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THE MeHENRY PLAlttDtALER. So Handy Round the Hotili By H. LOUIS RAYBOLO (A IMi. fe? MeClarc N«vq»p*r Br&dlcata.) - fine read the closely written sheets of her sister's letter with eager eyes. "We are go glad, dear, tliat you may be able to visit us. Just think--mar- : Wed six years and my kid sister has ^ ,, 'never seen my wonderful babies or s, "equally wonderful Wllliani. Which re- '0'"[•••; tninds me that I bope this Perry perjson you mention so casually yet so ^: ^frequently in your letters is as suit- ** ,..*»ble for you as my husband is for me. you'll have to see William to ap- *4 ' j>peci»te him. He's so handy round ^ " . the house--" a She reread that last phrase. "So fC. fcandy round the house!" Her | : Ihoajhts flew to Perry Keene, to his ' * frond looks and attractive ways. He1 J*ad many admirable qualities to offer fts a bosbaml bat. somehow or other, ,#ae simply could sot visualise him as . feeing bandy round the house." K. Sue's brow wrinkled as she m«fl- - -bated. She hadn't said "yes" to Perry ; yet and could easily make her visit to Helen an excuse for taking more time V . petore answering. That evening Perry, spurred by the h' . - lope of getting a definite reply from tihe girl he loved, arrived to find a ~ barrier suddenly raised. "JTo Perry." Sue said hesitantly, 8pHv "then with gathering firmness, "I won't |'i #av 'yes' until I'm absolutely certain, p? ' *jVhen I return from my visit to Helen tf.,; -'i*H give my answer." With that Perry had to be satisfied, end on the following day he saw Sue t>ff at the station with a huge box of Chocolates, an assortment of magafcines and an earnest plea to "decide his favor." The unexpected marriage of Sue's g!!| sister while Sue and her invalid aunt pi were at a southern resort for the winpi ter and Helen's Immediate departure pi; \ for a little western town haJ brought H jabout the unusual circumstances that K Sue had never seen her new b-other- |jj>j In-law. There had been little money on either side to spare for visits, and not until the death of her aunt had Sue found herself able to go to her sister. Nevertheless, she accurately selected William from the group of men waiting at the station gate and pres- , ently found herself tucked In the unpretentious runabout waiting at the curb. Their progress home was interrupted by a call at the fish market. "Helen Is Just crazy over mackerel roes," explained William. And Sue sighed.'It was the first evidence of William's "domesticity. "You dear thing T' "Helen--and those darling dfl* •dren!" For a moment the Joy of meeting obliterated all else. Then William uni. wrapped the roes. "The man said they ought to be used tonight," he advised. Helen's brow clouded. "I have isteak," she began. Then her expression cleared "Never mind. I'll make it into meat cakes tomorrow and have the fish tonight. William is so thoughtful about bringing things home," she added in an aside to Sue. As the days passed Sue found hert self unable to arrive at a decision ; regarding Perry. More and more clearly she realized that a vast gulf lyawned between him and her brother- Jn-law, and instinct told her that if ihappy marriages were based on the William type of man alone, wedded life with Perry would be a foredoomed failure. : William not only helped with the marketing, but he swept the living room before breakfast, and if the dust Sifted into the dining room, still--the Jiving room was swept. He knew the contents of pantry and icebox, and .frept tab", in a perfectly nice way, on jtj>ythe amount of butter and eggs con- And he washed the supper ;t|(i <llRh** regularly with a beautiful disregard erf every housekeeper's rule, fglasses first and then silver," doing !*> the forks and knives and spoons last, when the water was lower in temperiftture. k * The last day of Sue's visit Sue and I*; Helen went to the city on what Helen a; ,v termed a "shopping spree." Their iny " tention was to return In time for i? lunch, but the lure of the windows ^ ^nd the spell of the laden counters § proved of such siren influence that |r: the hours sped unnoticed. As a re- P ' trait, it was well into the afternoon ^ before the sisters left the suburban i .f.r trolley and hastened up the shady |f**f Street to the house where William, |!"' j taking a day off from work, was play- , ; Ing nursemaid to the children. : i> "Won't William and the children be half starved, Helen?" Sue wanted to ^ know. ||,:?/„ "Oh, William vlll look out for that," ||f! replied Helen carelessly. Eft And William had. "Yes," he as- &'• sured them. "I got the kids some Ice cream cones And mixed up a little cocoa and we finished up the cold meat. And as for you, your dinner is ready," he concluded triumphant Such a dinner as it was! Chops, more or less Irregularly broiled, salad made with fruit and cherries from Helen's emergency shelf and tlie rest of the salad dressing reserved for supper, toast, French fried potatoes, and a bakery pie whose cost had been out of all proportion to Its depth or the richness of its ingredients. Helen and Sue, who had dropped into small place of refreshment for sand wiches and Russian tea, could not do justice to the repast. Somewhere from regions upstairs five-year-old Billy was emitting muffled sobs. "He Insisted on making your toast," explained William, "and when he burned it and I made him desist, be took to sulking, so I sent him up to his room for an hour. If it's spoiling your dinner, I'll go up and spank him," he added anxiously. "William Is craxy over the children, said Helen, "but he believes in strict discipline, and although sometimes it Is hnrd, I leave it all to him." The following day. Sue kissed her sister goodby. hugged the children, and shook hands with William. Never had the halo of his domesticity shone brighter than it did In the last picture she had of him, wiping the sticky mouth of little -Betty, who bad teased for a milk chocolate. Perry, notified by telegraph, .aet Sue at the station with roses and an expression both hopeful and anxious. Something in her face led him to touch her hand as his car sped them homeward. "Is it to be--?". "Yes--without a reservation!" and Sue returned the quickened pressure of his hand and then of his eager lips. Helen, contriving to be present for the wedding, asked anxiously, "Is be domestic, darling?" Sue smiled deprecatingly. "Perry doesn't know a porterhouse steak from a loin chop, nor which end of a broom you sweep with." There was a world of apology In her voice for the shortcomings of her chosen husband. but in her eyes shone the light of satisfaction imalloyed. Increasing Oemand for Bible* The largest budget In over a hundred years has Just been announced by General Secretary Frank H. Mann for the American Bible society. It amouQts to $1,222,367, and is called for by the very great demand for Bibles. The war has created a famine of Bibles In certain parts of the world, especially in Austria and central Europe. The adoption of the new phonetic script in China will provide millions of new readers In the next few years. Children can learn the new script In three or four hours, and Illiterate men and women in as many weeks. The American Bible society Is 106 years old, and has Issued 140,000,000 copies of the Scriptures in 150 languages and dialects. Fleur-de-lis. The fleur-de-lis Is a heraldic device in armorial hearings of many countries. but is especially associated with the royal house of France. The design is based on the white Illy, and shows three flowers joined together, the central one erect, and the other two bending outward. The shield of the kings of France was blue, powdered with golden fleur-de-lis. The standard of France la the days of the empire bore the device, but It has been abandoned since the days of tbe republic. Some people think tbe fleur-de-lis represents the while iris, the "flower de luxe" of Shakespeare. In Roman and Gothic aJH&itecture It la a favorite ornament 1 Fleecy Foiesifc. It is a pretty Idea that flowers and trees and leafy boughs are the source of the delicate fabric that we call today silk. Virgil speaks of the spinning of fleecy forests making them into a slender twine, and another writer. 200 years after Pliny says, "the Seres comb tbe variously colored flowers of the land to make their precious garments." while Pliny said "the Seres are famous for the 'wool' In their forests, and after steeping it in water, comb off tbe white down that adheres to the leaves and then give to their women the twofold task of unraveling tills fabric and weaving the threads." The Lazy Man. It is well to bear in rnfnd that we owe much to lazy men. The lazy man usually works more scientifically than a so-called hustler. For tbe lazy man uses his head to avoid the squandering of needless effort. A lazy bricklayer makes the fewest number of unnecessary motions; a lazy waiter never brings a dish to the table without taking an empty one away to avoid making an extra trip. Keep an eye on the lazy men Working for you. They are not unlikely to originate valuable labor-saving ideas. --The Nation's Business. MUST BE TAKEN IN SHADE >5^ Temperature Recorded in Full Rays |^i#;th# Sun Cannot Be Reganfe# ' ' as Accurate. Weather observations are even more Important to an airship than to waterborne craft. Temperature has a great deal to do with the buoyancy of an airship. - Here, however, is a paradox; for the aviator, prior to a flight, carefully shades his thermometer from the . rays of the sun before reading It, although his airship is going to be.ex- . posed to full sunshine. " It Is the same paradox that gives rise to indignation in the bosom of the , average citizen, explains a writer in Popular Science Monthly, when, at the close of a broiling July day, he reads the official weather report, according to which the highest temperature was only 90. He feels positive it was at least a hundred--and BO It was. over "a sun-baked pavement The universal practice of taking air temperatures in the shade Is not sheer perrovtly fNi tbe put of tbe weather i.- • ji" man. He would like to be able to answer the question. "How hot is it in the sun?" Unfortunately, this question merely prompts another: "How hot is what In the sun?" A thermometer exposed to the sunshine registers the temperature of the glass and metal of which It is made, not the temperature of the air. The shaded thermometer registers more or less accurately the temperature of .the air, perhaps the most Important factor of weather. Not Without 8ome Truth. Correspondent, referring to our note on misquotations of Scripture by children, adds this one: Asked by his Sun day school teacher to give the golden text a youngster recited: "He that humpeth himself shall be exalted." Boston Transcript Badly Off. He--I cannot offer you wealth, dear est; my brains are all-the fortune ] possess. She--Oh, Jack, If you are as badl> off as that I'm afraid papa will navel live bl« con--tt. ww-w-m Trapshooters Compete in Match at PifM&iirst SMOKE cAWilftfiK MADLY ' A view of the mid-winter handicap shoo era and southern cities competed.' V- Mv the Air Liners to Link fun.oils traps at Plnehursi, N. c. Marksmen from many east* jn'iifji iifaiiitijlS--f #- Plan to Fly Giant Dirigibles From London to America, Australia and Africa* SPEED 60 MILES <N Craft With 100 Passengers Aboard, Cxpected to Fly From Englamf to California in Four Days-- Commercial Airship Is Already a London.--Plans are now under flticussion here for linking up all parts of the world by passenger air routes, on which giant dirigibles, flying two miles above the surface at 60 miles an hour, will join London with North America, Australia, India and South Africa. If these plans are carried out air liners 800 feet long, equipped with berths, dining rooms, smoking rooms, libraries and observation platforms, will speed from England to San Francisco in four days, stopping to discharge passengers and mails at New York and Chicago. Each ship will carry 100 passengers, and tbe fare will be only 50 per cent more than present steamship rates. Ships capable of this service are now In commission, and a trial passenger flight will be made to Egypt by a British government airship to determine the feasibility of opening such Passenger routes. "The commercial airship already has proved Its success," said Sir Trevor Dawson of Vickers, Limited, when asked whether he thought tbe plan practicable. Vickers, Limited, is now building airships for the British government, and Sir Trevor is an expert on the lighter-than-alr craft "Day of Passenger Liner Here.1* •The success of the R-34 showed the possibilities of a transatlantic service," he continued. "It Is now only a question of building more and larger ships and equipping suitable landing fields, sheds and mooring stations on both sides of the Atlantic. The airships are speedy, safe and reliable. They can carry large cargoes, have a wide cruising range, and can ride out almost any weather. "The day of the passenger air liner is here, and if the task of organizing air routes is undertaken by big financial interests it should be possible to begin a regular passenger service over Europe within six months with the ships and bases already In existence. The American service would require somewhat larger ships and landing stations In North America. But ft could be in operation in less than three years. We need such a service, and I believe that it will come." The R-34 is the type of craft suggested for the proposed service, but the contemplated ships, although built on the R-34 lines, would be much larger and have a far greater cruising radius. It is said that a rigid airship could be built that would be 1,100 feet long, carrying 136 tons of freight or passengers, and having a maximum range of 13,250 miles, cruising radius. Maitland Support* Project Brig. Gen. E. M. Maitland, who commanded tlie R-34 in the transatlantic flight, is a believer in the plan for world air routes. "Even the existing airship of today can be regarded as a reasonably safe public conveyance," he says. "They already have proved themselves capable of flying through practically any type of weather, and the larger airships of the future, fitted with more powerful machinery, necessarily will be even safer. Fogs do not prove a real menace to airships, as with the present methods of navigation It is not necessary to see the ground In flying between bases. It Is true that at present the most violent forms of electric storms are an undoubted danger to all forms of aircraft, but at the most this danger appears to be less than the danger of rocky coasts and shallows to the seagoing ship. Airships of this type of the R-38, which is now being built at Bedford, or the German L-71, would be capable of flying from England to Egypt a distance of 2,200 miles, without a stop In two and one-half days. These ships would carry about 80 passengers, with 100 pounds of baggage for each passenger, and about two tons of mall and merchandise. To put It another way, 15 tone would be available for passengers, malls or merchandise. "Comfort In aerial travel is essential if It Is to have any extended future. The advantage of speed is thrown away If the passenger is physically or nervously exhausted on landing. But ample accommodations can be provided for day and nigfrt travel." 8leepers Are Provided. A proposed car has been designed by )Beardmore, at Dalraulr, In which special attention has been given to the importance of giving each passenger a good view. The windows are so arranged that passengers can see both outward and vertically downward should they wish to do so. The passengers sit facing each other with a table between them, rather like a large Pullman car. If they wish, they can arrange the chairs and tables for bridge. "Sleepers are provided in tbe shape of bunks which fold down and allow the passengers to sleep athwartship. "The whole of the car will be heated by steam generated from the engines, and air will be admitted at the forward end of the car, where It will be warmed over radiators. "One Is struck' by the absence of noise or vibration In a large airship, and the absence of smoke or dirt is a great asset. The complete absence of seasickness is also an Important consideration." Craft of the type described by Brigadier General Maitland already have been used In Germany on short passenger routes. The German Air Travel company, formed In 1910 and financed and managed by the Hamburg-Amerlka Steamship line, ran regular passenger excursions and town to town services from 1910 to 1914. During this period these airships made 800 flights, carrying 18,000 passengers without a single mishap involving personal injury. One of the airships, the Vittoria Louise, made 200 trips in 250 consecutive days. The company was able to make a profit although the passenger rates were reasonable. Since the armistice, despite the unsettled conditions in Germany, airships have been built for a special mail and passenger service between Berlin, Munich and Switzerland. The first of these ships, the Bodensee, ran regularly from June to October last year, carrying 30 passengers a trip. It is said that the Zeppelin company Is,now negotiating with American lq^erests for the organization of an air service from Spain to the United States and South America, and is designing giant ships with a speed of 80 miles an hour for this run. The ships will carry 100 passengers and their baggage, as 4rell as six or seven tons of mail. Valuable War Reserve Force. The knowledge of handling the lighter- than-alr craft greatly Increased during the war. The ships were used under all weather and atmospheric conditions and did valuable service as escort and convoy cruft and also In combat against submarines. Small rigids were used to locate and pursue the submarines and were able to detect a U-boat far below the surface. The new ships, in . addition to their duties as passenger vessels, can easily be converted to purposes of war and will thus form a valuable air reserve force. one of the developments recently made In airship landing stations Is the mooring mast, which enables the airship to come to the ground and be moored even during bad weather. The mast is a tall structure, with a swivel mooring device at tbe top, from which the airship swings. Pluns are now being prepared for a mooring tower especially arranged for use with passenger-carrying airships. The revolving head of the mast will be provided with a powerful winch for hauling In and a shock absorbing buffer will enable the ship to be coupled up without difficulty even In winds up to 80 miles an hour. Within the mast there will be a passenger elevator by which the passengers will ascend to an upper platform, where they will cross a gangway and enter the ship. Pipe lines to carry hydrogen, gasoline and water to the ship also will be run up the mast and the vessel can thus refuel at her moorings. tWViHtlOns tneHTiMi Safety. Many war discoveries aid In increasing the safety of airship travel. The wireless direction finder makes it possible for the ship to find her locatldb at all times and so navigate successfully in fogs. The increasing range and sources of information of the meteorological service aids In giving weather forecasts that will warn aircraft of approaching storms, which can be avoided^by a change of course. Laboratory investigations are now being made of the nature of tbe particles of moisture that forms fogs, and it is hoped that some way will be found of dispersing fog, so that a local clear area may be maintained about the landing places. All landing places are marked with brilliant electric beacons and lighthouses are being erected to guide night flying ships along aerial routes. Airships are even now a safe form at travel. When rain, high winds or electric storms approach they can seek the higher air levels and so avoid danger. The risks from fire have been reduced to a minimum, and the danger of engine trouble, eVer present in tbe airplane, is nullified by the fact that repairs always can be made without descending. Rigid airships never have less than four etfglnes, and It is improbable that all engines will bpeak down at one time. Even If half the engines broke down the ship could travel at four-fifths of ber normal speed. 1 Public Demands Speed. The airship has the advantage over both the airplane and the steamship as a passenger craft. The airplane can only travel 300 miles without stopping at a base for fuel and is thus impracticable for long distance routes. It is. furthermore, of limited carrying capacity, and the disagreeable features of noise and vibration cannot be done away with. The great rigid, moving steadily dtoy and night antl having a cruising radius of 2,000 to 3.000 miles, makes a far better passenger ship. It has be£n suggested that airplane routes could be used as feeders to the airship lines, small airplanes carrying passengers to a central point, whence they could embark on the airships of transoceanic and transcontinental lines. When the lines are established the steamships also will find them serious competitors. The airship Is Infinitely quicker and does not have the pitch and toss that makes steamer travel unpleasant. The demand for great liners that cut down the time spent lit transatlantic travel shows that there is a large class of travelers who want and will pay for speed. These people will be the clientele of the transatlantic airship. The shipment of valuables, bonds, stocks and bullion on the speedy air liners will save the money lost in inters est, and urgent malls should be shipped in this way. Even at an advanced postage rate a letter of thousands of words could be speedily transmitted In this way at the cost of one word of a cabled message. Advantages Over 8teamship. The advantages of the airship over tbe steamship and also the relative cost of travel are shown In the following table compiled by Brigadier General Maitland: Alrablp Time of •nsland transit. Coat of to-- days paaaaf* Egypt £t« India ....'• 100 8. Africa.. ISO Autralla .1014 110 •teamalilp Tim*. 14 If-1# II Coat, arkt elan 5a- io II- to t« iii.ui Speed, safety, and a new and thrilling form of travel will be thus combined at a cost that in view of tbe saving of time, is relatively little greater than the present steamship rate. "The continental air routes will come first" says sir Trevor Dawson, "but the most important' part of air travel will be that between Europe and North America. Tbey are tbe two great continents, the continents that havf between tbem a steady flow of passenger travel. Air travel must come; cutting down the time distance between countries, and thus strengthening the ties of business, trade and international understanding. 1 am looking forward to the time when air liners will bring London within two days of America."--Otis Peabody Swift In New Xork Tribune. Thuge Return Here Connellsville, Pa.--While a negro woman held up Mrs. Annabelle Gemaa. along the West Penn street car Unc near the Gemas home, two negroefe searched her, took her pocketbook, containing about 130, but returning a gold service medal which the woman's busband, the late George Gemas, had been awarded for service io the Spanish- American war. BLOOD PROOF OF PARENTAGE Teft Ordered by 8an Francisco Judge .."jMriPlrat Time In Hletory of American Courts. Sen Francisco.--For the first time to American courts parentage has been determined by a blood test On the strength of a formal report made by Dr. Albert Abrams, yho, by blood tests, found that Virginia Vlttori was the daughter of Paul Vlttori, Judge Thomas F. Graham ordered Vlttori to show cause why he should not he punished for contempt of court for failure to pay alimony for the support of the child. Mrs. Vlttori is suing for a divorce. Vlttori declared that the child was not his, and tbe court ordered a blood test by Doctor Abrams. Doctor Abrams In bis report said: "The examination proved conclusively that the blood of the daughter corresponded racially tc that of the father and mother, vl*., Italian on the father's side and Spanish and French on the mother's side, In proportion approximately to three of tb« former to one of the latter, French. Furthermore, the vibratory rate of the /child corresponded to that of tbe father." The vibratory teat la one of .the most delicate known to medical science. f '• Many Needles Used Ddttfc, Tbe world uses up between 3,000,000 and*4,000,000 needles daily, or about 1«* 100.000,000 in tbe w»r« of a jear, ^Fearful Weapon laid to Have leo* drought to Perfection by the War Department. On of tbe many ingenious contrivances developed during the recent war was the "smoke candle." .Such candies were little cylindrical boxes containing smoke-producing chemicals, which could be ignited at a moment's notice by a sort of friction device. They were used to conceal the movements of small groups of men. When touched off they were simply placed on the ground, to make a smoke screen. The Americans thought It would be a good Idea to use smoke candles that would give off a poisonous smoke. These Improved candles did not come Into use during the war, but since then tbe chemists of our War department have perfected them. The poison stuff used is a coal-tar product which, a solid at ordinary temperatures, vaporizes in the heat of the burning candle. Tbe vapor will penetrate most gas masks. Tbe military authorities think that such poison smokes will find very extensive use in future warfare. The smoke of a smoke-candle la usually white. To be effective for concealment. It must of course, be as opaque as possible; and It must also be heavy, sp as to be not easily blown away by a light breeze. Candles that pioduce a smoke of zinc chloride meet these requirements admirably, but tbe addition of "diphenylchlorarsine" makes them poisonous as welt Fairy Tale ay/via SCORED ON COUNTRY COOSffl City Lad Had Endured Much Importunity Came and He I1 Surely Improved It. but The country visitor had been regaling his young Glendale cousin with tales of the farm. Some of his stories seemed a little far-fetched to the city lad. who at last became soraewhft wearied vwlth tbe rural youth's boasts of the feuperiority of things "on tlie farm." Tliey were walking along the street when two" young men sporting the small skull caps of U. of S. C. were seen approaching. The country boy was a little mystified. "What's this?" he questioned, "a new city style, these little caps?" The Glendale lad saw his chance to get square. "Oh. those," he said with assumed carelessness, "no, you see these fellows are students at the university. All the boys who enter have to weair those caps because under the system of education they receive their brains develop so rapidly that their heads grow in circumference, and If they (wore 'ordinary hats, new ones would be necessary almost every month."--Los Angeles Times. Paths In the Snow. "Even the beaten paths In the snow possess a Joy all of their own which, to our mind, excels that of the socalled enchantment of the open road, which bad been sung by many writers long before Stevenson wrote of It with such compelling charm," writes Dan Beard in Boys' Life. "To a barefooted boy swinging on the front gate of the white picket fence, the road Is both a challenge and an invitation as he gazes wistfully down the dusty reaches and long perspectives where the fences on each side seem to converge until they meet in the unexplored distance or where the road climbs up the bills and dips Into the swales to lose Itself at last in the mysterious shade of everhanging branches of the wood or grove. That vagabond Joy In the open road, that yearning to fare forth and solve the mystery ot what lies beyond, comes with almost Irresistible force to all 9f us." Cave Warmed by Volcano. A naturally heated cave has been discovered ,at Horse Butte, near Bend, Ore., which apparently draws its warmth from a subterranean volcanic source. The discovery Was made by C. A. Yarnell and H. D. Elde, Bend fuel dealers. The cave Is located near the top of the Butte and first attracted attention when a wave of beat was felt Issuing from tbe mouth. The cinder bottom and rock walls of the tunnel are unbearably hot to the touch, tbe heating Increasing* as far back as could be explored. That the phenomenon Is a recent manifestation was Indicated by the smoldering of grass and twigs near tbe opening. To test tbe natural oven, Yarnell cooked a light breakfast by Introducing dW articles of food Into tbe aperture and closing the orifice for a few moments. Keeping Down Mine Dust The presence of dust in mines is disagreeable from many standpoints, besides being a positive menace from its explosive qualities. Efforts are being made more than ever to keep the mine dust down, and It has been discovered In the case of one mine in Kentucky that excellent results were obtained by sprinkling the empty C<M! cars. The operation Is performed automatically as the cars are moved along after being dumped, and the difference In the atmosphere of the mine was tppiriot to alL FISH *UT«. *bn a take." said Daddy, was frozen over, were reanv *«»», huts. There tks ITj fishermen > 1 fish through tljMl holes in the Km which they wouid make during tba winter. The fish hfets were mode si> as to protect them against tile hard cold, and the great cold wlndsi "The Sun iiwd gone to bed rather wearily. He ' had had a lasy __ sort of day. had not Been shiaing very mucb., He had come oik look things over. Prom Hut to Hut. Age of Petroleum. Tba age of petroleum is here. #rom an humble beginning In 1869 It has now reached a point where It is consumed In ever Increasing quantities until the problem of Its production has become one of the most absorbing of International questions^to that country which controls the output be* longs tbe power of tbe world. A Qood Queee. Bacon--Ever hear a young owl ay at nlghtf Egbert--Oh, yea, "Why does it cry qp long, do yoo suppose?" ( "His father's probably walking the floor with him.M /•& Hard Qolng. t),1 can't sell my history of tbe war." "Why notr "Too many people ware In this war. And many of tbem cap see flaws Is my " t - Ui- " , ' •« . t\ «... w... J ... ' at times just to but he had epeat a groat deal of tlnii V ^ napping. - " 'I feel as I feel on the warm summer days,' he said, before he Went to* ' bed, 'when I am lazy and when t let Lady Gray Clouds spread her grayneia . , over the water and the boats and sky above. "'I've felt that very way today, ant Lady Gray Clouds has been out good' deal, trying, on her many gray suits and gowns of n$lch she Is veff proud.' i* " 'But,' said one of the Sun's daughters, who had come along for a mife^ ute's chat, 'I promised to give a tea.. party for some friends this afternoo|| I told them I would give them oflrf finest sunbeam tea.* I ' i "'Well,' Mr. Sun said, 'then I wltt1 • shine for awhile.' * •"I doti't see,' his daughter sal£» •why you feel today as you used ti$ 'feel dn the warm days In the summeft- Certainly it Is far from being warsi, today.* " 'True, true,* said Mr. Sun, 'but theil I am always warm. And what I meant * was not quite that this day had been like a summer's day, but that I had ) felt the same lazy way that I do somf* times on a summer day--the sanifjV.' sort of laziness, in other words." "Mr. Sun kept His promise and hi daughter gave a tea party. The s! _ was red and speckled with gray an## the sunset .was very lovely. ' •* 'We did have some sunshine aft*# all, and a beautiful sunset' the people had all said. "As I told you before, the'sun* had gone to bed when the brownies cam* - along to give their supper party in tttjj fish huts. * "They used every hut see. And this Is how they did It "They had soup In one hut and salad In another and creamed f chicken . In another, and hot chocolate in still another and so od. . ' "They went from one but U> v<he other for the different courses of thelip meal. "And as they went from hut to bft ; what laughter there was, what merry sounds rang through the cold night a|r. ' ,i0 '"Of course,' said Blllle Brownltj,'. 'the fishermen jlU^i't build these hu(* for us, but It is nice to be able to uae them for -our party. " 'As we never leave afuy crumbs behind or any sign at all that we ba>® been here, It Is quite all right. ThcSjr would not mind, I feel quite sure.' "M3o do I,' said Bennle Brownie. ^ "And* then they hugged each other and fell over as they so often did when they hugged each other, and that was very often, too. "They had tbe flp^St sort of a sup* • per and what fun It was ta? go fro«p one little hut to the otliejr over thii frozen lake. What stortps thpy tell as they sat In the different hu#® eating. ; "And when the meal was fill ove%^ and they had eaten all they posslbljr rould, they packed up what was left and sent It down the different holea for the fishes. " 'Some free food,' they said, 'and we won't catch you or try to, either 1' "Of course they dtdn't send the fishes some of the food they had had because they knew the fishes wouldn't enjoy it, and besides they had eaten everything up which Free Feed. they knew ^he ( -v ' fishes wouldn't even care to«have-tba . ^ crumbs St. They bada't left a drop ^ bet chocolate. " The fishes wddldn't want tbat,* jtfcfebad saMt .-1 As'.' "The» they ran races over tbe lce% ^ lake, aid later they got out theijf skate* and had a fine skating party. "The Ice made some funny sounds, to*' which meant that even tbe ic« thought parties were nice. . ' . "And the Wind bifw an# whistle#f rfnd said: f, ' "'This is such fun. such fun.' Brownies, do keep SP your party until very, very late.' "And the Brownies did what ths wind had a s k e d , and had one of t h S ' v , ; . 1?% finest parties they had ever known!";"'. ^ ,jj|§ ," / J Youth's Beet Adornment fhl girl who comes Into a company of older people and takes the lead IS •; &• tbe conversation is not very likely tb % . win the gplden opinions upon whie%* <£.?-V ' perhaps she is counting. A great manyW'"' ^ changes In the way of looking at thlng^t'-ii have come about in the last genem* 'y* + tion, but the world is still of the opia|J . Ion that modesty Is youth's best adcraF^- /-s menW--Girls' Companion. . J* \-k IT Kqual to Two Men. 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