TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, ArRIL 23, 1920.
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Tuesday and Friday.
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EDWIN M. EUUK Business Mgr.
Official newspaper of the City of
Alliance; official newspaper of Box
Butte County.
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Henry L. Mencken, the well known
critic, rises to take a verbal punch at
the Comstock society, which, he says,
lias a deterring effect on American
literature. Be It known that the
Comstock society is a sort of a liter
ary "morals squad", and within the
past few weeks have secured the sup
pression of two books published by
highly reputable American publish
ers. It's true name is the New York
society for the suppression of vice,
hut it is called the Comstock society
because its chief factor, until his
death, was Anthony Comstock. An
Xhony, while often misguided and
most cordially disliked, was never
theless cnot without authority, and
the society is keeping up his work,
lacking, however, the critics say, his
judgment. Mr. Mencken is especial
ly riled, to judge from his polysyll
able protest: "It Is no wonder," he
writes, "that the typical American
maker of books becomes a timorous
and Ineffective fellcrw,. whose work
tends Inevitably toward a feeble sup
erficiality. The result is a literature
full of mawkishness." All of us will
grant the mawkishness, but why In
sist upon the feeble superficiality T
Such writers as Robert W. Cham
bers, Elinor Glynn, Ilupert Hughes
and other popular favorites have
sever hesitated to call a spade a
spade. The critics Insist that true
realism cannot exist unhampered,
but the greatest realist of them all,
Jane Austen, was able to be true to
her art without making her contri
butions to literature, , disgusting.
There are plenty of others beside the
"Divine Jane" who have managed to
write great prose without catering to
the chambermaids. We're not parti
cularly prudish, but lots of the slush
served up by the magazines gets our
coat. The Comstock society may be
composed of narrow souls, but they
are not causing any grea tloss to real
literature.
That FAMOUS make
of Shoes
EDWIN CLAPP & SONS
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Alliance, Ktbraska
A. J. R., who contributes to the
Minneapolis Journal for a salary
smaller than he deservese, recently
wrote some good stuff on the ques
tion of manners. Among other things
the article contained was the follow
ing paragraph, which is worth read
ing a couple of times: 'Tolitenrss to
the boss is a foregone conclusion,
to the office boy or the porter it is
the genuine mark of the bred-ln-the-bone
gentleman. So we may argue
that the bred-in-the-bone r"n;leman,
who is as polite to the office boy as
to the great boss of the office, will
extend the same consideration to the
pavemcnta'or the sidewalks ns to the
floors of his own home." As one of
the early sages remarked, "Manners
mayketh men." You may wonder
Just why this is worth reading twice,
and we'll proceed to get It off our
chest. There is a stretch of half-a-block
on Box Butte avenue where
women dislike to pass. In fact,
they'll go three blocks uot of their
way to miss it. Why? Because, on
fair days, there is always a gang of
men congregated there who talk pol
itics and crops and spit tobacco
juice eternally at the feet of passers
by. Instead of leaning against the
buildings, these men could stand at
the gutter and empty their insldes
in the gutter but they don't. It's
thuoghtlessness, but it's bad for the
town, for business, for the women
and the men themselves. It makes a
poor impression on visitors. And it
doesn't help the men who do it a bit.
It's been done so long and by so
many people that It's useless to say
that there are city ordinances for
bidding it.. The best way is for the
offenders themselves to take the mat
ter in hand. They can do so but
will theyf
j SALLY'S VOCATION
I K? By LULU M. PAULEY.
The state department of public
works is to obtain the services of
fifty or more prisoners at the state
penitentiary for use in road making.
They will, in accordance with the
honor system, be placed on parole
and one result will undoubtedly be
that a number of them will walk
away. The old-fashioned chain gangs
may hare been a relic of days of bar
braism, but it took a mighty clever
crook to make his getaway. How
ever, the state needs roads more than
it needs prisoners, and a few more
thugs at liberty will make very little
difference.
The election returns are more of a
puzzle to the politicians than they
like to admit. The strength of Hiram
Johnson Is especially puzzling. The
republicans seem about as glad' over
the result as the democrats did when
Jimmy Dahlman was crammed down
their throats as a gubernatorial
nominee. Politicians say that the
Johnson strength was derived from a
combination of JJLe German and labor
vote, and hints are freely passed that
somehow or other Johnson 'passed
the word to union labor that he was
in sympathy with them. Whatever
the combination was, it worked, and
one of the features of the republican
national convention will be the
sight of Wood delegates carrying out
their pledges and standing by John
son as long as there is the slightest
hope. They like Johnson about as
much as a dry democrat and there
were a few of them liked the
thought of Dahlman as their standard-bearer.
, 1(10. by McClur Nwspaper Syndicate.)
Sally Mulshed tying a gorgeous pink
bow on her long dark braid, and
smiled nt herself In the mirror.
"This Is a grent old world." she re
marked to her rooni-iuute, Annn 1'lnr
Ity, who was alrendy In bed.
?It sure Is," Anna agreed, then
added wistfully: "1 wish Frank and
I were going to be married, along
with Peter and you. tomorrow night."
Sally's face clouded.
Tin not going to mnrry anyone,"
she announced shortly.
Annn snt up lu bed In wide-eyed
astonishment.
"Not going to get married, and the
time nil set, and everything In rendl
ncss?" she gasped. "Why. Sally Day,
hnve you and Peter quarreled?"
Sally shook her head In silence.
"Why nren't you going to mnrry
Teter?" pleaded Annn.
Sally with half-shut eyelids turned
and gnzed thoughtfully at her com
panion. "Annn," she snld shortly, "you think
you love Frank, nnd expert to marry
him some day. Well, suppose some Mg
thing you had hoped for all your life
should suddenly come to yon. Which
would you choose this big thing or
Frank's love?"
Annn did not hesitate.
"Frank's love," she said simply.
Sally sighed.
"I choose the big thing," she said
"a literary career."
"Literary career?" Anna lnughed
openly. "Why, Sally Day, you've never
had a thing published in your life not
even gratuitously."
Sally smilingly drew a letter from
the folds of her kimono.
"Read that." she cried triumphantly.
Anna read with widening eyes.
"Oh," she exclaimed, "it cant be
true,"
"It is," exulted Sally. "My story has
won the first prize of one thousand
dollars."
"It will start Peter off nicely In a
business of his own. or fix a comforta
ble borne for yon Ixrth." was Anna's
view.
"Peter ta oat ef It," declared Sally,
half Unpatteatly. "Marriage would In
terfere with my future success"
Anna was silent.
"Weil?" questioned Sally. "Too
know, dear, you always said my voca
tion was a home, husband and babies.
What have yoa to say now?"
Anna met the amused look In her
friend's eyes, unflinchingly.
"Since you ask," sle retorted, "I will
say that I think you a mean, unprin
cipled girl to throw the man who loves
you over without Just reason. You
never loved him. else you would be
glad to share this success of yours
with him. guppose all this this won-
Just how effective was Bryan's
campaign against Hitchcock may be
a puzzle, but there is no doubt of his
effectiveness against Arthur Mullen.
Bryan has run ahead of Hitchcock on
the returns so far, but may not re
talnhls lead. Mullen is out of the
running. The presence of the com
moner in the democratic national
convention probably means that Sen
ator Hitchcock's show for the presi
dency is mighty slim. The women
1 vote will probably turn out to be the
I deciding factor, when the totals are
compureu.
Senior class piny, "Safety
First," comes April 23.
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It is real Lincoln Enamel, almost like porcelain, and Isalways
clean and sweet. It is such a help in my house work that I have had
almost everything in the kitchen enameled Cupboard Kitchen
cabinet Shelves. It takes so little work to keep them clean.
Of course I use the
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I always keep the little surfaces about the house refinlshed regu
larly with Lincoln Paints and Finishes. Use and wear makes them
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keeps them like new.
You can get color samples and find out what to use and how It
should be applied by calling on the Lincoln Dealer right here in our
own town.
F. E. HOLSTEN
derful future you anticipate sltoiltd
not materialize, and Peter Is lost, too?"
Snlly yawned.
"Whnt n pessimist you are." she re
innrked. io le quiet while I write to
I'eter. lie will understand, perlinps;
hut If he dun t" she fclirtigted her
shoulders find drew forward her writ
ing materials. ,
"There," she snld when she had fin
ished, "you can mall this for nie In the
morning. I'm going to take a good
rest until lunch tlni after which I
shall go for my prize money."
It was raining the next day, and
Sally with the wet from her umbrella
making little pools on the concrete
floor of the outer olllce, waited pa
tiently for the great editor of the story
magazine to receive her. Finally she
wns ushered Into the presence of that
distinguished personage.
Sally unfolded his letter and laid It
before him.
"Ahem;" he pursed his Hps while
glnnclng the letter over. "Sally Pay
Is your name. I suppose?"
"Yes;" Solly looked surprised.
The man opened a drawer In his
desk and brought out a neatly type
written manuscript. From a pigeon
hole he took another, which Sally rec
ognized ns her own. lie placed the
two side by side.
"Miss Day," he said. . kindly, "my
stenographer made n little inlstnke,
for which I am exceedingly sorry. The
winner of the first prize Is a well
known writer. Miss KII7.11 Townsley.
whose nom-de-plume Is sometimes
Sally Pny. Miss Townsley's address
Is 108 West, while yours Is the same
number East. Singular coincidence, is
It not? I nm Indeed sorry because of
the disappointment to you."
He held out her manuscript, which
she clutched at blindly. Her .voice
choked, her hend swam.
The editor followed her to the door
of the outer office.
, "Good-day," he said gently, . and
added : "Don't think me cruel If I tell
you story writing is not your voca
tion." How Sally found her way to the
street agnln she did not remember.
. Annn opened the door and Sally fell
sobbing Into her friendly arms.
"It was all a mistake, Anna," she
wailed. "You were right; and now
I've lost Peter, too."
. - "Hush 1" exclaimed Anna, drawing
the grief-stricken girl Into the room
and closing the door. "Things aren't
so bHd, honey. Come, cheer up, so we
can get dressed and ready by the time
Peter and Frnuk get here. A box of
beautiful roses has come. Stop crying
and look at them. You won't make a
pretty bride If your eyes ure red. Yes,
Peter is coming. You sec, 1 didn't
mall that letter you wrote to htm but
bight l I burned It"
"FAKE" ASPIRIN
WAS TALCUM
Therefore Insist Upon Gen
uine "Bayer Tablets
of Aspirin'
r E 1
MiHiona of fraudulent Aspirin Tablets
were sold by a Brooklyn manufacture!
whirh Inter proved to bo composed mainly
of Talcum Powder. "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" tlie true, genuine, American
made and American owned Tablets are
marked with the safety "Bayer Crow."
Ask for and then innist upon "Bayer
Tablets of Aspirin" and always buy them
in the original Bayer package which con
tains proper directions and dosage.
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture of Monoaoctlcacidceter of
Snlicylicacid. -
NOTICK TO CHEDITOIW
In the County Court of Box Butt
County, Nebraska.
In the Matter of the Estate of Airs)
Roy Haislup, Deceased:
Notice to all persons Interested in
said Estate is hereby given that A
Thomas Lunn, Administrator of th
said Estate, will meet the Creditor
of snld Estate at the County Court
Boom In the City of Alliance, Bo
Butte County, Nebraska, on the 25ttl
day of August, 1920, at the hour of
Ten o'clock, A. M. for the purpose
of hearing, adjusting and allowing
claims or demands against said Es
tate. All persons having claims or
demands against said Estate must
file the same In said Court on or be
fore the 23rd day of August, 1920,
or said Claims will be forever barred.
Dated this 14th day of April,
1920.
IRA E. TASH,
(Seal) County Judg.
Leo llnsje, Attorney. May 21
Friday, April 231 the date for
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