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The Clinton News Record, 1923-11-1, Page 612 «eexi toIroroCIAra 'um i to the best jaParts. Tr"' aN:ea,14,6 • , ' 'DO NOT SN'a YO'filts,0111LO. HAVE SINK ,AT PROPEIR HEIGHT: .140ees, Mani rounded . shoulders. and, bent aching baeltscan be traeed to ethics and aables so low that tee work- er hea to lean over conetentlya , The bottom of the sink, its working , our, face, sheuld be high enough so the woman can just touch it 'with her cleileh'ed nets, •bald straight dowille. front ,of her, , This Means ',she cell etaud erect in, washing 'dishes, If the sink Is too low and cantina lie/ealied; wlie standard' can be purchased for a quarter that 'will hold the diehpan steady at the right height. "et took Me forty yeereeetraggle, to r " ' get over.the StMbhing j received as a • child," Said a preininent manselie ether ' • 04 parents were the good; ele.fae- Wetted eert who believed thatthele first dutY *as to Instill 'a sense of huntility into their , eleildreu, 80 our ..eVerY, fatile' and defect was kept 'con- tinually before ue, mamas. every. pod • quality minimize& and we Werergener, ,11y made to feel:that-we were worms, • of the dime that had no right to, even try to lift our headseinueli leee, to get UP 'en our mind legs and walk. •• "Whenever we expressed an opinion • on • any eubject we were promptly squelched and' given to 'understand that • or views were so silly that we would do well, te keep silent. Wherever we tried to do ariething out et the ordin- ary all ee 'our pep weetakee out of 'he by being told that we never could suc- ceed. Others: might, but not we. Whenever we voiced an Ambition it -.wee laughed' at. 'The Iden oe poor, or- dinary ecaumonplace dubs like we, thinking that we could accomplish anything great! , • "Of course, our parents' idea was merely to keep us from becoming selt- conceited; but the result was: to kill all of 'our .confidence in ourteeves and • le implant in lea what the psycholo- gists call an inferiority compleX that .has been a great handicap to us all of our' lives.• ' . • e"Orie of my sisterdefer, instance, le an nausea/131 pretty woman, and all- • that she has ever labiced Of Iseine great beauty is that swagger of beauty • that makes a woman' early herself 50 11'er . cent, above her looks 'instead ef, 90 per cent under them. You know -what I mean -that air that a pretty woreen ha -e that cries aided to all who • see he,r.to come and admire her, and that sett. of preessagents her charms.. •, "My poor Oster has none of this ' auraof beauty. She hasn't even any style, 'because she had it so firmly im- pressed on her youthful mind that • posee were only flattering her, ..when they •told her what wonderful eyes,, : and, beautiful hair, and lovely comic,- xion she had and that good looks •. didn't ..amount to anything,. anyway, thee .she acquired a deprecating air that has made her Slink through the .world as unobtrusively as poseible, in- stead ,of queen.ing it, as .Is -a beauty's right, As for myself, I have' tniesed a thousand golden opportunities Just • through -lack of faith in myself. It had been so bred in my hones' that had' only the mese „mediocre, ability that I was afraid to undertake thlega that I really knew I could do, afraid to assert myself, afraid even to try to climb. • ,• " 'Tt took years: for Me to 'find out .that we really evrite our ovfn- price tap, and that other people take us at ,our 'owe valuation nine times out of • ten: pserhaps the tunable shall be Malted,. and those 'Oho take a back • Seat be asked to 'come up and sit on ."the platform in the next world, but it ' doesn't' happen in this. "It took me other years. to fled out that the secret of euccese Is eelecon- listened •You May not be always able t� do everything that you asPire.th do, but you certainly can do nothing more than you •think you can. . To doubt vete:self parelyzes energy and ambi- tion. eBefore , you can inspire, conildence • in:other people you must have faith In yourself, and you can only have this, - if you have 0 good amount of self -s, teem:and anybody who robs you of • this has done you a deadly wrong. • Nearly all the men in' the whole hie. tory of the world' who have accom- pliebed great .things haye beee greet egoLlets„ No meek, meaChing general ' could lead an army to Victory no mat - tar how brave be was or how wonder- ful a thetician. • ' • • It takes a men ;who believes In nim - self imilleitly to Inspire a sublime 'teeth in his 'followers. Ne deprecat- ing business man could borrow a hun- dred thoutand dollars from a bank, It takes a Man 'Who thinks he is. a Na. poleen of finartee to Itypeetize others into seeing' him as he sees himself, and give hine all the credit he wants. "i'll admit that selecenceit is the posemeettractive quality that anyone can pease -ea. ,No one is so: tiresome as the eg-otist who leas you what a wonder he is, and boaste of his own •ocillevements, but, even- so, ho ie ter more apt, to arrive than the -modest • mail who cloes not blow'hie ewe here, who does net .exploit his owu telente, • but wee waits, generally in vain, Inc eurblind public to discover sold re- wire his virtues.' ' arot this eeneen, 01111, ndging from' my owe* experience, I think 1118 a mle- take for parente to try to teach 'their children 12 think pedely at thenteeleee aeui their abliiied ,Espedelly le it a •celine to dieceueage a ohild'nauibitlouis, and t Is. a dreible-dyed crinlo to make a child feel that its pOosibilitiem eee limited be Be defecte. "Tile braggadeelo of youth may •Sonad eldiettleue, but Who itnews Whet are the IA44)114004 eef any human be, leg, er What he May (se/sieve? 'A. tievelled head le, eibleetionishie, • tut 11 to better Veen a pinhead cute' 'fakYo and that le the pate that Valente+ Wale are elWaYil belittlieg theie chtlUt Wili de 'Well to e0e$1der,"-Dbrothy Maas Les . laaucluktes, waffles „arid batter cakes Usually are popular with the faroilY, but are a trial to the eook.because the better is so drippy and apt to Muss 'nil the stove when being puteinto the hot griddle by the spoonful...I avoid all this bsf making my ,batter in, a big pitcher. It is then unnecessary to use craspeon at all In dropping the batter on the griddle. Juet' pour .11 out in nice Bette euddles, and you hey° cakes tif a more uniform size sand rto muee at all. -M. B. W. . THOSE USEFUI., CLOTHESPINS. When it is desired' to strain any hot liquid such as jelly, cottage cheese, soup or starch through a cloth, Pin the cloth to the 'WI) or the receptacle which le to contain the llqutd with Oi- dinary clothespins. This will not only meke the work easier, but will move .4 safeguard against scalding. SI509 VEARL VieiesE pyrIghte.)" • ((Alan:. XX!, dentietted) teelai ,esee Ifitatinteel Irate 0110111501'lfe the We)" 110M , end tile delilie bo' demo etrenger f11 'caplare 4114 sever - ate the trieatoriee thee 110011011 1.17, orie *Olden 1114451, their, paseleg w4$ Mee t le d0rjfl0I,81)i.rd1 betere Iler '001114 11101110.ther4 110to dentlite germ they Were gene, . , • Weary and puzzled, elle sliPiled Onto the ,eeft mauve silk neglige,lier. Chine oso mai& '110;(1 teed out. for leer. , Dle- miosing .tbe -girl, 5010 liereelt Unloefriea, 411 the OUR, heavy maseee at' hair, Wheee teenier. :geidels sae/Mace bed glyen' p)ttee to soet eilvere • Deepite Ake silvery waveS, bovieVer,. tile Yeille had, eepe 'Very kied 10 Irma 0(-1;01v04,0,,i0S0.01u.'awo:0W7 tethohe psil 21,19r e ph a eyouthelong, but had rePlacea it with- somethieg m o re tangible, ,a resignat ion tha 'telent 1 g s0 y es c,e .es e ,•se 10 , e e e111110' n , ealmeeSe te the blue yesawl 0, etter, cert.asrayseltaCall it weltalle dePer beautto the fce. tion if.Yeu "will, hut I knewthes prem - With thesraelipoleecin rvice e C a n a d a es al n ,(ProPed enaer the di io)1if AsenyetDeputy atlietee, Deport -' 11012 at Ietlelibe pr. ,1'.' I). Pege, 011102 ot the DiYielet of etarentlte), • Ole Ofthe ehlef adietaet a eefienMlee Maintalulef alfeles at all the ite leeathThe iof aePv110Y41 1410" l e l e4n 1e e e 1 . ) 'A Vfue?f1aP1"t°t1" nV h14"' 13ntQ1:141°841)11t91eettefor Mete sttieeip 44equate 450)13)501 ° 10 :largely detere:ee en7etan:- : t in the ferra of wel-Plan 11.8' 21447°1118rM011°w021:7411Q'•,ed beePtta :a0,om:s: Tea:°14111°::-4Itieltype of btf406(01884,t .1 d .3. tion10100011 0t011001 le e " , 1 . i e r eyesedelelseCat euir, "Please Wilae',e41ese'deCt see people feorn a Ilt10100netusetsrefert0P00:7esy421„21of 21kit Se 11044°ems entre;smetsstanPes ltheeOfeesteetewee hve094 I8i, .j e trry 1209.0 . ' ' "l• e - •1 °, 1'i e4Xe. tl tii . 'e e ; ' ;' u s e f . „ • z s XPO$O(to 000s•.ssatdsee t0s.aeunf•III reaeeal d elecial sheeeltooton, iefcting end taWag ,dappeual,,• ttenee3°rYo batjlSt:q;13Q4 vin°8'11t11f-1111,10414bet, 13. 042444o1ls,0Ieetetueate11F. . • g° e111e8,e;0I'k211g P00t4" h4fgu1`11tth°1$411(1$°YetI0001sia241-3,Feeaee: l4eeeueee• 'Ae14°7'hototii tauapparatisfo t)filyana 4Yl '114x1a1112tileStr:1°til Yes, yes, I ki10* all You 111(1185 00 oiiefeepreadlldisetteegeataettnedeacyear; ,141011209ee11e112 *ia2anttho V Ie1 9 " 4t°T9:4861'1g741tdr"' •nkTB0;s eeeeee,1 e1y0,4eere Ib4r80444beeaudiee1 1 redued to 00 °111111n4011°1t:00?01.1107nlO!io popalatiOe nietbingfo*lolay ,, : 11.1 10C10u1eee"but ettel i 01' (4 • her 201128esaiad21 °roesizeeon woid Ptehabnybp oll enwith efety, r a d Ye , r , . ' .jbe• . ,s to sweet, to 1181' I2000e1S00sey050e50 t- 011,7011dotuteeretal,Da' grea't -tho gte3 (110 ,41004)tianS wer00ebeeemlepobseleteIt is elen' hadren. anaWas leer guarded, Thllitalw;TiCle161n4ear*trthat' 010101111uwot isn440 n e , 0big Ule8ePg(11c1/414'leal'ar5ie4Ywepiaemic ar.ad . 'wide are' ve7 isg them math fushd faceand flaehesled011byeseeattneWghter bs tAe ennitsoy con. Inal teethecaot eoudemeing by etreum- stautal ettideece, of which wieltedness` China alone isn't guilty, is blipting a pure, innocent' girl's ' lier eYe.S, Wore eliddenlY caught and held by the reflection in the mirror. Sh0 bent ,closer -the MiSt was part. Croseing to the little table near the window, ehe picked up a dainty minias teranaintleg and peered at It•eagerlY- Tbe eyes ' 'of the, radiant createre ensiled back tit heir happily; -the lovely eurved 1119seeined as 12 bout to part In a; .flood, of joyous laughter. • The hall cluiteredete bright golden waves over the broad, low ferehead. A shar» indrawe breath evinced the fact that Irma Culver "was' beetling with keen emotion. The misthad in- deed parted, arid with. tortured heart 'gee peered In at the memories which, severed from the 'past, slowlY detach- ed themselves and trooped MeV be- fore, her, •" , As Irma Celver' stared down at her ()We features she could have screained with derisive laughtertiie face of Tu 0190, thstabbed her -with her on gelded, bur- bIt oueChinese girleend htt. • ad recalledp90 ' A POPULAR BLOUSE IN SLIP ON STYLE. - • 4509. An old ertend with new fea- tures Is thie eeylieh incase. The ful- ness of the Iront.malces that style at- tractive for slender figures: The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. The Pattern is Cut in 6 Meese. 34, sp, 38, 40, 4.3 and, 44 inches bust enea. eure. • A. 38 inchesize requires 2% Yards of 32 inch anitterlal. It made with ehert sleeve 234. yards Will be re- quired. Pattern mailed to any addrese on re- ceipt of 15ein eilvee or stamps, by the Wilson Pebliehing Company, 78 West Adeleicle Ste Toronto. Al/ow Iwo weeke? for receipt of pattern, _ Ocean Greyhounds. In eighty-theee yeare overseae travel has been 1113111 11)0 until beim beginninge it :has :reached'. the height of perfectian arid licxurlatts 001131011that Is obtainable today. ' The BrItaunia, tbe'first Cungd Which left Liverpool -Jar. Boston and Halifax, earriete'sixty-three'pageengers and accomplished the fourney in 14 1017YtEit.l'allcdtad8 elle°101rh5.a.d a4.e'repleeendgtho f 1311,58' I the gr°11P 01-1:0-11'818',1ikhP 81/ealther' ',"No," he 008211122011,t s not w at 12(1010 •„ -• • ' call hopetul, but it is decidedly 'less To -day the Matretania,, este of the grecs om e, warld'e 2052011 )1111e1e, Mee c'om'pleted "Yes?" Helen touched bis Sleeve as, the trep in 4dnys 10 hours 41 adheres; she beeathed the .eiteer question, . mettle all average Cuearder with 5 • Reynollls' -eyes lingered on the white, capable hand. eueeemseieuely length. of 91.0ft. hall .11 ePeed of 27.04 he eves teeing the wernan beSide him hoW in all his restless wanderinge he W11424114 201144217 0110011 1411111 542" had never met enyone belt so marvel' flood fo light ,two cables, to -day the oils as she. It wenteon, the•sulaccm. Ageitania has 10,000 eieetrie banaps, scious 'part of lame collecting and re - while her eleetrie poeker o is sufficient- gisterieg indelible iMpressione, while to supply the domestic needs of a town the wetting -day Side of his Mind ad. ot 70,000 inhabitants. , d"Thsuperatitious fear of the pee- reesedehis anxious 0(11111011011.,0(11111011011., . Chapter XXI, The .funeeal 02 031111 Sing :vsas typi- cally Chinese, .1Ie was burled with all the Immo and disPla-yhis etation.en life called for: Tu Hee-en-dere& are ini- menee, catafalmte erected outside her Own gittOii WhiCh 'obstructed the whole street. 'There it remained Joe...three , _ ,days. . The euetomary time is e Week ,or ten days, bet circumstances, aie- veuted title length of ceremony. Upon its removal; high' dignitariee and friends oe Chu Sing. ---the law un - beet far enough to alleev, Te Hee ease to show respect to the'deed---.brought all manner of articles, which they .ars ranged and 'senteup 111 eamee. They thus henored the spirit oe the dead She hunp the Words fetne, ber nth; lesely, and sped ' dime the path one. of ....The °tere ' hlooked at each other in' amazement, 21152 10', 411. exeept GraCe, who sat very meie't Reynolds was the trot, to 1116012 the awkward silence. , 'Tine .women'11e. eaid, laceeleallY 1, "thought aelot '02f, the Chinese girl. Too bad. If you'll exeuse' me '1'11 go alid see if ,coheevante ber' pony -from the "Pleaee dou't let her go without me, Mr. Reynolds," 'called Gr ' ace. . a "Yoe mast come back to thehouse' foe tea, • dear. Comae' Irma 'Culver rage, "It' 0 eftee four o'clock.' No, enY dear, I couldn't think of letting yeti um dertake that, ride to the ditywithout. at least a cup of Oa:" • • So th,ey fellowed the flower-borderee path back et) 1110 1101180; where over cup of tea they Weuld preeently emile and chat and let convention straighten the masks that sometimes slip to -one side. 11.11, this game „of 112e,-ithas rtgs 'tweets Titles, but if you play up to 'them you mune day come out ae. top!, , 'Then mime the Anal' token ,of te- epee which took place as the feneral paseed'aiong the street, but in whith Tu Hee was not permitted ‚to take part Itwasthe aeatteeing of tamed, pieces of paper with sena:re holes in the centre, tesemblingn copper •caeli, along the road to the.breeze. Thio was - for the fuenee, use of the departed Tu Hee felt she was indeed alone now -that the gordon of the law was tightening about her omineusly. In vain': she • pretestee.`her inuecenee. ,Setue one was guilty' - Some one had ' to pay thespepalty,' • and ase, no one eeense forward on, where the- crime* could be faetsined, Tie Nee was' :the most coneenlent victim. The peilalty itself had net yet taken definite form. 'Grace and 'Helen, with„the eager as- sietemee :of Irma Culver, ,Worked ,un- tirtaglIal to vindicate the Chinese girl. •They had ,a1s0 enlisted the ,services. 00 'Neil Culver, Chesterton Reynolds, and Bowen Strathmore, but seemngly to no avail; The Chinese law, figurative, ly speaking, chew its skirts tightly about itself and let the foreigeers eee Bile was a case for its diepeeal alone. e "It's terrible, They are, like heath- ens--caheibale, gloating ever their vie - tine" huddered Grace. . , ' They were again canehlting .in the Culver's, temple' home, eats do.nothing mere." Neil Culver fileked the aehes from O half -smoked- cigarette as :he spoke. "Fee' the tenth' time, I repeataie 'does not(02to' interfere wih these Peoplea They probably 'have some strange Sup- eretition that the gods wilf be ap- peped if they sacrifice this youngigmirl. Alieherees Chess! Me may have, oe news eoe us," eosae • • "I have, bet not '4e'ret 11%ryeaing, Ale illee Claymore, if you wil ay me the honor oes letting me share your bench, Pll reale what I ineW." With21smile Helen readily drew her white skirt aside and•Reemelds drop- ped into:the *ea beside her, It was late in the afternoon. A tor- ridheat wave hid driven theist to the ceolest spot in the garden, a pine grove et the edgee of the where, if a opel breeze loitered about at all, it wee sure ed. delft, • • A. new issue has arisen M the caVe wave of expecteecv sweet from e As. coped with tub baths in pas - seltzer cabins we have to -day 105 pri- pie hap them e,tl s grlie It eeenis the Ohl nurse, Lun, eas spread the news vate ordinary arid shower baths,. (Ines thee the 11111 15 a; gift of the gods, what. a swam -ding noel, on !peed ono liner.' ever she means be that, and that ft The Morning news by wirelese at the she is harmed some, tereible calamity brealcfacit table is 1301 2125 leaet 62 the 'wilt befall 011184." wonderful acbievemetts ei the eq. Irma, Culvee hate risen, an gager matme af world 2105201. •1.....'"ht 0» bar 802 008' "Calera yoarself, doareet," murmur- ed bee flueliantl, "You will reteember Dun expiable& her affection. for the child causeigher to affix that eppella- tie)i to its". ef course." Irma stalk beck into, the vvielter dhairae •. • leue,ernolas ,looked queetioneely at hie htt ..1.11 is Malting, Mr, .11eynolde," levet 00121811 Oaluitly, ainet nientoelee. They erowded beets anl overwhelmed me foe a moment," Hee voles grew sett- ee, " "That Was the name the nattees eaVe to bar little girl; the 'Clitt of the Gotha' Plealse forgive, me for biter - raining Yon."' , ' ' "There 18 nothing emelt moee to tell about tho iteforteriate glee Mts. Vele ' The IaW floraandes eolitti form of penlebetent, fel 20 appeacce the people they lustre ,clialiged their torture" 0811- '10006 of thatilee - to One 'al lite his, pelimenlelet," Chapter XXII. . clecifile, Grace, it's enough to give gee the .fidgets to be in the same room with. you thee() days." "I'm soerymamma, If I disturb "Dieturb!" Mre..e.slfton snorted "I have -mo resentment, but et leapt I've got nerves, You've walked to that table seven times-yodege-ven, I took the trouble 16 eaunt-and picked. up David's plecitograpla For -the love of respectability, I hope` wousre not fall - leg in love ale over again asid with an, other man .e.t. that. If you feel the malady corning en again you had bet- ter speak now and not *nee a scan- dal later on, To be sure len an Ameri- can., but I'm also a Baptint, and di- vorce has never been in my line. Both Yeur father's side and my owns have been noted for their respectable wo- • tildret Know the, Breeds Old SPert arYiets to'eln,g gee Ili 5 neetie le: patting a ilne tint on. that pretty (emelt cif 70(312 2" , galesiady (at the slitire) "711,14 ain't 'Osone,' old dear -it's alled the uSlooin of ' Statimee of the Dereinion. ' Ie. thickly populated 00110221.08 like Great Britain end 'France, with their Wellsorganized. eyetems of. health 000' the 'quarantine statlin hes been dispensed with and reelected by what. is kriewn al the "follow-up" eystem, whereby 'Lath tedlyidual lending Jel. ew a)1' infected vocieel ,believed, to have .lieen,-exposefl to the disease,', is refeiiied. to the local bealtithuthorittes, 'of the district to 'which he �r ehe 35 deetined, Tele, method, eowever, 15 net practical immense ane populated emietry like Canada. " , The most serieus infeetioue elleeases to be -guarded- against as's' cholera, plegue, smallpox, typhus, and Yellow fever.' To prevent the traustnission of these:mail °thee' epidemics; 'late this country from ati infected elep; the leo. minion Gevernment quarantine. sta- tions, situates]. at Quebec, ;'.Q,,I-Iallfax Neva Scotia; St, John, .New Brunewiek, 'a.nd leiceoeia, British Columbia, be. "0, motherehow ean you talk so?" •:"There, that's how she treats a mother's advice, a earenes wisdom." and' Mrs. Ashton threw up tier hands la despair. "Why, you liaciev, mother, that David and I are like bfother and sister," "Well, I, thought a lo -t' of ray'e six brothers, but no one ever caught Me mobnMg over their ehotogrenhe," "I -I was jest maklageup my mind." "Exactly-juse what I thought. Well, for Annie's sake make it up 1)111012. Pm too old eo Maley and get thrills.out of love tragedies. You'd better speak to Rowe tomight• and let hien know You're - eat sure -of yourself -that-" "Hui I am ,sure of myself." Grace was, abnost drying with vexation. "I marlove Rowe mare .than • any man on clitions throughout they e elid, Melee - leg tee coentries ,froni 'which Canada's immigroents are drawn, aria 4150 bY the medical Inspection before and durteg •the voyage but a little conaideration will show number of persene infected with plague Or tYPIMEi were allowee to meter the country undeteet- ed, a seigaue eplaetrilc might deVelela • .WhIle it may be unlikely that ter- ril3le epidemics:such as those' of Eht third and feerth decades of the •lacit century which carried oft their vie - time -by thoueancle Will ever agalet 'ye* Canada, nevertheless the preaentlen ot 071111a small ooklemic would pay 202 the, quarantine eervice far a long tirne, not to speak of the greater sata !lig in health, working power and hap- piness., World statistics ehow that the quarantine station, now a centery-old Institution, has more than' justified its existence and that its continuance, es, Pecially thinly 'populated cous' ntrie like Canada and Anstraila, is a 08000- 801')' and far-sighted, policy. ' ' I , • Where Coltirs Come From. Insects, nsh,. and ,)0lants all help to provide the colors wlth which an areisf, paints hie. pictures,. The seuttle,fish is responsible for sepia, this,' color being obtain•ed from tee. flied. which the fish diectiarges in order to hide 'itself from „ its enemies. ' , The cochineal insect hi the 2011)2115- 200 of parmine, and et, one time ver m- million was made froit. Newatlays the latter color ie produced Chemically • Another ineect gives crimson -lake, at lease, the abler is made from the reein deposited ,by ,an insect on the banyan tree. From the madder elent are obtainel bah madder -brown and Turkey -red, the roots ofthe plant be- ing washed, baked, and potted. - indigo is made hy soaking the indi- gb Plant in wetter until it is decom- posed. Gamboge is really a eorruption 02 2130 name dambedia, where the res-, in providing the color la found. A natural earth front Sienna, . in Itely, glies both ordinary and beret sienna, the latter, of course, as 'the name im- plies., being burnt earth. burnt umber is also an earth, while yellow ochre is Prussian bine was originalay made from the libefeef the literee, bee fiew• it consists prinoipally of mod ',etas- . shun, and sulphur: It was first made In Pruss.ia. . Ultramarine, which means "from be- , - yowl the sen," was formerly made' by crushing a stone of that name. Thts ilreCess 18 nowout of date,, and the aolor, is produced 13Y 'chemical Means; It is the.same with the chronses of dif- ferent shades., which are derived' from the chemical chromium. Chinese -white is oxide of zinc; it was first known in Chine, hence its name.- Ivory -black sounds a curious cohtradiction;, ftlund'atien je burnt ivory ewe bone. 'Hane well,. all I can say Is -Il loye. affects you the -'ay it has the lege few days it ,isn'tshealthy.. for. yon. No, it Is- not. Merle' my soul, you'ed beed paying more attention to Helm 'Clay, more Alien -to your tutere busbend, GirLs didn't ,aet s'd in.. my- time. No they did not Men won't timid for that sore of thing too long..' Helen is is nice:girl; ,I'm not saying one Word against Helen, mind .you, no, I am not; but,' mercy's seise, there is no need •te go daft over her. 'Timis my soul, Is that three strik- ing? and I Was to have met Mee. Play - ter on the verandah at five minutes' to. Mercy, how e detest shopping in heathen couutries 1 They lead you through a eozen room -,-rat . holes, ratherand just ',vitenyew haVe said good-bye' to your friends and your oWn life you reach the spot where you see somethiug that half sults- You.;.' but then What can you expect of people whoa do everyelang backwerds, even to ,eatinPsoup last? Therd le my., hitt' straight?-, By the way, 111 haVO te• get you • to 'raise this 113)11011-11 eats my 'heialite now. Good-bye. Better:go out: anti get some fresh ale." • With a 'sigh of relief Grace threw, het -Self the 'couch.. Her hea(0 ached, horribly. She didn't Wonder.' at her another'S' remarks. Truly.. she w.asn't acting like altappy'prospeetIve. Merle, but the 'belt Was she couldn't enjoy her own haiminese • and krlow 'David was seeming, for 'etiffering he 'was, 110 doubt, in e.plee et the bright sallies and witticisms his letters contained. No, she was, too usea to David not to be able to read beween• the lines. The, meesion that troubled her now was, shotild she- cablo'hlm to return? ' She cleeefiher' eyes w.earlly, Her hratri,was tO)1 tired ts help her arrive fit eny 'decision lime now, Tile SoUnds of the ,street came' to her le a nimble which gtesv to0 soothing menter, aler• smiles, were being lelhel Into a pleasant droweinesee she slept. . . (To be eontialee(l): . , The Wrong Finisher, A teacher was one clay giving a les. son, in a Scottish school when sudden- ly she caught sight of a little boy mov- ing up and down, ad the putting his head under a desk, arid then up again. It worriea her very much, so she went up to him, and wao just going to ask him what was the matter when elle saw him with a big *round sweetie. She told him to go and finish it in the corner. • As she went on with her lecison she saw another little boy crying bitteiey, She went up to him and asked him what he was erying for. He eepliedt "Plehe teacher, that was MY sweetie what that boy had; only let Up Agalatt it Mosquito ---"Come on, fellows. There Is the fellow in there that'slaPPed ray. child last neghtl" Tette "1 Iterate the kills Nave o, packet to your gooket for ever.reetly treat. It delIolorra certitc, tioo and on old to tho tooth, appotito, • Sooled in 113 Pookop isser,ee'sese :A. so :se, eelelesfi Fragrant Names. Many charming legends haVe helped to christen flowers. Narciesus was a beaufitel youth be- toved.Lby the, nymph Echo. Bet 00 128 was:incapable of love *Cho (111111 Prone grief. In. order to putrish him the god- dess 'Nemesis caused. label efe, image reflected in a fountain.. Nasals- susi fell in love with his' own Shadow and elovely pined `a:Way imtil he was changed into the formof the flower. The lissacinth soreng front. the bleed of another handsbine youth, Hyacinth- us, the son of a spartae king.' While. he was playing at qubits the g,ed. Zep- hyrus, in a fit Of Jeelousy; cadged a quoit to strike 111s head, 111113 ln staustemne lY. ' a"a '• 'ra eeinbow." 001110' the rainbotv '511)01)0101 'to 'unite heaven and earth,. „the, ancient Greeks regerded Iris as the messenger .of the gods'. . Sareadrop, bluebell and honeysuckle ate names' that explain themselves. The detest is -th6 "day's eye," but the foxgleere is -really the "fairy's glove." The origin of tulip is in the Turkish forme of "211213011,"name,prompted by the resemblance between :the flower andthesheact-dresi. Thyme is derived fromeeetereek.werd Meaning "incense," and was so called because of its sweet slueha -un ll e Tdahlia is ique nionumeni to Andrew Dahl, a distinguished botanist els • ICnowledge of coming weather changes shown by birds is attributed to atmospheric pressure on thei him' have a len' of it to have a sock." nerves. 41- HAVE YOU A FEAR BOGEY? 'Not ab bong ago there ‚9 111 arche who lived in 000510112 fear of being poisoned, These neyer Parteolt of food until their coeks OT ether truat- ed servants had first eaten some of it. This was. true of 50111,0 rulere even in recent times, notahly the_late Nicholas of Bessie and the Sultan of Moot people would seer that 112011)1 - der ouch candidate would, hardly 13e worth living. Yet there are few,among the greet • mass of ineukInd to-cley who do not live in the constant Bhadoiff of vette kind of fear, People depot know Net what they are afraid of, but they are afraid of something. Don't Look for Trouble. They have a foreboding of impend- ing evil, a eerie° of something lathe. ing over thane a vague dread of some corneae ealamity that they cannot es- cape. You will hear teem -ear; "Well, I'm sure sornething is eoing to happen. I don't know just what it is, bet I feel • it very strongly. I don't know wheth- er It's death, sickness, or an accident 'In the family, but something bad 12 I have a friend, wiltes Dr. 0 Swett Marden, in "Success," who has always lived 'under the shadow of tear, who Le always and foeever predicting trouble ahead. I rarely meet him that he does not see' some impend -nig eataetrophe ' just in, front of ties we are on the to- boggan silde headed towards destroc- tion; we are going to have hard times, worse failures than we have ever ead -AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME el.= ;- I - Lee es‘-- 'e1/2 NOv Jose s Heine Run. • allea•-"pretat Seele, what 18 thet,, en atiroplatie egg!" 1eafele On the personal side he is afraid that,his healtIl will tail, a,nd that het -wiee may meet with an aacident; that his children will disappoint hint. In short, there ie nothing 111 the 'category of human Ms' that he does not antic'. Pate. • Cowardice and Crime. I have known this mau for mane' Years, and few, if any, of • the dire thinge he has predicted. have ever come to pasS, Are we not all, in some degfee, 1(129 ,Almos,t everyone I know is worrying about ...something, anticipat- ing some evil .or misfortune. estiniated that there are more than eve thousand differentkinds of fear. • In:fact, fear in all e10 difterent pluteee ot expressiou, suele as worry, amelety, anger, jealousy, thaidity, sus. pielon, superstition, intolerance, greed and. avaelce, 18 darkening and aril), piing the lives of meet ol ue. , Fear is' the greatest' euemy of the human. reed -It has robbed man of more, happiness; and efAciency, has niede More men, cowardsemore people 'failures or mediocrities, caused mare crimes and suicides than anything Conquered by Courage.. ' • Yet this Pear deyilwith all its at- tendant worries anl evils; is the great- est delusloa 0901' 001132210(0 -up by the mind pf man, il'ear 18 nothing but a bogey' of the imagination, as unsub- stantial as a soap bubble or a chiel's toy balloon. No matter how dreadful the lace it wears, it collapses at the first touch of courage anti Mullion sense. But in spita 08 21118 the majority or us travel from the cradle to the grave Suffering, haraseecl, often driven to desperation through Iear of sentielhing Or other, 11 alrealth, accident, poverty, failure -ate nine cases cut of ima.some thing that never .happeris. Perhape there le no one, thing which has caused so 'Much anxiety aed woe ry to so maey human beings as' the question of t2-morrovee 13read. 'Whore ie lt (mining from?, :f.Iow shall we pro. vide tor ourselves and our loved ones? This worrying about debts, about the future in general, has wasted enough energY to transform the 'world, to pro. "vide for the future of the whale MCC:: 1.1i! The Story -of Sho,r6and. Althouoh ghorthond Is so widely used to -day, probably rew people ree1. ize that, in a different form, it was poPular in.the daye of Almient Ramo, The first mention of an abbrevitiititi syStent of writing Is made in connec- tion with the Roman petit Quintus nius, 200 13.0., who devised a scheme of 1,100 signs for his own use. Then we have Plutarch's statement that Ci tiara's famous oration in the Retnan Senate, in 08 II,0„ WaS reported it shorthand. Ileferences to shorthand were made in the. works If Cicero, Itoracc, and Pliny, end the poet Ovid bears theta 1310117 to the tact that by mealtS these tharacters Caesar's political secrets were borne far over land mid sea, invIdenco goes to show that the Sermon on the Mount was reported in shorthaiid by Si. Luke, 'Tim writing wee toe:retched on te teblets eoverad with a 211,10' of was. ' The tablets were afterwards fasterod together at the corners by wire, thM"- 4,, • forming a sort ot book,