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ONE OF OURS By W1LLA OATHKR. Famous Nebraska Author. (Continued From Saturday.) . SYNOPSIS. Claude Wheeler, son of s Nebraska £5n<*her. Is disappointed in wedded life with Enid Rojce, religiously cold daugh ter of Jason Hoy re. Frankfort, Neb., miller. After living together a year and • half she goes to China to visit her younger sister. Caroline, a missionary, who fa 111, and Claude goes to officers* training camp and is commissioned a lieu tenant Ho had three years In a small ^ denominational college in Lincoln, where n© became a friend of the Erlich family, motherly widow and five sous. He has friends In Ernest Havel and Leonard lyiTtfion young farmers and neighbors of , «ne Wheeler family, lie has an older I brothe* Bayll&s, in business In Frank* [ fori, his father, Nat. und a younger i brother, Ralph. While home on leave ! from camp he falls in love with Gladys t Farmer, high school friend of hi* wife. Claude goes to France with his company. He and Lieut*, mint Gerhardt become friends on the transport. Their first ac tive service is lending a successful at tack oil :i German machine gun nest, in which Calude is wounded lit the ankle by nn exploding shell. Gerhardt gave up n musical career to enter the army. While on ten days' leave they visit Madame and Mile. Claire. French friends of Gerhardt’s while he was studying vio lin in France several years before. They rejoin their battalion and arrive at Beau fort. recently used by the Germans us a rest camp, where they and the popu lace gathered in the town square to wel come them are fired on by a German officer ambushed in a dwelling house. Captain Maxey Is shot In the leg. Claude and Gerhardt und several of tnfir men rush the house and Claude kills the tier, man with his bayonet. Trie German killed and wounded severul soldiers and French citizens before he was dispatched. BOOK FIVE, CHAPTER XVII. As soon as Captain Maxey and the wounded men had been started on their long journey to the rear, car ried by the prisoners, the whole coin pany turned in and slept for 12 hours—all but Sergeant Hicks, who sat in the house off the square, be side the body of his chum. The next day the Americans came to life as if they were new men, just created in a new world. And the peo ple of the town came to life . . excite ment, change, something to look for ward to at last! A new flag, le dra peau etolle, folated along with the tri-color in the square. At sunset the soldiers stood in formation behind it and sang "The Star Spangled Banner" with uncovered heads. The old people watched them from the doorways. The Americans were the first to bring ‘'Madelon’' to Beaufort. The fart that ^00\\e village had never heard this song, that the children stood round begging for it, "Cliantezvous la Madelon!" made the solders realize how far and how long out of the world these villagers had been. The Herman oc cupation was like a deafness which nothing pierced but their own arro gant martial airs. • Before Claude was out of bed after his first long sleep, a runner ar rived from Colonel Scott, notifying NIGHTS, 40c MATINEES, 25c KIDS. 10c BEBE DANIELS ANTONIO MORENO IN A PLAY OF PEP. SPEED A LOVE THE EXCITERS Extra Added Attraction , K of C GLEE CLUE DIRECTION OF JOHN G. JAMISON 95 Highly Trained Voices 9 C i {Thw Human Pipe Orpan" " ** I Cur Gang in“THECHAM?EEN” ~ KEEE3 This Week Ending Friday The Great Saturday Eve. Post Story A Two-Fisted Drama of the North MOON BARGAIN PRICES I The Mott Moat Talked About Attraction of the Year “THE SHIEK'S FAVORITE ” Muaical Comedy Extraordinary With CAST OF 35 Other Star Attractions NOW PLAYING TOM! MiXl In “Stepping FastM| NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS VlCIOrtiA - - - - «n(* r°'* "Comtat In Omaha" DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In "THE MOLLYCODDLE” GRAND - - - - loth and Binney DOUGLAS Mcl.EAN In ■ BELL BOY 13" WILL ROGERS in "FRUITS OF FAITH HAMILTON - - - 40th and Hamilton SPECIAL PRODUCTION “THELMA” him that he was in charge of the company until further orders. The German 'prisoners had buried their own dead and du^ graves for the Americans before they were sent off to the rear. Claude and David were billeted at the edge of town, with the woman who had given Captain Maxey his first information, when they marched in yesterday morning. Their hostess told them, at their mid day breakfast, that the old dame who was shot in the square, and the lit tle girl, were to he burled this aft ernoon. Claude decided that the Americans might as well have their funeral at the same time. He thought he would ask the priest to say a pray er at the graves, and he and David set off through the brilliant, rustling autumn sunshine to find the Cure's house. It was next the church, with a high-walled garden behind it. Over the bell-pull In the outer wall was a card on which was written, "Tirez fort." The priest himself came out to them, an old man who seemed weak like his doorbell. He stood in his black cap, holding his hands against his breast to keep them from shaking, and looked very old indeed—brok en, hopeless, as if he were sick of this world and done with it. No where in France had Claude seen a face so sad as his. Yes, he would say a prayer. It was better to have Chris tian burial, and they were far from home, poor fellows! David asked him whether the German rule had been very oppressive, but the old man did not answer clearly, and his hands began to shake so uncontrollably over his cassock that they went away to spare him embarrassment. "He seems a little gone in the head, don't you think?" Claude re marked. “I suppose the war has used him up. How can he celebrate mass when his hands quiver so?" As they crossed the church steps, David touched Claude's arm and pointed into the square. "Look, every doughboy has a girl already! Homd of them have trot ted out fatigue caps. I suppose they'd out fatigue caps. I suppose they'd thrown them all away!” Those who had no caps stood with their helmets under their arms. In attitudes of exaggerated gallantry, talking to the women, who seemed all to have errands abroad. Some of them let the boys carry their baskets. One soldier was giving a delighted little girl a ride on his back. After the funeral every man in the company found some .sympathetic woman to talk to about his fallen comrades. All the garden flowers and head wreaths In Beaufort had been carried out and put on the American graves. When the squad fired over them and the bugle sounded, the girls and their mothers wept. Poor Willy Ivatz, for Instance, could never have had such a funeral in South Omaha. The next night the soldiers began teaching the girls to dance the "Pas Soul" and the "Faussq Trot.” They had found an old violin in the town; and Oscar, the Swede, scraped away n it. They danced every evening. Claude saw that a good deal was go ing on, and he lectured his men at parade. But he realized that he might is well scold at the sparrows. Here was a village with several hundred women, and only the grandmothers had husbands. All the men were in the army; hadn't even been home on leave since the Germans first took the place. The girls had been shut up for four years with young men who Incessantly coveted them, and whom they must constantly out wit. Thp situation had been intoler able—and prolonged. The Americans founds themselves In the position of Adam In the garden. "Did you know, sir," said Bert Fuller breathlessly, as he overtook Claude in the street after parade, “that these lovely girls had to go out in the fields and work, raising things for those dirty pigs to eat? Vos. sir. had to work in the fields, under German sentinels; marched out a the morning and back at night like convicts! It's sure up to us to give them a good time now." One couldn't walk out of an eve ning without meeting loitering cou ples in the dusky streets and lanes. The boys had lost all their bashful ness about trying to speak Frepch. They declared they could get along In France with three verbs, and all, happily, in the first conjugation; manger, aimer, payer—quite enough. They called Beaufort “our town." and they were called “our Americans.” They were going to come back after the war and marry the girls, and put In waterworks. "Chez-mol, sir!" Bill Gates called to Claude, saluting with a bloody hand, as he stood skinning rabbits before the door of his billet. "Bunny Tells a frank and trne story of life in “THE WORLD’S A STAGE” with DOROTHY PHILLIPS Kenneth llarlan and Itruce MacKne i •. iS WKKK Mats, 25c— Ere'** 85c EXTRA Pictures of "1923 Good Will” Trade Excursion 100 of Umiihi'a Mrs Wires casualties are heavy in town this wpek!” “You know, Wheelfcr," David re marked one morning as they were shaving, “I think Maxey would come back here on one leg if he knew about these excursions into the forest after mushrooms.” “Maybe.” "Aren’t you going to put a stop to them?” “Not I!” Claude jerked, setting the corners of his mouth grimly. “If the girls, or their people, make complaint to me, I’ll interfere. Not otherwise. I've thought the matter over.” "Oh, the girls—" David laughed softly. "Well, it’s something to ac quire a taste for mushrooms. They won't get them at home, do they?" (Continued In The Morning Bee.) Adele Garrison “My Husband’s Love” Copyright, 1923. The Confession Leila Made (o Madge. When, after Leila’s paroxysm of sobs and tears. I suggested that she tell me "<^1 about it," I expected fully to hear a recital, more or less hysterical, of her grievances against Bess Dean. And I knew only too well that the things she might tell me would be no chimeras, born of an excited imagination, but real facts calculated to arouse jealous wrath in the heart of any woman. But. instead, her clutch on my hands tightened, and she drew me closer, while she whispered fearfully: "Oh. Madge, I am afraid—so afraid!" "Afraid!” I echoed, incredulously, and then, as her terrified eyes stared into mine, there flashed into my brain an Inkling of her meaning, and with eager joy in my voice, I dropped to my knees beside her, and gathered her once more into my arms. “Oh! Leila, dearest! Do you mean? —you must—how wonderful!" X ex claimed, as her head nodded a quick, shy acquiescence, and her eyes dropped. "But, sweetheart, there Is nothing to be afraid of. There's so small a margin of danger in these modern days, and as for the pain, of course-" She raised herself on one elbow ab ruptly, her cheeks flushing carmine, her eyes glinting with Indignation. "Do you think me such a coward,” she asked, "aa to care for pain or ilan get?" “I know you're not," I replied quickly, "but you spoke of being afraid-" She sank bark upon her pillow with that inexplicable look to terror again creeping over her face. A Haunting Fear. ‘‘1 .im afraid,” she moaned. "Horri bly afraid. I—am—not—sure—I haven't even told Alfred or mother yet—but-»I—should have gone mad, I think, If I couldn't have talked to some one, and you are always so poised and strong—not a silly, use less thing like me." "You mustn't call my friend names,” I smiled, in an effort to mvert her thoughts, an effort which I saw in the next second was as useless as it was banal, for she went on as If she had not heard It. "Oh, it can't be true, Madge! I ,-an't have it true! Not now! To think this should come to me now!" At the anguish In her voice there swept over me a memory of the joy ous, sacred hour which was mine when first I realized that I was to nave the accolade of motherhood. T nad known that to some women the Knowledge brought dread instead of joy, but I acquitted gentle Leila Ourkee of membership in that class, fhere must be pome unusual terror swaying her to the hysteria which i saw in her eyes. I tightened my clasp on her twist ,ng hands, and spoke sharply. “What l)o You Mean?" "But, Leila deah, you must tell me why you feel this way. I can't help you unless I know the reason for your terror.” Her eyes widened In amazement that I should not guess her mean Ing. ' Haven't you seen?” she asked. "That girl—Alfred—it's killing me— but If it were only myself I could go to Aunt Dora and get away from It all. But to have a—little—child como Into the world with no home. Oh, Madge! It is awful—I can’t stand It!” There was such agony In her face and voice that If Alfred IJurkee had been within reach of my hands I am sfraid he would have had to summon a physician Immediately afterward. To think that gentle Leila, In the hour which should have been her greatest Joy, should be suffering men tal torture like this because of a callous gill's vanity and her hus band's masculine blindness. But there was no aid for Leila in anger against Alfred, ishe was on the verge of a hysterical breakdown, and I knew I must act quickly If I were to be of service to her. With deliberate intent, I drew my bands away, and spoke with slow, derisive coolness: •'I suppose you mean Hess Dean. Heally, I^ella, you are the greatest idiot I know.” She started as If I had struck her, and I was glad to see resentment against me flash Into her exes. Any thing was better limn Hie despair ing terror which had dominated her. "What do you mean?” she faltered at last. "lixactly what I say," I returned coolly. ‘‘The mythical person who first converted a molehill into a mountain certainly had nothing on you. I thought you had some real lenson for your terror, but If you have nothing more serious to weep over than Bess Dean, and Alfiod's opinion of her, you're a mighty lucky woman, and I've wasted about a thousand dollars worth of sync pa thy!” £2 lO.OOO.OOO lor Improving Electric Lines This Year llv vlHfliirlnlel Press. Chicago, June 10.*—Electric railways In the United Htules will spend the enormous sum of $240,000,000 for new equipment and plant facilities during 1923, according to a survey of expansion programs Just announced by the Illinois commission on public utilities. This will be an addition to the large normal expenditures which must nl ways hv made for materials and sup idle* neccasnry to (he continuous op eratIon of (lie properties of city and Interurban lines. These proposed expenditures are about 00 per cent greater than those Of 1922, the commission’s statement says, the 1922 expenditures totaling $151,000,000. Pupils Receive Individual Care in Omaha School _, f School of Individual Instruc tion Gives Personal Ser vice With New Aims of Education. The School of Individual Instruc tion was opened on North Fortieth street, January 3, 1921, with a re gistration of three pupils. During the first five months only seven pupils had been enrolled so a dif ferent location was sought. Mean while sessions were held at Turner park until the residence at 3507 Harney street was leased, ready for the fall term, 1921, which opened with 27 pupils. The School of Individual Instruc tion has created its own capital. The first 13 months It operated at a financial loss because the unique methods employed called for much expenditure before the worth of the school could be proved. It virtually became a question of ‘‘robbing Peter to pay Paul.” Yet not once did the Military Students to Have Good Fare Government to Provide Nour ishing Diet at Training _ Realizing that "an army fights on its belly.” tho United States govern ment is making every preparation properly to feed the 4,000 students who will attend the third series of the citizens’ military training camps, which will be held In the Seventh Corps area during August. These camps will be held at Fort Snelling, Minn.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Fort Des Moines, la. There will be 360,000 meals prepared at these three camps and they will be such as properly to nourish students who are required to work hard and play hard. The fact that these students flour ish under the government's supervis ion is proven by final physical exam ination of the men who attended last year’s camp. Their weight, according to the government s examination, was increased five pounds for each stu dent. According to the government's com pilation. It will require within the Sev enth Corps area 63 tons of beef, 65 tons of bread, 75 tons of potatoes or other fresh vegetables, to say nothing of the numerous other articles requir ed to feed 4,000 hungry boys. Young men between 17 and 24 are eligible to attend these camps. Four coures will be offered, the Krfslc Red, Advanced Red, White and Dine. All training Is for the purpose of preparing the candidates to be offi cers in the Officers' Reserve corps. The War department has supplied a representative of the Military Train ing Camps association in eftety town, as well as the railroad station agent, and postmaster, with full details of the camps. Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan, com mander of tho Seventh Corps area, Army building, Omaha, will give fur ther details on application. Beatrice Fairfax Problems That Perplex Says Insulting Things. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 18 years old. My family oppose my friendship, with a young man because his family is not tlie equal of mine. I love this man very dearly. He 1s a fine young man. considered very hand some and is making a good salary. Ho often says that hi- loves me hut has said a few Insulting things. Do you thing he does love nte or should I give him up? He has also acted in an Insulting way hut for this he apologized. What would you advise me to do? "BLUE EYES." I would advise you to take some thing to strengthen your moral liber. Of course the man does not love you. ile merely looks upon you as a cheap, weak minded young woman who is ready to overlook any Indignity for the sake of having a man to walk down the street with. A man does not insult the girl whom he intends to seleet out of all the World for a life companion. And the sort of girl who is a desirable life companion does not talk of "fine young men" Insult ing her. Fluffy: I am going to quote you a few lines from Robert Browning. Head them through and then ask yourself if this kiss could have meant so much to him If ho had been in the habit of kissing every girl he hap pened to take home, or if the girl her self had given her kisses lightly to every passing lover. A kiss Is a symbol only when It has these quali ties of truth and thrust which Brown ing describes. "All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one hen; All the wonder and wwilth of the mine lit the heart of one gent: 111 the (ore of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the soft; Breath and bloom, shade and shine, —wonder, wealth, and how far above them— Truth, that's brighter than gem. Trust, that's purer than pearl, Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe—all were for me, In the kiss of one girl." Iowan Killt'd in r.ffnrt to Hoard Kri*i(jl»t Train Triinton. Net*., June in Unvin If. Steele, 20, Albla, ln.t wnn killed hero Unlay when. III attempting til IhiiiiiI a freight train, ho mad* n nileatep nnd waa thrown utuler the wheel*. He hail heen employed by tli« Bur lington Railroad eompnny The body will b« returned to hi* Iowa horn*. school seek or accept donation*. It forged ahead regardless of seeming ly Insurmountable obstacles ; result —a nonsectarian school for boys and girls—a school without "frills and fads.” Today, 108 pupils occupy two buildings—3507 Harney street for Junior high and high school— 3518 Harney street, first to sixth grades inclusive. School Has Advisors. The school has as its board of ad visors—George H. Payne, Dr. Samuel MoCleneghan, Howard H. Baldridge, J. E. Davidson and W. J. Foye. Mrs. C. F. Pratt is owner and manager, and Mrs. George C. Edgcrly,. prin cipal. Leading educators of today agree that individual instruction should and must become the future system of all sohols, both public and private. This point was emphasized at the re cent national convention. Individual instruction based on common sense methods, eliminates mental strain during the adolescent period. It is a deplorable but a wellknown fact that many boys and girls flo not know how to study. The School of Individual Instruction promptly cor rects this deficiency by careful ex planation of assignments, thereby helping students to help themselves. Personal attention is featured by small classes. To Open June 18. The summer school will open June 18. It brings pupils up to standard or paves the way for successful work in the new subjects of the next semester. The curriculum cover* all grades, junior high and high school subjects. Individual instruction is an un qualified success. Anyone, after a moment's thought, will admit that 10 pupils in a class can learn more than SO in a class. The time has passed when children can be patterned alike and turned out of a common mold. Mrs. Pratt, manager, says: "Individual Instruction will come eventually into all educational insti tutions. It will come into the public schools sooner probably than Into the colleges and universities. The gen eral public has only a vague idea of what Individual instruction really is. They imagine it may have something to do with helping the pupil Indi vidually, when as a matter of fact, individual Instruction is teaching each individual child to help himself." Van Sant School of Business Entering Upon Its Thirty third Year For girls and women having High School or College education, and for those with business ex perience who desire to increase their earning power. We place students in desirable, inexpensive boarding places, or secure positions where they can earn their living expenses out side of school hours. Address Information Clerk Van Sant School of Business Omaha 205 South 19th Straet - — -. - ■ -- ■ ■■ SUMMER CLASSES Special Instructors of National Reputation In addition to our regular faculty. Dr. Caroline Hedger, Ph. P Dr. C. N. Wenger, Ph. D. Dr. A. H Hall, Ph. P. Dr. Roe* L Finney, Ph. D. Mies Pearl Weher, A M Mias Grace Leathers, A M. Elementary and Science Courses Begin June 11 General College Classes Begin June 13 T> UNIVERSITY Ine of OMAHA Vacation School Plan of Boyles Omaha Educator Will Con duct Summer Session to Fill Office Help Demand. How often we hear the expression, “This waS actually the best vacation I ever spent.” Generally considered, that's what ' a vacation is for—to spend money, to spend time and often to expend more effort than If one stayed at home and continued work ing. According to Mr. Boyles, head of Boyles college, a person can "invest" a vacation in a way that will show profit and provide money for enjoy ment throughout a lifetime. Then he tells how young people take to commercial training during the summer months without suffering a single hardship, because the wo“k is such a distinct change that it affords a real diversion that is far more beneficial than any three months of idling could be. And of all summers this is not the one to fritter away because the de mand for office workers is increasing Cotner College The School of Individual Attention Charles Elliott Cohhey, President Bethany, Nebraska. daily and the new material must be prepared quickly. , This is why Boyles college will con tinue Us classes without letup during the summer In both the day and night school, in Omaha and Council Bluffs. Business School Finds Jobs for Graduates One of the great sources of satis faction at the American College of Business, 1908 16 Farnam street. eayg Prof. J. A. Yotfngstrom, Is that every one of the graduates are In position. "We have not only placed all our own graduates, but also a number o® outsiders who have come to us fop help In finding employment.’’ He says business conditions must bg Improving rapidly, for during the past year this college has experienced a decided increase in the number of calls for office assistants. "We could have placed at least two times as many young people as we have had graduates available to send to positions. It Is true our employ ment department Is In constant touch with the business men, but at that, the great majority of calls for book keepers, stenographers and compto* meter operators has been the direct result of the splendid work done by our graduates after taking positions, ' said Professor Youngstrom. No fewer than 200,000 American tourists are expected to visit London this summer. It is estimated that they will spend upward of $150,000, 000. _. All Our Graduates Are In Positions Take Your Course Hero aa4 Wo Will Pioco You Enter Summer Sessien Row For • better Bu»inen* Training Investi gate thi* college. It has paid other* and it will pay you. Phone At. 7774 or write AmerieiR College Efttablished 1917 Fully Accredited. 1908-16 Farnam Si., Omaha. Nab. 7 he East1 and the West Meet at the Kearney. Military Academy. A Boarding School for Boys. Operated by the Episcopal Church 1,733 at Kearney, Neb., the Midway City. Accredited by Universities and War Dept. High School and College Preparatory. A Lower School for Fifth to Eighth Grades. Fall Term Begin* September 12tb Write Now to Headmaster for Information. Visit Our School Before You Make Your Final Decision Summer chool.... Your Children Deserve the Best ji IDill Open June 18. REQ1STER ROIDI Pupils May Register for the Week, Month, or Full Summer Term “We Co-Operate With the Public Schools, and the Public Schools Co-Operate With Us” A non-sectarian school for boys and girls. Teaches how to study. Eliminates waste of time bv careful explanation of assignments. DOES NOT PATTERN ALL STUDENTS FROM THE SAME MOLD. Uses common sense methods. Lessens mental strain during the adolescent period. Features small classes and personal attention. We Prepare Pupils for Other Schools. We offer: All grada subject- and Latin, French, Mathematics, History, English, Science. OUR RECORD Opened Jan. 3, 1921, with 3 pupils. Now registered, 108 pupils SCHOOL OF Individual Instruction HA RNEY 2949 Mrs. Christel Fay Pratt, Owner and Manager Mrs. George C. Edgerly, Principal ADVISORY BOARD H. H. Baldrige Dr. Samuel McCteneghan J. E. Da rid son Gaorge H. Payne W. J. Foya 3507 HARNEY STREET 3518 HARNEY STREET Junior High and High School First to Siath Grades, Inclusive ccm& Getting the Right Start in Business IF your ambition is to succeed in life, to malce yourself in dependent, to win the re wards due the distinguished worker—start right and without delay. Boyles College places the working tools of success in your hands, trains you to assume responsibility ami to fill the higher positions perfectly. Business men of Omaha and other cities of the west will testify to this— most of them look to this institution of business recruits. Send for special booklets covering your choice of courses—they are for you—they are free. Boyles College IHth and Harney, Otnnha, Neb. Phone Jackton 1509 Marriam Block, Council Bluffi, la. Phona 876. CURRICULUMi Complete Commercial Shorthand and Typewriting Private Secretarial Bookkeeping. Bank* Ing, Auditing Telegraphy Civil Service Complete Kngltrh Comptometer Machine Bookkeeping School All Summer—Both Day and Evening Claate* 'T'HE BEE’S School and College Infor mation Bureau Will assist you in se lecting the proper school or college to which to send your son or daughter. Address letters of inquiry to The Ree*s Educational Department.