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The Alamance gleaner ? ? ?? "? ? " ? * ^5 I VOL. LV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 21, 1929. ~ NO. 7. I JEFFS i | WIFE'S 5 I JUDGMENT f I? by D. J. Walsh.) CAROLINE HALL hnd nearly cried her eyes out over Mrs. Madlson'a party. She had good reason for crying, too. For the affair was given in honor of Mrs. Grover Mead. Mrs. Mead hnd been Alice Hart And Alice Hart hod seen engaged to Caroline's husbnnd whom she had thrown over for the inappy ont-of-fown young man whose widow sbe now was. Grover Mend had left a lot of money. After a year of travel she bad come to her old nome town for a visit. She was mak ing a sensation. The women who hnd Seen cooking, scrubbing, raising chil dren and humoring their husbands while Alice was touring the continent felt that a disturbing element had en tered Into tbelr midst Caroline hated to go to the party, oat Jeff Insibted. Usually Jeff was re luctant tc go any place When his day's work was done be loved to loaf about borne, digging In the garden If It was warm weather, sitting with' his feet on the register, rending. If It was cold. To make matters worse for Caroline, he said: "I want to see Ally, talk over old times with ber. She ought to be a swell looking wom an. She was certainly the prettiest girl this burg ever turned out." Til have to have a new dress for the party," Caroline said. "All right. We'll get yon one." Jeff always went with Caroline when she bought her clothes. On that account she usually shopped Satur day night They always went to the same department store. And they al ways bought the same style of dress for Caroline, dark blue this or that, with enough fnllness In It to permit uf Its being mt.de over. There was an unwritten law that Jeff had good Judgment about such matters and Caroline next to none. Therefore. It was Jeff who selected the new rug. the new wallpaper, coal, linoleum for the kitchen, groceries, shoes and paint as well at his wife's clothes. He hnd a conservative taste In color. He al ways looked through a bit of wool goods, discarding It as shoddy If it did not fulfill certain requirements which be considered Indispensable. Not that he was stingy. He wanted his family to have as much as other men's families. But he had an Idea that what was good enough for bis mother was good enough "or his wife. In that way he wnf Just twenty-years behind the times. Caroline was a (all, glim woman of thirty-nine with a full head of yel lowish hair, a faded skin and blue eyes. When she put on a dark bine dress, n black hat, op.que black silk stockings and low-heeled oxfords she looked dull and uninteresting. And she felt just the way she looked. That Is what one's integument does to the sou. It Imprisons. A dull, decorous woman was what Caroline's neighbors thought her; no snap, no get-up-nnd-get to her. How on earth had hlg husky JelT been at tracted by her? Of course she was a fine housekeeper, always ready to do her share In the community, but stupid?terribly stupid. Saturday night Jeff and Caroline went downtown to get her new dress. The elderly saleswoman who always waited upon them knew exactly what Jeff wantei for his wife. She brought out a dark blue crepe. Caroline put It on. It was a bit large and It came to her ankles. But Jeff thought .t looked well enough just as It was He paid for It with the comfortable spirit of a man who has just paid $3T> for what he considers an excellent bargain. As they came out of the store a lighted sedan paused at the curb. It was Jim Madison's car and bis wife and their guest. Mrs. Mead, were In the back seat Caroline glimpsed a sparkling, colorful, dashing combina tion of style, beauty and make-up that was Alice Mead. She heard Jeff gasp. Her heart seemed to vanish, leaving a sickening vacuum In her chest The party waa scheduled for Moo day night Everybody was talking about the flourish May Madison was making, ordering Ice cream and lob ster from the city. Peel, the florist had cut every flower he could And In his greenhouses. The electric light company had pot op special wiring. Between Saturday night and two o'clock Uooday afternoon Caroline Hall dl?l a tremendous amount of thinking. And she goffered a tremen dous amount of misery First of all. she was jealous. She knew that Jeff had married her at a time when be needed a wife badly; his mother had just died leaving him with two small brothers. She knew that he had il ways regretted losing Alice. He was a kind husband, a good prdvlder. hut be was not affectionate As far as she knew. Caroline had never aroused In him one spark of romantic Interest. Be had always been sura of her Their marriage araa stabilized. ua eventful. If alia hau not loved him vo well she could not hare eodured her life. She agonized up to two o'clock Monday afternoon. Then desperation gave her the power to art. She seized oat and coat, got Into the cur which she drove fairly ><nd raced down town. This time .she did not go to the store of JclPs choice She pnrked outside the stnnll shop where all the pretty girls went. She went Into that shop, tremhllpg, her purse, which held every cent she could call her own. clutched In one cold, damp hnnd. That night JelT found supiier a hit late. Caroline was bending over the kitchen range seasoning the stew when he entered. She wore a blue cap and he mentally commented that she had her hair done upon kink-pins for the party. "Will I have time to share before supper?" asked Jeff. "Just about time." Caroline replied quietly. There was nothing unusual nbont their bedroom or the bathioom. But the guest chamber could have told another story. There was where Car oline dressed while JelT. shaved, dressed and well fed. lost himself In a book downstairs while be waited for her to descend. When he heard her step on the stairs he jumped up. grabbed hat and ulster and ran to get the car out Car oline sat alone on the back seat. They stopped for Tom and Eleanor Hanson. Arrived at the Madison house the two couples went In together. JelT didn't look at his wife. He was thinking of the bright vision that had suddenly appeared In his office that afternoon for the purpose, as she said, of Just saying howdy to him. Maybe in a strong light Alice did show that she hnd lost some of her looks, but she was still a hummer for style. JelT and Tom Hanson were waiting for their .wives to come downstairs when Jeff saw in the long mirror op posite him a sight that startled him. Not Alice. Alice was dark. This worn, an was deliriously fair Her shingled hair enhanced probably by golden glow. was a gleaming wavy muss of beauty Her brows were arched, her face youthful, her eyes dreamy. Her shoulders and arms were white as snow. And her dress?green, scintll lant like a dragon-fly's wing, clipped off at the knee to show slim legs, buckled slippers with preposterously high yet graceful heels. Round her neck was a string of pearls, on her left wrist glittered a circle of precious stones?culled at the 5 and 10. hut Jeff had to lenrn this. "Lova Mike!" he heard Tom gasp. "Look at Caroline!" Yes. tt wns Caroline, but a Caroline Jeff had never thought existed. This Caroline was cool, conltdent, a bit flirty. The men surged toward her, away from Alice Mend, who hit her lip, tossed her head and laughed at the desertion. At one o'clock Jeff and Carcllne re turned home. He put his hands on her shoulders, drew her under the chandelier to look at her. "Just ;o see If the same thing hap pened to yon that ha| pened to Cin derella." he said. Caroline, still undimmed from ber triumph, laughed. "Confess, you showed good Judg ment In picking me out, Jeffy. dear," she said. The light she had so long looked lor In vain was In Jeff's eyes. "You showed better Judgment when you picked out these clothes," he said gallantly. Birds That Know No Fear Tropical birds abound in central Australis. and because the country Is so sparsely settled the birds know no fear and allow themselves to be approached so that they may often be taken In hand. The birds are notable for their number and the bril liance of their plumage. On the la goons and lakes tbere are thousands of birds all the time. Italian Ante Roads Automobile roads In Italy are known as "autostrada." Autostrada are not a part of the state highway system, but are owned, controlled and operated by private concerns. The state pays an annuity to the operat ing companies and they are permitted to impose and collect tolls Bventu ally the state will own the roads Cobalt Class Coloring The use of cobalt In coloring glass In ancient times bas been proved by recent expert ntents of a German scientist. Upon analysis of some frag tnents of Babylonian artifldal lapis laxull. taken from the excavations at Nippur and dating from approximately 1401) B. C, the use of both cobalt and copper was demonstrated. ? Disgruntled Gramblsrs tV,e've heard of men wlw are so contrary they get peeved wben theli wives do everything they tell them m do. Ii leaves no excuse for grout wtyig.- Sitvertoo (Ore.) Tribune. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEKI NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTJVENTS Mexican Revolution Com plete Failure, According to President Porte# Gil. THE Mexican revolution la a com plete failure, according to a state ment Issued by President Portes Gil suspending further enlistments. Mu ting, desertions and capture have greatly weakened the rebel forces and, although sporadic lighting will probably continue for some time, the present outlook Is that the govern ment will be completely successful In suppressing the opposition. The optimistic outlook of the gov ernment la based largely on the Im proved morale of the federal army. It Is claimed that the military power has been solidified by general educa tion within the army. The soldiers no longer are Ignorant and refuse to be misled by the rebel generals. General Calles, former president and now secretary of war. Is In the field with the greatest army ever as sembled in Mexico. In a series of rapid forward movements they have Invaded the strongholds of the rebel forces and have been victorious wher ever they came in contact with the enemy. Provisional President Emllo Portes Gil In an interview said the relatlona of the United States and Mexico were excellent He said the position taken by the United States on the arms em bargo, allowing the Mexican govern ment te Import arms and preventing the rebels from Importing them, was a most eloquent testimony of the good will of the United States government toward the Mexican government Secretary Frank B. Eellogg's posi tion la that the United States will not recognize governments emanating from a revolution, he said. This Is an assurance to the stable governments of Lalln-Amerlcan countries and rec ognition and respect for the sovereign ty of Mexico and Its Institutions. Referring to the stand taken by President Herbert Hoover and Secre tary Kellogg. President Portes Gil, after a conference with Genaro Es trada, foreign minister, gave the fol lowing statement over his signature: "Both declarations constitute a new and solemn testimony of the respect for the Mexican Institutions repre senting law and order and the nation al sovereignty." EARLY In the week President Hoover made the Important an nouncement that It would be the pol icy of the administration to do every thing possible to conserve the pe troleum resources of the nation. His formal statement reads as follows: "There will be no leases or disposal of government oil lands, no matter what category they may lie In, of gov ernment holdings or government con trols, except those which may be man datory by congress. In other words, there will be complete conservation of government oil In this administra tion." The first step toward making this policy effective came In the form of an order by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur to all government land offices directing them "not to receive further applications for permits to prospect for oil and gas on the public domain, and to reject all applications now pending." Par-reaching effects of this new policy are predicted. Preceding the Issuance of the order Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon tana held a conference with the Pres ident and protested against the new policy. Senator Walsh contended that It was the Intent of congress that oil development should be permitted on the pnbllc domain and that any arbi trary restriction would be discrimina tion against his state, where there are 20,000,000 acres of public land. This new policy accords with that recommended by the oil conservation board of which Mr. Hoover was a member while secretary of commerce. COMPLETE agreement on a for mula for the adhesion of the United States to the World Court of International Justice was reached at Urn fourth meeting of the Interna tional committee of jurists at Geneva. The formula. In Its final form, la the work of Sir Cecil Hurst, British delegate, aided by M. Polltls of Greece and Ellhu Root of America. Mr. Root la entirely In accord with the Hnrst redraft The Root-Hurst formula, as the re vised scheme la known, represents a tlghtened-up version of the original Root formula and contains but few basic changes. One change of highest Importance, however, deals with the question of summary procedure In negotiations with the United States In case an ad visory opinion Is asked for In an ur gent dispute. In order to speed up the machinery and eliminate the max imum of red tape, the new formula provides for direct dealings between Geneva and Washington, If an ad visory opinion Is requested urgently. The original desire of Washington was to handle all negotiations through The Hague, which would mean If the council decided to ask an advisory opinion Geneva would have to notify The Hague. The Hague would have to relay word to Washing ton, Washington would reply to The Hague, whereupon The Hague would turn over the response to Geneva. Sir Cecil objected to this roundabout method and be has been backed up by most of the members of the commit tee. With the completion of the modern ized draft of the protocol the com mittee will have cleared the ground for the adhesion of the United States to the World court. The ultimate de cision will depend on ratification by Washington and the 62 signatories of the protocol of December 16, 1920. MATERIAL progress toward the settlement of the reparations situation has been made by the com mission In Paris. The suggestion for the creation of an International bank for receiving and disbursing repara tions and to act as an umpire In war debt payment questions, has met with almost unanimous approval. It was said unanimity had been reached In the banker's committee re garding the question of the capitalisa tion, which would be small compared with the colossal capital of some of the giant banks of America and Eng land. The bank scheme provides against any political Interference, the governments having no direction or control of the superbank. Secondly, the co-operation of the central hanks of emission must be assured. If the bank Is established. Powerful private financial Institu tions and banking groups will be asked to collaborate with the super bank, as without their aid the project ed organization Is helpless. Despite pessimistic reports the assurance was also given that the difference be tween what Germany Is ready to offer "and what France, as the chief cred itor, Is willing to accept does not ex ceed $115,000,000. The Germans already have given Indications that they are ready to pay $391,000,000 per annum, while the French are holding out for $506,000. 000. It Is understood that their col leagues are confident of reducing this to $460,000,006. THE tragic death of Lee Bible at Daytona Beach, Fla., has put an end to speed racing for the present The A. A. U. A. contest board an nounced after the tragedy that the third annual International auto speed trials were over for the year. MaJ. H. O. D. Segrave, English record hold er, declared that he waa through with racing, and a similar statement was made by J. M. White, owner of the car driven by Lee Bible. Bible was traveling at a rate of 202 miles an hour when he lost control. The car plunged Into the dunes and was completely wrecked. Bible's body was hurled from the car near the end of Its crash. His neck, legs and arms were broken. Bible was making a test preliminary to an attempt to bring back to America the automo bile speed record, lost two days be fore wben Major He grave, English racing driver, established a new rec ord of 231 miles an hour. THE federal prison spy system In augurated by assistant attorney General Mabel Wlllebrandt la likely to be made the subject of senatorial Investigation as a result of the con troversy In which Warden John Snook of the Atlanta penitentiary submitted his resignation to Attorney General i Mitchell rather than continue tinder the espionage of Justice department agents "planted" as prisoners. Senator W. E. Borah entered a Tig orous protest with the attorney gen eral against the acceptance of Snook's resignation, and added that, whether the resignation Is accepted or not, de mands will be made In the senate early In the coming extra session for a sweeping Investigation of the spy system. \X/"UEN Henry X* Stlmson, newly * ' appointed secretary of state, ar rives from the 1'hllippines and as sumes his duties, It Is expected that sweeping changes In the diplomatic service and a slight shakeup of State department officials will follow. President Hoover now holds the res ignations of all of the American diplo matic representatives and the high offi cers of the department, hot he Is withholding action upon them until after he can hold a series of confer ences with his secretary of state. Mr. Hoover carried to the White House some very definite Ideas about a realllgnment of the diplomatic corps, based not alone upon his observations during his good-will tour of Latin America, but also upon a thorough going study of the whole foreign serv ice situation. As a result changes af fecting the American diplomatic rep resentatives around the globe are ex pected. A new ambassador Is to be sent to the most Important of all the posts, that at the court of St. James. Alan son B. Houghton of New York soon Is to retire as ambassador to Great Britain and, while his successor has not yet been selected. It Is known that President Hoover Is hopeful that he can obtain the services of Former Vice President Charles G. Dawes of Chicago. AN EXECUTIVE order limed Fri day by President Hoover decrees publicity of decisions In ill tax refund cases, marking a departure from the policy of secrecy heretofore main tained. While a step In this direction was required under a compromise provi sion In the first deficiency appropria tion bill enacted by congress In the closing days of the recent session, the order went somewhat further than ne cessary nnder the congressional man date. The provision adopted by con gress required publicity only In cases of refunds of $20,000 or more. The l President's order provides for publi city In all cases of refunds. The action of the President was based on a recommendation by Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon, who here tofore has opposed all moves made In congress In the direction of tax refund publicity. Secretary Mellon In a statement made It clear that there Is no Inten tion to embarrass taxpayers by dis closing In the decisions Information relative to their business affairs as contained In their tax returns which, nnder the law, are not open to public Inspection. T TNCLE SAM'S venture In the shlp ^ ping business during and after the war will show a loss of $3,000,000, 000, according to figures Just made available. Only a fraction of the bil lions expended for government con struction and operation of ships will ever find Its way back Into the United State treasury. Up to date the gov ernment has salvaged less than half a billion of the three and a half billions expended since 1B17. THE creation of an eleventh depart ment of the government, headed by a cabinet officer, Is contemplated by President Hoover. This new branch of the government Is to be formed by combining the public health serv ice, the bureau of education and the various welfare agencies. The National Education association has been advocating for two decades or more the creation of a department of education. A bill favored by that association was Introduced In the last congresa Its declared purpose Is "to aid and encourage the public schools and promote the public educational facilities of tbe nation, so that all the people of tbe several states and terri tories, without regard to race, creed or color, shall have larger educational opportunities, and thereby abolish Il literacy, make more general tbe diffu sion of knowledge and provide for the general welfare." May Use Canary Birds in Study of Malaria Canaries can serve mankind In an other way than with their alnrtng. Birds, as well aa men. are subject to malaria 80 the scientists hare been ?Ms to discover many Important facts about the disease by studying It In Mrda. The results of the ten-yesr itndy carried on by himself and his associates- at the Johns Hopkins nnl aststtj at Baltimore will be reported ^ Db.Sebert Oayasr la fortbcomlaf Issue of Quarterly Review of Biology. From canary bird studies tbe sclen tlata fonnd that the paraaltea causing malaria exlat almost entirely In the red cells of the blood. They were able to determine the exact number of parasites In a given quantity of blood at various stages of the disease. Feed ing sugar to the bird, the scientists found, favors tbe development and growth of the parasites, while Inject ing Insulin and thus decreasing tbe amount of sugar In the blood Is found to bo unfavorable for tbe parasite and hence U favorable for the canary. These scientists fonnd the exact re lation between the stage of develop ment of the parasites and the stage of the Illness. They found how vari ous factors In the sick Individual af fect the development and growth of the parasite, or how the individual resists the disease. Tram many dis coveries of this sort made by studying malaria In the canary birds, the.scien tists hope to gain farther control over the disease to both birds and bo man j^lnp _ faster When Easter Sermons Were Broadly Comic In man; smaller churches of an cient England the Easter sermon. In stead of being a Resurrection ser mon, was more or less a comic story to cheer people up after their long fast. I found one such sermon In an old paper. It ran like this: The Lord and I'eter once visited a good blacksmith and his wife, who were very kind to them. In return our Lord told them they could have whatever they wished. The wife asked to go to heaven. "Open your mouth," said Peter. The woman obeyed. "Indeed, there Is no choice for you. Ton must go to heaven, for In hell there Is gnashing of teeth and you have not a tooth in your head." The hushnnd asked that wherever he sat upon his green cap he should i ? .1 I1 ' '1 Easter Comical Sermon. stny and do force could drive him ?wny. "And why. my good man," naked Peter, "do you not follow the good example of your spouse and usk for eternal life, too?** The man would not be persuaded and his green cap wish was granted. Time passed and he died and wus being conducted by the devil to hell On the woy they passed the gates of heaven and the blacksmith threw his cap over the top. They stopped, and the devil told him to go In arid get It and come out again or something awful would befall him. The man, with a wink, went In. picked up his green cap. sat on it and remained In I heaven where he met his beloved wife ond they lived happily ever after.? ( Exchange. ? Easter Sunday Great Day of Rededication Foster, dtty of hope for man's spirit; springtime of the soul and bios sointlme for the perennial beauty of earth, dnwna upon tbe world ooce more. Faster, day of Jubilate, day of tri umphant songs for Christ's victory over the tomb I Faster, day of solemn rededication to the beauty of the spirit uod tbe service of man and God I Foster, day when we gird anew our hearts and bands to tbe service of tbe utmost good In heaven and on earth, to tbe tdorntlon of the Heavenly Fa ther and the service of our fellow men 1 Begun, centuries ago. ns a pngsri fete, Faster today baa been so long Identified wltb the most sacred dem ? instratlon of the Christian religion that It oow tjplfles. In Its very his tory, tbe triumph of purity over tbe unclean, of light.over darkness, of hope over blackest despair. As Christ conquered tbe tomb, near ly 2,000 years ago, so we may. Inspired by this day of llosanoas, rise superior to oor baser selves and lift our beads and hearts upward to a bappler dawn I Easter Thought ! j I -I mm tfca Ugh* at lk? wmU. Ha J [ \ Mot WtoMtk Ma afcaO Mt adl to ? f j 1 iaHra?a. to* afcoD totov* Ma Icfct at j [ { > I ? i I < 11 I - ? i r Joy of Easter Springtime waken* all tke earth \ From the sleep af seeming death| 1 ? Ufa. new life, ha* Joyful birth At the gentle south wind** breath. \ i i 1 J L Whore no sign oI W* eras seen, n Where lay deep the drifts of snow, i [ Now appear the blades of green| Star-Uks daisies soon will grow. ] [ i I Nature wears a lovely face ^ For the Christian's eyes to ssa. j ^ For whoos hud and loaf bear trace i r Of hU immortality j : i 1 Sorrow amy the We o'ertake. ? 1 Even Death's dire chill and bHgbt| | ^ But with Jesus we shall wake j r To a tearless mom of light. ?Maud Frarer Jackson. ] | i i Services in Open Air Mark Russian Easter A long sonorous peul, us of muffled thunder, rings out ut dawn and In stunily It has been caught up hy Mos cow's forty times forty church bells, announcing the arrlvnl of the Itusslso Raster, a week later than the festival under the Latin calendar. Adorned In their suinptuoua robes done In gold und silver, with miters no less Imposing than before the revola lion, save perhaps for glass replacing the precious emeralds, rubies and dia monds ot days gone by, the priests everywhere. In accordance with an clent customs, officiate In open air, on squares facing churches. . At the ring of Moscow cathedral's hlg bell and Its accompanying sytn wi r\ phony ot lesser bells, the priests, fol lowed by singing choirs and parish ioners carrying sacred banners and I huge candles, appear before crowds chanting, "Christ lias riseu" which In stantly is caught up by choirs and praying crowds chanting: "In truth He lias risen." Whereupon follow re ligious processions with priests march ing In full regalia round and round the churches through lanes of pray ing crowds. And everywhere are blaz ing torches and candles and fire rock ets shooting heavenward. The church crowds, as is usual since the revolu tion, are Interspersed with the Irre ligious, who, though not praying, seem to enjoy the ceremony, none the less. Hunting Easter Eggs Very Ancient Custom The chief celebration of faster in olden days was not a new Easter bon net but an Easter egg. English chil dren today hunt eggs in the garden before breakfast on Easter morning, and afterward they eat a col ore* I boiled egg?in the shell, not broken into a cup as we eat them. Little most of them know that these two Looking for Egg*. customo are very anclenL That ot huDting Luster eggs lias come dowo from (lie earliest days tvlieu men be lieved that the eartb was hatched at the spring of the year from a vast "mundane egg." The custom of eat lug colored eggs for breakfast orig inated In Oxford, among the scholars, who were not allowed to eat eggs dur ing Lent, and who, to celebrate, col ored ibelr Urst treat on Easter morn ing! Easter Prayer Oh God who didst give Thy dear son freely for our sins, help as to learn the grace of giving. May we "abound unto every good work." May we be good stewards of our posses sions And thus may we come to know Thee, our Fathsr, mors ports* dr. Amen.
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