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MEDFORD Milt' TRIBUNE, ' MEDFORD, OREGON, ' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931 pxge Fours' Medpord Mail Tribune "Evtryint in Soultiim OrtflM nidi thi Mall Triburn" Dtilj ma Bundiy Publiihed bf kfEDrOKU PU1NTINO CO. IB-IMP N. fir 8L PhftW T6 BOBKKT W- HUIIL. Editor E. U KNAPP. MlOMW Ad I odf pendent NewpMXf Enured u iMOud clus matUr it Hadford. Own, andar Act or March 8. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION KATES By Mill In AdiaoM: Dally, rear .00 Dally, monib. :....'? Br Cirrltr, to Adianeo Mdford, Atbland. JackiOBTllle. Central Point, Pboaolx. TalooU Gold Bill and oo Highway. Dally, month. $ Dally, ona rat f.80 All term, cub la tthaiKS. Orrirlal paper of tl City of MeJford. Official paper of JukwrP Coonty. HEMBEK 07 TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS HerelTlrtf Kull Lcuad Wire Bertie.) Tha Aiioclated Prew If uelralrely utltlcd to tho ma for publication of all new dhciatehaa credited to It or olherwUt credited Id thli paptr and also to tho local nen published herein. All rlfthta for puhlfcatloo of apeelal dUMtcbaa herein art alto rwerted. HEM BE at Of 0N1TEP PKE88 MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Adtertlilng RfpretentatlTea M- V. M 01 SENSES t COMPANY Office In .Nov York. Chicago. Detroit. Sis Frandtco. Lm Amtele. Seattle. Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. An auto key hu been Invented that screama when anybody but tha owner attempta to driv the car. No longer will tha busy car owner leave hla key In the car, to aave himself tha trouble of searching hla pocketa for It. and return to find both key and cur gone. Under this system the aherlff was annoyed by searching the countryside for the stolon vehicle, but the owner did not have to frisk hla pocketa. A gent was always . anguished and surprise If he left the key In his car, and a theft followed, though he had extended an unwrit ten Invitation. The acreamlng key makes life much easier, If It always screams. Home-owners have not ar rived at the point where they leave the key in tha front door, so they will not have to hunt tor It when they return home. You are hereby advised that this la Fire Prevention week In case any occur. Tha formation of a Third Party for Oregon la threatened, not to mention a Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Party. The main Idea of the Third Party, la to abolish everything but themselves, and Imitate Russia, with reduction of the taxes aa a side Issue. Some thing will have to be given tha Wil lamette valley and Portland, "with- out-ooat-to-the-people." Probably be free phone and kitchen atova wood. The Third Party will enthuse at least three (8) residents of this section, who are willing to try any fool politi cal notion once. The father and founder of the Third Party la H. H. Etallard, whom you have heard men tioned before, In connection with similar enterprises for the last 30 . years. If he had tolled so assldlously for Republicanism, or Democracy, In the past, he would not be on the federal bench. THE FIELD (IKOADENS (llcppner News) Mr, and Mrs. Elbert Cox were treated to a oharlvarl Wednesday night by Mr. Cox's Legionnaire friends. He waa dragged from hla comfortable home and taken to town to buy treats, then plaoed In the local bastlle for the night. John Turner, an unauapectlng bystander, waa handcuffed to Mr. Cox for awhile aa he Is or will be soon among the benedtcta. Tha current batch of Indian sum mer weather la too nice for profane discussion of the Depression. "PURE MILK AND CREAM RE PORTED" (Hdllne Del Norte Tripli cate.) Wherein a dairyman evidently errs. RESOLVED: That tha metropolitan port scribblers In the future write a piece about tha University of Ore gon football squad without mention ing John KlUmlller, It they can. It la now quite the thing among the home-grown economists, to wrin kle up the brow, pucker out the low er Up, look frightened, and predict a "social revolution." A "social revo lution" would be about aa social aa "civilised warfare" waa civilized. In ease they have one. It better be "social," and Just mildly rambuncti ous, leas any number of Americana with hair on the backs of their necks become unmanageable and stage an unsocial counter revolt. There haa been too much gently Incendiary talk about an "economic- uprising, by Rents mad at nothing much but the tax levy. HIT "NO 8ALK" KEY (Miller Advance) A man went Into a local a tors the other day with the Intention of buying some article that he really needed. He waa greeted by the storekeeper with tha worda, "Isn't this depression awfulf Why, X wouldn't be aurprlsed If lot of us dont starve by spring." And then he asked the customer what hs would lite I Saturday afternoon Young men playing tennis In white pants, while a football game waa raging. NO CORN SURPLUS IN VALLEY- (Colli H1U News) T.'ianka to tha hog and tha sUUa. Henry French, of B. Pt., one of the more cheerful tillers, waa In Mon., and aald he expected to last until spring, aa he always bad. Slate Provides Limestone. NASHVILLE. Tenn. (AP) An ap. propriatlosi of Mo.000 haa been made by the Tennessee legislature to provide pulverized limestone to farmers at cost. t Forest Orove. Work on Cential ecauol building practically completed 2ajgs2aP A Great'Loss to the Country IN THE midst of life we are in death." Senator Dwight Morrow returned Sunday night, apparently in the best of health, after assisting in the inauguration of a drive for Jewish charitable relief, and 12 hours later quietly passed into that "undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns." IT WAS quite fitting that Mr. Morrow's last publio act should have been service to a cause in which he had no personal or racial interest. Unselfish devotion to others and particularly to his country, had been the corner stone of both his business and diplomatic life. Such a sudden death can be nothing but a devastating shock to his family and friends, but at the present time, the death of Senator Morrow comes as a PECULIARLY SERIOUS loss to his country. e a e e e PUBLIC men of the Morrow type are particularly needed at the present time when this country and the entire world are politically and economically so out of joint, and we fear they will be even more acutely needed in the immediate future. SENATOR MORROW wag a very rare combination, a cap able and highly successful financier, and a man almost fa natically devoted to the publio interest, to what he considered to be the best for the world, his country and its people. On one hand, the chief lieutenant of the House of Morgan ; on the other, the best friend the oppressed masses of Cuba and Mexico ever had. And had he lived, we are confident he would have proved to have been one of the best friends the people of America ever had. ' . In brief, Mr. Morrow was an outstanding example of the highest type of citizenship this democracy has produced, in our opinion the only type that can protect it from the encroach ments of predatory wealth on one hand; and the destructive force of blind radicalism on the other. He could have shown the way, and only men of his excep tional oharaoter, wisdom and enlightenment, CAN show the wayi Book could be written about Mr. Morrow, and with the space and time at our command, It is difficult to drive home the point we wish to make. But here goes for a try, and we will select at random two incidents in his career to illustrate what we mean. When he was appointed Ambassador to Mexico, President Green of the American Federation of Labor was asked what he thought of a representative of J. P. Morgan being sent down there to represent his country. "What of itt" asked Mr. Green. "Dwight Morrow it a good man." CEVERAL years before Mr. Morrow had been sent to Cuba to iron out the finanoial and politioal mess in that country. Cuba had defaulted on its bonds, a major portion of them being held by Mr. Morrow's firm, J. P. Morgan & Co. Morgan urged U. S. intervention, Wall Street made the same demand, But what did Mr. Morrow dot He flatly refused to even consider intervention. He laid out his OWN program, calcu lated to first put Cuba's house in order, eliminate armed force within or without, and bring finanoial stability. ' His plan was a complete success, just as his latter plan was in Mexico, and just as his plan saved the London naval confer ence from being a complete failure. Now what WAS it that made ally successful, that gave him Worker " Nothing so complicated or thing exceptionally rare in international relations TRUE VISION, the ability to see both sides of a question, and also to work out a solution, essentially FAIR to both sides. Simple enough. And yet a fundamental eonviotion "that honesty and unselfishness pay." In every international problem he attacked he had the ability to dig through the non-essentials on the surface to the essentials at the oore, put all his cards on the table, and thns in an atmos phere of mutual trust and confidence, in a spirit of give and take, reach a solution that would KTOW when this country produces a publio man who oan be the partner of J. P. Morgan ship of the head of organized tne bondholders of a tottering fight to the last ditch for the country in publio life; such a man, we repeat, represents the highest type of citizenship and statesmanship, that a dem ooraoy can produce. Such a man was Dwight Morrow. And never before, we be lieve, has this country so sorely needed men of this type, to load us safely through the social, political and economic rocks and shoals, that the world-wide depression has brought upon us. A Daring Achievement FOR Bheer daring and cast r.H t i i tt '" isuxuura sua uernaon wun ine sweepsiaKes prue. Hopping off from Japan, for the most hazardous sea journey in the world, they drop their landing gear in mid-ocean, rush through fog and rain, and nonchalantly land their plane with a "belly flopper" on the dust-swept field of Wcnatchee, Wash ington. Such courage and fearlessness certainly desorve a hand. But we hope the boys will wait a while before they try another ocean flight in an effort to beat the long distance record. We feel that we have had enough long distance ocean flights for a while. 'ALFALFA BILL' DOES LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 6 (AP) The governor of Oklahoma stood on his head yesterday. William Murray took that position and held It more than a minute on the lawn of the Nebraska executive mansion, Jtiat to ahow newapaper re porters that he could. Governor Murray waa visiting Gov ernor and Mrs. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska at tha time. He declined to repeat tha performance for pho- ocrapnara, the island back to political and Senator Morrow so sensation the title of the "Little Wonder profound, but nevertheless some perfect example of Mr. Morrow's WORK. and enjoy the absolute friend labor; a man who can represent government in private life, and welfare of the people of that iron nerve, we herewith present -i i , . i , , Next meeting of the Jacksonville Orange haa been postponed until tie meeting following, on account of other dates conflicting. Further an nouncements will be mad later rela tive to tha next meeting which will be October U. The H. E. club does not bout a meeting thla week but will have Its regular meeting Wedneeday, October 14, at tin, Jones' la jaokaoavUl. Today By Arthur Brisbane Dwight W. Morrow, The Pacific Conquered, They Work, Others Profit, No Substitute for Sleep. Copyright King Feature Synd, Ins. Sudden death ends the useful life of Dwight W. Morrow, a hard working, sincere Ameri can citizen. Mr. Morrow made his own way in the world and achieved success that would have more than satisfied many when he became an important partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan & Company. He relinquished that position, with its great profits, when opportunity presented it self to render service to his country. He did admirably the work intrusted to him in Mexico, bringing the nations closer to gether in friendship, acting as a tactful, efficient peacemaker in connection with regrettable religious troubles. He died with a, brilliant ca reer and great honor still be fore him. His untimely death is a national calamity. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., able American fliors, TRIED and succeeded. Flying the Pacific in 41 hours, a non-stop flight, with only one supply of fuel, the brave men came down at Wenatchee, in the state of Washington, with a crash and a smile. What they had done had never been done before. The length of their hop was 4489 miles, and they conquered the wide Pacific fiuoh an achievement ahould offset a good deal of pessimistic gloom. The natlon'a proaperlty and future depends on the minds and hearta of Its peoplee. We have tha right kind of people. Many building up great fortunes In the United States have died too soon, because they worked too hard. They have little leisure, little happi ness. They are envied and orltlolzed when they should be thanked. When they are dead they have only six feet of earth, and the worm soon take that. Everything else goes to the publio. A Vanderbllt, a Hill or a Harrtman builds a great railroad sys tem, permanently Improving the country. A Rockefeller accumulates money by "patience, perseverance, and In dustry" plua extraordinary intelli gence, gives hundreds of millions to education, science, warfare against disease, and hla son continues tha giving, while the father looks on ap provingly. Henry Clay Frlck built up the United States steel business with An. drew Carnegie, built for .himself a magnificent palace In Fifth avenue, bought beautiful works of art. Hla widow haa died, the palace and all art works now become the property of the people. He could sot give them away while hi wife lived. He followed an example aet by the late Benjamin Altman, whose collec tion, surpassing any other made In thla generation, waa left to the city of New York, in which hla fortune waa made. And ao it goeaenergy and lutein- genoe build great fortune, the people profit by them. Or If owners foolishly leave too much to children, the children squan der. usually, what they did not earn. and the money returns to the people. All five of Edison'a children are cloea to hi bedside. The great ge nius and benefactor of thla nation gradually losing strength. The doo- tore give what comfort they can. aav Ing: "Mr. Edison slept better, almost six hours." But there Is no real com fort. Unforttuietely for hla health, Mr. Edison haa persistently deprived him. aelf of needed sleep, grudging every hour taken from his work, even In old age. And that count against him now. Because of curtailing aleeo. Mr. Ed laon did to his nerve battery, hla own nervous system what he would not do to hla electrlo batteries. Pope Plua haa repeatedly Inquired by cable concerning Mr. Edlsonl health. Mr. Edison is described a "Free Thinker." but thai make no difference to the head of the Cathollo ohurch, who aeea greater 1m portanc in Edison'a services to the human race than In hla passing Indi vidual belief. John Eyre Sloan Edison's son-in-law, who 1 a Roman Cathollo, haa acknowledged grateful Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease, dlagiuMla or lrreatm-ot w'li be snerej by Dr. Brady If a stamped self eddreMrd envelope la enclosed Letters abould be brief and wrttteD Id luk Uwlng to the farce number of letters received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries a at conforming to Instructlon. Address Or William Brady in care the Mall Tribune. A LITTLE BOY WHO Our Montana reader telle me she Is i a reader of this oolumn but as yet has sot read anything about what ahe la going to, ask of me. I Well, I try to give prompt con-1 alderatlon to! every letter that conforms to th reasonable rules, j but I can't seem to get this racket organized quite well enough to answer these In quiries before I get 'em. Then the lady explains. You see, she has a boy of five. He seems per fectly healthy In every way, except that the little rascal gives his par ents, aunts and everybody so much anxiety when he is asleep, for He grits his teeth In hts Bleep, and he has been doing so for a whole year, and mother and pop and Aunt Mary and even grandma Just can't under stand Why he does It, Aunt Mary got "ier dander up, If you can .Imagine .her needing to do any such thing, and asked the doctor about It one day, and the doctor, poor fish, muffed tt badly by opining that It Is Just "nervousness." How ever, grandma herself pronounces the child not the least bit nervous, and ma feels pretty sure he has regular hours and a well balanced diet, what ever that may be. I remember Char He BradbUrn used to balance his diet neatly enough, and. It had brown sugar on top, whereas tne best we poorer kids could get was a sprink ling of .Insipid white sugar on ours. So If this young Mn gets plenty of well balanced diet he Is lucky. Fine practice for youngsters, too, balanc ing their diet. No mean trick to keep It balanced and nibble all around tne edges as you come otrolling back to the playgrounds to break up tne game. I told here (perhaps It was during the blizzard In Montana) recently how a careful study of a hundred or more children of divers shades, some of whom had worms and some of whom had none, had shown that just a." many of the kids without worms grit their teeth In sleep as do kids with worms, so that ougnt to eliminate the Sal rey gamps from the council. I also told here recently that grit ting the teeth lh sleep Is sometimes due to too acid urine, which In turn Is due to an Insufficient proportion of fresh vegetables, freah fruits and greens or salad relishes in the child's diet. In all cases of gritting or grinding of the teeth In sleep It is probable that there Is a tendency toward spas- modlo affections doctors call this ly the sympathetic messages from the pope. Optimism la beautiful, especially In a depression. Therefore, praise Mr. "Stitch" Mc Carthy, who defeated Mr. Jack Spero in a contest for the title of "Chief of the New York League of Locality Mayors, Inc., Mr. "Stitch," In the course of many fights and speeches that enlivened the election, remarked: "This Spero Is Just a crab. Why, I beat him practically unanimous; the vote was la to 11." That Interpret ism of figures is real bptlmlsm." Unpleasant hours In Wall Street yesterday, the foolish that bought too high and too excitedly throwing property overboard for less than half its value. But the foolish man's fear Is the wise man's opportunity. These days of depression will lay the foun dation of future independence and permanent prosperity for many. 1 ' Sundown ST SWAMP WHITE OAK. By Mary Graham Bonner. 'Are you ao grown-up that tt doesn't matter If you get your feet wet?" Peggy asked. It doesnt matter whether rm grown-up or not" the tree answer ed." "Are you. by the way. Inter ested in my wet feetv" "Id like to hear why you boaat about them." Peggy said. "How pleasant" replied the tree. "My name la Swamp White Oak. "From that you am very fond of a matter of taste, may care for the can tell that I swamps. U'a all I euppoae. Tou eeashor and your friends may like the mountains better." "We love the seashore, and we're wild about the mountains." said John. "1 dont know what I'd do it I were like that. Well. It doesn't met. ter so much with peop'a- Tb'T don't settle down with , their root the way tree do "They re fonder of moving around. Now It would be most awkward It I liked both awampa and dry ground, wouldn't Itt" "It would." admitted John. "Do tell us some more." "Tou oan aet tnat am aa oak- OPES CRITS HIS TEETH spasmophilia. Such children have spasms or convulsions where normal children would have only restlessness or where older persons might have a chill, as with the onset of any acute feverish Illness such as scarlet fever. We don't understand Just why certain children are spasmophilic. - It may be that they happen to lack calcium In their blood, bones, soft tissues, nerves, may be tha their calcium metab olism Is deficient, it may be that their calcium food supply is deficient. It may be that they calcium metab vitamin D, or Insufficient sunlight (ultraviolet) on naked skin, or both. Anyway, no harm to try a course of cod Hver oil, or vlosterol. See that the child gets plenty of the foods suggested as well as plenty of fresh milk and other dairy produots and fresh eggs, cooked and served to suit the child's taste. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Physiology of Sex. Shall appreciate your advloe ' on choice of a physiology textbook for laymen, something which gives In formation about sex physiology as wen as general physiology. F. J. Answer Mottram's "Physiology,1 published by w. W. Norton Co., at about 3, is excellent. Pacifier. Years ago you helped me tremend ously simply by calling me a fool . . . My sister-in-law has had charge of my baby much of the time, and she taught him to take a pacifier. Now I find I can't break, him of It, and she says X am silly not to let him have it . . . Mrs. L. V. W. Answer This time I'd have to qual Ify It some. If you let the ln-laws get the baby Into such bad habits you are one, all right. Better take the baby off somewhere and take the pacifier away and let him cry till he makes up his mind it Is no use. Then the habit Is broken. Besides causing deformity of the palate and of the teeth, the pacifier makes a neurotic out of the child and If you do not stop such coddling and pampering now you're going to have a devil to control by and by. . No Names Given Out. I noticed a party wanted a remedy for poison Ivy. If you will give me the party's name and address I will be glad to send them a tube of -D. H. G. Answer It wasn't a parffy. It was a person. I am not at liberty o give out the identity of a correspond ent unless the correspondent gives consent. Anyway, if you think you have a good remedy for ivy poison ing, tell me what It Is, and If I think It is worth mentioning I'll mention It to correspondents who ask for such remedy. No nostrums need ap ply. No secret hocus-pocus can go through this column. (C&pyright John F. Dllle Co.) that la It you're familiar with oak leaves, and we are pretty well known. "They're yellow now because I'm dressed up for the fall of the year. "But the greatest Joy I have la to have my roots down In awampy ground. "I adore wet feet, you' might say. And they never do me any harm. No, I'm one of the few creatureae lf creature you can call me that thrive on wet feet. But you'd have to be a awamp whit oak In order to do aa I do, and you'd have to be satisfied with swamp life something everyone wouldn't like, but I love It!" Tomorrow "Old Walrus." 4 Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson County History From the Flies of The Mall Tribune of 20 end 10 Vei Ago.) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 6, lfl'M. (It waa Thursdsy) Yankees again defeat Giant, 8 to 0, In world series game. Government to repeal aoft drink tax. The First Baptist church to build new edifice at North Central and Fifth street, the congregation vote. Ashland defeata Klamath Fails. 17 to 7, In first gam In eouthern Oregon. Local shoe shining establishment put shine back to dime. Trial of' Dr. B. M. Brumfleld for murder at Roaeburg. hampered by Inability to aecura a Jury. State wide Interest In outcome. Roeii River vallev Snttaenberga win high praise In the east. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October . 1911. (It waa Friday) Government after "tobacco trust." Glorious Indian summer days bring out riot of color In hllU, especially in the Prospect district. Beatty atreet paving causae build ing activity along thoroughfare. "The Girl from Missouri" next local theatrical attraction. Portland defeata Vernon and val ley fana elated. Court Hall writes a column letter to the editor about It. University club" is a year old today. Train bearing President Taft will pass through city at 11 p m. and no reception Is planned at the depot. " TOLEDO. Or.. Oct. . (AP) Ivan Hawley, 80. 8alem. Ore., waa killed Instantly when the automobile In which he was riding turned over Just weat of Cddyvllle. He wa the eon of County Commissioner Arthur Hawley of Benton county. A break In the steering gear wa blamed for th accident, m xU BY FREEMAN SYNOPSIS: Th runaway mar riao of. Bam Bherrill and Freddy afunsoa Is abruptly nailed tcien - fiam. itfavfitff her Aome. find, a ol from her hall-brother He lion saytng that he is marrying their maid, Uartha Qlven. 8am wor ries mors keenly about the retull ottt loss at social standing, oecauss her etepfather. Fourth Aldertea, Believes in strict class distinctions. h'eUon hat taken ioith him money ' that Fourth hae borrowed to pay a wiorrpaa. interest, fiam leej reeponeible lor the finances of her family, iohleh is on reaeon tohy ehe hae previouely ooneidered mar ryina Peak Abbott. Abbott, the wealthy owner ot the Bsvreee, tor which Bam and Freddy work, is uiillna that fiam ehould marry him tcitnout loving him. ' Sam is - etunned by Neleon'e note, and in a daze ehe takee off her traveling olothee and ttarte to get Alder- ( sea's dinner. i Chapter MISTAKE OR DISGRACE? SOME tlm later th telephone began to ring. It rang briefly and authoritatively, bnt Sam did not even look up from ber work. She was vaguely aware that It must be Freddy who waa calling and that aba probably owed him some sort of explanation, but she felt curiously incapabl ot speech. She felt Incapable ot everything except pealing potatoes, which ask ed no questions and were smooth and cool in her hands. Possibly potatoes .were numb all oyer, and very tired, and did not care to be bothered with Questions. She could understand that. Tha telephone continued to ring. Its commands were no longer short and confident, but bad changed to dogged appeals tor attention. It seemed possible that they might go on tor ever, and so, when Sam dropped the last potato Into the pot of water boiling on the stove, she carefully dried her bands and walked slowly Into the living room. The small suburban directory on top of the big blue city one provided Just what she needed. Together they were thick enough to remove the weight ot the receiver from Its hook and to quiet the clamor ot the bell. The Instrument continued to buzz and mutter angrily tor a tew moments, but then was still. Sam nodded and returned to the kitchen. Fourth banged the front door heavily behind him when he came In. He always banged the front door, Just as he always shouted Sam's name Immediately afterward. It was a habit, like Nelson's but toning his vest on tbe front stairs. This time Sam did not answer his call. She Intended to answer It but somehow tbe necessary energy seemed to be lacking, so she mere ly slid the grill bearing the chops Into the oven. After an Interval, during which Fourth Indulged In a tew cheerful preliminary blasts upon tbe mouth organ, be once more shouted Sam's name. Receiving no answer he strode out to the kitchen. "Martha," he began from the butler's pantry door, "where Is " He stopped In surprise. "Sam I What on earth are you doing?" "Hello, Fourth." Sam, with her back toward him, nodded. "I'm getting dinner." "So I see, but I didn't realise this was Martha's day out" "It isn't." Sam shrugged, realiz ing that the Inevitable questions had begun. "Tomorrow Is Martha's day out," "Then " "Yes. That's It. Martha's left.' "No!" Fourth digested that sur prising: bit of Information In silence for a moment Then he said lndig nantly: "Didn't she give any notice at all?" "Hardly any at' all," replied Sam. Fourth's Indignation grew. He paced up and down the kitchen floor and Inquired heatedly whether Sam could have expected anything else from a little chit who bad no breed ing, brains, or sense of gratitude. He announced that her leaving In this manner was no more than he had expected and that It was un doubtedly a. blessing In very little disguise. He said that some competent per son must be found Immediately to take her place. He finally set forth upon a discussion of tbe gravity of the servant problem In the united States. Sam did not listen. She realized that she should tell Fourth every thing that had happened without delay. She knew that any postpone ment would only make things that much worse, but at tha same time she knew that she could do nothing Just then. She was terribly, hor ribly tired. Fourth did not bother her dur ing dinner, or while ftey were washing and drying the dishes afterward. He was In a conversa tional mood, and In such a mood be required little prompting. The smooth flow ot his words was al most restful, like the sound of rain Talks T& V ggparents By Alice Jndson Teale. Beth wa ttlng the supper table. Her mother, observing that th cloth waa (Oiled, told her to put on a fresh one. "Oh, why bother." said Beth, "there la no company ton-aht. It'a plenty clean enough Just for the family." Beth announced a common point of view. Fastidiousness la for com pany only: In th bosom of the fam ily on relaxes. One come to th table in any old clotnee, with hair Indifferently combed, and hand Indifferently clean. One does not trouble to be agree able and find pleasant conversation. On doe not bother with th ordi LINCOLN on a tin root It was entirely mesa lngless to Sam, who merely re laxed, while her subconscious mini enabled ber to nod or to shake ha bead at appropriate moments. Fourth noticed nothing out of thi ordinary. When the dL'hes wen dried and had been put away, hi remarked cheerfully that that wai that and retired with his newspa pet to the davenport Sam watches' hlro gravely. She squared hei shoulders and walked over to his side. Fourth," said Sam gently, "I have news for you." "News?" He looked up In sur prise but without alarm. "Well, left have It I hope It's good." 1 "I doubt if you'U think that tfi good. I'm afraid It will be rather I shock." "Oh." Fourth put down his newa paper and his pipe and looked al her. Then he said briefly: "AH right, let's have It I'm ready." Sam said: "Nelson Is married." Fourth merely continued to look the pupils of his eyes widening Married?" He repeated neayiiy at last "Married?" Fourth was slow to understand. Sam, watching him as he sat there with his big hands on bis kneee, appreciated exactly how he felt The blow had been too sudden to be comprehended at oncel It might be an hour, or two hours, or perhaps a full day before the knowledge was comoletely absorbed. "Nelson married? On what?" h said. Sam was patient with this Irrele vance. "I don't know, but It doesn't matter, does It? The point Is that tbe thing Is done." "Who is the girl?" Fourth de manded. That's the worst part" She avoided his eyes, "that will be tbe hardest thing tor you to bear." "Tell me ber name. "Nelson married Martha," said Sam gently. "He married Martha Givens." "Martha Givens? "Yes," said Sam. "Martha the maid." Sam had expected that an out burst would follow her bald declara tion, but none was forthcoming. There was merely a complete and absolute silence In the living room. Sam did not look at Fourth. She wandered over to the other side ot the room and mechanically began ato rearrange magazines on the top of a table. She wondered dully what would happen next Fourth laughed, at last almost naturally. "It Isn't true, ot course." Sam turned about and shook ber head. "It's true." "No," Bald Fourth flatly and with out emotion. "There's some mistake. No son of mine would disgrace him self and me by marrying a servant girl." "I know how you feel," said Sam softly, "but the thing Is done." Fourth looked at her Imperson ally, as though she were a stranger. "How do you know?" he demanded coldly. "What proof have you?" "I have a letter from Nelson that I found when I came home this afternoon. He Bald " "Get the letter." Fourth ordered calmly. "I want to read it" She hesitated. Then she went np to her room and got the letter. She handed It to Fourth without a word and returned once more to the magazines. Her sense ot hearing seemed ab normally acute. She heard the rustle ot paper as Fourth carefully took the letter from Us envelope. She h'ard the faint ticking if the clock o- the mantel, and the slow drip of water from the tap In tl a kitchen. She was instantly awa-e, also, ot a car that turned off thi main road and started up the drive to the stable. "Someone Is coming," she said calmly. "Probably to see me. I'll talk to him outside." With both hands Fourth was holding Nelson's letter under the reading lamp. He did not answer. It was Freddy, as Sam had ex pected. He swung out ot the taxi almost before It had come Us a stop. Sam noticed as be came striding toward where she was standing on the front step, that be was wearing a new suit He had a new overcoat too, and a new hat Sam said: "We'll have to talk out here, Freddy. Let's go around the corner of the house where we can be alone." They went around the oorner ot the house and came to a stop under one ot the lighted living room win dows. Sam could see Freddy's face clearly and could tell that he was angry. He was making an effort to control himself. (Ooovrioht. Freeman Ltnoolnl What Is Freddy's accusation, to morrow? Sam makes up her mind sbout msrrisa. nary courtesies of observing ones neighbor's wants, or waiting until everyone is served. Food la Just food; it I not neces sary to make It attractive. The table cloth need not be clean, the service can be laid any old way, "Just for the family." That la all a mistake. Family lite haa need of the amenltiea If It 1 to inculcate proper standards In the young. Through the standards of home, children should learn that one must come to the table neat and clean under any and all circumstances, that good mannera are for everyone on every day in the week. They need to learn to think of home in terms of decent, attractive living. Only when they do so will they carry over desirable standards and attitude Into the homea which tbey make for themselves later on. The observance of what may seem merely matters of form la reflected agreeably In the relationship with in th family circle.
