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I see the way Letty treats
"When
Richard," Marta observed, "and watch
his doglike devotion, I am mad all
over. Why does he submit to it, Aunt
Phyllis? Why doesn't he take his
.7 stand like a man? Last night at the
Hunter's, Letty fairly flaunted her
admirers before hint, and there our
poor Dickie sat suffering In every line
of his devoted face. Oh] I'd give the
little flirt a lesson. I'd pay her back in
'C her own coin. It's her sureness of him
that makes Letty so reckless. And If
f,
Dick would just look at the pretty
brunette who works in the office be-
aide him, why she'd be happy for
weeks and it would give Letty the
$§§ scare she deserves.
JW
want t0 hltn
happy, and it
me 8 warmer
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feeling for you,
**-{., dear, to know that his little cousin
does too," said .Aunt Phyllis. "So
'ty there is a pretty brunette working
in Richard's office? And where did
|'i„. you see her?"
& "At luncheon at Weber's yesterday,"
Marta replied. "I was there with
Helen, and Helen said: There is
load's new stenographer who takes
^Hchaifp dictation. I'd hate to have
•^v as pretty a girl around my fiancee if
I was Letty but Letty won't worry,
-she la too sure of her own charms.'
"And Just then Dickie himself, came
Into fiie resfatiraht, and as absent
•y aalndedljr as you please, his thoughts
with Letty as usual, I suppose. Dickie
jpptook a chair opposite his stenographer
s^and did not recognize her until he had
p*|glven his order, then after a dignified
f'-^.BOd, be began his meal. Dick is so
terribly afraid of hurting Letty's feel'
tags that he ignores girls in general.
Helen and I were behind him,
^triand he never saw us, but the brunette
kept glancing at him appealingly, and
presently we could see her looking
around for something, and when the
waitress brought her luncheon check
she got up and spoke to Dickie, and
he nodded and took the check over, as
•he left the place. Evidently she had
forgotten her purse and was borrow
ing the price. Helen wanted to wait
and Joke him about his dinner com
panion, but I hurried her on, knowing
how sensitive.be is. Oh!" added Mar
ta, "how I did wish that Letty might
happen in as they were eating."
Aunt Phyllis folded her knitting.
l_.^'Marta," she said Irrevelantly, "will
you stop on your way home and ask
v.
Letty to come over and visit me this
evening. Tell her I want to keep my
boy at home, and that is the only way
he will be satisfied. And you might
ask Helen to drop in too, and bring*
her Oulja board. You, I know, have
an engagement."
Letty came late that evening. Aunt
Phyllis, pretty skeptical, took her
place opposite Helen, while Letty
languidly Joined them. Richard did
not hav^ to ft* coaxed to a seat by
her side.
"I hear,"'Letty said, "weird spirit
whisperings let us begin."
There ww a message for Aunt Phyl
lis. vague and confusing, a rebuke for
Helen concerning propensity for fickle
ness, and one sinister word for Letty
the word was "beware." Then rapidly
the Oulja demanded "Richard." Silent
and lenient Richard waited.
"Who," asked the Onija abruptly, "Is
the pretty brunette?"
Letty laughed after the last intricate
word, but to her astonishment Rich
ard's face flushed crimson.
"I—wonder," he answered Jauntily,
his manner was uneasy. With a quick
glance In his direction Helen with
drew.
MI
am going to get out of this," she
said, "the thing is uncanny."
Letty studied her thoughtfully.
"Why uncanny?" she drawled.
•, "Well," Helen admitted, "Dad has
pretty brunette stenographer In N's
office, and he says she takes DICK'S
dictation."
"Continue the message," she said im
pulsively.
"Tuesday," the Oulja spelled.' "the
girl Richard took to lunch."
Letty faced her object lover. "Did
youT' she asked sharply. Richard
floundered.
I "It was ati accident." he excused,
"You paid," the Ouljn accused.
"Did you pay for ih* Mmc-lieon," de
manded I.etty. ltichard was inlser
able.
"She'hind forgotten hor purse. then
I —oh, hang it all," hp ended nnpxpect
edly, "what If I did?" The evening
party disbanded quietly.
&£? think," said Helen from her far
corner, "that will go home."
"We will go with you," Letty profript
1 ly offered. Aunt Phyllis was peace
I fully knitting when Richard returned
•kt a late hour. His face was radiant,
his voice had the ring of triumph, "Let
ty has consented to marry me soon—
at once," he cried joyously.
"The Oulja wishes you happiness,"
Aunt Phyllis said demurely, then she
kissed him.
--Could Be Overdone.
lie husband and wife were enjoy
ing the play from the first row of the
parquet. Now, it happened that the
piece in question was of the type
known- as "blood curdling," and the
trials and misfortunes of the heroine
were too much for the wife, who ev
try now and again furtively wiped
.. her eyel. "What yer blubbering
•bout?" inquired her husband. "Well,"
the answered with a sob, "I can't help
showing a bit o' feelln' for her." "Feel
", In'?" he echoed with a cynical snort,
"Jta i^eedn't wash yer face in it"
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Vl0|in
wood.
The value of a violin is in the sound
producing qualities of the wood used
fa iffc-'ng H. Wood consists of fibers
which may be compared to strings
either parallel or Interlaced. The
most of those of spruce are parallel,
lience their fine niuslcnl qualities.
Most other woods have shorter fibers
•nd they may not be arranged so that
(hey can vibrate freely. ne Interfer
tor with another.
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Emanuel Brandt, E9, & farmer near
Decorah was recently burned to death
'in his home.
5*aul Beardsley, newly elected sher
iff of Woodbury county, is a veteran
of the world war.
The jury disagreed in the case ot
E. B. Wells charged with fraudulent
bank&g at Marathon.
Delos Wbiteman, of North wood ar
rested for attempted blackhanding,
has been discharged, L, A. Heiny not
prosecuting him.
Frank Degler, convicted of the mur
der of his father twelve years ago,
•ays he will kill himsef before he
goes to prison for life.
Elmer VanBrockland of Decorah Is
being held for the murder of his old
er brother, Charles, 21 years old, and
the latter's wife, 18 years old.
President W. W. Young and Cash'
ier 8am E. Lehnen hare been vindi
cated in connection wife the failure
of the North Liberty Savings Bank.
Xames Lee who died recently at
Newton left 125,000 to be' divided to
various sections of the Christian
church. The estate amounts to 1225,
000.
A seven-mile drainage project, situ
ted near Grlswold, has been com
pleted at a cost of 980,000. It is ten
miles long and required eight months
to construct -j
The state Ciuii collect inheritance
tax from an adopted child the Iowa
Supreme court decided. Decision was
in the "case of the state versus Philip
Goettelman ot Winneshiek county.
The Independent Telephone com
pany exchanges at Nevada, Story
City, Roland, Cambridge and Max
well will take corn from formers for
phone rental at Scents over tile mar
ket.
Iowa will have a good part of fSOO,
009 for the fighting of tuberculosis in
cattle which has been appropriated
by the Senate. The appropriations
committee favored 1400,000 but Sen
ator Kenyon got the amount raised.
Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wal
lace wanted 1900,000.
Another big drainage project, the
Indian Creek, has been completed in
Cass County. Formal acceptance was
made recently by the board ot super
visors. The project coat $132,000. It
is fifteen miles long and straightens
the course of Indian Creek, incident
ally reclaiming thousands of acres of
valuable farm land.
Tie Delaware County fair, toilike
almost every other fair in Iowa, made
money this year. The receipts for
the year were 935,222.10 and the dls*
buraements $34,935.70, leaving a bal
ance of 1380.70 as well as a large in
crease in the permanent improve
ments on the grounds.
Paul Roberts ot Lamoni was badly
baraed while over hauling his car.
A torch which he was using set fire
to ttye gasoline in the engine, and in
endeavoring to smother it with sacks
the blaze was transmitted to his
clothing. In his frenzy he ran across
the street, the breeze fanning the
flames all the way. His clothing was
ruined and his body badly burned.
Earl Throst, 26 years old confessed
to the slaying of Miss Inga Magnusen
a school teacher near Dorchester
recently. Throst had been an atten
tive Bultor and was to have married
Miss Magnusen Dec. 17th. Throst ad
mitted her ardor for him had cooled
and that they had quarreled after
finding her in the school alone, and
at that time he struck her over the
head with a stick.v
Senators Cummins and Kenyon and
Representative Dowell recently called
on the public health service with a
committee from Knoxville headed by
M. L. Curtis, to urge that the gov
ernment buy the hospital ndw leased
there for hospitalization of veterans.
It is proposed to make it a permanent
institution for the treatment of ment
al and nervous diseases of former
soldiers, and to have it enlarged and
improved.
Black Hawk county banks won a
victory in the District court in a deci
sion handed down by Judge George
Wood, overruling the action of the
board of supervisors in increasing the
valuation and taxes on bank stocks.
After the banks had paid the first
half of their assessment in 1919, the
county auditor, acting under instruc
tions from the board of supervisors,
increased the value of the stock 15
per cent.
Judge George W. Cullnop sentenc
ed "Bill" Bullis to twenty-five years
in Fort Madison prison, after overrul
ing a motion for a new trial. He was
sentenced under the Jcabitual crimin
al act. Bullis was arrested in a room
witli Mrs. Eva King, so-called "bandit
queen," the night after the gun bat
tle near Council Bluffs fin which her
huehand and Officer Murray were
killed. He was tried on charges of
receiving stolen property-
Clarence Hanson, 30, of Sioux City,
alleged to have been playing the
"Peeping Tom" at windows of women
living near his home, was shot and
probably fataly woupded by a police
man who was called to chase him a
way. Hanson ran when ordered to
halt.
J. P. Flick of Bedford, former Iowa
congressman has been ill. Congress
man Flick, who is 76 years old, rep
resented Taylor county in the Seven
teenth general assembly, and was lat
er elected to congress from the eighth
district. He is well known by old
time politicians of the state.
At Anchor In the Bay tf Yeddo.
Tt\e evening we dropped anchor In
the bay of Yeddo the moon was hang
ing directly over Yokohama. It was
a mother-of-pearl moon, and might
have been manufactured by any of the
delicate artisans in the Hancliodorl
a It I re on a be in a
very good imitation, but nothing more.
Kamiuikawa, the cloisonne worker at
Tokin, eould have made a better
moon.—Thomas Bailey Aldrich. f?
OLD AND NEW CHRISTMAS DAY
Nobody Has Bten Able to Daeide
Whether January 6 or Dseember
28 Is Correct Data.
HRIsniAS day seeihs wed
ded to December 25. A
summer or a springtime
Chrlstmcfij with no holly,
no mistletoe, no frost, no
snow, would not be the real thing at
all, observes London Answers.
The majority of our beautiful Christ
mas carols, too, redolent as they are
of the winter—"Sung Amid the Win
ter's Snow"—would be hopelessly in
congruous. Emigrants to Australia
from the mother country have con
fessed that it has taken thein many
years before they could get in an(v
Way used to what is practically a mid
summer Christmas.
Yet December 25 is merely an ac
commodation date for the birthday of
Christ—Christmas day. The year, too,
is wrong. Most people would take It
for granted that Christ was born in
A. D. 1—literally, of course, the year
of our Lord, No. 1.
But our chronology is four years
out. This should be 1925 and not 1921,
because Christmas day could not, on
Indisputable historical testimony, have
been later than February B. C. 41
That settles the year of the first
Christmas, but all attempts to fix the
actual day and month of Christmas
have failed.
And, as regards the present date,
Christmas, like Easter, took some cen
turies before a settlement was arrived
at. In the first centuries of Chris
tianity several important Eastern
churches observed January 6 as
Christmas day. The Armenian Chris
tians do so still.
Gradually, however, uniformity was
attained, but not before the Fifth cen
tury. In that connection It must be re
membered that for quite a long period
this country-was divided on the ques
tion of Christmas, Some people per
sisted in observing "old" Christmas
day. Si
But all wlU 'afree tha't December
25, even If It is not the actual date of
Christ's birth, Is a happy choice.
Our present-day Christmas,'festival
and holiday, breaks the lofag winter,
and what better time could there be
for family reunions? The cold and
unpleasantness outside make It all the
more agreeable to keep warm and
snug inside. It keeps us together In
every sense.
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE CUSTOM
llss of the Young Evergreens la Re
garded More aa a Matter of Senti
ment, Not of Economics.
VERY year some mathemat
ical calculator figures out
that this country would be
several billions richer If, as
a nation, we abolished the
old custom of the Christmas
Yes, in actual dollars and cents
valuation of our natural resources the
United States probably would be more
wealthy for the continued growth of
the evergreens. However, we believe
no better return ever came from trees
than the true joy which all mankind
gets from Christmas trees at this the
greatest of all holiday seasons,
good,
tree.
Nearly 5,000,000 young evergreens
go upon the Christmas-tree market
each year, 1,500,000 in New York and
the New England qtates alone, and it
Is an easy matter for an enthusiast
who is quick with the pencil to figure
up the waste in our natural resources
by the annual loss of this embryo tlm
ber. The economic consideration is
not entirely indefensible, for In the
Northeastern states particularly a big
proportion of the trees come from pas
ture land or that which would be
cleared In the ordinary course of Im
frrovement. Later, these trees would
be cut anyway. Of course, wholesale
destruction over watershed areas
should be discouraged as In any for
estry activity, but it must be remem
bered that the Christmas-tree custom
is one of sentiment, not of economics.
—American Agriculturist.
Honey Drop Cakes.
One cupful of sugar, two cupful* of
honey, one-half cupful of shortening,
four eggs, two cupfuls of milk, two
teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one-half tea
spoonful of salt, four cupfuls of flour
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Cream the honey, sugar and shorten
ing together add well-beuten eggs and
vanilla sift dry ingredients and add
alternating with the milk. Mix well
bake in greased mnffin tins. These
are good if flavored with chocolate,
using four Mjnares of baking choco
late or left tabiespoonfuls of coco for
this large recipe. Tltey are good nn
iceifl.
Christmas.
If we were to fancy a wholly Chris
tianized world, it would be a world in
spired by the spirit of Christmas—a
bright, friendly, beneficent, generous,
sympathetic, mutually helpful world.
Let us ding to Christmas ail the more
as a day of the spirit which In every
Age some souls have believed to be the
possible spirit of human society.—
George William Curtis.
Toys Made in 8wed«n.
Toys are manufactured to a consid
erable extent in Sweden and are al
most entirely Hie finer kinds of paint
ed wooden toys. Their making was
formerly house Industry, but of later
yearn tie greut bulk of the output
CILINES
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CIMV i.-II-tor'f's.
His Only Hope.
"Madam," said the poor but untM
tlous fiddler, "please don't interrupt
me In the midst of my labors to dun
me for my board. You don't seem to
realize thnt mnsic is food and drink
to me." "Well, all Fve got to say,"
replied his landlady, as she turned
away, "is just this, young man: 11
you don't pay up. them tunes you play
Is all the food and drink you'll get to
this house.'
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THE MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ft, ld21
MAIL ROBBER
SUSPECT HELD
George Lewis, Wanted for $1,
000,000 Holdup and Mur^
der. Taken Near Chicago.
safes
FLEO FROM TOROHTOPIUL
Wanted by Polioe of 8an Francisco,
Detroit and Other Cities—Chicago
rJfMeuths Capture Alleged B§n
dlt at Pn'oe Park, III.'
Chicog«r~! Dec. 21.—Government
agents aiyj[ a squad of men from the
city detective bureau swept down on
Palos Park and arrested George Lewis,
alias George Rogers, alias George
Davis, thirty-two years old,- wanted
In a half score cities, but particularly
as a suspect In the 91,000,000 mail
robbery at Toledo, February 17 of this
year.
Lewis is wanted by the police of
Sun Francisco, having, escaped from
prison there while awaiting an appeal
after having been convicted of mur
der and sentenced for life, Detroit
police would like to get their hands
on him as a suspect In severifl daring
holdups there, aud he is said to have
a police record jn a score of other
cities. '-r'. .v,j
Escaped With Two Others.
Lewis was arrested and convicted
in the Toledo mail wagon robbery, but
escaped with Joseph Urbaitls and
Charles Schultz. Rev. Anthony Gorsk
former pastor of the Polish Catholic
church at New Chicago, Ind., was ar
rested in connection with the case. He
was said to have niet Miss )Vpnd§
yr-
bdltis, a Brother ot oBe of the fugi
tives, who gave him a package con
taining 172,000 worth of bonds for
safe keeping, {he Urbaitls girl later
was convicted and sentenced to. 8^c
years in prison..
Lewis, Joseph Urbaitls and Schultz
escaped from the county jail at To
ledo September 5, and a reward was
offered by John Taylor, sheriff of Tay
lor county.
Police and federal agents here were
warned to take every precaution In at
tempting the arrest, as It was known
that Lewis would shoot until he
dropped rather than be taken again,
The case was considered equally as
dangerous as would be the capture of
Tommy O'Connor were he known to
be heavily armed.
Houa* 8urround«d In Dark.
The squad from the detective bu
reau comprised Detective Sergeants
Cusack, Hackett, O'Neill, Ferrone and
O'Connor. (The squad carried riot
guns and the federal agents also were
similarly armed.
While the -skies were still dark the
men completely surrounded the house
in Palos Park. Every precaution was
jtaken that nb man be unduly exposed
and finally one of the number rapped
on the door as others of the party
covered It with thqlr artillery.
Lewis was forced to leave with
hands up, and Immediately was locked
up in an out-of-the-way police station.
Other developments In the case are
expected during the day. Jr
JAPAN LAUNCHES WARSHIP
Dreadnaught Tosa,' 8latiM f»r Scrap
Heap, Last to Take to Witar
Before Holiday.
Tokyo, Dec. 21.—The dreadnaught
Tosa was launched at the Mitsubishi
shipyards at Nagasaki. Like its sis
ter ship, the Kaga, launched a month
ago, the Tosa is slated to be scrapped
under the naval limitation plan agreed
to at the Washington conference. Au
Immense crowd attended the Tosa's
launching, the last in Japan prior to
the "naval holiday." Vice Admiral
Prince Hiroyasu Fushlmi officiated,
acting as proxy for the regent. The
Tosa and Kaga were estimated to cost
upward of 73,000,000 yen ($36,500,
000) each to complete. In their pres
ent stute they represent one-third oi
that sum. Each is 700 feet long, has
normal displacement of 40,600 tons
iind w.as to be equipped with special
antitorpedo' protection and armed with
main battery of 10-inch guns.
HONEY CKEEK
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ryan were in
Manchester Monday oa business.
Mrs. Lewis Ryan has been very ill
with Scarlet fever but is a little better
at this writing.
Wm, Malone was a business caller
in Strawberry Point Monday.
Preston Fowler and family were
shopping in Manchester Friday.
A Christmas program was given
at the Union School on Thursday eve
ning. The children did nicely reflect
ing credit on the careful training
of their teacher, Miss Alma Faber.
There was a Christmas ree in connec
tion with nice gifts tor the little ones.
Mrs. Bert Ryan and son Roy were
shopping in Strawberry Point Thurs
day.
D. A, Harding of Arlington visited
a couple of
dayB
recently at the Wm.
Malone home.
Henry Peterson and Elmer Manson
were in Manchester on business.
Wishing all the readers of the Dem
ocrat a happy new year.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Glenapp and son
were Saturday guests at the Levi Leh
man home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. White and two
sons spent Sunday evening at the W.
F. Puffet home.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Waldron and
daughter of West Union are visiting
at the John Schug home.
Mrs. N. A. Simmons and daughter
returned home from Chicago where
the former had been to consult
specialist.
George Lad age a student at North
western University near Chicago is
home to spend his vacation
Lester Nichols who works in the
Western Electric Co. at Chicago is
home for a vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Campbell have
gone to Estherville, Iowa -tor an ex
tended visit with relatives.
Miss Graces Hines is home from
Iowa City.
Mra. D. Eckhart visited last week
with friends at Cedar Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Steinhilbur left
Wednesday for Cedar Rapids where
they will spend the holiday with rel
atives.
John Friedman was a business call
er in Arlington Monday.
The Wm. DeVoss and Ed Haliber
families were doing their Christmas
shopping in Manchester Monday.
Congratulations are extended Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Daisy, who were re
cently married.
Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Clarence Popham's
mother is very ill at, this Writinfe
Mrs. Cook has been staying with her
daughter, Mrs. Popham near-Thorpe
for some time.
TIkdtg DESPERATE CHANcii&
It is true that many contract severe
colds and recover from them without
taking any precaution or treatment,
and a knowledge of this fact leads
others to take chances instead- of giv
ing their colds the needed attention.
It should be borne in mind that every
cold weakens the lungs, lowers the
vitality, makeB the system less able
to withstand each succeedng attack
and paves the way for the more ser
ious diseases. Can you afford to take
such desperate chances when Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, famous for
its cures of bad colds may be had for
a trifle?
foeullarlty Hard te Explain.'
It Is a peculiar thing that the name*
given live animals are of Saxon origin,
but those given to meat when dressed
and prepared for food are Nor
man. For example, the words "ox,"
"steer," "cow" are Saxon, but "veal*
Is Norman "sheep" Is Saxon, but
"mutton" Is Norman so It is severally
with "swine" and "pork," "deer" and
"venison," "fowl" and "pullet."
Sea May Yet Yield Trsanire.
Gold shipments which have gone
down are occupying the attention of
scores of marine experts today. Numer
ous devices have been patented and
many lives have been lost in attempts
to salvage sunken treasure. Among
hundreds of others a rich reward
awaits the man who can salvage the
treasure lost with the Lusltanla.
Bulgarian Blood Tea
atMuntac hot Mtia»
KILLS COLDS
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A finely ground grain mixtue for dairy cattle, beef
cattle, horses and hogs, sweet, dry and clean, appetising
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"The Home of Quality and Service."
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jis show you just the things you want
—perhaps exactly what you have been
v.*. hunting for. Here you will find the selec
Hions of Christinas presents are still quite
^complete. Come in and see what a vari
wety we have.
-fi You will find many attractive and use-
Jful articles to please you—the kind that
:e such satisfactory presents. Every
thing from Toys to Guna—-gifts for lather*
mother, sister, brother. Practical gifta will
be most welcomed.
We gave lots of thought to selecting
appropriate Christmas presents when we
^picked our stock, and we believe we can.
.^help you, even in the most difficult cases,
&to make them say—and mean—"Just ex
^actly what
I
wanted.'
Come in today—early aa you can*
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