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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1919)
CLINIC HAS PROVED WORTH THE SETTLE By MILDRED WHITE. Cyntlilii paused before the doorway of the old house und looked up nt Its desolate windows. She hud known the time when these windows were trim with white curtains, the shining glass reflecting firelight within. As work mon came past, removing old niahog nny furniture, n whim seized her to go In through the open door nnd Inspect the straggling rooms, with their unex pected corners. Soggy fall loaves, which had lately been luxuriant and green, carpeted the veranda floor; Cynthia thought, as she 'stepped Inside, that the leaves were an emblem of that life which had, until the last, made the rambling dwelling a place of comfort. The springtime of the woman's life had been green and generous with promise; now, even as the leaves, it lay broken and wasted. The stairs echoed to her tread as she went on to the long hall above. Prom this hall rooms braucluM out perplexlngly and slie hesitated select ing her way. Here, a white marble mantel beckoned from Its Inviting nook near the green latticed bow-window; there, an outer balcony promised a view of the tangled garden beneath. But Cynthia went down three steps, to a second hallway, on to a twisting turn, resting nt length on a wooden settle at the end. The place was de lightfully surprising. She thought how easily one might keep house for one's self in one or two of the great spread ing rooms. Cynthia loved to keep house. Now, she was boarding. Presently, as she sat, she began to dream of the old house, peopled with forms of her fancy. Some way, always In the center of these happy dream people she herself moved, dispensing hospitality. The lire beneath the mar ble mantel df the living room glowed cheerily. Late crysnnthemums were heaped" upon It. Then, with a tremu lous laugh Into the shadows of the hall, Cynthia cume back from her dreaming to a realization of her own small room at the city boarding house. Following the sound of, her broken laughter came quickly another step. Some one else had paused, perplexed at that last twisting way, undecided how to continue. The unexpected sight of her apparently decided the man, for he advanced, hat In hand, toward the settle. "Pardon the Intrusion," he began. "I thought the house vacant." "So it is," Cynthia told him. "I strayed In, following an, impulse." "Interesting old place," the man said pleasantly; "don't let me Interrupt your Inspection." "I am not exactly Inspecting," she said. Looking Into his kind, shrewd eyes, Cynthia wns moved by a second Im pulse; a need of fellow sympathy, per haps, for the hardness of the world. She herself could hardly have explain ed the impulse. "I came," she added abruptly, "to think things over. To put myself, ns It were, In place of the woman who has been dispossessed of the home of her lifetime. To wonder Just 'what I should do In her place." "Dispossessed?" asked the man. Un invited, he seated himself on the set tle. Cynthia nodded. "Sho carried the mortgage ns long ns slie could, and then It was foreclosed. There hud been an Invnlld father for years, you see, her youth was tied. Hut she made little money go a very long wny; she was planning to mnko the old house pay for Itself, when " Cynthia's tender face hardened "a brute of a ninii foreclosed the mort gage. He'd been wnltlng his chance for years, wanted to build n big apart ment on the land. So the poor woman had to get out. 1" she brushed tha tears from bur eyes "It's n tragedy to me," Cynthia explained. "You see, I know her well." The man drew a notebook from his pocket und held It up to the light. "Ruth Vail wns the former ownor of the property, I believe," ho said. "You knew this man who fore closed?" "I saw hfm," Cynthia replied, "Just once. A red-fneed bully who mnde no allowance for woman's helplessncsslu his dismissal." Iter Indignation ended in a sudden smile. "I hoped," said Cynthia, ."that I might meet that man here today to give him an illuminating glimpse of his own character. Gain und greed have killed all humanity in him." The stranger rose from the bottle nnd stood looking down upon her. "You may bo right," he said, thoughtfully. "Sometimes that Is so; but this red-faced bully of whom you speak was but the owner's agent ful filling what he thought to be his duty. The despicable creature to whom you refer Is myself. I held that mortgnge ; that I was not Informed of this particu lar Instance of foreclosure does not ex cuse me. My man Is ordered to take always what Is mine. Now thnt you have relieved my blindness will you take upon yourself the plensuro of go ing to your friend nnd telling her from me that she is to be reinstated here, with promise of being undisturbed, un til she has the advantage of a good start?" Cynthia arose. "You can't mean " she began shak ily. She paused. "I urn Ruth, Cynthia ValU" she told him. The man smiled enigmatically. "You looked very much at home up on thnt settle,", he said. (fopyrlcbt. 1919, WeMernNewapaper Union) The Uplift A senator, apropos of the huge quan tity of army meat which It was pro posed should be sold to the packers for less than half the price paid them by the government, said : "Why sell this meat to the packers? Would 11 not be better to sell it to consumers direct and thus aid In re ducing the cost of living?" The senator added bitterly: "The high cost of living! We heard a lot about the uplift movement to be expected as the result of the war, but we didn't expect the uplift to be concentrated on prices." ::o: l'lnno For Snle We have stored In North Platte a strictly high grade piano which If sold at onco can be purchased at a positive bargain. Terms. For particulars ad dress THE DENVER MUSIC COMPANY, 77-G Denver, Colo. Organization Established by Boston Firm Well Worthy of Imitation by Other Employers. "A plonoer medical clinic, established 15 yoars ago to protect the health of COO employees, and gradually onlnrxed nnd expanded until It now cares for n total of 2.700 that Is the reord proud ly hold today by a well-known Roston firm. At .the time of its organization the medical director was in charge of the clinic In the capacity of director nnd visiting nurse. Now the clinic Is In chnrge of a practicing physician and surgeon, assisted by three' full-time grnduate nurses. During the Intluenzn epidemic of Inst winter, over 050 employees were treat ed per day, with only six deaths during the entire course of tho dreaded dis ease. All cases were given enroful Individual attention and, In Instnnces where no family doctor was In at tendance, Immediate arrangements were made for medical care. It Is tho policy of the nurses In the clinic to advise all employees with whom they come In contact to be In sured, an activity which the firm Itself handles through an employees' organ ization. The purpose of such advice Is to secure Insurance for all em ployees In order that they may receive its benefits after one week's Illness. This arrangement docs not place a premium upon the employees' being ill, nnd at the same time the clinic co operates in the matter of Insurance. A dental clinic Is in a formative state and, no doubt, will be established In a short time. The plan and method of administration and organization Is simply In the making, but It Is safe to say that the dental clinic will be as effi cient ns the medical clinic. The Modern Hospital, In describing the clinic, says that It has fully proved Its value In protecting the health of the employees of this particular com pany and merits the commendntlon and Imitation of, other mercantile and Industrial establishments. SEEMINGLY NO AGE LIMIT Applicants for Divorce Are by No Means Always in the Days of Their Callow Youth. There is no age limit to divorce. In Oregon a woman at the age of eighty two, yeurs is suing for a decree from her husband, who Is a callow stripling of seventy-one summers. 'This seems to be another case of too much mother-in-law, ns the wife asserts that her husband's love has been alienated and undermined through the work of his mother, who is now ninety-four years old and who never did like her, any l(ow. They have been married some ten years now, and the wife said that when the husband took her money to buy an nuto fo.' his mother and wouldn't let his wife ride In It, she knew that his love was dead. When she remonstrated the husband coldly Informed her thnt she could leave the house. When the vile said that the home was her own and bought with her own money the husband replied thnt might be so, but he hnd thought fully had the deed recorded In his own name. Now she bus to appeal to the courts. It Is rather rougli when n bride of eighty-two has to compete with a nlnety-four-year-old mother-in- law for the affections of her husbnnd How Much Oil Not What Price -o"ai ana r-3 C MOTOR p- .fit f, .- a & The wesiring quality, not the price the protection it jdves your engine ami the power (.'Jlk'ieix-y it niiJnhiin;; -thest- con siderations sholild govern motor oil selec tion. They measure the true economy of high grade Polarime Oil over cheaper, less efficient lubricants. Polar inc not only lasts longer gives more mile.s of operation per "tillon but it gives an engine betlerprotei'tion. It retains its body and lubr:eity practically unchanged at all engine heats. It provides an eil film that keeps compression tight and gels every possible ounce T power from the explosive force of tho gases. Ir. is the year round luln-icant for motoriu'i satis faction, economy and eflie-icncy. luy Poiarine where you, buy Red Crown Gasoline, the economical, clean-burning motor fuel at first class garages and service stations wjiere you see this sign. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEBRASKA) Omaha f 17 V 111 tlAXtUDD Oil COMMNV S3, IflBTTiTTBi CIGARETTES of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos blended They do more than just taste good CHESTERFIELDS are giving smokera an entirely new kind of cigarette enjoyment. Not only do they please the taste, but they go straight to your "smoke-spot," they let you know you're smoking they satisfy. It's all in the blend the manufacturer's private formula and it cannot be copied. That's why it's Chesterfields and Chesterfields only if you want "satisfy." Moisture-proof package keeps them firm and fresh, whatever ihe weather. "LIFE RE AVING IS CROSSAIM" Most Important Work of Peace Is Welfare of People, Says Dr. Farrand. ORGANIZATION MUST GO ON Co-ordination of All Movements to Conserve Humanity and Prevent Disease Is After-War Task. "The efficient organization which the American Bed Cross built up to meet tho demands of wur must not bu permitted to slip back into In activity," said Dr. Livingston Fur rand, chairman of tho Central Com mittee of the American Ited Cross who is touring the country to place the proposed peace work squarely before the people. Ills tour wus outlined to carry tho messngo into all states us a forerunner of tho Third Ited Cross Roll Cull, to bo conducted from Nov. 2 to 11 for 20,000,000 annual member ships and $15,000,000. Most Diseases Preventable. "Tho war hus nccentuated nnd sharpened our realization that tho greatest contributing fnctor In disturb ing the hnppiness of mankind Is the cpi .itlon of physical well-being, tho problem of heulth and disease," Dr. Farrand said. A large portion of the dlse.iso of tho world Is preventable, and tho people nuturally uro looking to organizations thut uro nblo to help and guide; Unit arc built on lines that begot confidence. "The organization best equipped for this purposo Is tho American Ited Cross. States and municipalities must conduct this campaign and tho local Ited Crosa organizations aro operating units. For the Inst ten years leuders In health work havo sought nn organi zation capable of co-ordinating the various local activities Into n massed movement which would produce re sults. That organization is tho Red Cross. Nursing Program Developed. Aro we not going to tnkoudvnntnge of this opportunity to bettor humanity? We have hero an organization that represents every nutionul Interest; thnt nows no party and no creed; that lins attached to It every typo of man, woman und child In the United States nnd we proposo to put this en orgy behind tho great movement to co-ordinate and bring together these varied Interests so fur as possible. "Tho biggest activity which the Red Cross has undertaken in this field Is tho great public nursing program. Tho entire movement for public health depends upon tho adequate develop ment of the public nurse." GEN. PERSHING GIVES $10,000 TO RED CROSS. Tho Inst act of Gen. Pershing boforo ho left Franco for tho United States was to turn over to the American Red Cross 01, 025.40 francs, nbout $10,000, to be used by the Red Cross for tho enre of French orphan children who hnd been "adopted" by the Red Cross. A chaplain attached to Gen. Pershing's staff visited tho Red Cross headquar ters and saw tho work which was be ing done for the children. Apparently ho had carried n report to tho com munder In chief, and tho check was the result A Foreign Ship. Homer L. Ferguson, president of tho chamber of commerce of the United States has stirred up tho patriots over tho reproduction of u foreign ship be ing on our twenty-dollar bills. Making a speech recently, nnd seeking to Im press his auditors with the fact that this country bus entirely too few ships, lie whipped out a twenty-dollar bill and (leclnrcd : "Why, oven the sflilp reproduced on this bill Ir one that was taken over by this country during the war. It flies the American ling, all right, but It Is a forelgn-bullt ship." Kxnmlnntlon proved he wns abso lutely correct. Tho ship hns four fun nels, nnd there never has been a four funneled ship built In this country for our foreign trude. The Mean Man. Everybody knows tho story about poor Tom Sharkey, who electrified tho loungers In his saloon one day by say ing heartily, "Well, boys, what are we going to have?" And then, ns tho loungers gathered round the bur, he udded, "Rnln or shlno?" Representative Gordon Lee of Chlck ntnuuga told u story of n similar kind nbout a mean man nt Atlantic City. Some friends visited him on a hot eve ning nnd After they hnd sweltered a while In tho sitting room ho suld : " 'Well, friends, could you stnnd some refreshments?' '"We certulnly could!' the visitors replied, nnd they moistened their dry Hps In pleasant anticipation. "'Then,' said the mean man, rising, 'we'll open this window. There's prom Iso of a breeze.' " h " huh imu "BIT 1 You Need I a V and a $ IT