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herself, she was glad she knew, al though the knowledge was bitter in the gaining. One day from her shop window, behind the lollypops and papers, she noticed two men standing over by the sand pile looking at it and occa tionally glancing toward the house. Finally one entered the shop and made known his errand. He wanted to know if she owned the sand pile and if so could he buy the sand. Brenda's short business experience had sharpened her wits and before committing herself she endeavered to find out what it was wanted for. Building material, the man said, and and wanted to know her price. Brenda said she would have to think it over, whereupon he said he would send the boss to negotiate. The next day a car drove up and a young man stepped briskly into the shop. "Brenda Ward!" he exclaimed. "Why, no one seemed to know where you were!" "It wouldn't have been so very hard to find out," she said quietly. "But I've been up in the northwest until about a montlrago and terribly busy ever since organizing this com pany. We're going to put up a plant near by that is, if we can buy that sand." - Brenda thought he could, though the price he offered seemed out of all proportion to the value, but he insisted it was only reasonable. It -seemed to require a good many visits to conclude the business, and then the visits went on. One day Farrar asked her to go with him in the car to look at a piece of ground he in tended buying. "Oh, it is beautiful!" she exclaimed. "I want to build a home there" he said, "but never unless it is for you." The house is going up now. (Copyright, 1917, W. G. Chapman.) EMBROIDERED IN PURPLE YARN By Betty Brown . The striking charm of a white wool iersev dress is produced by a liberal amount of embroidery done in purple wool with a matching innge. The belt is unique in that it crosses in front, returns to the back and knots once with two short ends. This design, by an authoritative creator, is a splendid example of how style may be achieved by pronounced ornamentation. m 9 ,jjjj&tfmiaiaua4iz nam