Bight ot both eyes was believed destroyed oy an arrow, which struck her while she was "playing Indian" some time ago. Her parents were unable to pay for the services of a high-class spe cialist The Humane Society for Children became interested and canvassed the hospitals, with the result that the Good Samaritan hospital offered to give tho child a room free for two week. Dr. Rose P. Kerschbauer of Salzburg, Austria, will perform an op eration she believes will restore Lina't sight Los Angeles Dispatch to Kan sas City Star. Right Back at Him. Freddy the Fop You women have no need for the ballot You simply want it as a sort of decoration. Sarah the Sufi You men have no real need for mustaches. You want 'am, that's all. Judge. BOY CLUB MEMBERS CONTEST Fruit Trees In State of Washington Practically Freed From Injurious Insect Pest. A contest among boy club members which resulted In direct and material benefit to the community is reported by the state agent at Washington. Last spring and early summer the fruit trees in a certain locality were heavily Infested with tent caterpillars. The local leader offered prizes to tho do) s Dnnging to her the greatest num ber of big tents full of caterpillars. As a result the trees were practically freed from the pests, 2,731 tents hav ing been brought ln and destroyed. The Value of Learning. A precocious child who had been at tending one of the public kindergar tens fell from a ladder. Her mother caught her up from the ground in ter ror, exclaiming: "Oh, darling, how did you fall?" "Vertically," replied the child, with out a second's hesitation.