E THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1920 THE QCDOj STANDARD-EXAMINER 3 ,
I LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
I. txL the noted author
1 Idah MSGlone Gibson
II I I. ltl I II Mi I Ml.fT.
KMdrnMy Kllinhfih Moreland was J
In the deep water of regret and she
did not knnw what to do.
J m l It atrange that many women
who can manage men so besuilfully
do not take the trouble to make om
en their frienda
Kllzabeth seemed to take quite as.
rreni jy In humiliating me aa she did
In making John do h-r bidding.
For the nest to da) a the whola
Oordon family, with the exception of1
myself, aaemed to be In a blue funk
over my decision to not onl) remain,
In th moat expensive rooma of th
moat expensive hotel In town, but to
re-ec all my friends there with a
seemingly penOOtly unconscious Idea
of how the tongues of our little set
tgp were wagging
i ntl r. me I had always atood
WJF by Kllzabeth because I did not want a
acandal. but there la always a time,
that H'"d nnture. or een the rear ofi
the screech of people ceaaea to be aj
virtue. I
I R di f. . i i Mi l u Mi :s I
Elisabeth Moreland had traded on
in eonserattve temperament and
Hb wrimnnly pride from the first and 1
had leaded In Just the fashion that
ahe had expected me to do. I might
have done so this time had It notj
H i.e. n fur baby 1 rould not aee mvaelf
B a n fifing lor for an;, body or any-
Wm: thing.
HI ' ould not allow auyone to coma
' between John and mo for her sake.
Btia hud entitled Madam Gordon In
J lier oust- and by the simple exped-
lent of making the Instance of my
baa keeping the motor for myself, a per-
fif'l n pun
L. I i I . i n i Cordons dignity aj John's
K (irti timi hei life, how
HF, r. Kllzubeth had begun to worry
m4 about the effect IMI action would
Wfm have upon John. 1 saw this very
plainly the moment J made my ap
H pea ranee at the Country club on the,
Sff night of m arrival with Helen and
Lm Ifobbir. Elisabeth hud eome over with
Jm if of her boi antalltlea group)
with whl h shi tvaya surrounded
HE j , for a moment, betore she was able!
f" to 1 1 -1 1 h r lurprlM, 1 saw eonsteroa-l
tlon In her face. She never had cx-
pected to r,.- tl ' eepedally on
ri nigh l of m arrival In n i
much mora of an Invalid thai i r. all
wns. but she recovered herself In an!
BB Instant, and r really admired her cour-
Bl age. aa she came over to me saying i
r I thought you would be W" tired
I to come out here tonight. Had I
! dreamed for a moment ou would do
such a thing. I would have stopped
down town for you."
INMI llo NrT Mil PT1 l
That was needless.'' 1 answered
sweetlv. be-aue. had I not accepted
' Helen and Hobby's invitation, I think
1 would have taken my own car and
come out here for dinner I was eo
anxioua to meet my old friends and
j I hope that they had missed me and
were pleased to see me "
f course everyone about me at
this protested how much they had
ml-i ujl i I knew they would.
I had rnsd the speech purposely to
have them again aaaure me of their
friendship and happiness in having
me with them so that Kllzabeth More
land should hear It.
When, for a moment, we happened
to be alone, she asked. Have you
heard from John?"
No, have )ou?" I countered.
' Katherlne. how you have
Changed!" llM exclaimed.
' I hope so. Kilu.bcth. I have de
termined not to be a doormat wife
any longer.'"
'What do you mean. 'doormat
wife'?'' naked Bobby, who had come
up In time to hear the last words.
"One of the kind a man alwavs
finds at the door to greet him with
the word. Welcome' written all over
It. lea. that's It." I supplemented.
i "the kind of thing a ma.ii never no
tices except to wipe his feet on It."
'ili i . fund Hobby laughing,
"aren t ;ou too hard on us, Kath
erlne ?"
MI N LIKJC V VRIFTV
"Perhups." 1 uniscrtd, "but even
you. Hobby, must realize that If a
! woman meet! you always at the door,
you never have thv thrill of wagering
with yourself on her appearance at
that particular moment. Men like
variety, mv dear Hobby, and If one
woman doesn't give It to them, they
will seek It in two or three women It
Is the un p t.-.i in my ex that ap
peals to yours."
Elizabeth Moreland looked at me
very e-trangely, anil then ehe said
somewh.it laughingly to the group.
"If becoming a mother makes one as
clever as Katharine la at the present
moment, nil you childless wives had
better take a leaf out of her book. '
Did you evr Imagine. Elizabeth,
that Katharine wasn't clever?"
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Tomorrow Allot! Eprgngl ii Surprise.
9 I DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE
, u
Wc have the races In America.
Where Is the clime from which they
B huve not come? Where Is the coun-
B try that has not made Its c onti (button
BJ to the making of the new race in Am-
BJ M have thought of ourselves as a
melting-pot. There has been a ploas-
Bfl cnt fancy that as the raCM met and
ifll mingle, l under our flag, as they mar
tied and inter-mnrrlcd, w might pro-
BJ duce the ultimate type of mankind
Each race hag brought Its dominant
BJ characteristic and made Its definite
BJ contribution, and there hns been a
Bj fueling, not that the American would
BJ fk bo stalking igotlst c.illlnc h.m.'lf i
Ba xuperman, but a citizen of the world
Hf! so cosmopolitan that nothing that Is
Bj human would be foreign to him.
BBfM And so the races came They came
BBT a! the rate of a million a year They
BB pr came hoping. Hut they arc not coni-
BH Ing so fast now. The drift is the
BBj other wnv They are golnr; back to
' the countries from which 'rey came.
I HEALTH
BY UNCLE SAM, M. D.
Health Questions Will Bo An
swered If Stnt to Information
Bureau, U. S. Public Heaith garv
d ' Ice, Washington, D C.
4,
i LEANNESS
jfl Vhlli somo persons suffer from ox!
Iecaaivg fat production, others are
troubled because they are under I
t iht In proportion to their height. I
Th condition may depend upon one
B o,' several factora
H l Ther ma be a hereditary pre-
BB position to spareness of bod-
It may be due In part to ex
BB lalve mental or physical exertion.
Bin 3 it may be caused by some ob-
vT i" diasaee, such as tuberculosis, or,
i i p rveralon Of the nutrition processes,
M o. ih body. The condition Is brought (
abuiil mental states such as worry i
aB ami anxiety, ai well as by lack of
Bh rest and sleep
J li (s true that persons of slender
build are often stronger, more ondur-
Jm ink and ntort raalatanl to dlaeeea than
thOM who are Inclined to stoutness.:
B vet thought slenderneas may mean I
Pn physical strength and resistance, lean-1
i - ma) mean physical weakness and
Ba susceptibility to disease
The eause whH h produces the laan
mav be the guide In treatment I
If the condition t due to worry lack i
h of sleep tc.. those causes should be j
H removed If to overwork the work!
lTJ should be lessened In quantity or
I changed to some other kind Meals
Vj must not be eaten when the body Isi
g fatigued. Eoods should be daintily
jLj served and varied In character. pre-
BL l - I and followed by a short rest, if;
y possible, and the meals should not be
more than four or five hours apart
BomfJ thin I'ersons have an aversion'.
to fat; this peculiarity should be over-
B come, if possible, and the diet made
BJ to Include a liberal amount of fatty
BJ foods, such as cream, butter, fried
BJ crisps bacon and olive oil.
BJ In fat building, the carbohydrates,
i I the starches and sugars are espe-
J daily valuable. The digestion should
BJ be very carefully attended to aa a
BJ spare habit of body may depend upon
an underlv ing Indigestion Foods found
I experience to disagree should be
avoided. The teeth should be kept
fl In good order Special care should
I be taken to secure an abundance of
H rest and sleep
s I HEP
M Q. Please tell me the cause and
LI how to euro blue circle under the
B eves.
j I A. It is quite out of the question to
determine merely from your question
i N hat may be the cause of the blue
Irclea under your eyes. Often this
Is caused by loss of flesh, and la a
j sign of unic serious underlying trou-
B ble. If this ut tlj- case with you, be
sure to go to a good physician, have
1 i htm glv you a thorough examination
Im ,u ',nJ out what is wrong and then
JF follow his advice.
I Q- Are there different stages of
;i gonorjja?
f A. There Is the acute stage of gon-
Some of them ore going with curses
on their lips. As they embark and
nll uwuy. we are disposed to say un-.
del our breath: "it is a good rid-'
dance "
Perhaps we allowed them to come
jtoo rup.dly A sponge may suck up
a cup of water, but It cunnot absorb
a sea. Wo need to revise our Immi
gration laws Hut we need more than
I a fence. We need the Golden Kule
i bur k of the fence.
The problem of the races cannot be
shipped overseas. It Is forever with!
us, and it is here to be solved It inn;
never be solved by a policy of hatred
and suspicion.
Suppose we try the Golden Rule on
th, problem of the races. It might
rrc-dUCg lyochlngs. It might show that,
America Is still the land In w hich to
grow world citizenship
i It Is worth trying, for It would pro-'
ceed with the full sanction of Him
who hns "made of one blood all na
tions of men foi to dwell on all the
face of the earth."
orrhea, which If untreated will devel-j
op Into a chronic condition
Q. Will )ou tell me how to build
a Kentucky privy." and If there la
a patent on It; also If we would ha t-i
to pav a royal ti if the name is installed i
h) i s "C. V C. CO."
A. If you will send me jour name 1
Uld address. I shall bo glad tc send
you a copy of Public . Health Bulletin
No. S8 which deacrlbei various types
of sanitary' privies, and oopy of the
ECantuekj State Ltoard of Health bul
I' tin describing In detail th.- 'Ken
tueky Sanitary Privy." So far as I
,know ther g no patent which could
I be used as a baals for the collection of
royalty on an) of the types of aanltar
privies describe in either of the bul
letins noted Tlic publication of de
jscriptions of the L. u s. or Kentucky
Privy In government bulletin presum
ably protects It from patent! Modlfl-j
cations of certain parts of the appara-j
tus, of course, would be patentable.
but I am quite sure that no one could
make any true claim for royalt
agalnat one uho Installed sanitary pn-I
les of tho L. R. S. or Kentucky type-
These privies were designed fts f, .
Saving devices, and were intendd fori
Installation and use by anyone. In re
cent years they have been Installed In
many different sections of the t'nlted
Stalest, and I have heard of no reason
able objection from unv clalment ,,r a
patent
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IRISH "W. C. T U." ASKS
"ABUSES" CORRECTED
London. Tho Irish Temperance
societies have placed before Dail Eir ,
aim, the Sinn Fein parliament, a num
ber of proposals for checking "drink
ing abuses " These Include the clow ,
Ing of Baloons on Sundays and holi
days and on other days at 8 p m. Thv
prohibition of the &alo of all lntoxl j
cants at races, sports and other gath-'
cringe for which licenses are granted
by British authorities also H aaked !
The temperance societies ask that the
above proposals be enforced by th
Irish volunteers J
These Frocks Show
Latest Use of Lace
UV t OKA MDOR1-:
New York' PaebJon Authority.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 The lure ofj
bice grows stronper and more :-un-every
day Ivice hats. lace sunshades,
luce lingerie. laOC frocks. Never was
it used in such quantities or so artisti
cally. Here are two frocks that have been
much liked The one worn by l.oulse
Myers- at the Cohan & Harris theatre
la entirely of lace, a hooped tunic
dropping tiny clusters of or:mge flow
ers over a lace petticoat and the lacy,'
short-sleeved bodice attached to the
I irt with solid belt of flowers. Then
there is finally a luce hat with Its
wired brim turned up flat In fiont
tod a single cluster of orange flowem
pinned to the point thus made.
The second frock, worn by Mabel
Scott in n Paramount picture. Is a
yellow organdie lavlshlly trimmed
v. Ith bands of filet lace Flowers,
(Trench roses, bunched In the skirt be
tween the panels and on the crushed
belt and also on the chic organdie hat,
ndd a last master touch.
ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS
OY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
HUB. BQ1 IKKI-Is COMPLAINT. I
After Tlngallng, tho fairy landlord,
had got his clothes let out (because
he was getting so fat) he 1' ft .Maple-'
Tiee Plata, taking Nancy and Nlck.(
the twins, along. He had collected
nil the rents there anyway and wont
was the use of him staying'-' Partic
ularly when there were more rents to
be collected In the Cand-of-Dear-Knows-Where'
" Let me see " tald he. running his
finger down his rent list to see who
hedn t paid "Why I declare if I
hudn't forgotten nil about Scramble
Suulrrel and his wife 1 rented them
the top story of Hickory-Tree Dwell
ings, one of the finest apartments the
Fnlry yucen owns. I mustn't forget to
collect from them."
So that's where they all marched
next, to Mr. Scramble Squirrel's, the
children's Green Shoes making it easy
for them to get up the tree.
The first thing they saw was Mrs.
Squirrel out on a shady branch doing
her winter sewing no. not her spring
ONE PIECE STUFF O K.
AT ASBURY PARK CEACH
ASBTRY PARK, N J. Anbury park
beaches are becoming popular
withstanding the complaints of the
modest, who hnve been shocked by the I
one-piece bathing suits worn by wo
men, the chief of police of Asbury
Park, who is young and married, fa
vors them.
"I'll tell vou how It is." he volun
teered. "In tho first place, discard,
disregard and can this stuff about the
one-piece bathing suit It Isn't.
"In a lot of places they have rules
sewing who WUXtfl many clothe!
when the hot summer Is coming ' She
was muklng red flannel undies fot
w in ter.
Mr, Tingnling tipped his Vmt most
ecntleui.-iiilv - "How do you do, Mrs
Squirrel!" he r. in. irked. "It's a lovel)
d v Lan't it. I don't blame jou for not
staying In the houso. Nothing like
fresh air. say I. Air, give me air
fresh air. and plenty of It Wonder
ful, beautiful air!"
Mrs. Squirrel drew down the corner.'
"How ln you do, Mil Squirrel.'" he remarked. "It's a lovely dny, Isn't It."
i of her mouth "Atr!:' she aald in dls
Kust. "Don' I any air to me. I'm sick
qi It. It's all right to Btay out In the
air when you don't have to but when
jou have to, It's different."
"Why? ' nski d .Nancy curiously, for
getting that It wasn't polite to break
into a conversation.
Because." Mrs Squirrel Informed
her, "I can t get into my house at all
any more My husband has eaten so
mucl) he takes up all the room, and 1
have to live outside."
I (Copyright. 1 f 2 0. N. E. A.)
that women can wear this, can't wear
that In the main, those rules are ar
bitrary. Now here we put H on the
basis of common sense.
"Now as for stockings, a woman
feels more comfortnble without them.
Therefore wo don't interfere. Where
it's a question of comfort and nc de
cency violated, the bather gets the
benefit of the doubt."
VSVJ
Light, striking the metal vMenlum,
starts a mild electrical current with
in It
Sister Mary's Kitchen
(C opyright. 1020. V 1. .i
I. one before the canning of fruits!
and Vegetables was discovered as a!
means of their preservation our great-'
grandmothers dried their surplus
'garden sauce" for w inter us. The
t nn dehydrated was not in common
1 use In those days, things were Just
j dried.
i Now we can buy not quite "67 var
ieties" of dehvdrated fruits and veget
ables, all neatly boxed. but many
kinds of these convenient foodstuffs
The soup vegetables appeal espe
cially to me. for they are so .t
usable. Many u bone- and tall of a
steak would he turned Into a clear
vegetable bouillon If one had the
vegetables on hand.
l'.hydrated loganberries are de
licious and arc usd Just as the fresh
berries.
The use of dried food always means
planning ahead for at least a day as
the dehydrated product must be re
h) drated.
M KM POK TOMORROW .
Breakfast lrled loganberries,
scrambled rggs with bacon, toa.il. cof
fee. j Iuncheon Left over soup, stuffed
tomato salad, hot rolls, tea.
Dinner Fried chicken. gravy,
mashed potatoes, new creamed onions,
beet salad, watermelon, coffee and
oatmeal macaroons.
MY W RJBCTPE&
The woman who live in the coun-
t LK WIGGHVY ND the robin.
Copyright, 1920, by McClure Newspa
per 8yndl ate
BY HOWARD It (iVRIS.
Uncc upon a time as t'nele Wlgglly
was hopping through the woods, look
ing for un adventure, he heard In the
lop of a tall troe a robin redbreaat
bird giving long, long sud calls.
"Ylppl-ylp! Yip' Yip' Ylpplty: Yip
yip!" cried the robin.
"Why, my dear friend, what Is tho
' matter '.'" asked the bunny rabbit.
' That Is not at all the happy, Joyful
chier-up song you nearly ulwuys sing
What Is the matter?"
l "A great deal Is the matter," an
swered Mr Hobln. "1 guess you'd yell
i ylpplty -ylp-ylp, too. If your wlfo had
pone away, leaving a nest full ot eggs
that needed hatching, und you dlnn't
know where to find her, like Bo
I'ecp's sheep."
is that what's the matter with
iyou?: asked Uncle Wlgglly.
"Yes," answered Mr. Kobln, "It is.
What would you do Is your wife hud
'gone away and you had a lot of eggs
latill to hutch and "
'l There is no use saying "if to any
thing of the kind." answered Lnclc
I Wlgglly. With a pinkie of his twlnk
I nose for a change. "In the first plate.
I house for me. And, In the second place,
'l have no eggs to hatch. The only
i time 1 bother with egga around Is
ISaster. When 1 color them for Summit-
and Susie Littletall."
j "You aro very lucky!" went on the
I robin Dear mo' What can havo be
i como of my wife. Mrs Robin?" ho
. I went on "The eggs need keeping
i warm, or the little birds will not cum.,
out of the shells. And 1 can t hatch
them all by myself, for I have to fly
r I away, now and then, to get some
thing to cat. My wife ought to be
here to do half the work."
"Where Is she?" asked Uncle Wlg-
! lly.
"That s what I don't know. ' enswer
i'ed the father robin. "Sh.j flew away.
When It was my turn to sit on the caps,
and she said sho was going to get
something to eat She may have gone
; shopping to the three und four cent
stoie. or something worse may have
happened."
what?' asked the bunny.
"She may have hurt her wing, und
nol be able to fly back to our nest,"
went on the robin. ''Or some boys
may have caught her Oh, dear! I
don't know what I urn going to do
1 am so hungry, and yet th eggs
need to be kept warm and "
"Say! Look hero!" suddenly said
Uncle Wlgglly with a laugh. "My fur
is nice and warm. It Is as warm as
your feathers. Now if I could hover
over your eggs while you go and get
something to eut. until your wife gets
back "
"The very thing!" Joyfully tried the
robin daddy "I never thought of that
But how can you get up In the tree to
lour nest?" he asked.
"Here is a w ild grape vine growing
up." aald Uncle Wlgglly. I can man
1 iil-i to ellmh that. 1 mess, anil then I
I will keep the eggs warm."
"You'll be careful not to break
I them, won't you, my kind friend'"
! asked Daddy Robin.
"Oh. of course'" answered the bun
Iny. "You forget that I am used to
'handling Easier eggs."
So while Mr. Itobln flew awaj to
get something to eut. I title Wlgglly
limbed up the grape vln- ladder and
nestled dow n with his wurm fur over
; th.; eggs in the nest His rheumatism
crutch was a little In the way, but he
I managed to hung that on a branch and
then he Just cuddled down, very softly,
as much of him us could get In the
nest and he went to sleep.
"Did my wife come back yet?" ask
ed Mr. Hobln aa he flew to the nest,
waking up tho bunny after a while.
I "No, I haven't seen anything of
hei ." answered Uncle Wlgglly, rub
I blr.g his eyes.
"Dear me! I wonder what can have
j happened ?" said the father robin. "I
don t see what I am to do." and,
perching himself In the top of a tall
J tree he sent forth his "ylpplty-ylp-yp
cry, loudlv and quickly, tailing for his
wife to come hack.
But Mrs. Robin did not return, and
I Uncle Wlgglly said.
"Never mind. I ll com every day
Jand keep the eggs warm, as your vvlfc
try and has chickens and fresh veg
etables tn abundance never realties
gar blessings. To her It la an ordeal
to have visitors from town for dln-
ner because ahe has nothing different'
to offer them But to the town vlsl-l
tors the fried chicken with milk
gravy la most alluring and very dlf-l
ferer.t from the broiled chicken of
fered at hotela and rond -houses
mm CHICKEN
One spring rooster
Two tablespoons butter
Two lablespona lard
Flour
SjiH and pepper
Sift the snlt and pepper with the
! flour. Roll the chicken, cut In pieces,
1 In the flour. Melt butter and lard In
frying pan and when very hot put In,
the chicken Brow-n quickly on both.
aides. Cover tightly. Set on the back I
of the stove to cook slowly for an
I hour.
M 1 UK. GRAVY.
Two tablespoons flour
Three cups milk
Snlt and pepper.
Brown the flour In the fat left In
the frying pan after the chicken Is
I cooked. If any bits of crust) flour
come off the chicken, leave them in
the pan. Add milk slowly, stirring
constantly. Season with salt und pep
I per and let boll while stirring two or
three minutes
The French have made eating a fine
are. But there are no quick-lunch
Counters In France
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
would have done, while you get some- j
thin to eat."
So the bunny did this, and he never
said a word to Nurse Jane all this
while about what he was doing He
wanted to surprise her. For over a
wtek I'ncle Wlgglly went every day
and helped the father robin keep the
gg? warm and then, one afternoon, all,
of a sudden, there tame a little peep-
Ing in the nest, something stirred un
dci Uncle Wlgglly s fur. and out came
the baby robins! Yes, really!
"Oh, you're not our mother." they
chirped when, a little later, their eyes
opened and they looked at the bunny
"No your mother Is lost, I guess,"
I sad I v said Daddy Kobln, who flow to
the nest Just then.
"No. she Isn't' Here I am." Joyfully
sang the mother robin I hurt my
p ing, and could not fly back until Just
now. and I have been worried very
I touch about my family. But I am so
I glad Uncle Wlgglly hatched out my lit-,
I tie birds!"
"So am I," laughed the bunny, as ho
climbed down out of tho nest. Ro ev
erything came out all right, and if the
hammer doesn't, pull all the teeth out
of the saw, so It can't chew some shav
ings off the lollypnp stick I'll tell vou
I next about Undo Wlgglly and the box.
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JUST FOLKS
i
i By Edgar A. Gaeat
THE FAILURE .
He was a failure. Let s study his case;
He entered, and then didn't finish the
race,
Somebody passed him that he couldn't
catch
And so, in despair, he dropped out of
the match
IQuit trying, and worried and heartsick
and sore.
He decided that no wouldn't run any
more.
He got a position, and made a mis
take As everyone living is certain to make
And BO they discharged him But right
there and then
He made up his mind he was doomed
among men;
He put on his hat and went out of
tho door.
Deciding that he wouldn't think any
more.
Ho was a failure. And yet he pos
ncssed
That self same equipment God gives to
th best:
'Twasn't lack of two legs and two arms
and ti bralu
I That made all his efforts seem useless
and vain
I Ho failed not because he was really
unfit.
I But because he was always so ready
to quit.
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GERMAN AUTO MAKERS
READY TO 'CLOSE SHOP"
BERLIN. The German Automobile
Manufacturers' nrsociatlon has deliv
ered an ultimatum to the government
land threatens to cease manufacturing
I automobiles. All German manufac
, tures are included, and this decision
would drive the Benz and Mercedes
from the market.
Not only ar no cars being pold, an
nounce the makers but the few orders
on hand are being cancelled by pur
chasers who Tear they cannot secure
the necessary government permission
I to drive their cars Gavernment reg
ulations strictly enforced permit prl
vate carp to be driven only for busl
j ness purposes uno then only w ith spe
cial licenses for gasoline and tires
High fines for driving without neces
sar licensee OX being seen with your
family In a car that was registered
for business haij ruined the automobile
industry, they say.
everytloWer I M
HAS A STORY
ALL ITS OWN
4- I
It KfllKLOR BUTTONS I
This Dower is a significant of what f
its name Indicates, celibacy.
It has never been decided why th I
name bachelor buttons was given to
this flower It ts, however, almost
aa well known under the name of
cornflower.
The ancients attribute wonderful I
hesllng properties to this flower. An I
e)c-wah wa prepared from Its leave j
which had extraordinary results.
11 I MAGIC POWER I
An oil tradition among country folk
myi that It cast a magical influence I
over the fortunes of I O vera. The flower
waa to be picked with the morning
dew still oti it If after carrying It f
for 24 hours In the pocket the color
w;va atlll freah and bright the wearer
would be successful In his wooing. It F
ts aald that the expression, "trus
blue." originated from this custom.
The cornflower wns also used as a I
love philter A modern superstition
Is that acquaintances mado among
cornflowers will prove very valuable. '
PiTH TKliLH OP ORIGIN I
A Oreek myth ten of Cyanus, who
Wai vi-r- devoted to Klom. the goddess I
of flowers. Of all her realm, he loved
tho cornflower beet when It was in
bloom, he would seldom leave the j
fields where It grew, and his garments
W( of the same huo as the blu j
flowers. ine morning he was found
dead In the Held, and ail around him
lay the flowers he had gathered. Flora
In her sorrow, transformed him Into 1
the flower he had loved so well.
There Is a tradition that Cyanus la if
the Lltti- Po r;lue of the old English
nursery rhyme.
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LITTLE BENNY'S
Note Book I
By LEE PAPE
Pop was writing a letter at mil
desk and 1 was setting there rite next ;
to him watching htm dli the pen in
ma's little Ink well, and pop .-.1. Well j
Benny, dldent you ever see cnybody J
rite a letter before.?
fee sir, Im Jest waiting to see If
you spill eny Ink, I sed, and pop sed.
Then yourc waiting In vane, my nerves
are as steddy as steel and I never spill
Ink.
And he Uepp on writing and I kepp
on watching, and after a wile pop
K d Conf owned It, dont hold your face
so close, do you wunt me to hit you
in the nose with my elbo wile Im
writing1 Go on away, Im not going
to spill eny Ink and wat are you wor
rying about, even If I do? I
I swapped l'uds ?:mklns 4 ploece
mans buttons for 2 bottlea of Ink I
eradlcator, ferst you put on some of !
the ferst bottle and then you put on
some of tho 2nd bottle and tho Ink
is dlpposed to dlsappcer, ony I havent
had a chance to try It yet, I sed.
And youre not going to, either, as
far us Im concerned, I never herd
sutch nonsents, sod pop. And he kepp
on writing and the next time ho I
dipped the pen In the Ink It hit tho
edge of the Ink well and made It wig- '
gle, and I aedi Herray, you prltty neer
did that time. pop. t
No wonder, with a goggling munky
almost In my lap. sed pop. Meenlng j
tne. and I sed, Wats the matter, pop,
is your hand getting norvlas?
No its not, and dldent I tell you not
to sit so close'' sed pop. And I moved
my chair back a little but not mutch,
and pop made the Ink well wiggle
agen. me saying. Wats you wunt to ;
bet ou wont, pop ?
I bet a good ltcklng, do you wunt
to bet sed pop. and I ged, No sir. Not I
being werth betting for, and pop sed,
Then get out of the room, get out of
my site, get out of tho house.
Wlch I did
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TODAY IN HISTORY I
SLIGHTLY JAZZED
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Two hundred and twenty years ago.
In the summer of 1 700, tho authorl- i
ties of New Hampshire, one of the
well-known United States, began to
enforce the first Sunday closing law
on record, the start of tho trend of
events that led to the Anti-Saloon Lt
league, prohibition and bootlegging.
The New Hampshire law said' "Inn-kei-p.-rs
permitting townspeople to re
main In their houses drinking on Sat
uiday night or Sunday morning aro
to b" fined five shillings, tho same
fine is to be paid by the drinkers."
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IT SELDOM HAPPENS
fBv International News Service)
BL-MHl RST; L. 1. A boy who be
lli ... In me cherry-tree legend as
well as anonymity is being sought as
police of Elrohurst, Mrs Mary Lunt, of
that place left her handbag In an ele
vated station. In the bag was money
mid Jewelry amounting to $i.2u0.
The lost property clerk returned the
bar to her remarking that It had been
turned in by .t small boy, who said it
i contained something valuable, but w ho
, i lined to leave his name. The con
sents of the handbag were Intact.
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