Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 6, 7 January 1922 — Page 5

The Middle Ground 8y MARION RUBINCAM

UNDERSTANDING Chapter 53 Amy had torn open the little package with a half smothered excited laugh. Her mother watched her, anxious to delay reading her own letter as long as possible. From innumerable coverings of tissue paper emerged a box with the name of a Bmart jeweler on It, and from within. In stil! further

layers of white cotton, came out an-

family lost to all sense of respect, duty or decency. It was like a sermon at an old fashioned revival meeting In its general tine. It was so bitter it was ridiculous. But Amy Talbot, hunched up on the couch, could see only the tragedy, not the humor in the .situation. Unconsciously, she had clung to Jordan and his ideas, all along. At the age of 48, when most women have passed the

storms of thsir lives and have settled

MARK TWAIN DARED

TO STAND FOR RIGHT, DECLARES DR. BURTON Mark Twain, the author and artist; Mark Twain, the man of courage and i m n pH n a t inn vrhn riaroH Hofv o n v rrn.

vention and stand up against the world j

ror wnat ne thougnt was right, was the Mark Twain presented to an audience of over 250 persons in the first Presbyterian church by Dr. Richard Burton Friday evening. Dr. Burton hails from

other box. this time un Th ??l?ru .ana ?av.e !e"led the University of Minnesota and his

stamped withhold lettering And from Vu 1 lo Peace Q'net, sne nad come j lecture was delivered under the author Amy drew out a tinv fleSbEi0 chB?- S,Urely' at Dearly half ipfcM the Literary Department of bracrtettf emeTalds and held it ud IZ' ?eT a life of hard work- she tne Woman's club. " t-s from Mr Arnold 1 " she an- nfd P Three quarters of the laughs Mark nounced.dini 'the uScarfTn.W. J.L he lt!Twain drew from the public were not

the box v-miuicu unii aay irum ner, ine i Dy ms enort, said the speaker. Mark

,T, TaIhn ; - - ouc nau uuhsi iwams mina was essentially serious. V f:al?-i !.t0 .Jordan. and ail he stood for. He j but he had a way of saving- things that

,n rJh vl ! a? do.nf here thinking for her. I made people laugh. Yet the fun was

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 1922.

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LOTTIE PICKFORD IS TO WED AGAIN

j v j . "-.. 1U1 U7i, iiiaue jjeopie laugn. 1 ei ine run was made her decisions, dictated her ideas them hrau v, riA th

. - I v. 41V- I tJf-l.lii.C U LUC 111" on every subject. calculable value of humor as a She once thought there were no ' weapon." ways bat Jordan's ways, no standards I Dr. Burton sairt that ATnrir Twain

but those ho approved. was not only the greatest American !

v. . . u''"iuuis reunion numonst, out one or the half dozen with the children. Then ramp tho ! oroatoct oii ,,vin.n v .

gradual drifting of the children, and finally her desperate attempt to go to them and bring them back to the old ways. And she had failed In that! First of all. there were wavs of look-

ing at life, quite different from any she

to be none the worse for thpm

With her childien she found herself clinging to Jordan's ways, with Jordan's denunciation in her hand, with the bitter words of his lettpr hrfnre,

j her eyes and the vision of the narrow

nuie nouse m the count ry before her mind, she felt herself changing. She had promised that she would not. disapprove of anything the three children said or did, until she had won their confidence. That was the first step perhaps after that, she could bring them around to their old point of view. So she had thought! Now, sudenly, she found herself conforming to their point of view. After all, hadn't they been fairly driven to it? To be sure. Jordan had clothed and fed them, even grudgingly loaned them money toward thpir lii-

cation. But what else had he drn for

able to see the loss sustained by the human race in failing to enjoy the ten thousand "high grade incongruities" of life. Contempt For Convention "Innocents Abroad." said Dr. Burton, "showed Mark Twain's contempt for thft slavifth WirMn rf tfiina lio

are past, seen by him in European rev- j

the box.

"Who Is Mr. Arnold? remembered th nnmo

6poken of him and said he might be a greater source of worry than Donald. But she was clever enough to know the strength that lay in appearing ignorant. Amy hesitated, and colored a little. "I've meant to tell you about him. but somehow I haven't yet He's a friend of Jim Clarke's, and I met him, as I've met everyone who has done me any good, through Claire. He's very rich, really very rich indeed. I'll bring him around, just to show him I'm not ashamed nf this sshahhv

, , 7, : . . j-- j " " umcifui irom any sne home. He s she was having a diffl-ihad imagined. And nice oponlP cPPmoH

cult Ume explaining. "You see. he likes to hold these strange views, too. and

...v. a .wi, a'lu civ lie BC11L UiC HUM UiavClet." She said this quite as though it was r.n excellent reason. But she knew it would never satisfy the little eld lady who stared at the string of sparkling preen stones as though it was a toiled Fnake. But still Mrs. Talbot said nohting in rrotest. Amy was evidently waiting for the storm to descend. Evidently, loo. she bad spent days in thinking of reasons for taking the gift. And what was the use of protesting? The girl was looking adoringly at this, the first really valuable, beautiful thing f-J.e had ever owned. Certainly she would not give it up. Amy had once before shown herself capable of refusing flatly to do what she was told. So Mrs. Talbot, as part of her new )lan, niade no comment about the bracelet, she usfd her letter as an ex-

..u.b iui saving r.oinins;. Ana wnne tnem? What had he ever dons fnr

ftie was reading it. Amy went out, the her? The children might be all wrong man

""r,n"" iiiuur-u unut-r ner long tan in tneir ultra-modern ideas but some-

.u y i B er arm tm-!how'. she felt they were justified, be- Give your skin a treat use

... "Vu .caouie ui-uaube sue Knew , cause it was the inevitable reaction to Devil Cleanser. Advertisement

joruans extreme narrowness.

Monday A Climax. i : i

SIGN CIGARETTE PLEDGE T rn. a vopnoT t..' ' -

, , , . . - win, jail, 4. rieuitJS IU

orueren, sne haa forfeited her abstain from the use of cigarettes home. She was no longer his wife, she during 1922 have been sisned hv 4fifi

was as bad, if no worse, than her! men who attend Logansport Sunday

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Lottie Pickford. Lottie Pickford, sister of Mary and Jack Pickford, and unti. recently known as Lottie Pickford

reTcCs6 ffinSCSaT?T- StV,eS " toengro lellCS. things that had hepn dnsr nn aii r .-- i. j; .

rencs, things tnat had been dug up

out of the past "Mark Twain was a believer In the nresent. and a believer

in America. He is always comparing the past and the present. "The fabled chivalry of the Elizabethan age was presented by him in 'A Connecticut Yankee in Arthur's Court.' but at the same time he shnu-ert

the discomforts of that age, the draughty banquet hall, and the snarling of the dogs as they snapped at bones thrown under the feet of the guests at the feast. He was able to give the finest kind of literary criticism and sometimes it was social criticism asi well." j Dr Richard Burton is head of the English department of the University of Minnesota. He was literary editor of the Hartford Courant from 1890 to 1897 and before that was for a time

the managing editor of the Church-

He has published 22 books. i

Blue

Allan Forrest, leading man for

Mary Miles Minter. Miss Lottie was divorced from A. G. Rupp, a New York broker, about a year asro and shortly afterwards Mrs. Pickford adopted their little daughter and named her Mary Jickford 2d,

WILL MAKE WABASH SAFE FOR SKATERS HUNTINGTON, Jan. 7. Clarence F. Juillerat Huntington's new mayor, plans to make the Wabash river here safe for skaters. He has ordered the police to mark safety zones along the river front where youngsters may skate without danger.

they clasped it

The letter only added to Mrs. Talbot's gloom. It was in Jordan's hitter.

est maner, and announced that as she hilfl flircrn T-t ir r t . n V. . , 1. . 1 . 1 I

v .iv..'V - (u v villi' V I i ' II llt?

He considered the whole schools.

We Repair All Makes of j Electric Irons j Hart's Electric Shop ! 1027 Main Phone 2434 !

Imported Swiss Cheese French Rouquefort Cheese Camambert Cheese Sap Sago and Brick Cheese Parmesan Cheese Neufchatel Cheese Swiss Gruyere Cheese New York Cream Cheese John M. Eggemeyer & Sons Bee Hive Grocery 3 Phones

FOREIGN WAR VETS INSTALL OFFICERS Earl O. Bone was installed as commander of the Genn-Lichtenfels post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting held in the Y. M. C. A., Friday evening. The executive committee or the organization announced that it is conducting negotiations , for suitable club rooms and expects to make a report at the next meeting.

Besides the commander, other offi

cers installed Friday evening were: George MacKinney, senior vice com mander; Walter E. Eichermeyer, jun ior vice commander; Patrick Srmm

chaplain; Elbert H. Ramey, officer of

me aay; adjutant Amos Jenkins.

Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thonansnn: T have tioon

separated from my husband for four

years. During that time he has not given me a cent of money or bought

me any clothes. I have been going

wun a reilow for about six months and he gave me a wrist watch for Christmas. Should I keep it? Do you think I should have any trouble getting, a divorce? WORRIED M. E. M. I do not believe you would have trouble getting a divorce. You should get one before you accept attentions of another man. I would not advise you to take the wristwatch now. Chester and Webster Church Services Announced Chester M. E. church : Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock, James Webster, suoerintendent; preaching by the Rev. Vivtor E. Stoner at 10:45 o'clock; Epworth league at 6:45 o'clock, Elmer Woodruff leader. Fourth quarterly conference at Webster Tuesday evening. Webster M. E. church: Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock, William Culbertson, superintendent; preaching by the pastor, the Rev. Victor E. Stoner, at 7 o'clock Sunday evening.

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doughnut and pie maker of two great

dimies; respecuvely the Salvation and the American. , . .s Today she is -ministering to the A: E. F. in the quiet precincts of hospitals where yesterday she was -with then1 under shell fire. "Our work did not end with the armistice," Mrs. Burdick . declared upon her election. "It was started then. If all the world forgets the war and its effect upon men, wo must remember." Before her election to the seconV. highest office in the organization cf mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of the young veterans, Mrs. Burdick was active in relief work in the hospitals of Texas. "To lighten their suffering and to comfort their loved ones," this the battle-cry of the Salvation hosts that began recruiting when the army was demobilizing. V Mrs. Burdick. with her husband, arrived in France in December, 1917. She was stationed with units of the First Division in their training areas and she moved to the front with then-

With a stove made from ronkv tin's

she made as many as 2.000 doughnut? in a day, alternating with a record oi' 320 pies. Her husband kept her surfplied with firewood and helped distribute the pastry and coffee to th cold hungry men. In odd moments Mrs. Burdick, who same became "Ma" to considerable portion of the A. E. V., salvaged and mended clothes ' She

i was decorated with the Croix de

uuerre for her bravery and devotion and at sixty years was the oldest woman war worker in France.

Buttons Covered

B U C I L L A Package Outfits, remarkably low priced. LACEY'S 8 S. 9 St. Phone 1755

"Ma" Burdick in France.

Mrs. Ensign F. O. Burdick, Wichita!

Falls, Texas, newly appointed national chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary, holds the belt as champion

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During the last few months we have taken in trade a number of used phonographs (of other makes) pianos and player-pianos on new Starr made instruments and are now offering them at ridiculously low prices in order to clear our floor for new stock.

Special Sale of Records and Rolls will be one of the features of tliis sale. You. will find attractive bargains "in these

All the Instruments on Sale have been put in first class condition. Many are only slightly used, therefore we are offering you an opportunity to supply the need of a musical instrument in your home at a big saving. We are offering them at prices as low as $15.00

TERMS We are making a special discount for cash durTnthis sale on both new and used instruments. If, however, you desire to take advantage of our liberal payment plan, you can secure the bstrujnent (new or used) you desire by making a "srrLdowiipayment with ample time to meet the balance. This is your opportunity, the one you have hoped many times would be offered.

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We invite you to look over our instruments and compare the values we are offering.

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