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Friday, December 24. 1926 THE BEAVERTON REVIEW F IN N E Y OF T H E FORCE How Thrilling T M aaa OM 1 DÇ WltH YOoO m u k i - T m I »UILCXM& w i t h T M A N IM A L « T o U « V ON TM* M A IN , tak « M* th * o * - i t s o r 9 Ç MUCH IMPORTANO» I sh o u ld n ' t WANT TD m a k i V A MISTAKE - y V -N FLOO R.— UC THROUGH A WOMAN’S EYES By JE A N N E W T O N 00000000000000000000000000 Ufc by th* B«II aymitrftt«. I no ) Can You Solve T h i» P roblem T “ Wh err do th e Kirin of <mr d«y get the nerve," on outrag ed young awnln com plained, ‘"to e x p ert the thlnga they do? “For several nionlha I « a i ra ilin g on a girl who I thought cared for me. Tet every tim e I trie d to lalk m a r riage to her. ahe ateered the siltijeet to her m arried sla te r and how much It coat to ilv e .' “T hla sinter, he continued, “ m arried a m iddle-aged m an who has given her every luxury. Hut It never occurred to me th a t I waa helng m easured by those sta n d ard s. T h e girt I w anted to m arry w orks for tier living, and a fte r she pays her board a t home she can h ardly clothe h e rse lf on w hat Is left o f her salary. Ho. although my In com e la m oderate, I would have been ab le to give her a n y th in g she now enjoys and m ore, and I felt I had the right to ask h e r to be ray wife. “ W hen I forced the Issue and asked her to become engaged ahe said It would m ean only h a rd sh ip and un h a p p in e ss—and pointed again to how m uch It cost her s is te r to live.* “ Well, my eyea a re opened now and 1 realize th a t my ra s e o r exception. T h a t's th e way they alt look a t It—a girl who h a s had to slave all day to keep body a n d soul to g eth er counts a s a requirem ent, w hen she m arries, fu rs and Jew elry and. m ore often th a n not. se rv an ts and an autom obile. “And they don 't expect to m arry old men—th a t w ould be m ercenary t T hey Just ta k e for g ra n te d th a t th e av erag e young fellow should be able to supply th e lu x u ries o f th e rich. T hose a re th e ir sta n d a rd s .“ I s ta rte d to com m ent—but he w ent rig h t on. “ W hen a re g u la r girl doea m arry a young fellow w ith bis w ay to m ake who win not be able for som e y ears to give h e r th ese things, she Is con sidered to be m aking a sacrifice and Is p itied. In o th er words, she Is re linquishing som ething th a t she has a right to e x p e c t! “C an yon explain how even a girl w hose fa th e r h a s given h e r luxuries can expect them from a m an h e r own age— to say nothing o f th e g re a te r num ber w ho consider a s th e ir rig h t w hen they m a n y thin g s w hlrh they have never In th e ir lives experienced or enjoyed? It seem s preposterous. Can you shed som e light?" I c a n 't—p e rh ap s som e o f my re ad e rs c a n ! M1CK1E, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL AIUY YUAT t u t . -ntx/TM* IP TOO O ujrr d m o v c u u G c a l l , t u t n u t G o e s o u r , amo ip n o u o u r r 1 A o v t a n s i M H . B u s u t K falls O ff I B efiA u se m e 'v c g o t S e v e r a l advertisers W h o o u r r * vc a n £« j m m k r . I m o u l d f S o * C » » T t o o ADO -TO THAT &AO« RCMARJC« * mom G o s w .B o s s ! 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T he T rade - in THE FEATHERHEADS Felix Disciplines Himself / w*dN I S w s or uow I ' 'u m i lio c a n n y ' s mo T m M cu 4 ao rood ti * ' I don ' t snow vimc K a o SMC Ju s T want * s s h p a th v - oo wm ET mcp SMC w ants t o ge T ou T 0*= me Mouv. MOO* - OUT TsAT . INVALID CMAèO IS AS UNlSStNTlAL A \ t 0 M IOM A PuOOtP YO A O U C H ,/* Oc odi lb OuQ W B u U B A k HOME - a n d T h cn oo how she CLIMBED A S ook -CASE TÖ Qf At M V*C CHOCOLATE b LAST NI&WT WHAN SHE th o ug h t n o one m a s , A \L O O K m < y ........... SMC $ -JOLT a O Q & N O rq t b A W HttL CHAIR / - BUT v e '* mn u n r e i m o TH c p a n o »V\ g o n J a lovc h i p if i T kills n t , y I Vi G o n T a lovc c r - I ’ m J ust \ O o n T s f t y\ D e A flu rrc e , IMCART I The » Clanck Kids % Poor Auntie! She Was Only a Figure Head YA Gome rv L— /4H, Pi€AÇ€ STAY.AUHTIC STAY FOR DINNE« P c e A s e -w iit r> AREN’T S ro J aunty -------- -j I T S TOO S ^ e T F o R ' — r^ AN YTH ING T D w A N T M E S O J P ie -irv o o tf I IM AFRAID fYor.TlMMlE a MUCH i.iA Is ,T T IM llU M M l£ i r ^ — >1 *1 I ; HAONO IDEA I ICANTSTAY/ YA.AONTlC? c / S O M t OTHER T IM E N O T H I N ' ' I FY A D0H S T A Y T O N IG H T W E ) T IM E . HUM, r J ycuu'ene so LOVING * 8VT YIN AFRAID ~ SOHCOTHZQ I M am a t h ih k s I “Now th a t I am leaving I can let them know w hat I th in k o f them ." I h e ard a little business girl say o f th e people she had been w orking for. “ F o r m onths I have put up w ith th e u n p lea sa n tn e ss o f th e place, e ndured th e grind. Ignored th e u n frien d lin ess and antagonism and stifled my re se n t m ent a t th e favoritism show n and th e u n fa irn e ss to which I w as subjected. “I had to en d u re It because I could not aflTord to le a v e ; b u t I lived only for th e day w hen I could th ro w It all back a t them . Now It has coine.” O f course, th ese w ords w ere s|>oken In h eat. In reaction a fte r m onths of unhappiness. And th e girl who spoke them had a good frien d to dissu ad e h e r from such an u n fo rtu n a te course. B ut th e re a re people who. before any good frien d h a s th e o p p ortunity to sto p them , do. on th e Im pulse of th e m oment, succum b to th e tem p tatio n of telling people w ith whom th ey a re "th ro u g h .” w hat th ey th in k o f them . Always it Is som e one to whom. In som e way. they have been obligated or w ith whom they have been c o n strain ed to hold th e ir tongue. On th e face of It, It Is not a very fine th in g to do—th is dropping o f courtesy and control sim ply because expediency no longer n e ce ssitate s It. And It Is a very unw ise th in g to do. F o r o u rs Is a sm all w orld—th e busi n ess w orld and th e social w orld cross frequently, and If It does not som e tim e prove very unprofitable to have told som e one w h at you th o u g h t of him. It m ay a t le a st prove e m b a rra s s ing. B ut most Im p o rtan t of all. It Is not sa tisfy in g —It never falls to bring keen re g re t. T h e th in g s th a t sa tisfy us m ost a re our victories over our own less w orthy Im pulses—th e lau d ab le things we do— w hen w e can slap ourselves on th e back and say to o u r selves, “IV el I d o n e!" And su rre n d e r to th e p e tty stid th e picayune alw ays leaves a stin g th a t one would give m uch to be able to e ra d ic a te from the m em ory. T o have m aintained courtesy and civility In an a tm osphere w here one w as hound to rem ain w as th e p a rt not only of policy hut o f refinem ent, of dignity, o f good breeding. And th e fa c t th a t one Is now free to leave It does not a lte r th is obligation to oneself. P ertin en t Q uestion | By PERCY L. CROSBY U>SfS|kk II VM M>ciar( H«»«»M»t l |» l « n Nou) It H a p p en ed T U R T L E SO U P "Y es." she a d m itte d , "w e w ere an gaged, but r e nr» strn n g e ra uow " "You m ust h ave q u a rre le d te rrib ly ? " w e said. "N o ; his fam ily moved Into the a p a rtm e n t house In w hich we live, and n a tu ra lly since th en we hnve 1 t know n each o ilie r.’*— K a n sa s (it.v S ta r. No, poor fellow , Tm H er T itle K dgar—W hy did yon call th a t girl “oonnteaa"? la ahe of th e nobility? K dm und—No. ahe w orks behind a c o u n te r In th e dim e atore. H a sten ed A F inding C onfirm ed "flreeti Is going to re tire front hual n ess for five y e ars." “Oh, I h e ard him say th a t before.” W e will he frien d s until th e end." 'W ill you lend me a flve-dollnr hill H a sn 't y our m issing b ro th e r tu rn ed G irleI N O LU C K "W ell, w h st did you do w ith your b a th in g su it? ” "I p u t It In th e w ash basin and It Just d isap p eared ” B u t S he E n jo y e d It H er M otto "H ow did your w ife like th o se old- w orld p alaces?” "S he couldn't re sist th e tem p tatio n to d u s t th e fu rn itu re ." In E ngland horses a re d ecre asin g a t th e r a ta of about 7U.000 a year. V o ta ry o f th e F leshpote Sunday School T ea ch e r— Now. F red dy, w hut happens to a m an who never th in k s o f his soul, b u t only o f his body? F re d d y —F lease. tea ch e r, he g ets fat. B ronson—O u r new cook Is th e la s te st I've e v er seen I Ills W ife— Yes, she th in k s th a t too m any b ro th s spoil th e rook. Bug A utolat w aa lucky 1 Who »aid a horaealioe Kvery ton o f coal b u rn e d Involve» ■ larg e w a ste o f v aluable m aterial. In th e liN-ker room o f one of the a th le tic clubs a w idely known doc to r w as leisurely dressing a fte r a stre n u o u s session a t handball. F irst one and then a n o th e r of his fellow- ■neinbers b rought th e ir m inor ailm en ts and Injuries to his atten tio n . One fel'.ow who had been dressing close to th e d octor tu rn ed to him and asked, "S ay. Doc. Just w hat a re y our locker hours ?’’ A n d th e Cat C a n a B a ck "K ver try to lose a cat. old nianT ’ "Y’ea, once. And I hit npnn a plan th a t I thought w as su re fire. I w rote a note Inclosing f i n and tied It a bout th e cat'» neck. T he note re a d ; 'F in d e r m ay keep both the cat and thn m oney.’ “ “And how did It w o rk T ’ "T he cat re tu rn e d th e following d a y w ith a n o th e r note tied to Ita neck. T he note re e d : T to o t nee.I the caL hut can use th e money. F leeee ■end 110 m gie.' "—B oetoq T ra n s c rip t.