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fZ. HDMAN INTEREST Nowadays wUn nwriy eTsry woin»a without h*Tlnf tbem dlcUted to h*r. bdiB to choose a career the one who I She muet Inaplrt oonfldenoe »o that cannei afford to p-aduate or to em- i caHem will wirHngly tell her their bark on a long and expenelre training ! aBalra. Her employer, whose time is ••ems to be confronted with a dlffl- j obTlously more valuable than her own, eult problem. She may have had a , may not wish to talk to everyone him good general ediu^atlon and be ta-t»elf, and If the matter la so Important terested In many jrubjecta but feel no urge to pursue any special one. Many a woman piaced In this potltlon haa found a happy solution In a secretary- •hip, and paradoxical as It may sound, a good secretary rarely remains a •eeretary that he miiet, it will be helpful to have the gist of the nubject before him so that be need not waste time In pr»- Umlnary Inquiries. Interest. The secretary must not appear hur- ried even if she 1h busy, for each per- By a secretary 1* not meant some- son's affairs seem extremely Import- one who taps a tyi>ewrlter at an in- ant to himself. Courteous attention credible speed, nor merely someone and unfeigned Interest do not take any w^o never falls to tranecribe her own longer than does standing with one shorthand notes. Shorthand and type- eye on the door and the other on the writing, though essential, are mechani- speaker. The result, however, may be cal and do not constitute the secretary- vastly different. •hip. Her quality depends on the more ; But, you may say, where does the elusive mental equipment she brings ' secretary come in? Is she to give with her and exercises and perfects as .everything? Certainly she should give she goes along. Her most Important i all she has, and always seek to add to duty Is to act as a buffer between her I her store, but her return will be pro- employer, who Is probably a busy man i portlonately rich. She has an in- or woman with important work to do, and the outside world. Discretion. Kot until she has made her employ- teresting life, a good salary; Is of real service to someone, and earns his cour fldence and gratitude. She can get an Insight into the world's work. If she er's Interest her own, has learnt the > has a bent for literature, what Invaltt- Joy of willing service, and acquired the able experience may be gained by ability to handle a difficult situation helping someone engaged In it. ' If to with tact, can she claim to be a secre- W a journalist is her ambition there tary. She must be so discreet that , is no bettter method of becoming one the most private business can be dia- j than to act as secretary to an editor, cuseed In her presence with absolute Many women who Ifave made their certainty that no word of the convert way in commerce have served an ap- satton will be. repeated, and that not prentic6?hip as secretary to a business because she bos not understood what man, while social worli and politics It is about. She must be able to act â-  may all be studied from this useful on her own Initiative, to write letters angle of actual experience. More Than Grass. Barrel Gardens. On my breakfast table there Is a pot of honey. Not the manufactured stuff sold under that name in shops, but honey of the hive, brought to me by a neighboring cottager whose bees often hum In my garden. It gives, I conf esSf more pleasure to my eye than ' out by Mr. to my palate ; bat I like to taste of it, [ California, because it ia honey. . . . What were ; He filled honey to me if I knew nothing of Hy- which holes mettus and Hybla? â€" if my mind had no stores of poetry, no- memories of romance? Suppose me town-pent, the name might bring with it some plea- santness of rustic odor; but of what poor significance even that, if the country were to me mere grass and corn and vegetables, as to the man who haa never read nor wished to read. The poet Is indeed . . . above the world of sense, trodden by hidebound humanity, he builds that world of his own whereto is summoned the unfet- tered. . . .Why does it delight me to see the bat Sitting at dusk before my window, or to hear the hoot of the owl when all the ways are dark? I might regard the bat with disgust, and the owl either with vague superstition or not heed it at all. But these have PAVING STONES MADE AT HOME ra g sa The writer recently saw a wonder- fully effective garden with many ar tistlc paths and these paths were laid with cement blocks which were all of one size. They were about 8 by 4 Inches large, and It was learned they were made at home and were the work of a woman. Another garden which also made a tine effect was paved with large "bricks." In both cases the separate stones of cemunt were laid as is expensive flagging. As cement in many part.4 of the country is much less expensive than paving stone it is of interest to know how these blocks are molded. They may be large or small ae taste prefers, and the effect of irregular paving can be achieved by casting a variety of shopes and sizes, but it really never k>olu like broken stone, therefore the small blocks luid regularly give a finer effect. The Method. should be fllled about one-half fuU with half sand and half cement wtiteh has been mixed with a little more water than tile first batch. Then the remain- der of the space should be flUad with the name mixture (half and half) to which has been added 4 times Its bulk In broken stone or brick. This work must be done rapidly It perfect union Is to be achieved, for the layers dry quickly, and for neat work they need to mix and inter- mingle, dr)in» all together. After pouring In the last mixture of all. It is a good plan to draw a straight piece of wood across the top to secure an absolutely smooth surface. .\s cement sets quickly, it will be quite hard In about 20 minutea, but those from whom the writer learned of this work said they left the blocks in the molds for two days at least and then they were dry through and I through. As they shrink a little In the I proceee, It is very easy to turn them The materials necessary are good out. L«t them stand In sun and wind cement and clean sharp sand in equal if convenient, proportions, and broken brick or' cement Must Age Before Planting. proportion to tiese of ^^^^^ ^^g^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ' tlve quality of lime It contains. A-fter laying a garden with stone, one can stone In tihe four to one. j Cast the blocks in wooden molds. The work will be hastened If one sup- plies oneself with plenty of theee molds and tlUs them all at once. They are not at ail expensive and may be purchased from garden furniture studios or from a practical carpenter. They will last for many castings. Of plant bulbs among the crevides. border plants around the edges of beds, and sow seeds broadcast, and they wlU all do well, but cement haa to mellow many weeks before it is advisable to plant near It. Of course, it the blocks have been made a rear before the lay- Betts at her home in London, EnglaLj. Every gardener concerned about strawberry growing will be Interested to learn that enough strawberrlee to supply a family for a season can be reared in a barrel. This is the proof of an experiment successfully carried Delavan D. Johnson, of with earth a barrel In each of sufficient size to take a strawberry ilant. had been bored. In each of the holes a plant was set, and under each plant was buQt a screen platform to support It as it grew and bore fruit. As many as sixty plants can be j cultivated in one barrel, and by this ' ^^^ ^'^^ ''^'"^ ^^^ ''^"'* °^ progress method hundreds of plants can be : '^'^''^'^ P'"-''^ *" '^° newest airs, reared in a restricted area. j ^o"" '•'"' ^reat and grand successes The berries are said to be better "â- ^'"^ always to him who dares, than thos-j grown on the ground, since '^•"^'"^ '"'^ '^'"^''^ °" "^* ^*'' 'horizon they get more sun and air and are not GIRL REFUSES ROYAL ASSISTANCE Miss Setts, a London girl, was struck by the King's automobile, on a street in London, a few days ago, and suffered slight injuries. The King, on seeing what had happened, got out of the car and helped the girl up, and offered to take her home. Miss Betts was more surprised on coming in con- tact with the King than with being hit. She refused, however, His Majesty's offer to assist her, and saying she was all right, departed for her home. The course they should be a little larger inj of thAi, they will be quite safs, than the desired size of the "stones" for cement adwaya shrinks a trifle as it hardens. I The first thing is to make a good ' surface for the stone by pouring in an ; Inch of hard cement and this is done I by using only one-third of water to I sheer cement, and mixing them thor- and no "bum" will remain in the miu terial to destroy tender roots seeking to expand in the earth. When one has mastered making paving "stones" a whole world of gar- den endeavor Is seen to stretch ahead. Many ornaments can be molded, all Inexpenelvely. Cement takes on a oughly before putting them Into the richer color as It ages and if correctly following day she received flowers from His Majesty. This photo shows Miss , j^^i^ ^ad pressing the mixture firmly made will not crack when the elemenU Keep Step. Keep step with the marching hours That are swiftly moving by, For they still keep tramping onward From birth to the day you die. If you let them get before you, Yca'U never your place regain. And you'll hobble a:ong life's highway In misery, want and pain. Into corners. .ALfter this the mold plaor upon It so cramped for room. tbeii- place ia the poet's world, and carry me above the Idle present. I once passed a night in a little mar- ket-town where I . . . went to bed •arly. ... 1 was presently awakened by I knew not what; in the darkness there sounded b sort of music, and ... I was aware c! the soft chiming of church bells. Why, what hour could It bef 1 struck a light and looked at my watch. Midnight. Then a glow came over me. "We have heard the chimes at midnight, JIaster Swallow!" Never til! then had I heard them. And the town In which I slept was Eve- sham, but a few miles from Stratford- on-Avon. What if those midnight bells hsd been to me as any other, and I had reviled theiS as any other? â€" George Olaslnfi, ir. "nceks and the Quiet Life." Where never a foot has trod. Where the gold of high achievement Lies close underneath the sod. Keep step with the helpful army Which threads out the path of good. Through deserts of humau failure, j Through forest, aivl fire, and flood. I Set the pace for the halting laggards 1 Who crowd in the army's rear. ! And make for the glorious highlands Of the far-off golden yearl â€"A. B. C. A Tale About Time-Keeping. Many thousands of years passed on j this earth before man devised any de- vice fortelling the time by the sun. It is known that early man l>egan his day at sunrise and divided it into twenty- four hours, but it was not until about 550 B.C. that Berosus, a Greek, Invent- ed the sundial, says C. W. Mltman In "The Story of Time-Keeping." 1 The value of Beroaus' invention was i soon recognized and sundials were ; Pterodactyl, erected in many places. They were ' not, however, always gratefully re- ceived, as indicated by an old Roman conservative: â€" The gods confound the man who first found out How to dlstlnguisih hours! Confound them all I TRAVEL BY AIRPLANE BECOMING SAFER RESEARCH WORK BY BRI TISH MIUTARY MAN. a Tailless Ma- chine, is Made Laterally Stable at All Speeds. trials with a glider, which decision was afterward amply justified. Satisfactory Tests. In the winter of 1924 he came to the conclusion thsjt, with slight modlflca/- tlon, his structure would be able to carry a passenger. The airplane ar- ranged as a gilder was completed in : December. 1924. aud was tried out ia • a remote spot where he had done soma gliding In the early days of flying. His test3 were so satisfactory that he was i satisfied that the machine would fiy ' under power and that no alieraticui in 1 design were necessary. ' Fitted with a Bristol Cherub engine. For some three years Capt. G. T. R. ^jia Pterodactyl, as Captain Hill chris- Hlll has been engaged on research tened hla machine, was ready to fly by with "safety in ; October the following year. His first of the fl*6ht proved satisfactory, and up to date 21 flights have been iiiaJe. Xt top work flight in connection ' and before the members Finger priiits can be forged, accord- ing to a linger print expert who dis- plays evidence of such a case. Good Mark:. "Your son is gretting good marks at school I suppose?" "I'll say he is â€" cuts, bruises, scratches and black eyes." Hotter Than Our Sun. The side of the sun t;irn«d away from the earth is hotter than the edge we see, astronomers believe. SEEING ROUND THE WORLD A New Use Aetually taking shape now are pieces cC apparatus, inhumanly human, which irtU snable operators not only to con- trol pllotlesi aeroplanes while they are high in the air, but to endow these, manleas "seeing" for Wireless automatically from the controlled ground. EV>cused on these air-borne screens by powerful lenses, just as it tran- spires, will be the actual scene it Is machines with a power of j desired that the rest of the world shall electrically what la in front, see. The thousands of sens-itive cells A Guide Needed. j "What do you do when winter breaks I up?" asked a man tor whom Toofua ' j had been guiding. ] "1 may go to Niagara Falls." re- sponded Toofus, "and be a guide." i "But what is there to guid\! about at ! Niagara Falls? Everything is in plain ' sight." I "X guide goes around with honey i moonsrs," said Toofus "and keeps them from walking into those falls." Detecting Compression Leaks. When pistoa.s aud rings are taken out of an engine, compression leaks can be detected by black streaks on the pistons and rings after the oil and carbon have been removed. sure. Truer and more exact than them. The dial told me when time To go to dinner (when I had aught to eat). But nowalays. why I can't fall to unless the sun gives leave. The town's so full of these confound- ed dials â- The greater part of these inhabitants. Shrunk with hunger, creep along the streets. to loss of control in the air, he studied . Wlio in this place set up a sundial i„ , . . ,c , . r ^ _ i,„ -•" â-  To cut and hack my days so rigidly I ^>"^^ Aeronautical Society, London, he , ^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^ ^^^^j .^^,j „f ^53 ^^^^^^ 'into small portions! WTien I was a I '"eceully gave details of soma of the the speed was 70 miles per hour, with I b-y ! results attained. Faced with the fact engine revolutions per minute of 3340. I My belly was my sundial: one more] that many lives are lost yearly owing Stalling speed was 25 miles per hour. The airplane proved laterally stable at all speeds, and if the control stick was released when side-«lippiag. It immedi- ately returned to the centre and the machine as.s;:med a level keel. It would fly wit.'; feet off the rudder bar, and If this were klcke<i over and re- leased It returned to the c?utra! posi- tion and a steady straight flight was resumed. Gliding Peww. There proved to be no deflnlta stall- ing point, though there was a definite minimum speed. With throttled on- any of ' the question of "aerodynamic safety" I or freedom from accident due to lack iwas proper of control. His investigations led to I the conclusion that the controls of a normal type of airplane were adequate, so long as the stalling angle was not approached, but that they all became ineffective in stalled flight, while at the same time serious lateral insta- bility developed. Captain Hill was of opinion that the tailless airplane evolved by J. W. Dunne some years ago achieved great- Measurements. "Can you give me a description of your absconding cashier?" asked the detective. "Well." answered the angry mer- chant. "I believe he's about flvo feet five Inches tall and about 1700 short." er ;.ucce8s as reganis stability than gj^^ ,he airplane would glide at. s.iy. any built before or since. His own design, he thought, more nearly re- sembled the most efilcient gliding birds, such as gulls or the tailless pterodactyls, which were said to have been capable of several hundred miles' flight at a stretch. He therefore set to work 10 design a tailless light air- plane and decided to make his early ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES on either side, or above and below, and on th« screen, "seeing" what the lenses i of flashing back that bird's-eye view project upon them, will tlash their | by wireless so that it is reproduced on ' marvellous vision for thousands of J Boreens. miles distant, at a point where th« controllers sit with their intricate tsar. In the bodies of such weird winged •raft will be special lenses whicli one Bight describe as "automatic eyes." Through them will be passed a picture •f all that lies within visual range. These images will be focused upon Ught-sensltive receivers. Then they VUl bo transmitted wlrelessly to the IkBd^tatton which has sent aloft these all-seeing eyes, writes Harry Harper In "The London Daily Chronicle." How It Will Be Done. j At this ground-station an operator Will sit before his Illuminated screens. miles In all directions. We shall study the newspapers and note when something we are interest-! ed In is to take place at some point an > immense distance away. But this dis- 1 tance will not matter in the least. When the time comes for the event to take place wo shall just^atroll into the! cinema where one of the great receiv- 1 Ing screens has been erected. There,: reproduccHi faithfully In every detail,' we shall s«v that scene enacted thous- 1 ands of mi!es away, perhaps on the j other side ot oue of the mighty oceans! i Sight and Sound. ! Great horse-rac?s. great boxing matches, gront ceremonial events, the Ob them, ever changing, will be a | beauties and wonders of foreign lands •«ri«a ot pictures, and as he studies j â€" we shall tee them all with our air th«in they wiU show him everything that is visible within range of that 9lk>tlsss plane he is controlling, and whloh may be rushing through th« air ty miles distant. borne eycsl And we may hope to see them not Just in different shades of black and white, but In all their na- tnraL true-life colors. We shall see the blue of the sea, the Could there be anything more amas- i green of the trepsi, the flash of many Piotnre what H all means! It ultimately, that when some ||<iat event l« to take place, no matter B what part of the world, Itght-senM- ilTS •orsens will be raised aloft above Uu» cpot la spscially designed hover- M maoMass «t tk« i^llcopter typs colors in a great horse-race. And, as sound is already transmitted so per- fectly by wireless, ws shall have tho flnal and complete illusion not only of living movement and natural color, but of the roar of some grsat delighted multitude. 40 miles per hour with the wing chord roughly horizontal; if the stick wera pulled slowly back the spaed de- creased and the true angle of descent iucreused. but the airplane still main- tained the same attitude to tho hori- zon; although it might thus bo said to be stalled, yet It was under good control even in bumps. In auob dlght the rudder control appeared adequate to maintain direction and carry out gentle turns even in bumpy weallier. Lauding proved so easy that it seemed to be almost impossible to make n bad landing. What Bobby Wanted. The tiny brother of the briii-j was given a piece of wedding cake to put under his !>i!!cw. The following mcniing his mother said to him: "Weil, Bobby Jld you sleep with the wedding cake undr-r yottr pillow and dream of your future wife^" I "No, mummie," replied itubbj. "I I eated the cake, 'cause I wum m.. wlfa to be a surprise." ^ Found After Twsnty 'Years. When some desks were being movs4 In a London solicitor's office a sov- reign, droppf-d and lost by a client twenty years ago, was fuund. Too Well Defended. Kdna- 'You saj Jack wa" ..i- v! ^m of a heart attack?" Mi"-drc;l "Yes. ho l':vi to ;.ttack mine" For Children's Hospital. The Duke of Portland has offered aspacious silfe In the Uukarles for the erection of a large county hospital in Nottinghamshire fnr crippled childreo. I The cost of lumber and other build- j ing materials is a r-H)d arsrJ'iient in I favor of placing additionat :n3UPBnce ! on the house and barns. Many are ! carrying the same insurance t'hey w«ks i many years a;;o. If these gO^d folks j were to have a fire, it wo«.ild btt alaw«t I impossibly f<H- tham t« i«lKiiili&