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s ijyr w ggye arttfit 3ffrpe prggg thultbpay jamuary 21 926 thejlanot of beginning again i wuh lhit thero wcro aomo wonder ful place called tho land of beginning again whoro all our mistikes and ful our lieaxtiichea and u of our poor scloah grief could bo dropped uko a bhabby old coat ut tho door and never put on again i wish we could come on it all un awares llko tho hunter who found a loat trail and i wish that tho ones whom our blindness had done ha greatoat injustice of all could bo at tho gate uko an old friend that wafts tor tho comrade hes gladdest to hoil wo would find all the things wo in- tonded to do but forgot and remembered too late tilttlb praises unspoken llttlo prcm- isea broken and all of the thousand and one littla duties neglected that might have perfected tho day for one leas fortunate it wouldnt he possible not to be kind in the xand of beginning again and the ones wo misjudged and the ones whom we grudged tholr moments of victory here would und in the grasp of our loving handclasp more that penitent ups could explain for what had been hardest wed know had been best and what had seemed loss would be gain for tliero isnt a sting that will not take wing and i think that the laughter la most what were after in the kand of beginning again 3o i wish that there were florae won derful place called the land of beginnings again whero all our mistakes ana all our heartaches and all of our poor selfish grief could bo dropped like a shabby old coat art the door and never put on again booth torklngton he 3xst ijrrh ljart tnrjf among the acid vats by albert w tolmak fi considered himself smart i- was talking with mahdy simmons tother day i was tellln hex about my crops just how much wheat id tuk in how much corn and produce and ended up by confiuuv to ier that id put in the bank moren 9900 ove robort flight of steps the jloor clon-g- rv and above expenses llvin ojad all that mandyw a fine girl i wouldnt told anybody else what i told her it seem ed like i was tellln it to jnjrself land hikes mr barnickttl said mahdy how light you do stick to yer farm and yer crops and the money yjsr nuttin in the bank aint y eyer goln to think about gettin married fortune to when y die somehow i never thought o that id felt lonesomelike eventns now and then and when id had a stroke o luck i fk kind allke tellln some un about it thats the reason why i tole mandy how much profit id made durln last season i says u mandy wtoen she talked about my gettin spine un to leave my eornlns to says i ss i dunno any girl that would have mo and a man cant marry unless hes got a god why mr bar nickel says mandy i dont reckon youd have any trouble on that score i was standln lookin at a gal tother day and she said something to me i couldnt hear what it was but somehow i reckoned it was about you i asked her to write it down and she did what do you spus it was i dunno it was 1 wish job baraickel would proposo to me n i was tuk oat aback i didnt know any gal that bod even looked at me that awny laaked mant who the or three years hugh mccrack en worlccd for a arm of man ufacturinv chemists in the heart of tho business district of london the building abounded in vats retorts stills and all aorta of queershaped receptacles for tho storage of liquids almost every 1m portant acid known to commerce was manufactured there and the products ofihecopnrky tuios an established reputation throughout tho civilized world among hisjfellow workmen was tom waller a grouty old welshman whoso one passion in life was the making of acids in the basement wero a number of vats about nine feet square and eight feet deep lined with thick glass the tops of these vata were level with the floor and their edges were only a few inches apart certain acids and other liquids were run into them and allowed to remain for some tlmo before being finally drawn oft into carboys and barrels the cellar won tom wallers par- uculor domain at regular intervals the contents of the vats had to be stirred with glass rods and this work tho old welshman never entrusted to any one else during the first few months hugh saw little of the welsh man the boys duties kept him most of the time on the second floor but one day he had a surprise on ac count of welters increasing age the firm had decided to give him an assist ant and he had asked for young mc- cracken the boys first vhut to the base ment made a vivid impression on his memory he followed vvtieraown stairs to tho ground floor where they threaded their way among piles of boxes packed for shipment until they reached the door to the cellar the bid man motioned with his cane to ward the thick oak hugh lifted tho iron latch and followed him down a ing heavily behind them waller stopped at the foot of the stairs and lifted the lantern high abovo his head so as to give hit companion a good view of the place the dim rays revealed a crypt about a hundred feet long jnnd fifty wide walled with rlmy masonry and broken at regular intervals by square and havla some one to leave all yen etone pillars reaching from the floor to the veiling it contained forty vats full to the brim between these ran plank walks eighteen inches in width in the corner of each tank was a post bearing a square board on which was painted in white a certain number against each pbt leaned the thick glass rod used for srrlng the liquid waller handed thelantern to his new assistant seised the rod in vat yjo 3 and mnvea it vigorously abqjt thevat the dull gray liquid broke into phosphorescent coruscations there was a sound like a hissing steampipe ana a faint vapor hung- for an instant above the rippling surface thealr was filled with fumes that penetrated hughs nostrils like ammonia before the boy was through choking and coughing the old welshman had finished tho first vat and was busy over another while occupied in his rt gal was- hut she wouldnt tell me sne chuckled and said i xnhgnt ask her three questions to which she would answer truthfully provided i didnt ask her the gals name i be- by futlclng her wh when sho was talkin to the gal and she said flhe was in the llvin room at home then i asked her why she couldnt hear what the gal said and she answered that there was a glass between her and the other gal oh i says she was standln out on the porch or in the yard and tho winder was shut down mandy didnt say no thin to this but she larfed fit to kill herself id asked her twp questions and had one more to ask the only thing i could think of for this last question was twhero was the gal when she writ blown what you bald she did i naked her this and she said the gal was in the same room with her i dont want her soys why not asked mandy serious ilka cause she must be deaf and dumb wuh that mandy like to split her sides larfiv i didnt like bela made fun of that a way and i looked it with that mandy rooked sorry and sidled up to me and cuddled me a lit tle and ehe says says she mr bsmlckel it wouldnt be right for mo to give a gal away like that but 111 tell you what 111 do she comes often to see me on saturday evenings if youd care to drop in some saturday evenln if she comes in youll see her thats far says i t come next saturday how will i know when a gal cornea in shes the gal that was klkli oh 1 11 put you dh says- bfondyr lameness back jnd forward along the narrow planks he ran as nimbly as a squirrel paying no more attention to the strangling mints than if they had been may brcexes for all hi absorption in his acids he kept a closer w over slataot aa bug followed him with disxy head and wfamning vision in certain ports of the cellar his keen eyes hardly left the boy for a moment ltsgb reeled from giddin ess an d instantly wallers hand was on his shoulder steady lad he exclaimed there is death on each side of you hugh stiffened himself in terror and trod the narrow planks with pain ful care he liad no wish to bo oaten up by acid in a fow minutes they were at thu extreme end of jhe vault and every tank but one had contributed its fumes to intensify the deadly reck that was slowly finding us way up and out through the ventilation plpas in the celling tho unstirred vat was in the second row from the stairs hugh noticed that when they passed it waller had shown unusual caution now as they came back the old man motioned hugh on until he stood by the lowest step this tank which holds a solution of potaslum cyan id i call apodlyon said waller youd think he was in it if you got a whiff of the fumes crouching low with head averted he stirred the tank quickly there was little noise or bubbling but as hught hurried up the stairs he caught an odor that almost took away his senses even waller himself woe not anxious to linger near this vat- a few weeks after hughs first visit the whole building- was wired for electricity this was an innovation to which waller objected btrongly he put no trust in the strange invisible power even after on incandescent bo careful how far ho iiuviinccd und in which direction ho turned the ncld fumes wore now so stroiik that they made the boy sick and dls zy ho stooped a llttlo ami found the air purer hut he knew thut it would soon be contaminated and that ho must extricate himself at onco all round wcro tho vats some dcudly some jierfctly harmless his iroublo was that ho could not tell which wap which tho slightest misstep might hurl hilh to certain death for nt least half the tanks were of such a nature that a fall into them would bo fatal hugh moved on as fast as ho dared until he fejt the walk beneath him end and knew that he must turn to right or left by testing with his foot he found that the next plank turned to his rlgnt at an angle of ninety degrees along thhj hugh hurried his head lower because of the thickening fumes bce reached the end of the board sooner than he expected and suddenly his foot swung in empty air the solo slashed slightly before ho could recover himself tho shock frightened the hoy so that when he felt both feet again upon the solid wood he stood erect as his head rose into the poisoned air near the celling ho inadvertently took a full breath then his reason left him swaying to and fro two or three times he pitched forward drop ping on his hands and knees fortun ately upon a plank for a few sec onds hugh lay there feeling as if there were an iron band round his head even at so low a level the air was permeated with the dcadlyfumes mustering all his strength the boy tirepten a fow feet straight ahead then a turn to the left forward once more then another turn this time to the right how long the distance seemed the difficulty of motion multiplied every foot by twenty still ho was making progress and he felt that ho must by this time be halfway up the cellar ho remembered that apollyon had to be passed and a thrill of dread shot through hlna on the toy crept a human mole burrowing through the blackness throb throb throb his head almost burst at each pulsebeat great muf fled hammers seemed striking- on his eardrums ked green and yellow lights flamed before his eyes like a display of fireworks as hugh crawled blindly along one thought was uppermost in his mind to reach the stalrsos quickly as pos sible surely they must now he close at hand there could not be another turning x3e increased his- pace and almost beforo he could reolixe what hqd hap he was off the end of the plank and toppling headlong into one of tho vats to his dyias day he will not forget the horror or tho next few seconds for like a lightning flash it came to him that he was falling into apollyon the tduch of the liquid brought back clearness to his brain he had sense enougrh to close both eyes firm ly and not to take breath while undei the surface in a moment his head rose ahoy the top hlsjflngers touched the edge of the vat and he clung empfoymeuthe seemeatofoteralff lbewltbouttrengthfrohpuil hlmseif- out uttering cry after cry already he seenied to foel the cyjtnld eating into bis skin thero was a sound above him faiht- and deadened in hhi ringing ears the door flew open and at the top of tin lolru tng in thft mfrt iiifflu ed tom walter with his lantern bo fore him and peering about tho minute he caught sight of hueh and noted the tank he was in he uttered an ptrrlnmatl n ithnpiffiiinow then as suddenly as they had van ished the electric lights flashed up again and the basement was once more as bright as day hugh learned afterward that an accident at the powerstation had caused them to go out with wallers help the boy was able to crawl from the vat and hobble upstairs youre all right lad tho old man exclaimed as he eyed hugh drlprplng form it was only picric ncld itll color you a little thats utl but if youd fallen fivo feet buck apollyon would have got you and youd have been a dead man by this time the pure air soon revlvcu hueh and a glance at bis hands showed him what waller meant the llqtid had dyed him a rich orange from head to foot new years news prom land cnq itoms of intorsst from acton pub lished on new yesre day the following ptnntfiuplrh nppeued in tho acton england clazutto on i rlduy jnnuuiy 1st ror tho first tlmo foi several yout s past there was no alarm to dlnturb tho acton firemens chrlmtmuii during 10b mr hum ii ilurjuitit of acton gavo over go locturos an null quatlan and cycling subjects in var ious jiurts of england tho appoaranco of the mayor lit a butchers umook over which ho wore his clinln of ofilco nt tho chrlstman dlstiubutlon of good things cnimcd inuny am ii oh promoters of tho sohomu foi n county school for uirlu in acton are konerully in favor of a kite on tlio heathfleld lodgo estute belpg unetl for that purposo john everltt of old oaklnno acton was fined 20a and 2 2rf costs at acton police court on wedncflduy in last week for jtssaultlng thomas blackburn of erconwnldati cet umt acton leonard lyons a hairdresser of osbornoroad acton was ordered to pay ls und costs nt acton police court on monday for being drunk and disorderly and using obscene lan guage early last week a amall party of acton pioneers from newton- avenue baptist church visited various parts of acton with a portable harmonium and sang carols in aid of acton hos pital a sum of 5 l8o 54 was ob tained lloyds bank ltd has practically secured commodious premises includ ing at least two shops in central acton for a local branch o its greax financial enterprise henry linglcy who gave an address at hcnden was summoned at acton police court on wednesday for de serting his wire maud linglcy of myrtleroad acton he was ordered to pay her 15s per week the mayor who made a good re covery from his bronchial cold tho mayoress mrs hewett arid members of the family spent christmas at westcllffeonthesea in the election of common council men of the city of londop last week alderman majorwvh cham pnasiy- af actoh was re elected as a represent ative of the ward of farrlngdon without during the recent illness of the vicar ht the church of st k thomas acton vale the neighboring clergy who are for the most partthemselves shorthanded rendered ready nnd kindly help dorothy bonegan of mill hill road acton was summoned at acton police court on wednesday in last week foi assaulting john w roe of tho same address and damaging a window to the value of 1 mr lesue pjune seventh son of mr and mrs paine of acton was married at st gluvias church penryn corn wall on friday week to miss mary pauline crothers only daughter of alderman and mrs w j crothers alfred davles of kingstreet ham mersmith and herbert r slater of ralnockroad were each fined 6 at acton police court on wednesday for exceeding the motor speed limit mr william henry bham blnck- smlth 87 shakespeorcrond who was for many years with messrs w and d c v sun day after a long illness due to nerve trouble at a meeting of the clergy of the ealing rural deanery held at christ church ealing last week the rev h henry moleaworth bcvan m a oxon vicar of st dun stans east acton was unanimously elected furaj dean jack bryant a laborer of stcelo- rpad was fined 40s qt acton police withthe 8imple3t imple ments and with that she went away with a spark in her eye and a smile on her lips she looked so pretty that x kinds wished she and i was keepln house together and there wasn t any ol gal had anything to do with it 8bl saturday night i put on my store clothos and a boiled shirt nnd went rourft to- mandy she seemed glad to see me but she said shrdldnt roc th gt to seewou7uh surmcesuwvchece one night the old nmn had a severe attack of rheumatism and it was aaecessary for hugh to go alone to wake the evil spirits that slumbered i inii proa the lantern but tho boy declined it his faith in electricity was stronger than the old mans a turn of the button at the top of the stairs and the steely polish drop in she ant by me on the sofy ana tole me that ir lhad anymlng un my mind i felt like gtttln off i was welcome to do it facln te sofy was an old fashion ed desk or library or suthin with a looking glass on it we could see our selves in the gloss i asked mandy what part jot the room she was in when the gal said what she did to r nnlrt shs was sittin on rtfte sofy i ihort the gal was outside hays i it you was slttln on the sofy you couldnt aeeany one outside mandy chuckled mandy didnt say anything to this she looked down aljter kneesand sffoothecthe dress with her hands drry t t al d in 6- nlght says i i dunno vsays mandy well i says i dont kpor whether she doos or not im roigfiiy well sat isfied to be with you mandy if you say so i wont wait for tother gal any tlmo you want to marryme and come nnd take kecr o my house you kin do it oh mr barnlckle she says yout have spoke too late the other gats hre wneretseltetffaya i look in the glass i reckon it was downright smart o me to see what she meant i didnt rile me a bit why should itr til ttl y it was cause she and the other tml was thfl same gnl i wonder it shchsdnt been talkin to herself in i thero is a story in llpplncotts magaxlne of a husband who on his return from a visit sat down to hear the family happenings during his ab sence this incident it may be seen bos a moral the wife was naming the reforms she had successfully in troduced you know said she that clouot that wns locked over a month you said it couldnt be opened except by a locksmith well iopened it- jl pl pt vnt whfrg hnw tnuiworld did you dout otkisementas light as day he stpi carried hnr litue jratornr floor like mosaic work flashed back the li ih her was a vat clear and transparent green as emer ald next to it -one- of thick murky gray on hughs rlffht one blacks as ink beyond another with a buo of blood some frothed and hissed like boiling caldron from some a thin stream rose on two or three bubbles came to tho top with a sharp snap- plnjshlkethatpr yrnrat thcpbulbs hialrtsrush on the celling shone dimly through a dens flnlst hugh had just finished an especially obnoxious vatjit the extreme end of the cellar when without a seconds warning overy llgrht went out the change from the brightness of day to that of sudden noiseless gloom siupenea the boy and he stood a ha a th furnace door has been sagging round on one hinge for ever so long you know but its all right now well lm glad you had it fixed had it fixed i fixed it myself men there was that crayon portrait of mother that stood on the floor for six weeks be cause you hadnt brought me any plo- turehooks we i intended to bu oh it doesnt tnako any difference now i made a hook myself out of hairpin no and there s wllllo youve been coaxing and bribing htm for a year to break him of biting his pails and i broko him in a week with a hairpin ho said weak- noi- dont be a goose wtlh court on monday for being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language in willesdcnlane acton unemployment in the acton an eajlng area this christmas was con siderably less than it was at this time last year and that the officials at the ior exchange wmcimiaversr wide urea are optimistic with re gard to- the future the death after an operation of the rev gardner preston 38 birchgrove aconrmrnistcr of atlsouls tree church ealing and formerly of the acton unltarlon church a man of exceedingly lovable disposition tootc place on tuesday local cooperators nnd theh friends nssemblcd in good numbers at he grand hall acton baths on wednes day week to participate in a concert meeting organised by a committee from the district branches and given under the auspices of the london co operative society as it was christmas time i had one or two more than i am used to was tho explanation of james mark abraham little laborer south acton who was charged at ealing police court on monday with being drunk and disorderly and using obscene lan guage at a cost of 5g7 16s 5d christmas dinner parcels to the number of 1054 were distributed between 2 and 4pm in tho central hall on christmas eve under the auspices of the london co- actons christmas dinner fund the actoir parish church sunda school treats are taking place this week and iarge numbers of children have been entertained in the steyno hall the girls had their treat on monday night tho boys on tuesday night and the infanta will have theirs on saturday an ideal school of its kind was tho tribute paid by rec j h new- sham taylor rector of acton who was accompanied by mrs newsham tfpare time tho ihihiih h ikihin nh dally iiiih mid to oiirtmn jiimt i imv uiiirh rtparo tlmo omrht to ik win tl a good niuny tnultn tin inhttike of h guiding lelnuio hum u un it t i tol foi enjoyment lveiyouu iiuoih u i iiihoimhlo ihouuio of itarcullun fi tlu lehullding a tho locriutlon of oin eirtrglch untl xinl to incpiuo foi tlio nioli htilous tanks of lifo any typo of plenum oi umusomeiit yltlch ovoi uixph onu ov dovouru tou much alrmiglfi oi nmkc inroads upon sloop will dopleto oho nervously und send him buck to work less allot for it ltihlond at being i fi onliod und htiengtheiied this 1m not fair to onoo n if and nut lionotublo to ono m tin ploy eis if u man it tit od as i result of tho miinnct in wrrich ho spent his spare tlmo ho tun not du hlnsulf justice by piotluolnff tho hiiat work of which he 1m lupabli nor in he expect to muko tho prouruuh ho should further thnn that ho in not giving a full dollura worth ot nor vice foi a hundred cents voi th of pay not lonff iigo u girl had her attcn tlon called to some decidedly poor work whlclv she had dono in this en no tho employer happened to bo bus nous woman of keen understand ing sho was positive that mildreds inferior woi k was due to lato hours and too much attention o pleasure so tho business woman kindly but firmly called attention to tho fact that mildred was not getting sleep enough and as a result she did not feel well and her mind was nctt on her work mildred answered pertly i do not consider that it ia anybodys business what i do in my spare time you only pay me for elsht hours a day and you cannot expect to control the other sixteen the business woman smiled toler antly she did not resent tho child ish attltudo my dear sho replied pleasantly your vey remark and the tone of your voice proves eknt i am right i think i can show you that i am interested in your other sixteen hobrs i have no desire nor intention ot trying to control them but i am fully within my rights to determino whether the quality of work you give me in the elsht hour bualness day is satisfactory or nott h it isnt i am at liberty to govern myself accordingly iaetme illus crate on a certain country road are two farmers who live opposite each other one is very fond of a good time ho is always going to plcnics and tak ing it easy when his crops need at tention he docs not spray his frult when he should nor is ho careful in che picking and packing when he orings his products to me it is so ioor that cithor i do not want it at all or feel that it la only worth ft low price doubtless that man thinks that it is none of my af fair how ho docs his work or spends his time the farmer on the other side of the road is efficient callable and intelli gent ho produces the beet of every thing when ho offers mo supplies i am willing to pay a high market price for the goods ore worth it- i i buy off him regularly and havo recommended him to many of my best friends i do not belie vo that man would be superficial and childish as to say for a moment that it is no con- cernrofmlno8 tils customer whether the milk is clean and pure the chlck- ens fr from sound l are exchanging possessions he la giving me his produce for my money to be fair and honorable the money i glvo him must be good and the supplies ho brings me worth the price ih the same way i am buying- your services und so i am interested in the manner in which you spend your spare time because that governs the quality of your work mo ra w biro men who drink tho men might say to tholr railroad employers it is nono of your affairs what i eat or drink you and i realise however that men who aro entrusted- with hu man life must he steady and reliable ban will not employ men who gamble yet those men might say what i do in my spare time is no affair of yours hanking officials know that they cannot depend upon tho integrity t people w m sense him been undermined by games of chance ijlilnk i have explained mildred why it is an affair of mine how you spend your spore time happiy mildred was sensible and honest enough to apologise to her cm ployer for her rudeness and her wrong mental attitude business men and women owe it to themselves to spend their spnre time fn wholesomo pleasure in helpful con tact with people whose company and con vernation will ho of benefit 4o thorn and in study ami rending those books v htch will nid in development nnd future education the matter of spare time is ono of importance to both em oloyer and employee where kindness rules i ik by no moons dlffli ult when di ivlna through n farming set hon my a writer in tho young ieopje i woikly to distinguish iftnrwm of ho kind and the unkind there in an atmosphere of disquiet about the farm wher iinklndncss reigns the prrm ikom may have n wellkept look bat ovti the fowls one sees seem to have unusual air of timidity at tho- pronrh of a stranger as if they felt humnn presence was something to bo avoided whenever possible onitudi a farm if its owner comes to grfh you the farm dog does not as u rul follow him but crushes hi curiosity and takes himself hurriedly away lest ho meet with ah unpleasant exper ience on tho farm where kindness rule tho animals tell the story to th ntrungen the horses lit the pasture look calmly over the fence as he ap nronches or stretch their necks to observe his overy movement the oows prase peacefully if he invadci ttrelr camping grounds and when the farmer comes v give greeting the dog is usually at his heels and seconds his masters welcome with a friendly bark and vlgoromj tan movement it la in such surroundings that the country boy learns practical lessons in the result of kindness it jshot only in the kindly treatment ottinu mala that if he is shrewd he ob serves direct material benefit ip tho farm and the farmer but in inanimate things he finds that kindly usage of all things pays best once in a while there are persons sufficiently mean spirited to take advantage of unselfish kindness but these are so few that it is not fair to consider them when the general subject is being talked about reflected glory mr jones was an excellent man prosperous in his business and modeit in his ways but not distinguished for anything in particular his wife how over mrs smithjones wsb a woman of rare accomplishments she was an artist of more than ordinary abili ty a brilliant pianist and possessed a votes of remarkable brweetnessand power at a kunge party one evening at which she and her husband were pres ent her singing captivated a stranger who w one of the guests and he asked tbtjeiuduced toher ills request was granted after a few minutes conversation the hostess came and took him away you mustnt monopolize her mr simmons she said i want you to meet mr janes who is mr jones he is her husband what is he noted for- noted for echoed the hostess why foir for his wife the delicious flavor i j drawn from the lewwa of salada green tea has won it millions of uteri finer than any japan gunpowder or young hyson ask for salada qbacantmst ihemanwho purity ftour be hn mt clwic o tbe woriit float bnndfc lb choow purity flour to meet tout tnfcfaf needs experiract fan tnight him th uniformly i- ceuent mltailted oventened floor nuke fh dm wholesome and d pie cake mat wnttfiritl80pagt brel pnsjfuro4kb4el purity hour lcn in the winjaw of hop 30c n osmpi hnp it g your awarmzce at jfat 1 1 hot uytm ptapjad vtrtbuum w canada ixx mill co tl purity flour jfer all your bahnr free press job printing is always neatly done who pays pofadvertising there is an old and praises be a rapidly disappearing notion among the general public that advertised goods are the wall around the garden vw rounded by a stone wall its beauty i jta at at- 8houia demitavenrto tho merest i the preiaratory school condu in bftnarews hall as miss annie paee of deacon- road who is employed at the bowdcn wire co acton was walking to the pavement fr a tramcar eho wan trnocked down oy a butchers threo- wheel motor boxcarrier which had been scroened by tho car and severely injured mrs purseglove of actonlane was summoned at acton police court on wednesday rorassauninghisdalsy bishops mr purseglove was summon ed for assaulting john palmer diay bishop was summoned for assaulting maud m purseglove albert purse glove was summoned for assaulting lihuun palmer epad john fahner was summoned for assaulting albert d purseglove the parties all live at tho same house they were bound over cultivate the sort of manner which will attract lnstoad of repelling there are very fow people who will climb over a high stone wall sprinkled along tlio top with broken glass just be cause there is a garden on the other side yet that is what some of us seem to expect our acquaintances to do when wo put between them and ourselves tho barrier of coldness making it even more dlmcutt to sur mount by little incivilities and then finding fault with them for never dis covering our ffood qualities the hearts garden should not be aur- dasserdy not knowing whatjo do ho did not realise that li6 wns in any danger the accident simp annw htm fi- it promised an unpleasant delay in his work but it was not long beforo ho begun to realise that ho innst make his way back to the stairs and out of the basement as quickly as pos sible already his head was swim mlng in tho fpul atmosphere not a ray of hint paethect the cellar from any quarter r sight was of no use here hugti head to depend al together upon the sense of ouch pushing one foot carefully beforo the other he moved forward two or three steps then he halted irreso lute tho plonk jrtuwdld not ran straight from end 40 of the base ment but slganrd back and forth among ttte vats it behooved him to the worth of a smile one of the great financiers of this country estimated the smile of an other man as worth a million dollar wlthnhf un7rff it w ftin piftft wnr em he that seems to reveal cordial kindly personality it youmbetter judgment i felt all tho time that i shouldr i have done it said a young man who had taken an unfortunate step n connection with his business life he did not seem to realize that there was anything particular in his acknow lodgment hewos a youth who had it is like spontaneous frank lllomlna- spent a good many years in training ting big would pay some of you to4nnul recast ettorjadgrnent tola him fhafa cor how much am up would frp ronrth in the open market there aro smiles that are anything but assets the cruel ones that aro call ed out by anothers misfortune or ernbarrosment na complacent sneer telln a- story ot smug self- satisfaction the smirk than carries with it u vug gestion of un cleanness a smjle like any of these belong on tho debit side of the ledger other rfmiles if not such serious handicaps are value less the silly smile hc mechanical smite would not bring a d pilar at nn auction tsjir srrvlle may be an im portant ftetfw in making a success of your lite flow much 40 you think tt is worm his mind he had tho reputation for sound common sense yet when ills uun cou wm lieoontinuwl to follow it ovcrpenuiadect by thn ndvlco of friends or daxlrl possibly by whnt success would mean un fortunately hta courae ih not a singu lar one again and agan wo heai young peoplo aay retraramng a coutm of action they hivo followed knew tjmt i wns making a mistake no matter how good your judit mont mny be it cannot do much for you if you refuse to liend it ono who aoknowledgeii that he has followed a caurso of nctlon of which- his bitter judsmehl disapproved must aeknnw edge that ho desorvcir wlmtover mis fortune comes aa a result ot such a obolo higher priced than those whose desirable qualities are n thrust upon them fro thhiirteirpage who pays for advertising was an oftepat6qtresti5nin the days when the baloney barons and ketchup kings were driven to their offices behind a high- stepping team of bays and surely the gen eral public thought when they purchased a fifteen cent can of advertised soup they received only ten cents worth v food value and five cents worth of advertising for how else could the advertisers afford to pay for so much costly space increased prodution lower manuf acturingand sales cost per unit were unknown terms to them no business has flourished more dur ing the last quarter century than that of advertising a co of almost any kind of publication today with those of a few years ago will show anienormousis- crease in tjie amount of advertising car ried records show a similar growth in direct mad advertising could any enterprise unless based on the soundest of business principles with- fttay t eest over a long period of years and experience the growth which adver tising has enjoyed it is indeed surprising when facts are considered that even thesnaall num ber of antiadvertising people- still de mand who pays for advertising when it is so obviously the nonadvertising com- petitors of advertised products who event- uallysigntheehecks the northern your advertising in the acton free press will more than pay for itself s iiit ji jro- mmmmsm