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have her on the next floor; she Mrs. Armstrong had never "| {and in cage of rouble it yas always, : "have to call in wo fn dn i ae on why ep Fes ord ow she wouldn't have to worry al A k 3 x 3 et owing Tues-| "Take [ " ? any longer, thank goodness--and Mrs, examined on the foll bars," dumb-bell, or doing the high Jump.he honohue would be willing to help her, day at the headquarters of the Com- examiner. Facticed these exorcives with him, WOUdNE shel et] TT was with bigh confidence that ho best record, for he "dipped? twen et as time passed the knowledge of | co SURC TEN Mot © On was a presented himself. for the test; even three times as against a former Ligh CHAPTER XI.--(Cont'd.) In the gymnasium there was on oth- er candidate whose rivalry he feared. Jerry had hoth strength and quick- ness; in chinning himself on the bar or ndling the seventy-fiye-pound . Reckoned in tonnage, the net saving in shipping resulting from the in- creased production in corn and pota-! ** toes in England and es alone "| should amount in the coming year to 1,500,000 tons. The figures quoted relate only to holdings of an acré and upwards, and take no account of allotments 'and gardens. The increase in allotments alone since 1916 is not less than. 800, 000 in England and Wales, or 140 per: cent. The additional weight of food- stuffs' produced by this expansion may |] tbe reckoned at not less than 800,000 tons above the normal. . A en Stand behind the boys at the front --but not too far behind. ---------- bis rer 1,800,000, : y-| = mis this fagt gave him little satisfaction! 7 7% | the sight of the fifteen or twenty oth-| mark of twenty-one. "I get stronger and stronger," he Selicate, pale, eee eteatures ler candidates assembled did not re-|® (To be continued.) muttered to himself, "and what's the 'oct, hor 'promises and comfort- | duce his.hopefulness. Some of them| i good of my strength?" ing assurances and speech that im:| Were taller and heavier than he, most pre It finally proved of use, for one day 4eq" competence and knowledge; | of them looked "tougher"; but Jerry GROW 40 WEEKS' BREAD. when he was strolling along the for though she had never been lu y studying them one after another, told ' river wharves a foreman to whom he enough to have more than one her himself that he would be willing to ! -- 5 had often applied in vain beckoned to Coie ty rl Gere many and many that| Wrestle or box with any of them. They, The United Kingdom Is Steadily Bs- jot him. There was a 'cargo of molasses, she had assisted, and if she said it. were called out of the waiting-room coming More Self-Sustaining. and cotton to be unloaded; Jerry went who 'shouldn't: "twas hardly likely | one by one; at last his turn came, " to work cheerfully at twenty cents an up ¢ any hospital trained nurse could [8nd he entered the dressing-room,| ne United Kingdom is within a ~ hour. From that day he was sure of 1. 0 1iore uge in such a matter. The | stripped off his clothes, and put on his |; rape distance now of being self- "at least intermittent employment {Loner passed much time in each gymnasium suit. In a few moments; rting in the matter of bread- upon the wharves, so long as naviga- other's company, and it was no doubt | he was summoned to appear before |SUPPO 4 a : tion continued; but winter was ap- artly: to show Airs Ho anion of the judges; and no school or college stuffs. : ' proaching, and with the closing of the FrTHY) 0 Hi Boe nett | Youth ever entered the fipld for any| Sir Arthur Lee, Director-General o rivers his resource must fail him. And: jit "Jerre one day a to a bail| athletic contest with more eager ex-|Food Production, estimates that this even in such humble employment he oo Soy hung back at first, un-| citement than he felt as he passed into, year's harvest will glve 40 weeks sup- was not frec from molestation; one willing to accept favors that he could the next room, Then he instantly ply, ag compared" with a 1iftle over day when he was bending under a not return. but Bennett, understand. became aware of an ominous fact; 10 weeks' supply in 1916-17, and 18 heavy grain sack and passing the ing, sughed andesaid, "Its a cheap the group of judges and spectators o. io supply in 1917-18, treat all right. The sporting editor's | who gazed at Jim_with yf lasity_he Sir Arthur's estimate for this year a friend of mine, and he Pave me the TW Ih his first glance Taxwe is based on the assumption that the grating at the end of the wharf, he saw two young, obnoxious faces grin- e bars and heard the | Maguire. : * a cop some day, so just bear this in ning through t + snickering comment of the elder Arm- strong, "Ain't he the dandy cop!" Thereafter hardly a day passed on which these two amiable young per- song did not repair to the wharves and | e gaze at him through the grating, con- vulsed with merriment over his Tor) formance of his tasks. ' It was an] indignity with which it seemed impos- | sible to deal; he ¢ould have borne it, with equanimity had it not soon come | to hig knowledge that the Armstrong girls were using their discovery to plague Kate and Peter at school. Kate drew him out into the hall one evening to whisper, "Jerry, can't lick those two Armstrongs to make them shut up? They're always teas-| ing Peter because you're ' working n down at the river instead of being a cop,-and they've sef a lot of others on to tease Peter about it too. I don't care what they say to me--I'm older| ~--but it isn't right they should pick, on Peter so. It's making him hate! school." "I'll have a little talk with Peter," said Jerry "But you wouldn't mend matters by fighting with"them, Kate. Just try to hold your temner and keep | your dignity; some time things will | come our way It's a pity, of course,! that I ever made that remark about what I was going to be--" | "No, it isn't, and you are going to be a cop!" the girl cried; and as she clung with both hands to his arms he felt her wiry little frame quivering ag with passionate conviction. "If 1 ever am, I couldn't do better than have your spirit, Kate." And Jerry laughed and stroked her shim-| mering brown hair affectionately. She didn't understand quite what he; meant, but she looked at him with a a h he had promised, and showed him that, 10 matter what the provocation might be, a boy could never have a row with a girl--that however insulting she might be a man couldn't lay his hand on a woman. "But cops sometimes arrest ladies," Peter reminded him. Yes; that was true, but it was never 1 ti by way of gratifying any personal. resentment, but simply because, for the safety of the world at large, the ladies had to be put under restraint. "And if you've ever noticed a cop arresting a lady, Peter, you've noticed ¢ cop never bothers to answer back, | Now you want to get in training to be mind when the girls taunt you. Just say to yourself, 'I can't arrest them! yet because I'm not a cop, but I can do one thing a cop would do, and that' is keep my mouth shut.' Just remem- ber always to say that to yourself, Peter." - The little boy's face cleared with satisfaction; he felt that his course ¢ would now be much easier. tickets." he and his new pipes, followed the game with en- thusiasm, and arrived | liking for each other. served Bennett. I get to see in the summer, and mati- | ends at three. comment. not. | down there, but he wouldn't remem- ber me--and he wouldn't help me if Maguire some So Jerry's scruples vanish- d, and sitting high up in the stands riend smoked their at a greater "I tell you, it's a fine thing to have job on a morning newspaper," ob- "Lots of ball games ees in the winter. Night work's ot so bad when it begins at six and And the Standard's fine newspaper to work for.--Say, see that fellow in the gray felt hat down on the aisle? Take a good look at him. You've heard of him, I guess. That's Patrick Maquire. "Oh, sure," said Jerry, to whom the ame and fame of the local political | boss had been well known for years. You'd ought to have gone and set- tled in his ward,' said Bennett. "Then you'd be sure to be in line for a job. Patrick certainly does look after all the residents of the Fourteenth. a man will live there for three months, | ¢'ll find work for him---and if he | likes his looks he won't make him i wait as long as that. good-hearted to all the folks in need outside of his ward, but to them that's iin .it--well, they think he's next door | to an angel." He's kind of Jerry studied the back of Maguire's head with interest and in a moment | was rewarded with a profile view of \ his face. | alert face, and it seemed just then to be eyeing its companion quizzically. | Jerry's tatention was dire 1 It was a good-humored, to this rson, whom he recognized as John axwell, the Congressman. He im- parted the information to Bennett. "I'm not surprised," was Bennet's "He picked Maxwell to Nobody does any- here without his tandard's the only anction. ; The Standards the only aper in town that dares to oppose im. And you know, from all the ell me, he's not such a bad lot. © {lives as strict as a preacher--doesn't { drink, doesn't smoke; and for all he's 1! supposed to have made a fortune out of politics, you'd never know it ex ept by what he does for the poor. He gives 'em picnics and buys milk for their babies and sends sick people to hospitals at his expense; and he lives that the lady does all the talking, The| in the same little house he's always gular old bachelor, and looks after his sister and her kid; you'll see him run- i ning them round in his automobile. Don't you suppose you know anybody , that could introduce you to him?" Re- Jerry shook his head. "I'm afraid I once met the .CongFessman no e did. "Well, now, T tell you"--Bennett poke earnestly--"you go and call on day anyway. Tell him your name's Donohue and let him CHAPTER XII , | look at you. Not all the neighbors were as un-! thing for you. I'll bet he'd do some- He stands by the Pleasant as the Armstrongs. On the Irish and he's a good judge of men." r above Jerry and his mother | lived a young compositor and his wife,'s Bennett by name; and from the first! on it. they had shown a friendly disposition. | self under obligations to the to Mrs. | feel for the rest of his days that Ma- tations--a hardly|guire had a right to count of his Support. From what he had read in \ newspapers he had conceived al Mrs. Bennett had confided Donohue her ex necessary formality--and had pleased her by saying it was o oor to LI HH : THe outward beauty Williams New Scale Plano Is an Index of is Intrinsic © worth. ideals afs bu into every one of these ? deals. of craftsmansh that make for the Jerry thanked his friend for the uggestion, but had no idea of acting He wasn't going to put him- ss and "that disfinguishes a amous Instruments-- 2 hip. the most If | Lan . tio _ Intan nal carelessness shool "Your name is Gerald Donohue?" said one who appeared to be in charge of the examination: "Yes," Jerry answered. He saw Maxwell look at him with sudden intentness, and at once knew that the Congressman had recognized him. No doubt it had been foolish KEEPING MY "Gh, you think it is easy to keep a child clean, do you?" I hear mothers say with a laugh or a'sigh, "I only wish you had to try it with my Bobbie!" t I have been trying it-with four children of my own without extra help, and I know whereof I speak. The secret of success in the care of a child is system just as;it is the secret of success'in housekeeping or business. Many mothers o adhere rigidly to a schedule for the baby have no regular times for caring for the bodies of the older children. They let them go until they offend the eye 80 hadly that they are caught by an exasperated mother and given a gen- eral cleaning. : If the mother has allowed herself to fall into the habit of giving the chil- dren only a Saturday-night tubbing, this sounds like a big undertaking. Aside from the dressing and undress- ing, however, ten minutes for each child is ample time. 'When the child is kept clean with a daily bath, this ten-minute period will allow either a sponge or a tub bath.- Children more than seven years old can ba taught to bathe themselves though it will be necessary for the mother to attend to the neck, ears and wrists of children until they are about fifteen. In a large family it is best to have half the members bathe at night and the other half in the morning so that all will not want to usé the bathroom at the same time. The father and older children will usually prefer cold baths in the morning while the even- ing should be reserved for little chil- dren who are dirty from the day's play, for those too anaemic for cold baths and for tHe mother who has lit- tle time to give to her own care in the morning if she must also prepare breakfast. 5 | All the children should" wash their faces, hands, clean their nails and comb their hair before coming to the breakfast table. After breakfast the children should be trained to go to the toilet and to brush their teeth before leaving for school. The faces and hands of the little ones should be wiped before they are allowed to play. Before lunch and dinner be sure to Lhave the children wash their hands with soap and water and a nail brush, This is a necessary precaution if they are to be kept well, for more infections A child is liable summer I have found it best to have ; the clean clothing put on at this time. In the morning I allow my Silden : ard to, & all reasonable freedom in al- ents meet with disapproval, : lightly. himsel ever . normal consumption) could be made are carried from hand to mouth than |: qe l have them again attend or _ | to the teeth and face and hands. In; If a child is} If clean, whole of the wheat and barley crops, one-fifth of the the oats and one-fourth jof the potatoes (the surplus above available for breadmaking. The increase in the acreage under crops in England and Wales on April FOUR CLEAN. ' In my family the young children are all in bed by seven or eight the year round. Before bedtime, during school session, is the time to attend thoroughly to the children's toilets even if the mother lets the dishes wait until the children are in bed. She should then give baths to those who did not 'bathe before breakfast and wash the necks, ears and hands of all, using a good soap on the face to clean out the pores that may be clogged with dust and dirt. "Thus she will prevent "blackheads.". See that nails are cleaned and teeth brushed. At night too have the children use salt or a dentifrice on the teeth and then run dental floss or a double strand of white darning cotton between the teeth. Poo We have recently became aware that danger lies in. the unsterilized teethbrush exposed in the bathroom. Common table salt will make it sterile. 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