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tpctatlon. -
j fit may be all right for Dr. Tlnen
M Chicago, to define love as Anaphy
laxis. But supposin' her namejis Hor
linae or Gwendolyn or Imogene-or even
lay. - - '.'w '
Governor Blease would nave renoerea
fcouth Carolina a larger service '- had
lie resigned his -office five day after
Is term began Instead of rive days oe-
pre It ended. -'---
Isn't It nearly time for folk to begin
heir worrying over the capers that the
nroundhog may eut on Candlemas Day.
Which happens to be less than three
veek in thejHtance?- '
J 'By no possible stretch of the imag
ination can even a poet characterize
the spring that is soon to prevail in
Jhe European war sones as being of
the gentle variety. Each of the bellig
erents Is busy with plans now that
ould make such a season impossible.
I War is even more terrible than an
fearthauake of the tremendous propor
tions that shook Italy so disastrously
ihe other day. Compare any section, of
Jtaly that was damaged by the earth
truake with a similar!:, large or small
fcrea of Belgium that has been ravaged
ty the war. ' -
i-
f Next to annexing as many fat legis
lative Jobs as he can for his consti
tuents, the average legislator's idea of
J lis major functions seems to be to in
roduce as many bills as possible and
o deliver a speech aDOUt everytnms
n general and nothing In particular as
taften as he can get recognition from
the presiding orncer. . , . . i -
i ; From the news relative to the 'bper
sUlons of the Kansas legislature during
Its first few days, a stranger to Ainer
lean legislative methods might draw the
conclusion that the major function of
k legislature in this country is to diS'
r'bute its patronage to the best ad
vantage OI lis memuera bhu uku v
':In his inaugural address. Governor
iciarke of Iowa, devoted considerable
attention to the European' war and the
Everlasting peace on earth that he is
kure it will brtng about.. This is rem
Iniscent of one of the messages ex-
(Governor Foss of. Massachusetts sent
k. hi. ioaialture after he had been
mentioned as a possibility for a Dem
bcratic presidential nomination. It was
devoted almost exclusively to a discus
ion of the tariff, the trusts and other
Rational questions.
(It appears now that the autO'
ynobile hasn't even put a crimp n the
buggy business. Statistics show that
xbe buggy sales in this couniry iasi
year broke all previous records, and
reached the rather staggering total of
.200,000. However, this Is not so strange
ma it appear at a glance. There are
- jut as many young fellow; and girls
to do their courting nowadays as ever
before, more in fact. And you can't
Brop the control of an automobile over
the dashboard, or wind shield, and let
the gasoline engine and front wheels
plug along on their own hook.
) Why not include county officials in
the proposed amendment, to the con
stitution fixing the tenure of state
offices to a single terra of four years?
Even alone the suggestion is of much
nerit and worthy of the careful con
sideration of the legislature. But If
It Included county office it would likely
jte more popular with the mass of peo
gle. To say that they are tired and
sick of the Incessant boiling of the
political pot 1 to express their sent!
ments conservatively. The plan, also
would not only save the people a goodly
sum ' of their public- funds. ' It ' would
also tend to more efficient service on
the part of those elected to state and
aunty offices. As it now is, as soon
as a successful aspirant for office gets
on the job, hi chief concern is to ob
tain a second term. And ha usually
devotes several months of the last year
of his first term to little else' than cam
vaunting for the second one. An ade
quate recall law Is all the safeguard
' seeded against an officeholder taking
advantage of a long term to . render
ejUhjr but or dishonest service.
- WOMEN AND PEACE. .
The English' suffrage leaderT'Mrs.
Pethlck Lawrence, discusses in the
Survey the constructive peace which
he hopes the woman' movement ban
help to bring. . She says:
"Is the peace upon which the des
tinies of the twentieth century will
depend be like every peace hitherto
compounded In the past a breeding
ground of new wars? Or Is It coins
to be a new peace, expressing ' the
birth of a new spirit, which has
grown in the world with the awaken
ing of the woman soul to race con
sciousness and the sense of race
destiny?
"Are the terms ofethat peace to be
solely and absolutely settled' by" the
very men whb, by Intrigues and am
bitions and secret diplomacies,
brought about this war? Or are the
democracies of the world, whose life
and death are at stake in the issue,
going to have a say in the matter?
"At this supreme crisis of the
world's history. new force has en
tered into public Jife a new force,
generated by the woman's movement.
Can this new force be called into play
for the reconstruction of human so
ciety or the sure foundation of a crea
tive peace? I believe It can. I be
lieve a- great campaign for organizing
public opinion and bringing its pres
sure to" bear upon the governments of
the world, could be initiated now by
the woman's movement in America
and carried through the length and
breadth of the United States. Women
of the neutral European states, wom
en of England and Ireland, to say
nothing of women of the other bel
ligerent nations, would fall Into line.
A world wide movement for construc
tive and creative peace such as the
world has never yet seen might even
now come into being a movement
which would influence the immediate
development of humanity.
HEAITH IN OUR ARMY.
The report of the surgeon-general
of the army for 1914 is a document of
unusual Interest. The outline of the
report in the letter of transmissal
states that the non-effective rate for
disease r 1913 (the calendar year
covered' by the report) is 23.97 a
thousand, the lowest rate ever record
ed for our army. This rate indicates
the average number of men in every
thousand incapacitated for duty each
day during the year. The death rate
for disease was 2.57, the total number
of deaths being 397, .40 of which were
from tuberculosis, 23 from pneu
monia, 17 from nephritis and 15 from
organic heart disease. Probably the
most interesting portion of the report
is that dealing with the control of
preventable diseases. The record
made in our army in the obliteration
of typhoid fever has be-ome a sub
ject of world-wide comment among
military and sanitary authorities.
Only three cases of typhoid fever oc
curred in the army during 1913; two
were in recently enlisted recruits who
were admitted to the hospital with
the disease inside of the first six days
of service, while in the third case,
only partial immunity through vac
cination had been established. All
three of these patients recovered. By
way of contrast, the report states that
in 1912, there were 18 cases with 3
deaths; in 1911, 44 cases with S
deaths; In 1910, 142 cases and 10
deaths, and in 1909, 173 cases with
16 deaths. Among all the troops
scattered along the Mexican border
and in large camps in Texas, not a
single case of typhoid has occurred
in an inoculated man since June 4,
1912. This means that typhoid fever
as a military disease, as an accompan
iment of military service and camp
life,, is practically a thing of the past.
Only those familiar with the awful
ravages of this disease in all previous
wars under all conditions In which
large numbers of men were herded
together under unfavorable conditions
can appreciate the enormous econom
ic and military value of this fact.
The report is full of interesting data,
so numerous as to make it possible to'
refer only to the most - interesting.
The medical department of the army,
June 30, 1914, consisted of 426 medi
cal officers, 91 reserve officers, 16 con
tract surgeons, 28 commission dental
surgeons, c d 39 contract dental sur
geons. The remainder of the 5,044
persons connected with the depart
ment were army nurses and members
of the hospital corps. Of the 19 can
didates who had passed the prelimi
nary examination for appointment to
the. medical corps, 17 successfully
completed the course of instruction in
the army medical school and 16 were
recommended for commissions. The
library of the surgeon-general's office
contained on June 30, 1914, 219,494
volume and 30,320 - pamphlets on
medical and surgical subjects. The
army medical museum contains 47
120 specimens. Reports from the va
rious hospitals," laboratories.' terri
tories and provinces are all of great
interest and impress the reader with
the wide range and scientific thor-
ougnness or tne work done by our
army medical corps.
CHILD LABOR DAT.
From Seattle and Atlanta, from Il
linois. North Carolina, Maine, Arkan
sas and Ohio, from all parts of the
country and all kinds of organis
tions. promises to observe Child Labor
Day and endorsements of the work of
the national child labor committee are
pouring into that committee's New
Tork office. It is expected that at
least 16,000 organisations will cele
brate the day. January 23 will be
observed, by Hebrew societies, Janu
ary 24 by churches, and January 26
by schools and colleges. The federal
council of Churches of Christ has of
ficially appointed January 24 as Child
Labor' Sunday, the first social Sun
day of the new year, and school su
perintendents, college presidents and
T. W. C. A. and T. M. C A. directors
have promised to give the national
child labor committee their co-opera
Uon. The committee ha made s spe-
clal plea i .support fo. the. Palmer
Owen federal child' labor-bill now be
fore congress, in the hope that many
people will see in ClUld Labor Day an
opportunity jto write their congress
men urging the' immediate passage of
the bllL With the federal child labor
bill favor: "'y reported; by -the house
committee on labor' and supported by
congressmen of all , artiea, it fm jioped
that Chi'd tabor Day this year will
proven, national expression of "belief
in the vital need Of protection for the
working child. 4 ' ' V .
Journal Entries
Any number of folk are utter stran
gers to real thoughts.
Man's will is a weak thing when a
woman gets busy with it.
When a fellow is not feeling well time
ambles along with a laggard' legs.
3
What one man loses another wins,
but that isn't a very consoling thought
for the losers.
. ' ...
That keepassmiling theory is anoth
er of .those fine onea that are difficult
to put into practice.
Jayhawker J ots
An unprejudiced opinion is your
own opinion, of course, as the Wilson
County Citizen points out-
Having your own way is a pretty
serious matter, advises the Sedgwick
Pantagraph. It makes yob responsi
ble for your success or failure.
Mrs. Homer Hoch of the Marion
Record classes among: the egotists the
one who always thinks it's the speak
er's' fault when, he is not entertained
by the speech. -,u
The new style of doing up hair pos
sesses some advantages, . thinks the
Kinsley Mercury, One cannot tell
whether the young lady has just gotten
up or is ready for the party.
The night has a thousand eyes and
the day but one, says Glick Fockele
in the LeKoy Reporter and night
certainly needs them all if she hopes
to keep track of everything that goes
on. . -
And the mystery .to Mrs. Homer
Hoch of the Marion Record, still is,
where do the grown up men come
from? How do they get past the shin
ney club," rotten ice, bad swimming
hole, stone bruise, rusty nail wound,
gun age?
The fellow who gets up with a
grouch is apt' to carry -it all day long,
says Editor Dedrick of the Gridley
Light, and then he qualifies the ob
servation with: But we admit that it's
a little hard to get up these cold
mornings and smile while building two
or three fires.
It occurs to the Pratt Republican
that ir tne European war holds on a
few months longer, there will be more
prisoners than soldiers in the conflict.
Tight shoes are certainly a blessing
to many people, thinks the Minne
apolis Better Way. They make them
forget all their other troubles.
A Sunday school boy in Soldier, ac
cording to the Soldier Clipper ."said re
garding the feeling which comes over
one when, about to recite a piece: "It
makes a feller feel like h did not
lavei any stomach." However, com
ments the Holton Recorder, if he fs
anything like the Holton boy, the
stomach is there all right next morn
ing about breakfast time.
Observations bv Editor Henri, in
his Lansing News: One way to reduce
aisappouttment is not to expect- too
much There are men who insist
on taking a post graduate course in
the school of experience It is not
pleasant to listen to the man who la
eternally telling what others should
do.... Brag on a woman's good looks
and her youthful appearance if you
want to make a hit with your "jolly.".
. . x ou get no good out of a rail
way ticket until it is punched. Some
men are like the railway ticket no
good until they are punched Most
any man will think a woman is enter.
taming ir she will let him talk about
nis personal affairs, and appear in
leresiea in wnat ne says.
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
A chronic kicker the greatest bore.
A literarv nmrra rrt uaiiatlv la n
if it is short.
No person can walk aa f at aa thmr dn
in the moving pictures.
To have a blaw-Allt vnn nanallv hin tn
blow considerable in.
War isn't loaflne. although taklna- Ufa
easy may do its specialty.
Tt Is askins too much tn exnect one dvvfl
to attend to all the work in his line.
The man who tries to drink It al haa a
lar.se contract but the pay Is poor.
'mere is also the natrlot who killa lima
on me jod, and calls It being Thorough;
No woman who raises a moustache
twins it to attract attention to such
adornment.
Doctors know when booze causes death.
but they are kind hearted and call it other
names.
If a woman has a soori Ylsrure other
women delight to tell how much she pays
Before manias- she ealla him im and
alter marriage she calls him down. It
was ever thus.
It isn't a cinch that a certain Atchison
youth wears corsets, but he seems to be a
peneci iaay in otner respects.
what has become of the old-fashioned
photograph in which the wife held her
nand on the husband s shoulder?
Another reason some men miss church
Is that they must wait for the preacher
to maae me motion for adjournment.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS. "
. From the Chicago Newa.1
Every time you wrona- a nala-hhne VAtt
Mtn Is of few dava and full nf
densed meanness.
A man looks cheat) when Ma wifa, ealla
rim -aear- tn puDlie.
What VOU do counts f n- a. naU daal
mom wan wnat you say.
How a girl does hate a male flirt un
less nan luring with ner! ,. .
A woman tires of being married
easily as she does of not being.
Poor relations are almost as easy to ac
cumulate aa empty tomato cans.
- All things come to the man who waits
u he waits on himself while waiting..
And occasionally a woman makes a fool
of a man and then rubs it in by marrying
him.
' A married woman Is fond of having her
own way ana sne can t understand war
ner n us Band isn t-
Tbe masculine idea of an intellectual
woman Is one who Is built Ilk a hairpin
ana wears spectaciea.
A man la luekv In one reaoect when he
gets married. He isn't one of the bunch
who must purchase the wedding presents.
On the Spur
of the T.lomznt
BT ROT K.
22
tilTON.'
- From the) UUkerrtOB Ctarion.
-1 see in the papers where a feller
In Baraboo, Wis. dropped dead while
gettin' on a train. By Jlng, the people
in our vicinity dies of old age waitin'
for a train to come along.
. . No funerals lateljb "The financial
stringency makes? ,fotka work so hard
to make a llvln' that they don't have
time to die. Folding chairs for fu
nerals, dances and other social func
tions for rent, inquire of Amos Butts,
also livery,, feed and sales stables.
William Tibbitts says be; hates to
pay his. taxes; as .Hioted astrologer
says the world is comin' to an . . end
early this year and he don't like to
waste money. , When Tibbitts shaves
he cuts down expenses by latherin'
himself with the end of his whiskers.
When they pass the hat at the meet
In' house the droppin ' of the coin
makes as much noise as a snow storm.
Anse Higgins is so red headed that
WUUam Tibbitts-won't let him sit any
where near the gasoline can in the
grocery.
Miss Euphemia Mudge, our poetess
of passion, has resigned her position as
second cook ; at he Hotel Hickeyvllle
to accept a 'lucrative position as so
ciety editor of the Clarion, if she can
get it, which iSTather skeptical at this
writing.. - . . f. . , " . -.-
Uncle Ezra Hark Ins got his Peruna
recommendations in the paper last
week and is making quite a success as
an author. He says the path to liter
ary fame is pretty mlddlin' uncertain,
but it is mighty pleasant when you
reach the top. He hopes to have a
Swamp Root recommend accepted by
the Muckrake magazine, in the near
future. '. ;'
Uncle Ezra Harkln says the snow
was knee deep last winter and Hank
Tumms says Uncle. Efera.is a liar,, and
that the snow v&an't -deep. They,
might both have been right, because
the question, would depend consider
able on how tall a feller-was..
Am Hilttker says if there Is anything
on earth he would rather do than some
thing else, it Is to pose for a dentist
for a set of teeth or 'a few lead fill
inss. He Rot Into Doc Blnk's chair.
havin' clean plum forgot about that
balky hoss he let Doc have on trade
four years ago, and what jjoc aia 10
him was a plenty. He -sent out and
got a set of burglar tools to yank Am's
teeth with and said he wa sorry but
he was all out'n chloroform and ether
and laffing gas. Every time he thought
of the balky horse he hit Am an extra
clip or so with the maul. Then he let
Am go without any teeth at all for
about six weeks and Am had to live on
soup and mush and milk until he got
m weak hn couldn't . crawl up Doc's
stairs any mores; to Sask for the teeth.
f inally inc got & x in . "
house and they didnUflt Am's face, but
Am is wearin' em tdthough his mouth
is around under KIs left ear ' and he
can't shet it no. how. His wife makes
him put 'em In the chiny closet with
the rest of the chiny every night.
Evening Chat
BY RJJTH CAMERON.
"Let's Pretend and "Some Day."
"There, thatV my house," I heard
a young girl on thetrflflpy. say tdvbef
companion, eagerly leaning forward
and pointins-ouf pretty dlttfet brown
frame house 'tub. a pretty garden.
"Vnnr hoiiae?"! hlanklv. -from him.
"Yes, you know, the house I chose.
We girls have to take this long ride
every day and we amuse ourselves by
each picking out our favorite house.
We nans tnrouKh several towns ana x
have a house in every town. . It's
great fun.. We take such an interest
in them."
The girl's companion listened to this
outburst with1, an air somewhat su
perior, somewhat amused, but not at
all interested. When he spoke It was
to change the subject. ,.
Without knowing one thing moro
about those two- people, I felt assured
from that scrap of conversation that
they were not meant for each other.
and I hoped that I was not witnessing
a budding romance. For it was plain
to see that she was a citizen of a
country that be never could and never
would care to nter the beautiful
land of "let's pretend."
Wonderful Land of "Let's Pretend.
If all the happiness in the world
comes from real pleasures and all the
happiness that comes from anticipa
tion and from just pretending could
be compared, I wonder which would
be the larger accumulation.
Not to know the way into the land
of "let's pretend" or - having once
known if to have forgotten it as one
travels "farther from the east" Is one
of the greatest tragedies in Hfa,
The lack of. money can rob you of
some pleasures; the lack or health and
vitality or of congenial companion'
ship of many more, but nothing can
rob you of all the happiness to be
found In the -land of '"tet's pretend,'
if you 'keep the key to the gate of
that wonderful country in your heart.
Journeys That Cost Nothing.
I know a girl; who is passionately
fond of travel and cannot afford half
enough of it to -satisfy her craving.
yet she is not ' unhappy , or dissatis
fied, for she Is a citizen of the land of
let 8 pretend" and during the long
stretches that elapse between her trips
she keeps herself happy by collecting
time tables and Steamer schedules and
Baedeckers and planning wonderful
trips. She may take them some day
and she may never take them, but the
happiness of planning and pretending
and anticipating is hers, and nothing
can take it away.
Again I know two young folks who
can find infinite diversion In poring
over their catalog of musical records
and compiling fascinating lists of the
records they are going to buy when
their "ship comes in." ,
A child without toys is considered a
pathetic sight, but to me he is no more
pathetic than the grown man or wom
an who does not know how to play
with - the - wonderful - playthings of
"let's pretend" and "aomeday."
, Goat Mascot for Welsh Regiment.
The London Welsh now. possess
goat for their regimental pet, thus
maintaining a tradition established
over a century ago by the Royal
Welsh -' Fusiliers.' At one time the
latter regiment provided its own goats
as best it could;" but in at 44 Queen
Victoria directed that' two of the finest
goats belonging to a flock in Windsor
park, the ift of jttae Shah of Persia,
should be given to the regiment, one
to each battalion. Since then the goat
ha been cherished by the Welsh Fus
iliers, not only as an emblem of the
mountainous country to which they
belong, but as a-peeia-l .mark of favor
from the sovereign. London Chron
icls.
A RtXiali CONPMCT.
The
"Who else is clothed as well as ir
Bbe proudly thought. I always
The latest, colors, or the sky."
She glanced down at the quiet earth.
So gravely garbed in green and brows
And saw the saucy River there,.
' Clad In a copy of her gown.
Indignantly her cloudy scarf
She flung aside, ao all could see
The splendor of her glowing gold
And ruby bordered drapery.
But straightway, from her bed below.
The laughing River flaunted wide
A garment quite as elegant.
Spread broadly on her flowing tide.
The angry Bunaet, mortified.
Blushed crimson, with embarrassment;
But down below the River nocked,
' Still shamelessly impertinent. -
Then, purple, in her stately rage.
The Sunset's glowing visage grew;
And straight,, the. River's dimpled face
Took on an angry purple, too!
No more could any Sunset stand.
She dropped her veil of midnight blue;
But first she pricked some holes therein
- To watch the flippant River through. '
The River saw the tlny holes,
With their escaping beams so bright.
And scattered o'er her dancing waves
As many a taunting, twinkling light.
So they contend, as they have don.
For ages more than, man haa known
Wee' little man, who, down below,
Thinks all life's conflicts are his own!
Eva Dean, In the New Tork Times.
The Evening Story
Ruby Rejoices.
' (By Molly Mc Master.)
The studio was aglow in the warm
rich light from an open wood fire.
On the walls, the floor and in every
remote corner of the room were relics
of travel of happy days that were no
more. The curtain was even then de
scending en one phase of Ruby Wal
ton a existence. .
The girl herself, sitting before the
fire, shielded her eye with slim artis
tic fingers from the too searching
light. She drew a deep breath that
trembled and would have wept save
that she must not be red-eyed during
the-next hour or two. -
He. the man who was coming, had
offered to buy the contents of the
studio and to take over the remainder
of the lease. Ruby realized with a
sickening; sense of physical pain that
the: following lew hours would De ner
last in the world of Paradise. For such
had her studio become to Ruby Wal
ton.
It seemed strange that she who loved
beauty in its every form was to be
cast out and into a world of ugliness
and dwell among the sordid realities
of a New 3ork boarding house. Ruby
shuddered in spite of the control she
was exerting, and her great soft eyes
traveled tenderly over her beautiful
studio home.
'However, there is no one upon whom
to cast the blame save myself my ex
travagant, short-sighted self," Ruby
told herself with a wistful smile play
ing about her eyes and lips. "If only
I had been gifted with a little common
sense and a thought lor tne future, to
gether with the determination to paint
successful pictures before surrounding
myself with luxury, I would not now
be selling my very life. Because
know I shall die looking at the ugly.
nerve-rackinir furnishings of a . board-
the great lion skin and lay prone be
fore the fire.
Perhaps Ruby' most wonderful
dreams had been dreamed there on the
great lion skin yet they had ended
where they had begun. Unknown to
herself Ruby, the artist, had found ex
pression and contentment in the lux
urious beauty of her studio. She had
deluded; herself, the while she was
spending her small fortune, with the
belief that she could . not paint great
pictures unless surrounded by beauty.
She could not accept the given com
mand to make use of her talent until
she had seen the wonderful arts of the
world. Well, Ruby had surrounded her
self with beauty and she had seen the
art of the world, yet not one picture
had flashed onto canvas from the
artistic hand that found idleness pleasant-
She had dreamed away all her
inspiration there by the wood fire, and
yet she had not found happiness. There
was the constant prick of conscious
ness that she had not fulfilled her des
tiny as an artist nor had she found
love to take the .place of all other in
terest.
Ruby had never been in, love, al
though her beauty was such as to stag
ger the very soul of the men who loved
her.
"I really think I am in love with my
treasures." she told herself, and jumped
up hurriedly from her. lion skin. Some
one had dropped the knocker on her
doer. " . ' ' ".. v ,y;.
The artist who was to rob her of her
dream studio stood outside the door land
Ruby met him with a. brave smile.
Bob Merril whistled softly upon be
holding the Interior of the girl's won
derful studio. He turned swiftly to
ward her.
It must be a frightful wrench to
give up this,' he said.
"It is,'.' Ruby told him quietly.
"There is no one to blame save my
self." . .
"Maybe you can buy it when your
ship comes in again,'?. Merril suggested
with a cheery smile.--.' You know I am
not a real artist,, but-1 am the kind
that makes money. If I had been one
I would have had tile, taste to furnish
a studio of my own, now that I have
made the coin.' . ;
"In that case I would not have had
a purchaser, so I must be thankful you
are. not the Teal thing.' .
Ruby smiled and MerrH knew that he
was going to give , her --whatever she
asked as a price for the contents of her
studio.
When they had-finished their bargain
Ruby made a -cup of tea in her samovar.
She succeeded- In stifling her emotion
when she knew that even the tea cart
with its beautiful equipment was no
longer her own. And Merrill, seeing
her courage, marveled at her strength.
her beauty and her cnarm. He reit
glad that he was to Uve among the
intimate treasures of her selection.
Certainly it would be inspiring.
When Ruby found herself ensconced
in a boarding house she thought thst
another few weeks would see her pass
ing away It did not seem possible to
live and look at the frightful pictures.
the ghastly bric-a-brac and hideous
carpets that went toward the furnish
ing of her room. She had not been -one
day In the place 'until she had taken
down the pictures from the walls and
the awful embroidery from chair backs
and tables. The places where the pic
tures had. teen were faded and seemed
like ghosts of a lost art to Ruby. Those
pale wraiths on the walls seemed .to
dance about accusingly, and to Ruby's
vivid imagination . they seemed - the
spirits of pictures she . had dreamed of
and never painted.
"I will have to make a few sketches.
she decided. "I can't possibly lie here
looking at . those blank spaces.". She
longed passionately for her lovely
treasures and the luxury of her studio.
In the afternoon Ruby took sketching:
mvas and nalnts and went over to
the Palisades, So would make a few
hurried sketches of the glorious scen
ery ana put mem on ner laded walls.
Hours passed and the ' sun - turned to
dull red, yet Ruby painted on. Three
exquisite sketches lay on the srasa be
side her, and it was not until positive
gtoom naa settieo over the Palisades
that it occurred to her that night had
come. She picked up her materials
and went slowly home. The glow that
nad spread through her body while
working; remained. There was a feel
ing akin to complete happiness sur
rounding her.
She found upon - returning to her
room in' the boarding house that It
had grown wonderfully lovelv. it no
longer "seemed' ugly and uninhabitable.
Ruby did not know that it was her own
inward contentment that made all
things lovely. She nut her sketches un
on the walls to dry and decided during
the evening while looklna- at them that
she would finish them off. and enter
them at exhibitions. Ruby had always
known she could paint and ah re
joiced now at the enforced comparative
poverty mat prompted her to work.
She knew that luxury, beautv of sur
roundings and comfort had mhhi hr
or tne desire to do anvthlns areat in
tne worm oi art. mow she thought only
of beauty aa expressed by herself, her
own brain and fingers.
it was not ions- before Rubv Walton
knew herself to be a successful artiat.
Constant application to work sent her
quicKiy up and into the niche from
which she had fallen asleep while
steeped in tne atmosphere of dream.
ne naa. rrom time to time. mt
Bob Merrill, and always he had seemed
to . be studying her as if to find out
just what her attitude toward him was.
xou anow, i suppose, your feelinss
are more or less antagonistic, he said
to her some few months after the ex
change of the studio. - "Toward me, I
mean, not the world."
On the contrary." Rubv told him.
with a rising color, "I feel that in rob
bing me or my fascinating, dreamy at-
mospnere you nave given me an in'
centlve to take my place amonsr art,
ists." She slipped her hand into his
and pressed the fingers that eraaned
her own. She had not reckoned on rti
quicxenea breath that escaped her lips,
and it was with difficulty that she fln-
isnea ner speecn or thanks.
Merrill laughed franklv and tnrired
her arm within his and led her to a
delightful, cozy corner. "I have so
much to thank you for," he said softly,
"that it will probably take me the rest
of my natural life to tell vou abant it"
xater Dy way or nnlshins; a deeply
imereninK discussion, minv waa im
pelled to make use of the. word "tm
before Bob would release her from the
cozy corner.
When she again entered her beauti
ful studio and stood in the soft a-lm
from fh wood fire, she was not Ruby
" 'iun. bixibx ana oacneior girl, but
KUDy walton Merrill, wife of Bob
merriii. the popular cartoonist. fflnnv
right. 1915, by the McClure Newspaper
oj iuiuii.i.t;-f
It Happened In Mexico.
The weather forecaster was making his
report.
. "Indications for the next twentv-fnur
hours,'' he said, "are cloudy, with alight
insurrections In the afternoon; clearing
iu..uu ani. tomorrow cooler, with
growing temperature: probably revolt In
evening. " fmiaaeipnia Public Ledger.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.1 -
If she Is only pretty, even the blind girl
. a gowi iwkpt. ....
i A matt naturallv fiwl, hia-W mnA mihiv
when he thinks he Is above reproach.
Even failure may have Its compensa
tions. , It doesn't have to respond to an
encore. . ,
Many a widow becomes less reconciled
to her loss after she has picked out num
ber two. ,
Any lawyer will tell you that where
there's a will there's a way to make
iwav with a will.
You never can tell. Sometimes it's when
a woman is green with envy that she
looks blue. '
The man who has no friends Is playing
In tough luck. He has no one to blame
things on.
An Interesting conversationalist is very
often a person who can talk entertain
ingly without saying anything.
"Love Is blind." quoted the Wise Guy.
"Well, lovers can easily make spectacles
f themselves," added the Simple Mug.
They were billing and 'cooing. "Ah." she
cried, "love will Illumine the lightest
heart." "And the darkest parlor," he
suggested.
Mrs. Gnaggs "And you used to tell me
I was a dream of loveliness." Mr. Gnaggs
"Yes. I know. I didn't realize then that
dreams go by contraries."
Cynlcus "I hear you are going to be
married." Silllcus "Yes; I'm about to
take the fatal plunge." Cynlcus "Well,
be careful that you don't merely put your
foot in it" s
BY
DORA'S LESSON.
Dora had been In the habit of using
things that did not belong to her. If she
wanted to play school she would go to the
library and, without asking, take the pen
and Ink to her playroom, and when her
mother wanted to use it of course it was
not n its place and she had to look for
It
Jt r-aAr Xf
- ......
If she wanted to make mud pies, Dora
went to the kitchen and took cook's pans
and spoons -without telling her and when
ahe finished playing she never thought
to carry them back Into the kitchen.
8 he even took her mother's best gloves
and veil when she played lady, and one
day ahe took her mother's beat hat, and
when ahe finished playing she left it on
the sofa, puss saw. the fur trimming and
began playing with it and before anyone
aaw her ahe bad spoiled the hat
Her mother talked to her about this bad
habit and even punished her, but It did
not cure Dora, and she took anything
Kama Ccnvsrl 5' (j
' ? ' THINK THMTOVER. ;t 11 -"
When a newsnaner gives you a lot
of free advertising in order to boors
some concert or entertainment in
which you are interested, keep track
of the lines printed week by wee
a. d multiply that number by the reg
ular advertising rates of the paper.
Compare the results with the actual
money value of any favor that yon
get from any other business' concern.
Then take into consideration the fact
that advertising and circulation are
the only two things that a newspaper
haa to seM-. Now. ' .these days or
higher prices,.how. touch do you think
it ought to, give away ?-owttrd
Courant A V'.j' r
' A FEE- FOR DIJXJVIItY. v t'
So long as merchants offer "tree dsUv
rv" of merchandise, there will be Un
fairness and injustice to both customer
and merchant. Unfairness to1 Customers'
because many of them feel obliged t
accept a very expensive service which
they do not especially neea or care tor.
Injustice to the merchant because they are
called upon to make ao many oasis trips,
all of which must eost someooay a toi oi
money. The free delivery service Is at
best a wasteful service. It Is doubly
wasteful when each merenant ooea it isr
blmaelf. The onlv losical delivery aervtos
Is co-operative in Its nature, for by co
operative It is possible to avoid expensive
duplication and reduplication- of service.
Many merchants are coming ra i opin
ion that the only fair and equitable way
to handle the delivery question is to
charge' a -small fee, merely big enough
to cover the cost OI service. w ev
package delivered. Some of the grocery
store are already Workington this basts.
In Topeka there are several awra wmtu
charge a nickel for delivery Their prices
are all based on the- primal assumption
that no goods are to be delivered.'. The
(-cent fee Is supposed to opver. the-, cost
or delivery, as a -hmkw w
doesn't quite do It, but it goes longwiVs
toward the mark. Furthermore, by charg
ing a definite fee for delivery, and thereby
segregating that expensive special service.
ana making it atana on us own iwi, ui
merchant gem away from the righteous
kick of the farmer who says he la re
quired to help pay for the free delivery
the city folks enjoy. Merchants Journal.
From Other Pern .
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE . VS. &
The increasing friendliness of Great
Britain for the United States ha been
manifest, of- late, in the diplomatic re
lations between the. two countries.
But the restrictions on exports for
United States manufacturers, just re
moved, is a sign not only of diplo
matic friendliness, : but of commer
cial good will. - The British list of
exportations to be prohibited-was is
sued nearly two months ago, and it
included many articles on several of
which England and her colonies ex
erclsde a practical monopoly. Users
of rubber faced great embarrassment.
One firm, for instance, had planta
tions in the Straits Settlements, but
owing to the British order, it was un
able to secure the products of its own
plantations. The arrangement now
reached will provide for the exporta
tion of certain articles which the
American manufacturers can show
they are badly in need. The action,
th,Mf(iM will. sreAtlv Imnrove . con
ditions ' Th ""several important Indus
tries. Boston Advertiser. II
' AMERICAN DEFENSES, o
. Persons who sing" with the " ultra
peace chorus and oppose the strength
ening of American defense have an
object lesson at the moment in the
demand of Col. George W. Goethala
for torpedo boat destroyers to guard
the neutrality of the canal zone and
its approaches that it la perilous not
to be strong enough for all emergen
cies. The sleren song of the pacifist
is that preparation for war leads In
evitably in the direction of war. But
is the burglar as likely to invade
premises he knows to be well guarded
as places he believes to be undefend
ed? The British colliers which have
been acting offensively at the ap
proaches to the canal zone and in de
fiance of the neutral position of this
country have- presumed to do so be
cause of their belief that the Ameri
can government was not in a position
to deal with them adequately. And if
the United States deals adequately
with such offenders, what then? There
are possibilities of trouble In such
situations which appeal for American
defenses strong enough to compel
respect Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
EAMRLKER
that shs thought , would add to her pleas
ure without regard for other people's like
or dislike.
One day, however, she was taught a
lesson by meddling that she did not soon
forget Her mother was out calling and
Dora went to her room. She opened all
the drawers and looked In the closets;
then she put on her mother's klmona and
combed her hair, pinning it high on her
head. She heated the curling -tonga and
began to curl her front hair. ..
In a few seconds she smelled something
burning, and when she looked at the tonga
there was the hair on it She had burned
a big piece right out of the front of her
hair.
Dora sat still for a few mlnutea. She
was a little frightened for she knew that
she should not have meddled with her
mother's toilet table.
In a few minutes her curiosity got the
better of her -and she forgot about the
burned hair, and began opening the bot
tles that stood on the table.
The first one contained perfume, and
Dora supposed the others 'did also, and
opened another.. This time she wet her
finger and rubbed it on her face without
smelling it and rubbed more of it on her
neck. Her- face began to smart; then her
neck and her finger.
The bottle contained carbolic acid, and
Dora ran downstairs to the cook scream
ing with pain, but cook did not know what
to do for her, and could only bath the
burned place with water.
When her mother cam boms" Dora's
face and neck were badly burned and two
fingers also, and for several days she
suffered from the pain.
Everybody who came to see her asked
how it happened, and when her mother .
told them she was meddling with things ,
that did not belong to her, Dora Buffered .
from shame almost as much as she did
from the pain. '-
The marks of the burns lastsd for a
long time, and Dora felt It was a punish-
ment for her faults. She was cured of her -meddling
habit, and if ahe was tempted o
touch anything that did not belong to her.
she thought of her burned fingers and
face and resisted the temptation. (Copy-'
right. MIS, by the McClure Newspaper'
Syndicate, New York CityJ