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By FRANCES GREENMAN,
Prnriernft,dowg,
ItA Pal' " IL
Cel:tiaff Pallet eet1 pen eva ink, Ma
weete e letter,. Afi the met on the
stamp the said aloud', "I'll not tyy
e a WM, Aitte .31 name,' 0ithe•
ellere ehan't be a word itead About
retitle, Mit •the word," She sighed as
the Paths(' up be spee,taeles, "Seeme
Dad whee my body can only live once
M the weeld that it has to ride over
the sort of road it does; bul. Ws lec e
Lum l'aart end Billy Mix, and now
we'll -have to abide theft decision, Vve
thought all dayr and 1 don't get ieny
nearer 'influence' than I was this
morning. XlI I•ay it away fri lavender,
tilt road, end tend to the but...lease Of
raekine it up to Tel McGee),"
rn two flays the mail carrier on R R.
4 left a letter for Mrs. J. Dal,as, Every
flue of her face expreettad satiefaction
ae she read it. "I'm not so sorry
sleeked him now::: she said to herself.
'No, I'm notsorry at alla'
"Folio," announced Ma as the pone -
ed ccitee at the f oob Of the :dinner
talam, "day after to -morrow we get
eadepany far dinner,"
"aVe do!" Clariesy held a plate of
valeed biscuits aloft. "Who?"
etadver you mind," said her aunt;
"a frtmel or en of nine. I want every
eie of you to bridle your tongues all
the time they are here. a don't walit
one word aaid about reads, either for-
eign or domestic. No matter what
comee up, er -Mee reacts are to rest all
day; and I'M eonsiclarieg killing. Earl
Haig."
"Why, Aunt Dell!" Olarissy Ann set
down the old blue plate so suddenly
and violently that a biecuit bounded
eff a:id-leaded in the a:ale dish.
"a thought," said Pa Dallas, "Earl
Iia, a was or Thanksgiving. Must be
real speeial guests,"
"Extia;" agreed Me.
The next morning there was assem-
bled in the Dallas kitchen a wonder-
ful aneortment of "cotheries"—a term
that Peter and Clarissy had coined for
lard and flour, eggs and cream, and
other wherewithalneedful for the
creations for which Me was famous.'
Clarissy ranaclown and up the cellar
stars antil she felt like a squirrel.
She creamed butter, beat eggs and
made six trips to the speing house.
While on. a flying visit to the barn for
strictly fresh eggs she confided to
Peter tient from indications the King,
of all the 13elgians was to dine with
them on the morrow. "But she's weak-
ening on Earl Haig; she says she
doesn't want to cverao her repara-
tion."
"Overdo what?" Peter laid down a
monkey wren& and stared at his sis-
ter's flushed cheeks and tousled curls.
"I don't know, and if she'll only
leave Earl Haig alone 7 don't care.
He'll weigh a.good twenty-five pounds'
by Thanksgiving."
"Beats me," said Peter. "There's a
joker somewhere." ,
"It isn't like Aunt Dell to be so se-
cretive, but I've got to hurry. I do
need a pair of wings this day."
Later Ma erdered Peter to round up
the three pullets that the Wyandottes
bad brought off -so early. .
"I was .most „provoked to anger,"
seal she, 'when that hen sprung her
hatch on us—and snow still lingering
in the hollows and under hedges; but
relay I can see "why they shelled out so
eaely; they're prime fries right now.
After all's said, a platter of crusty
springs with 'mashed potatoes and
cream gravy is hard to beat, but I'm
some unsteady in iny mind' whether it
is steamed brown bread or plain
johnnycake need; one hot bread's
enough along with fresh :MR risin's."
"Let's make ice , cream," coaxed
Clarissy.- • • "
"No, Clarissy; ice cream is just fix-
ings. I'm going to terve victuals—
apple demplings and cherry pie,"
"Shall I dress up'," asked Clarissy,
"and must Peter wear a stiff collar'?"
"Mercy to me, why? If there is one
thing I want to-moreoer, it As for us all
to be natural and—casual. If it's the
least bit chilleome, Peter, you build a
serap of fire on the living room hearth
'Tong beet half past eleven, A fire on
a hearth, even when it's not real neces-
sary; is cheerful as a robin. You know
Ile kind I mean, Peter—nab hot but
heartenafig. Clarissy, you leave that
teraided rug right where it is and the
candlesticks on the chinmey piece. I'm
going to use the willow ware.
"I elan see right bite the back of
your head, Olarissy," Ma Dallas went
en. "You're going to ask me not te
pour the coffee at table and not to
heap ute platters. Now, Clarissy, this
le my eompaey. When you have your
eenepaey I've not a mite of abjection
to mem dishing up to suit yourself
ft71(1 drinking coffee with the pie and
Intel -hiding with a salad, and so forth,
but to -morrow we serve a bountiful
enntry damer in•true country style..
and no matter What happens, don't
any of den act surpriaed—and pick me
mine laylocks for bouquets!! .
Tbe aext day when .a einem gray
nutninobile drove into the. -farmyard
!Meek noon, Mr. Dallfte, Peter. and
Claieesy-Ann ...wave as mamas at quails,
"Well, I do khoval" 'exclaimed Peter
four men - climbed out of the 'eat,
'le it ierat the commissioners!"
'Who are the other two?" asked.
Cleriesy,
"7 ealetrlabee" paid their tinale "that
better go right down to meet *eel
nivie-find out"
"Ma suddenly iappeimed in the door,
way ,enveleped in ,a very clean, very
much ate -malted gingharn apron ever
hee neat sprigged Calle° 'dreas. Ma
looked aeolaey,", but not at all, "com-
penal ed." a • • '
"Now tleeendee what Ma's ap to?"
saki ri,tk as he started down the step.
"Remember," cautioned Clarissy,
"not to be eurprised even if it's a
Ftenoll general • and an extra king—
this is Aunt Dell's day, and we've.got
to mind."
In the farmhouse living roorn the
MakeYOurFoeit
Drive like a liClokilead
Sy installing e "SAFETY FIRST"
Feed Steering Device
(Made in Carmelo,/
!WANES:I.-your Ford keen to the toad like,
a heavier ear-
sealteefi etiterthe ewe, and acme
OrrtVeritS Ffte6ring froni loath*, of.d.,,
e toe
Strode:ere Pride, moo,
(prepaid to any whitener)
Get one, from weer !pettier or dfreet Mein
cAcrrsa.oRvise 00.
Manefeeturere etal teadefteatere
eti rtireerteed ateeet (Weiiter Wo-teate
imam agate a4g,
DeLetEete—Writo for our ilrefaieftione
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/Meats were aware that a they little
fire Ilered on the hearth, that the HIM
filled the nir with sweet fragranee, mid
that cornftnaable (Maks, braided rugs
, and slimly windows made ft, 'WelCOrne
eestina 'place for weary traveleee who
' had been rideld. c• e,' e rough road,
enee early teeming.
Tim goed-readsereer! '
ae!f in m padded e plaeo. Yeung 'lcd:
versation, Ue wae • ,e•
ccnces of the daya aee
had lived an the elect and
when Ma had chant eine
he slirpee out to the kitchen and
frankly etheided to his hosteee that
Paul and be Wove its hungry an seven -
teem -year Iteenets,
.1 hot uiy uew spin hat, Ma 13a1 -
that it would be fried chicken.
Who wins?"
"You do this time, son. And now
yen curry it in Mid put it by Pa's
chair."
"Yoe're going to give US all we
want? You ye net going to serve it
hotel style?"
"Hotel style!" era cola -hued vath
cleeteion in her voice.
With a gaen ef delight the famished
eegneer bore in the heaping platter,
When the .read engineer, paseed his
plate. for "more," humereusly admit-
ting ihet in the matter of tvied chicken
anciegravy hc was is direct desceeidant
of Oliver Twist, Ma felt that her din-
ner was successful.
The comraiesioners were astoniehed
that roads were not a topic of con-
versation. They were fully persuaded,
however, that no one except the two
expert' they had hired could exert a.
bit of influence. Thinking how kind
Ma Dallas had been to invite young
Ted McCool to dinner and- to bring
with him any friends lie wished, they
showed their ,gratitude in a way that
pleased Ma.
"It takes bei• to cook a roand din-
ner," theught- Pa Dallas. "Some wo-
men make a meal top square. I hope
Mr. Paul can swim, for he's liable to
drown himself in cream if he don't
watch out." .
• The day was older by three hours
when the gray automobile passed
through the big gate. As thecar
neared the county town Billy Mix, at
the wheel, milled to the two men in
the tonneau:.
"Well, which road are you for? You
have seen both." • ' •
"That was a rattling good dinner
we atd at Dallas's," remarked Mr. Tom
Hart, "and the told tia the latchstring
was out whenever we happened along,"
"We'll have to go Out that west road
to inspect the work from time to time
—if we choose that road," said Ted
"Considering that one road is about
as bad as the other," said the good -
roads expert, "why, I vote west. I
thought such a dinner had vanished
along with ney boyhood."
"I'd just as lief decide on the west
road," ,said Billy Mix.
In the late afternoon a young man
was dilligenEy searching through the
post -card rack in a variety store while
he ,softlywhistled. Can shamake a
cherry pie, Billy Boy; )3111y Boy,
The next day ,ella Dallas found a
post card in her mail box; -there was
a picture of a fine bunch of cherries
on one side, and op the other,beside
the address, was a message written in
lead pencil.
"Mercy me!" said Ma as she read it.
"My dinner won ue the road!"
She sat down very suddenly upon a
bench by the floweringalmoed bushes;
is bewildered egpression crossed her
round, plump face. "Now. I'm some
surprised! I never had a notion of
serving any tinfluenee'—just a good
country dinner."
The old Wyandotte that had furnish-
ed the piece de resistance for the meal
of .yesterday came walking by, holding
her head pertly on one side.
"Chickleiddy," said Ma softly,
"Chickleiddy, I calculate I'll adorn you
with a name. I calculate hereafter 111
call you Influenee,"•
(Tbe End.)
"Sharp is the Wind."
Sharp is the wind to-day—
Now, ill the middle -morning,
Its gusty echoes bay,
Like hounds that join the born ng
Of bugles at a chase—
Yet, mixed with these shrill calls,
Listen! at each returning
A Mier measure falls
Across the time of yearning
For Summer's rose -shod pace—
Within my ;goal a low refrain
Dwells' evermore' in blither vein
On purple. hanks of violets, B.—"My -wife can't be fooled."
Whose charm of fairy fragrance nets 0,—"Then leow on earth did you ever
And woos a song from sunlit space. induce her to marry you?"
Broad From Old Pompeii,
PomPell arid alerculanelint are
.1y• epoken of tegetlier, alleY Were
noiShboring townie 41.1 the foothills of
VaeliThle MI Were teSether deetroyed
by the great eruption of 19 AM,
waii a hummer resort where
Weelaby. Bannane maintained "bountiful
Value, Iferoulenetna was more of a
Milano/le tewn, We allow very little
0014 Herthlaneum, but to -day we
ewer Walk about the, streete of Pompeii
end get a pretty -fair notion of what
the Piece Was like.
. Pompeii was overwhellimal bY show -
ere of volcanic athes—het, fiery etuff
that drove the people ont Of the city.
There was plenty of 'learning and not
veyy many liveseem to have aceen
last. Crowds were Wren off the beech
In ships, By day there wee darknese
pa of night, illumined only by the
glare cie the volcano, and the paned
must ltave been erightful.
But the ashes did not whollY bury
tho Iowa. They fell deep enough only
to reach the second stories of the
images, or not much more than that.
Pompeii woes destroyed, but in recent
years the task of digging it out and
uncovering most of it has not been too
difficult or arduous to be worth while
from an antiquarian viewpoint.
Herculaneum on the "other hand,
WaS buried beneath a flood of lava
from the burning mounlain, It is to-
day entombed In send rock, and to die -
inter it is a practically hopeless pro-
position. Besides, the molten fluid
must Waive destroyed it.
One of the most interesting things
found In ruined Pompeii was a baker'a
lamp, with forty-eight loaves of bread
ready foe delivery to customers. Each
leaf was stamped with the baker's
nanle.
Live While You Live.
o seize the present—ites 01111i;
The clock as ticking on the wall;
The sweet dews have bathed the morn-
ing's flowers, •
And golden sunshine gilds them all.
Fair :Mother Earth in emerald:, green
Her lovely form doll all adorn;
Forget the past, the might have been,
Come forth and greet the smiling
morn.
0 seize the present—it is ours,
NO tides delay, my boat is near,
I'm jealous of the fleeting hours,
For winter snows are all too near.
O'er yonder deep no Moues are seen
To stain its depths a deeper hue;
Forget the past, the might have been,
Full flooded Life once more renew,
This Life is Mixed with sweete and
, sours,
Sunshine aud shadow, grief and
pain;
0 seize the present, it is ours,
The past Is gone nor comes again.
If in your eyes the calm serene
.A sudden moisture should annoy,
Forget the past, the might have been,
11 ana tea.rs, then tears of My.
France is Scrapping Powder
- Factories.
Prance has again refuted the eharge
that she is militaristic by commencing
to transform her powder factorlaseinto
industrial plants not allied with war,
says a Paris despatch. The largest
'munitions plant in Toulouse is being
adapted to the manufacture of phos-
phate, fertilizer and ammonia through
the extraction of nitrates from avail.
able powder suppliee.
Even the French War Minister lias
approved the plan, although he has in-
sisted on holding some of the factories
in case of emergency. In this he was
pupported by Gen. Mangle, w.ho assert-
ed that until universal peace is really
establielied it would be unwise to
throw away the sword without even
turning it into a ploughshare, The
'present planis to maineabt several
small plants, which will be devoted to
the manufacture of guncotton, in
which form it can be preserved until
needed.
A Gude.
If there Inc some weaker one,
Give inc .strength tahelp him on;
If a blinder soul there be,
Let me guide him deater Thee;
Make my mortal dreams come true
With tbe work I fain would do;
Let me be the thing I unfelt;
Let me find in Thy employ,
Peace that dearer Is than Joy;
Out of self to 1We be led,
And to Heaven acclimated,
-Until all things sweet and good
Seem mylatural habitude.
What lie Wanted to Know.
Old London Revealed by Excavations -
•
Excavation is new under way for the
largest structure in ground area in
London mid probably the talleet in
Great Britain. Palm ethane eliervels
are biting away. at this vacant, Strand
"island" created in 1900 when Kings -
way end the crescent street named
Aldwyth were out through. ,
' A./king-the. Lendthera yeatehing the
deepening hole rre is greet many an-
tiauarittne tthe always froth ..ta every
digging MeetatiOn 150 Whet IOW Old Lam
doe, There, is Vast interest In the OM
tor the, excavation le to be the deep*
and. witleet In Lerndon history, end it
Will go down through iseeteriel ettata,
of -Leaden -011.4111mi. For Ifietittee,
What they Mal the "eightemith century
rtibbieh levelehais alreadY!beee reach -
d. The girders end RetniclatiOnee esf
theOld Olytapie theatre, atiPporting
the illtt revolving stege in the timid,
have already been uneeaered:
And the steam ehievele bogie 'bitten
into the erne -aged remains Of Creeedei
Head Meeta, 4 famine old hostelry,
Before the 0414111 SileVele atatted to
Werk, thed AldWeeele Island *au It etitt
Of lbw mound, with its Acteiritilated
wiles, taat 'feet up tebOve, the level 'et
the Mite Strand and lalegeeeray, 135
the motet etiraenter Ones the chief rid.
sidential etreet of Ithitelit Loiletth lay
Meng here and a Roemer Villa le be-
litevaid to 116,0meg:big elte etereaa
at Is leWea Ideal,
Directly aoross the Strand, in a lit-
tle lane in the old Savoy Place arta,
Is a *Marble Raman bath belonging to
the lost villa. The bath hi referred to
In every London guide book. Still fed
by a spring, it is used daily by the
owner of the building in the deep cel-
lar of Which it is IthaMd.
But before they get to the Roman
villa—and perhaps to its pottery end
beaten. sheer—the steam shovel will
liceve innehed on the imam of the old
threth liftreet bouto ot Nell Gwynne.
"-Wych Street /datable the giddy; cor-
nee tie mla Leeden. It was 4, rendez-
vous for fashion:table men and wareen
of the eontilient, and it was einilmided
to have heen the original 13themia
°eighth of Bohemia.
The temente: Earl of Craven built
bis big tOWn house in the midst Of
Wei, neighborhood -of folly. The ea-
eavatore haver already teached the
foundations of Cravell Mame and
have drilled preparatory to Wasting,
. The foinidation of, the building to
Ise ()routed on this eite will dotty a
weight el elgliteee stories, a height 01
240 feet, Thts: fs Menthe -W. to Lorition
building lavie at thee tate, fio that the
annoueeed height Me beengivenat
tine Aortae, or 120 feet It is a cert'
ou0 fact that One plenif far tile betid-
ing halte not yet been dreeetia, Although
they are iti .proceffee, of waive,
The Home Suereundiags.
long tnip the other day hi a
CoMparatively loxig-settled country, 1
Observed the faem houseS aleng the
way. 'Some Were needled little places
lather° the 9Wners Were evidently haVe
ing a hard time to make ends'inaet, er
had very recently moved to the
farm; others were occupied by rentees
but many of them were the homes cif
well-to-do eesident owners. Not a few
were 'backed by a fine set of aufidinge,
512r.rOlinded,kr 0111te elaborate fel-Masi
quite pretentious in their architecture
and yet they wovo. barren looking
places with nothing cozy arid comfy
appearing about them., And why?
Only because of the la* of a few
shrubs. ,
Perhaps the owners do not care,
but strangers and buyers notice it.
Ten dollen' worth of shrubs well
placed about a beim, may mean sev-
eral hundred dollars' difference in the
sale value, especially if the buyer
happens to have his wife along.
These bare exteriors tell a pitiful
story; they tell lazily too plainly that
the people within those walls, especi-
ally the women, are worked to depth
for the lack of modern conveniences
Which they could well afford to have,
and are so worn out with the duties
within doors that they have no time
nor energy left to enjoy their Worth-
while opportunities. Nealy everyone
of those tell -tate yards advertises to
all who pass by, that the man dwelling
there is not giving the proper ton-
sideeation to the comfort of his wo-
men folks. Given the leisure and the
strength almost any woman will seek
to beautify her surrounding's. It is
one of her chief joys. If she be de-
prived of it, she is deprived of one of
the greatest joys of living in the coun-
try. If more attention were paid to
this, there would be fewer wives nag-
ging their husbands to sell the place
and inov,e to town, and there would
be Snore children anxious to stay on
the farm.
The month of July is a good time
to form an estimate of the value of
shade. You have heard- of the man
who never shingled his house because
he could not do it when it was rain-
ing and he did not need it when it
was dry! We do not need shade in
the early spring or the late fall, when
the season is right for planting trees,
and consequently db not think of it.
When the sun as scorching them in
midsummer, people make solemn re-
solutions to plant shade trees the next
spring and then' forget all about it
when spring arrives. August is a good
time to make an inventory of your
shade and that of your neighbors,
Observe the best shade trees of your
,section; see what kind they are, and
decide where they ought to be located.
Than put them down on your docket to
be ordered next Febreary. Do not put
it off because you are afraid they will
not grow up An time to do you any
good. They will be a good size befpre
you realize it, If they are needed,
plant them; even if you cannot get the
benefit of their shade the next fellow
g
willand he is a refil man who con-
siders this next fellow, since earlier
tree planters have benetted him..
Reminders for Mothers.
Why should -babies be weighed? Be-
cause it is one of the best ways bY
which the steady thriving of an infant
can be ascertained.
How often should children be weigh.
ed? Every week regularly until the
end of the first' year. Once 'a' month
until the end of the second year. Once
every three months until the twelfth
year, or thereabouts. • Twice a year
after that.
If a baby loses weight it shows there
is something wrong, probably with its
diet If it loses weight during three
successive weeks, •a doctor should be
consulted. Loss of weight at any per-
iod of childhood is always is serious
matter, and should never be allowed
to continue without ascertaining the
cause.
The Vines already g:ven for weigh-
ing apaly to children in health. Deli-
cate babies or children may need to
be weighed inore often.
Always weigh at the seine hour each
week or mouth. Always weigh before
a meal, and the same weight of cloth-
ing at won at peevious weighing, or
Id this cannot be done, then weigh tbe
extra clothes separately, otherwise
accuracy of increase in Weight cermet
be arrived at. Remember that accuraty
as to even half ari eunco is important
where babies are concemed. Beim in
mind, too, that there should always
be an increase in weight evety Weelc
deting the first year; Even standing
st 11 in weight, tholigh not leeleg
weight, is a matter that needs look-
ing into at once, especially during the
first year.
Do not trust to inettoey at these
weighing times. Always keep a little
book, arid in this write down each
child's age, with the elate and result
of each weighirtg.
Care of a Pat'ent's Bed.
If possible, use a atingle bed in the
sick room. If this is not convenient,
be sore that there ave no broltee
eprings or missing tasters and that
the mattress is Boat and comfortable
and fits the becleerell. ,Place the bead
of the bed straight againet the wall,
hot too near the window bet near
enough te irieure a free circuletion of
fresh air.
It is is mistake to pile too many
Mathes on a bed. Tlie patient enduree
the discomfort of the unnecessary
weight and is really nb warmer than
With fewer bedclothes end with a hot
water bottle at his feet,
If a rubber Sheet At necessary to
protect the mattrese, use a large one
that will tuck in well. Be sure that
there ere no wrinkles Under the na-
tient'e back. The hot ef the body is
iricremsed by a rubber theet making
the patient ,perspire, and the presence
of wrinkleg in the rulabee, or evee in
the linen sheet; of beh etheee getht
dieeenefott if hot actual bed Seeds.
.•
In Making tliSIbed it is a Pea pilan
to nec atiefear cheat, or naareW ehet,
pornewhatlanger than -an ordinary one,
This ie used with the length aCrOSO
the bed aad tan be tucked air jn on
one side of the bed and dridivn through
to the ottair, makieg a fresb, col
spot for' the patient to lie On, When
cruebed buis not soiled, the discarded
top sheet eaii 'be used for a draw
sheet by folding it once lengthaNifia
To malce the bed Without disturbing
the patient, proceed as follows:
In .inlehedat
.te,fit
rs jiapndMee, have everYthiag
you
Loosen the bedclothes all around,
without jarring the bed.
Take out the pillows, thalce them
up and put them to air, unless the
patient thiects to leein:gedvithout them.
Remove :dig spread ankl the bbieket,
Take off the tem sheet. If poasible
nee it for a froth lower eheet, or for
a draw theet.
Next, change gown and rub Pa-
tient's back.
Now turn the patient On one side,
straighten rubber sheet 'and lower
sheet and pull: draw sheet through,
If the lower sheet needs changing,
roll the soiled one up lengthwise to
the middle of the bed. Place a fresh
sheet exactly where it should -come on
the side left bare. Tuck it in firmly
and rail the surplus width toward the
middle of the bed and next to the
soiled sheet, both 'being very close to
the patient. .
Now turn the patient back over
both sheets; remove the soiled. one,
Draw the clean sheet out smooth and
tut* firefly. A' nervous patient needs
a well -made bed.
Put on a clean top sheet and the
blankets end spread, tucking them In
carefully 80 tbat they will noebe too.
tight across the patient's feet.
In making a bed wbile the patient
'remains in At, all care should be taken
to work swiftly. Keep the patient
warmly. covered. Avoid any undue
exertion on the part of the patient.
To raise a patient in bed, have him
flex his knees so that his feet rest
firmly on the bed. With one hand
grasp him firmly under the arm near-
est you, and while you raise him from
the bed, adjust the pillows with the
other hand. Always work swiftly.
The String Trick.
}Meets a tr:-cic that is startling and
puzzling, :but so simple that with a
little preparation any girt can do At.
The performer places her hands to-
gether in froat of her, holding the
palms against each other and the
fingers flat. She then allows her
wrists to he bound together with is
handkerchief. A string is passed be-
tween her outstretched arms and be-
hind the handlcerchief that binds her
lyrists; both ends of the string are
held by some one who stands faeina
the performer. In full view of the
spectators the perfortaer gets the
string out from behind her wrists
without removing the handkerchief
that binds them, and while her assist-
ant is till holding the two ends of
the string.
When her wrists have been tied with
the handkevehief and the string has
been passed between her outstretched
arms, the performer moves away from
the person who holds the ends of the
string until she has preesed the string
down tight againststhe handkerchief
that binds her 'wrists. Then she steps
forward a pace or two and allows the
string to slacken a little. With bet
teeth or with her fingees she takes
hold of the string and pulls it througli
the handkerchief—that is, between the
handkerchief .and the inside of her
wrists. When the loop thus made is
large enough:, she slips it over one of
her hands and asks her assistant to
pull steadily on the etring. When the
assistant pulls, the string slips be-
tween the laandkerelnef and the outside
of the performer's wrist; the loop of
the s-tring falls to the floor without her
removing the handkerchief apd with-
out the assistant's letting go the ends
of the string.
The best way to practice is to got
the things and work on them with
these directions An front of you; in that
way the simplicity of the trick will
be steongly impressed upon you.
A Drop of Water.
Did you know that when a drop of
water reachea the ocean it is destined
to remain there 3,460 yeats? That's
the. average. SO1110 (Mope mem be
drawn out by evaporation the next (ley.
Some drape may wander about in the
ocean 10,000 years, But the average
is 3,460 years.
All this has been figured out bY
scientists who have Made a careful es-
timate or the total -volume of water
that goes into ..the ocean every yeae.
They declare hat one three thoueand
Mut hundred and sixtieth of MI the
water in the world goes into the sea
ev'errhYsYleifaenot a drop of water Me out
Of tha ocean is appareutly a meryy anti
a buy one, foe, after evaporation, it
will bootee condeneed into water
again in about ten days, and it win
not be many years before It will have
found its way 128015 to tiro mman egain,
either by ineatis of rivers or by eve.
poratioe, and then by means of rain
raimaicee. the Gridat -Lakes or some Ruh
c
But wherever the drop of water
lands on earth it is not Meg before
one of three (bingo hatieens—it 15115
to earth and gets back to the ocean
by subterranean passages, it falls into
a river and new8 back to the (mean, or
It falls into a lake and IS either evap-
orated into the clouds or admily gets
into the river,
MEM RAPID
The Perfect Hatir Tint
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CONKLIN GING NG NUREiRRY PLANTAtION e Notamed, enurto
TURKISH PEACE TREATY PUTS END
TO OLD OTTO AN FINIS
After Rule of Seven Centuries in Asia Minor and 407 Y c‘.7xs.
in Europe, Mohammedan PoWei Collapses — inct
Grants Freedom of Tra.nsit to AU Nations.
With the signing of the Turkish
treaty, the Ottoman Empire falls to
piethe after a rule of fawn. centuries
in Asa°, Minor and 467 yeala In Eu-
rope. There was no question about
the etgillieg, which marks 'one of the
great epoths at history. The Turks
were given no choice, 'With a Britith
arlaY In occupation of Constaetinopie,
and alreedy condemned to death dor
treason by Kemal Pashale nationaliet
court, Lemma Feria, the grand gizier,
had no alternative,
Turkey retaine Constantinople and
its vilayest, but under strict supervis-
ion of the Allies; also thaindependent
sanjak of Chataldje, the boundary of
which Is- moved northwest so as to en-
elrele Lake Derkas, which Is tbe
source of water supply for the city.
Thus the European area of Turkey le
reduced, b'y the loss of Thrace, to
2,238 square miles forming an irregu-
lar quadrilatetal nearly fifty miles on
each side at the end -of the peninsula
between the Black sea and the sea, of
Marmora.
-;
Shadow Sovereignty Remains.
The sovereignty of the sultan is but
Shadow, for the entire navigation be-
tween the seas and the Mediterranean
is placed in the.hande of ase allied com-
mission which Is to control the Bos-
phorus, the sea of Marmora and the
Dardanelles with the coasts on both
the European and Asiatic Wee.. Tur-
key is i•equirece to grant freeilenn of
transit for all passengers and freight
and the nationals, goods and flags oe
all states who are members of the
League of Nations are to enjoy com-
plete freedom in the port of Constan-
tinople, or that ot Heide, Pacha, op.
posite, an the Asiatic aide below Scu-
tari.
With restrictions removed and this
gateway between the ettetand west al-
ways open, the possibilities of ita com-
merce are enormous, In a few years
It may become the greatest port In
the world. One bas visions of an un-
broken line of docks and warehouses
from San Stefano Point to Dolma
Baetche, with the nations of thei world
at peace eagerly exchanging their pro-
ducts. Provision is made for a free
zone inwhich, with the exception of
a small statistical charge, no duties
are to be levied on bonded goods and
the Turkish tariff itself is restored to
what it was in 1907; that is, 11 per
cent. ad valorem.
.An interailled commiesion, created
by the treaty, can MISS or lower this
figure, declare Mee any imports; or pro-
hibit them altogether. Ibis vellums -
sloe wIl have ita own -flag, linage! arid
organization and- its Juriediction ex-
tends not only over the sea of Nur-,
more and the straits, but thrre miles
off shore Morn the end of the llospeor-
les and the Dardenelles and OM" ihei.
Aegean Wands of Sainoihmee, Ima
bras, Lemnos, Toneaps and' Leeboa
Allies Destroy Gallipoli Forts.
On the European Biaek Sett tenet
the limit of its rule toitchee the new
Greek frontier, litty-two miles nortb,
west of the Bosph-orus, near Millar,
and along the Asiatic shore It runs.
forty miles to a point about norta cif
UMW.. FrOill the Dard•auelles 11 skirts
the Aegean for flety.live miles till it
meets the Greek zone arOUTIL1 $11157004.
The width el these zones varies from
tea to seventeen miles north of tha
Sea of IVIannora, to eight to twenty-
eight Miles south of it. No fortifies -
tions are to be allowed.
The Allies,- without waiting for the
sigiiieg of the treaty, blew up the last
of the Gallipoli forts a few weeks ago,
The etraite are never to be blockaded
and no belligerent warships may re-
main in the zone more than twentY-
four hours, or take food, stores or re-
cruits. All matters regarding the im-
provement of the straits, widening er
deepening thannels and harbors, main-
tenance of lighthouaes and buoys and
control of pilotage, ligaterage, and in
feet every harbor commission Lute -
teen, is entrusted to the control of the
leterallied body.
Three Arab States Recognized.
There are really three independent.
Atab states recognized by the Turkish
treaty, besides. Kurdistan, Smyrna, the:
Aegean Islands, Armenia and Pales-
tine, the principal divisions of Asia.
Minor. The first of the three states
Is Mesopotamia, nuclei' a British man-
date, part of which between. Mosul
and Diarbeitir is inhabited by 'Curd-
ish tribeand may be annexed to Kur-
dlstan; the second is the Hedeaz, un-
der King Hussein, who ivas formerly
Grand Sherif of Mecca and .revolted
against the Turks in 1916, There le
no mandate for the Hed3az, which is
entirely independent. The third is.
Syria, under a French mandate.
My Troubles.
I took my troubleup- the road
All on a summer morning:
The see from out is blue abode
• The meadows wee adorning.
My troubles were a sorry pack;
They clung like care upon my back.
Ana there was Doubt, a dubieus thing,
And there was foolish Fretting;
And there VMS Sorrow, with its eting,
And hollow eyed Regretting, •
A -grievous brood to bear along
When all the air was fliled with
song.
Then came I to the wide free ereat
With naught but sky above me;
A soothing wind nip Omsk. caressed;
Mo -thought it seetned to love me;
And there breathed upward from the
earth
The fragrant messages of mirth.
And seeing far below me roll
Tee land's so green and spacious,
Illy troubles lifted from nix soul,
And life again grew grecious.
And so I trod the downward road
Without a trouble for a load!
At the End of the Old
Brown Road.
Dusky brown in the shade, golden
brown in the sun, "
The old road, turn by turn, cleaves
' through the fir wood' gloola,
Making a path for our feet, carpeted
' thick from the loom
Of the tireless we•aving yeaes, -at their
taek that is never done;
Clearing a path for our sight to the
' blue of the fathomless sky
And the gracious friendtinase of
white clouds floating by.
Far, so far, some the racy, In Its aw-
ful loveliness!
But the clouds go loitering low, as
if they woad fain look down,
' Through the rift in the fir wood s
roof, on the old road's min
flecked brown;
Gently they move, and pass, exquisite,
pasahonlcesa
So still fares I he road beneath the
immensity --
nue look-- the last turn—the blue—
the F Ot1 , the eea, the seal
The Pioneers.
To them life woe 0 eimple art
Of duties to be dime,
A. game where each Man toole his part,
A race where all must run.
A. battle whole great scheme e end
scope
They little oared te knave
Centeet, 00 inenatt-arme• eope
Bach With his fronting foe,
01 -deet Love Letter.
The .oldest love letter proposing
Marriage wag vtitten on a brick,
This waft 8,00 Yeare ago, Whet the
hand of an Zfalltlail ptilleeSS was
eought and Dilettttbstitotfst1 epeciineti
le said to be Me ohlat 'Meg of ite kind
it the wtnItr,,
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French Politeness Outlives
War.
Even after five years of war strug-
gles and eighteeu months of past war
worry the instinctive politeness of the
average. Frenchman still survives.
This was evidenced In a small patis-
serie where M. Anatole France, the
illustrotts French author, casually
drops in tor his afternoon tea and cake
whenever he visits tbe capital. All of
the tables were occupied, but the
waiter recognized the visitor and with
„chatacteristidally excited gesticula-
tions insisted that M. Anatole France
fait for Met one minute.
Approaching two men seated at a
comfortable table, the knight of the
naipkin, ignoring the appeals of the
author, whispered to them. "May
have emir table for M. Anatole France
of the Academie Franchise?"
There was no healtancy shown by
the two Part:diens. 'They 1.ose, bowed
to the writer and departed. One, how-
ever, remarked to the waiter as he
paid his bill:
"You are right Helm in France,
from the President to the tearoom
waiters, the world of letters mutt be•
honored."
Then Fether Spurted.
While mamma was out one evening
father undertook to cut little Freddie's
hair a Barbers are so expensive in
these days.
Though he was Making quite a good
Job of it, he was rather slow, and -
Freddie, who is only six and a bit,
found the operation wearisome, '
"Are you nearly done daddie?" he
asked at length.
Very nearly, sonny," replied hie
father. "I've only got the front to do
now."
"len 'triad," sighed the small bay
sadly, "that the 'back will grow again"
while you're finishing the front"
the, akiii(
healthy and sweet,:.`
teR Rest for Atay
mei Beet ear Yoe. •
Memoir omelet tedeiTee. feha, A4,41;1';
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