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1 r - - Tuesday, October 16, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PA Cu THDtTf " j:----........iu . , 1 t i EVERYDAY STORY By AGNES G. BROGAN ll'a, Vesi--rn .eviiapr Union.) fTUIIS is the story of Dulcie and Dan. Tlu'ii' is always a Lmkio and Dan, or a Jack and a .Till, to every li.ve fctory, no matter how uneventful is a simple tale. For true love has ever its great j,y tmd its tragedy. The joy may lie oC one perfeet day ; the tragedy of tnisundersta.ndinu'. Duieie eould not know all this as site stood hefore the eimided mirror of tlie city hoarding house. She was doulitfid that love would tome her way. Across the ilin-y hail of the hoard ing house Dan Cordon was arranuhiR before a like clouded mirror his neck tie. Dan thought he would go to the "movies." Oniric's hat becomingly adjusted, und Dan's tie correct, both, as with one motion, threw open the corre sponding doors of their hoarding house rooms and stepped outside. Dul cle, turning the key in the lock, stared. She was unconscious of this rudeness and was thinking pleasurably wdiat a nine, strong face this unknown young neighbor had, while he stood hesitant, admiring. They smiled as they passed on the stair and then, naturally It seemed, fell to discussing the possibilities of the weather. Dulcie did hope that it would not rain after the Temple street church sociable was dismissed. Then, with a parting smile or two each went their way. But it did rain and here began Duicie's great adventure. As she waited undecided in the Tem ple street church doorway, came to ward her in purposeful manner the upper hull neighbor of the "fine, strong face." "I remembered what you said," he greeted her, "so I came after you with an umbrella. Mrs. Finch sent her rub bers." After that evening of exchanged con fidences, beneath the dripping rim of Dan's umbrella, there was no need of further Introduction. Duicie's bright eyes took on an add ed light, and Dan whistled cheerily as he went about his work. It was wonderful, Duliee thought, to find one's manly ideal in the dingi est hour In one's dingy boarding house. And it was marvelous, Dan thought, to find the jolliest little home-maker, just when a home-maker was longing ly needed. So they became engaged. Mrs. Finch, sympathetic in their joy, Invited them to Sunday night tea in her own part of the big house. It was when the happy pair were planning ways and means of marriage that the tragedy of a quarrel upset all plans and like any storm banished the sunshine completely, It is not cer tain what the bitter quarrel was about it may have been that Dan failed to tell Dulcie that his employer had requested him to escort his fair young daughter to the theater, or it may have been that Dulcie allowed a Tem ple church usher to walk home with her after service the quarrel came, and cause does not niter fact. Dan glared at her with all a lover's hatred. And Dulcie defied and dis missed him. If she was regretful of the note later slipped beneath his door, declaring that ail was over be tween them, Duicie's forbidding man ner gave no clue. And if Dan's mer ry whistle sounding down the drab cor ridor was but a mockery of mirth. Dulcie In heart sickness could not know. So the breach grew. It had become unbearable, when, secret tears washing away Duicie's pride, she de cided to humble herself and to ask forgiveness. The hall was dark when Dulcie turned the key in the lock of her door. There was no answering light beneath the opposite door. Mrs. Finch climbed the stair, after an Interminable time, to report that Mr. Gordon had re turned unexpectedly to Boston. "The firm sent him back there," she ex plained. "He hurried off to catch the evening truin. No, he left no word." No word of good-hy. Gone forever, Duicie's tragedy! She could not stay in the hall room; she did not look Into the mirror as she adjusted the little hat ; she just went on miserably down the desolate street. She entered the "movie" theater because its glinting sign flashed the title, "Loved and Lost." Dulcie wanted to know how another might bear this terrible empti ness of living. She found the familiar seat In the darkness, and got her hand kerchief out of her cloak pocket. Tears were forcing their way down her cold cheeks. A hand touched hers, touched soft ly, then fiercely held it, and the hand kerchief, together. There was but one hand like that gentle in Its strength. "Dulcie!" breathed a voice In her ear. 1 There was hut one voice like that tender, thrilling. "I thought," she whispered, trem bling, joyous, "that you had gone Dan." n't leave until mMnltht." ART TRULY IS A LANGUAGE Bears a Lesson and Charm fot , Those Not Versed in Even Art, In its broad and permanent meaning, is a language the language of sentiment, of character, of national impulse, of individual genius; and for tiiis reason it hears a lesson, a charm, or a sanction to all even those least versed in its rules and least alive to its special triumphs. Sir Walter Scott was no amateur, yet, through his reverence for ancestry aud his local attachments, portraiture and architec ture had for him a romantic interest. Sydney Smith was impatient of gal leries when he could talk with men and women, aud made a practical joke of buying pictures; yet Xewtou and Leslie elicited las best humor. Tal fourd cared little and knew less of the treasures of the Louvre, but lingered there because it had been his friend Ilazlitt's Elysium. Indeed, there are constantly blended associations in the history of English authors nnd artists; Reynolds is identified with Johnson and Goldsmith, Smibert with Berkeley, Barry with Burke, Constable and Wilkie with Sir George Beaumont, Haydon with Wordsworth, Leslie with Irving; the painters depict their friends of the pen, the latter celebrate in verse or prose the artist's triumphs, and both intermingle thought and sym pathy; and from this contact of select intelligences of diverse vocation has resulted the choicest wit and the most genial companionship. Henry T. Tuckerman. NEGLECTING THEIR LANGUAGE Younger Chinese Since the Revolution Show a Preference for English and French. To judge from the numerous arti cles that are being written on China, its literature is not reaping great bene fits from the revolution. In the first place, the Chinese language is be ing pushed more and more into the background. The younger generation no longer receives the training it once received in the Chinese "Classics," and hand in hand with this goes their preference for foreign languages English primarily, and then French, with a little German. It is, of course, Impossible for a country to build up a body of national literature in a for eign language. Intellectually, how ever, China is making reassuring prog ress. Its three greatest political writers, all of whom have been active now for nearly a quarter of a century Tschang-Schi-tung, Kang-Yu-wei, and Liang-Kitschao are as active as ever In their efforts to save the nation from the fate of India or Burma or Korea or Egypt or Poland. Fine for the Youngsters. "Play as you enter" is the welcome sign on the sides of the "Jollytown" trolley cars in Baltimore, Md., where the traction company has set aside several cars for the children to play in. They re complete in every de tail except that the power is turned off and they are anchored to the ground. Instead of the usual adver tising cards, Mother Goose rhymes and pictures are displayed along the sides. The clanging gongs nnd the loud calling of Imaginary and unheard of street names afford noisy proof of the popularity of the play cars as the crews take them along fancied routes. Melting Sulphur. Sulphur is often used to anchor bolts In cement or stone floors, but ns It catches fire so easily when melted over an open flame, its use is somewhat in convenient. The difliculty can, how ever, be avoided by first melting some lead, and then partly immersing the sulphur vessel in the molten lead. The sulphur will be melted in a short time, and there it will not catch fire, unless the temperature of the lead is allowed to exceed G.'5 degrees Fahrenheit. All Balled Up. B. P. reports this spoonerism: "My brother works in a theater. He's a sheen sifter. I mean he soens shifts that is, he's a sifter of sfiwons, a seener of shifts. Oh, hang it, he's a shiftery seener a sheenery a shift seener a shiffery well, anyhow, my brother works in a theater." Boston Transcript. Autoboob Is a Child Killer. An autoboob is a person who drives an automobile without regard for Uie safety of other people. One of his worst traits Ls to drive recklessly In front of other cars and whiz past street intersections. He is a killer of children. He always looks where he should, but never sees what he should. Scarcely Complimentary. Some time ago a parson In an In dustrial town arranged a special serv ice for working men. The sen-ice was well attended and the preacher began his sermon with "Train do, he answered "I am goinj wont on d over, and t! Du'.rie fol int. i her - "All rig h.-r. to T d the 1 :e clasp tight le.-raph rh.-m." !y. "tl.it ill r.; i::y wif. : ndLerol.iol I nod I ,.r the remark : been privilei tons of soil.' "itarely imh 'id to ad. Ire:,: ed have I i many "FIfri berrii s' "Vi-v A Line on Values. n con's for a ipairt of bl.vk- l:t. Dun," s!i meeklv a. In Sunday School 73 Years. Mrs. Nancy J- Dunmire of Waynes t-oro Tenn., boasts of having boon s member of a Sunday s. li .l f..r th lat severity-three years, bavin; tirst be'.un at the axe et ti.re vears. . ,, ,., 1, , - v, ' num. S-oo.s high." Dili you ever t No, I never did." I advis.; you to try it." piu:ing a quart? Nature's Treat Sttule Got anything on your hip? Stewed Yeh ! "What is It?" "A birthmark." Oregon Lemon Punch. . Cheap German Bricks Imported -j'! 1 V 4 - A ' i. ' 3 . a v t i This shows the first of a series of shipments of bricks from Germany, that are manufactured at a cost very much lower than is possilde in America, being loaded on board a barge from the S. S. Westphalia at New York. Due to the strike of brickworkers in this country at the present time, the Germun ship ment was rushed. PATKOX-TKACHEKS HOLD FIKST BUSINESS MEETING! The regular meeting of the P. T. A.' was held Tuesday afternoon in the High School auditorium wiith a good attendance. The following excellent program wa ju'ven: A song by Miss Davies, wo kindly responded to an encore. Thu being Fire Prevention week, the nui'ibers given by the pupils pertain ed to that subject. Winnifred Thom son gave a recitation and this was followed by a mock trial by Mrs. Finch's grade. All offenders were acquitted by the jury excepting Care lessness. The last number was a reading by Miss Christ. The meeting then proceeded to the transaction of business. The first item to be considered was that of sending a delegate to the state con vention which wiill meet at Medford, October 23-25. This matter was ta bled for lack of available candidate. Mrs. Boyer brought before the meeting a proposed plan for provid ing drinking fountains on thp play gVound at an estimated cost of $50 for two. The association decided to install them in the near future. Mr. Hedrick then addressed the meeting about his plans for awaken ing an interest in debating and speaking. He would li'ke to see the same interest in this activity as in athletics, and as an incentive he pro posed giving a cup to the winning team and offered to meet half the expense of it himself. Plans along this line will be worked out more fully later. Tlie president, Mrs. Woodson, gave notice that at the next meeting a vote would be taken on changing the time when dues should be paid. The object of this change is to make available the funds that would come in during the year. The work of the P. T. A. for the coming year will be carried on through the following committees: membership, publicity, civic, finance, and child welfare. Slips of paper were passed through the audience and and second choice for the committee on which they would like to serve. The object is to have every member an active member. The president stated that tlie P. T. A. was now tlie only organization of a civic nature in the town and expressed tlie hope that as a community we would rally to its support and do much good work this coming year. HOME COMING PAYS AT I'XIVKKSITV OF OREGON Vniversitv of Orecon. Fmrene Dot jl5- With tlie appointment of Had iden r.ockhcy as chairman of tho : homo coming commit:o. plans aiv hinder way for t hocelebra t ion of the annual alumni reunion on the I'ni ; versify of Oregon campus. November 23 an d 2 I . A high point of this year's homecoming will be annual jOregon-O. A. C. football game to bo Played on llayward liold oon the aft ernoon of November 2 t. Tlie annual student parade, rally and campus bonfire will feature the program November 23. The follow ing morning will bo devoted to alumni gatherings and tlie annual business meeting of gvads and for mer students. In tlie evening tlie homecoming dance will be held. Chairman Itockhey was appointed by Claude Kobinson, president of the Associated students. Hockhey served on tlie student council last year and has played on the varsity basketball team two years. Tly appointment of members of the committee to serve with the chairman will be an nounced this week. In addition to alumni and former students who will come to the cam pus, there will be hundreds of foot ball fans who are interested in see ing the Oregou-O. A. C. game. Tlie largest crowd in the history of tlie annual celebrations is expected this year. I'HESllMEN AT V. OF O. I!ATEI HIGH PHYSICALLY University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct. 16. The men of this year's freshmen class scored an unusual record in, the physical examinations required of entering students. Only 74 were placed in tlie class requiring special restricted exercise because of some physical defect. The number placed on tlie restricted list last year was 110. "As a whole, the freshman class is the best physically that has ever come to the university," said Harry A. Scott, director of physical educa tion for men. A sports program is provided for men in tlie restricted class in order that the. physical defects may be cor rected.. Last year more than a dozen men entered regular gym class from the restricted class after taking rem edial exercises. Farm Kt'iiu'nders This is the open season for tho freak wheats. Harvest is about over and many farmers arc thinking ol' what City will sow this fall. Somo were disappoinlul when (he (hirsher failed to turn out as many busluda as the June estimate made in' tho field. It is the time when tho pro moters of the fr. ak wheats tell tlieii stories of big yields and pell the chl fakes for several liimos the market price of hotter wheat. The standard varioiies pioved by the experiment stations are the high yielding one and they may be bought certifieil seed for but a few cents over tlio price of market wheat. Don't be led into paying a big price for the seven headed or titanic or other of tho poulard wheats that have failed fo produce in the real wheat trials, hi the warning sent out by tlie station. i ! ! 'I' I I I FKOFESSIOXAL CARDS J. l I J I ! I I I I I H! admitting them to the portals of lleppner Hi was administered among terrible spankings and horrible wails. M'ter the boys had received a reasonable amount of exercise at the hands of the sophomores and juniors, they also were given tho oath. Those important matters hav ing been attended to, the nierryniak- semont where men ers adjourned to the b : relreshmenls were served. The refreshments were very filling I for a hard times party, as they con sisted of bread and butter, baked beans and pickles. Had Mr. Tasli not kindly donated a large amount of candy the freshmen would probably have gone homo with their appetites unappeased. It is to be hoped that, the class of '27 fully appreciates its exalted status now, having come into it by great pain and misery. And so may they properly attend to next year's crop of green things. ITEMS OK INTEREST FKOM HKPIVXKIt HIGH The freshmen were properly in itiated into the mysteries of high school last Thursday evening when three upper classes welcomed them with a party. The basement was beautifully dec orated with colorful autumn leaves and crepe paper in the high school colors, purple and gold. As it was a hard times party those who attended were arrayed in most outlandish cos tumes. The freshmen boys were early spir ited away by the sophomores to be dealth with in a manner befitting young green sprouts. The girls wore marched around (he school singing "Nobody Knows How Green I Am." Then they were ushered into tho all were asked to write (heir first room of ceremonies when' the oath The juniors observed the time honored custom of Junior Loud Sock day last Wednesday with a beaute ous assortment of variegated hosiery. Heppner's football team played Boardman at Board man last Satur dy. The second team was used al most altogether. The score was 40-0 in Heppner's favor. Work on the ."Ilohisch" has be gun and with a very capable staff and many new ideas the school hopes to put out an excellent book this year. DR. F. E. FARRIOR DENTIST Office Upstairs Over Tostofflce Heppner, Oregon S. E. NOTSON ATTOKN E Y-AT-LAW Office in Court House HEPPNEll, OREGON WOODSON & SWEEK ATTOIJNEYS-AT-LAW Masonic BuIWlng HEPPNER, OREGON DR. A. D. McMURDO PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Telephone 122 Office Patterson's Drug Store HEPPNER, OREGON DeLUXE ROOMS Summer Rates 75c & $1.00 Over Case Furniture Co. Some E. Van Vac'or K. It. 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