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Boys and cls
THE FAGOT OF GOLD
In the earlier part of last century, It happened that the Emperor Alex -
about the year 1814, there lived near ander was that day on his way to
the eastern frontier of France a poor Paris, and was travelling in a small
widow, with her two sons, Jacques carriage -called at that time a Ber-
and Pierre, lin de voyage. He was at some dis-
The first,anhonest, hard-working twice from his suite, and the boy,
boy, was a credit to his mother and little suspecting who the stranger in
esteemed by his neighobrs; while the approaching vehicle might be,
"lazy Pierre," as his brother was from some impulse of curiosity, left
called, had gained this sobriquet by his unbound fagots and ran forward.
his indolent, dreamy habits,
Never at work unless compelled by
his mother's or his own necessities,
Pierre was generally to be seen lying
on his back, poring over some book of
fairy tales or romance, or else weav-
ing in his foolish brain some :fanciful marked intelligence of the lad's coun-
legend for the evening entertainment Penance.
of his more actively engaged compact- "I think," said Pierre, unabashed,
ions, "that this carriage belongs to the em -
His powers in this line were known peror•s suite, and is going to Paris.
and admired by all the juvenile por I \c ant to go, too, and see the Emperor
tion of the community, and when -the Alexarxier, who, it is said, loves all
day's work was over, they would Frenchmen.
gather around the young narrator to The stranger, much amazed, asked
hear his wonderful fancies. who be was, and gradually drew from
Poor Marie, although vaguely leu him his little history, his hopes and
scions of her boy's talents, was in de- repeated disappointments; then point=
spair of ever turning them to prat-' ed the moral that as elves and fairies
tical account, as tears and threats had no existence, honest labor. was, in
alike failed to induce a change of modern days, the only road to success,
habits.. ! and that the steady Jacques, by perse-
"And to crown it all," she said one, vering industry, was more likely to
evening to a gossip. who had called• convert his fagots of wood into gold
to see her, and to whom this trouble than Pierre with all his visions..
was confided, "he leas had a wonderful As they talked on, the boy did not
dream, which he says must come tot notice holy far they were leaving the
pass within the year• forest behind them, until his new men-
"Hedreamed that Jacques and him- tor reminded him that his mother
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self had gone into the forest to maker would be uneasy if he went away with -
up fagots for me, and that while his' cut saying a word. t ,, +d with the
brother was gathering sticks, he Being much imp e c t
(Pierre) saw something shining am-, child's rare intelligence and power of
ong the 'eaves, Oe removing these imagination, the emperor had resolved
and some 'loose mold, he discovered a to afford him opportunities for culti-
half-buriedfagot of god, in which all ating his talents, and now revealed
hr sticks were of equal size and his own identity, asking Pierre if he
He was in the act of mounting be-
hind, when the occupant of the ear ---a
riage richly -dressed and handsome
gentleman -turned and asked hint,
not unkindly, if he knew where he
was, noting, at the same time, the
length, 'and bound together with, would go to Russia with hili on his
strings of precious atones. ;return from Paris.
"He really believes that this vision' "I will not, however, make your for -
betokens some great change of for- tune in idleness," he added, with a
tune so us, and :..?king at me with friendly smile. "Yon will have to work
his great. searehe'g eyes, will ay \with the tools furnished you."
'Now, mother, is ee'- that better than' Pierre was overwhelmed with the
s'avir.g away our lives in making up sense of his awn temerity when he
fagots and minding sews?'" l found that he had talked so familiarly
.turf and n,.., eecee:" replied oldl with so august a personage, and was
Margot. the confident of this strange, profuse in his thenke and apologies.
story; "it only ("0111eAof letting the He was sant to his astonished moth -
boy fill his head with tales of fairies er under the escort of an imperial
and goblins. Take away his looks, officer, and after hearing his adven-
and send him to work. with nothing to tui:. she gave a tearful consent to her
eat until he earns it. then see how ley': advancement. •
quickly he will forget his dreams;" "Is it net like the fulfillment of my
With this sage roans -1, -,l Margot dream?" asked Pierre, wistfully; hut
departed, and Marie, aitheugh weakly old Margnt, who was present, answer-
indelgent to her buys, resolved, for ed roughly:
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Pierre's own good. to net on her "After all, it was not until you
friend's advice. went to work in earnest that fortune
She accordingly destroyed what she favored you and if you had not been
considered the most pernicious part of in the line of your duty, the emperor
his library, and removed the rest out would never have seen your
of his •say: then waking him very Was not old Margot right?
early one morning, bade him, with
assumed harshness, betake himself to
the forest, and not show his face until
he had made up his part of the fagots,
which she was to sell next day at
market.
A email piece of dry, brown bread
was his provision, as the poor mother
thought its insufficiency might stimu-
late him to greater exertion, and has
ten his return.
Pierre, whose amiability equaled his
Indolence, made no remonstrance, but
went out to the forest, in the confident
hope that some kind fairy would now -
discover to him the coveted golden
fagot.
IIe had none of his favorite volumes'
with him; but, extending himself
under a tree to eat his scanty meal, he
wove airy fictions, until sleep over-'
came him and inspired dreams of still
brighter glories.
When he awoke, the sun was high in
the heavens, and the pangs of hunger
admonished him of his unfinished la-
bors. He had seen that his mother,
was thoroughly in earnest, and slowly,
but determined:y, he rose and went to.
work.
He had cut into lengths and piled;
up sufficient material for several1
fagots, and was beginning to feel the\
eatisfied glow of merited success,
when the roll of wheels on the road
Shakes it Out of Him.
DEMONS Or THE KEYS
Winners of the world typewriting contest at Aeolian Hall, New York, 011
December
13. Left to right:fle
Albert Tenger, et, with 136 words a minute;;
Bessie Friedman, third and also fastest: for all women, and George Iiess-
field, second.
THE TRAGEDY OF TALENT
Writers Who Were Ne_r-ected.
*Many brilliant and talented writers
have passed through years of neglect,
their worth and genius unrecognized
by the public. Thus Robert Burns, the
Scottish poet, after a brief period of
popular favor in Edinburgh literary
circles, went baok to the plough,
After the failure of his farming ad-
venture at lallieland, lie became an ex
eisemau, and died at Dumfries in
poverty and neglect.
Thomas Chatterton, the youthful
Poet, finding )tie work was unrecog-
nized, committed suicide in 1770, at
the early age of eighteen. Thus has
genius suffered at the hands of an
unfeeling public.
Authors in the old days, before any
copyright laws were in existence to
protect' their interests, .suffered be-
cause their works were exploited and
pirated by unscrupulous printers.
May suffered poverty and obscurity
in their lifetime, while after their
death publis'hess made fortunes out of
their writings.
Many authors and poets of bygone
days would be amazed if they could
come back and see the sumptuous edi-
tions of their works. published and
widely read long after they wore dead:
Then poets and writers had to depend
in "the good old days." cn the patron-
age of the wealthy.
Nash, the Elizabethan writer, ,.Atom
Inane Disraeli describes as "a creature
of genius, of famine and despair," pro-
claimed himself to the world as
"Pierce Pennilesse," and confessed
that he sat up late and rose early, con-
tended with col:) and conversed with
scarcitie," while he beheld petty
tradesmen awaking money and rejoic-
ing in plenty.
Then Stowe, the learned antiquary,
after devoting all his life to the study
of the monuments of antiquity in Eng-
land, making a tremendous collection
of valuable manuscripts during his
"How on earth do you manage to
get (beelly to spend money on you.•'
"Oh, I take him out in my little Ford
and he loosens up."
A Give -Away.
In a certain family is a young lady
who hon a bashful beau. that is. he is
bashful when the grown members of
the family are around, but not bashful
when Tommy, aged six years, is in the
room. At the table, tate other night,
tate beau and the whole family were
present. By-and-by Timmy said:
"Mamma. sis trowds me so close I
can't breve. I'm not her beau, am I?"
The lungs of the average man eon -
through the forest startled him. 'twin about five quarts of air.
REG'LAR FELLERS -By Gene Byrnes.
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lifetime, found himself in his old age
forced to collect alms(
Neglected Uy the great city in which-
he lived, at the age M eighty he was
granted letters patent by the King "to
ask, gather, and take the alms of all
bur loving subjects."
One city parish contributed the
magnificent sunt et seven-and-sixpenCe
so we must conclude that the response
was not encouraging,
Poor Myles Davies, a Welsh clergy,
man who turned author, tells us ;how
he hawked his own books, under con-
ditions that would have daunted most
men. Round the houses of the mighty
Ice went, not only receiving the insol-
ence of porters and lackeys, but hav-
ing to stand disgusting treatment from
his lordship. In one case they spirted
orange water over the persistent auth-
or. `
The Price of Genius.
Diaappointed genius is one of tho
' saddest things in human life.' Soine
have accepted their disappointments
with great humility, and sometimes a
I great sense of lmmor. Some sadly
;disappointed anthers Have broken out
lin a violent abuse of friends and foes
alike. Suck a man was the orator,
[Henley, whose famous "Universal
I Academy" amused London in tice
eighteenth century.
Authors, like other. workers, suffer
oftentinces front ncelaclies due to the
nature of their craft, The. thinking
faculty sometimes; becomes deranged
through excessive etudy, and seden-
tary habits affect the physical health.
The result is a host of hypochondriac
troubles and nervous ones as well,
Henry Carey, immortalized by his
famous song, "Sally in Our Alley,"
died by his owls hand, and was found
deod with a solitary halfpenny in his
pocket.
Jeffries died of consumption without
seeing the recognition he deserved
because of his unrivalled knowledge
of the English countryside,
What Two Celebrated Men
Think of Music.
lueic, of all arts, atfers the moat
direct re:Mium for spiritual stimulus in 1
national lite. Other arts -as litera-
tures drama, painting -may appear to
have more immediate appeal, but
music presents more active pos.;•ibili-!
ties of public art participation. Music
affects concourses and gatherings per-
haps lee-, intelleetuelly,tet role 5pon-
taneoueiy and instinitivsly. ;1t ma-
me.nts, (.1 public emotion crow da
not join in quoting poems- the/ sing."
-Leigh henry (English ('ritir).
5 5. * ,M
"In the eritital years of adelesconce,
when the emotional nature of the
young person is in evidence, music is
the moot valuable outlet for tho sin
-
Pilotage of emotion -a veritable safety
valve, • in faet; not alone the mere pas-
sive hearing of music, but more than
this, the serious study.of music in its
executive sense, will do more to hold
to the track a youngster tingling with
the flighty emotion of that period than
is who neglect
unyiting secs
Ile , musical education of their children
'ere ignoring one of the most valuable
, factors in character advancement,"-
George Bernard Shaw.
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1An understanding of one another
often prevents legal entanglements.
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author el ` erguson ori cuctionBradgd'.
Copyriskt 1925 by--t'oyle. Jr.
ARTICLE No. 12 • "
Score, YZ 10, A13 0, rubber game, Z
(Leah: and bid three spades, A and Y
passed, Tl doubler) and all passed. What
should A lead? To the writer, this seems
easy. Z has made an original bid of
three spades and if correct, it should
indicate lack of help for hearts, the
other major suit. For that reason, the
lead of the deuce of hearts seems to be
A's best lead, The next best lead would
be the ace of clubs.
Hand No. 3
The test hands given in the preceding
article have caused considerable com-
ment and a wide difference of opinion.
1n hand,. No, 2 for example, where A's
proper lead is in question, every card in
his hand has been suggested as the
proper lend. Needless to say, only one
card should be led so that a number of
correspondents will be disappointed,
Don't allow the difference in my opinion,.
and your own to discourage you, how-
ever. Learn; to profit by your mistakes
and you cannot help but improve,
Hand No. 1
Hearts - 8, 5, 3
Clubs -10, 7
Diamonds -9, 3
Spades - A, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3
Y
:A B:
Z
Hearts- K, Q, J, 9, 7
Clubs -A, IC, 4
Diamonds- K, J, 10, 8, 2
Spades - none
No score, first game. Z dealt and bid
one heart, A one spade and Y and 13
'passed. Z bid two diamonds, A two
spades and Y and 13 passed. Z now bid
three diamonds, A passed, Y bid three
hearts, B and Z passed and A doubled.
All passed and A opened the lying of
spades. How should Z plan the play of
the ,hand? Before Z plays a card he
should size up the situation very care-
fully. His reasoning should be some-
what as follows: "A has bid two spades
without any help from his partner and
has doubled three hearts. The only
cards that would justify his bid and
double would be at least six spades to
four honors, four hearts, probably to
the ace ten and the ace queen of dia-
monds. I can make eight tricks easily
as I must win one spade trick, two
club tricks, four heart tricks and one
trump in dummy of club,. The question
is, how can I get the extra trick, in the
diamond suit?" Alter this analysis, Z
should win the first trick with the ace
of spades. He should then lead two
rounds of clubs and trump the third
round in Y's hand. If A has only two
clubs, he must play the ten of hearts
to win the trick. If he does, Y should
discard a diamond. Assume, however,
that won the fourth trick. He should
now play the three of diamonds and
finesse the ten spot in Z's Band. If A
has the queen, he is now in a difficult
position for if lie leads trumps, he will
only make one trump trick and if he
doesn't Z can trump the third round of
diamonds in Y's hand. If A leads a
spade, Z will trump and lead another
diamond, forcing A into the same diffi-
cult position. Played in this way YZ
should make three odd against good
play and with all the high cards in A's
hand. The important point to note
about this hand is that Z must not lead
trumps at any stage of the game. 1 -le
must make the most of Y's little trumps.
It is an object lesson in when not to
lead trumps.
'Hand No. 2
Hearts- IC, J, 8, 2
Clubs -A, J, 9, 3 Y :
Diamonds -IK, J, 7, 6 : A B :
Spades - 7 Z
Hearts - A, 9, 6, 2
Clubs -I-(,J 8,4
Diamonds - 7
Spades- 9, 7, 5, 2
Hearts -J, 10,-5, 3
Clubs -A, 10, 7, 2 Y :
Diamonds -A, 8, 4 A 13 :
Spades -8, 6 Z'
No score, first game. Z dealt and•bid
one sppade,A and Y passed and B bid
two diamonds. 2, two spades, A three
diamonds, Y three species and all passed.
A opened the ace of diamonds and all
follow. What should A now lead to the
second trick? There are two possibilities
for A to consider, Fist, the lead of the
deuce of clubs. Z may finesse the jack
and if 13 has the queen, AB may save
game then and there. The objection to
this lead is the fact that Z may have a
singleton club and play the king.from
Y's hand, The second alternative is the
lead of the trey of hearts, If'B has the
king queen of hearts, AB can save game
by making two heart tricks and the
ace of clubs. The writer favors the lead
of the trey of hearts but would not
criticize the lead of eslow club. It is a
very close hand.
I•Iand No. 4
I-Iearts -K, 7, 5, 3
Clubs -7 Y :
Diamonds -A, I{, J, 8, 3 :'A B :
Spades -J, 7, 6 Z
No score, rubber game. Z dealt and bid
one club, A one diamond, Y'one heart
and B one spade. Z now bid two hearts,
A two spades, Y three hearts aid B
three spades. Z now bid four hearts.
What should A now bid with the fore-
going hand? This is another close hand.
A has the choice of doubling four hearts
or of bidding four spades. It is the rub-
ber game so his decision is an important
one. If he doubles four hearts, he can-
not figure on winning more than one
heart trick, two diamond tricks and one
spade trick. In other words, if he doub-
les he cannot hope to defeat his op
ponents more than one trick. On the
other hand, if he bids four spades, he
ought to make it. All ahouiti not lose
more than one heart trick, one club
trick and one spade trick. If that analy-
sis is correct, A shouldcertainlybid
four spades in preference to do,ti"ling
four hearts. 1f he makes the bid, he
scores game and rubber, the',slue of
which is easily 400 points, If he could
only win 100 points on the double, the
odds are just Four to one in favor pf the
bid of four spades.
`LITIDE MAR TO
ARCTIC SENT DEC. 1'
MAY ARRIVE IN APRIL
AFTER PERILOUS TRIP.
Dog Trains Labor Through
Miles of'. Icy Wilderness to
Attain Northern Goal.
"The mail .for the north country
closes on December 1," so read a trite
notice posted in the Edmonton post- ,
oflice. Merely a warning to ISdmon-
tonians that if they wished to get
their Christmas parcels away, to
friends in the north, same must be
posted before the end oC last month.
But these same "Christmas" pareels
were "C'dristmas" In .name only, for
they will not arrive at their destine,
lion, in many instances., befote,next
3iac•clror April, and then only is the
dog teams and mail terriers have the
very beet lick in their journey to the
Min of the Arches No mood for "Do
Not Open 'Grunt Christmas Day" labels
on these packages.
From Waterways, the first mail of
the winter, is carried entirely by dog
team, the return mail reaching civili-
zation in a like manner. The round
trip dog distance, from Waterways to
)Milia -fifty miles from the Acetic
Oman and 132 miles within the A•retie
Circles -totals 3,332 miles.
At Pint McMurray,a few m11 4l be-
yond Oho end of steel, and a port of
call for the big steamers of the sum-
mer months, when river conditions per-
mit
ermit them to come so far, the winter
mall is made up in specially water-
proofed sacks far the -Various posts,
and from then on the advent of the
moil driver and his dogs Is watched
for, with the utmost eagerness by resi-
dents along the lake and river line of
almost 1,700 miles ail the wayfrom
nt
McMurray bo the Aiett•c Ocean.
It Is a hard life, this carrying of the
winter mall to the Arctic. For the
driver one day Is much like another,
save thht each day brings its own pe-
culiar difficulties. Piling lee, howling
blizzards, deep snow -drifts -all these
he faces with philosophy -camping
when. the short day Is done, preparing
food for himself and his dogs, and
moving on again with the first hint of
dawnTh.
e husky dogs are specially bred
and trained for the important task of
carrying the mail, They are, in very
truth, cairns "lords of tiio noth," loll -
Ing in slothful ease through the sum-
mer days, to welcome the familiar sled
and harness when the first snow dies.
Between Waterways and Alciavilt the
average distance between fur -trading
posts is about 150 miles -450 miles of
bleak loneliness in which there Is no
other human, and In which death to
many forms lurks constantly. Days
come when yesterday's camp site can
be seen when to -night's came is pitch•
ed and when progress is yard's where
it should be miles. But -the mailman
and his dogs struggle on -ever on-
wardt--'ever orthward-to where the
lights of litennext post shine, a we
conte.
Success of Woman Mayor physically, than the average Turkish
Brings Suffrage Demand mlVH,en the governor of the vilayet
sends Mayor Hanoum a new order,
Turkey's one and only Mayor has ahs has taken it to the village teacher
been found and the fact that for years Who reads it until the Mayor has
she has administered her office asan memorized it. She is tmown not to
illiterate has fired the courage of feint- have forgotten a single point in an or-
nlsts in Oonstantinnple in their cam- der. Under her regime, Germat has
paign toward the vote for Moslem wo- surpassed the entire district in its ad-
vancement,
in Turkey.
nien.
Koudi•.ee Hanoum, a woman beyond Mayor Ilanoum rides horseback with
60, for many years has been omni- vigor and handles a gun with skill.
village When the village receives rumors of
mouely elected Mayor of the
of Germat in the vtlayet of Erdahan, aptnoaching brigands, she it is who
She taxi neither read nor write, but loads the young men to the defense.
she knows alt the laws; of the village The chief aim of Turkish women
by heart. She is a widow and with her now is not the vote, but o(lucatfou
and experience. The great work has
been against the social restrictions of
Turkish women. Now they are pour-
ing into the law and medical schools
just opened to them,, Into normal
schools and business. Many gradu-
ates already have proved their ability
goveinment affairs. While Mayor as professional and business women.
Hanoum has a masculine bearing and
masculine interests, the union points Joan Inge, the English prelate,
out that she rias an intelligence super[- when asked what he thought about
or to that of all the men in her vicinl- omitting the word "obey" from the
ty. For that Metter, the union claims t marriage service, made the somewhat
rho average Turkish woman is more Delphic reply, "When two ride on 'one
clever renally and more energetic horse, one rides behind."
daughter-in-law and two granddaugh-
ters, does all the week on the farm,
which is their only source of liveli-
hood.
It is the first example the leaders of
the "Union of Women" can cite In
proving a Turkish woman's ability in
a
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(Copyright. 1925, by The Bell Sy,idteete, It l
The Kid Knew What He Was Doing.
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BO'S Arae(, SO IT'S
EASIER TO GO eMSERE
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OR THRER THAT
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Advising the Boy On
Marriage.
Boy, when you think that you want to
get married,
Be sure it is lova and not fancy;
Make sure it's the heart, not your eye,
that is carried
Away with the beauty of Nancy.
I am old at the game and I know the •
dellgh t
Of a maid when your arm is about
her; •
But, my boy, -ere you marry, be sura
you aro right,
Don't wed till you can't live without
her.
For marriage is something mon enter
for life,
For their old age as well as youth's
splendor;
And you want to be sure, ere you make
her your wife,
Yon can always remain her defend-
er.
Just stop and consider ell wives that
yon see -
The cross one, the plain one, the fat
one;
Could you still cherish. Nancy and icve
her if she
Should alter like this one or that
ono?
Well, Nancy or Mabel or is'lorenee or .
Grace
Will change in appearance, so 'a"ry;
And if you can love her, whatever
takes place,
I'd stay It is all right to marry.
--Edgar A. Guest.
Eclipsed.Three J13ng1t6.lh-boys were talking of
the merits of their particular fathers.
Said the first, whose father svgs a
famous novelist:
.'My fathor just writes a few words
on a bit of paper and gats paid five
pounds for. it."
"Oh," said the lawyer's sou, ',my
daddy Just sits .10 a room and •tells pco-.
pie wheat to do, and tli'ey give him fifty
pounds for 11,"-
"That's .nothi:ngg!' sand the parson's
soil. "My clad gets up in the pulpit,
preaches a few minutes, and when he's
finished 10 hakes eight men to carry
the imoney lute the vestry,"
ta,