Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 18, 1921, Page 3

the same time and place - (‘oL ou T8 POT - ON THE: REVERSE v { The Academy boys succumbed tothe|ers.” Hitchon who pitched the final in- sider and more experienced Colonlals in|ning of Saturday’s gams ms to. be the-opening game of the season, Satur- | the ‘next choige. If ‘these’two’ turn out day afternoon on the Campus, losing by | as the coach expects, he will farm Mur- atcount of 14 to 5., The high school | phy and:Curry out to the Glee club for g:th ‘had been more theh holding their | seasoning. F; By for ‘seven Inmifigs against their e game was' well “atteaded for s wtronger opponents and so the opening|dismal a day and with the advent of of the terrible Sth were in the van'by|waim, sunny . weather tae management 8 /5 to 3 score. t In the eighth in- | has high hopes of a big season financial- Dufty, who, had ' been phtching|ly. s .ball allowing only & hits, began| . Hull held the .ndication without tojtire. - Libesty- the first man o face | making an enemy. - 1 Bim ‘erashed over a double, the next man| Score i— ¢ E&Mfl'ud & third was-hit.by a pltcha!fl s NoF A #Coach McKay at this n-int, sent Mur-|Fitnersd & southpaw, to the mound to stem | Paguils, i “flood. Murphy began pooning at the Faaring.o 3 { 4 3 3 GAMES TODAY. . Natienal League. New' York at Bogton. . Brookiyn 50c PER TON EXTRA IF CARRIED IN. “OLD COMPANY'S LEHIGH | TSR S R ‘of coal. WHY TAKE CHANCES when we guarantee both quality and price. We also guar-’ antee that your order will not be cancelled whzn prices do advance. ; i ‘and “he' had located it, three | Murass Tmen were..forced over. the rubber. Have|Sorsy § " finally found’ the plate Murphy was|Higrirac - : than’ ever for the Colonlals be- 73 gan* slugeiiz " everything ‘within reach. | JUSS, was ‘néxf sent in and he ‘shared | Mamhy.p fate. In all there were 10 {Cumyp runs ‘made before the last nlun was put sut ‘and’ & very pretty ball game was -flm played el in the field and e n Shaban_17; e Plays, Pandist o Brown. ‘At Kapss Clty 9, St Paul 14. - [~ hes postponed, wet grounds and eold. known in connection with a statement that Holland had officially = withdrawn her bid for the Olympic games of 1924, adding that she would vote in favor o1 the games being held at Parls, - Babe Ruth, in making his first home run_Saturday, got off to a better start thau last year when he begun his re- cord-breaking run of 54 on May 1, Kelly of the New York Glants, with two home runs ‘to his credit, is a step ahead of the home run champion. played well. Manager John Shea v this same aggrezition expects to wreck -heavy ‘damage on the bassball clubs in Norwich and its envrons. - Coach Eddle McKay was on the whole iéased with the showing of his men ana feves that with the serengthening of :his pitching staff he will have a team ts. compare very. favorably with any modities as phosphate, tobacco and grain, and adds that among domestic combin- ations one of the mewest and most wide- ‘spread agencies for dffecting markets is lthe ‘“‘open price associated.” One of the purposes these associa- tions,” the report continues, “nominally is to determine uniform cost accounting methods and to steady the market by E Hull, Octher games . . . fact were, all in all, as evenly match- - A - s it “himsélf &nd Meadows, batted - bd, as .two teams could. be, till Duffy| HOLLAND MAKES REQUES LEAGUE STANDINGS. :fln“ma _fest i Thursday, came |back in increased produetion, which § | +In (the. deplorable: elghtn. FOR 1928 OLYMPIC GAMES ‘back Saturday with s victory. The|Would reduce. the Droduction cost and § e “c e 0 y 00 0 2 - Holland- has made an offictal request for | Bostou 3oy ’f with - four: home . uxe. 5 - : v al . .'_;:"fb:““" 2 iriple, & Jouble | tng award of the Olym\ic games of 1928 | Piusrs ™0 | 'Pittsburgh showéd strength in ' its | ing the demand for raw materials '°“"’; TELEPHONE 1257 < e les being the flelding |y " 1ne ity of Amsteram,- it was an- | Nev York. 7 | nerves with Cincinnati. The Red pitchers | react upon the producer.” - . | : $ feature -of the same. Sol Murray the nounced today by Baron: Plerfa. +be G!:mlnnm {350 | were unable to baffle the Pirates. Cooper, | The report 3lso,takes note of ‘the in- :Aahu“m.unuma‘ Murray's showed WD | ooypertin, President of the International| Brookivn ‘20 | Ponder and H:mumn of Pittshurgh dis- g:-a:i:e:;‘ l::;;e‘m: hion;:'lutlo‘ni .»:h capital ell at shortstop. St. . Lou's 900 played steady form. SRes0S < S5 Suchy;-come : [ P R “Fér the Colonials, Liberty and Eils-|Oymplc committes. ~This was made o ol nnti-trust laws, Including a re-examin- ation of the reviewable decrease already "y entered In such cases, with a view 5] SPles and Informers, Beware. Tried strengthen them to meet present condi-|COnYicted and Exccuted by the Irish ke tions, Including also acloser scrultiny of | PUPlican Army.” the so-caled oven price associations, to Ee ascertain whether under the:guise of beneficial associations of distributors of Sinn Fein executions. A card on the body was Inscribé: New G 8t Yok . §§5% ORGANIZED INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING UNION [31] SERVICE IN MOURNING FOR ruximn.n AND TAFTVILLE s e : H FORMER GERMAN EMPRES S g | e purchases. and whether any | —_— Paris, April 17.—Delegates from four- Philadelphia_(A) ‘Washis « 5 1E GAME | (urnishing the supply which it can readi-|of the activittes of such 4 wchool. team In this part of the stats. |teen - countries, including the United |y, .. ) 3% 3 oo el ToAx T O |1y absorbs. These assoclations collect and [not of puhic service. - Ansesiatvons aty e R (e In Duffy, he has the macnzs of a gocd | States, have reorganized the Internation-|wiwer « 5 3 2 o 3110 of Plainfeld avd Tafbville Socesr, 'eC7d publish, for the, Henefit of thelr membess| 3 _Pofre jeoouragemdnt of 4--|td Vietoria was held tn Doorn Castle thi Server and will probably put the heavi-lal Shooting Union and voted to hold in-|C.Walkerlf 3 0 0.0 3120 0lball eams played.a tie. game et figures of production, production costs.|operative associations of agricultural|momning Attended by all the mefbers st ‘burden on that youngsters should-|ternational matches in August of this|ZMyatt 1000 2132 : dlafternoon on- the Providence 3 sales and saves prices and orders .and|pnroqucers and. of b A A > FWalkeref 0 0 0 0 314201 unds, Taftville, the final score being !stocks, in pu: née ‘of & plan whersb; of co-operative consum-|of the former imperial household, some of 2% 2 Baallis 471 81 3y 238 BEOUNCa, “for Plainfield : TAuAnCe ot & P Y | ers’ orzanizations. its intimate friends and several officialt & i = = Biotunir, £2:2.211 to L Walton Kicked o for e e | Lo, embars of guch associations are 101" “4_The passage ~f measures ~aimed|of .the Dutch government. ~The servier . [ At A el o bbb g‘;fig‘f:‘&"fir:m'& j28 itk |2t the_elfmination of unnecessary recon-|was an affecting one, and during its pro- 3 §omdy g e ik SUEE s e; N"“e iting - playing . ensued. | thelr compstity o nctl “own and |gignment "and brokerago operations. in-|gress former Emperor- William frequent. 5 3 5 3014 e s "-pux:mm hgpf Mg petitors (Production cost. and luclding also gambling in futures. Pyra-|ly sobbed and at one point seemed at the s ! ¥ , e e e m"‘“”fi’ A ey ~ verge of a breakdown. Ex-Crown Prince RE T il soas P seored aitor 15 minutes of | The collecilon and . pablle’ dissemina. |T21e% While' not ‘possible in present mar- | Frederick William. his brothers Adelber priccs. the available supply and ‘the de- | miding of reconsignments and of jobbing ket. conditions. was one of the causes of |and Os th f the mournin X mhalgh, from tion o 4 ® icar fnd others of e '] ° i 'Y SATURDAY'S MARKET, by innis s piay_through g‘refe ‘dia wml*"::: o .“'_“‘ such_ statistical data. might the|the huyers' strike, from which we now |party were yisibly moved as they knell N 2 (x) Batkd for Sheehan i 9th, by Walton. 1f. ene joperating of such associations of benefit | yur d New York, April 16.—The short ses-|- Philadelphia .... © 0-0.00.09 0 1— d i: Taftville 0. . to th 7 = suffer, and may, reannear whenever mar-|before the catafalque bearing the eeflin RETTE ths Eibok gt oot ses o i gl 2.9:9870,0.0 8 12 | piainfleld . 3 ville 0. o the produced and the consumer alike,|kets asain become specu‘ative. oyl T the Hoy duchl 6f the previons das's s, et Two base hits Rics. Three base his, Witt (), |- The second half was the best part of |the tendency {s here manifested to con-| «5_Calling a conference of offictal| The serviee,was conducted by Dr. Dry- bt B e e e e Mo Yo Comrl 0 Pris=. : e e, e T e viry | brg eponiormants to members and 0| repredentatives of the trading nations of |ander, the former court chaplalm, < Whe miore Gbscure type scored substantial ade NI &H ng shots, bu . Y e y ml out uniform prices and to main-|the “world 'to consider the question of |took the text of his sermon from the vhnéee. Bétanc (N6 Weostive | good shots. After 31 mimites of play.|lain them. ai an artificlally high level by | clearing=the channeln of international |tenth verse of the second chapter of rev- Oyernight adviees dealing with condi- b . { = e d . Bers;nm . 'l’h l:h t:‘ d-m';n ::n:lliw;ll; .!rhdm::.?: trade 8o &s to eliminate undesirable com- | elation, “Be thou faithful unto death and tions h.“ home and abroad were again of : ; g farmity, besaitss based bon cominir i j‘l‘:uonn and to promote fair competl- I will give thee a crown of life.” &' charactér to prompt, short covering, o - D L3 —— g 2 3 [ ... McCluggage | formation, b 1 “ e R T L 155 A D L 1ha ot b1 ottt Aeme AL | iy € Frotestion of the farmer against|pEATH OF THE ONLY Ol ekl Spubithe. and : coppére d = H <+ 3. Walker | isterized of the combinyiin for bidden |which he has PR e e ol b GORILLA IN CAPTIVITY rose 1 to-2 points befcre realizing sales| g 3 v 4 B e "“A 7 d""";' B> . eral assistance in giving more adequate| . you AsTn 17 “Johm Danfel” . £aused an irregular reaction. Ralls wade| 80U § Ruber .. G s 3 H undamental diffical’y at the pree- and timely infarmation concerning for- he only worilla in captivity in the United only“moderate progress and became un.| o290 U'S Rub T pr 5 5 1 ® ent time lies in the ‘act that thers is {eisn and domestic market conditions and |ihe O7LZOTNA 'n cOPURTY B HE8 RN Steady when Canadian Paciio sielded to| 8 U & et R sl 5 s++++ Plerceino complete information available o |in affording more ample and suitable lo-|States, - today of pncemonta &0 BH e Lo 8 o % ik | < ot |30YONE With reference to the Bmoar aj-|cal market and storage facilities for the |PriVate room at Madison Sguare CEC ms"c“'"m poatisres it dtrenysh thendel | 1ame Wooh B oy Provost | justment of manufacturers’, wholesalers'jserviceable conservation of perishable| ™ ierc he Was Gppesting WLl © COCREL, Peoplt’s Gas. United Druz. New York| 'sho Wil oter .. 30 TR 6 Somea i v retaliers’ prices .in ‘any industry. |farm produets.” fxfi”'fi'i'x" p::'trn:o save the snimal Air Brake and Famous Players at gross B P & 0% 0 9% 176931 o o- ‘When it becomes nossible for any fact- < b e - ’ advances of 2 to 5 points. Firmn Gy aacy 5.5 B S R. W. finding governmental body to determine lite, giving him hot drinks, applying ho w108 &t thi lose w|thn Roth,’ aing e:; MONEY. ‘s, DBocekel Griffith (2), Kricger. Grimshaw . , Wennermark | at any stage the cost which a commo. | COSE OF 1921 SESSION OF cloths, and administering qulnh;l‘. but : 335000 shares. New York, Aprit 15.—Prime mercan- New Yok (A) | dity represents. at thz. state, it can be NEW YORK LEGISLATURE |no avail. A m&hfllih&f“'-"fl “"mm The bond market was dull and lower | tlI® Paper, 7 1-2 to 7 ; exchange ir- ab hpo a | Finlayson . ... Walton | determined whether an excessive charge ¥ America is said to pro '("‘u' ] for the most nart. Including the Liberty | T°8ular; sterling, 60 day bills and corh- |y, T2 e 3 is being placed thereon.’ Albany, N. Y., April 17.—The 1921 |living here for sny length °| m; - =rofin, which made variahla concessions, | Mercial 60 day bills on banks, 3.88; pom- B R T e e A AR Greenhaleh | e general causes of price insquail. | 555108 of the New York legislature was|of the animals died recently Toidl sales (par value). agsresated $5.,M¢Tcinl 60 day bills, 3.87 3.4: demand, 13800 LW tes o SaRidtel ety hes .;’;“m 4 |adjourried at § a. m., today. The final | Bronx Zoo, of the same malady. BR00Y. 7 18.92 1-2; cables, 3.93 1-4; francs. de- o sl e T Alexander | up as follows: 2 X *4]ta of the guvel came at the end of| The body wil he vresenic femt. LABt week’s defic’t In setuil clearing :;‘;'d- d”-’*fl cables, Belgian franes, - 3o 2 0. B.W. “Aside from the unfair methods (¢|® cOntinuous sitting of 18 hours. . American Museum of Natural ory, MGHiRA “FeSMFes " Wai mibre thah restored | (SFIENd, 7.38; cablés, 7.40; guilders, de- i o 0{ Score Taftvile 1; Plainfleld 1: halves. | competition with which we are dafty |, T1¢ usual scenes of hilarity that mark S i Y thTE week's anerations, a cosh gaini'@ANd, 34.63; cables, ‘3478 lite, demand 3 4 Oftwo 45 .minutes; referee. J. Dobson.!dealing and aside from the lmponm’l the ‘completion of the legislative labors |T0 BUILD HOTELS FOR WOMEN ';; :‘.::_l ".1.‘.;1_”;’40.:’ envine an "fi'“i}{rs:émcfl\:esde;i; Z G;;:elcze. demand, s.?; x = % g'::;mze; linesmen, W. Collins and W. | elements of transportation and credit, | c'¢ 'ACKing. The members were tired, ;y NgEw YORE AND WASHINGT®) frios: 50, over legal require- . BT ian, de-| CWI. § ts. : mand 14.00; Montreal, 11 5-3 per cent, to the point of exhaustion from a week of day and night sessions, and debate was brief and spiritless. we are of the opinion that the f are among the principal causes a indicative and not necessarily axhans- The day's gencral news Included an- sfher cut in stes] prices by one of the discount; bar silver, domestic, 99 1-2; (l)l’el;n 59 7-8; Mexican dollars, 45 5-8. ‘Washington, April 17.—Construction. e BASEBALL HOLDOUTS 5 hotels for women in New York mm. o oo tive of the subject: One of the mort important measures | ington as a tribute”to the se o1 Crited " Blates Steel subsidlaries and re- e Nen = IRERERR RS e e assed in the colsing hours was the Mey- | w to humanity during the world war clews of trade conditions, ' which Were corrox. Two. bese Hiis, Bockinprugh, Pim, Ward. Three | Chicago. April 17.—A blow at bascball |, 1 To: the excessive price of mary|D & hours Y- | women Y » Meusel. Dese hits. sdversely naffected in certain, sections by bealc commodities. prominent 2mong unfavorable weather. o which is coal, which vitally affests the cost of other commodities. to say nothing of the effect unon the health. and com- fort and upon the cost of living anl buy- ing power of the people. “Second, the existence of the co-porate monon er-Martin “Photo-Engravers Bill”. de signed to prevent labor organizations fix- ing a selling price for the product of union workmen. This bill which was de- feated in the senate earlier in the wgek was passed by the assembly in the early morning hourg and then sent to the sen- ate which concurred in its passage. Other important bills passed in the final ses- sion included: ! To restore the former system of party conventions for the nomination of can- didates for state and judical offices. New York, April 16.—Cotton futures closed steady. May 12.26; July 12380; Oct. 13.32; Dec. 13.72; Jan. 13.87. Spot steady, middiing 12.45 “holdouts” was delivered by the major = and minor leagues advis-ry council to- 'HEAVY BATTING FEATURED lday, when a rulé was ad~ted providing OPENING SERIES jthat p’t‘":: !und;:b reserve who fail to N i 17— Heavy batting |T®P0Tt to thel rclubs within ten days :afifilay.fik'opfi,’.’&i'g szf' Stihe m;oi‘- after the onening of the chamnionshin leagues’ baseball scascn, half of Ehe (-cason would be placed cn the ineligibl~ teams averaging betier than ten hits a i).ot and that the applicaicns of such same, while in 14 contests the oppcsing | avers for reinstatement must go to teams ran up a total of ten or more Tuns. | Commissioner Landis. 2 | The first shutout of the season was 70 | pitched today by Carl Mays of the New # | York Americans who held Boston to 4 hits. . The pitching staffs of ' both 'the Clevelang American worlds champions and the Brookiyn Nationals, thelr 1920 | opponents, feil before the batting of the St. Louis Browns gnd Boston Braves, re- spectviely. The Indian batters did good work with the stick, however, and enabl od- their pitchers to get an even break, but the Swmerbas received a setback. dropoing . four games out of five to team that finished next to .Jast in 1920. Two other American League series— | Washington-Boston and Detroit-Chicagn —aso were divided evenly. The Sema- tors and Red Sox took turn pounding each other's pitchers. The Tfzers ar, reconstructeq White Sox tied even to runs and hits. borer, .the manufacturer, the jobber, and Home runs and the steady pitching of | the retafler will each share at onee in Mays and Piercy gave the New York |the unavoidable loss, and further that Yankees the margin over Priladelphia.|any effort by any element to placs its The Athletics improved after the op-n- |share of the common loss on the should- ing day game and battel well today|ers of others, and particmlarly of the- against Johnson of Washington although | consumer, can but result in a continua- the Senators won tion of the conditions under which the In the National league, Chicago out-|country is now suffering.” played St. Louis in two games. Alex-| Declaring that the cost of commodities ander .showed good form inst " the | to the consumer has not, broadly speak- Cardinals on opening day. - The Cubs hit | ing. been reduced in proper proportion effectively while the Cardinals’ attack|to the decline In agricultural and othér was weak. E s raw materials, the commission sets forth New York-and Philadelphia had a to- | its balief that “in zeneral, it would ap- tal of 46 runs and 83 hits in their three- | pear that the movement toward the re-|congress-and the promotion of the public game serles, of which the Giants took |duction of prices to the consumer is re-|welfare. two, Nehf of the Giants gave,a good ac- | tardéd chiefly at the retailing stage, l.nd' ot was tentatively deciGed upon by the League of American Pen Women at it sessions just concluded here, it was an- nounced today. The buildings would cos in the neighborhood of $5,000,000 each. —_—me STOCKS, Tigh. 7Y Tom, z ) o8 LIZERTY BOND MARKET. aypieal es, and-in distinction, agreements in violation of the anti-trust I!aws. illustrated in the latter instance ‘hy the condition in another %»asic com- modity, to wit, lumber, which was the subject of a recent report by £i's com- mission to the department of jusice and upon “which that depar'ment s new pro- ceeding. “Third, open price association. in many cases net vet challenzed by the law, tending to bring about -and maintain un- duly high prices. : “Fourth, inteference with the channe's oftrade by distributors’ trade associa- tions, _particularly by -actlvities tending to maintain ' an unnecessary member of inefficient ‘regular’ dealers, while. shut- ting out. new ‘dealers seeking to sell at lower prices, and especially co-operative purchasing and distributing organiza- tion of consumers. “Fifth, the conditions with respest o foreign combinations in the international market, to- which reference has already been made. “Aside .from the remadies which may be afforded by improvad transporta*’cn and credit facilities, we suzgest consider- MAN CEUSHED BETWEEN AUTOMOBILE AND TEES Thompsonville, April 17.—Charles R Berryman, 30, of Springfield, Mass.,, wa: killed three miles soufh of this place ear- To. creat ate Board 1o cencor and |17 today when the automobile which he omieraintiat piotied L censor and | oo driving, skidded and overturned o ey s i against a tree. Derryman was crushed Prescribing a loyalty test for public |petween the car and the tree. The other school ‘teachers and the iicensing of pri- | occupants of the machine were Mrs. Ber- Tate echools by the state department of |rymman and Finley J. Knapp, of -Spring- education, b fleld. They were thrown out of the car Making . October 27, the birthday of |and only slightly injured. The altomo- Theodore Roosevelt, a legal holiday. bile is owned by Knapp. 2 WOMAN EXECUTED BY - MASKED MEN IN IRELAND SNOW COVERS DETROIT'S BASEBALL FIELD Detrolt, April 17.—~Navin fleld ‘today was blanketed with snow several inches deep, ‘and Indications were that none of the games of the opening series between Detroit and Cleveland, would be plaved this week. The snow-fall began late Sattirday night and continued throughout the afternoon. At ‘least two days of bright and warm ‘weather Wwill be necessary to restore thé fleld to playing condition, it is believed. EEEEEEEES UnnRRnnRERRE # dddgaddaadad @ * fi FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. Yesterds Sterling ek A;u(ufi per’ wvmlm!; —— - ~ FROM THE CONSLAR REPORTS. Cuba is the best customer of the = Unnited States in Latin America. Ar- Dublin, *April 17.—(By The A. P.) The! gotina comes next. Japan leads in the first execution of a woman In the strife|far east,’ In all the world the united beiween the discordant factions in Ire-ingdom is by far the best purchaser 1and is announced. She was taken from|g¢ American goods. ; her' home in the Scotstowr district of | “yjofe than 45,000 of Canada’s immii Monaghan today and shot and killed on grants last year came from the United the bank of the river. ey . The woman, whose name was Kitty | ™ 'prozqjan planters are experimenting MacCarron, belonged to the farming| ..y glcohol as a substitute for gaso- clase. Sho was about 43 years of age |l ; and lived with her parents in a wi " nds an outlet for fts D o r‘:;:’t!‘;:}:nznwenllh in the manufac- midnight a knock was heard at the door, f et & milk products. The industry and a party of masked men entered and | (W2 OF TS UL informed thie victim they had come for| ™ G,)jiivators around Naples 1ook for @ e iz b She struggled In vain; :‘he Inn]assln:|;f‘~:r9fol‘ of lemons and oranges (hN tastened her hands behind her back and | . £ p led her .pleading pitifuliy down a lane| Mexico does not raise nearly enough, about a mile to the main road, by the|wool for its own use. st side of which the body was afterwards An American rum}’}an) wi F ‘? found with a bullet wound through the | erect ”IF‘ (:l'(ml.('bl \Hrtl?ss:n ion ine 2—Vigorous _prosecutions under . the |cheek, which is the customary sign of | the world at Shanghal, China. » 2927 REPORT ON GENERAL INDUSTRIAL SITUATION (Centinued from Page One) P i WA s3%is i F ol - Ra 3 HARTLH X, 3 2 §ispsieinsid fons to the autharity n to continue its efforts to obtain and .publish *information re- specting the ownership, production, dfs- tribution, cost. sales, and profits in the basic inductries more . dGfrectly - affecting the necessities of 1lfe—shelter, clothing. food, and fuel—for- the Information of O L Ly EER | 55 61% 8% 8T 7.6 8% % $34 A | sish i T LU By Joella Johnson HEY had been play- mates; keeping house, making mud pies and planning was quite right unless Jean was ‘there. is our elass president, Mr. Allyn.” “Miss Fones,” called someone from the hall- way, “is wanted at the ‘phone.” “All right, Jean; I'll leave you with ence more her study of musle. She homesick, but net for long; fer scon in high school she was the leader in affairs. She loved her werk and ‘was seven years old I lived at C—" In excitement Jean asked: “Is your first name Robert?" how Robert had been in hier class at’ school and ‘was then studying at Yale Robert and Jean made much of the remaining days before they must ge I ; i & what they would do when they ‘“grew up” But Robert's father had chased a ne busi- gone on te get a and his mother twe weeks later. Jittle comrade and at first, but as she school and made new 1 playmate was forgot- time to time her moth- would tramp to the lake, there $o spend the time swimming or boating. All of her friends were treated alike by her; she had many, but no special ene. She was just 2 happy girl; liked by all who knew her. ik tice 'was like play to her.’ S On each of the different holidays was invited to the home of some Her roommate claimed her at mas.” Jean had planned to go this time, but as she had ne tions at, midyear and longer vacation then, Christmas found her at Alice Fones'. It was the custom of the alwmni 5 EXg g Feg g Y § tiEp i ifl rE § g P s+ bt year it was to-be & The girls had great. fun planning making their costumes. Alice dressed as a nurse sad Jean made a chirming milkmaid. The § introduced and that friend Jean was her partner. your farmer ‘boy.'” “It seems to be your fate to entertaia me, Mr. Allyn, doesn't it?” “'Tis a welcome chancs, I can as- sure you. How do you like it here?” Jean was radiant as she talked. "“It's Jovely and I'm having 2 good time at Alice’s. Her people are so like my own. But I do miss our New England hills and stones; eof course, I mean rocks.” "“Yes, mother tells of my arrival here as a smail chap, how that about the first thing I said was: ‘Gee, dad, where am I going to slide down hill?"” “Then you used to live in the East?” Alice, “Miss Gray, this Robert was amused “Yes, until I *“Yes, and I am the blacksmith's boy that you played with. Mother used to tell me about you and I remember Gran'te Lake; so when you told me about your home 1 thought 1 knew you and 1 was sure when Alice ca'led you Jean—" . “Two more couples,” called the lead- er. “Come Jean, you and Rebert join us,” said Alice. So they were soon lost in the set, and had no other opportunity of fur- ther renewing acquaintances that even- ing. But before leaving Robert had ob- tained permission to call the feDowing day. That night Jean learned from Alee e P ——— e eeii— — back to college. They went sleight ing and skating, and it was while the were resting at a 'skating party en the evening before Jean must go that Rob- crt asked: “Jcan, d6 you remember how we used to play house? Do you remember our secret?” “Yes, what don't kids imagine! [ know my cousin’s little boy .is always i believe.” “But, Jean, I love you and would Gike to have our childhood dream come true Could you love .me, Jean?" Jean' was very happy as she answered: “Yes, Robert, and do yeu know | have often wondered why I cared for no ome especially? ‘T know now that my heari was keeping our sccret.” [ —