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"Down la Hah-wah-ya, Where the Iovln' is frciit A red-headed girl Made a wreck out of BC. And there never was a wreck • Like the wreck shfe mate' mee-e-el" ?.f ' The voice that gavi utterance to thrilling sentiment was deep and Stuli. And the man from whom the f voice came looked about as much i like a wreck as a dreadnaught Just off the ways. He was somewhat over six f feet in height, had a Jack Dempsey behest, a tanned face, blue eyes and en- Basing smile. His name was Howard Folwell. He was singing as he strode back and ' forth In the basement of the Rlver- 1 li y iside Country club waiting for his comtf 'pauions to array themselves in golf J. attire and sally forth with him to §^^•'5whang the ball around the course for K /„ •" an hour or two. • • 'f'A-'v/ If? Ife But though he sang and though he seemed carefree and happy, there really was a cloud on Folwell's life. The cloud was the fact that Beatrice Jackson, holder of the women's £*<> * championship at the Riverside club, scorned his advances and smiled Iv? */;; sweetly upon Lena Wheeling, rival of S;H 'Folwell in love, in business and in golf. My Just the evening before Beatrice had told Folwell in no uncertain terms that she never, never, never |p-.';;/-;.could care for a man who sliced his t drives and was a dub with a putter. Pit "Which was pretty hard on Folwell j^kr > since 1,6 was all that and a little bit pS*.;. 'more. . jSp v So It wasn't surprising that Folwell, iff*'* Id singing about the girl who had III'; made a wreck of his career, put a i;' depth of feeling into the ditty that called forth groans and yelps from ^'fy.Vt he assembled listeners. $ "Say, old top," exclaimed one of ^ , Folwell's friends, "If you put as much time and effort Into trying to cut out ||^v v:your slice on your drive you'd be a whirlwind." "As a singer you're a wonderful golf ; 'player and as a golfist you're a knockout as a singer!" exclaimed another of kiV the men. • Whereupon Folwell turned toward "".Jff the lockers with the Intention of 'messing up things a bit with the playful niaullugs of his two-ton paw, * •;'" when through a window in the basement he saw Beatrice pass by with hated Lem Wheeling close beside her. At this sight wrath rose in Folwell's K v heart. He saw red. He had an injfl^•••;. tense desire to seize Lem by the neck of his fancy silk shirt and rend him asunder. And with this feeling governing his actions, Folwell hurried ' from the basement oat Into the hot llj&Vwm. By this time Beatrice and Lem were at the first tee prepared to drive off. Beatrice, turning back toward the clubhouse, saw Folwell scowling at her. "Hello, Hod," she cried. "Watch this r Gracefully, efficiently, Beatrice addressed the ball and then socked it down the course for a good 200 yards. Folwell watched her sullenly. It had been many a long day since he jp£<' ' had made a 200-yard drive. " "Now If I could only do as well as that, or better," sighed Folwell to hlm- /I self, "there'd be nothing to it; she'd !&*•' be mine before the week's over. But . It can't be done--a dub like me can %aever Bet good. I wish something r would happen, dawgone it!" Perhaps Folwell's wish was responsible for it--who knows?--but at any rate something did happen just a movent or so later, something which had a deep and lasting effect on Folwell's future. As Folwell stood gazing disconsolately after Beatrice and Lem, he became conscious of the fact that ills favorite caddy was standing close to him, watching him with keen eyes. Contrary to the usual situation, tills caddy idolized Folwell in spite of the latter** poor playing. Always the «iddy prophesied a brilliant future for Folwell at the ancient game of golf, • provided only he could get the proper - amount of confidence In his own / ability. Now the caddy came close and whispered to Folwell mysteriously. "Say, you can beat out that guy. I KM the dope. My brother's an Inventor, see? He's invented a vacuum \ golf ball. It's almost as light as air. * Itfll go a mile if $>u hit it an easy stoat. Tou use this ball. Show up ihln Wheeling guy. Win the dame. y'Beer * *\Huhr gasped PolweB, In great astonishment. "You hold me--you hold me!" ex- Claimed the caddy. "I'll tee it up for you. Then you hit It--Just nice 1 " • ..'v. rmtim as though amused at the mere thought that he might drive that far. The caddy's confidence, the scorn of Beatrice and Lem, nerved Folwell to a great effort. While Beatrice and Lem were still watching him, Folwell drew back and swung at the ball--nice and easy without any real effort Up into the sky the ball rose, gracefully. unerringly. Straight down the course it flew, over the heads of the astonished couple watching him, and landed plump in the fairway a mere trifle of fifteen or twenty yards from the hole.. A firtte drive--325 yards at least. ""You see?" cried the Caddy. "My brother was right--he said yon couldn't stop this ball. Come on we'll show 'em up today 1" Folwell's heart swelled with pride, enthusiasm and confidence. He was quite masterful as he walked by Beatrice and Lem, who viewed him with something like atpe, *. "That was some drivel" exclaimed Beatrice as he passed. "Watch my next oMP exclaimed •Folwell In return. The first hole Folwell made In three. On his next drive he got a good 300 yards. And so, as he pur« sued his lonely way around the course without waiting for his male friends, it went with all his drives. He was playing In perfect form. Nothing could stop him. And the best of It was that Beatrice and Lem *vere behind him and he could see Beatrice's interest in h!m increase while her interest in Lem slackened. But with all Folwell's success he was becoming uneasy. It wasn't right, he felt, to -win under false pretenses. He wouldn't want to get Beatrice that way. So It was that at the end of the eighteen holes when Folwell had made a score which was two better than the record for the course that he drew Beatrice aside with an authority and a confidence he had not hitherto displayed in his dealings witlf her. "Beatrice." he said, Tve always felt that if I was a good golf playe* you'd take me In preference to T em." The light In her eyes at this made his head hound tumultuously. But he held himself well in hand. "I want you more than anything In the world," said Folwell, "but I won't win you underhanded. I ought to tell yon that my playing today was not due to my getting good all of a sudden. These wonderful drives were due to the fact that I used a patented ball--it has a vacuum center and is as light as air. Now I don't suppose you'll ever have anything to do with me again!" Folwell looked at Beatrice anxiously, sadly. Then to his Intense surprise and Joy, he saw a wonderful light come Into her eyes. "Oh, Hod," she cried, "only a real man could make a confession like that I--" But Just then as things were getting so very Interesting there came an interruption. Folwell's caddy suddenly appeared from behind a nearby hazard. "Say, lady," said the caddy briskly, "I Just fooled Mr. Folwell here so aa to give him confidence.. That's all he needs to make a great golf player-- confidence. So I told him that dope about the vacuum ball. There ain't such a thing. He used an ordinary ball. But he did so good because he had confidence. Look he4*e." t The caddy drew forth a ball whfch Folwell recognized as the one he had used. Quickly the caddy cut It open with his knife. Only the regulation center was revealed I Folwell gazed at Beatrice and smiled happily at the light In her eyes. "We'll be married Just as quickly as possible!" he exclaimed with supreme confidence. For Just a moment Beatriee demurred. "My. but you're high and mighty and--confident!" she exclaimed. "Per haps I won't say yes, after all." "Oh, yes, you will," exclaimed Folwell, drawing her to htm and kissing her in spite of the grinning caddy 1 And--she dldl Lends Itself Welj fo Rural Surroundings* MAKES HOUSEWORK EASIER Design Shown Here HaC Six Big Rooms, Sleeping Porch and Open - Porch--Pleasure and Comfort •v ? for the Family. .... 8/ WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice, FREE OK COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wicle experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for 'reply. Most people in discussing "bungalows are inclined to associate thein with the,, larger cities, towns or suburbs. But they overlook a best bet. There is no reason why the bungalow should not be adaptable for a farm home. In fact, there are many reasons in ltd favor, the main one being that all of the rooms are on one floor. There is no fatiguing climbing up and down stairs for the farmer's wife and daughters who take care of the housework. Moreover, built as farm homes generally are, low, rambling and comfortable, the bungalow design fits In very well. It offers unlimited opportunity for exterior decoration In the way of flowers and vines, and there is no reason why practically the four sides cannot be surrounded by a great roomy porch. Such Is the case in the house shown In the accompanying Illustration, Here we have a low, rambling dwelling house set upon a broad plot of lawn. Around front and side extends a wide open porch approximately 100 feet in length. It makes a wonderful resting place for the men and family after a hard day's work In the field or about the house and a real playground for the children. Two small porches on the opposite side of the» bouse have been made Into sleeping porches, giving plenty of healthy sleeping space to the house. Entrance to the house Is gained by a short stairway to the porch, which at Silent Adoration. What surprises me most about Scotland, writes a visitor, is not the absence of haggis and the kilt, or the presence of finely metaled roads, but the silence of the barbers' shops. Artist and client say nothing more to each other than the few words necessary for the success of the operation in hand. When I remarked on this phenomenon to a much-traveled Scot, "Aye," be commented, "they're both thinking hard about the tip."-- London Post. facing the roadway. This room also opens out on to the large porch through French doors of artistic design. Everywhere the Idea of generous size and comfort is apparent. The living room is 14 by 17 feet. On the opposite side of the dining room is a door leading to the kitchen, which, by the way, is not like many of the old-style farm kitchens. It Is smaller by far but just as complete, In fact a much more efficient workshop and a factor in lightening the duties of the farmer's wife. Grouped about this room in reachable fashion are cupboards, sink, work table and range. It is but a few steps to the dining room where the meals are served. Still another door opens out Of the dining room into a short hall In the back of the house, opening on one side to a linen closet and to two bedrooms and the bathroom. The bathroom ordinarily would not call for any comment, as it is the usual thing in city houses, but this farm home Is just as modem as any city" home. Here we have a modern bathroom with fixtures, running water and showers. The water supply is made available by a water supply system. Next to the bathroom on the right iside Is a bedroom, 11 feet 6 inches by 13 feet 6 inches, and across the hall from this room is another bedroom of the same size. Both of these bedrooms open out on to sleeping porches. The latter ar< excellent sleeping quarters for th young and growing children, who re quire plenty of fresh air at all times. Coming back to the kitchen, we tint, it opening into a handy washroom equipped with af complete set of laun dry machinery, ironing board, locker; for the workmen's clothes, tubs, etc. This room, which Is 1.0 by 16 feet, Is one of the Important parts of a farm house. There is always much washing to be done. Labor-saving equipment of the type installed In this home certainly will relieve the women of the household of untold drudgery. Moreover this room serves as a cleaning-up place for the men returning from their work In the fields. Instead of tracking through the kitchen where the wife Is trying to prepare a meal, they can step into the washroom and clean up before eating and without messing up any other part of the house. Conveniently adjacent Is a toilet equipped with a chemical closet. The stairs to the attic above and to the cellar below start in this section of the house. Considered as a whole this is a very delightful roomy house that will bring Infinite pleasure and comfort to any farmer and his family. It Is not pretentious by any means but attractive. It demonstrates beyond all shadow of doubt that the bungalow can be used on the farm with very satisfactory results. / "You don't appear to have enough work to keep a secretary buSy." "I don't value him for his work,r answered Senator Sorghum. "Whenever a difficult letter has to be written I tell him to use his own judgment Then if anything goes wrong I blame him for having exceeded hlsftuthor ity." , . . ' Terpsichore Quiescent. "Dancing," said the sedate citizen, "does not appear to call for the grace and animation it used to." "No," replied Miss Cayenne, "dancing Is becoming so quiet that in a-eeason or so you may find us allowing the orchestra to undertake all the physical exertion while the dancers stand per* fe^tly still and depend on facial expression." A Precautionary Measure. "I hope you were polite to papa,* she said as he returned from the interview. . "Polite? J treated him as If he were a king." "You didn't call him "your majesty?' " "No; but r backedont of hia pre* ence." historic times, possibly before Joseph put away his seven years' supply in Egypt, was unearthed refcently by W. E. Meyer of the Bureau of American Ethnology and sent to the United States Department of Agriculture for Identification. During recent excavations in Davidson county, Tennessee, Mr. Meyer came upon a number of stone slab graves containing mortuary vessels. Some of these held specimens of charred maize In fairly good condition. From the size and shape of the grains it was .possible to identify the variety as many-rowed tropical flint, a form about halfway between true flint and popcorn. The same type of Indian corn occurs In the West Indies, and there is no question in the minds of scientists but that there was a very early communication between the West Indies and North America. Not only com but beans, squashes, pumpkins and tobacco are of tropical and subtropical origin. These staples, now so. important throughout both hemispheres, found their way into North America and were cultivated beyond the Great Lakes in Canada long before the discovery of America. There is abundant evidence Of communication between the West ^Indies and Florida, and up the .Mississippi and Its tributaries. * * ' v ' Startling Ignorance. « Pompous Profiteer (who wishes to alight at his palatial residence)--Put us down when you come to "The Gables," please. Conductor--You must tell me when you come to It. I'm new to the road and don't know any of the public, places. "Ain't Science Wonderful?" The Biology Professor--Have you done any research work this year? The Sophomore--Lots. I spend all my spare time trying to find out if bacteria are propagated by kissing. Presence of Mind. Harlequin--Artists say that 5 feet 4 Inches is the divine height for women, sweetest. Columbine--Oh, but I'm 5 feet fl inches. Harlequin (quickly)--Oh, but, you're piore than divine 1 SHELL SHIPS TO SAVE THEM 5 \ S. 3 I'-V, Too Low an Estimate.,.j| The musical director In a local theater has a superlative dislike for a certain popular song. Recently the composer of the song appeared at the theater. Of course the orchestra had to play his song, and by the latter part of the week the director was almost desperate. One evening, before the Show* the composer was telling everybody how it happened. "And, do you know," he concluded, "I was cheated out of all the profits an my own song. I* received only $500 *11 told." "And yoo wouldn't be bribed Into keeping the song quiet for that small amount, would you?" put in the orlliHlia director.--Kansas City Star. neous hardware. Queen Sophia has a haughty and regal air. The princesses are pretty and stylish--especially when they pass the observer at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour In one of the royal motorcars. The Greeks love to bang around on street corners and wait for his majesty to pass. Crowds of them wait two and three hours to see hlui go by, and as he passes, saluting cheers go up from the crowd. this point is extended slightly beyond the main building line." The building ts frame In construction, that is, shingle sided, and rests on a concrete foundation. Opening the front door, the visitor flnds himself In the dining room, a large room 18 by 12 feet, large enough for a number of eaters, which are always found on a farm, especially during the busy harvest days. At the right, so-called accordeon doors open the way to the Hying room, of practically equal size with the din!h£ room and having 'he advantage of an unusually large bay window with three broad windows British Coastguard Stations Will Soon tit Equipped With Guns Firing Peculiar Ammunition. Most people are aware that oil has a remarkable effect on the waves of a stormy sea. Many a ship has been kept afloat In ta tempost by her crew pouring overboard part of the oil that formed her cargo. The reason why oil has this wonderi ful effect is that it floats upon water, | and that it spreads Itself Into a very ' thin film over an enormous area. A | pint of oil will cover more than an j acre of water. This floating film acts as a kind of insulation, preventing the wind from acting fully ujWn the water. The waves decrease In size, and soon a comparative calm results. An Idea has been developed recently which muy result in the saving of numbers of hard-pressed ships. Coastguard stations are to be provided with guns which fire shells filled with oil. If distress signals are seen by the watchers, the gun will be taken to the nearest possible point to the ship, Shells will then be fired, aimed to strike the waf&r ahead and astern of h,er. As each falls It will burst, allowing Its contents to spread over the face of the sen. In this way the ship may be enabled to hold out until tlie lifeboat can reach her.--London Tit Bits. FRANKLIN'S FICKLE "DEBBIE" LAND READY FOR C6L0N1STS Northern Rhodesia, Rich and Fertile, -i ir'Capable of the Highest flNfa gree of Development. • f* With the ever-Increasing overflow of Civilized populations, northern Rhodesia soon may be pre-empted by colonists. Indeed, the movement *of natives back to reserves may indicate that such an Inflow already is taking place. Though It lies across the equator the Rhodesian plateau is adapted to the white men by reason of a climate that has no extremes. Moreover, its boom cities of Buluwayo and Salisbury possess hotels, clubs, business houses and apartments, built In the flush of hope that It would be a second Rand, then deserted by the fortune hunters, and now waiting the coming of a more "sober and sustained development. Much of northern Rhodesia is suitable for farming; there are vast tracts of grazing land. Maize and tobacco are at present principal crops. Wheat, cotton and citrus fruits &ay be grown successfully. Tlie timber awaits transportation facilities. Gold, copper, zinc and lead mines already are worked.--National Geographic Magazine. T.M. POSSIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT "The bridegroom appeared to be frightfully nervous." "Yes; you see his father-in-law's Wtdding present wasnt certified." Beyond the Law. Complete disarmament Is urged, " But while the sex has charms ; And young .«nen are susceptible <Jur «irls will be In arms. • ' . ; Ambitious. 'Weary Will--I've been lopkln* for work this mornln'. Tired Tim--What for? Weary Will--Idle curiosity, dost to see what it looked like. Scant Encouragement to Art. "It seemed to me that you cut short your death scene in the last act." "So I did," replied the* eminent tragedian. "There were only forty people in the house, and I hadn't the heart to use the death rattle I've spent twenty years in perfecting." IreMhdV Egg Industry. Ninety million dozen eggs were exported from Ireland last year. Prices ranged high, ^nd the value of the trade was estimated at Over $75,000,- 000. This exceeds the value of the country's exports of any single manufactured article; the cattle trade, indeed, is the only one which can show more imposing figures. Much of the credit for the improvement that has taken place in Ireland's poultry trade is due to the department. of agriculture. During the last 20 years its Instructors have taught the farmers and farmers' wives that, given the necessary care and attention, fowls are among the greatest assets. As the result of scientific treatment, the hen t»n become a veritable egg-laying machine. Compared with 1904, the number^ of birds in Ireland today has Increased by 33 per cent; yet during the same period the number of eggs exported from Ireland has increased by well over 100 per cent. That, we think, is Indisputable proof that the modern hen Is at least twice as valuable as her ancestor of 16 years ago.-- Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star. I " dEver\ii\fV / iry Tale ' tmm TW8 ^olTRKW MnHf$frRY. TTX. GREW IN PREHISTORIC TIMES Ji Tew^ Corn Recently Found in Tennessee Seems to Substantiate BellHf Long Held by Scientists. onfidence and a Golf Ball Bnjy PRANK H. WILLIAMS. 1>IL bjr McClur* Newap*p*r SyodtoM*. IMPORTANT SERVICE Appreciative Audience. MYou say she is an entertaining talker? Really, I wouldn't have thought--" "Fact, though. She can talk to you and keep herself entertaiued for hours at a time." A Changed Man. Mrs. A.--I remember before yoo married Tom how crazy he was about ice cream. Do you have It often, now* Mrs. B.--Very seldom': Tom sayi that buying it takes too much money and making It Is too much work. A Circumlocutory Slam. Husband--No man with any sense would allow you to carry on the way you do. Wife--How do you know what d man with any sense would do? Difference in Methods), A man passed through a rural village In England pushing a wheelbarrow full of sand. This sand he was selling at a nickel a bag, telling people that it was a sure fly killer. Purchasing a bag, a stout old dame asked him how It should be used. "First catch' a fly," exclaimed the vendor, "then tickle it under the chin with a straw, and when It opens its mouth throw a handful of this famous fly poison down its throat and the result will be that the fly instantly chokes and dies." . "What," exclaimed the %ld lady, "while I was doing that I could have squashed it under my foot six times over." "Yes," replied the sand man unconcemelly; "that Is a good metftod,Jaafel Greek Royal Family* The Greek royal family, as far as looks go, fulfills all the reguirements of people who like to look at kings tad their pomps, writes a correspondent. Constantine is tall and magnificent looking. His pants buckle under his boots, and on his broad chest he Wears seventeen pounds of jeweled Knows Women. said the kindhearted*warden, "some ladles want to see you." "Who're the skirts?" asked the veteran cracksman. "A couple of uplifters." "Walt a minute and let me find Bible I had around here somewhere, I want to be reading It when yo* bring 'em In. If that doesn't get me a chicken dinner from the. outside I don't know women." Hoof or Mouth. "Any good lines in that new must cal comedy?" . "What f sort iwMfrla She Became Another's Wife it* HIS Absence, but He Married Her Anyhow. Soon after his arrival in PhUadel* (lhia, Benjamin Franklin went to live with the parents of Deborah Read, who later became his wife, and it was not long before he and Deborah became engaged. Their marriage plans were Interrupted by the necessity >f Franklin's visiting London. His stay in England was longer than expected, but Benjamin remained faithful to his "dear child." as he always called her. and returned to America, anxious to hasten the wedding. What was his grief and astonishment when, upon his arrival In Philadelphia, he learned that his "Debbie." less steadfast than himself, had succumbed to the wiles of a fascinating ne'er-do-well named Rogers, who had loved her briefly and gone away./ The deserted Deborah once more turned her affections towards Franklin, who forthwith married her. It Is asserted by spme " "*' ' r.-v. historians that Deborah took her famous husband without the formality of divorcing her first one. but that fact has never been definitely established. The- Franklins once they had weathered the pre-marital storms, lived happily together. Deborah, described h.v historians as an illiterate. superstitious woman, seems to have held her husband's interest despite this great Intellectual discrepancy. Women Fade Quickly in the Orient. Despite their comparatively easj life, occidental women almost invariably fade In China earlier than those at home, Elsie McCormick writes in the China Press. In a year In the Fur East the Average woman ages as much, physically as she would in five years at home. After she has become acclimated her facial deterioration ts less rapid, but she never regains the youthful freshness that was hers when she first sailed. Newcomers In the Orient nearly always remark on the many tired, drawn faces to be seen even among the youug girts. Almost as Satisfactory. Subbubs (on retruning home from business)--You look so cheerful, Helen, I take It that you have found u new cook. .Mrs. Subbubs--No such luck, but 1 just heard that our neighbor, Mrs. Brown, lias lost hers.--Boston Tran* script. One Accomplishment. "Yes, she married u duke." "Is he of any earthly account?" "Well. I b' lieve he can make good salad dressing." ' . Wen Fame by Two Opera*. The Hans Christian Andersen of the music world, died the other day in Germany. He was Engelbert Humperdinck, a writer of fairy operas that have found a permanent place In the hearts of music lovers. His operas, "Haensel and Gretel" and "Koenigsklnder." produced in this country for j the first time in 1005 and 1910, respectively, won the American public for the German composer. Although he lived a long and active life devoted to the composition and teaching of music, having in that time produced many musical works of orchestral, operatic and miscellaneous character, it Is for h!s two fairy operas that he is most widely known imd most likely to be remembered.--Kansas City Star. A Perfect Substitute. Sirs. Lonebody--My husband tft nway a great deal at night, and 1 >vant a parrot for company. Doee that one use rough language? The Dealer--Lady, with that bird In the house you'll never miss youi husband. word over- Down by the Sea. "Couldn't you learn to lore MM jlrlie?" '7r~ "How long ure y<* hare twf . "A week." _ ^ -What's the usef* Lessor Evil. "You must admit that the •normalcy' has been slightly worked." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "But I'd rather put up with it than risk starting a movement to get back to 'abnormal cy.'" ' , s A Disgrace. ^Keyser--Blinking won't let'his wife .wear if' short skirt. :« Hlnkins--Why? I Keyser--Doesn't *mnt to expose tin •family skeleton* . GRAHAM BONNER, \ S 11 {Q»T»lfcw| *1 VUfllM Ulnnn l«-- BARNYARD THOUGHTS. * • v *1 am glad," said the pig, who wiui the leading pig in a neighbor's pigpen, not far from where Porky Pig and hi# family lived, "that it is fairly warm Thanksgiving day. "I wouldn't care to have it too co^ for I'd have to be indoors and I all* enjoy myself more out-of-doors." * "You wouldn't enjoy yourself ott£». of-doors if it were bitterly cold**, said the rooster. "I'm quite sure flf' that." ' /}•':- "Very true," said the pig, "but then as it Isn't bitterly eotd I am glad that I am out-of-doors. I'm especially glad now too, because I can, someho#jJ ^ feel more thankful out-of-doors. "Grunt, grunt, I can really and truly feel more thankful, especially, as ydO* say, because I amwable to enjoy It for It Isn't so cold. "One of the thingsV1 am most thank-' 4 fill for," the pig went on, "Is tht| • V? I do not have to live In the city. - ; ^ j "Yes, I do believe I'll sing a song tit • thanksgiving because I do not haw • " to live there."' ? So the pig squealed this so«g* >. ' • -:f -&£•. % •. \ "Grunt, grunt," he said, "I'd think it a . Pity. "If I were forced to live in the city. "There would be no nice mud in whleU* to dig, "A poor place indeed for a sensibtlM Pig!" "I would really like to sing a soajf' about that same thing," said tll|/ rooster. "It would be my little song at-. ' Thanksgiving." v So the rooster commenced. "Cock-a-doodle," said the rooster, "cock-a-doodle-doodle-dot . , "My neighbor pig, I've, got that I agree with you. . "In the city there'd be no worms about and that would be too bad," "Cackle, cackle," said the henfc . • "that would Indeed be sad." > Then the chickens began to squeak and this is what they said: "And we're afraid," said the little chlckS, "we'd be apt to lose our way, "And far from our mother's wing we might And ourselves some day." Then the ducks began to quack and said they wanted to speak about thgt very thing. So the ducks spoke: "Quack, quack," said the ducks, "&MI what is more there'd be no place tt swim, "In the city we'd lose our life we're sure, and certainly oyr vim." "I* Is the pig Mid, "to ft* "We'll Never, Never Leave the Farm." that you all agree with me.' IJUM glad that you all do." "And," said the oow, "I acree with you too! "In the city I'd not have the spirit i§Pl ' moo. , "There'd be no green meadows and notfc* - ing to chew, - • . : W ' "Oh, what in the wovld would * |p§or cow dq?" 7 • P - ' ' 4j)d all the animals began singing and talking, grunting, squealing aid";; quack-quacking. * And all of them said, !• their different kinds of ways: "We'll never, never leave the farm, well stay here all our days! "We'd hate it in the city where they say It's crowded so, "We'll never add to the crowds, we sajr, to the city we'll never go!" "That Is a fine chorus, grunt, grunt* said the pig, "and a fine song ffj* ' Thanksgiving Day. "Ah, yes, we're all thankful that vm X don't live in the city. We're really ^ very thankful set of barnyard greatures. "To be sure, I'd be even more thankful if I had even more food, but for ft pig rm feeling mighty thankful day. • • • • "Then, also, we got a. regular Thanh* , giving dinner too." # "That accounts for some of thankfulness." crowed the rooster. ; "Now, rooster," said the pig, "If • J -r am feeling thankful do not spoil my thanksgiving by such remarks. I was the one who started saying how thankful we all should be not to live in the city." * "True," Raid all the animals. "Yes. we will all feel thankful ttfc. , Jay and on, other days too. but especially today, of course, for today Is " Thanksgiving Day!" S;? Near to Right Answer. "How near are you to the right answer, young man?" asked the twsrhjtr "About two seats. Smile Was Forgotten. Ralph, aged five, had his photograph taken and when the proof was sent home, his mother said he looked Mtt solemn and asked him why he dldtft smile. „ "I did smile, mamma," he answered "but I guess the man forgot to put tt down." .. Richard Named a Bip$d. "A biped, chldren," said the teachcr, "is anything that goes on two fe«t< Now. Richard, can ycu name a blpedl* ^ -Pair o'^tockl^"