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:i^jn t^Tav .^jg' GTi' > /?;. > â- : ;;. â-  :" ( ; - Unva II pUP! sAuuu: H TCt TKat ia wHy people inaiat on Soklada. OWL-LAFFS O. W. L. (On Witb Uagiiter) llc<\v i(>-.i.,i S<)!<iiii;iii lii'lp 1)111 be wise wheu \();i win^ider iho uumber of liioiliPrln-luKs lie liail to set him right? Good Night. .Mothers Voice ""Alary, what «i'o y<iii <loiiiK «nii iliere?" I -Mary "rm li)i>kliiK at llio iiiDon." j Vo:i-i> -Wfli, icll the iiKMJii to go lionif, njKl cDine in off tho porch." i All « ea 1 1 ti coiri'es oil t of llie ground,! but only lificr harti (ligglng. | "It's Ihp lilll« thiiigp tluti count, " Mid tll<< <-:lllcu.tl<)ii k'ciiircr. "Ves," rf sp<iri<it;<i the primary j;ra<l<' teachov, â- â€¢but jou tan't Imagino wh«t a bard tiiiif wc huve teaclilug Ihuoi l<i do It. • W'l- hip;h«<c every niWill<^ai?e<l inaji Qonoea loil abdut him »oni^#herc • menior.t'.'tfj variably i>l>r*jrtit, of a firl In a iiitili dresB."' TrrsPB THE JISI WAS 1 BY MYRENE M. GARRISON. PART I. ~ BiundenaiM^BIuiiikNM^- | : Not- sM tlw «in« of orthaerwby <=«» be I«W to the printer. When Horaxse G-re«"leiy saw that he btui been mwle to quot« ShaJiespearo to the *ffect that •"'tie two 'tis fifty; and fifty 'tis 'tis . two," thus turning to MDsanse Polo- nlus's «i«e, '"TIb tru« 'tte pity; afld pity 'U« 'tis true," ha ru»hed to the •* j comvosUig room to mewt an obdurate and comfort and I've made up my Scole printer who recommended him Hnllv K-inâ„¢^ /v* .. .>~â„¢,^«!*„-„i ">'â- "'' that I won't give you my prom- 1 ^o attend nlgUt echoof and l«a.rn to tiS?^ AhT^JfTL TT ^ <«« ""'«» y«u wifl vow that you'll! write. TVday the typesetter hae the ^I^Win/ i!^^c£ker«7'l" iT' -ever tay 'jinx' again aa long afyou ' «>nvenlent excu^_ that tho machine about to propose. cap, v,»o j.^^„ The imminence of j this foreshadowed moment flustered her. She turned her head and fixed her eycB on the tumble-down chim- neys of the old Reedy homestead, jaggiedvy outlined against the distant knoM, in an effort to .stiffen her reso- lution to speak her mind to Abner. "Sa'.ly, will you marry mo," Abner's voice was anxious. Sally Abtver squared his shoulders. is to blame. The London Sphere "Jt'g ' gathers up some of th«ee l«k.i>»eii: a bargain! Goodnes.s knows I'M be! "A frl«wl was oomtlaining to me g?«d to be shut of him," he grinned, i ^^'^ ""ler ^^V «f I*!* dlfflcuIUe* In mak- Sally did not question Abner's sin-; cerity, though she foresaw that he might find it difficult to carry out his intention. So whan, after they were settled in the o'.d homestead, his habit popped up like a jack from the box at i j tho slightest provocation, from the Ing spcjches, and I gave hlni a few of tfa'9 exaiuip^ee of 'opening' which after a lonig life of publJc b&nqueOi I hed, heard at smch gatherings. Here are' some exampkfl of the kind of thing you may hear If you go to one partlcu- lar kind of function, that at which 'â-  staISoaro OFQUALiry FOR OVER 50 YEAR^ She wanted him to^ u^ti^^Iy snapping of a shoe-string to'P''">^«™ "^'^ ^^^"^ ''j^l'^' foregatie*. bridled a little feel anxious. Had Abner ask«l her ' tYe"'caTa'mTty7rfinIing 7aTt'J'in\he i ^^^^ """^i,'^^^ U-n years before she might have been ! ^^,„ .j,„ .L»r»'„ i^^..^ if. ™„„,-- '•»'« <=* wfai«l» ^^ ^"^ «'«â- â€¢ ^â- '^^^^ j corn, she .,, - , , " ,1-viii. Olio aevereiy ignored its mani- . . , .-^ „ ^ ,,.,,.. _i silly enough to throw herself into his fetation, though it gave her joy to: <«" ""ffP'*^ 'f ^'f''«'^ ^'"'t""^^?^"' arm*, she had loved him so. But since j ^ Abner battle his foe and come off '" ''"' " "'"'""'" '"^ '""'*' '" '*" he had chosen Mandy Briggs as first victorious. mate on his initial voyage on the sea of matrimony, which choice had given Sally many wakeful, weeping nights, she meant to avoid the snags Mandy had encountered by telling Abner be- forehand just what she thought. "No one else could take Mandy's place," Abner urged gently, putting his cap n.sidu and leaning closer. Sally flushed. She beileved a wife's love should make her husband strong. Mandy had babied Abner into a booby, always yielding to that jinx habit of hi.s. "I wouldn't want to take her place," she said in an abrupt man- ner. "Not .exactly â€" of course â€" but Man- dy wanted you to be â€" she told me so after her heart went bad," persisted Abner. "I'd a' been blind not to see that you'd ask me when the year was up," Sally smiled faintly. Abner's face lighted. "I love you She had about convinced herself that she had made a mountain of a mole-hill until the day that a loud crash brought them both hurrying to the sitting-room, where a large mir- ror had fallen fom the wall and dash- ed into fragments. "Cord was rotten," said Sally, gathering up the frayed ends by Leslie Stephen, the Index has tho words: HecU, John Stuart Mill wlU go to.' A refarenoe to tha fact that Cole- ridge had no outlets for bis siplrltual energy was aJter<ed Into: 'Coleridge had no eutiets for his spiritual energy.' 'There Is a story of a German print' MAKE BETTER HOME MADE BREAD * r r Varied Thnuh. In the Pacific Coast regions extend- er's' w'lfe who'suireptitlously altered '°« ^'^ Yataitu* Bay, Alaska, to Humr, the Blbllca.1 paesage that the huiibajid i '*»'^t County, California, Uvea a beawtl-' should be his wife's (Herr) lord so as I ^^l •»'^ ^^owa »« the Varied Thruab.j to make him be her (Narr) fool. P«>-! ^^. *« about the size of a robin, and la haps the best of all prlntetrs' errors I oCtem called the Alaska Robin. Bujt It "Bad luck!" wailed Abner, glaring I ^.^e that In which a printer had to an- 1 '* * ^y^- "^re exquisite bird than wUdly. "Seven j-ears bad luck!" he„ounc6 to the world that Intoxication^^* ^'^^•^- According to teading oniJ- shrllled. I is foUy and alte-red It Into the more : thologist* It Is not found lu othed- It was al! that Sally could do to j gonial statement thet 'Intoxication la . Parte of America, control her irritation on seeing Ab- j jolly.' Theodore Beza was stated to It la at once dlstlngrulshed by Um ner in the clutches of his arch-enemy, Uave gone to sea In a Candian ressei. | '"^^^'^ orange-brown breast, and th« "Nonsense!" she exclaimed. "I'm The printer altered this to 'Canadian' i ^ack strip© or necklace crossilng th«( glad it broke. It was so wavy it vej^sel. There Is also that reference ^°^^'" P*'^ <>' ^'^^ throat. The upper made me look a fright. I never could to the 'battle-scarred warrior," which tell whether my hat was on straight, became 'bottle-scared' warrior!" Spread a new.spaper and gather up The? Is also th« case of the Index the biggest pieces," she directed, deaf maJier to a life of the famous Engllab to Abner's gurgling moans. Bustling about, Sally came with a Judge, Loaxl Rldon. The Index had It, "Lord EWon, his great mind.' parts aire dark, blufeh slate. The slde«| of the head are black, bordered aboT« by a brown streak. When the snows beglm to all In tha mountains, the Vajrled Thrushea tor* O^ eeke the deeper woods for the Iow«r,' wot woolen cloth which she spread luniiiig to the page Indicated, we read "^^re open places. They frequeatly so I reckon I couldn't .help showing over the splintered bits of gla.=s, then j "Lord EWon said he had a greet mind ' '^'^^ '"'<' ^^^ o"'^"" <l!«trict6 of Seattle The most enjoyable mo'iionl In every show 1» hnnietliately lUfer the I'Urtaiii Koe.-i up anil before evei>hiMly KlarlH rouKhiiig. I>e Style 'What did Golroiks do wheu the diKlor tnld him he would have to give up lobaoixj'.'" / (innbiiwta "UeKini .snioklivg the cigars liln wlfo kuvb liini for (Uirlst- mas." 1 lil»<l ti) "iliavc inysflf one day Hut I ini't «ilh (jliuster: X m«rks the spot whf-a-e I w»«iif wiong, Tl>e ,X la of court jiUimw. "Didn't I .seo you goluR down thi» »lre<-f llio oihfv diiy with an iipple in y<Hir hiuid ?" "Quite so, old c-iiap. J «h» Rolnjf to «i'; tai the iloiHor's wife." Soiiu) |>t-opIe ore so pesslinihilc that they Ioii'k for Npllntem lu rlnti Hand- wlclies. The liniii who believes that money <-«ii do eve.ytliliiK will do everything for money. 'l'h«« Hiinilay s<bo<il lefis<jii had l)(»en about the hecoiid i-rjinniRudnifnl. The teacher quesllone.l, 'Are the-re any klol.s ill America?" "V«s," ieplle<l the nnall hoy, "me father l^< Idle, and m« uncle, too." .\o lilientlon hhould Ix! paid to bo flclile A thing as piihllc opinion which will <wrry y<iii on 11." shoiiUle-r one day •od trample y<Hi under foot I lie next. A lot of folks are like whoeil barrows, fihey have to be pi:«li9a all th*>. time to tm anywhere. A man uppeure:! at n polio** slallon Md KOid: "Oh, In regard to the watch which I reiiorteil was stolen yesterday. I have •Inoa found th.ll It Is not litKt nt ail." "Vou aa«( too i«,te." replied the BupnrinieiKliMit. "the tlilcf )in.H l>e«n arretted." One way to make people ha )>p.r 1« lo kave lliein Rhine, niwl let tlielii go nboiit IipIuic liaiM'y in their own way. Uladyr "1 tliiitk your tluicti Is hli[i- plng." Mill â- â€¢rill Kiirt) . Iiwt If you'll only • lU a little fhiKc-r I'm rur» It wnn'i li!ii>- :' pi'll .-Kwlll." SiiikIkv 111 Home plaifa ha*" cf-.o-fxi ; to he (fday of i-e«i. and U nov, a day of arre.st. ;• Some golferi) aro nfrald lo use the \ (airway even on a clear day. y. The town in:in linngiiies he would J»e ' happy If h* (oiild retlr;- lo a fHnii. and 111,? f:;rinf J- linngine., he'd he li«p|<y If 1 o-^'ill r«'tin' to n tiMMi iiti'l get a I's-.v/i" J.i!). THIO TWU-I'IECK STYLE ENTERS THK MODE IN A ONE-PIECE KKOCK. The beltsd lino and slightly molded bodice itidiiate the new spirit in this I frock fH^hioMell of claret color crepe [.â- (atin. E(iuaUv important are the |knife-pl:iited jianels (ksigncd lo insure I movement at the lieiiiline. Satin <if a deeper tone forms the long tie collar and flat tailortil bow;; u.-^ed to orna- nient lKi> bodico front and dart-fitl>ed Isloeves. The foiiniiiilioii of this model lis in one piece, the jilaited panels lie- ing Hcwn to the dress at the low waist- liru' and finishci with n pointed belt lie<l in sash effect in the centre back. No. 1414 if ill >i/.es .'14. ri(i, ;i8, 40, 4'2 laiid -14 inches bust. Size 36 requires !i')'-1j yards H!»-inih inatcriul, % yard !l!(>.iiuh conlr.isling. 20 cents. 1 Thi- d-Psi(.'MH illustiali'd in our ik-w I I""iisliioii Hook ar<' advance sty!e.s for jth<- home dress maker, and the woman or t'irl who desiire.i to wonr gnrmeiitn . (lependul)!e for taste, simplicity and economy will find her desires fulfilled in our patterns. I'rice of the b<K)k II) cents tho copy. I MOW TO OUDEU PATtKKNS. I Write your name and address plain-, ly, giving number and size of such , pattern.'- as you want. KncWo 'liOc In! stuinpK or roin (coin prufei-red; wrap' It carefully) for each number and' liddre.ss your order to Pattern Dopt.,' Wilson Piibli.-ihing Co., 7.'5 West Ade- : laide St., Tuiorto. Patterns tient by I return mail. j Fidelity. ! Touch but with ge-ntliest finger iha oryslii! that I'ircloM tho Marl-' ner'e (lui<le I To the E«fil ami the West how It' drlft«, and ireiiibles. and j Kearc.he« on e-very side'. j But It comes to Us rest, and Its light lance polsevi only one self-same way Since ever a sblii spiead her murvol- loiiti sea wlrifis. or pluiified her [ »iWHii lireiist tliioiinh llif> «pray - I I*\rr .Vorth points the nerdlel V»' look nol aloiiB for the Mlgii of ilie ' 1 lode-star: the lode-iitone, too,; It'Udeih diBer; ! Vet (iiKf hi the heavens Is ejstalillHlied forever, and < ne is compulled throiiRh I be sphere. What! and >e ciiiilc not the fiiill.-rlng iiutKn'i ;liat se(«melli to fly ll.s troth, . Yet even now Is agnlii n-'ording Iih fealty's ptlput oath i A* North points the needle! | Prnin "Thti Helccicl I'ik iiis of Kdllh .M TlioniHs." I -- - â- â-  *> - Sun Cause* Fire. The sun shilling Ihrough a readlng- F'ami In the shop window of Mr. tiKinfc.! HiMT. !•. opihlan. Woking. Is bol:evid to have hef-n the caiisp of a lii.j v.hi'.h ilP'^^tiiiye'l the v.inilow ills- pla.^ â-  Mlnard's Liniment tcr Colds- it," he said earnestly. Sally lifted her plump white hand. "I'll lie square with you, Abner, I'll not deny I've been considerin', but, first off, I v.'ouldn't even try to take Mandy's place. I'd want a place of my own." "I d-didn't mean â€" " stammered Abner. "Wait. I know just what you mean. It isn't the work, though I'm free to confess I wouldn't sla\-e like Mandy. It's something more important that's got to le settled l>efore I'd promise myse.f." -•V pang pierced Sally's tender heart at seeing Abner's introspective search of his bla:r.eless p-a.^-t for her reason. It was diflicult to proceed with what she meant to .-.tipulate, but she must not weaken. patted firmly, "There! guess I've got! to commit the attcrnay for contempt it all," .<he said presently. "Now throw i of ccuit." the whole mess into the olti well you're filling up," she said, rolling up the cloth and putting it in Abner's trembl- ing hands. As if hypnotized, Abner obeyed her. Left alone Sally stamped her foot. "I won't recognize his jinx!" she said stormily. Sally had made few changes in the rickety old house. It had not seemed proper to come into the home that had been Mandy's and at once sweep her out of it. She now felt that the time was ripe for an innovation. When Abner letumed, ignoring his woe- begone look, she briskly propo.sed : "Suppose while we're about it, we liii!!;.' tlio big glas.^ from the parlor :.;;-l hang it here. It'll be awful handy. Nothing like a full-length a body neat," she Prlncss* Catherine Alexandrova Obolensky "It's that jinx of yours, Abner There isn't room under any roof for I mirror to keep him and me. You'd have to choose smiled, between us." | When .Abner glanced disapproviiffe Abner drew a deep breath. "Why, [ ly at tho blank space on the parlor | ^ daiighltr of Tsar Alexander 11., who Sally! if you marry me there won't be j wall, after he removed the mirix>r, shel served iJi the great war lioe.pltal at any jinx â€" you'd bring me such good ' .suggested: "I-et's turn the parlor j Yalta, in the Crimea, luck he'd never show his face again." j into a library. The Ixiokcase will fill I â€" â€" -^ ; "L'ntil the first time things went j the place where the mirror was andj Poor Ventilation Blamed foT wrong," smiled Sally. [ wo can open up the grate. Folks don't "Things won't go wrong. I never, have parlors now-a-days anyhow." bad better cixips. You can see that j "Just as you wish," sighed Abner. fronj your window. I'll take goodi Sally wanted to shake him. but in- cnre of you, Sally." i stead s'ne went on shooing his jinx "I don't doubt it," Sal'.y.s lips quirk- â-  without for ii moment admitting its ed as she glanced about her tidy room. ; exisU'iiCi-. She had made her.-<elf comfortable j No on^ could s,ilk or worry long with the products of her own fifteen ; where Sally wa.-<. Comfoit followed aci*.--. It aniu.'-ed her to .see Abner | her magic touch ami .A.bner gradually frown unea.-;ily at the gleaming fau- relaxed. One morning ho burst out: cets nliove her white .sink in the kit- 1 "Every time I look at you, .Sal'y, 1 chn beyond. Mandy ha^l always bless my lucky stars!" packed water up the hill from the j Sally's lips twitched mischievously spriiiK. [and Abner perceived the humor of .Miner twisted uncomfortably. "You I his admisfion. "The jinx is routed!" kiiov.' I been planning to build on the ^ Abner grinned, snapping his fingers. Colds. knoll,' he s»aid nervously. Sally nodded. '".Mandy often told me how she looked forward to running water in the house. It was your jinx that hindered you from building, wasn't it'.'" .-vhe asked mischievously. .\bner frowned. "Had luck â€" ye.s â€" the jinx," he admitted. "Kor my part I don't lielieve in jinxes and what I don't Iw'lieve in do<'su't exist for nie," Sally a.sserted, her checks aflame. "Ft always has riled me to hear you harp nl.out your bn<l luck, and your farm one of the best in the neighliorhooil. This jinx of depression has stOi^d IwHwcen. j'ou (To Ih> concluded.) His Only Chance. Candid was the reply given by a cad- die of ills clan. Hts master's ball was badly luinkered. and try as ho might ho coiiMii't get It out again. Al each foozUd shot he set his teeth tighter and grew more and more purple In the face, until, after a quarter of an hour's excavation, he sloiqutd and wipod his brow. "H«n« It!" he bald, "I've tried all niy clubs on this abominable hall. \\'hnt on fttrtli can I do now?" "Clle It a swat \vi' yer bag," said the lad. Inad'cquale ventilation of liouies and school rooms is one of the principal causes of severe and dangenoiis colds among children during the winter sea- son. accoraiuK ij a heating and venti- lating expert. Chilli veil Kl:o-,i;d never be porniHted 10 Korge on sweets or de-ssertt!. Over- loading of tehir stomachs and the re- sullhi.ic disorders of tho system are pre(llsi>osing caus-es of coHs. Uneven heating of living and school rooms Is A menace to children's health. A chiW kept for hours in u stuffy room, and then subjected to a suddon draft, will be chilled and ready to be sick, while he who ha.s spent the time lii a room iinlfoirinly freshenekl anil heated by a good system of niecbanlcal ventilation will laugh at the cold air outdoors. Tho child who has a thoroughly ven- tU.iieil school room, living room and sleeping iv)Oin, Is provided with the flrst and greatest safeguards against colds. I'p-to-date school joom.'i are the most bcienilllcariy veirtiUited of all room."! now, \\li»n they havo a positive- ly controlled niedianloal syatein of ventilation, which brings In freflh out- door air, warms It, and diffuses It equally. It Is unfortunate that this system Is not gwjierally In use for chlUlren's play-rooms In their hoinea, as well as in the schoote. The uneven heating of school room* depenrling upon window ventilation In- vites coWh. The reason In a lack of control. The school room becomes ovirlitutBd. the clilUlriMi's norei are op;ned, and when the window is optui- ed to cool the rinnii the resulting draft of cold air ii.'urly always re«nr,is In colds. looking for food. -After a heavy »toirm of snow one may see them hopping about looking for berries, peering un- der leaves, and even pecking at frost- bitten apples iu the trees. Although extremely shy in tho solittidee of their mountain homes tliey quickly become friendly where they find food. The song of this- bird Is a single, stistalned uote, beginning aa a piania- silmo, swelling into full tone of deson- ant iiower and sweetness, and taper- ing into nothiugess. One who is fol- low Ig a trail tlirough the darii-torastfed- - mountain slopes hears this song com- ing r-egularly from different directJons. It soiinda like a vibrating bell ton« rlniglug from ths fempl« tower-s of tall firs, and drifting down the fragrant stillnesa of forest adalie*. It is uttered la different keys. One who v felts the northwest wood* a good d-e-al siM>n learns to listen for this serene uote and can detect Its Intoned delicacy when the ordinary visitor may need to llet-en loag and sharply to he«r it at all. Through the misty beauty of the dawn, amid the nTX)ntld« stillness of a s-nn-warmed gap In a grove of fir, or spruce or cedar, or down tho darkening lov^Mnees of comn ing nlKht. floats this mysterious, wkt- fu! Iterated music telling of remot* Bolltudsa and mountain wi-ldemese. The True Nature Book. If tx>ok» about Nature are to llvei, they must not l>e descriptions wrltteii, at the moment of rapture; they most be books writen as the rc»iult of ob- servatlcu. . . . Wordsworth said that- poetry was o-uiotlon recoWected la tranqiiiility. I will not di»cnss how, far this Is true of iwetry, but I think' it Is true for bi>oks on Nature. TIl«8» shoiiW bo the result of long obserra- tloD, rouoh feeling and tranquility, an4 then tho effect upon the readier Us oaa' of calm and coutemplatiou, and brlu^i' that sense of leteure and reT>os»6 for which. In these days, we are more and: more grateful. A'itK^oum Grey of F^rt^* lodon. A New Insect Pest. .An iMiitirely new .American insaci,, pest, a beetle from Jap«n, has be«B, reported In .Now York and New J«p.. The Y.W.C.A. Thti only ilat; in llic llrltUh Em-plra lUnl nrv,-:- com. d.nvn (-\cs'i.t lo Le r»ip!a<..Ml liy a new one is that which lli->s ove. the Ilesidency al Lucknow, In.dta, day an.l iiiglil. Tennyson whole a p(H^m on the incident of which it Is a reniin.ier of the In.iiau Mutiny. i If llie Y.W.(!.\. had not beun or- giiniiicl. ii would have be.-u nece«s.iry lo form some other society to iindev- ' take u i?rviee which U e.«.-iL!itial uii- . der modem city c( luiilioiis. It Is mt Ico nuicll ti> say that no meat com- iiuiniiy could hav» in Its midst such Kvi .-,; r.uiuln;ru of young women, moat of thrin without family a>:.-ioolatlon, < oiiiritiiiiliic lo Its ccoiiiimic life and to Its higher aciivilhv*, without some such agpiicy to pive them social, re- ' cre:\llonal and educational opportuni- j lit.i, as well as to help ihein In such jniatteis as eniployiii-. nt. New York , Tinn .1. Minard'* Liniment for Sort Back. "Big Saving to You" RADIO SETS and SUPPLIES At Practically Wholesale Prices. Mail Your Order To-day. 100 volt Storage "B" Batteries, $18.00 6 volt 100 Amp. Rex Storage Batteries $14.90 volt 90 Amp. 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