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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He that loveth silver will not be satis
fied with silver; nor he that loveth abun
dance with increase. When goods are in
creased, they are increased that eat them,
and ivhat good is there to the owners there
of, saving the beholding of them with
their eyes. 7he sleep of a labouring man
is sweet, whether he eat little or much,
but the abundance of the rich will not
suffer him to sleep. Therefore is a sore
evil which I have seen under the sun,
namely, riches kept for the owners thereof
to their hurt.—Ecclesiastes 5:10-13.
The New Municipal Market
THE opening of the municipal market
brings to goodly fruition a long and
splendidly faithful endeavor. Five
years ago it was that the Atlanta Woman’s
Club, through a committee chairmaned by
Mrs. Norman Sharp, came to sponsor this im
portant enterprise, which had been urged,
off and on, for more than a decade and
talked of for a generation. In the frown of
obstacles old and new, the women went
cheerfully foiward, appealing to common
sense and civic pride, making the most of
small opportunities, thinking, working and
smiling their way to success. Many have
contributed to the happy result, Including
former Mayor Key, under whose administra
tion the market plan was approved; Mayor
Sims, who has witnessed its completion; and
that group of generous Atlantians composing
the Municipal Market company, of which
Colonel William Lawson Peel is president,
who underwrote the cost for the city. To
the women, however, all will gratefully
ascribe that ever persistent, ever resourceful
and finally conquering faith which was the
greatest power behind the now accomplished
t
fact- ’
AJi admirable achievement it is. In de
sign: and in equipment the market compares
well with America’s best; and, no doubt, will '
rank equally high in service. Its stimulus to
agricultural interests for many miles about
will probably be no less marked than its
benefit to city households. To the truck
farmer, who is a mainstay in Georgia's battle
with', the boll weevil, the new market will
afford opportunities at once larger and
steadier tha any he heretofore has enjoyed.
Thia will mean, in process of time, the culti
vation of lands now idle, the upbuilding of
territory now unsettled, and hence the inflow
of products and of trade from countrysides
now unproductive. By contributing to the
development of her wide zone of outlying
resources, Atlanta will be promoting growth
and prosperity at home.
That zone is far larger today than a decade
ago, and is continually’ expanding as good
roads and transport facilities multiply. The
municipal market is within convenient reach
of hundreds of farmers to whom it would
have been hopelessly distant before the day
of the motor truck. Twenty miles is, for
practical purposes, less than ten or five was
in the jogging era of Dobbin; and journeys
that once consumed most of ‘he day are now
whisked off between cockcrow and city
breakfast time. It behooves Atlanta, in pre
paring for a population of half a million and
more, to think and plan in terms of her agri
cultural as well as industrial reserves, and
to bear in mind those quiet country reaches
from which her future life-flow must be fed.
A* a step in that wise policy the opening of
ths municipal market will be remembered as
epochal.
Owens from the WLst
_'HLE Mr. Coolidges nomination at the
\X/ Republican national convention is con
ceded to be foregone, not even the
staunchest of his advocates can deny the sig
nificance of the hcavx vote cast against him
in their party s recent primaries in tbe W est.
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THE ATLANTA HU WEEKLY JOURNAL
Study of the returns from six states of that
region during the last two months shows that
approximately seven hunrdde and fifty thou
sand ballots have been cast for some other
Republican candidate than the President, and
that in two states he was rejected by the
popular decision.
This is the more significant when one notes
the personal weakness of the opposition and
the organized strength of his support. Con
testing the field against him were Senator
La Follette and Senator Hiram Johnson. The
former has a large folloying among the mal
contents and radicals in his oyn state nad
also in others yhere his name was not offi
cially in the primary. Moreover, his record
is undeniably progressive, despite the vaga
ries and tbe war-time blunders which becloud
it. But no considerable number of people can
well regard La Follette as a constructive .
statesman or as being of Presidential stature.
Besides, his ill health is understood to pre
clude the possibility of his making a stressful
campaign. As for Senator Hiram Johnson, he
has dwarfed so steadily in recent years that
he now probably deceives few, save himself,
into fancying him worthy of a nation’s trust.
“His record as champion of Newberry and as
protagonist of the Fordney-McCumber tariff,”
writes a Democratic correspondent, “had pre
ceded hl mon his rounds in the West in quest
of votes. The progressive elements had little
confidence in him. Nevertheless, without any
intrinsic appeal, he found support among thou
sands who gave him votes to register their
dissatisfaction with President Coolidge and
with the Washington administration of the
last three years.”
In those Western primaries, consistent Re
publicans naturally favored Mr. Coolidge,
while conservative men generally would prefer
him to either La Follette or Johnson. More
over, he had the immense advantage of the
federal machine and the reinforcement of
those special interests that have profited by
the tariff and other favors. Yet, within his
own party’s ranks, lie and the political regime
for which he stands were rebuked with three-
of a million votes, and in two
states were defeated. This, of course, will
not alter the course of the Republican na
tional convention, but is it not significant of
the next national election?
QUIZ
Any Tri-Weekly Journal reader can
get the answer to any question puzzling
him by writing to The Atlanta Journal
Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has
kin, director, Washington, D. C„ and in
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ATLANTA OFFICE.
Q. Is a cup believed to be that from which
Christ drank at the Last Supper still in ex
istence?
A. A silver chalice was found many years
ago at Antioch and believed to be the cup
from which Christ drank. It consists of two
parts—an inner bowl and a holder. It is
elaborately carved with a representation of
Jesus alid His apostles. The present owners,
in New York, say it will never be sold.
Q. Where is the longest tunnel in the
world? F. C.
A. The Shandaken tunnel through the
Catskill mountains in New York state is the
longest continuous tunnel in the world. It
is a part of the water supply system of New
York City. The exact length of the tunnel
is 95,740 feet. The longest railroad tunnel]
is the Simplon, under the Alps, 65,042 feet :
in length.
Q. How many widows of the veterans of
the War of 1812 are still living? H. K. M.
A. There are thirty-nine women on the
pension rolls whose husband fought in the
War of 1812. None of these widows, how
ever, was married at the time of that war.
Q. What is the double standard? W. W.
A. The term “double standard” is used
both in ethics and in money. In the first
case, it, refers to what is known as the
double standard of morals, whereby certain
privileges are allowed to men that are not
permitted to women. In money the double
standard is a money standard based on both
gold and silver, as the material of the cir
culating medium, distinct from the single
standard based upon either gold or silver.
Q. How long after she was struck did
the Titanic sink? How was it possible to
know what the band was playing when she
went down? L. S.
A. The steamship Titanic was struck by
an iceberg at approximately 11:46 p. ni.
She finally sank at 2:20 o'clock the next
morning. The sinking of the vessel was
witnessed by a number of survivors who put
off in small boats. It is stated that several
of the lifeboats were close enough to hear
the orchestra playing “Nearer, My God to
Thee,” as the steamer sank.
Q. How would one figure the amount of
water a roof will catch for cistern pur
poses? S. R.
A. A rainfall of 1 inch on a roof of 3,-
000 square feet would mean a total of 250
cubic feet, or about 41.5 barrels of 45 gal
lons each, enough to fill a cistern 8 feet in
diameter to a depth of 4.97 feet. This does
not consider possible loss from splashing,
etc.
Q. How long has tattooing been practiced’’
R. S. F.
A. It is impossible to say when and where
the custom of tattooing began, but it is of
very ancient origin. In the tombs near
Thebes were found painted representations
of white men with totoped bodies, and in
his commentaries Caesar writes of Britons
being tatooed.
Q. How many members did the churches
gain last year? G. K. E.
A. The Christian Herald says that there
was a gain in 1923 of 680,000. This brings
the total membership up to 45.457,366.
Q. I would like to know what kind of
rock “Plymouth Rock’’ is? H. F.
A. Plymouth Rock is a granite boulder.
A. New York does not print its official
ballot in five different languages. A qualifi
cation for suffrage in the state of New York
is the ability to read fifty words of the state
I constitution in English, and to write legibly
] ten words from the same constitution.
I Q. At exactly what hour did spring begin?
i J. H. E.
A. The naval observatory says in 1924
spring commenced March 20. 4:20 p. m.
Q. Is there any American author of renown
whose works were not published until after
his death? T. D. E.
A. Perhaps Henry D. Thoreau, of Con
cord. Mass., who died in 1862, comes nearest
to answering this description. He published
but two books while alive, both at his own
expense. One of them had a moderate cir
culation. the other almost none. All his life
he kept a journal, and all of this has subse
i quently been published, so that his works
; now total aboir thirty volumes, all of which
| are in print and in demand.
SLANDER
UY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
What has gone before. —Miriam Fol
well, a young business woman, has an
episode in her life which, although inno
cent, has caused scandal. She has al
most forgotten it, when a year later she
becomes engaged to Anthony Breqn, and
then, out of the past, comes a woman
who knows all about the episode and
proceeds to make trouble. Anthony be
lieves the worst, but offers to marry her
anyway. Miriam, with her faith in men
shattered, refuses his offer and accepts
the offer of her firm to send her to Eu
rope. She succeeds in avoiding Anthony
until the moment of sailing.—Now go
on with the story.
CHAPTER XLIV
Ron Voyage
MIRIAM was standing on the deck, lean
ing on the railing. It. was the mo
ment before departure, the gang
plank had been shoved off, the cries of “All
ashore that’s going ashore,” still rang in her '
ears, but she was still scanning the crowded
wharf below. Even now he might make it, '
he might arrive in time, and as she watched
she saw a little ripple in the solidly massed
crowd, and a. man forced his way to the
front. She started down, and suddenly he
raised his face. At the same moment, a little
thrill shook the America, and slowly, slowly
it moved out of the dock and into the slowly
gliding Hudson. A cheer rose from the wharf,
there was a fluttering cf handkerchiefs, but
Miriam, staring wildly, had-eyes for nothing
but that white face raised to her own, and an
involuntary cry burst from her lips as a strip
of greenish water slowly widened between
them.
The tears were hot against her eyelids, and
she reached for her liandkerchief, and leaned
forward. She was conscious of waving it
wildly, and of the fact that Anthony had re
moved his hat, arrrf was standing bare-head
ed, with the sunlight on his hair.
Then the faces became blurred, she could
no longer distinguish them, the sound of the
cheering came to her as from a great dis
tance, and feeling suddenly . faint, she, clung
to the railing for support.
As she groped her way to her stateroom;
she realized that she was crying. And then
at last, she was alone, she was lying face
downward on the bed, sobbing her heart out,
but even in the midst of her agony she was
dully aware of the fact that she had done the'
only thing possible. She was convinced that
she and Anthony Breen could never have
been happy together. His way and hers led
apart, and she had been right in holding to
her resolution.
The sound of the luncheon gong pealing
through the corridors, roused her finally to
a knowledge of where she was, and she
stirred and sat up. Through the porthole she
could see that they were already out of the
harbor, and again that feeling of thrilled ex
citement stirred in her. She opened her
traveling case and took out what she needed,
she powdered her nose and touched her
cheeks with color, and then because she was
young and bound for Europe for the first
time, she went in search of the dining salon
as though bound on an adventure.
At the table it was impossible to feel alone.
Gay, chattering'voices filled the large room;
there was an air of cozy intimacy and infor
mality about the atmosphere, and Miriam
realized suddenly that she had had nothing
but coffi. y for breakfast and was hungry.
Afterward there were her packages to
open, flowers from Christine, which she had
called up at the last moment.; a huge basket
of fruit from Mr. Carson and from the em
ployes of the firm; a black leather traveling
case filled with silver, and a package of the
newest books.
How good they had been to her, and how
grateful she ought to be! And yet, as she
sat there on the edge of her bed, she could
not help remembering Anthony’s remark when
she had told him that the firm wanted to
send' her abroad in their interests.
“We’ll go to Europe on our honeymoon,”
he had said, eagerly, and now here she was
bound for Europe, and Anthony was not with
her; she was alone! She felt her throat
tighten, and suddenly determining not to cry
again, she wrapped her steamer cloak around
her and went on deck. A long line of steam
er chairs met her eyes, and beyond them the
shining deck and the open sea. Here was
peace, here was a chance to forget. Crowds
no longer filled every available space, there
was plenty of room to move about, and after
a few turns up and down, Miriam curled up
in her chair, and with her eyes fixed on the
wavering horizon line, finally dropped
asleep.
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KEEP STEP
By Dr. Frank Crane >
KEJEP step.
'if you fail behind you may be lost.
If you run on ahead you may get
hurt.
The victories of life are won by armies of
men. in companies and regiments.
You will accomplish little, and possibly you
may be shot or hung, if you give yourself to
guerilla warfare.
All of which, in plain English and dropping
figures of speech, means—don’t lose touch
with your fellow human beings.
Keep step with the family. It may be neces
sary to cut loose from home and home folks—
sometimes it is best; but one always loses
something by it, no matter how great the
gain. '1 he family is the oldest known club,
government, church, and mutual benefit asso
ciation. You will never find another just like
it. Think well before separating your life
from brother and sister, father and mother.
The isolating forces are strong—your strong
individualism, the feeling that the family does
not understand you, or that they underrate
you, irritation arising from too close associa
tion, and that contempt which familiarity is
likely to breed. Most of these forces are
strongly egotistic, and need discounting.
♦ You may have to bid good-by to your kin.
but do not forget that in doing so you are in
curring a distinct loss, and the profit must
be great to over balance it.
Keep step with your friends. Friendship
is not for nothing: we have to pay for it.
To lose a real friend is worse than losing a
pocketbook stuffed with banknotes. You may
be compelled to run on ahead, but thfnk twilee
before doing so.
Keep step with your wife, your husband.
Don’t drop behind. It is a sad thing to see
one at tly top of the hill and the other lin
gering in the valley. Keep your minds abreast.
Let our hones and fears, triumphs and fail
ures. be taken by. you side by side.
There are the old masters, to be sure; but
do you know that men are painting now. and
sculpturing, and composing music, and writing
books, and dreaming dreams, and working
mighty works?
Qui n’a pas I’esprit de son age.
De son age a tout le malheur.
(Who has not the spirit of his age,
Os his age has all the evil.)
I (CopxiiAUt, 1924.)
A DANGEROUS MEASI RE DESERVING
VIGOROUS OPPOSITION
rpHURE are increasing evidences that the
people of our countrj' are beginning to
X see the danger of enacting what is now
called “The Sterling-Reed Educational Bill,”
iml which was formerly known as “The Sterl
ing Towner Bill.” Opposition to it. has not
arisen too soon, and it
can hardly become too
strong.
While the measure
contains nineteen sec
tions, its main provi
sions, staled in condens
ed form, are as follow-s:
1. To establish a De
partment, of Education
whose head shall be a
Cabinet member, who
will, under the powers
iranted in the bill, su
tervise and promote pub
i iic education in the
United States.
I 2. To authorize and
r
*
enable the Secretary so
appointed to carry out studies and investiga
tions in elementary, secondary, and higher
education, and to apply the funds at his dis
position to various educational projects.
3. The bill provides a total annual appro
priation of $100,000,000. The principal‘items
in this large grant are $7,500,000 each for the
education of illiterates and for Americaniza
tion of immigrants; $20,000,000 for promoting
physical education; $15,000,000 for improve
ment of teachers in service and for the more
adequate preparation of prospective teachers;
and finally, and most significant of all, $50,-
000,000 “to be used in public, elementary, and
secondary schools for the partial payment of
teachers’ salaries, for providing better instruc
tion and extended school terms, especially in
rural schools and schools in sparsely settled
localities for the extension and adaptation of
public libraries for educational purposes, and
otherwise providing equally good educational
opportunities for the children of the several
States.”
It is a most, pernicious and dangerous
measure. Nevertheless it is being pushed by
a potverful lobby at Washington, employing
the usual methods of modern propaganda
which may mislead many good people.
Once the American people' see clearly what
is proposed, they will rise up against this
organized raid on the Federal Treasury.
Fortunately a number of able men are "point
ing out “the true inwardness” of the bill, and
*it is well that what they say be carefully con
sidered.
Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
leaching, has made a. vigorous deliverance
against the measure recently. He points out
the Prussianizing purpose of the bill as fol
lows:
“The advocacy in our country of a Depart
ment of Education beaded by a Cabinet officer
is no new thing. It has been discussed al
most from the founding of the office of Com
missioner of Education in 1867. The earlier
advocate of the notion pointed to European
Ministers of Education as splendid examples
of the system, and particularly to Prussia.
The low rate of illiteracy, the high general
average of the schools, the efficiency of the
state-trained teachers, were all dwelt, upon as
notable illustration of what could be accom
plished by a state-directed system of educa
tion.
‘lhis argument has not been popular in
recent years. The Prussian centralized sys
tem proved in time a little too efficient.
Starting with admirable measures for gen
eral and technical educa-tion, it ultimately
gained complete control of the minds and
of the consciences of Prussian children, and
transformed religion itself into a glorified
worship of the state.
“The objections to a centralized depart
ment of education lie in the very ideals of
our democracy. It is not in the interest
the ay hole body of people in the various
stales and communities to take the risk that
inheres in the establishment of a central
department of education intrusted with large
(and no doubt ever growing) subsidies.
“No one believes that a secretary of edu
cation in our country would be in a position
to carry out the educational regime that
made Prussia, through its schools, the mos-t
highly disciplined but the most subservient
people in Europe. On the other hand, no
one can doubt, in the light of the history of
such centralized agencies, that a department
at Washington would tend more and more
toward bureaucratic control of education,
that it would use its subsidies to promote
its own educational theories, and that its
influence would in time run counter to the
free normal development of American citi
zenship.”
To the same purpose speaks Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia uni
versity, in an address delivered before the
Pennsylvania State Educa-tion association'
saying:
“In particular, it is vital, if the American
school system is to survive, that the federal
government, keep its hands off the schools.
Imagine, if you can, our diverse and di
versified population, scattered over a vast
territory, living under widely varying social
and economic conditions, all brought to heel
in their schools, as the people of Prussia
once were, by the authority and the edicts
of a central office at the national capital.
Most of us no doubt shudder at such a pros
pect, but there appear to be some who view
it without misgiving. For myself, I should
regard any such development as marking the
■beginning of the end of the America which
our fathers knew, and of that. American
school system in which our generation has
been brought up. I should look upon it as
evidence that while the American people
nobly and honorably joined in defeating the
German armies on the field of battle, the
ruling ideas that sent those armies to make
war upon free people had conquered the
American mind. There are no doubt those
who sincerely believe that the Prussian ideal
of organized efficiency is superior to the old
American ideal of personal liberty and free
dom of initiative in as many fields of endeavor
as possible. From such an opinion I dis
sent with all possible emphasis. As Sir Hen
ry Campbell-Bannerman once said in a nota
ble phrase. ‘Good government is no substi
tute for self-government.’
Freedom, with all its mistakes, is in
finitely <0 be preferred to the rule of the
most benignant tyrant or that of the most ef
fective bureaucracy. The American system
of education, always close to the hearts ot
the people, and responding as it has done
from the earliest beginnings to the zeal, the
sacrifice, and the* ambition of the neighbor
hood, will disappear like dew before .the
morning sun if the heavy anti mechanical
hand of the national government is ever
laid upon it in administrative control.”
Both these distinguished educators make
plain the objections to the bill which arise
from economic and governmental consider
ations, showing the enormous taxation to
which it would lead and the dangerous fed
eral supervision which would inevitably fol
low;
* Dr. Butler says:
“There is also a considerable body of
. opinion in our profession which voices sup
sport of a proposal that the national govern
-1 meat should make an annual appropriation
of ’ one hundred million dollars to aid the
| states in certain specific parts of their edu
cational work. This. I believe, to h° a dis
tinctly harmful proposal from whatever j
OLD-TIME RELIGION
BY BISHOP W. A. CANDLER
THURSDAY. MAY S. 1»24.
| point of view it he examined. One . him
; dred million dollars is just about the ,
j amount which the city of New York alone ’
1 is now spending each year in the mainte
nance of its public educational system, ex- ;
! elusive of the cost of new buildings and ;
their sites. Such an amount, however !
I large it may sound, when spread over the ■
j entire country, will be but a drop in the
1 bucket. To accomplish any such purposes ’
as the proponents of this measure have in t
mind, would require a national appropria- 1
i tion of five hundred millions, or even to
■ one thousand millions, annually. Is there
| anyone who really supposes that the na
tional government would make, or would
be justified in making, any such appropria
tion unless it followed it with administrative
supervision and control? Any other course
on the part of the national government
would be mere profligacy, and what na
tional supervision and control of our school
, systems would mean I have already indi
! cated.”
! Dr. Pritchett speaks , with even greater
I force, if possible:
“A second objection arising out of consid
erations of large public policy, rests upon
well-known economic facts. If ever the
states and communities accept the notion |
that local schools and teachers are to be i
subsidized out of appropriations frc»n ‘the i
treasury of the general government, not I
; only will the sense of community responsi
-1 biJi ty for education be weakened, but ever- ]
inci*easing pressure will be put upon the
congress to give in larger and larger meas
uies. Ihe one hundred millions carried by
the bill as now drawn will in time swell into
sums beyond any man’s ability to esti
mate.
‘ There is no way by which the obliga
tion for the support of education can he
permanently shifted from a community,
large or small, without weakening its sense
of educational responsibility, Tn some states
l aw .s llave been passed under which the
facilities of a limited area are to some ex
tent equalized. The plan is sound only so
long as the area is sufficiently limited, so
that the sense of community responsibilitv
ls not lost. To undertake artificially to
equalize educational opportunities over our
/° U ?/ ry through a national department
of education will not succeed. But one may
be very sure it will g 0 far t 0 destroy th y (
conlmumty sense of educational responsi- 1
bihty, and most certainly it will in time im
pose upon the treasury of the United States
a staggering burden.”
The peril of the matter as it now stands
1 is that a compact lobby at Washington, or
b ganized by the National Education associa
, tion, is pressing members of congress to
pass the bill, while the great body of the
American people do not know what is going
bn.. It is a most pernicious form of “class
legislation, legislation by bloc which taxes
all the people in order to give salaries to a
few Ihe stupendous appropriations which
• its advocates will seek in the future. If this
bill should become a law, no man can fore
see or overestimate. They would never -et
!mand g S ” t 0 theh ’ de-
Unon this point Dr. Pritchett speaks most
clearly and cogently. He says:
“From the point of view of large public
i policy this bill cannot be commended to the
people of the United States. It proposes
to depart from the constitutional methods
of the past, under which the responsibility
for tax-supported education was placed
squarely upon the states and the communi
ties. That the legislation proposed will
weaken the sense of local responsibility is
certain; that a centralized department of
education carries great risks to Democratic
ideals is equally certain. That it will ulti- ’
niately impose a stupendous load on the
national treasury cannot be doubted. That
its establishment in response to organized
propaganda would be but the beginning of
indefinite demands no one can doubt.
“Indeed the National Education associa
tion already has visions of further grants.
At its meeting in July, 1923, a report on
pensions tor public school teachers was
made which contained this significant state
ment: ‘lt is the distinct duty ot the Na
tional Education association to ascertain
what part, if any, may properly be taken
by the government of the United States to
ward aiding or encouraging the establish
ment. of retirement systems of the different
states.’
“One of the gravest objections to the
Sterling-Reed bill lies in the fact that It is
a part of the prevailing movement for group
legislation, well meant by those who pro
pose it, but undemocratic, paternal in its
efforts and capable of great harm both to
the people and to the schools. Education
will be better served in the long run it It
leaves to the communities their educational
freedom.”
Thoughtful and patriotic people should
make known to their senators and repre
sentatives in congress their opposition to
this dangerous bill. \
Some members of congress arc In a hesi
tant state of mind by reason of the ener
getic influence by the lobbyists who are
supporting the bill. Appeals to religious
prejudice are being made, by the support
ers of the hill, which are as unworthy as
they are uncandid. No church has any par
ticular interest in the passage or defeat of
this bill. It would be hurtful to all denomi
nations if it should become a law, for it is
as injurious to religion as it is damaging
to eduoation.
Good citizens of all churches should make
known to their representatives and senators
in the federal congress their strong oppo
sition to the measure. In that way the
energetic efforts of the lobby at Washing
] ton which is pressing the passage of the bill 1
] can be offset and overcome.
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY IRVIN COBB
Thirty-odd years ago a certain gentleman
became very prominent, both socially and 1
financially, in Denver. He chose to turn re
former, and in this role made himself unpop
ular with certain of his fellow-citizens. Some
of them, in retaliation, undertook to pry into
his former life and his present business
methods.
One of his most, outspoken opponents was
M. B. Carpenter, a veteran of the Civil War,
a successful politician and a member of the
state senate of Colorado, in which body he
had a reputation for having a caustic and
witty tongue and not being afraid to use it.
One day in the course of a debate the
name of his pet aversion—-the professional
reformer—came up.
1 “Oh, Uiunder,” snorted Senator Carpenter.
‘ Don’t be throwing that fellow up to me. He
pays three I iwters by the year to keep him
out of the penitentiary.”
The libelled party went on the warpath
forthwith. He demanded a complete retrac
tion and apology, and, in default of these,
sent Carpenter word to be prepared to ac
‘ cept the dire consequences.
Next day, wearing a chastened look on hie
Mr. Carpenter arose from hie seat.
i “Yesterday, on this floor, I made a certain
statement about the Honorable Mr. So-and- j
So.” he said in a contrite voice. “I learn 1
j that I have wronged this gentleman. So I 1
must withdra w my allegation.
| “I said he paid three lawyers by the year 1
MY WIFE AND 1
BY CAROLYN BEECHER
What has gone before — Robert Bruce
’Uenderson, young lawyer, falls victim
io the charms of Natalie while on a
business trip and marries her at once,
without knowing much about her or her
family. They begin housekeeping in a
New York apartment. Robert’s uncle, -
for whome he was named, disapproves
of the haste of the wooing and wedding, i
but says nothing. Garth Holden, hand
some and wealthy college chum of Rob
ert, dines with them. Natalie appears ;
not. to fancy him, but shows a decided
liking for Ned Church, a friend of
Bruce’s, who is pretty much of a male 1
flirt. Natalie develops extravagant
tastes.— Now go on with the story.
CHAPTER XI
TTf E were going to the theater and,
as usual, to a dance place after-
* ’ ward. I had been in court near*
ly all day and was very tired, and had for
gotten to telephone for a car until they
were all out.
I ordered a taxi to call for us, forgetting
to mention the fact to Natalie until she was
dressed.
“I won’t go in the horrid thing! We’ll
stay at home. Do you think I’d go in
j that?” She looked out of the window at
' the unoffending taxicab.
: I wanted to swear at her, I longed to tell
J her that she didn’t have even taxis before
we were married. But while I struggled
with a refractory tie and my anger she tiati
rushed to the telephone and was calling
Nell Morton.
“Would it put you out too much to call
for us?” she asked. “Bruce has a taxi, hut
[ will not use it.” Evidently the reply was
satisfactory, for she said: “Thank you so
much. It's sweet of you.”
“How did you know we were going to
the same theater?” I asked.
“They’re not, as far as I know. Neither
am I. They will call for us in time for the
dance.” She laid off her cloak.
“But I have tickets. They soaked me
four dollars apiece for them.”
“You can go in your hired taxi if you
like. I shall remain at home.”
... “Very well.” I finished dressing, then
without breaking the silence I left the
house. Natalie was determined to force me
to buy a car. At last I understood and the
certainty made me furious. Whether she
expected me to return and go to the dance
with her I did not know. Neither did I
care.
I dismissed the taxi and walked to the
theater. The curtain was up when I ar
rived and I slipped quietly into my seat,
laying my coat and hat on the empty one
beside me. smilingly grimly as I thought of
the price I was paying for the convenience.
I neither heard nor saw the play. I was
too angry. As I left the theater someone
slapped me on the back.
“I’m in luck, by George!” Herndon Black
well said as I turned. “I’m giving a little
supper. Need another man. Join us, old
scout.” *
“Thank you. I believe I will,” I replied,
my mind suddenly made up. Natalie had
refused to accompany me, I would not go
to the dancs.
Herndon had a gay crowd and I tried to
enter into the spirit of the thing, but it was
difficult. My thoughts ran on a constant un
dercurrent, eVen when I was talkgin to the
very pretty girl at. my side; it would teach
Natalie a. lesson—she couldn’t act as she' had
and get away with it—she wasn't any better
than other people who rode in taxis—l wouldn’t
get her a car now even if I could afford it—
“ Your wife isn’t here?” the girl asked
"No.”
“You don’t love her or she doesn’t love you
—which is it?” saucily she raised innocent
; eyes to mine.
‘But I do —she does,” I replied, flushing.
"You’re deceiving me. You wouldn’t be
here without her if that were so,” she said
teasingly.
“Please —” I said, wondering if someone was
talking in a like strain to Natalie.
“All right, I'll be good. I couldn’t help
quizzing you, you looked so absolutely miser
able and out of things. Not flattering to
me, either.”
“Pardon me, my attention, my Interest is
all yours for the rest of the night.”
Phen I shall vamp you. There was no use
trying before.”
“Vamp away. I love the idea.”
"Let me see, you are a lawyer, I believe.
Promise to take my case and clear me if I
get into trouble?”
"It’s a promise,” I replied, really Interested
now. She was slim and shapely in her white
crepe. Such lovely blue eyes she had, lively,
roguish eyes. Why not enjoy myself?
And for an hour I did. The girl was vast
ly amusing, full of little airs and graces, and
she had a clever tongue.
“I believe you are worrying again,” she
said, breaking the silence that had fallen be
tween us. “Is it. your wife?”
“Yes, I was something of a brute tonight,”
I confessed.
“Don’t worry. She’ll like you all the bet
ter."
“You think so?” •
“I’m sure of it.”
“Perhaps you’re right,” I admitted thought
fully. “I’m pretty soft, usually.”
“Anyone could see that.”
"Do you like automobiles?” I asked
“Adore them. Why this sudden curiosity
about, autos? You aren’t thinking about giv
ing me one, are you?”
“What kind do'you prefer?”
“This is getting to be thrilling. A smart
roadster 1 can drive myself.”
“I knew it.” Just then the guests rose from
the table. I quickly made my adicux and
hurried away, smiling as I thought of the
girl who had made mo forget Natalie for at
least an hour.
Would she be at home, angry with me? I
asked myself these questions as I let myself
into the apartment.
Continued Saturday. Renew your subscrip
tion now to avoid missing a chapter of this
absorbing story.
“No,” said the old man sternly. “I will
not. do it. Never have I sold anything by
false representation, and J will not begin
now.” For a moment he was silent, and
the clerk who stood before him could «ea
that, the better nature of his employer was
fighting strongly for the right. “No,” said
the old man again. “I will not do it. It
is an inferior grade of shoe, and 1 will
never pass it. off as anything better. Mark
it. ‘A Shoe Fit for a Queen,’ and put. it. in
the window. A queen docs not nave to
do much walking.”
Mr. Mclavish attended a. christening
party where the hospitality of the host, as
tonished the company very much.
In the middle of the celebration Mr.
Me Ravish surprised the other guests by in
dividually wishing them goodnight.
J hey began to remonstrate with him.
“But, Sandy,” said one, “you're not go
ing to leave us yet. are you? Why, the
evening has only just started.”
“Na, na,” replied the canny Scot. “I’m
no awa' yet. I’m biddin' ye guid nicht while
I ken ye a'.”
to keep him out of the penitentiary. Thi«j
was not true. I find he hasn’t paid them
yet!”
(Copyright, 1924.)