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liPl Mk »* -/ f '.v# finS McMMK jft^li FLA 1 Sf ft ISAILJbi ft9 fllcHCBuSnBOr^ IEL« ^ >• *« dTl £*»,>• *•<" .>v*.x J* & K?: John Hansen, Crew -*C r- *i: - &.•-'< ";i Br FREEMAN PUTNEY, J*. mwii mi jjji !^twiw<«m«»8^ (Copyright.) Stolid, pink-eyed, flaxen-halted John Hansen, crew of the Mary H., had gone below to look for the skipper's pocket-knife. The skipper himself had stepped from the sloppy fishing-sloop to the ad- Joining wharf, while the lowered gaff on which he had been working lay In a disorder of canvas on the deck. He walked along the wharf to the schooner In the next berth, and asked a man sitting In the shadow of the forecastle for a bit of spun yarn. "My fore speak s gi'n out on me," he explained. The man on the schooner dropped his newspaper, stood tip, spat over the nail, and remarked that it was Sunday. From the fishing-sloop, the crew, John Hansen, now resting on his elbows half out of the cabin, grinned under his thin, corn-siHt mustache. The man on the schooner dropped below to look In his stores, and the skipper waited, puffing on his pipe. The man on the schooner came on deck again, shaking his head, and tossed the skipper a handful of tangled cord. "They got no spun yarn, John," bailed the skipper. "Will marline dor "Be--yah !" returned John. •"Iliank ye," grunted the skipper to the schooner's man. "Sorry ye ain't got any spun yarn." "All right," mumbled the other, resuming a colored supplement where i»e had left off. The skipper returned to his sloop. John Hansen did the repairing, and the skipper assisted. Before long the Iron was rewound, the ropes strengthened, and the halyards rebent. "Now," said the skipper, "ye can go ashore. We'll sail airly in the mornin' so ye better sleep aboard. Ye goin' up to see Christina this afternoon?" Jehn grinned. "Be--yah," he drawled*. *1 tank; I go tee her." "She's a mighty stanch gal, Christina," admired the skipper. "Too an' she goin' ter git spliced soon?" The crew blushed. "t ain't asked her yet, but I tank •"That's right," approved the skipper. "Don't ask her till ye're sure, right an' tight" "Ee-yah," corrected John. "I tank one ting can break lit. Sappooo the «W go away?" "What d'ye mean?" *"l tank I got promised to marry a girl once myself. I went on a fishing trip, and when I come back the girl ban gone away." "A gal at home?" . ,•?* "No, a girl named Htijre, when I first came to Hardyport. She went away. I tank I ain't promised to her lbnger, eh?" The 'skipper thought rapidly. For two years John Hansen had served as lone hand on the shore fishing-boat. Working on shares, his portion of the proceeds had given him a good balance in the savings bank up-town, but tile skipper knew that the« balance should haye been many dollars more. John had trusted the skipper's arithmetic and without question taken what was given him each settling day. A watchful wife would end this. He would encourage anything that might delay this marriage. "Ye sartain got ter marry Fanale If ye said ye would," he began. John looked perplexed. "I don't tank so," he considered fiftowly. "She ban gone to New York her cousins they fold me. What make It she don't write, me a letter if she want me?" "Oh, ye never can tell about worn Ctt folks," generalized the skipper easily. "She may be breaking her -little heart waitin', fur all ye know.' With troubled face, John washed his hands and face and changed his clothes in the cabin. Then, going on deck, he combed his hair before a fragment of mirror stuck in a masthoop. "I tank," he announced finally, "I go tip an' see the parson at the Bethel I got to be* honest, an' if I ban fool t» get promised to little Fannie long time before I saw Christina, maybe I have to pay for-It. Only I hope,' he added brokenly--"I hope Christina •he don't care--much!" "That's right," approved the skipper. That afternoon, when the meeting at the Fishermen's Bethel was over, JOhn Hansen did go to the parson, and the par soft, having untangled from John's broken English what seemed to be a straight version of the story, did tell the tali, light-haired fisherman to' pait. ' John did not go to see Christina that jgjfening. Instead, he made his way Back to the wharf. "I tank I don't fish an* More," helf announced to the astonished skipper. "Why not?" was the demand. "I tank I go to find Fannie. "But, ye tow-headed sculpln' JN> can't find her in New York!1' n Three evenings John Hansen spent under the glar^of the electric lights in Coney Island's Bowery before he found her. He recognised Fannie in spite of the bleaching of her hair, the rouge on her cheeks, and the exaggerated outlines of her silk clothes. Troubled, he followed Iver down a dimly lighted street into a cheap wooden building with a bar in the front room. Passing through this apartment, they sat down at a small table In an alcove beyond. "Well," she ejaculated finally, "how's old Hardyport? What brought you down here, John?" "I came to bring you back," he answered soberly. * "Quit yer kidding," she "broke out angrily. "You don't like this place. I don* tank it very good place. You come home to Hardyport." "Lord!" she cried. "Don't I want to? Ain't I tired and sick of this hole? Wouldn't I swap this cologne an' musk for a whiff o' the wild roses an* the barberry? Don't I want to see the sun set behind the West Parish hills and the water all red at high tide across the marshes? Ain't I choked for a breath of air from the real ocean, for a gust of the east wind, all sharp and salt? "I can't go, John. I can't go!" "I tank you can go," he persisted placidly. "What make it you can't?" "I owe money here, to the boss. You don't understand about it. He wouldn't let me go if I tried." "How much money?" Inquired John. "A lot.' It's nearly a hundred dollars now." John Hansen took from his pocket a slim roll of bills, divided it, and handed her the larger part As if dazed, the girl took the money and slipped it into her dress. You be at the big station in New York for train at ten o'clock tomorrow mornin'," John said rising. When the next afternoon boat from Boston had made fast at her Hardy- •port wharf John Hansen and Fannie crossed the gangplank together and walked slowly up Harbor street "You don't know how good it seems to get back," murmured the girl. "Speed up, Beau," she babbled, "I'm that empty I could get away with a raw selling-plater. Let's chase ourselves to a Joint where we can feed our faces." They ate supper at a little restaurant and then wandered out over the avenue that skirts the harbor. The two stood leaning on the bridgerail, Fannie watching the bathers and the slow flash of the revolving lamp in the lighthouse tower on the Point, but John with his eyes on the girl. Once more he dully studied the showy dress, the too abundant frizzed and curled yellow hair, the powderblotched cheeks, the hard lips, and the bold, brilliant eyes. Then he fought of Christina, and his heart rose slowly In protest. , This tainted, young-old, mktde-up creature--what had she In common with him? Why should he give up for her the clear-eyed, clean-skinned girl he wanted--the only girl he wanted on the shores of the seven seas? What claim had this brass-tongued woman upon him? Aye." he added aloud. "But I ban fool and I have to pay." "What say?" queried Fa*. "Fannie"--he spoke steadily--"yov an' me -ban promised four years ago. When I came in from that trip an' found you gone to New York I didn't follow." Fannie was gazing at him from under batf-shut eyelids, but made no reply. John Hansen continued: "Year ago I know better, but 1*11 stow that now. I ban older than you, and I tank my place to stand between you an* the wind. Now I ban goin' to pay." "You mean," she whispered--"you mean--you'll marry me now--after-- In spite of everything?" He nodded silently, and for a few moments she gazed Into his eyes. "John Hansen!" she ejaculated finally. "You're a fool! You're as big a baby ,a§you wpre four years ago! You needsJnneone to take care of you. I'll marry you!" As he opened bis mouth she cut off his words with a wave of her hand. "TO. marry you, yes, on one condition. That is, that you're not In love with any other girt. Are you?" she snapped. "I--I " began the bewildered John. "You are! Then, John^IIansen, you can have. her. I don't love you. I don't want you or any other man. You were sent to me, an' you've brought me home an* given me back this." She waved her hand toward the town and the sea. "You've given me back this. Fll give you bade your girt Now go to her." REDUCE COST OF HtflflttUIMTS Bulletin Teaches Methods of Preserving Life of Various Pieces idf Wearing Apuacel. CLEANLINESS IS AID Eliminate Necessity of Spending Large ftwms to Replace Wardi Qtvirig Immediate Attem to Ripe and Tears. (Prepared by., the United States Department of Agriculture.) Hen as well as women can help reduce the high cost of clothing. A little care on the part of the wearer will do much to preserve clothing already on hand, and thus eliminate the necessity of spending large mims frequently to replenish the wardrobe. This Is brought out in a recent publication of the United States department of agriculture. Farmers' Bulletin 1089, Selection and Care of Clothing. . Immediate attention to rips, sewing on loosened buttons and hooks, reworking worn buttonholes, and "preventive" darning are recommended as means of prolonging the life of a garment. The suiter repair measure consists of reinforcing a worn place with rows of fine stitches or by laying a piece of cloth under it and darning It down with raveling of the material. The heels and toe® of stockings and socks especially .may be treated this way before a hole is entirely worn through. Shortening sleeves or trousers a little to do away with a worn edge, or putting new cuffs and collar or new trimming on a dress may often add months to the life of a garment. To keep clothing looking "as good as new" as well as actually preserving and lengthening Its life, It is necessary to keep It clean. Brushing with a stiff brush for woolen clothing and with a softer brush for velvet or silk, is necessary to remove dust, and spots and stains should be carefutyy treated with cleaning preparations as soon' as possible. In most cases this can be done at home, but It Is more economical to have professional cleaners handle very delicate garments. Farmers' Bulletin 861 gives detailed information on the removal of. stains from •different kinds of textiles.' Pseeelng Preserves Garments. Preserving the shape of a garment lengthens its service. Almost anyone can learn to press clothing neatly. Woolen clothing should be covered with a thoroughly dampened cloth and pressed with a moderately hot iron until nearly dry. If the cloth becomes absolutely dry, shine is likely to appear 00 NOT THROW AWAY m PARTLY STALEiftBAD erent Ways of Making Quite Appetizing. Oeod Plait4» Cut Off-Whet Is Weeded Meal and Place Slioee In. Hot Oven- Croutons Are Made of Oddi and End*. Toasting Is the most common method for making stale or partly stale bread attractive, but it is by no means the only one. If partly stale bread is put into a very hot oven for a few minutes it grows softer, probably because the heat tends to drive the water from the crust back into the crumb, food specialists of the United States department of agriculture say. Such warmed-over bread is not as soft gnd springy as fresh, but most persons find it very appetizing. A good plan, therefore, when bread has lost Its freshnesss, is to cut off what will be needed at a meal and place the slices In a hot oven for a few minutes just before serving. In this way bread can be used on the table which would ordinarily be considered too stale. "Twice-baked bread," which is cut bread placed In the warming-oven or in a pan on the back of the stove and allowed to dry out slowly until It is slightly brown ana crisp throughout, offers still another way of making stale bread attractive. If desired, this twice-baked bread may be crushed with a rolling-pin and used like the ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. In some localities this dish has long been known under the name of rusks. The little fried cubes of bread called croutons, which are served with soup, may be made of odds and ends of bread. To save time, bread simply broken into small pieces may be fried either in deep fat or In a pan (sauteed) and used for the same purpose. Sometimes bread crumbs fried in a pan are used as a seasoning or sauce for meat. French cooks frequently put pieces of stale bread |n soups just long enough before serving for them to soften; the well-known one, "crust In, the pot," (croute au pot), Is simply, a thin soup with bread in it. There are many ways of using stale bread in cooking. Almost every good cookbook gives directions for preparing soft and dry crumbs for use in scalloped dishes, bread puddings, etc. The soft parts of bread may be used In place of flour or cornstarch for thickening soups, sauces, gravies, stewed tomatoes (either fresh or canned), etc. Bakers often use stale bread and dried, finely ground cake In place of part of the flour in making fancy breads, cakes and cookies. The housekeeper can often avoid waste by using them in this way in grlddlecakes, cakes, cookies, etc. MOPS FOR POLISHED FLOORS Does a Dog Love a Blind Manf "A dog never becomes really attached to a blind man." That was the Astounding statement recently made by a dog expert. Asked how he could prove that to be true, and, If so, why was it true, he asserted that a dog loves and understands more than anything else the eye of his master. And, he said, quite truly, that the dog, wor- •tiiping his master, always looks up Into his face. The expert agreed that It was quite possible that a dog should, sflhen he had .gone blind, still show affection, but that it was Impossible for a seeing dog, who had never seen the ayes of his owner, to become really attached to him. He would be a faithful, willing slave, but there wxHjldL no; -|W4s'real deep affection. m Power of Sentiment. Without sentiment we shall reform fat vain. We shall start to pile up a Cross, utilitarian building, that makes , • ||o appeal to the soul of man. We I . ^4|tnU miss immeasurably the finer side of reconstruction. Blockheads deride sentiment. They want something tangitefcifoible. they tell you. They want the "stuff"--none of your poetry and namby- pamby nonsense." But blockheads miss the fact that sentiment ought to play a mighty part In the reconstruction of the country; we ought to have it In full measure, brimming over-- provided It be of the right kind.--ExdU" T GoedAdvloe. "Crosby," the veteran correspondent of the Downs News^ gives this bit of free medical advice to boys and girls who are troubled with sore lips: "When I was a boy I always had sore lips. One day an old woman told me to turn my bread butter side down when I ate--every bite I ate for three weeks, I followed her advice, and ihave never had a sore lip from that day to this. It doesn't cost a penny for this drug." . ^ ; •pots antf'Stalne in Clothing Can Be Removed at Home. on the garment Silk garments should be..pressed very carefully; in fact sometimes hanging a silk dress over a tub of steaming water will remove wrinkles without actual ironing. Washable white silk garments should be washed and rinsed In lukewarm water, wrapped in a towel, and pressed with a warm, not hot, iron. Handled in this way they will not turn yellow. Shoes, more than many other articles of clothing, need to be thoroughly aired after wearing, to prevent perspiration from rotting the lining. Keeping shoes on shoe trees or stuffed with paper when hot in use preserves their original shape, and Js especially necessary If the shoes have become wet Intense heat is likely to crack leather; therefore wet shoes should never be dried under the stove or on a register or radiator. Cleaning Hats and Glove*. A hat that is worn day after day needs special care to keep it looking neat Careful brushing or, in the case of straw hats, wiping w.ith a cloth dipped in denatured alcohol will remove dust and freshen it A new band on a man's hat may postpone the necessity of buying a new hat for months. Trimmings on women's hats that become loosened by wind or wear should be sewed Into place as follows: Thread a long needle with coarse thread or silk of an inconspicuous color. Draw the needle from the wrong side through the hat beside the loosened trimming, leaving 2 or 3 inches of thread on the wrong side; pass the needle up and down around the trimming and back to the wrong side of the hat; pull the thread through, tie the two ends securely and cut them a quarter of an inch beyond the knot. One method of cleaning kid gloves la to rub the soiled-part* with cornmeal, moistened with enough gasoline to keep the meal from scratching the gloves, then dry thoroughly In the air. The bulletin mentioned treats also of ways of economizing In the selection Ot clothing, bow to test textile goodp, and gives other suggestions of value. One May Be Made of Old Stockings or Any Discarded Woolen er . « Flannelette Material. For oiled or polished floors an oiled floor mop is almost a necessity. Several makes can be found pn the market, or one may be made of old stockings or any discarded woolen or flannelette material. In a Farmers' Bulletin on "Farm Home Conveniences," obtainable free from the United States department of agriculture, the following directions for mfUtlng such a mop are given: The material is cut into 1-inch wide strips, which are sewed across the middle to a foundation of heavy cloth. This is fastened to an old broom handle or used in a clamp mop handle. The mop, when finished,, is dipped Into a solution made of one-half cupful of melted paraffin and one cupful of kerosene, and then allowed to dry To keep It moist it is rolled tightly and kept In a paper bag away from stoves or lamps. That Didnft Suit Her, Either. The Bride--Oh, Dick, you shouldn't kiss me before all those girls. The Groom--I'm glad my little wife is so unselfish, and Just to please you I'll kiss all those girls first.--Boston Transcriot Cooking Beef Sirloin. Time required for cooking beef sirloin; rare, per pound, eight to ten minutes. Beef sirloin ; well done, per pound, twelve to fifteen minutes. Emergency 8leeve Board. In an emergency, a rolled-up maga* sine njakes an excellent sleeve board. With its aid you will be able to press the sleeve seam beautifully flat To Clean Nickel. Bub nickel with black polish and fob until dry. jf ' • mJJtk CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF FOOD It May Be Literally True That "One Man's Meat la Anothee Man's f*oison"--People Differ. Different persons are differently constituted with respect to the chemical changes which their food undergoes and the effect produced, so that it may be literally true that "one man's meat is another man's poison.' Every man must learn from his own experience what food agrees with him and what does not.--United states department of agriculture. i TftUE ELOQUENCE. "That was a great speech your lawyer made when he get you acquitted." "So it was," said the confidence man. "It was the most eloquent oration I ever heard. Why, my lawyer not only convinced the Jury that I was an Innocent and much abused man, but there were times when I almost believed it myself." A Belief. x "I hope Bllgglns has to make speeches on behalf of some candidate next summer," remarked the man who can be disagreeable. "Think it'll help the candidate?" "Not much. But it'll compel Bliggins to talk about' somebody besides himself.* • I ^11 Fixed. "Gabe, I hear yon are about to commit matrimony. Got your house furn* tshed yet?" Yep, got a pair of deer antlers fer a rifle rack. And when my seven coon dogs are home the place looks as cesi as a plctur\" § Alwfys a Way. "My husband won't buy nie'a Jen* ejed dog collar." "There's a way to vet It? "Huh?" * "£eqp growling." Always Happen* "Sometimes i bsteg mytofteh «t me." f "Well?" . » 4 "Those are the days you get lnvt£ ed out." w "BEN" FRMKUN NOT FIRST Contention Made That New I |Pa4 the Earliest Periodical 1 the United States. I claim that the oldest periodical In the United States is the NewHampshire Gasette, published weekly at Portsmouth and founded In 1756, the next In age being the Weekly Mercury, published at Newport, R. I., and founded in 1758. "Benjamin Franklin did not feund the Saturday Evening Post or any other paper in 1728. The Pennsylvania Gazette was founded in 1728 by Samuel Keimer, who did not make a financial success of It and sold It to Franklin. It was first called The Universal Instructor in All Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania Gazette. In his autobiography Franklin says of Keimer and the Gazette: 'He began his paper, however, and after carrying it on three-quarters of a year, with at most ninety subscribers, he offered It to me for a trifle; and I, having been ready for some time to go on with it, took it In hand directlyand it proved In a few years extremely profitable to me.'" Samuel Atkinson and Charles Alexander combined the subscription lists of the Pennsylvania Gazette aud the Bee and issued the first number of the Saturday Evening Best on August 4, 1821, and the Gazette and the Bee went out of existence forever. Thomas Cottrell Clarke was the first editor of the Post. All old newspaper directories give 1821 as the year the Post was established. IN THE BARNYARD. "All wild animals like to go gether." sai<i Mrs. Hen, "and for that matter all of the iimiinii liinaiiliai IIMIB1MBI Hllltaliai BOSSY HAD DELIRIOUS "JAG' COMPLIMENT FOR COMPLIMENT. She--Alas, fee never see men like those the novelist describes. He--Alas, no--nor girls like th<tQea the illustrators draw. Economic Delusion. Buying apples by the barrel Is one way man's peace Is wrecked-- First he picks and eats the specked, ones; By that time the rest are specked. Maybe. "The cherry tree was once revered." "And Is yet I trust What you driv* Ing at?" "Maybe In these days we pay too much attention to the plum tree." Depends on Value. "How would you class the deferred payment for a navy?" "I suppose, according to the kind of a navy, it would be either a staking fundor a floating debt" :-i-' 1 ' i . f An Injudicious Inqtrtry; Benson--I sold my first poem when I was only sixteen, and 1 ha^ been writing ever since. Blnks--Aud have you ever gold another?-- London Answers.. * >411 Ground /he House „ A Painful Operation. "tlM you hear our friend Jones had been superseded?" "You don't say so! Did they give Un an anesthetic?" True. "You take life too seriously." "I like to be careful." "Well, a man can be careful without being full of care." All Off. "I thought Belle's marriage was coming off this month." "It was, but her engagement came off last month." Results of Imbjbing Barrel of Home Brew Disastrous te Morale of Sedate Old Cow. Milk, that mild fnd healthful beverage beloved of the young, usually held In light esteem b)r die antlprohlbitionlst, but-- / It happened n6t long ago--since Jan. 16--In the mining camp of Sand Coulee, Montana. A "Bohunk" miner's wife, apparently seeking to keep her lord and master in good humor, mixed a barrel of home brew guaranteed to develop a real kick, and set it out in the yard to ferment A neighbor's cow happened along and tasted. One taste led to another, and finally the barrel was empty. But not so the cow. She was most decidedly and satisfactorily "full." Anyway, bossy waa fighting drunk, and she started out to clean up that mining camp, and succeeded almost completely. But she met her Wellington in Deputy Sheriff Adolphson. The cow charged the sher^f, who dodged. Then bossy suffered from the hallucination that has afflicted humans under similar circumstances. She gave evidence of seeing a multitude of Sheriff Adolphsons, and finally tiring herself with aimless charges fell down and asleep. When she awoke next day her "jag" was over. But it is reported that her milk sold at a premium for several days among the strong men of the camp.--Wall Street Journal. .Ammonia by New Proceed, Ah enterprising American feat secured from the Italian government a concession for the utilization of 800 horsepower of the Marmore cascades near Ternl, about seventy miles from Rome, and maintains that he can turn out nitrogenous plant food for the Italian farmer at a cost as low as 1 lira per kilo (equivalent to 10.088 per pound, with the lira taken at its par exchange value of $0,103). It is said that the falls are capable of generating not less than 150,000 horsepower. These are the cascades over which Byron waxed so eloquent in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Alfred P. Dennis, commercial attache of the United States embassy in Rome, reports to the department of commerce that the only ingredients in the ammonia are water, •air and electric energy. Keep large paper bag in the kitchen for rags. e e e Minced walnut* may be added to salmon salad. • • • Cakes to be eaten while fresh require little fat e e e Apricot tapioca can be made exactly as peach tapioca is. • • * Grated lemon peel adds a delicious flavor to baked apples. • • e A few bread crumbs added to scrann ^led eggs improve them. e • e Wet the cut end of ham fWtth viaegar to keep from moulding. e e e For cleaning sliver and glass, applying polish to faucets, stoves, ett, keep one or more toothbrushes handy. Grease spots on silk or velvet will disappear If rubbed rapidly but lightly with a clean cotton cloth, dipped in chloroform. Finish with a dry cloth. e e e To remove yellow stein on sink or bathtub, apply pure cider vinegar or lemon juice to spots with a cloth, then scour in usual manner and rinse thorpugW* ifjj tr , ... .... •. .._ Literal Deecriptlon. "What is the mean power of this engine?" "You've said It. It Is about as a power as they make 'em." Water on Two Sides. Yeast--I see some one has suggested stocking a boat and having a floating saloon on the river to get over the, bone dry law. Crimsonbeak--Well, that certainly would give-us an opportunity of having a little water on the side. Merely a Suggestion, Bridget--Do come and look at the beautiful sunset out av the kitchen winder, ma'am. Mistress--That's nothing Bridget So* ought to see it rise SOOM morning. • -- ( Strictly LiteraL «Why do they want to get a am geon from another place for that operation?" "Because there is no specialist here.' "That's strange. I thought tliey said the trouble was strictly lo^al." Urban Economy. are you. sowing, Mr. Mead* ows "Wheat ma'am.' "Dear me! And wheat ae scarce! Don't you think it would be more Domical to sow bran?"--Judge. WS?" Reality of Dleeaee Germs. Replying to a protest from Lee White, publicity department of the Christian Scientists, against remarks on the death from diphtheria of a girl under Christian Science treatment the Journal pf the American Medical Association says: "Had the nine-year-old girl been buried beneath a load of bricks, even Mr. White would have suggested, we believe, that before giving the Injured child 'Christian Science' treatment--'absent' or 'present' --the bricks should be removed. What Mr. White fails to realize is that a Klebs-Loeffler bacillus Is just 'as ma terial an object as a brick. It dftes material damage, It la true, not by itss material weight, but by the equally material toxins It produces." tele- A Adore Carrots. tame ones, do loo. By tame onea I mean we creatures of the barny a r d--J u s t at nice creatures as ever happened or will happen, except when more of us coma around. "Now the rabb i t s a r e o f t e n very tame, but they aren't barnyard animals. They are very fohd of lots of the things that the farmer has. For example they simply adore carrots. They love clover and many of the other vegetables and how they do relish lettuce! So that I always feel that rabbits are rather near and friendly with us as they like the farmer's food and enjoy home-grotCn things. "But as 1 was saying, lions go together, tigers go together, dogs go together, buffaloes go together, fishes go together, we all go together. All the animals I mentioned aren't wild, ho^revfer." She grinned a hen's grin. "I am indeed glad that a tiger, for example, doesn't come along and ask me to take a walk. If a tiger should do such a thing I would most politely say no. "But we hens aU go together and walk about the barnyard in a mast friendly fashion. 'Now I have always been more than a mere barnyard creature, an ordinarily tame anlmat. I am very tame. Perhaps I should not call myself; a tame animal but should call myself a a tame fowl. "I will get up In the lap of the farmer's wife. I do not mind getting ftp In the laps of the children. I don't mind that In the least. "But the children wriggle more than the farmer's wife does and I am not so happy in their laps. They're restless young dears, they are. "So many of the chickens are tame Just as I am and they too will get up In the lap of the farmer's wife. "Then Mrs. Pullet Hen will tell stories to her young chickens. Mrs. Pallet is, as you know, very- small In size. "We're all such a friendly lot And how we do like feeding time! Cackle, cackle, cackle, that is most exciting. "Of course, we aren't greedy like the pigs are, but we do show Joy over our food, a nice, enthusiastic, cordial kind of Joy." / « "What do all those weeds mean?" asked Mrs. White Hen. "Oh," said Mrs. Hen, "they mean the same as eager and glad and all such things. Aren't they nice words?" 'Cackle, cackle, cackle, they're most nice words," Mrs. White Hen said. "All wild animals," said Mrs. Hen, are apt to fight. They never fight on any general, chosen place, but on each other's grounds, as a rale. One of them In defense, as a rule." •What in the world," said Mrs. White Hen, "are you doing all this talk about wild animals for? I've been hearing you talk all the* afternoon and you've mentioned wild animals in every other breath." "Not that much, quite," said Mrs. Hen. "Bpt you know when one la a barnyard • animal Simple Telephony. An Interesting development phony Is a hew three-wire wall net which operates on two ordinary dry cells, says the Scientific American. The telephone Itself is built for the use and pleasure of youngsters. The installation is very simple, as the telephones fasten to the walls with two screws and there is nothing more technical for the boy to do than to follow simple instructions In connecting the wire with the posts on each telephone box. The set will operate up to 1,000 feet, Instead of the usual 100 or 200 feet, If two additional dry cells are employed. •» , f Giving Him Room. - "Graclousl I didn't know yon were going away." "Yes, the doctor has ordered my hue* band to stop smoking, and I'm going to mother's for the first few weeks."-- Judge- (NewYork). *•; ---- t.. ..a . n / Cautieiv'. Friend--Are all those, letters frosi your admirers? Movie Actor--I gueei so. Friend--Do you read them all? Movie Actor--I've got to. Among them might be an offer from jpne other film company.--Film Fun., and has been one all one's life and never expects to be anything else, It Is nice once In awhile to talk of a wild life, don't you think it is?" "That is a funny Idea," said Mrs. White Hen. "And it Is especially funny coming from yon, for you are as tame as any hen wd ever had on the farm and you keep all your children following your footsteps." •They don't always follow my footsteps," said Mrs. Hen. "In fact they rarely follow my footsteps." • "Oh I mean," said Mrs. White Hen, "that they do as you do. They follow your example, In other words." "Oh,'I see what you mean," said Mrs. Hen. "Yes, they do what I say. but now and then I take a talking holiday when I. talk of all sorts of *hings away from the barnyards. Just as people take trips and go to different places so do I take trips and talk differently and of different things. I suppose I am a funny hen; I suppose I am." , "I Don't Mind That,* Warm Oratory. "He began with a fiery opening, in which he denounced the evils of the other party, and fairly boiled over in describing their tricks." "That must have been hot stuff." Point. y Teacher--William, what to Income tax? " Willie*-* to when yo» tft fi • tack. - Teacher--No, I'm afraid yon don't see the point Willie--You don't sir; you feel,It-- Not to Her Credit Do not be one of the girls whoee friends are continually making allowances for Jhera. When people excuse a piece of rudeness on the score that it is only "Mattle's way," or pass over a disagreeable speech with the e£- planatlon that "Kitty doesn't mean anything by it" the girl most concerned should sets herself to bring sbout a different state of affairs. For a healthy, normal girl to put her friend in the position of making allowances for her, Is far from being to her credit--Girls' Companion. .. -. . ",?* * C: