HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-8-28, Page 2Her ,House reaker
By Florence 11Iorse Kingsley.
CHAPTER U.
When i Brett in her modest
Mr
traveling gown steraped off the loom-
ing train, several persons loitering
about the depot glanced at her pity-
ingly. The station -agent, a middles
agei man in blue jumpers and a semi- "Mother o' mine!" Would she ever)
offietai cap, ceased examining a miss hear him shy it again? Her thoughts
eel'.r'.necus pile of boxes which hod went back in swift review of his life,
been dumped feom the express car, as they would go back hundreds of
in fever of the little lady, who carie times in the lonely months which
t. i=1::Iy e •ard hi.n down the platform. stretched before her. She had done
"Goh 3 rhOri^ ng, Mr. Jackson:" sad right to give him up to a career of
she, in a tlaeerful voice. u' ale service for others; she knew
"Good lnor_:ing, ma'am;" responded': that. But what could she do with har
the official, turn -it over a box with g'wn empty .lays, now that he was
a smea t Barg. ewer, s'pa; e you saw; none °r She eighed as she thought of
your boy off t' the ewer? Terrible' the smiles, . weatera, socks, wristlets
tunes these bel" and murders she would knit to beguile
"Yes," said the tvo pan Sten'dily," the .sCi.tuue of the long winter even-
, �,,, ngs. They had tented it over before
{,
He a or.e, he went. and beca.. e he had paseion-
Sh. hesitated for an instant, oiurirg atety preferred to remain in in the node,
which the station -agent refraiaaei v.' ere all precious memories of her
from looking at her *tale face. ; past seemed eh1stered, he had reluct-
"I kind o' thought yew son cantly acquiesced.
Geerrge'd'a' been exenrp<t--seein? you're; .daesides," she told him, "1 shall he
alone in the world," he said sk wIy. ` here when you come back." Weil she
"Wa'n't he your scie alai pert, so knew in her heart of hearts what he
t, coy?" was thinking, when be merely smiled
She shook her head. ''•I tau mar- hie answer.
toes." she said briefly, over her shoal-: :lira. Brett was vaguely aware of
der; as she movers sway, she sent the pitying glances of neighbors as
back: "I wanted him to go." she bur .' d along. Other )boys had
lab. Jackson gazed after her. the' Fare from the village; others were
official pencil, whieh he hal rsmaved ;ting; but she alone had been left
from behind his ear, poised in air,"=olitary. Several acquaintances had
Trac:'t he grunted a grudging re ,gni• paused to exchange greetings and cone
tion E,r the seedy ledivi1:tt:al ;Zito had tloictlee with her. She had rcpiled
been an attentive listener to hisbrief without apanrent emotion, intent only:
rcn'-ersation with Mrs. Brett. inion reaching the shelter of her own
"She going to live out there all rt roef. Her heart seemed bursting, with
.
her lonesome, now George has gc,ne?„ its long suppressedgr grief. Like a child
>ntlarire:i the newcomer.she meant to cry it out in his room,
There ; 0a1 be plenty of time after
"You c'n search me." res .or.le:l Mr. that for the glad heroism she had
J'eel:son. itll at once abs abserbed in hu •,i- nremi: ed him,
.:F. "r'an't you eee I'm b°.ase;' ' Her l:ci:se gleamed eheerfully white
Iiei:ry ?"ir. the full sunlight, as she approached
"Yee " assented Hewn who sneer- it In the three days of her absence
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otory Bonds
Sellers or V3Ctor3 Boucle will land itenutte
prices tooted ou the auauolal page of the
'S°orOiite-horning pavers.
W. L. McKINNJN & Co..
/ Dealers in Gove'•rment and, Unatcipal
scudo
flat after self-control in the crucial r,;.c=iuuau Slug.. ra 33e1 a. 5 ., Te ontc
moment of their final parting.
"Than): you, little mother o' mine,"
he whispered, as he bent his tall head
for her last hies. "I knew you would-
n't fail pie:"
, .
e tly had no ether end in view beyond
gathering information. "I eh'sl t: in k
she'd les^.arctefheragfaa "• -
essar - ere piss; t,,- Say, was George
re;,;':ori e listed, or was he drafted,,
or what?"
"I thought you knew most every-
thing there was to know 'round thea
'ere town v:itheat asking, Henry,"
commented Mr. Jackson.
The seedy ind. vidual grinned his
acknowledgments.
"I guess there ain't mueh gets by
me." he said complacently. "I heard'.
Georgo was noing to handle one a'
thane 'ere ambulances. That right?"
"He'd better have stayed with his
mother," growled Mr. Jackson. "Folks
like you, Henry, could be spared easy."
"Oh, I don't know 'bout that," said
Henry, straightening his slouched
figure. "I guess the Gev'rnent '11
need 'a few able-bodied men like me
'round home. So George i; going to'
drive one o' them ambulances? Well,
I guess be's good for it,"
Mr. Jackson slammed down a heavy
box in close proximity to the station -
loafer's toes, illy protected from acei-'
dent by ragged shoes.
"You can just bet he's good for it,"
he growled; "or for anything else that
comes handy. He's an A -number -one
boy, George Brett is. I bet the Al-
mighty could make ten men as good
as you, Henry, out o' George Brett's
little finger."
Meanwhile Mrs. Brett was walking
swiftly homeward .in the bright morn
-
Mg sunshine. She had gone with her
boy as far as she could; she had kissed
and embraced him at the last without
any' of the painful display of grief
other 'women were indulging. There
would be plenty of time for weeping
in the solitude of home, she told her-
self firmly. And her bay had under-
stood and appreciated her brave ef-
the purple asters Ge'rge loved had
conte into full flower. She stopped to
gaze at their bright bloom before the
dreaded moment of enuring the
empty house. It had rained heavily
the day before and some of the purple
clusters lay prone upon the ground.
But when she lifted the flowers next
the walk, she found the stalk broken.
Strange, when no one could have pas-
sed that way. The trivial circum-
stance somehow helped her over the
fitting of the key hi the Iock and the
opening of the front door. She had
eaten nothing on the way, and a fceI-
ing of faintness almost overpowered 1
her, as the familiar fragrance of
spliced rose leaves greeted her, Her
son had helped gather the falling pet-
als in far -away June,
"When you smell this bit of stored.
up swim -or," lie had told her laugh-
ingly, "you must imagine I'm around,
telling you to take good care of the
best little mother in the world."
V. she would try.! She would go
out to the kitchen and start a fire
before changing her dress. George
would went her to eat brealtfas t. She
could almost hear his cheerful voice
insist: ng upon something warm and
comfortable. But she must first open
the windows to admit the sunlighted
air; the odor of the rose leaves was
almost too sweet to be borne.
As she entered the living room, her
. eyes --the eyes of a careful house-
keeper ---lighted at once upon the spot
of dried mud in front of the wicker
chair. How could she have overlooked
it? And the burned matches on the
table --well, it was not strange that
she had neglected the house in those
last hurried hours. before their depart -
lire. But—someone had taken a
candle from the sconce; she wondered.
if George—
(To be continued.)
A Country Neighborhood Park.
A park in the country may not be
uncommon in the better days that are'.
promised us in the near future, but
it is novel enough nowadays. There:
is eueh a park in Boone County in the'
State of Iowa, and the example of the
women of that district might profit-'
ably be followed in our own country.
The park belongs to two farming
townships, and is situated in a village
where the farmers of these two town-
ships do their trading.
It was through the women's clubs,
that the vision became reality, and'k
the history of the park is a part of
the history of the Boone Township
Women's Club, which was founded but
a few years ago.
The members did not gather to sew,
do fancy work and consume refresh-
ments, but decided to look after the
common welfare of the neighborhood
in the same sort of way that civic
clubs of towns and cities try to do.
Under inspiring leadership the club
grew in numbers and courage, and
did things. Other neighborhoods not-
ed their activities, and with the help
of the Boone Township Women's Club
organized similar societies, until after
a little while the rural women's club
movement became such a valuable
instrument of service that the whole
state became interested.
roto of Crime in Germany
The true state of public morality in
Germany was revealed to the world
by the war. Official statistics show
that the whole nation is permeated
with false ideas of right and wrong.
A summary of these statistics is given
by the New York Times, calling ,at -
tent= to the fact that the most ar-
dent pro -German has not claimed that
the war caused a change of heart or
a change of character in his people.
Using the "Statistick des Deutschen
Beichs Band," 228, for the year 1908,
published by the Imperial Govern-
ment, it shows that the convictions for
fraud in the German Empire for the
years 1904 to 1908, were 154,626, an
annual average of 30,925, or 51 per
1,000 of population. By comparison
on the basis per 1,000 these convic-
tions were seven and a half times more
numerous than in England and Wales
and four times more numerous than
in the United States. The convic-
tions for embezzlement were as ten
to one in England and Wales, and four
to one, in the United States. The ris-
ing generation, da not promise to be
any better than their elders. Juvenile
statistics dealing with those under
nineteen years of age show; Assaults
8,290, or 80 to 1 per 1,000 in the United
States larcery 28,534, or 127 to 1;
embezzlement 3,599, or 250 . to 1;
fraud 1,042, or 243 to 1; arson 148, or
5 to 1; robbery 158, or 3 to 1 per 1,000
e1 population. In this connection Dr.
Ca ,= -.1v ischacenburg, Professor of
1 ,1.1. tt'y in the Cologne Academy
rays in bis hook, "Crime and
ed from across the room, saying: "We
need stitchers. Let me show you how
to run our power -machines:'
a fter a few minutes of kindly in-
struction .the timid 'strange, was
running an electric motor, her
face
alight with the joy of doing a new
thing and of doing -a needed bit of
work. At the close of the day she
went hone with her head hell high,
eager to return ia.. the morning end
"fin,'sh her pile of bandages." When
she came back the next day she turned .
as instinctively to the woman who
furnished .the inspiration as a climbing
plant reaches its tendrils sunward.
Climbing plants are what we h±a-
mans are. Rooted in earth -mite, its
drudgery and deprivations, we rcaeh
up more or leas consciously by our
every faculty to better thine's, to
heaven anti to our God, for the soul
of men can blossom fully only in the,
Upper Land, but the climbing plant'
must have its trellises of . strength..
Strength without: puts strength with-
in. So, after all is said, to be an en-
courager of our fellow men is 'oar
chief business on this planet.
How We Lighten Wadi Day Labors..
Instead of tying your clothespin bag
around the already tired waist, put a
large safety pin in the tap of the bag,
open the pan, slip over the line, fasten
anis slide the bag along ahead of you
on the line as you wort:. --Mrs. H. B.
P.
Wheat bran scalded, then the water
drained off, is excellent for washing
slightly soiled colored fabries that will
fade. No soap is required. Four
water on bran again and use this
water far rinsing and starching.
–gars. J, J. Q.'C.
A nice way to fix the ironing sheet
is to sew small brass rings to each
side a few inches apart. Drive tacks
or small brass hooks into the under
side of the ironing board to corres-
pond with the rings. The rings can be
secured over the tacks or hooks after
the sheet is spread over the board,
and is easily taken off and washed.'
The brass rings and hooks can be
bought at 'any five and ten cent store..
Mrs. L. T. F.
When washing men's working'
clothes, such as pants, coats, or over-,
alls, try hanging them on the line
without Waith rola. clircctly frt,In en
rinse water, and they will dry nicely
without being streaked or wrinkled.
----M. A. P.
After trying many kinds of wa :hi+:
powders, I am satisfied that a table-
spoon or two of ammonia put into a
boiler of clothes will make them bol:
white and cleaner than anything else.
T have tried.—Mrs. W. S.
In washing fine handkerchiefs, e.n-
hroidered doilies, napkins or dainty
lingerie, da not hang ata line, as the
Waith such an organization of wa- clothes pins leave marks, but after
men in Boone county, it is not sur- wringing out of bluing water, shake
prising that there was no lack of each piece in the air once to freshen,
feminine interest when a woman of then smooth out and roll in a thick
means living on a farm two miles towel and let stay until you are ready
from the village offered to give thirty for the ironing. -Mrs, A. H.
acres of her farm to the two
ships and to the village on condition
1 d
it By the Way.
that they maintain as a public park, In selecting vases, jugs, pitchers or
provide for its upkeep and pay the: any vessel for holding flowers, avoid
taxes.those
thirtyacres embraced a tract of those that are conspicuously aecorat-
ed. Shape, too, is one of the prime
tanber on the banks of Boone rivet,,
Strange as it may seem, instead of
accepting the offer, the people of both
t and townfell to1'
things to be considered. Choose a
broad vase --ane that will not be read-
ily toppled aver, that is not too tall,
county e wrangling,
land aiwaya..,unobtrusive in color. A
an w en
e ma ea was ioug 1 UP:shade of dull green lends itself well
at a supervisorsmeeting thegift was` to most flowers, and dull yellow goes'
refused. Then the women's clubs took well with marigolds and nasturtiums.
hold of the project. They made a I Gray, deep blue and old-fashioned
house-to-hou,e canvas and stirred up brown pottery jars or crocks often
such a pro -park feeling that the board serve admirably for water holders for•
of supervisors called an extra meeting flowers, but remember always that the
and reversed their decision, accepting flowers themselves are the things to
the park with tax obligations. be conspicuous.
The park is now the pride and joy If a bath in hot water, or in water
of the countryside. People living fifty, containing salt or strong soap, is
seventy-five and even one hundred taken within a few hours after ex -
miles away motor to the pretty spot posure in shrubbery and weeds infest -
to picnic. There are playground ed with "chiggers" or "red bugs," no
equipment for the little folks, a base- i11 effects will be experienced. After
ball diamond and tennis courts, a a long exposure, however, a bath has
practically no effect and direct reme-
dies are necessary. After irritation
has set in and small red spots appear,
the application of a moderately strong
solution of ammonia to the affected
parts is recommended. A supersatur-
ated solution of common baking soda
will also afford relief. Liberal appli-
cations should be made until the irri-
tation subsides. If the suffering is
severe, your druggist will put up .a
dilute tincture of iodine or collodion,
either of which should be lightly
applied.
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It's Sunday morning— ! !zing hot, and pretty near
a whole day before you for rest and recreation.
First then a shave. V eihew you are going for a
spin in the car, taking the family to church or visiting
La neighbour,' you cannot go wth a days growth of
beard on your chin.
The thought of shaving won't be irksome if you own
a Gillette Safety Razor—rather, you thick of five
minutes' cool comfort with the highest type of
shaving edge ever.develaped. No man in the world
can command a keener)iliac than the one you slip
into your Gillette,
And if Gillette shaving gives you an added joy to
your Sunclay,whyrtot take five minutes evei"ymorning
for a clean shave as the start for a better day's work„
For 45,QQ--the )pica of this Gillette Safety Razor—you have
your choice of the Standard Gillette sets, the Pocket Edition
sets (just as perfect, hut more compact), and the 13ulldog
Gillette with the stocky ori?. Ask to see them TODAY at the
iatveIlers', druggists' or hardware dealers.
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JAPAN'S SUBMARINES. led their mechanism. Staatements to
SAIIMPTA
Expects to Neve Fleet of Forty Sub-
mersibles Within Year.
• It is reported by the Tokyo News
Agency that Japan is preparing for a
t great program of submarine eonetruc-
tion. While the details are not ahs -
closed, it is understood that the
strength of Japan's submarine fleet
will be Mraere:teed to about forty by
the end of the present fiscal year, the
credits for this banding program com-
ing front funds voted at the fortieth
and forty-first sessions of the Japan-
ese Diet,
The far-reaching plans appear in
the statement that 800 experts and me.
(Amities are vent to France and Italy
by the Japanese naval authorities to
study submarine construction, These
men are now on their way back. At
the same time the seven ex -German
submarines allotted to the Japanese
i fountain, a. rest cottage, picnic tables,
ovens and rustic seats.
It may seen) strange that people
living near to nature should choose
to go to parks for recreation just as
city folks do, but the way in which
all trails in Boone county lead to
Boone Township Park indicates that
they do.
A number of large public gather-
ings have already been held on the
park grounds. One of particular im-
port was a get-together meeting of
rural women's clubs. They spent the
day in the park, had a picnic dinner
and formed the Boone County Fed-
eration of Rural Women's Clubs.
Other gatherings have taken place,
and the park has become the centre
of many activities.
Hunger For Encouragement.
We are all interested in ourselves,
and the one who shaves deep, vital and
active concern for us and our affairs
is .the most interesting person to us.
We love those who love us,'especially
those who love us enough to help our
lives forward, to put fresh cheer into
us, giving us power to help ourselves,
to do, to achieve cur ambitions, For
ambition and achievement are differ-
ent things.
Encouragement means interest plus,
and we can give encouragement,
cheery words, sincere sympathy, and
unostentatious acts of service, Oft
tines it is done in bits 'almost too
small to be recognized! To illustrate:
A"young woman came into Red Cross
headquarters one clay, a stranger to
all the women crowded there. She
was timid, lacking in self-confidence,
but impelled to come by her anxiety
to do something for her country. One
leader coolly overlooked her; another
asked bluntly what she could do and
turned away when. the reply came that
she "didn't know"; but a third beckon -
Its Repression," page 142; "it is more
surprising then to find that in certain
crimes the number of convicted child-
ren still of school age exceeds that of
adults." Again, on page 145, he says:
"The number of convicted children
under feurteep nearly reaohes a third
of the adults' shareA Finally, on
page 218 he summarizes to the effect
that child crimes "show a steady in-
crease since 1882, except in simple
theft. The offences enumerated have
not been subject to any change in
legislative enactment during the years
reported, Hence the conclusion is
unavoidable that brutality, reckless-
ness, and licentiousness are spread-
ing more and more in the growing
generation."
It should further be remembered,"
says The Times, in comparing United
States with German crime statistics,'
"that in Germany most of the popula
tion is 'pure' German stock, fit' ex-
ponents of kulturization. In the
United States an increasing percent-
age are negroes, Japanese, and'for-
eign-born whites, England, therefore,
offers a better illustration for compari-
son than does our own country, and
the proportions bisted in the various
tables will prove - that the English
stock has more of what the American
calls civilization than the German.
Summarizing, the total average of the
crimes enumerated gives a proportion
of seven to one more crimes in Ger-
many than in the United States, and
more than thirty to one over Eng-
land,"
sinattr8'e 7,ininient Cares Garget in Cows
mom.
empire are understood to have reach-
ed Sasebo, the great naval base, on
June 27, with experts who have stud.
the effect that these submarines are
to be destroyed with the other sur.
rendered German tassels is denied.
Japan having spent mare than 3,000,-
000 yen on them to date.
1tl.nara's rant-uent Clues Diphtheria.
Distantly Related.
Two sons of Erin} were talking to-
gether. "And so yer name is O'Hare,"
said one. "Are yez related to Patrick
O'Hare'"
"Very dishtently " said the other.
"I was pre mother's first child and
Patrick was the thirteenth,"
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