Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 329, 5 December 1921 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, DEC. 5, 1921.

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The Middle Ground By MARION RUBINCAM

THE EMPTYING N EST Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. At the aee of 48 Amy T.ilbot find3 herself so tired f.he pets very little pieasure out of life. Everything is a narrow round of haul work, economy. rt'y details and has been tor po many years that Amy has literally cea.-ed to think. She is merely a machine Koins about a routine. Young Amy. 17, occasionally interrupts this monotony by a new idea or a new aspiration usually thlncs the mother does not approve of. Then Euther. the oldest son. comes home, bringing his wife claire, a city girl. Then Jane, the middle daughter, arrives for a vacation. Jane has been studying medicine, and is in love with a radical young doctor, who also comes for a few weeks. The new point of view of the." children have become wicked. Claire says she cannot stand the dull life of the country and plans to take Amv back to the city with her.

I then removed the cloth and dusted i and then began polishing windows, re1 membering this task was two days ov- ! er-due until time to start the hot mid- ! day dinner. ! T r

iuui uiur-winijf, .idiit? aunuuii' cu t i'nr'r n-mt an-.- whv suddenly, coming into the kitchen.

,. -nt ,1t-u- it Vetting! "Sit down and I'll finish this

If you want to get rid of j

But the mother would not, sit down. She was tired, and not hungry, though

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me ! The mother did not resent this rude-j nc-s.- She answered, with her usual depressed manner: "You know we don't. That's why 1 1 want to see you safely married. Y'ou've j got so many notions., as it is. and 1

Claire ain't a good influence. She's nice, and I sort of like her, in spite of everything, but" "Claire's a wonder," Amy defended. "She's going to take me to her old

Finging teacher, have a good voice

lessons. Mother. I can be a soloist in . iying in and that the effort to get up the church when I coaw back." is aim0st too great even to attempt?

Clearly this was weedin g. Amy ex-, if Vou do and then vou are only like

she knew she ought to be. She ate. a large dinner nevertheless hot meat, boiled potatoes, garden teans and hot; biscuits and pudding and coffee. j Then she turned co'd and clammy, And suddenly the world began whirl-, ing and Jane's voice from some far place was telling Luther to fetch the medicine case. Tomorrow Strict Order?

WABASH CONTEST DEC. 19 Dec. 19 when three men will partiCRAVVFORDSVILLE, Dec. 5.-Th.jc, jn the cQmt for Thomas v abash college representative in the( Indiana state oratorical content to be O. Day oratorical prize. The winner held next February will be selected i will represent the college in the state

contest. The contestants will be Morris Edwards of Indianapols. Nevin James of Crnwfordsville. and E. M. Hankins. New Ross.

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A WIDE AWAKE EXERCISE , foot again and so on until each hive rn vou wake un in the morning ' been stretched a half dozen times.

And if he says 1 1 teeung as though the only comfortable' Then try to stretch the head up from I'm going' to take pjace in tne uorid is the bed you are the neck, making your body as long as

possible. You will fee! beautifully awake by the time you are finished.

pectect to ueveiop manenouMj ui m ; mopt of us have an excellent sug-j Dick It depends upon your own

six weens -wsu. i ue r.iuu.ei u"-jReStion to otfer. j condition how long the fillings in your impressed. 1 It's an exercise to be taken in bed. I (eeth will last. A deficiency f Uni? "You know you won't be content to s wy d for VQU acd u w.jU rfJ in the system, or acidity in the se-s-t a v here and sing in the church. 1 " , , f . j cretions in the rnouh. causes poor don't know what's going to happen to J yoncne ou to tne a.,a-..tui tas c. -1- j treth )haf wjU not rP,ajn the filling

j ljije,. in icn:t li. iili-iv ffu nititvt

Her tone was so doeful that Amy; . . - ' " f

v... ...... ninn,l, T!w. l,.t .v-jf in i-.vr.ifim

consciousness is to become in

; ne IWn ran- m im; i chest grasping the arms with the nlv- . . Inlands just, above the elbow. Now

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laughed and then sh? went ovw andl y c , B! kisspd her mother-an expression of. mam,,s Fold the a:ina over ,ht,

around her, shivering in spite of the i warm r.iglit, and wont to her room, i Nxt dav the house seemed empty.

Chapter 25. When the test had gone to bed, Mrs. Talbot slipped into her younce.-t daughter's loom. Amy was putting 'he last few things in the suitcase, loaned for this great occasion by Luther. The mother sat nervouslv on a chair

watching her. Amv's wonderful rich his. strength by weeding. Jane monopohair hung in a mass around her shoul- j lized the hammock and began studying ders. Once she braided it at night as lor some special work in the fall. Mrs. she had been taught, "to keep the : Talbot went about the house in hei .snarls out." but since Claire had ad-i usual round of duties, unconsciously mired its color, she let it fly and slept . dropping into her old routine simply with the whole mass flung over hen 1 ecause she did not hear or see the

pillow. i two young forces which had shaken "You hide its beauty when you braid her out of her old time ways. j ii," Claire had said, and Amy suddenly Jane had made Ihe beds in her room; wanted to be pretty, even when there, pnd Luther's, straightened and dust-1 was no one around to see. ; ed. But somehow Mrs. Talbot felt no She bent over the suitcase, her slen-i work properly done unless she did it; iler beauty hidden by the thick rlain , or supervised it closely. She believed! muslin nightgown she wore, a garment. ; jn taking the beds apart completely!

that was austere in its simplicity and j rverv day, pulling the in atr esses off;

ilmost depressingly modest. land turning them around. Jane, who;

while you hold tightly to your arms,: try to pull them apart. As you are ! holding tightly vou can't do it. , But what you do is to exercise any; number of muscles in the arms, chest

i.U.ner went. OUL m uir- pi-.iu.-u m l- , , rVl.lrf,rs PrnhM hlv lnt nf H,

you never suspected existed. Repeat1 this stretching exercise nbout a doz-! en times. You will already feel a little more wide awake. Now while you lie in the same posi-1 tion stretch out your right foot and j

tercsted in others and put you;- own self cut of it for the time. Listen attentively and get the point of view of other people, even if thev bore un: or jtm do not agree with them. You will soon find out. that you are btceimiiig responsive and can reply or even hold jour own in r n argument, as you have gained a sympathy which obliterates thi.s consciousness of self.

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try to touch some imaginary object. th Rreat numir received. ' So. if a six inches or SO below VOU the foot-; personal or quicker reply is desired, n board, for instance. Re'-ix and stretch j s-tamped and seif-ad.lressed envelope . . , , . , must he enclosed witli tile question. out the left foot, and then the right' The i:ditor.

" we couldn't help but hear Dick,"

the mother began. Amy frowned suddenly. She cared too little for Dick to have any te-l-ings about his declaration of love -'nut, after all. it was her first pioposal. almost her lirsr kiss, and she wanted 1 1) keep it to herself. "It seems to me my family knows everything that happens." she- answered ironically. "Then you heard what I told him?" "Yes," her mother confessed. "Amy, i 11 't ou going to giv3 him any eni ouragement? He'd be a good match, and he's a nice boy. He'd he a good husband." Amy shut the suitcase top with a bans. "I expect he would. I don't want a

said she was a crank abcut. fresh air

and hyg'ene, declared this was tooj much effort, and though .-he aired the j fe-ils well, she did no' do it as elab-, eiia'.'ly as this. ! Mrs. Talbot was sure it wa.-n't propeily done so she pulled them apart' and made them up her way. Then she ; covered every piece of furniture with a special cloth, and then swept, and;

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