Georgia Historic Newspapers

    WEDNESDAY AFTERNfcOb( JANUARY 9, 1924.
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' Av Gertrude Atherton
Xl_ 11 (continued)
Mary watched her closely as sli»
stirred the tea with a little busi
ness-like air, wanned the cups, dis
tributed the lemon and then pour
ed out the clear brown fluid.
•‘Formosa Oolong,” she said
sniffing daintily. "The only tea. J
i.ate people who drink scented
teas, don’t you? I'm going to have
a very strong cup, so I'll wait a
minute or two. I'm —rather tired.’?
“You? You look as if you never
relaxed in your sleep. How do you
keep it up?”
"Oh, think of the life the young
er women lead. Mine is a quiet
amble along a country road by
comparison. . . . But . . •
monotonous!”
The last word came out with th«
effect of a tiny explosion. It evi
dently surprised _ Miss Trevor her
self, for she frowned, poured out
a cup of tea that was almost black '
and began sipping it with a seme
what elaborate concentration for
one so simple and direct of
method.
"Im afraid good works are apt
to grow monotonous. A sad com
nientary on the triumphs of civil
ization over undiluted nature.’
Mary continued to watch the torch
bearer of the East Side. "Don t
you sometimes hate it?”
She asked the question idly, in
terested for the moment in proh
tug wilder another shell harileiied
in Hie mould of time, and half-hop
ing that Agnes would- be natural
and human for once, ecu: e to be
the bright well-oiled machine. Sm
was by no means prepared for
what she got.
Miss Trevor sniped down the
scalding tea in an almost nnlady
like manner, and put ttie cr.p down
with a shaking hand.
“That's what I've come to see
you about.” she said in a low in
tense voice, and her teeth set for
a. moment as if she had taken -
lit between them. “Mary, yuj'ia
tpset my life.”
“I? What next!”
"I suppose you have troubles qf
y r.tr own, dear, and I hate to hot.,
hr you with mine-—”
"Oh, mine amount to nothing
at present. And it I can help
ycnj» ” she felt no enthusiasm
at the prospect, but she saw that
the woman was laboring under ex
cltement of some sort, and if she
could not. give her sympathy at
least sht might help her with
stund practical advice. Moreover.
Hit- was in for it. "Better tell me
al! about it.”
"It is teiribly hard. I'm so hu
'i.ilinted—and— and I suppose no
ihiw reticent woman ever lived."
"Ch, reticence! Why not emu
late lit ■ younger generation? I'm
not sure —although I prefer the
nappy medium myself—that they
tire not wiser than their grand
mothers and their maiden aunts
On the principle that confession i«
rood fur the soul, f don't believe
that women will be so obsessed by
—wall, let us say, sex. in the fu
lure.”
Miss Trevor flushed darkly. “It
1.» possible. . . . That’s what I
iSifi. —a maiden aunt. Just that amj
abthiug more.”
“Nothing more? I thought you
were accounted one of the most
useful women in serious New York.
A sort of mother *o the East Side."
"Mother? How could I be a
mother? I'm only a maiden aunt
even down there. Not that I want
to be a mother ”
“I was going to ask you why yon
did not marry even now. It is not
too late to have children of your
own ” .
"Oil, yes, it Is. That’s all over
( —or nearly. But I can't say. that
r ever did long for children of my
own, although I get on beautifully
with them.”
“Well?” asked Mary patiently,
“what is it you do want?”
“A husband!" This time there
was no doubt about the explosion.
Mary' felt a faint sensation of
digtaste, and wondered if she were
reverting to type as a result of
this recent association with the
generation that still clung to the
distates and the disclaimers of the
nineteenth century. “Why didn t
you marry when you were a girl .’
I am told that you were quite lovo
py.”
“I hated the thought. I was in
love twice; hut I had a sort of
cold purity that I was proud of.
The bare idea of—of that nauseat
ed me.”
"Pity you hadn’t done settlement
work first. That must have knock
ed prudishness out of you, I should
■think.”
“It horrified me so that, for sev
eral years I hardly could go on
with it, and I have always refused
to mix the sexes in my house
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“‘Oh, think of the life the
younger women lead. Mine is a
quiet amble ... by comparison.' "
down there, but, of course. 1 could
not help hearing things—seeing
things---and after a while I did get
hardened—and ceased to be revolt
ed. xJ learned to look upon all that
sort of thing as a matter of course.
But it was too late then. I had
lost what little looks I had ever
possessed. I grew to look like an
eld maid long before I was. thirty.
Why is nature so cruel. Mary?"
“I fancy a good many American
women develop very slowly sexu
ally. You were merely one of them.
I wonder you had the climacteric
so-early. But. nature is very fond
of taking her little revenges. You
defied her and she smote you.”
"Oh, yes, she smote me! But I
never fully realized it until you
came."
"I hardly follow you.”
"Oh. don't, you see? You have
shown us that women can begin
life over again, undo their awful
mistakes. And yet 1 don't dare—
don't dare— —”
“Why not. pray? Better come
with me ’o Vienna if you haven't
the courage to face the music
here.”
“Oh, I haven't the courage. I
couldn’t carry- things off with such
a high hand as you do. You were
always high and mighty, they say,
and have done as you pleased all
your life. Yen don't care a pit.
whether we approve of what you've
dprie or not. It's the way- you’re
made. But I—couldn’t stand it.
The adm'ssion of va'ii'ty, of —of—
after the life I’ve led. The young
women would say, in their nasty
slarig, that I was probably man
crazy."
"And aren’t you?” asked Mary
coolly. “Isn’t that, just what is the
matter? The sex-imagination often
outlives the withering of the sex
glands. Come now, admit it. For
get that you are a pastel-tinted
remnant of the old order and call
a spade a spade.” ,
“There’s something terrifying
about you, Mary.” Miss Trevor
had flushed a dark purple, but she
had very honest eyes, and they did
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not falter. "Hut 1 respect, you mo'fe
than any woman I have ever
known. And although you are not
very sympathetic you are the only
person on earth to whom I could
even mention such a subject.”
"Well, go ahead,” said Mary re
slgnedly. "If you want my advice,
take your courage in your- hands
and do it. However people may
carp, there is nothing they so
much admire as courage.”
“Yes, but they make you suffer
tortures just because they do ad '
mire it —or to keep themselves
from admitting it.”
"True enough. But after all
they don't matter. Life would be
so much simpler if we’d all make
ttp our minds that what other peo
pie think about, us does not signify
in the least. It’s only permitting it
to signify that permits it to exist.’
"That’s all very well for you, bill
it's really a question of tempera
ment. Do you think I'd dare come
back here looking like a girl agair
—and I suppose I should. I’m six
teen years younger than.you. . .
You must know how many of tbt,
women hate you.”
“That sort of hate may be very
stimulating, my- dear Agnes,” said
Madame, Zattiany drily.
"I can understand that. But I
should return to what it is hardly
an exaggeration to call a life of a :
thousand intimacies. The ridicule!
The contempt! The merciless crit
icism! I don’t want to live any- I
where else. I can’t face it! But.
oh, I do so want it! I do so want
it!”
"But just think of the compensa
tions. No doubt you would marry
immediately. If you were happy,
and with a man to protect you.
how much would you care?”
"Oh!” Once more the thin ascet
ic face was dyed with an unbecom
ing flush. “Oh!" And then the
barriers fell with a crash and she
hurried on, the words tumbling I
over one another, as her memory. !
its inhibitions shattered, ' swept
back into the dark vortex of her
secret past.
fT» Be Continued)
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Around all day with an aching
back,
Can’t rest at night;
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ALBANY 11 CLOSE
Effort to Expand Membership
There Ends Thursday With
Banquet in City Hall
ALBANY, January- 9. After
today only one day- remains in the
American Legion membership con
tets in Albany, in which Legion
naires are seeking to enroll every
ex-service man in the community in
their organization. At least 300
members are expected by the Le
gion boys, who want to surpass
their record of 280 last yast year.
The campaign will come to a
close Thursday evening with a ban
quet at the Legion’s headquarters
on the third floor of the city hall.
The "feed”' will be served by the
American Legion Auxiliary, the wo
man’s organization of the Legion.
An important matter to be dis
cussed at the banquet will be that
of the soldier bonus. A represen
tative of the organization opposed
to the bonus was in the city a few
days ago and found some of the
local ex-service men opposed to a
bonus for able bodied men.
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“THE SPANISH DANCER”
IS BEST POLA NEGRI
PNCTURE SINCE ‘PASSION’
Appearing in “The Spanish
Dancer,” her latest Paramount pro
duction at the Rylander on Thurs
day and Friday, Pola Negri has the
kind of character that made her
famous. As a Gypsy dancing girl
in this romantic melodrama of sev
enteenth century Spain, Pola Negri
is declared to giv e her flashing,
best performance since the* famous
“Passion.”
The cast of “The Spanish Dan
eer” contains some of the best
known names on the Paramount
roster including Antonio Moreno,
Wallace Beery, Kathlyn Williams,
Gareth Hughes, Adolphe Menjou,
[Charles A. Stevenson and Robert
Agnew.
In a court scene in the picture I
20 girls perform a ballet without a ■
single movement of th e skirt be- (
ing visible. The entire ballet was I
done with motions from the waist;
up. Their feet remained motion-1
less. The girls appear in costumes
of black velvet.
Today’s atraction at the Rylan
der is Mrs. Wallace Reid in “Hu
man Wreckage," a powerful indict
ment of the drug traffic in this
country.
PLAN COOLIDGE DRIVE
ATLANTA, Jan. 9.—A confer
ence dinner was held here at the
home of C. W. McClure, prominent
republican, at which plans were dis
cussed for the active conducting of
a campaign for the re-nomination
and re-election of President Calvin
Coolidge. About twenty five men
attended the meeting which was not
factional and which proceeded har
moniously. Mr. McClure recog
nized as one of the most prominent
r publicans in this section.
CARD PARTIES FOR SCHOOLS
SAVANNAH. Jan. 9.-—The Sav
annah Parent-Teacher Association
has decided to continue holding card
parties for the purpose of raising
money to finance its auxiliary school
work. A meeting called on the
proposal to abandon the practice,
decided there was no harm in the
parties.
The market price for skeletons is
only two dollars each. Never be
lieve what a bootlegger, says.
How many times have you written
1923 and changed it to 1924?
Oh, what is so raw as a nose in
January?
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PLAINS SCHOOL BOYS
EARN BIG FARM PROFITS
The results of teaching vocational i
agriculture to the boys in the Plains |
and Thompson High schools the past ,
year have been a great benefit to
them not only in an educational way
but in a financial way as well.
The general and technical instrrt.'-
tion rceived in the class room anu
laboratory at the school is put into
practice back at home which is the
best of all laboratories. Each boy
enrolled in the farm crops and ani
mal husbandry classes is required
to carry on a home project under
the direct supervision of his teacher
as part o's his school work at the
completion of the project, he is giv
en due credit on the school records
according to the merit of the work.
The boys who carried on home
projects last year realized a total
profit of $1378.61,. The cotton and
corn projects consisted of 35 1-21
acres and the poultry projects con-1
sisted of 850 birds.' A total of j
3639 hours were spent on the proj
ects. The cost of materials, labor,:
etc, amounted to sl4-14.91. The in
come value of all products totalled
! $2799.20.
These figures mark a good begin- .
ning for this type of education in
Sumter county and more especially I
in Plains and Thompson districts);
LESLIE
Rev. H. J. -Johnston filled his !
first appointment with Leslie Bap
t'st church Sunday morning. A large
crowd was out to hear him.
Mrs. George Deloach a former
resident of Leslie who now resides
in North Carolina is visiting Mrs.
A. T. Johnson.
Mrs. Pickron, of Pelham and Mrs.
Mary Freeman and daughter, Miss
Annie Lynn, of Sycamore have
been guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Wilson the past week being called
here on account of the illness of
Mrs. Wilson’s mother, Mrs. J. J.
Sloan, Mis. Sloan is now improving
Miss Leila Clifton left Sunday for
Meigs where she teaches.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Suggs in
I Jacksonville.
Fly Janer, of Wauchula, Fla., and
'Mack Davis of Albany were guests
;of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Winchester
'Saturday.
i John Hurt Daughtry who has been
corking at Dublin is spending some
time with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
J. P. Daughtry.
Miss Esta Stewart who is teach-',
ing at Ft. Gaines, returned there
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chrismas and daugh
ter moved to Leslie Saturady from
Warwick they are on Wilson street
. in the home recently occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilkinson ami
. I family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bowen left
■ Tuesday for Pellham where they
, will reside.
, Miss Alice Carter has gone to Al-
i bany where her parents have moved.
There was a public, instillation of
. the officers for the Senior B. Y. P.
. U., of Leslie Baptist church Sunday
I, evening, Miss Bessie Sims presi
dent; Luther Hines, vice president;
Mrs. Floyd Hines, secretary and
■ treasurer, Loomis Deavour, corre
sponding secretary; Miss Glayds
, Taylor quiz leader; K. H. Hines
I chorister, Miss Ella Mae Ranew
pianist;. Group leader one, Wilber
I Lee Cilfton, two Mercer Deavours:
. three, Green Bryant, four, Miss Eve
lyn Ranew; were the officers in
stalled.
Miss Lizzie Harper who has been
spending the holidays here has re
q turned to Atlanta.
TOBACCO PLANTERS MEET
SPARTA, Jan. 9.—Facts regard
ing the culture and marketing of
the tobacco plant were discussed at
a meeting held here recently by rhe
planters of Hancock county. Pro-
I fessor C. W. Westbrook , of the
State College of Agriculture, who
is an authority on the subject was
the principal speaker of the meet
ing. Much enthusiasm has been
aroused in this county over the
growing tobacco and if the quota
of five hundred acres is planted a
special agent from North Carolina
will be brought here to look after
the culture and help with the gath
ering and marketing of the crop.
| since Vocational Agriculture was in
troduced only last year.
It is hoped that the results of this
years’ work will be as good or bet
ter than last year’s.
In nearly every case the boys pro
duced more cotton and corn per acre
than the average farmer in Sumter
county produced under the same
conditions. Two of the boys are
now supplying’ eggs from their pure
bred hens to the commercial hatch
ery in Americus.
One of the most outstanding fea
tures of the vocational work last
year was the introduction of sev
eral thousand pure bred chickens
into this section.
Only pure pedigreed seed.will be
used in planting the farm crop pro
jects this spring. The soy bean
will play an important part and give
| much strength to our project prog
i ram this year. The variety select
jed is the Laredo. The Laredo is a
practically new variety of soy beans
, in Georgia having been grown only
■ a few years. However, it has al
[ ready proven its worth as a superior
hay and grazing crop in that in ad
dition to its being a heavy seed and
hay bearer and a wonderful soil
builder, it is resistant to both wdt
and the nematode.
EXPECT TO CONTROL
DISEASE IN MELONS
Moultrie, Jan. 9. Anthracnoses
which cost the watermelon growers
of Southwest Georgia thousands of
dollars last year, is not expected to
do the industry much harm during
the coming season, according to
farm observers here. It is stated
that by treating the seed 'before
they are planted and by spraying
the vines once a week after they get
about a foot lung, the appearance of
anthracnose in the fields is not very
likely.
In this connection, however,
growers have been cautioned not to
plant melon seed in fields where
the disease appeared last year. It
also will be the height of folly to use
seed that have not been properly
treated before being planted, ex
prts state. During the latter part,
of the growing season in 1923 an
thracnose ruined hundreds of fields
of melons, that earlier gave prom
ise of heavy yield. It is stated that
practically nothing can be done to
ward controlling the disease after
it attacks melon fields. This work
it is explained must be done in ad
vance. ,
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Florida Lady Was in a Miserable
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Got Well.
Altha, Fla.—in explaining how she
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“I became so weakened it was an effort
for me to get around. I knew what was
the matter, but 1 felt like 1 couldn’t give
up.
“I just dragged, and 1 certainly was
nervous. I was so restless I could not
sit down long—yet so weak I couldn’t
get about. It is a most miserable and
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“1 would get depressed and out of
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“I began to feel, after awhile, there was
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“I had heard of Cardui, and thought it
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