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IK. I. L.'S ENTERTAIN
m i t A. it t t?
On Tuesday evening the I). I. L's
entertained the. Chapter Y, P. E. O.in
the Mnsonij Hall, in grand style.
The hall was a bower of yellow and
white chrysanthemums, tho.se being
tho!E.O. coloi-8. A sumptuous ban-
iiuub supper wa tsurvuu iuiu cuwiu-
I tions were given as favors.
J.X, U1U CIUSU Ol IIII3 UUIllJUUb MIU
B. I. li's put on a very clever P. E. O.
initiation ?) The women wero 're
quested to leave the room for a short
time, and on their return, they found
the men dressed in full feminine rc-
galia, very beautiful and attractive,
indeed. Master Stncc Morhart, Alias,
Miss1 Shorty, became an immediate
candidate for initiation. After much
merriment with these ceremonies, the
ladies were nain requested to absent
themselves from the room, and when
they again appeared, a carnival was
in full progress. They found every
thing for their amusement from drink
ing pink lemonade to fortune-telling.
Thus being buoyed up with the hnppy
events of the evening they all arrived
safely home, the affair being a great
success from start to finish. Com
mercial Advertiser.
The presen tfltlon of "Chasing Sally"
by W Ii. Pat ton's company last Sun
dny night hi the Hesse Auditorium,
although poorly attended, was vory
amusing uinl gave uctiernl satisfaction
The play is a vervamuing sketch and
the oust, consist Inij of four gentlemen
and tlnee Indies, bundle! Its presenta
tion sp endldlv, The story la of the
iimmI "i iuh mu!lu" who plays such a
prominent purl In mutiy pieccB of fic
tion and in this pnrtiutilur case bo hud
a mania for proposing to women. Ho
encountered throe ladies who wore at.
tine'ed by his wealth uiii all accepted
him The (ompllcations resulting
from such an arrangement wore left
for his attorney to itdju-t, making a
plot in which ninny comloul situations
worn MiigHil When the mix-up bo
euniH too tntiuh for the attorney, the
unco handled them himself and every
lioilv "iio' mart led mill lived happily
ever al't-rw-ud." just us all nice stoi les
end
The Willing Wife.
Any marr'od woman Is ready to
pra Ice economy If her lijisbnnd can
affn-l to pay for the experiment.
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The D'rcc of Honor mot Tuesday
evening at tlio 1. 0.0. I-'. hull and thei
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WM ,l '"W hU.ikIico One emllcliitp
initiated And a p oginui whs jlvi n
for the good of the order There
nl-o n grub ntu from which muli innm
bl00 iolVrM, ll8 Ij(1iuh W()S
mtvim! by tin; fifth division.
III pitbllHhlug I ho awards of the UpiI
Cloud Farmer IiiHiitiiie It wun oinU'ed
tlmt Mrs. A An old of Inuvalo drew
t.wn lira' 8 and urn secon i prize on S.
C Ithndo Island It-ds mid .1. O. Hut'i r
drew one that tin Ii C. Rhode hlnini
Iteds "
ADout Clotures.
Nearly all hou-sen have too many
pictures. And yet, paradoxical as It
may seem, the Introduction iif a new
pcnre ijty ntifl then Is an excellent
plan. What Is needed nu drastic
pnmlng In most homes, in which pic
tures that have no real merit arc sent
to the limbo of the nttlc, while new
and worth while studies In color or
black and white are hung on the walls
to give n new Interest nnd a new
beauty.
Candles on Birthday Cakes.
The custom of placing candles on a
birthday enkt one for each year
comes from (icrmany. The (Germans
placed a thick one In the center, called
Lehensllcht, the Unlit of life. Only he
or Mie who declares his or her birth
day may put out' the lllit of life; It
Is unlucky if done by itny other member
of the family. The lights nre symbols
nf life and Its portion the years. For
persons advanced in years one candle
must do duty, as otherwise too many
would lie reoulred.
Steel Derrick at Oil Wells.
Excepting one, every oil Held In the
world Is equipped with wooden der
ricks. This exception is at the com
paratively new Ileitis of Trinidad,
where the white ants and lnk-eet of
similar appetite will quickly devour
iinythiuu hi the way of a piece of tim
ber. Derricks of lumber, o.-peclally
pint, are Hterallv eaten up in a cry
short time. In this event it hits been
found necessary to make use of steel,
and the many great advantages of this
construction Is likely to encourage the
u.se of derricks of metal In other Ileitis.
Ucc for Clocks.
The small, worn-out eioek can bo
useful hi the sickroom if the face Is
still Intact. Alter a dose of medicine
Is nlveii the hands should be turned
to denote the time when the next one
Is due.
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'VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
By JAMES C. YOUNG.
( by McCluro Newspaper Syndlcute.)
THE WORST WOMAN OF 'ROME.
IT IS dIMlcult to read Roman history
without a shudder nt the cruelty of
Its emperors, but we may well add an
other shudder for tlint nt Its empress
es. The worst woman Rome ever
knew was Messitllnn Valeria, the wife
of Claudius. This Claudius lacked
character, lacked Intelligence, lacked
everything (Vhcn he came to the
thrpin,' In the early days of the Chris
tian era It was' a woman who really
ruled, and that woman was Mebsallna.
She fcceuis to have had little consider,
ation for Claudius, anil did as she
pleased, boldly. Her exec-fees shucked
even Roman society, which had fallen
away front the stern days when the
Roman lived austerely, and had en
tered upon all the soft ways of the
EasrT Women were afraid to attend
a banquet whore Messalinn was pros
out unleus their husbands bo snatched
away from them, If they caught her
fancy. And It was whispered that
many men whom she favored in the
evening were murdered in the morn
ing, like the wives of the famous
Uaroun-al-Riisclihl In the Arabian
Nights.
Mcssulhm's taste varied from the
first men in the btate to tin; lowest. A
slave, a gladiator, a trainer of ani
mals for the arena, might catch her
eye and he raised to sudden greatness,
loaded with gold, handsomely housed
and plied with rare wines. Then, In a
few days, they disappeared, none knew
where.
At last Mcssallna's heart turned to
C. Slllus, whom Juvcnnl tells us wns
"a young noble of great beauty." Rut
the heart -of Slllun chanced to belong
.to another woman, his wife, and the
wife opposed .Messalinn by all the
wiles nt her command. In Mrst one
way, then another, she frustrated her.
When Slllus was sent for he had gone
mvajv and when ho returned bhe for
got the iiiexMtgo,
The rage of .Messalinn may be Im
agined, and this opposition also put a
higher price upon Slllus. Claudius
determined upon a trip to Ostla. leav
ing Messallna in Rome. Here was
her opportunity. She took It, com
pelling Slllus to divorce his wife,
which merely required the writing of
n letter In Rome, saying that the hus
band dlmisscd the woman. Then Mes
snllnn publicly went, through the ccjre.
ntony of mnrrlngo wit Slllus, although
sho already was married to the em
peror. When Claudius heard of these events
he exclaimed, "Am I still emperor?"
fearing that Messallna had overthrown
hlin. Rut her thoughts hnd been of
things other than power, and Clnudlus
wns assured that ho still wore tho pur
ple. Messnllna stalled for Ostla to
periiuudo him, nnd might have succeed-.
QlUMd not one of Claudius' frccdmen
rdeio" herMiCKPCutlon, ..wlUcji took
.VlrJ&LhA fl A Ti An
MIXED IDENTITY
By NINA G. RAMSAY.
KiyOOOJ3VKOXsOOOKOV
( by llcCluro Newspaper Syndicate.)
"U. S. S. Birmingham.
"Lisbon, Portugal.
"Dearest Dolly:
"I cannot begin to tell you how glad
I am again to be writing you guess 1
acted like a end about Ted Corllng
but at the same Hum you must admit,
"ltl(J Slrl, Unit you gave tuu some
iuuou iui iiiiKi-i. i-ruiii, inn i c vuu
It quits? And as for"
The letter Muttered from Molly's tin
kers. Who In the world was writing
to her like this? Why, bhe had never
hail a sweetheart In all her lonely life,
and out of a blear blue sky this. She
flushed guiltily lis she thought of the
"llttleglrl,'' and hurriedly picking up
the scattered sheets, finished reading.
The rest of the letter was Ulled with
thrilling tales of travel, bits of humor
ous adventure, and between the lines
a man's yearning for home and Mhls"
girl. It was signed "Monty."
Molly's life had been singularly un
eventful as far as men were con
cerned. Ever since she could remem
ber she had lived with her mother us
her only companion the mother
whose soul nnd mind were burled deep
In a past of which she never spoke.
The day the letter was received she
had been, for her, unusually blue nnd
lonely.
She could not help feeling In her
secret heart that the letter could not
possibly be for her, and yet It was
rather nice to be called "dear"
Molly hastily snatched up the en
velope, and as she scanned It n sec
ond time the smile died from her face:
"To Miss Dolly Roberts, Sargent
School, Cambridge, Muss." she read.
So that was It 1 She had frequently
been confused with Dolly Roberts be
cause of the similarity of their names,
although they were as different as
night and day. Pretty, frivolous, flckle
Dolly why, -the whole school was
talking about her now for eloping
quite dramatically a week ago! Yes,
and the man'fi name had been Cur
ling! She sat quite still. A daring thought
had entered her mind ; this Monty was
u safe distance uway, Dolly was cer
tainly beyond caring school would oe
closing now In n week nnd Molly coultl
sent! him her summer address. Who
would be the wiser If sho wrote to i
Monty, pretending she was Dolly? She
could typewrite her letters, so thut
Monty would not suspect; he was too
far away to hear of Dolly's latest ca-
piice. Molly, at this moment, wns far ( cape the force of .its own logic now.
from the placid being her schoolmntes ( Tjlfc situation has accordingly pro
thought her. ' duced an unusual number of people
The plan was carried through with- ho arc out of forts wUh botl, oltl
out a slip. Molly wrote one of her I .. . . . ,,ii.i. .
Inlmltnble letters-clever, humorous I That makes an excellent op
.and sensible. An answer came In iPortumty for a new party. If tne
time, then letters Mew back and forth new movement is efficiently managed,
all summer and fall. i it will 'bo a vital factor in next year's
Thus matters stood until one crisp political proceedings,
morning In early December. As Molly i Nine ont of ten Democrats are dis-
was leaving the school building, a tele
gram was put Into her hands, and
with a sinking sensation in her breast,
site tore open the envelope. Tho
words stnijcd up at her through a
blur:
"Meet me on '2 :."." train today. Must
see j ou Monty."
Molly stood dazed; her Utile world
was crumbling about her feel
As the hour approached, Molly's
sensitive soul shrank from the task,
hut somehow she found herself at the
station, waiting with a heavy heart to
break her poor bubble Into n thousand
crystals.
The train rumbled into the station,
the great gates swung open, and a
throng streamed through. Molly, sick
with misery, turned away and leaned
despairingly against the Iron gate.
Suddenly she was startled by a
touch on her arm, and a deep voice
said tt hit unsteadily:
"Molly, you were so gootl to
come." 9
In her distress she did not notice
that he called her "Molly;" she did
not oen stop to wonder how hu ki.ew
her. She had only an Instant's Im
presiion of a tanned, rather good
looking face, and earnest, smiling
eyes, then
"Oh," bhe cried, "you it's all a hor
rible mistake 1 lied to you. I opened
our letter to Dolly by mistake and
I was lonely, and "
The pitiful recital ended In what
sounded suspiciously like a sob, ami
the tall young man In the ensign's uni
form patted her shoulder clumsily.
"There, now," he soothed gently. "1
knew all the time and I'm glad Dolly
did clone, because now I have vmi."
Indignant h Molly shook off his
haul, and demanded warmly :
"You knew V"
"Well, you see." explained the young
man genially, "when I received your
first letter I knew that somebody quite
different from Dolly had written It. 1
inndo guarded Inquiries of my sister,
Peg, a senior at Sargent, nnd she told
me about Molly Rohblns, who wns al
ways being confused with Dolly Rob
ert.4!. It sounded reasonable 'anil so
well, I've been busy falling In love
wili you ever since. Why, I know you
tho minute I stepped through the
gates."
Molly's opposition was fast dimin
ishing. Sho allowed herself to be led
to tho street, but once there sho
stopped suddenly.
"Wo hnven't been properly Intro,
duced," she declared,' primly, "I don't
really know you."
tVJint you dwVknoy,',bc1ii
the young mntt'-rifngnlBcehtlto "wc
tflfinlfi tn1
"won't
NOT LAUGHING NOW
Some months ago, When leaders in
the movement for a new political deal
in Nebraska, announced that an en
tirely new parly would be organized
to lead the fight in 1922, the an
nouncement was received with a
horse-laugh by the big fellows in tho
Democratic nnd Republican leader
ship. But they ere not laughing now.
They are decidcly serious, now that
all plans for legally organizing the
new party have been perfected. Con
ditions arc favorable for a new party
movement and it cannot bo laughed
down. In all the history of Nebras
ka there was never a state adminis
tration bo low in public esteem as tho
present administration. Tho leaders
in the Republican and Democratic
camps are s'olcmnly considering-plans
to check the movement. It cannot
be ridiculed out of its course, it has
come for a purpose, and that pur
pose is to take the people of Ne
braska away from bondage to tho
two old party machines, and that
purpose will be as certain of accomp
lishment as that there will be a next
November.
What will the platform of tho new
party contain? It will be, if my
view shall prevail, the shortest po
litical platform ever presented by a
political party in Nebraska. There
will be no nrgument in the platform.
It will be free from isms. It will
tell in .simple words just what the
people may expect if they shall elect
the nominees of the new party. It
will not contain any plank of glitter
ing generalities or meaningless plat
itudes. The platform of the new
party in Nebraska will be built for
tho purpose of enabling the people to
elect public officials whom they know
will be true to the platform pledges.
A year atro Nebraska voted down
everything Democratic by about two
to one. The Democratic party was
spurned as responsible for incon
veniences and losses suffered under
Democratic administrations.
A Republican administration comes
in. Instead of the better things
promised by the politicians, things go
from bad to worse, r.s, in the nature
of thines. they had to do. The Re-
publican partv could not have averted
of tlcse back.Fcts But it haA
many
just won an election by holding
tho Democratic party responsible for
everything unnlca.sr.nt under a Demo
cratic administration . It cannot es-
gusted With the conduct of the late
Democratic administration in its
truckling to the big interests which
profiteered during tho war. Nino
out of ton Republicans are now
ashamed to turn their eyes in the .di
rection of Washington for fear of be
holding the broken promises of tho
new administration, and for fear of
bcholdingjn national administration
completely under control of tho great
ftnnncial 'interests which placed a
Mellon in charge of the U. S. treas
ury department.
This new party hopes to take the
state government out of tho hands
of tho reactionaries and to drive Wall
Ftrcot out of Washington. The peo
ple arc ready for a new political
alignment.
Under what name will the new
party be-organized? The Grand Is
land State convention will select the
name. My own choice of name will
be "Liberal Tarty of Nebraska." I
believe it will bo best to have Nc
braskawru part of the new party
name, so 'that it may not be confused
with any existing National party.
Some day this new Nebraska move
ment mpy spread all over tho nation,
but for the present it is a Nebraska
movement only.
Attortd the, county convention, beld
at thoboonrt house,, in Rod Cloudy on
Saturday, Dec. 3ul. A t .such a gath
ering everybody has a chnnfcc to
speak and vote his conviction's"
.j EDGAR IIOWARD,
Columbus Telegram.
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