VOL. 11. CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OREGON. MAY 25. 1916 Miss Hitty’s Discovery A Story of the “Movies” B y C L A R IS S A M A C K IE In the village o f E dgew ood were m any straitlaced persons. T o visit that tow n and becom e acquainted w ith the inh abitants w a s lik e going back a century, w hen the theater, playing cards and all m anner o f am usem ents w ere considered w icked. T h ere is a story o f a m an w ho paved th e w a y for the enjoym ent o f th e gam e o f billiards in the God fearin g tow n o f P hiladel phia du rin g the e a rly part o f th e last century. H e said th at m arbles were not considered w icked— w h y billiards? M arbles w ere stone, w hile billiard balls w ere ivo ry. M arbles w ere shot by the hand, billiard balls by a stick. M arbles w ere played on the sidew alk out o f doors, w hile billiards w ere play ed on a level bed in the house. W h ere in lay the difference? T h e good people o f the Q uaker C ity, w hose children could not be prevented from p layin g m arbles, concluded a fte r this disco very had been made th at bil liards w ere no m ore sinfu l and w ith d rew th eir opposition, and th ereafter billiards becam e fashionable. I t w as the fa te o f M iss H itty to m ake a sim ilar discovery In “E dgew ood. Miss H itty met LMck H edges a t a church sociable. H ad she not m et him a t a church sociable she w ould prob ab ly never h ave m et him at all, for dancing w as frow ned upon in Edge- wood, and w ithout dan cin g you n g peo ple’s parties are considered dull. T h e consequence w as that, no one ca rin g to go to the trouble o f gettin g up a party th at w as sure to be dull, p arties w ere not given. B u t it would h ave m ade no differ ence w here these tw o happened to meet, for at once both recognized that th ey wrere m ade for each other, and a fte r th at they provided th eir ow n places o f m eeting, and very soon they w ere engaged. U n fortu n ately H edges w as poor and but one opening appear ed for him; th at w a s a position in an A m erican tea house in China. D ick availed him self o f it and tore him self a w a y from his betrothed. W eeks, months, even years, passed, and he did not return. W hen the P ala ce m ovie th eater open ed its doors in Edgew ood the house o f entertainm ent w a s looked upon w ith disapproval by th e church members. A t first m any o f them declined to even penetrate the m ysteries beyond the w h ite painted doors and th e m any • posters outside, but g ra d u a lly one by ! one the villagers w ere lured inside un til th e ven ture prom ised to be a profit able one. E ven the m inisters o f the different churches visited th e th eater from tim e to tim e to censor the plays, but on the w’ hole it w as decided that it w a s a harm less diversion. A fte r Miss H itty Morton made her im portant discovery E dgew ood took the P ala ce th eater to its heart. E v ery one kn ew that H itty Morton w ould have been m arried long ago if D ick H edges hud ever returned from his long voyage to China. B ut Dick had n ever returned^ and it w as be- IN e stu cca V a lle y t5 ank CLO V ERD A LE, OREGON Several of our customers are people we do not know by sight though we have done business by mail with them for years. give you the same satisfaction. Mail us Your Next Check or Checks It saves you time, and TIME IS M O N E Y , especially at this season of the year. No need to come to the bunk in person. SECURITY AND SERVICE Our Motto lieved that he had died. Due by one his fam ily had died or m oved a w ay from Edgew ood until there remained ! only his old sw eetheart, H itty Morton, who lived on llo n ey p o t road, in a little red cottage near the bay. Som e people whispered that D ick had been fuith less to H itty. The first tim e H itty entered th e w alls of the P alace she w as bew ildered by the crow d of silent people, the fiash- ing pictures on the screen, the novelty o f It all. for she had never been In a theater in all her sim ple life. B ut the screen pictures laid their m agic si>ell upon her, and she becam e a devotee of the movies. Tw’ice a w eek us regu larly as the program w as changed Illtty Morton could be found sittin g In the sam e seat h a lfw a y dow n the room, her bright eyes ea gerly fo l low ing the stories told by the screen. D eacon Peddle, w ho passed the cot lection plate In church, a lw a y s scru tinized H itty ’s contribution to detect w hether or not she w as en joyin g the sem iw eekly am usem ent at the expense of the church, but Invariably Hltt.v's silver dim e would drop Into the plate. Perhaps Ilim e D ayton, the butcher, m ight have told another sto ry —th at I H itty w as skim ping on her food. She ft ft And can give you all the advantages that P3 any other can give you. You need the Bank f t vve need your business. ft w ft ft We believe we have given them satisfactory bunking service and can We Want Your Banking: $ 03 PJ Business MUTUALITY, That’s all NO. 46 Bank with your home bank and enlarge m ft the Business scope of the Nestucca Valley. FIRE! w as eating meat only tw ice a week now instead o f three times. One night in particular the posters w ere m ore alluring than ever. Th ere had been a change of program tliut fa y . but there w as a m issionary meet- |lg , and I lltty had postponed her going to the follow in g night. N ow she paus ed iu fro n t o f the b rightly lighted en trance and studied the colored posters. “ A ll F or Isive." T h a t sounded th rill ing. w ith a rescue at sea. P ictures of the sea a lw a y s a ttracted her. “ Visits to Strange Lan ds.” Illtty thrilled w ith anticipated pleasure, for she dearly loved these travel pictures, giving glim pses of stran ge lands and s trin g e people, perhaps the countries th at IMck H edges hud visited. Ho used to say tliut w hen lie got a vessel of ills own he would take iter w ith him to the far east. H itty still lived these voyages in her day dream s. She glanced up and down the village street. 1 Yonder w as the church. 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