The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 11, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE “ = ve | EDITORIAL REVIEW » || i) | Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class} eee Matter, Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express cog the opinion of The Tribune, They " 4 are presented here ir order that || Editor || our readers may have both sides REMEMBRANCE | GEORGE D. MANN i being discussed in the press of cs | of important issues which are || \ Foreign Representatives the day, | RO SEES THE LEAGUE GHICAGO DETROIT ssor Ferrero, well known rc i i y . {Italian historian, does not stop to | Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg laste himsell if the League of Na-| i PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH jtions has succeeded or failed. | He 4 on simply takes his point of departure NEW YO 4 Fifth Ave. Bldg. from a firm conviction that it ‘has; failed and s himself. with} the reasons for its failure, | There nothing particularly | G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY r MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘ is {new in Professor Ferrero’s idea, | | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use Or put he is interesting for the’ way | republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other-|he states the idea. For instance: | | \wist credited in this paper and also the local news published| The governments were deter-/ ea dan an Beer : P imined to control the League) f segs : : 4 ithrough the delegates, and the end | All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are | o¢ it ae Deen ther all ‘delegates are | also. reserved. |appointed by the foreign ministers | ar z —|as their representatives, not as} {representatives of the nations as |whole. The League of Nations is: truly a league of officials, not a league of peoples. By making the! , !Ieague an agsembly of governmen- tal functionaries all the rivalries and occult influences of old-fash- ‘ioned diplomacy have heen injected | into the Jeague deliberations, divid- ling the League exactly as the gov- |ernments of today are divided. And) as European governments do not know exactly what they want and how 'they want it, this malady has; inevitably seized the League of Na- tions, * * * The error, of the founders of the League ,of ;Nations has been that it is possible to cre- ate in the center of Europe a big MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIR -=SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE Daily by carrier, per year. Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)... Daily by mail, per year (in’ state outside Bismarck) : Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota... . IN ADVANCE THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) “1-11-11” On this Armistice Day, Nov. 11, the war has been over for four years. It is almost startling, that so much time has} elapsed since the German surrender, 11th hour of the 11th; a se ‘i Time, which heals all wounds and obliterates all human) non-existent in the governments ctivities, is rushing the great conflict into. the mists of|and confusedly contradictory and cbscure among the peoples, $ TDEMOLY.. i In other words, the Lea; of The world still ferments with troubles, but the outlook | y./i i Pier era ih dcr es i {Nations is just one more medivm as a whole is far better than it was a year ago. There are|through which the more powerful fewer uncertainties in the situation, and it is becoming jand ambitious nations of Europe obvious that the world is definitely on the way.back to the may ee a Daa to wold foal ‘normal conditions of peace. The road, however, will be a|tyeSsrench British and Talian long one, K aD) . | governments, says Ferrero, wanted | Crises, which threaten to become calamities, ‘still rear |neither the League which Mr, Wil- ‘their ugly heads periodically. But people are noticing that json Dressed' én them; nor tue :neace | | these crises never turn out_as badly as expected; the clouds | Which the League was supposed to /are more terrifying than. the storms that: follow. } i Ferrero does not go so far as to , America is leading all other countries in reconstruction |say the League of Nations cannot] sand a return to sane thinking —common sense. We have | yet be made a beneficient instru- taken and withstood the shock of industrial depression, nat- |e" t for Pei fipmme Sore ural reaction of the war. Our outlook is bright, where a year |tional good will. On the‘contrary, ago it was uncertain. ' i he more than intimates that if its \ Europe will be el ver to recover, for its damage was| controlling members should bring gréater. : But conditions over ‘there, while bad, are far bet- pees to. a sineare dbslrantor Seen ter than even the most optimistic hoped for when the last | tion of principles to practical ac-| shot was fired in France. | Convalescence from a critical illness requires time, can- ‘not take place quickly by magic. That .is the keynote of the count, but to do that its constitu- Euyopean situation, this Ar nisute Day. d : In ris Ts CHAPTER 111 followed, ' entered Clineh’s quarters, and presently cane 's again, carrying Clinch’s shoes and a basket pack. Stormont He seated himself near Darragh. After a silence: “Your wife is beau- tiful, Jim. . Her character:seems to be even more beautiful. ... She's ‘like God’s own messenger to Eve. . . . And—you’r rather won- derful yourself—” ents must put aside obscure intri- gues, diplomatic ambition and ter-| ritorial cupidity.. ‘ | The United States did not enter, into the League ‘because those who: OUR NEW SENATOR’ ~*4¢ | : Were zeked to put it there expected | “Nonsense,” sald Darragh, I've ‘;The fate that rules the political world is not unkind to|just such an upshot of affairs as!given my wife her first |Ameri¢ea oe Ferrero portrays. The reasons why|triend and I’ve done a. shrewd strok2 Lypn J. Frazier. He may, have thought so when he was recalled from the office of Governor, to which position he wag elevated from the broad confines of his grain fields when thé farmers’ votes rolled over the state with all’the speed of| + a Kansas cyclone, but‘he surely can not think sonow. Among 4, our vagaries when acting in the capacity of the Great Voting Public we have that habit of lifting a man to dizzy heights i end then knocking the props out from under him, or kicking / him downstairs and then gently. lift him to a safe resting place far above. So Lynn J. Frazier may feel that the recall was a blessing in disguise and that if he had not, beep re- calfed he may have suffered that first defeat at the hanfds of |at least an approximation of that! Stormont touched his arm in cau- y thd Great Voting Public in a campaign for senator instead|#im the independes:t voters of the tion: Eve and Ricea came down thé © of in a recall election. / : state can take a genuine pride in| Stairs—the former now in gray wool i eh sie MT eed . Haye . '. the skowing made by Governor; Snowshoe dress, and carrying her » _ ;But while Mr. Frazier may smile with satisfaction over |Nestos. | snow-shoes, black gown, and toilet 4) the election, it is a very serious matter for him and for North The vote on the governorship js | articles. Dakota, and also for the country at large. The U.S. Senate jauite Properly Jookod pen as he aprenrmant: Pecan te, cei tains ii - . i i : ‘acid test of sentiment on state is- Kb Darras’ {has been called the greatest deliberative body in the world. ;20"" "lr 2 ihe ost advertised. of-| Went over to her and took her hand. If Br. Frazier went to Washington merely as one voice in aj fice nna every yoter who visits the| “I'm so glad we are to be friends, | Well organized majority he perhaps would have little more} polis votes on the governorship| he said. “It hurt a lot to know you jacthally to say about the government than if he were-back) wkethey he puts any other crosses held me i contempt. | ue otg hed on the plow. But he enters the senate under unusual circum. |0",the ballot oF not. siven an in| Eve nodded. Then, suddenly, recol- |, Stances. The Republican control was menaced last winter) gorsoment which should gladden|lecting: “Oh, she exclaimed, redden- | » by the formation of blocs and it now is threatened by them; and by the Democtats who scored signal successes in the América held aloof'f the. are substantially ‘te reago! it could.not be i official part in the conferences at Genoa and The Hague.—Minneap- olis Tribune. of business in nabbing: the bestibnsi- ness associate I ever heard of--¥ "You're. crazy, but kind, wie hope: I’!l be some good. . . One thing; I'll never get over what you’ve done for Eve in this crisis—’ \ “There'll be no crisis, Jack ONE INDORSEMENT NOT “IN | Marry, and hook up with me in busi- DOUBT” » |ness. That ‘solves everything. . . . Whether or not we.have wholly |Lord!—what a life Eve has -had! !“finished the job’—and whatever| But you'll make it all up tos) her fhe outtome of the. still doubtful}. . < all this loneliness and shame contests may be, we have achieved | and misery of Clinch’s Dump—" his heart. yThe exact: size of his| ing, “I forgot the jgwel case! It's) | ii majority ig not kaown, but-in prob- angled ay patrani Pea telegtion. Mr. Frazier. probably will be a-follower of Senator ;®bly every county. in the state he) | O08 turner ane see ane carry pee wFollette So ‘also ay man. atten i robably will be Sen-|8¢o"ed ‘material gains over, his ma- reappeared almost instantly, carry- oes : SHADY MA eTS Drona Dy. e jority in the primary election. His| ing the jewel-case, ator Ladd, Brookhart of Iowa, Shipstead of Minnesota, and|totai_ majority will probably» be| Breathless, flushed, thankful and others. This group of senators can tumble the Republican |doyble that given ‘him at. the pri-|h«ppy. in the excitement of restitu- majority when they will, and they may have the opportunity |maty ‘wield the balance of power on matters of vital import‘to )™7° nd six to, seven times ‘hig|tion, she placed the leather case in | Governor Nestos, of course, was ity i recall) Xt Ricca’s hands. a rity aie Wie nea “My jewels!” cried the girl, as- 4 the.country. Senator McCumber’s defeat places La Follette 'ortunate in the opposition he had {within striking distance of the chairmanship of the powerful tounded. Then, with a little ery of ‘and still more fortunate in the kind delight ane Pin nee ae endl finance committee, and he has a‘number of: senators. to’ de-|of campaign Mr. Lemke waged. It Br 8M eR eet i : 7 ee ed + | want ae catty ‘ely: on | blazoned cover, and eniptied the two ‘mand the place for him should seniority. place-him in line. jee) 6 Supe en eee. oe thays. All over the table rolled the Mr. Frazier is a farmer, a land-owner, a capitalist in. a/ ht ‘record was sebukedvat! the: re- 2 | a «small way. He delares he is one of the common people and jewels, flashing, ‘scintillating, ablaze 1 election and. who is actually with blinding light. | will always work in their interest. It is to be hoped that! under indictment by a grand jury rsspee iy aE ae | Mr. Frazier will not become ‘a senator who votes “no” on for his share in the S pend movin kaa | every question, who believes the world and the United States jV "ies ware any | covered them with Darragh’ rifle, - “Now, by Christ!” he shouted, ee : ly there were many leaguers who} /, “0%. 4 cis all wrong and that the form of government which has refused to vote for Mr, Lemke be-| “Who stirs a ibeer shall gop eiGed ‘ builded the nation into the greatest republic ih the world is a, cause of his personal and public fgets Sica oay ctridat Smiths arn i icy, sor : ‘fac! le- , é 5 = Sit Re : ’s the way!—now, ladies!—baci ; |made by Governor Nestos. The! tha’s COUNTY AGENT WINS OUT , {vote that he polled was convincing away there—get back or I kill!— Burleigh county farmers are to be congratulated for the’ proof that the people of North Da- ’ sure, by Jesus, I kil! you like ] would ] some white little mice!—”" +-manner in which they supported the proposition of a county kota yea Ab rete 8 Seay With incredible . quickness he agent. The decision was almost unanimous just as was the faith ob thelr Severnon ery a wear | stepned forward. and swept the passage of the Grain Grading. Act. There is a feeling that ‘ jewels into one hand—filled the tS of political upsets and rurprises, the:solution of the marketing problems of the farmer lies they chocse to return him to office largely in the educational work which the North Dakota‘ with a greatly increased majority, ) Experimental station at the Agricultural College can conduct eee eae an a eelen thathe haa on the farms of the state. The county age is the link be-‘tertowed since he took office 10 tween the A. C. and the farmers. Trained workers are months ago. | brought into the agricultural gections—not to preach propa-! It was a well deserved tribute to ‘ganda or to advocate false economic nostrums, but to assist |* “6°04 mans rareo norm. Even as he spoke he stepped };, thezfarmer by informing him upon marketing conditions and: gNTIRE FAMILY HAD “FLUp| Side and slammed the doar th Scientific methods of soil culture and stock raising. “Keep right on using Foley's | Darragh and Stormont anes iuin- ‘As the county agents point out, education must precede Honey and Tar. It will give quick | ¢sna’s rifle was echoed by the’ splin- ‘any successful cooperative marketing or buying. The farm- Telief,’ said the doctor, when the toring rip of bullets tearing through Paes ust- build. ui ten aaa a entire family had the “flu”. Never! th. closed door; and both men halted # ers-mus p standard lines of merchandise just like the saw anything so good,” writes’ ¢ tha: facel ‘of; tHe sleaden* hail ‘retailer or wholesaler before profitable marketing upon a cO-| Mrs, A. B. Griffith, Andrews, Ind,|'" xv an to the pantry window and | operative plan can be launched. | Negiceted coughs and colds ‘often | ve ""quintana, in somebody's stolen } The county agent can do much in cooperation with an|lead_ to serious _ complications. | jymber-sledge, lash a big pair of ; Association of Commerce to establish the proper kind. of re- pocket of his trousers, caught up) every stray stone and pocketed them. “You gendarme,” he cried in a menacing voice; “you think you shall follow in my track. Yes? 1 | blow ‘your damn head off/if you stir before the hour. After that— | well, follow and be damn!” out- Eoless Honey ang Tar gives quick | norses to a gallop and co flounder- ; 4 5 | relief. ree Irom Ss re- |. + ast Lak a: a lationship between the business man on the farm and the ray ing past into the Ghost Lake roa F; business man behind the counter. He goes into the highways! Largest selling cough medicine in|}, fired five times at. the house, d | then, rising and swinging his whip, er and often he has not to go any farther than the local retail Ms floghed the frantic horses into and wholesale markets of the cities and villages ‘of the county, too small.the lobster bursts it by a/ Cie Hints ebome Stormont, ea in which the agent operates. i fonnd his ‘rifle in the corridor out- missioners can embark with a clear consciente upon the county, Tiere are approximntely! 47,000 | Sven the shutters for a shot; and agent work and with cooperation from every resident in the motion picture theatres in the | Darragh, empty-handed, searched !wolrd, of which America has 20,450, | e ys j Hi county, the work should be productive.of great results. and, ROBERT, W. CHAMPERS ©1022 GEORGE H DORAN COMDANY (Continued From Our\Layt Issue) ‘| t | series of spasms and grows a new | 40 "te Sune Thame, and having |’ jdients printed on the wrapper).| “As he sped by a whirl of snow /and byways of trade and seeks out new markets for the farm-| the world. When a_lobster’s shell becomes | 1. In view of the decisiveness of the vote, the County Com-j °"* ‘ ; : a side Eve’s bedroom, was trying to i or nearly. one-half. + ’|the house frantically for a weapon. by Eve, terribly. excited, came fr e@ pantry: oy ing west like the devil!” ““Storniont ran to the tap-room tele-| perfect imitations lining the warned the | visihle ‘trays above. phone, ranged it, and constabulary at Five Lakes. “Good, God!” he exclaimed, turn-|Erosite, gem--the magnificent Flam- ‘ling to“Darragh, scarlet with morti-| ing Jewel, a glory of living, blinding fication, “what 'a ghastly business: | fire. I never dreamed he ‘was within Nobodv _ stirred ‘or spoke. Dar- | iniles of, Clinch’s! It’s the most{ragh Dblinged at the crystalline Shameful thing that has ever happer-'|b!rye as though stunned. éd to ‘the—” Then thé young girl who had once # it, could anybody do under}heen her ‘Serene’ Highness’ Thee- V ‘that #ifte2”-said’Eve hotly. beast would have murdered the fi person whoy stirred!” Darragh, ‘exasperated and dré: fally:shumiliated, looked miserably at hisybrand-new wife. “Eve and Stormont also looked hor. She had come forward fri the rear of the stairway Now she stood with one. hand the empty leather jewel case, lo ing at everybody out of pretty, wildered- eyes. To Darragh, in a perplexed, un- “It is th sam bandit steady voic: Who robbed us before?” “Yes; Quintana,” he said wretch- edly. Rage began to redden féatures. “Ricca,” ised I’d find your jewels. . - promise you again that, I'll ne drop this business until your gems and the Flaming Jowel—are your possession—” : “But, Jim “T swear it!” he exclaimed viole ly; “I’m not such a stupid fool T seem—” “Dear!” she protested excited “you have done what you promis My gems are in my possession bélieve—” | EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO. | *| Pioneer 1,985; aat AAA! “That where Quintana. had brutally driven her.) he said, “I prom- ‘ont, “He’s gone!” she cried furiously. “He’s in somebody’s tumber-sledge | chamois, lay: the Esthonian jewels with a pair of horses and he’s driv-|—the true ones—deep hidden, al- rst ad at ‘om on ok- be- his ver in nt- as Hy, ed. I A=AAAA—A4- ABABA $ HD, Shevcaughtup the emblazoned case, stripped out the first tray, then the /second, and flung them -aside. Then, ‘searching with- the delicate | tip of her forefinger in the empty | case, she suddenly pressed the bot- | tom hard—thumb, middle finger and little ‘finger forming the three | apexes of an equilateral triangle. | There came a clear, tiny sound | like the ringing of the alarm in al reneating watch.. Very gently the false bottom of the case detached itself and came .away in the palm of | her hand, And there, each embedded in its | own shaped... compartment _ of. | ways doubly guarded by two sets of two And, in the center, blazed the ‘dorica, Grand Duchess of.‘Bsthonia; looked up at her brand-new hus- band ‘and’ laughed. “Did you really suppose (it was these that brought me across the ocean? Did you suppose it was a| passion for these that filled my heart? Did you think it was for these thot I followed you?” She laughed again, turned to Eve: “You understand. Tell him that if he had been in rags I would have followed him like a gypsy. . . . They say there, is gypsy blood in us * . God knows. «I think per- haps there is a little of it in all real women—” Still) laughing she placed her hand lightly upon her heart—| “Im all women—perhaps—a Flaming Jewel imbedded here—” i Her eyes, tender and mocking, | met his; she lifted the jewel-case, | closed it, and placed it in his hands. “Now,” she said, “you have every- thing in your possession; and we. are safe--we are quite safe, now, my jewels and 1”. , : Then she went to Eve and rested both hands on her-showlders. “Shall we put on our snow-shoes and go—home?” Stormont flung open: the bullet- splintered door. Qutside in the snow wee | =r, WAY, s THAT'S MRADOUM) tee( New| 4 Book KESPSR) CAUGHING JY - | | { | MR. ADOLUM, TF HEARD You MAKING A NOISE: LIKE & Goat ouT HERE I USED TO HAVE > WORKING HERE THAT CACKLED WHEN .HE LAUGHED $ i _ | scarcely mattered. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922. Ine dropped on both knees’ to buckle on Eve's snow-shoes, Darragh was performing a like office for his wife, and the State Trooper, being. unobserved took Eve’s slim hands gnd kissed them, |looking up at her where’ he was | aneeung. Gh, en Her. pale face blushed as it had ; that day in the woods on { Marsh, so long. so long ago, when | this ‘man’s ‘lips> first touched her |-hands, . | As their cyes met both remem- |bered. Then she smiled at her lover with the shy girl's soul of her gaz- ling out at him through eyes as blue as the wild blind-gentians that grow among the ferns and mosses of Star Pond. Far ‘away in forests Quintana the still lashed his {horses through ‘the primeval pines. Triumphant, reckless, ‘resource- ful, dangerous, he felt that now nothing could stop him, nothing \bar his way to freedom. Out. of the wilderness lay his road {and his destiny; out of it he must win his way, by strategy,, by cun- ning, by violence—creep out, Sie his way. out, shoot his « way -out—it He was going out! He was going: back to life onee more. Who could forbid him? Who \stop him? . Who deny him, now, when, in his pockets, he held all that. was worth living for—the keys [to power, to pleasure—the key \to everything on earth! In fierce exultation he slapped the glass jewels in his pocket and laughed aloud, “The. keys tothe world!” he eried. “Let him stop me and take them who is better man than I!” Then , his long whip whistled and he cursed this horses, Then, of a sudden, close by, in the enowy road ahead, he Saw a State Trooper on snow-shoes—saw the up- flung. arm, warning him—screamed jeurses at his horses, flogged them | forward to crush this thing to death that dared menace ‘him—this object that suddenly rose out of nowhere to snatch from him the keys of the world— For a moment the State Trooper looked after the runaway horses. There; was no use following; they'd have to run till they dropped. Then he lowered the leveled rifle from_his shoulder, looked grimly at the limp thing which had tumbled from the sledge into the snowy rond and which spawled there crimson- ing the spotless flakes that fell upon it. ; (The End) | MANDAN NEWS Plan Armistice Day Celebration ‘Armistice Day will be observed ia Mandan today with a parade which will be followed by a program. Ex- will meet at the Commercial .cluh: rooms at 2 o'clock. At' 2:30 o'clock Municipal band will march ‘to | the high «school auditorium where .the following program. will take place: America—Mrs, W. E, Fitzsimons, leader. Reading—Mrs. G. H. Spielman. Song—Mrs. W. E. Fitzsimons. Address—Rev. W. R. Thatcher. At 6:15 p m. the American Legion Auxiliary and the war mothers will give a supper for the ex-service men at the Presbyterian church. The ladies plan to make this an an- nual affair. In the evening their will be dancing at the Elks hall to which the public is invited, be Special Armistice Day services will be held at the Episcopal church Sunday by the Rev. .F. H. Davenport. Elect Independents To County Offices Every officer elected in Morton county. is an. independent, most them, Republicans7“All opposed the League cliques which hfve attempted to gain control of the county. While returns are not quite com- plete, the returns indicate that Mc- Donald for sheriff has 2,985; Strain 1,722;. Jensen for superintendent of schools 2,822; Jones 1,825; Mandan News 1,788. The latest returns. for county | commissioner ‘show that Feland, in| District C has a vote of 336 and Pool 320. In District A the majority for August Nickel won by a-100 majority. Mrs, W. E. Harle entertained about 60 guests, members of the Lutheran Girls’ Guild and their friends, at an j eld fashioned dress party Thursday | |evening in the social rooms, of the | church. Entertainment for the eve- jning consisted in a street .carnivui, with various booths, such as seen at \ carnivals. as features of entertain- | ment. D. C. Mohr and John Sakari- | assen made a big hit by singing com- | { | { | i | i | FELLow / { | i ic songs. Out of town guests in- la Jacobson of Bismarck. Dorothy and Donald Peterson, twin children of Mr. and Mrs. E., W. | Peterson of Mandan received a lct- | Gobbler ter ‘from President Harding in an- swer to their letter sending him birthday greetings They are very proud of the following letter which they received from the President: The White House, Washington. i November 4th, 1922. My Dear Dorothy and Donald: I am sure you would be surprised to know how many letters I have received from my little friends all over the country, whose birthdays happened to be the same as my own extending their congratulations and good wishes. Of the entire number jall of which pleased me very much, | my broom: j your letter was the only one signed | | by twins. So you see I am doubly | appreciative of it and of — your thoughtfulness. in remembering me I wish you to know that you bot! have my thank and very best wishes. Most sincerely your friend, (Signed) : WARREN G. HARDING, Miss Dorothy Peterson, Master Donald Peterson, Mandan, North Dakota. Owi | northwestern | service men and others taking, part; the purade headed “by-the !Méndain’ J. W. Stevenson is 53. In District }) i Skinny people never forget to pull 'cown wo Sha.es at myn Nothing makes a man remember taces lke running for office. Every now and then you miss @ | man-and learn he is married. The secret’ of success often con- sists in keeping it a: secret. We allvean be thankful this ‘Thanksgiving that saxophones are hard to learn to. play. Any girl could_be popular at a dance by using pulverized sugar for powder and cranberries for rouge. ‘What this country needs more than’ anything is an alarm clock that wakes ‘only the man who sets it. / | | est AS) ' It is just as wrong for some men | to take their pay check as it would | be for them to rob » bank: A wise man_never falls in love this close to Christmas. : re | If it weren’t for -engine trouble some parlor never would’ ve used. "Men who have time to get hair- cuts every week have too much time. 5 It is estimated the energy wasted in knocking women’s styles would fill 999 giant ballons. Living is expensive but worth it. The man who follows the crowd | seldom has the crowd: following | him. Mixing | business ) and _ pleasure ives neither one) of the two, z sual The average young man can get up in the: world quicker by going off where people don’t know him. You always can get a few more miles out of last winter's clothes. Persuade the janitor the pipes. It sounds firing the furnace. to tap on as if he is Shaving every ‘morning - isn’t so Bad.’ You save money every time you do it yourself. | ee ees Many a poor excuse is worth money to a married man. If business men talked as they spell there would be a serious in- terpreter ‘shortage. © | Why doesn’t. some beauty shop advertise, *“Permanent waving—hair called for and delivered?” The boss is a man’ who can take it out on the hired hands when he gets. mad at his wife. . Do your Christmas home-brewing early and avoid the rush. Only six more months until time to buy/short skirts again. : The sultan of Turkey is out of work ‘and sultan jobs are scarce. Some men are so slow you could ‘take a time exposure of them run- ning. H pasate, ‘Price of steamboats is up. Have you bought your winte’s supply? past de sera | ADVENTUR S&\3] THE TWI | ; By Olive Barton Roberts Nick picked up poor Jack ‘o’Lan- | tern’s head, where it lay beside the barn, and put it.on his broomstick body. | : “Oh, thank you,” remarked Jack o'Lantern, greatefully. “I was just saying to my friend the turkey gob- bler, that I couldn’t understand the world, It’s queer plate!” And he sighed loudly. | “What's the matter?” asked Nan- | cy kindly. “You look so happy with that nice smile on your face.” “Well, I'm not,” ‘answered Jack | o'Lantern. “Last week I was the most popular person in the country round about. Every night I had an adventure with the children. We {had dress-up. parties and parades and taffy-pulls and all sorts of merry-making gnd I was right in j the middle of it all. Everybody | wanted to carry me and,; the only | way they could settle it was to take turns. Why, one night I was even the guest of honor at dinner. I was {right in the middle of the table | with a row-of red apples around me \cluded Misses Clara Rugg and Tha!-/and a fine light inside. | “Then suddenly next morning, I | was thrown away, so to speak. Mis- | tress carried me out here and no- | bedy has looked at'me since. Turkey ts all the attention now.” “Never/-mind,” said Nick kindly. “Perhaps , Turkey Gobbler has his troubles, too. Other folks besides |you are in danger of losing their heads. Don’t you know why you j.are forgotten? Because Hallowe’en jis over.and won’t come for another year.” | Suddenly Nancy remembered her jerrand. | “We are segrching for | Mother Goose’s broom.” she said. | “Did you sce it, Jack o’Lantern?” | “I don’t - think—” began Jack o’Lantern, when suddenly he turn- ed pale. “Do you s’pose I'm wear- ing it?’ he gasped. “Do you s’pose ick body can be it?” &—. ——_——_—. ‘|| ATHOUGHT | — | The Lord preserveth the simple; I j ‘vas brought low, and he kelped me. | Psalm 11636, | -A’ consciousness of the whole is | the sign of a sound mind; and there | is nothing more to be desited at the uresent moment.—Plato. ~ \ an