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T H I •••••04000000060000000000 —■ The Missing Heiress I i I I I I I • I I I • I I I -u N« we pa per N/BJhoM». J By JANE OSBORN The House of Quality b/ "If only I hud a million 1" Anna sighed. "Now, what would you do with HF Lola askvd. Huy things. 'Bldps and slioee and sealing wax’- air ships, understand, Pleasing and Attractive Styles In the New aud golden slippers, and sealing wax. old Muu Trouble could never, never breuk through," Anne returned, hurt ing u Bunday supplement across the room. "Il’s simply miserable," she weut on, "to read ubout the things people Lava and do, uud sew—and know wo must stick beta sama as tbe trees so long us we Uve." “1 tn glud to be so well-rooted,” from Lola, the philosophical. "Don't you bo wishing any cyclone on us. You’re In our Fancy Qoods Ssctlcn^-Plaln and Novslty Georgettoe, Bllk All greedy- a real pig, to pine for more— evar Lacca, Metallna Cloth, Ombra Qeorgsttes, Sllk Osmi Flounclngs, when you've a span new hat, three sto. All flrst-quallty fabrlcs at prlces surprislngly low. Ws Invita frocks and silk stockings, to say noth your Immediato Inapaction and salactlon whlla tha assortment la at ing of real bronze sllppera." Ito baaL "And nowhere to wear 'em but pic nics und preaching." Anne burst out: "And nobody uotk-es how I look any where J" "Mistake. Seven heads turned when your canary organdie went up the aisle Sunday," Lois comforted. "And guess whoso was one of them! Vance Maynor's." "l'sliaw ! Widowers don't count—no more than preuebere,” Anne dispar aged. "At leust not while they're A superb toilet neceeelty. In four shades—Natural, Pink, Brunatto green— after they're case-burdened 1 rather like them." and White. Hlgh-Brewn Face Powder has earned Ito piece In the “Why waste breulh telling me thing* esteem of the moot dleorlmlnate and okoptlcal user* of toilet artlcloe 1 know so wellF Lois uuug have, I yawning again. by Ito own dlotlnctlvo merit and the complete satisfaction to be de- Anne run to the window. Peering rived from Ito use. through the half-shut blinds, she said In a stage whisper: "Somebody's coming —two somebodies In fact. Man and Manufactured only by woman—In a car—no, there are three. Can't tell ubout the hlud-rlder. Won der what they want—water, or apples, THE OVERTON HYGIENIC MFG. or usF COMPANY “Easy to find out." Lola said as tbe I car stopped short. No ball came CHICAGO through the slleuce, hence these must ■ be visitors. Also strange—neighbors knew better than to break tbe Sabbath ’ by calling at the Marston place. All 1 MRA. E. O. CANNADY week it was the scene of noble bos- I pltallty, but nobody wue welcome there 402 Buchanan Bldg., Portland, upon tbe day of rest. “We'd better go out. Miss Peg Is Pacific Coast Distributor sound asleep," Anne said, <>|>enlng the big front door very softly. Lois slid through It behind her. Together they went down the broad stone steps and 04000000000000000000000 along the gravel walk up which the car-people were walking slowly, held FRED JORG, Prop. Broadway 1211 from speed by tbe flowers In the bowl ders on either side. The woman, gray- lialred but supple, bent to kiss a rose — specially gorgeous red one. Tbe ■ men, her Juniors, smiled at her, but hot Impatiently, rather us though shar FRESH AND SALT MEATS ing her Joy. "Hello, orphans!" she called gayly Also a Full Line of Staple Groceries as her eyes fell on the girls. "You don't remember me, but 1 saw your beginning here. Where Is that won Phone Orders Delivered Promptly 295 16th Street, North derful Peggy person? Go fetch her—j quick I I've come 50 miles out of my 00004000000000000000000000000000000004 way to see her, and can stay Just two hours." "It's Sunday, you know," Anne be gan tentatively. The gray-lialred one frowned mer rily. “Of course I know," she said. Hut Sunday or no Sunday I’iu bouud to see my Peggy ; It may be my last ' chance. These runagates," nodding at the young men—my nephews, Phil and : Edmund Gore—are bent on showing 370 to 37# Union Ave. North me the whole of the Lnited States from an auto, and I'm mighty 'fruid I won't lust the trip through. Hoys, WEST SIDE OFFICE make your manners to Anae l.ell and 202 Brosdwsy, near Taylor Lola Norton. I'm happy enough to cry to see what you have growu to be. Peg drew prizes In the big lot tery, and so I think did you." Her cheery voice broke on the last “By keeping your wardrobe spick and span you’ll save much word—all were silent a minute recall in this year'to clothing expense. Have winter garments ing the old-time tragedy—the train , cleaned before storing.” wreck that had left a dozen young I children desolate. It had happened upon wlmt was to have beer Miss Peggy Marston's wedding day—her betrothed had perished In It—she had risen from her depths of grief to suc cor the helpless. Ellen Gore, her closest friend, now the gray-haired Mrs. Edwards had attended tc all de tails—being then, as now, a pattern of cheerful efficiency. Oddly, the friends had not met since tlmt sorrowful part ing—Ellen had wandered the world over, l eggy stayed In her backwater, doing what she could with her broken life. She loved her udopted daughters, they made her time of waiting less weary, but she would be glad when the end came, nnd she could leave them to share her modest competence. Yet she called almost Joyfully from the piazza: "Ellen, you're still achiev ing the Impossible. Come In straight away, and give an account of your self." "Even If It Is Sunday?" Ellen asked, her eyes twinkling. Miss Peggy's all Suits and Dresses High-Brown Face Powder People’s Market Broadway Dye and Cleaning Works AOVO CA TB but twinkled buck, replying: "Sen ten«« 1« u month's Imprlooiiiuent." “Commututlon for good conduct F Mrs. Edwards asked. Miss Peggy nodded but utmost whispered: “Only half a day. even If you are angelic." In the middle of the inonlh came the earthquake. It w«» nothing Issa spir itually, though the ground atood feat. Up from New Zealand cum« u law yer with proof lucontestabl« that Anna Hell wue helreaa to so much money aha could. If It pleuaed her. buy a whole fleet of a I rah I pa. Bhe wan riotously glad—and full to overflowing of grati tude tn her foater-mother, a a well us to Sirs. Ed wards. To Lois she an Id «Im ply: "We'll share—us we’ve shared everything." There was no hindering her—the fortune was hers In fee. "We have only each other and Miss Peggy," Anne said, putting her hand In luds' tiny palm. "Sharing la the best part of all. I aha’n’t draw an easy breath till everything Is fixed so It can’t be changed." Curiously enough, Mrs. Edwards was remotely responsible for Anne's Inher itance; she had told the tragic story of the wreck and Ita outcome aboard ship In the bearing of a man bound for the far southern wonder world. He had remembered It well enough to find In It a clew that had led to finding tbe tnlaalng helreaa. Hut. more curiously still, Anne said nothing of any reward to tbe elderly lady. They were good friends—Indeed, tbe cusuul travelers now seemed grown Into the life of the family at the Grange. Miss Peggy had let down all bars—she bad first refused Sunday visitors through dread of staring, curious eyes filled with morbid interest. She bad tuken to the Gore boys wonderfully; they In turn gave her a reverent loving courtesy beautiful to see. Still they were ready, but some how the heart had gone out of them. They were restless, eager to be on tbetr wnv to the "ilreat Adventure" of uhuuing sweet Ellen her own country. They held themselves beautifully to ward tbe new heiresses—there was nothing of pretension, neither of abase ment, about them. Hut—there was a change—too subtle to be put In words. It could only bo felt—and Anne felt It bitterly. I-ola, more level headed. was less miserable. She had an abiding faith In the eternal right ness of what ought to be. So upon a soft, starlit night she talked ear nestly with Anne. In result, Anne sought out the Goree, guve a band to each of them, and said with difficulty: "Hoys— -we we want an appraisal. Lola and I. How much are we worth—Just as we stand Y’ “All the money in the world,” from "And then some,” from Ed Phil, uiund, in his deepest bass. "Then— you won’t throw us away for lees?" Anne questioned softly. Anybody who needs a set answer is Invited to make It for himself. Dynamite Kills Blight. Down from the Powell fuir comes a story about defending the melon patch from the blight, One exhibitor was asked whether be had trouble of that sort. "Never," he said. Urged to ex- plain hla method he replied “dyne- mite." “You don't blow ’em up?" In quired his anxious hearers. And then he proceeded to explain that lie simply burned the pulverised explosive In his patches about the time the blight was expected. A blow will explode dyna mite while a match may be applied to It and It will burn slowly. And It makes a heavy smoke as It burns that will lie close to the ground and float around among the plants. And It will kill all other pests, said the grower— “I bar none.” Worth trying, hut bet- ter be sure you know Just how to handle dynamite.—Milwaukee Journal. Applying Old Saying. Finding himself near Ids home one lunch time a traveling salesman decid ed to have the meal with his wife. Ar riving at the house, he found the doc tor’s motorcar outside, and letting him self In quietly, saw his wife sitting on the medical man's knee. lie left as quietly as he had entered and. going to the local fruiterer, or dered him to send r. barrel of apples to his house that afternoon. Reaching home for dinner, the trav eler was most affable and his wife de lighted with the present of the apples. After thanking her husband, she In quired : “Hut why~ did you seud so many apples, dear?” “Oil," he replied, "an apple a day keeps the doctor awayI"—Chlcngo Dally News. • When Jim Quit the Game. Jim was very much In love, but held back Ids proposal from sheer bash fulness. At last l>e decided to pop the question by telephone. "Mabel. I love you !" lie gasped, his "Will you marry heart thumping, me?” There was a moment's hesitation before the answer came. Why "Of course 1 will, Arthur. didn't you come nnd ask me your- self?" Then Jim shouted back: "You'll have to break the news to Arthur yourself. 1'11 be hanged If I will!" I After Entry Mtal WMGUYS In work or play, ft gives the poise and steadiness that success. Flowers for making perfume are g> thered at the hour when their fra- grance Is strongest. This Is extracted by several methods, the most Interest ing of which Is enfleurage, which draws the scent from flowers that do not respond to distillation or other methods, ltutter, as every housewife knows, will absorb every stray odor In the Ice box, nnd It Is this peculiar property of fats which makes enfleur age possible. Glass plates are coated with purified mutton or beef fat and the flower petals pressed Into It. These plates are put into alr-tlght chambers. The flowers are renewed from time to time. When the pomade, ns the fat Is now called, has reached the de sired strength, It Is melted off with hot water and treated with alcohol. The resultant attar or essence Is then ready for the perfume maker. In one French factory alone 2,400 tons of tons of Jonquils are used tn a year. These amounts do not seem so Im pressive when It Is known that 11 tons of roses—about 3,000,000 blos soms—yield but one pound of essence. The modem perfumer has a great scale for floral, herbal and artificial essences to combine with the anlmnl bases, and It Is In this combination that he exercises hla Ingenuity and skill to produce the complex perfume of today.—Dr. Frederic 8. Mason In the Mentor. Falls In Duty. The Individual who Is hurt by some one and fears ami falls to make It knonn, and thus give opportunity for explanation and correction, deserves what he suffers for hla lack of cour age, and even more for his failure to give occasion for Justice to be done.— Alexander Lyons. IMPROVE CAPACITY OF COWS I Tasting Associations Aid Dairyman In Culling Out Und«slrabla Animals In Hard. The chief agencies for Improving tbe capacity of dairy cows are th« cow It helps digestion, testing association and testing for ad thirst, keep- vanced registration, according to state e mouth cool dairy extension «[«edallsts. Tbe the throat former aids th« farm«r-dalrymaa to ■teles relaxed size up his herd, cull out the undesir •nd pliant and the able animals and get his dairy upon nt cane. a business basis. Tbe testing of pure bred cows for advanced registry sorts out the most desirable cows and bulls U..Ae for the Improvement of the breed, and furnishes large numbers of bulls that are available to farmer-dairymen for mating with cows selected through th« D-ll use of the cow testing association. In tl«« Holateln-Frieslan Register, the largest of all the breeds, 99,000 cows and 6.600 bulls have been ad mitted. Among these animal« are Pompey's Pillar. found cows which have pi«. ; over Pompey's Hilar la a beautiful red 1,000 pounds butterfat In one year. granite Corinthian column in Alex The highest yearly record for butter andria. The inscriptions show It waa la held by May Walker Ollie Homo stead who produced 1,523.2 pounds. erected in 302 A. D., In honor of the Tbs cow bedding the world's milk Emperor Diocletian. No one knows record Is Segls Pletertje Prospect, how it came to be called Pompey's, which In one year produced 4.672 gal except that he was assassinated In lons, or an average of over 51 quarts Alexandria 350 years before the date a day. ot tbe column. f FOR 1 ABtTTER tSCOREj SEE DAIRY PROFITS IN 1923 8have With Cuticura Soap And double your razor efficiency as Good Year Is Seen Ahead by Iowa Ex pert, but Much Depends on Indi well as promote skin purity, skin com vidual Farmer. fort and skin health. No mug. no slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no From all Indications, farmers who Irritation even when shaved twice daily. One soap for all uses—shaving, milk cows tn 1923 have a good year ahead, says C. B. Finley, an Iowa dairy bathing and shampooing.—Adv. expert. However, profits will depend much upon the Individual farmer. Worth Remembering. The extent to which It will be pos Just before going to si"? a bit of sible to cash In on the good year ahead Imagination regarding achievement will depend largely upon ten things, possibilities of tbe morrow will stead which are as follows: ily and Increasingly bear fruit, par 1. Get a field of alfalfa or clover ticularly if all ideals of difficulty, large enough to supply tha herd. 2. Have ample allage. worry or fear are resolutely ruled out 3. Feed rations suited to the cows’ and replaced by those of accomplish ment and smiling courage.—Dr. Fred needs. 4. Weed out the unprofitable cows. erick Herce. 5. Weigh the milk each day. 6. Feed according to production. Between Girls. T. Make your barn more sanitary Bluebells and May bell o were talking and comfortable. 8. Supply the best quality of prod things over. “All men," quoth Blue- uct to the consumer and the creamery belle, "are liars." "Wen, do you'want possible. them to tell you the truth about your 9. Put your herd on a business basis looks"—Louisville Courier-Journal. by being In a cow testing association. 10. Buy a sire from good producing purebred ancestry. Appreciated Earnings. That which we acquire With the most difficulty we retain the longest; BASIS FOR DAIRY INDUSTRY as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than Don't Walt In Meadow« for Cow to Back Up to Be Milked—Waste those who have inherited one.—Colton. Converted Into Milk. Speed of Hares. The rabbit runs faster than a hare tor the first 35 yards. A motor car at 40 miles an hour will overtake and pass a hare, but up to that speed the animal will usually hold his own. Lawyers the Greatest Readers. Lawyers call for more books in the library than other professional men, ministers and doctors the least num bers, according to one librarian. To Keep Up Commerce. Road building is nothing short of a vital business necessity. If commerce Is to be kept at its proper and desir able level. Allay Dust Evils. It has been found that both straw nnd brush roads allay the dust evils during the summer dry p-’-lnd. Motor Transportation. Motor transportation is engaged in by more than 10,000 lines in the United States. No. 4 Is Unlucky In Japan. Tokyo.- The number four In Japnr (pronounced “phi"), which meant death. Is regarded as most unlucky Therefore. Japanese hospitals try tc avoid numbering n room four. People who are not superstitious, hovtever, prefer this very number, because the room being less frequently used If cteaner. Porcelain Bella for Cathedral. A cathedral In France Is to have a carillon of GO bells made of porcelain. Mrs. Fred Anderson A ROSE YIELDS LITTLE PERFUME ------------- *■ Three Million of the Flowers Re roses, 1,750 tons of orange blossoms, quired to Produce Ono Ounce of 132 tons of violets, 280 tons of Jas Commercial Eeaence. mine, 70 tons of lube-roses, and 15 DAIRY POINTS Sparkling Eyes Follow good Health Salem, Oreg.—"For several years I suffered vi h liver trouble and stomach disorder. I was constipated and had a gassy condition of the stomach. I doctored, but could not get rid of these conditions until I began taking Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and since I took these ‘Pel lets' 1 have not had any more trouble with my liver or stomach. “1 can highly recommend Doctor Tierce’s Pleasant Pellets to anyone suffering with stomach or liver ilia.” —Mrs. Fred Anderson, 905 S. 21st Street. Constipation is at the root of many ailments. Von can avoid many of the ills in life bv obtaining Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets from your druggist. Send 10c for trial pkg. or write for free advice to Dr. Pierce’s In valids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y. Lincoln vs. You Lincoln bekmge to the ogee. He wee a man among men and all the world today roeocnhMO hla genius at character. tan«.,In waa self.taught. Instead of waiting ter someone to pound knowledge into him ha would walk mil«« to secure a book that ha might pursue the quest of knowledge which waa a supreme passion with him throughout hl« lira. Lincoln Inatlnctlvely knew that knowl edge waa the key that unlocks the door to fame and fortune, or any aurceee that man desires He went directly after knowledge to prepare himself so that when hl« chance came ho would bo ready. Tou may look handsomer than Lineals; you may have more native strength than Ldnceta; y«u may have an Intellect that could easily be developed; but If you have not the burning desire to develop yourself, you are certain to stick In the mudjsock class. Knowledge Is distinctly a matter of In clination If you do not secure knowledge you are lust »a certain to suffer for your lack of development in a mental way aa Sou would certainly deteriorate physically ’ you laid In bed all the time and would neglect to develop your muscles. Laal- ness lead« to pein and failure. If you In sist on being laiy, the law of compensa tion will force you to pay compound In terest for your Idleneee. You will he whipped and scourged and made to do the meanest work of the world. The hard laws of necessity are sure to overtake you. You must eat and people will insist that you earn what you eat. The whip of necessity will beat your bleeding back and the sharp tongue of a heartless world will tear to shreds your sensibilities. When you are etrstched on the cross of neces sity, people of this world will crown you with thorns and drive Into your flesh, nulls expressing their acorn. Lincoln knew that the world will never forgive failure. Logically he equipped himself to succeed and he did succeed. Tou, too, can succeed, but yoti must pre pare yourself for the battle of life. The greatest asset In life Is a strong character end the ability to express your self. If you are dumb as a dog you will receive the reward of a dog, the crumbs from some rich man's table, who under- stands the way to express himself. The great mass of men have made no effort to develop themselves. Nearly all are capable of Infinite development, but they do not realise It They are paralysed by the thought that they are Inferior when In reality the only difference be tween a successful man and themselves Is development They could easily grow If they would get busy and develop themselves as Lin coln and other great men have done. Tou do not have to be a super-man or a giant of intellect but you do have to be Just a little better than the average to be selected to occupy a seat of honor and ease where you will work less and get more. 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Name _________________________ “Don't sit down In the meadow and wait for the cow to back up to bo City milked—go after the cow.” The basis for the whole dairy Industry is th« cow, and If farmers are going to uti State_________________________________ lize to the beet advantage the quan Write Plainly. tities of roughage that annually are wasted on every farm they must go An elector was once a prince who after the cow. had a vote In the election of the em There Is no w»y to convert th« corn, the hay, the clover, the straw, peror ot Germany until Napoleon and the abundance of other forage broke up the old German empire and Into a marketable form so quickly consequently destroyed the college ot and so economically as by feeding to electors. the dairy cow. Slier works day and night summer and winter, week days One Thing That Can Be Helped. and Sundays, in flood and drought to You cannot help the kind ot brains convert the unmarketable waste of the farm into a finished and valuable you are born with, but you can help tbe kind you go through life with. product of human food. The first thing is to get the cows. And that's what counts.—B. C. Forbes. Profits are then assured. STEADY INCOME FROM DAIRY Distributes Marketing Throughout Year and Gives Employment in the Dull Months. PULLET CULLING PROFITABLE Main Points to Consider Are Long, Broad Back and Full Abdomen —Many Are Stackers. In culling pullets, the malt, points to The dairy herd returns a constant consider are a long, broad back; full Income to the owner, distributes the abdomen, deep, long breast; clean cut marketing period throughout the year, head; and a bright eye. Ten to fifteen gives employment for the winter per cent of the pullet crop can be months which would otherwise be killed without affecting the flocks proe- largely wasted from a productive • cts. standpoint, and reduces the crops to i their most compact form. If dairying ’ GOOD TREATMENT FOR ROUP continues to be managed by men of industry and foresight it cannot fall. Prevention le Alwsyi Best by Not Overcrowding Fowls—Cattle Dip Is Recommended. ADVANTAGE IN KNOWING COW Prevent roup by not overcrowding birds. In treating Individual cases, best success has been obtained by tak ing a gallon sirup can Into which put a taSlesimonful of the common cattle In tlie matter of knowing the In lips. Dip the nffected bird's heart, dividuality of the cows the small with motitii oi«en. Into this solution. breeder has sn advantage over the Be sure to hold the bird's head down man with a large herd. The man I ward while so doing. This treatment with 100 or more cannot know his I thoroughly disinfects the head parts, animals so well nor hope to get so both inshle and out. much out of them. Tlie old saying. ■ Importance of New York City. "Know thyself," Is no more excellent | than is the one, “Know thy cows." With 5 per cent ot the population ot the United States, New York city — produces in excess ot one-twelfth ot TEXAS SCOUTS MAKE RECORD all the goods manufactured in the At the recent South Texas State country. fair the scouts stood ready at all times to help or render Information. Among. other "good turns," the boys found. 72 lost children, bandied sir paraded a« traffic «>fficers, acted as runners for I officers of the association, furnished' 1« the fine« product ot Its Mad in tbe H escort for children during the baby | world. Every women who bee need ■ parade, parked automobiles In the fair It knowe this statement to be true. || grounds, met all Incoming trains, and maintained an information bureau on, the post office corner. Small Breeder Is In Better Position to Increase Milk Yield Than Large Owner. Red Cross BALL BLUE 1 RATS' FAREWELL APPEARANCE Boy scouts of Newport News, Vlr-1 glnla. In the role of modern Pled Pipers of Hamelin Town, played an Important part in the recent rat cam paign for the extinction of the <30,0001 rodents with which this water-front city was Infested. The rats might ■■' well have bowed graciously and ac cepted their fate, for In addition to putting up for distribution 4,500 bags of rat poison, the scouts stationed themselves with the powder at strate glc points such as piers and docks. Girls! «Girls!! Clear Your Skin With Cuticura • SamrU mm *(«« m , (HRtfTMmt, TxJrtmt) W LOerwMrlM.DqplX. M«¡«tea.M m S o 4«I »iBF y hf