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TJcptkn Ptntr Journal
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Bj FRANK P. MAC LENNAN.
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Seat of war today: Philadelphia.
Congregatlonallsts and Methodists
discuss points of doctrine at Washburn
park this afternoon.
Congress In Its wisdom will spare the
poor automobillst and put the tax on
the beer factory.
A. Forest Park, Chicago woman of
fers to treat corns or to bake bread to
order. You say It.
Why not buy Montlcello. the home of
Thomas Jefferson, and use ft as a re
treat for aged, decrepit and defeated
presidential candidates?
Won't the good old La-de-da Mar
quise de Fontenoy get a lot of hot dope
out of this war! Sure thing. If she Uvea
long enough.
If you aren't "hep" to the Jiu-jitsu
dance, you're late; that's all. London
Is experimenting with It while trying
to forget the war bulletins.
"Why "not ' tax industries that are
nroKTessino- because of the war?- in
quires a subscriber of the New Tork
World. That's not such a dusty wea.
If Mme. de Thebes predicts a large
migration of French. Belgian, and Ger
man servant girls to America in 1915
you may accept the prophecy .with con
fidence.
According to the Marquette Tribune,
newspaper reports about the size of the
crowds at political meetings are about
as reliable as the reports of the war
from Europe.
"When will we have peace' In Mex
Ico?" demands the watchful but weary
waiter. "Manana," replies the patriot
as he grabs his machete and starts for
the peace conference.
An American consul in Belgium has
found the average wage of men in cot
ton mills there to be about 28 cents a
day. Will someone please Inquire why
so much manufacturing is done abroad?
Both England and Germany are
making preparations to. spend a win
ter in France. General Kitchener,
whose opinion is highly regarded in
British territory, "is of those who
think they may both do it.
Suggestion for the next edition of the
dictionary: "Bunk; n. neut. 1. A
crude variety of bed. 2. The campaign
material handed out by political head
quarters. 3. Official news from the
headquarters of. a military body en
gaged in war.
Columbia University, announcing an
enrollment of 14.000 students, each one
devoted to a definite course of training,
has, as. its nearest numerical rival
among the world's universities,. El
Azhar in Cairo, where eleven thousand
students squat and nod while lecturers
drone the wisdom of Mohammedan
ages into zealous ears.
Editor Conway of the Champion,
after a glance at some of the autumn
confections worn on Norton streets,
has expressed his approval of the sea
son's prevailing colors by printing his
paper with electric blue ink. Or else
he has a daughter attending Wash
burn college and has adopted the col
ors of that venerable institution.
"It Is a quiet campaign. Maybe the
reason is the war. And maybe
whisper it to the statesmen maybe
the people know about what they are
going to do and are too busy to tret o.it
and listen to someone tell them about
ii, is tne latest guess of Homer
Hoch, who Isn't greatly worried over
tnts seasons crop of politics anyway.
. Weighty bodies reverse themselves
now and then. The attorney general's
office gave an opinion that no bidder
but the publisher of a newspaper could
bid for the printing of ballots, the ques
tion having been raised in Shawnee
county where few of the publishers are
Job printers and few of the printers
are publishers. Then the same fount
of learning bubbled again and said any
body who wanted to could bid. Inci
dentally the august a. g. o. reversed
itself on the definition of a newspaper.
WHAT WAR MEANS TO KANSAS. loo on their work of lessening the
Ultimate results of the - European : aum of human misery, i Other name
conflict which will affect Kansas are may be linked in later days ' with
not hard to picture. Thousands of 1 many of the discoveries and achleve
men and women looking for work of j ments Simon Flexner, the - German;
sorts In which ignorance of the Ian- j Alexis Carrel, the Frenchman: Hldeyo
guage we speak is not a handicap, i Noguchi, the Japanese; these are some
Living conditions in Europe, under the I of the names that will go down in
levies to pay the war bill now mount-1 medical history, but - It is John D.
Ing to billions, will become next to in
tolerable. That one .influence will
probably do most to drive to other
countries those least able to divide
their scanty earnings with their gov
ernment. This will not be an unmixed good for
the United States. It will mean greater
competition for work among those who
labor with their hands. Doubtless it
will mean much to this state's agri
cultural development, for the farmers
of Europe are accustomed to intensive
work in the field. Acquisition of a few
thousands of such farmers might be a
boon to Kansas, whose farmers are. In
the eyes of their European brothers,
mere speculators upon the gifts of na
ture. Housewives may look forward
to an unparalleled Influx of "help,"
and that rare Jewel, the good servant
girl, may once more be discoverable in
the land.
It is even more probable that the
flood of European immigration will be
turned to the South American coun
tries which are extending the invita
tion with much more eagerness than
is the United States. That will mean
new competitors for the American
people to face in the world's markets
and rapid industrial strides for the re
publics of the southern continent, both
at home and in international relation
ships. For them that will be the silver
lining of the European war cloud.
Kansas can easily absorb several
millions more of workers so that this
state need hardly be alarmed over the
really uncertain prospect of a large
addition to its population.
PEACE DESTROYED BY BLUNDER
Even to this day there is not the
slightest agreement, on the part of
statesmen or the newspaper press of
the warring nations, as to 'the imme
diate causes of the war, says a writer In
the American Review of Reviews for
October. The German people believe
the war was forced upon them, while
the people of the allied count es Just as
firmly believe that Germany precipi
tated, for its own objects, a war that
the German emperor could have pre
vented by the lifting of a linger. We
dealt last month with the sequence of
diplomatic incidents that reseulted in
more than a dozen declaratins of war.
Every country today protests that it
did not want war and did all that it
could to prevent the outbreak. This
seems to many people incredible in view
of the undisputed incidents. Tet we
may express the belief thp.t Germany,
Russia, and England are equally sincere
in believing that they did what they
could to prevent war. But what con
clusion must we reash in view of these
pitiable disclaimers of wicked intention?
Simply this, that the European govern
ments do not represent the people, that
they are not lit to govern, 'that they
they are not fit too govern, that they
should be deprived of the war power,
and that they should be radicaly recon
structed. Their diplomacy has not been
other than clumsy and drifting.
WHAT ROCKEFELLER IS DOING.
: Readers of A. C. Bedford's tribute
to the uses to which John D. Rocke
feller Is putting his millions of dol
lars may not be inspired to affection
for the much maligned magnate of
the oil business, but few persons will
encounter the following paragraphs
without reading them with interest :
John D. Rockefeller is known the
word over as a master of millions
his name a synonym for riches and
success. But he has not yet received
the real recognition which is his due,
not simply as a great business man,
but as a great benefactor, one who has
rendered most notable and unselfish
services to mankind, says Mr. Bedford
in a recent issue of Leslie's. You are
familiar in a general way with Mr.
Rockefeller's gifts to the causes of
education and science the schools
and colleges he has endowed the
hospitals and other institutions he has
helped, but I think the appreciation
of the bigness of his t ideas
and of the bigness of the man
who is working out these ideas is at
present clearer and keener abroad
than it is here. In Berlin, In London,
in Paris, and in Vienna the eyes of
the scientific world are steadily fixed
on the Rockefeller Institute oft by
the East River on Sixty-sixth street.
New York, and here, too, it will not
be long before the money-maker will
be forgotten in the marvel of the
magic he worked.
It Is not only that Mr. Rockefeller
made Nature yield her riches In mil
lions. He has made those millions
serve mankind. It is not only that he
gave profitable work to thousands
and thousands of men and women,
not only directly made homes and
comforts possible for thousands more;
but he took crude oil out of the earth
and turned it into schools and col
leges. He took crude oil and found
a cure for spinal meningitis and the
deadly hookworm, new tests for blood
poisoning, new treatments of hydro
phobia, new ways of cutting down the
death-rate of infants, and saving the
lives of thousands of babies yet un
born. It Is a wonderful idea that he
has conceived, a stupendous task that
he has set, for he is not trying to
cure or relieve individuals, so much
as to destroy causes that make for
disease, and to supply a remedy for
these causes and conditions that will
be permanent.
He is trying to lift the whole world
to a higher plane of health and hap
piness. His lifetime has coincided
with the most remarkable era of prac
tical and scientific achievement, new
discoveries in medicine and me
chanics, and in the whole field of re
search; and he has combed the uni
versities and laboratories of the world
in the effort to gather together the
moat able scientists, and turn them
Rockefeller who has made ; many of
their achievements possible. He has
cared nothing for the fame or the
credit; -he has been content to remain
far in the background; but none the
less has he been building and improv
ing along the line of human service
and betterment.
Journal Entries
Ought to Impose license fee upon
hunters of trouble.
As to drinkers. By their breaths
shall ye know them.
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Some men are grouchiest when they
are winning. Same reason that a cat
growls when it has a bone.
Mortgaged property: Germany,
France. England. Belgium. - Russia,
Mexico. Answer W-R.
Suggestion to advertisers would be:
Don't expect readers to believe it un
less you do.
J ay hawker Jots
Here's a facer from the Marquette
Tribune: If the eat was taken out of
meat and wheat what would they be
worth?
An optimist, explains the Butler
County Democrat, is a man who couid
lose both legs and feel that he had no
kick coming.
"Chas. Isenburg Is building a barn
on his farm this week. Charlie must
be going to get married." Benedict
Item in the Wilson County Citizen. If
he has a well filled silo and a spare
box stall for visitors there's no rea
son why the license should not be Is
sued.
"The Kansan has refrained from ex
pressing editorial comment . on the
European war," proclaims Gomer Da
vies of Concordia in a self-righteous
voice. Wise idea when one has as
high a perceneage of former residents
of that troubled continent on the sub
scription list as the Kansan has. t
Maybe Editor Burroughs of the i
Osage County Chronicle would pre-'
fer that the Topeka papers weep
about it: "It takes but little to satisfy
the Topeka papers. The local ball-
team has finished the season in sev
enth place Just one step above the
cellar, and the papers are glorying in
the fact. They probably are glad the
team did not close at the bottom," is
the way he rubs salt in the wound.
Evidently the war has not caught
up with the offerings of Kansas
horses. The Blue Rapids Times re
ports: "The horse buyer advertised
to be here on Wednesday passed
through town the day before and stat
ed that he would be unable to - buy
any horses this trip ; as the export
market on war horses was glutted,
but that he expected tpr be back as
soon as the market, Was, cleared up."
A drive on one of these September
Eves revealed to our satisfaction, writes
Mrs. Tom Thompson in the Howard
Courant, that the country is in no im
mediate danger. Judging from the num
ber of young couples who are still
showing their appreciation of the old
mare and buggy on the country road.
Let the world whis by in its motor car.
What of that? He and she sit com
fortably together, in the gathering
shadows, and not nearly so far apart
as they are in the dictionary.
Political faith Is the Peculiar Thing.
What a lot of bragging we do about
our smart kin.
Your search for information will
reveal a good deal that isn't true.
The rule seems to be that the man
who has no spectacles to lose, loses
his pipe. '
It is no worse for a big man to be
henpecked than for a little man, but
it seems worse.
It may be difficult to select the po
litest man, but the chances are he is a
candidate.
While he may take a paper or two
the thermometer is an old man's fa-
ovrite reading matter.
The busy bee is never quite so busy
at any other time as when it gets to
exploring inside your shirt.
Many people regard what they wish
to believe as the truth; are you fool
ing yourself that way?
An Atchison man Is so far behind
with his ' rent that he has about de
cided to marry his landlady.
Science is considerable, it is admit
ted, but transacting business over the
telephone Is not always the best way.
An unprejudiced opinion is apt to be
that of a man who doesn't know nor
give a dang about the case in ppint.
What became of the o. f. dago who
used to tour the country and wrestle a
bear? Also, what became of the
bear? -
If people" lived to be 1.000 years old
they would become so disgusted with
each other they would choose to limit
their years to fifty.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Money may help the man who helps
himself.
The world is a cage in which hu
manity is tamed.
Your frienda will smile if you let
your money talk.
The mule that gets in the first kick
usually wins the scrap.
No man is so illiterate that he can'
not teach others something.
A man's house is his castle until he
puts it in his wife's name.
Faith is what a woman thinks she
believes because she believes it.
A woman's worth may be mere than
she can extract from her husband's
pockets.
: A little brief authority or .a few
dried apples will puff a small man up
to the limit.
If yen would be regarded as wise, all
yon have to do is hand people the ad
vice they want.
The shapely girl isn't ashamed to let
people know how well she can fill a
pair of silk hose.
It isn't hard work that kills a man.
It's usually scheming how he can put
in the most time on a short Job that
plays havoc with his vitality.
II Globe Sights II
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
I By the Way
BY HARVST PARSONS. I
"
The attitude of the average good
citizen is that he should be given a
gold medal every time he corrects a
merchant who has short changed him
self. Recent operations in Europe have
unearthed Cxlget and Rossxumeso in
Car path la. Next. Shrdlu and Cwmpfx.
Tip to amateur sleuths: If one man
kills another without visible provoca
tion, look for tbe skirt in the case.
Of course that doesn't apply to cen
tral Africa, or the Doubtful river dis
trict recently visited by Col. Roosevelt,
or any other district where they don't
wear skirts.
It Is a cinch Eve didn't grab the
first fig leaf to hand. She climbed the
tree, shopped . all the afternoon and
I.... 1. 1 - . . .A 1.1
W1LU Lilt: K CatCBL UWUWIV
and the largest number of scallops.
Hondo Murphy, who is by no
means a French scholar, wonders how
a French woman with the quinsy ever
manages to pronounce "Vosges."
That the price of champagne will
be affected by the war doesn't worry
more than three people in Topeka,
and they are the professional worriers.
All the world's a stage, but there
are too few stars and too many in
the chorus.
Advice Is usually free, and as a rule.
Is worth every cent of It.
A noticeable thing about the new
crop of grade school boys is that fewer
of them try to make a sweater answer
the purpose of a suit of clothes.
A man feels the same reluctance In
hooking up with a woman who
smokes a clay pipe 'as a woman does
in mixing with a man that usee curl
ing irons.
All war pictures, according to a To
peka artist, should be printed In "neu
teral blue," when used in American
newspapers.
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Football has been denatured, but it
is still possible for the heroes of the
scrub squad to get a few teeth kicked
out in practice scrimmages.
According to an authority, "Olse" is
pronounced "was." But the news in
dicates that Oise still is.
However, following the subject of
war news proper nouns, it is refresh
ing, after reading so much about
Przemysl, to observe that the JaDs
have seized the island of Yap. Nearly
anyone can pronounce that, without
breaking a wishbone.
Having passed his forty-fifth birth
day, and being immune from conscrip
tion in case of war. Filling Fuller
breathes a little easier. Fuller Is so
careful of his sacred carcass that he
never takes an auto ride except with
a doctor.
Comes now the season of the hard-
boiled Kelly yclept Derby hat about
the only thing that remains in style
from one season to another.
. The fashion show would Indicate
that not all the dye stuff Is manufac
tured in Germany, or else that a good
ly supply of the Junk was imported
before hostilities began.
' "Mussing the motor cop" is a new
form of Sabbath day diversion among
thf, T!plhr f r 1 1 at that nn t c u 4-n V. a
come more popular than crap shoot
ing.
The diffe-rpncA hlwMn a tnnrflMdn
and an undertaker Is about $400 per
Job.
The western Kansas Kent who Dot
ted a hired man should be severely
reprimanded. Hired men are awfully
scarce.
A preacher can mention the home
address of Hon. D. Satan and it Is all
right, but when anyone else says it. it
is a Bad Word.
"Bat the rat" should ' be a popular
slogan with timid persons. The rat
has no friends to drop around and
make the timid one crawfish.
A man is frequently referred to as
the head of the family merely as a
title of courtesy. Just as they used to
endorse letters, "your very humble and
obedient servant."
The ' conviction of Prof. Wichita
Samuels may be taken as an indica
tion that, although a corn or a broken
leg may be cured ' by pouring three
drops of salty water, in the eye, a Jury
may be . composed of essential Mis
sourians. '
Hondo Murphy says be doesn't doubt
Prof. Samuels cures, but does doubt
the ailments enumerated. He thinks
that the only ailments a patron of the
Samuels medicine could have are bog
spavin, harness galls, glanders and
hoof crack.
It doesn't cost much to send a son
to college. It's keeping him there that
scuttles a pocketbook.
The effort to escape temptation is
never so strenuous when the tempta
tion looks good to the tempt-ee. -
" It may be. of course, that the Hen
nery Allen submarine has not thrown
a scare into the crew of the good ship
Capperanta, but it may be noticed that
a nnmber of amid crew are making a
careful inspection of the cork belts.
IBS POINT or TIBW. -
years' ago my father drove an
ancient pteoaia mare, ,
And when he met a motor car he'd cowl
at It and glare.
Would be turn out? Not not a bit.
He'd try to hog the road.
When they would ask 'him to give way
he'd yell, "I have a load,"
His hatred for the gas machine was an-
relenting quite, -
It was a mania with aim; he talked it
day and night.
He said that any fellow who drove one
was a fool;
For father was a backward man. who
followed the old school.
But things have changed a bit
About tbe gol-dum devil carta, he's gone
Abou the gol-dum devil carta, he's gone
and bought a Ford.
He beau it round the countryside at
thirty miles an hour, .
And when an old horse heaves In sight
he crowds on his power.
He nearly busts with anger when he
wants the right of way,
And hollers: "For the love of Mike lay
over there, you Jay!"
He's got the latest f ol-de-rolsv sresa
goggles and the like;
He is the greatest motor fiend, who
ambles down the pike.
It's Juat the same old story. Yea, indeed;
It's nothing new.
The war of car and horse deepnds open
the point of view.
Beaver Valley Booster.
Not According to Role.
(By Jphn Trent.)
"In my day." remarked Mrs. 8 pear,
looking down her handsome nose at
V. Irnittlns tn mv 4fltf. IMUllff SdrlS
were more modest and retiring. They
didn t discuss marriage in sucn a. mr
ward manner; they didn't dance,
n tn n anil niflrflt. SJld
UIUI UM.G, ..wu.. -- o ' 1
they certainly never indulged In the
pursuit of young men!"
"Grandmother Spear!,, groaned
shaking a finger at the pretty little
. . . . . . . , . XYT 1
old laay in tne rocKing cutur. umu
you insinuate that your granddaugh
ters are forward? That they are in
search of a husband a husband
apiece, I should say why, granny,
dear, it 1- a libel upon our attrac
tions to hint at such a thing!"
"Attractions!" sniffed Mrs. Spear.
"Handsome is as handsome does, is
an old saying, but as appropriate in
the twentieth century as it was in
the eajrly nineteenth when I was a
girl.",
old, granny, it only ages us," com
plained Susan, "xou can t maae nw
k.u..M fa. mm Knra Aflrllcr than
JVU vw. ..
I860 why, you're as pink as the cin
namon roses in the garden at home,
and Just as sweet!"
am aAA mM4f from the em
u u:v mi" " ... -
her black eyes snapping with mingled
. . ... , . . I M
displeasure ana ui-conceaieu e .
cation. She looked at the two charm-
: .l. h ,i.h 1nvlv In ber
"B "
own especial way and yet bearing
enougn iamiiy resemDiancB iw
them as sisters.
"I was born In the year well, nev
er mind," she ended hastily; "but flat
tery will not -ake me modify my
..l.Un Ka nmunt Hsiv -irl. She
is forward and she undeniably hunts
a husband.
"Grandmother Spear!" cried the
girls in Indignant duet. "Do you
mean to say that that we
"No." Interrupted Mrs. Spear with
dignity: "you could not have my blood
, ,.AtM. twA lanil winnulf to Much
ignoble conduct; but, I wduld have
you both more sny ana retiring uu
the pursued!" " ' '
"Darling granny!" Nanny smotn
ered a smile among Mrs. Spear's laces.
.nr. : 11 . n aImmv-va vnnr lTMUt-
ims and be a credit to you while we
are here at Willow Hall. Come Su
san Sue you promised to show me
that new embroidery stitcn. onwi
we go to the rose arDor in tne dox-
i i '
Win.ll vuvic .
"If grandmother doesn't mind our
leaving her alone" saia eusan. wnow
demure eyes had giimpsea iwo mamy,
whlte-flanneled forms leaving the dis-
tan tunnlii court.
"Run alone." smiled Mrs. spear.
T' tvlmay Sk tlllVA O llttlA flAD."
"Bye."' said Nanny, kissing the soft
pink cheek. "Be good."
wtn! nlll Mrs. Srjear.
"Nanny, you mean," grinned that in
corrigible young person.
The Willow Hall Hotel was a quiet
resort among the mountains of Penn
crlvo n la Mm Snear had been an hon
ored patron there for many years, and
the guests or wiuow iau were
assured of meeting the right kind of
vni-v annnnrance of a new
comer at Willow Hall vouched for his
social standing, while at tne same time
It gave assurance that his rating in
"Bradstreet's" was entirely satisfac
tory. .
Mrs. Spear's granddaugnters aisap
peared Just as the two tennis players
mounted the steps and came around to
Mrs. Spear's accustomed corner.
Neal Raymond's blue eyes looked
frankly dismayed at the empty ham
mocks, while Paul Shlpman gave quick
utterance to the question that was in
his eyes.
"Miss Susan er isn't here?" he said,
sinking Into a chair and balancing his
tennis racquet on his knee.
Susan's grandmother shook her head.
"They have disappeared somewhere."
oih wtiir She liked both these
young men they were beyond criticism.
Other mothers and even tne daugniera
themselves might angle for the atten
tions of these two eligibles, but not
Henrietta Spear! Not if both her
orphaned granddaughters were con
demned to a lonely spinsterhood.
So she decided, while the temptation
to tell them that the girls were In the
rose arbor trembled on her tongue.
"They rather promised to play a set
with os," explained Neal ruefully.
"Probably they have forgotten all
about it," explained Mrs. Spear gra
ciously. Paul looked distinctly annoyea. A
frown came between his dark brows.
"There is so much going on here
tiM,,- if tttm. Hov" rmtlnuAj the
diplomatic grandmother. "Did I not hear
that Mr. Lawson ana xeoay wner
were racing their canoes on tne laxe
this afternoon?"
tsm mntt Teddv Barker went onen
admirers of the Spear girls.
As one man Neal and Paul arose and
muttered excuses to Grandmother
Spear. Shoulder to shoulder they
marched down the piazza, raced down
the steps, when they were halted by the
deep voice of Mrs. Bennerby Lytton.
- Mrs. Bennerby Lytton emerged from
the door, followed by her vivacious
twin daughters, Irma and Amy.
Irma and Amy both carried tennis
racquets and looked very girlish..
Mrs. Spear saw the attack and wit
nessed the brief hesitation on the part
of the attacked. '
In another instant these two delight
ful and entirely eligible young men
would he led vty to the tennis courts
by the twins. While Nancy and -Buss n.
waiting to be pursued as waa woman's
The Evening Story
miaar at1t4W- Myit, -. t-
mother'a maxim, -ere innocently chat-
ww vnioroiaery.
MiDroiaery post!" muttered Mrs.
Spear in a sudden panic
Her knitting fell to -the floor as she
'rose and walkes without apparent
haste to the steps and prepared to de
scend. Hrtwr I, 1. . m ..
M aMlBVAwvu CSV VOW DIM
Grandmother Spear ever knew, but sud-
iu out. iaay sank in a pttl-
on we ootcom step and ut
tered a cry for help.
1 . K
J?" twm. had turned toward
"-"" Kujirw wnen nul saw Mrs.
Snesara rMnmhn - tt ,
- . . .u. wu aaiw n
at the same time and so did Mrs. Ben-
"Poor dear ft panted Mrs. Lyt-
kfl. HUB alnna InKlljl... wei
-- . vumuivs. A 11 V9Q M
nerprobably had a disxy spell."
But th 7 . . .
j, -j --"""e wwe-un: to oe
f" Jn Mrs. Spear both men
? lri" grandmother.
J? 5L,Itche2 tB ateps together
SJoJ? Mrs. Spear up to her suite
which was the best In the house. It
was dlacav-i i v, .:., 1V7 .
that nothing was the matter with the
.i Slight dizziness
Which n inmtmA ..t.a
kfter a few touzleep. """
oT , . , " maw ed Neal and
Paul to wait a moment her mistress
wished a word with them before they
left. ,'
The wo youths stood beside the
sofa. Grandmother looked almost too
Muuiawg ivr All IDtUIO.
"You wanted un tn An ...--
you?" asked Paul tenderly. .
She nodded. "You might find the
ffmir thv mv In , ,
the boxwood cim.li- till ,w ,
want to bg disturbed and they are. not
"I thousrht von didn't Vn.
they were. Mrs. Sumt" i4
wicwedly.
Grandmother smiled and closed her
eyes whUe a pink tinged her delicate
cheek.
Paul Shlpman understood. He leaned
over and kissed her gently.
- iou aarungr ne murmured, and
. . v 11,0 BO-IUV7
thing. Then they tiptoed out and left
Thpv left nraninAfh., Qn. h
j ujmu wuiia
with her acctiHinar mmManiw a,, v.
shattered maxims.
Their kisses burned her cheeks and
P0E?
BY
THE PRINCESS
Once upon a time there was a Prln-
who declared she would never
marry until she could find a husband
that was without faults.
Many came to the palace and paid a
visit of Inspection, but they all had
some faults in the eyes of the Princess.
One day a carriage stopped and a
youth got out. The Princess was watch
ing him from a window behind a cur
tain, but was surprised when she heard
him ask the way to town Instead of
asking for her.
"I have lost my way," she heard him
say.
She was a little vexed as well as sur
prised, and she hurried donwstairs and
told the servant to ask him to wait
and have some refreshments.
But the youth answered no that he
must be on his way, as he wished to
reach town that night.
The Princess was interested by this
time, for no youth had ever called and
left of his own accord before, and so
the pretty Princess determined to ask
the stranger to stay in person, feeling
pretty sure he would not refuse.
But even her Invitation did not "seem
to make the least impression on him.
However, when he started to leave his
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(Copyright. 114. by the McClurk
Newspaper ynaicaie.
HlLQSOPHT Or COLD STEEL.
Anybody can prove that In hand to
hand fighting an automatic gun Is
worth ten bayonets. Which would you
rather face a burglar with, for exam-.
pie? After a charge across a field,
with which could yon do the more
damage? There is no doubt of the
answer. .Yet every military power re
tains the bayonet and uses it In close
fighting. Why? The answer goes
back of fighting theory and fighting
machines to tbe human equation. It
la a question of psychology rather
than killing power. The automatlo
may be the more deadly weapon, but
it has not . he wicked, visible glitter of
a row of fixed bayonets charging up
to a defensive line. The ballet is an
invisible enemy. . You .cannot see It
sweeping toward you; you do not
imagine It cutting into you. Tbe gun
coughs and It la all over. The row of
bayonets starts, wavers, comes on,
faster and faster, nearer and nearer.
Some of them go down. Others keep
en. Cold, visible death is sweeping
up to you, and small wonder that you
break ; nd run. It Is the constant as-
sertion of the allies that the German
soldiers have no taste for steel and
have constantly given way before
bayonet charges. The point Is one of
the most - psychological questions
which Impartial reports may or may
anyway that cold steel has retained its
value in warfare, despite all the mar
velous weapons that guhp wder has'
placed in the hand of man. New
York Tribune.
MRS. FJLWLRER
AND THE YOUTH.
driver told him that one of the horses
was lame, and should not travel fur
ther that day, and he waa forced to ac
cept the offered hospitality of the King,
who had by this time appeared and
urged the stranger to stay.
The next day It rained so fast that
the roads were rivers, and the stranger
was forced to stay another day and
night.
"He seems very pleasant." remarked
the King to the Princess the second day,
"but I should say he was a little too
short if anyone should ask me."
"I don't think he Is short." replied the
Princess. i.
"But, of course, he is far from a per
fect man," haid the King, "and, besides
that, he is only an ordinary guest and
not here as a suitor; he never heard
that you were looking for a perfect
husband." ' . ,
Now the pretty Princes had been In
love with the stranger, and she was In
a quandary, for she could not ask him
to marry her, and he had not shown
any preference for her while in her
father's palace.
me next aay tne sun shone and the
stranger's horse was quite well, so he
bade the king good-by and thanked him
for his hospitality.
When he said good-by to the Princess
she asked him to stop when he was on
his way home, but he told her he ex
pected to return by another road and
very probably would not see her again.
The haughty and fault-finding Prin
cess was forced to say more or lose him,
and so she said: "I should be pleased if
you would come back this way and
make us a visit."
"But I am not a perfect man by any
means," said the stranger with a twin
kle in his eyes, and then the pretty
Princess knew that he had spoken too
soon.
It was then too late, however, to pre
tend she did not care, and so she looked
up at him with love shining tn her eyes
and said: "Perfect love is all I ask for
from the man I marry."
"That you will have," replied the
youth, "for I loved you from the first,
but I knew I waa not perfect and I did
not urge my suit." (Copyright, 114. by
the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New
York City.)
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