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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1925
A Wife's Confessional
Allele Garrison' New i'huac ul
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Lee Chow Suck1"' Sending Katie "Vis," I s.'t II. thoroughly 1 s 1 1 -And
Jim Ahkv J'roin tlx- llmiM' ' il. ri il. rii: Chinese con 1-scendcd to
There was something so author!- 1 a
tativo In Leo Chow's torn s as li ask
J mo to Invent an errand which
Would send J tin and Katie irom the
Jarm for an hour, tliut I ha 1 no oth-
er thought than to carry out Ms ro- j
quest as speedily as possible Hut J
knew that I had no need to Invent
an errand. Jim Is not only tin: most
trustworthy workman 1 cur haw;
known, hut hs also is a Sphinx for
discretion. And hu is fully a want of
his llttlu wile's unfortunate penchant
for eavesdropping, so upon pretext
Of giving him some direction con
cerning the car, 1 went to the ham,
and put Leo Chow's request directly
to him, only omitting the Oriental's
name.
"Jim," I said slowly, "can you in
vent somo reason right away which
will take you and Katie away Horn
the farm for an hour? I cannot ex
plain why I wish you to go "
"You don't never need to oxplnin
nothing to me, Mis' Graham," Jim
answered loyally. "And I umler
atand " he added significantly. "Uo
you want us to go right away'.'"
"As soon as possible," I returned.
"I'll fix It with Katie," ho said
after a few seconds of thought in
which I knew he was formulating j
some plan. Jim's brain cogs revolve !
somewhat slowly, but moat depend
ably. That's a Good Scheme."
"You please go back to the
house," he said at last, "and don't
be surprised if Katie comes and
asks If we can go up on the hill to
the woods back there lor a while.
Somo of the hens and one of the
turkeys are missing, and it's as good
a time now as any to hunt for
them."
"That's a very good scheme, Jim,"
I smiled. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome," Jim said awk
wardly, but my heart warmed to the
sincerity behind the simple, words.
It was but a few minutes before
Katie came to my door for the per
mission Jim had outlined, and when
I had given it, and the two were
well on their way to the hill, I went
back to Lillian' room where Lee
Chow waited.
"They are gone," I said "and will
not be back for an hour."
"Ver' good," the Chinese returned
lmperturbably. "You put car behind
barn where nobody can see and Lee
Chow bring his car down there.
While Lee Chow gone you take li
cense plates off your car, have ready
when Lee Chow get back. You have
screw drivers?'
LETTER IHOM .JOHN' AIKEN
rilKSCOTT TO SYDNEY CAK
XON CO.VJ i u :i
One of the men told me lhat it
took him quite a while to come to,
for 1 walked out, paying no more at
tention to anyone. The minute he
could speak howev, rr, he began to
make his threats, telling I hem ail ho
would do mo and do me right.
When our soaking pit superin
tendent told me this, 1 warned him
10 be careful and said to him, that
It would be very easy for the man to
pull the crane over a little too far
and drop an ingot of hot steel on
the head of the man below.
"You'd never know what hurt you.
Potts," 1 told him.
"He'll never do that to me," said
the superintendent laughing. "He's
too big a coward. They take, it all
out In talking."
I really thought no more about it,
for 1 knew the tin n in ih mill from
highest to lowest took all sorts of
Chances every day.
Well, 8yd, this afternoon, Paula
came in and ask. 1 me to take lut
over to the snaking pi'. Willi Inr
leading man, we went toward tli'tii.
I was explaining everything to 1 h. m.
As we came to the pi's I lntroduc-d
Mr. Potts to Mls l'i ii. r and S' .n
ley. her leading man.
"You've come jtist at the rtir'.t
time," sai l Mr. I'otts, as the noise
Menus A
Breakfast - Apples, -. real, thin
ream, waffles, syrup, milk, con-
Luncheon (.'aani'-'l (s'.r plan'
on toas', stuff. il i rut," salad, gi a
ham bread and buttir, tp"ng.- eai...
milk. tea.
Dinner Hroil.'d po'k rln.ps.
baked sweet potatoes, appl. sane.-,
PUTNAM
,A FADELESS
Go farther
Last longer
Colon sre freiber and brighter when
yon um Putnam. It it leu trouble
nor economical 1 imaller mount
Sm farther. Putnam Fadelru Dye in
orliinal one-package dye ior an
aterlala and purpotra dyet lilk,
cotton aod wool in one operation, l ie
am picktje for tintin. Complete
diractiooi 00 package. Price 15 cemi.
tea cole chart at your drugX'it '-
tf PurMfli No- go lor Htach
to Jtamova Color and Sittni
s7A
IC.-i:jK-
xp.u nation.
" N i j i i i -1 y wan! use your far litlo
yo'i gotn- n jimj i it-v V J - uski-il.
"No," 1 i i : i I, "Mr. flrahaiii will
not In' home, and It will stand in the;
burn until 1 return,"
"Th-n it bettor you tako license
plates with you," he answered, with
something as near a twinkle in hi.-i
ie as his Oriental res. rio e ver per
mits. "J hurry now, you hurry,
l.il' Loss la ly sice help, big boss lady
help, lil' boy h,lp, Not nurse lady,
tor she no go nn journey." lie bow
ed ceremoniously to Kathorlno, as if
In apology for not perinl'tlng lo r to
share in I he labor of removing my
license plates, then with another low
bow to Lillian and me, went out of
'he room. KaUierlne and J looked
at each other with astonished smiles
when he ha 1 gone, but there was no
mirth on Lillian's face.
"We t liange Plates."
"Come on Madge," she said.
"We'd pik up Marion and Junior
i doivnsiairs, and get busy with those
I plates. He means business,"
j "And I mean business," Katherlne
' said, seizing her by thu shoulders
'! Hiving her an affectionate little
shake. No manual labor for you, no
exerting yourself tugging at rusty
screws, do you hear;
"I h(ar, and I'll obey," Lillian
promised. "I lilt I can hold things
and hand them to the rest, may J
not '."'
"Yes, if you're careful," Katherlne
grudgingly assented. "May I come
along and see 1 he fun?"
"Of course." Lillian answered un
hesitatingly, "but don't tell the doc
tors about it."
H was the mosl random of jests,
and I was surprised to fee Katherlne
flush crimson at it, and then pale
suddenly. Her agitation, confirmed
my impression of a few days earlier
that any reference to llal Meredith
upset her oddly.
1 had no time then or immediately
afterward for conjecture, however,
as Lillian drove us all in the work
of gelling the license plates off my
car. Wu barely had finished when
Lee Chow brought into the yard his
sedan, newly polished, and meticu
lously prepared for i LtS c tiling
journey.
"That very nice." the Oriental paid
approvingly. "Now everybody get
reaily. We change plates on Lee
Chow's cat- rive six times, till wo can
do in on" minute,"
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Feature Service, Inc.
of the ingot starting, came lo his
errs. The man up above only beard
l is enemy speak. He did not see
that anyone vms wit li him. lie had
probably planned I his very tiling.
With a snarl, lie loosened the clamps
and the Ingot began to sag. Now,
what happened scun d too wonder
ful for words and it happened in
less lime than it would lake you to
lead any two ilii's in this letter.
To undetM'and it you must know
that I was right dir-clly under Hie
ingot. Beside ni" was I'aula. Oirecl
iy behind was i'otts and Stanley.
Jus: why, I do not know, but I think
it was a direct interposition of Provi
dence that made Paula perler look
pp. sue iiih 'inny saw wnut ni" man
I at the crane was trying to do and
; I'vined across with a cry to p'lll me
1 out of duny, r.
i ".' ,e sup"i in: n lent naturally, be-
ing a man of quirk .b cision, reached
j out that his: a lit and pulled Miss
' Perior Park just as the ingot drop.
ped an I mad" a great hole in the
i.-irt.i le low. 1 was ot course nearest
it. and it was mar enough to me to
srt my trousers afire. I've got, a
Mister down the who!" side of my
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p. pp. 1 -c.-lery-nut saia.l, bran rolls,
lalslll polls, liilll.. coffee.
'! 1,1.. dln-T no 101 must be changed
' 111 ii.s'atu s if want.-d tor chil
di.n under In y ars of age. Lamb
I ops Mi'oiM be substituted for pork,
'lo- s..i,.. sh,.ij!d be reduced to plain
I'liii'i. and .1 ).jeee of sponge rake
or . ; . .ii.ki, be s. ncd with thf
apple f,,r ibssel-t.
ivamnl (i.ter Plant on Toast
1 o; Punch sa.itv f.r oster plant,
2 tabh . p. mi, s bmt.r. 1 is t.iblespoons
tour. eui.s iiiilk, teaspoon
sal', fi ,v t-rams pepper, 1; l. aspoon
C 1 ry salt. Illangi.s of toasl.
j Wash and scrape r,st r plant and
drop into wal. r containing ,,no table
;spoon lii.gar. This pr.vints the
1 roots from disc.. hiring. I'm in half
ineli slices or die and drain. Put
j into sane. pan. add boiling water to
j cover and cook until tender. Add
:s,,H nft'T cooking for 2'i minutes.
Drain and add to sauce :u;nn ,y
1 melting biit'.r and stirring in flour.
S'nw ly add milk, stirring constantly.
I Add salt, pepper and celery pepper
and cook live mlnu'es nnd after
;mro begins to boil. Pour over hot
but', red toast and garnish with
p 1 t 1. y to s. r
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I llir Kay's Work
! Economize on the dally duties of
'he household by having those com
jmon to every day follow In regular
I routine. The more nearly automatic
partial
your duties become, the ! ss th.y
will wear you out.
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lide. Do you
horizontal means low
know this four-letter
word ?
1. Game.
HORIZONTAL
.". Purifying.
water.
Low tide.
Employs.
While.
A platform built on
14.
15.
17.
19.
2d.
21.
23.
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28.
2a.
10.
211.
3 4.
3 5.
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42.
43.
4 4.
45.
47.
49.
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To secure.
Myself.
To stitch.
Smiles aloud.
Tiny golf mound.
Lyric poems.
Mob in violent action.
To peruse.
Inborn.
Nay.
Achievement.
Half an em.
Knots in wool staple.
To bore.
V ision of perfection.
Constellation.
Myself.
Epochs.
Hone.
To sharpen a razor.
Icon.
I 'n lermines.
English title.
Males.
Cloth roof.
Japanese fish.
Article of speech.
Female sheep.
To honk.
Minor note.
Regions.
Puffs.
Joined army voluntarily
Kxpert.
Ml.
54.
50.
OS.
59.
111.
12,
04.
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07.
YIUTKAL
1. Weathered.
2. l'pon.
3. Corded cloth.
4. Train on a skirt.
0. Exclamation of inquiry.
7. A fistic battle.
Your Health
How to Keep It
Causes of Illness
(I5Y DIt. Hl.'C-H S. C'LMMING)
Surg
con General, l . S. Public
Health Service
The care of the ' yes should Ijcgin
at birth. A drop ol a solution of sil
ver nitrate, two grains to the ounce,
should be instilled into each eye in
the new-born child, so as to prevent
any infection at that time.
During thu first few weeks of life,
the eyes should be cleansed at least
once a day with a saturated solution
ot boric acid. When the child is old
enough to understand, it should be
taught not to rub its eyes with Its
hands because infections are very
olten rubbed into the eye in this
manner. A child should have its own
Individual towel. Any abnormality of
a child's eyes, such as crossed eyes,
should be corrected by an oculist be
tore school age.
When the child begins to go to
school, it should have its vision
tested and if found defective, the
eyes should be examined and, If re
ipilred, fitted with glasses. This is
very important because if the child
cannot see the blackboard, it cannot
be expected to learn well.
P.esides, defeetie vision often af
fects the general health of a child.
For instance, a child who is near
sighted bans forward over his desk
to read and write and thus he de
velops a faulty stooping posture
which tends to cramp his chest and
prevents the proper expansion of the
lungs. This may predispose to tu
berculosis. Children who have poor
v ision often turn their Ik ads slightly
to one side in order to s-e clearly,
and thus are apt to develop a pos
ture in which one shoulder ts higher
than the other, ami the head i3 held
to one side.
In many cases, children are able
to see the required amount on the
St chart and yet they may have
some error of refraction or there
may be some lack of balance of the
ocular muscles. It is possible for
hem to do this because in youth
the muscles w nicn control vision ami
the movements of the eyeball can be
made to do extra work; In other
words, the eyes can be strained.
If eye strain continues for any
length of time, there develops a
group of symptoms which are char
acteristic of eye strain. These are a
llred feeling of the eyes, blurring ot
objects before the eyes, pain In the
eys and headache. Examination of
the yes at this lime also shows
that the lids are slightly redd, n.-d
and inflamed, and there may be a
slight amount of mail, r on th
1 ilg-s of lh- Ills and the corner of
the eye.
When such symptoms occur in the
rhild, 1! should immediately be tak-f-n
to a phvslrian who is a special
ist on diseases of the eye, and
the
ryes thoroughly examined. Fsually.
the proper cnrr.Ttlve lenses will re
lieve the symptoms.
During the school sge, special care
Angers.
To moisten.
Delicious.
Wild duck.
Slipper.
To t'dl.
Dregs.
Evergreen trees.
Dad.
Run god.
One who makes an answe:
To press.
To lend.
Ethical.
Paradise.
To expectorate.
Rodent.
Icon.
To perspire.
One who truckles to the
Inspires reverential fear.
Portion of a molding.
Silk worm.
Thick shrub.
Morindin dye.
Point of compass.
You and I.
Mesh of lace.
Subsists.
Cupidity.
Fruit.
Automobile.
To destroy.
Beef.
29.
el.
S3.
3 6.
IIS.
3 9.
40.
41.
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44.
40.
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should be, taken so lhat the child
does not contract contagious diseases
of the eyes sucii as trachoma. P.
must be taught not to touch th -eyes,
unless the hands have first
been washed. It. must be taught not
to use a common towel or wash
basin and not to go into swimming
pools whore the water is not system
atically disinfected. If any cases of
sore eyes are discovered ill a school,
they should be sent to a physician
lor diagnosis and if found to bo con
tagious, the children should be pro
hibited from going to school until
they are cured.
If any of the children In the
neighborhood have sore eyes, and
one is led to suppose that the child
has come in contact with these
cases, the eyes should be washed
with a saturated solution of boric
acid as soon after the t xposure as
possible.
Adults who use their eyes a great
deal, such as clerical workers and
teachers, should have tin ir eyes ex
amined at hast once every two
years. Examinations of the eyes
should always ho made by physicians
who have made a study of the eye as 1
their specially. An
crimination
made by such a physician is apt to
be thorough and dependable. Very
often an examination of the .yes, if
made by a competent spooialis', re
veals conditions related to the gen
eral health which are often unsus
pected; for instance, high blood
pressure and Bright's disease.
Proper lighting is
important
in the hygiene of the eyes. In a re
cent study made by the I'nited
States Public Health Service on two
large groups of workers who did
exactly the same kind of work, but
under different lighting conditions,
It was found that those who work
ed under the proper lighting condi
tions had poonr vision than those
who worked under the better light
ing conditions.
When working under artificial il
lumination, the source of light
should be out of the line of lision.
It. should be of low brilliancy and
not tovj, near t he eye.
One often h"ars a statement that
a father, mother or some relative
lived to a v.tv old age and never
had to wear glasses. The statement
may be true, but that do.s not mean
that the p.-rson referred to had ex
ceptionally good eyes. In most cases
this means that such people liad one
normal rye and one nearsighted eye
and the normal eye was used for
reading in youth, whereas the near
Flghted eye was used for reading in
advanced age.
FHIEM) SAVMS
Mils. WII.HIJ.MV
"Overwork, worry, no app-tit. .
no sleep. I looked like a corps. ."
says Mrs. Mary Wllhelmy of St.
Paul. Minn., "and to add 1 my
troubles my physician advise 1 an
operation. A friend, however, ask'd
me to try l.vdia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. I did so. and
you should the Improvement.
I eat well, sleep well, have gained
j in weight and strength and f" l
tine." That is what Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compoun I did for
Mrs. Wilhelmy. and it will do as
much for any suffering woman.
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xjfej&y ' . 1925 by
,ltl,(il lllllti: TODAY
lUlil'.AliA 11 AW LEY, 25, artor
teucWng schmil three years, decides
to go Into newspaper work In order
to see lite.
Wh.-n ie r fiance. mtlT'E KEY- j
NOLDS. objects, she breaks with ;
lilni and !:' a job on the New1
P.rltain T. : graph, of which AN-I
DliEW M. I'KKMOTT, a close friend I
of hrr fn 1 her, before his death, is
managing 1 d H or.
llruce makes an attempt at re
conciliation, which P.arbara rejects.
Insisting sic must live her own life.
NOW OO ON WITH Till: STOKY
i llAPTEIl 111
Apparently the work of the news
puper ofti"e had been In swing for
hours. There was the same buzz ot
".Miss Tlawlcj."
feet that lie is dead.
teb-graph m :u: Is i nes. the same run
ning about, the same atmosphere of
tense activity thai P.arbara had ob-
servenl the day before.
Nobody looked at her this time.
1 She wen! through the swinging gate
to the enclosure which she thought
must be the reporters' headquarters.
nd stooi mieer'ainly In side a rick-
etv iianaeii, wniie sue stooo mere.
h woman who had looked at her
wilh unfriendly ry-s the day before,
enme in briskly and took her place
at her desk.
,yho cleared it off, revealing a sign
that, said "h'eciety."
It seer.n-d to Barbara that rhp
IVIcr .Moots Paddy Again
By Thornton W. Burgess
For
things worth having you will
work, '
1'nless you chance to be a shirk.
Paddy the Heaver.
No one ever called Paddy the
Beaver a shirk and no one ever will.
Long, long ago Paddy learned the
I,!., ssedness of work. 11" wouldn't be
happy at all if he couldn't work. To
live in the happy-go-lucky way that
1 Peter Babbit does would make Pad
,ly positively ill. V. s, sir. it would to.
Pa. bly as learned the joy that there
is in doing things. He can take
tiling nsy wlun there is nothing
ot importance to be done, but when
th. re is work to be done you never
tin I Paddy loafing.
You remember that Peter Babbit
j found Paddy some distance up the
Laughing Brook and that Paddy said
he was looking for trees. A week lat
er Peter discovered Paddy as far
down the Laughing Brook below his
pond as he had been .above it when
they met before.
"I suppose." said Peter, "that you
are still looking for trees."
"I suppose I am.
suppose," vairf
are looking
Peter, "that you
for trees"
gravely nod ling his head.
What was the mati.-r. didn't yoti
find the right kind up the Laughing
Brook ? ' peter inouii .-d.
"Some." replied Paddy. "I found 1
some of the right kind."
"W.-11. for goodn. ss sake, how
many tr.es do you want?" demanded
P 'er. to w hom the idea of taking a
w hob"' tree for &io, s.-.-med very like
greed, to say notl'ing of taking sev
eral 1r.-.s.
"Enough," replied raldy. "I
might as well have none at all as
kss than enough."
"How many is enough?" demand
" replied Paddy
-.VP
I
NEA
stood for centuries, rooted to the
spot. Then the homely youth whom
she had noticed before, brushed
past her on his way to the mechan
cal department, with such speed that
Parbarii staggered against the corner
of n desk and would liava fallen If
someone had not put his hund on her
..rm.
Sin. looked around, lo find herself
lace to face with a man of possibly
30, whose eyes beamed upon her and
whose unshaven face was curved
Into line s of friendliness.
"Just escaped a bad smash-up
tlnre," he said, beaming more
broadly. "Accidents are light In my
lino, you know. I'm tho police re
porter, llob Jeffries."
Itarbara smiled at him, one of her
said llio city alitor, -this Is Moms I'attinham. He sajs
dazzling, unexpected smiles, out of
the midst of deep seriousness.
"Thank you," she said. "I should
not have been standing In the way."
"That's not the way to talk in tills
hang-out," said Dob. "On your toes
always and ready to fight for your
lights. 1 beg your pardon, but who
are you, anyway?"
"I'm P.arbara Hawley," was the
reply, "and I've come to work 01V
your paper."
Dob Jeffries whistled, "you don't
ei.nell.v look it," he said. "But so
much the better."
Barbara wondered what'hc meant.
M10 looked around anxiously for any
:SS BEDTIHE STORIE!
nA'
ed Peter.
"That -depends on Vow big the
freeware, nnd how well they can be
cut,up and floated to my food sup
ply," replied Padd-f. A lot of small
trees are. bettor than a few big ones.
They are easier to cut down, easier
to cut into logs after they are down,
and easier to manage, to say nothing
of having tenderer bark. So, I can
not tell you how many trees I
want. It all depends on how many 1
can find, and where and how they
ar growing, and how much work
will be required to harvest them. I
can't afford to run too great a risk."
"Well, you must be fussy If you
can't be suited with trees right near
home," declared Peter. ''What is the
use of coming way down here when
all around your pond are trees of all
sizes. If you want little trees there
are plenty right near your home, and
if you want big trees there are some
big enough to suit any one so near
your pond that if you should cut
them they would fall in the water.
So, what sense Is there in coming
way down here to look for trees?"
Paddy looked at Peter, and If you
could have seen the expression on
Paddy's face you would have known
just how disgusted with Tetcr he
was. "Peter Babbit," said he, "you
have known me a long time, 1'ou
have watched me each fall cut down
and harvest my food supply. Dp you
mean to tell 111c that you neveC'have
noticed that I have cut only one
kin of tree? I know better. I know
that you know what kinds of bark
I eat, and that there are certain
kinds that I don't eat at all. If It
was just a matter of trees, any kind
of trees, of course you wouldn't
tind me looking for them way down
here. But I know that you know-
that it isn't a case of any kind of
trees. I know that you know that I
am looking for a certain kind of
tree, and that if I can't find that I
will look for certain others. But you
know, or ought to know, that I will
go a long way and work hard to get
the kind 1 like best. Now, don't
you?"
Peter looked a wee bit foolish, for
suddenly he had remembered. "Of
course," said he. "How stupid of me!
You are looking for poplar trees,
ann't you?"
Paddy grinned. "Of course I am,"
said he. "If I can find enough poplar
trees I will not bother -with any
others. If I cannot find enough I
will look for some other kinds. Now
I can stop to gossip no longer, Tcter
Kahliif. I must be looking for ihose
t rees."
(Copyright, 1915, by T. W, Burgess)
The next story:
er's Thanksgiving.
"Paddy the Bcav-
SEUV1CE INC.
other woman In the office. There
was only the society editor, who was
dressi'd much as llarbara herself.
"Who hired you?" usked Hob.
"What kind of work are you going
to do?"
"McDermott hired me," she (in
twered. "He said something about
Interviewing President Coolldge and
sweeping out the office."
Hob laughed. "Well, I can tell you
what that means obituaries, birth
notices, sob stuff, helpful hints and
war correspondence, provided there
should be a war."
Harbara laughed too. Hut she was
not sure what tho joke was.
Just then she heard her namo
called In a loud and terrifying tone
of voice. It was W' lls, the city edl-
you publlshiHl a Morj- to the -f-
tor, who had told her the day before
that there was no place for her on
the staff.
Wells was looking over his glasses,
searching the office for her. Barbara
hurried to tho desk.
"Oh." ho said, in a rather surly
tone. "So you're here. What do you
know about Alfred Noyes?"
Barbara brightened. In this field
she w as at home. "A good deal," she
replied.
"Take this stuff, then, and give us
a story on him," said the city editor,
handing her some notes and clip
pings from the morning papers.
Barbara grasped the papers and
went back to Bob Jeffries. He
promptly jerked, a youngster out ot
a chair in front of a typewriter desk
and bowed Barbara into it. The dis
placed yontfi only grinned.
Boh brought her some copy paper,
and, saying, "Double space your
stuff and make it snappy," left her.
She did not see him again for many
hours.
She had no sooner settled to read
the clippings than somebody called
her again. This time. Wells wanted
her to take death notices over the
telephone. She was ushered to a
typewriter. beside a telephone
equipped with a head receiver.
The next half hour was the worst
that Barbara had ever experienced
In her life. It seemed to her that
every person in New Britain with a
name full of consonants had died the
day before. Again and again she
asked for a rc-spelllng of the names
until, In despair, she guessed at
them and put down tho results.
She thanked heaven for the fact
that she had learned something of
typewriting by the touch system in
college. Now and then she caught
other reporters looking at her fin
gers curiously, but she had no time
to wonder w hat was wrong.
At last the death notices w-ere
written, and she laid them on Wells'
desk. Again she seated herself to
write the article on Alfred Noyes.
The next interruption came when
a farmer from up state made a call
on the Telegraph and asked for a re
porter to chronicle the fact that he
had produced upon his farm a corn
stalk 12 feet tall. The stalk Itself
was duly produced.
This, too, fU to Barbara's lot to
write. - It was not so bad, Bhe
thought, as obituaries.
Just before noon, Barbara was
startled to find a tall woman dressed
in taffeta and lace, towering over
her. "I just want to talk to you,
miss," said the visitor, in a threat
ening tone of voice. Barbara was be
wildered. "I came In to see why you put my
daughter's wedding announcement
way down In the corner of your
page when Carmellta Hanks' wed
ding' went right up top," continued
the accuser.
Barbara gulped. The -woman rush
ed on. "I ask you. have we been
good subscribers of this paper for
20 years, haven't we? There's no
such thing as a square deal any
wheres, seems to me, when a paper
you've bought for all that time plays
you a dirty trick like that."
This was one phase of journalism
i-., which Barbara had no prepara
tion. She looked wildly around for
reinforcements. She thought she
caught a gleam of amusement in the
f iii ncletv editor.
ti . . . . u .lum came too soon, for
lut tin: fc" r , .
moment. Barbaras ms-
i.. r-vuehf nieht of the sign oil the
society desk and abandoned Barbara
,n -.rrv the war to nigner quum
. ii ?ft .llmmio. the homely
.h hn served as office boy and
copy carrier, informed her that "if
u.iv ton ready. Mr. Wows
..i.i like to have the Noyes story.'
There was a slight tone ot Irony In
ih i-nnrteous lamruage.
The Noyes story was laid on Mr.
Wells' desk, in the original draft.
Barbara had not had time to copy It
as she Intended. :
She looked around, wondering
when lunch time came. Thu office
was full of reporters. Nobody see.ni
ed to he thinking uliout food, and
nobody told her to run along and
cat. ,
SI10 busied herself about her desk,
cleaning out some stuffed drawers,
reading tho files of the Telegraph.
Sho was beginning to feel a pro
found respect for the commonplace
columns of typo that made up tin
paper. Never before had she guessed
what harrowing work went into the
making of thu sheet. She had always
thought that papers just appeared
In the evening on your porch.
As tho afternoon wore uway, Bur
bara wished heartily that somebody
would give her something to do. The
rest of tho staff had drifted out of
the office, and only Wells and the
copyreaders remained at their desks.
Sho decided that sho would put on
her hat and go out In search of foo l.
As sho started out, she saw the
homely youth enter the office with a
great stack of papers. lie began lay
ing one on each desk.
Barbara darted back into the
room, seized her copy and mado lor
tho elevator.
In the lobby downstairs she pass
ed Boh Jeffries. He nodded pleasant
ly, and Barbara felt a glow of cheer
In her heart.
Just around the corner was a
sandwich shop. Barbara made her
way to a seat at the counter, ordered
a sandwich and a cup of coffee and
spread the paper out before her. '
Sho scanned the front page. There
was no sign of her work.
On the second page, her hopes
waned; on the fifth, they went out
altogether. Then she found it, in a
corner at the bottom of tho stock
quotations column. It read:
POET comim;
Alfred Noyes, English poet
and former professor of poetry
at Princeton University, will
give a series of lectures at the
public auditorium, beginning
Nov. 1, under the auspices of
the University Extension Club.
Tho waiter brought the sandwich
lust then. Barbara stared at the
sandwich and pushed it away. Then
she pushed the coffee away too. She
stared at the page, but the words of
the article, were blurred.
Then she went through the pages
rapidly again, looking for the story
about tho cornstalk that was 12 feet
tall. It was not to bo found.
Again she went through th
sheets, this time looking for the
death notices that she had toiled
over. There they were, bravely dis
played beneath a bold black head-
Obituaries. The names with then
sheaves of consonants made a hrai
showing.
She gulped the coffeet and paid
her bill.
Entering the office of the T. I -graph
again, she found Wells sin id
ing beside a gigantic man wilh a
heavy beard. Wells addressed b-r
"Miss Hawley, this is Morris I'attin
ham. He says you have published a
story to the effect that hols dead."
(To Be Continued)
COLOB CCT-OCTf
Snow White
The Bear Is Sheltered
This is the third day's chapter of
Snow-White and Uosc Bed." Chil
dren who save these paper dolls will
have a complete set to act out tho
story with at the end ot two weeks.
Snow-Whlte and Rose Bed came
out from their hiding places to greet
tho bear, and their mother tixed him
a place directly in front' of the Are,
where he might warm his great,
shaggy hide.
"Here, Snow-Whlte, is a broom.
Brush tho snow oft him," she said,
and you, Rose Red, fetch him a
little gruel and tea.
The sisters did as they were told.
and soon the bear was resting com-
fortably before the fire, warmed
and fed and very pleased with tho
efforts of the little family. When
bedtime came and the others had
gone away, the mother said to tho
bear:
"You may sleep all night on tho
hearth, nnd welcome, if you wish,
since It is so very cold and tho snow
Is so deep outside."
The bear thanked hVr and accept
ed this kind offer, but tho next
morning when they arose their
strange guest was gone.'
(This is the big, shaggy Mack
bear (hat came to visit ftnow-WhIte
and Rose Red. Taint him black and
make his tongue red.)
(Copyright, 1?25, Associated Edi
tors, Inc.).