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li MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 192G. THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER 5 If,
M BEDTIME STORIES
EH BY HOWARD R. GARIS
JH (Copyright. 1920. by McClur N'ews-
Ljl piper Syndicate.)
I BY HOWARD R. GARIS.
I UNCLE WIOGILY AM) THE VTv
i Not tar from the hollow stump hun-
J galow, where t"ncle WlKfrlly Lonprear?
j lived with Nurse Jane Puny YVuzzy,
IKI some red ants had their home The
KjJ ant.t were tiny little creatures, not
BpM much larger than the head of a pin,
EgH but they were very lively and frisky,
RtvH crawling here and there and evcry-
HJBhSj where.
MSB T1..-.V did any harm, either
those red ants Except new .md then
H tfH they crawled In I'ncle tVlggily's bun-
WM al galow and took tiny- (Trains of sugar
WS to put in tholr turnip Coffee, or lOmi
JH thins llko that And neither Nune
1 yH Jane iur I'ncle Wigglly minded what
mM the ants took
3 L "Except I don t like them to crawl
Eft! over my pink, twinkling nose." said
iSat I'ncle Wigglly one day. when he and
RlE Nurse Jane had been talking about the
flH red creatures
"W hy not?" asked the muskrit lady.
E9 "Oh because they tickle ine so th-y
OH always make me laugh! " and Unrlo
w lfTKHy Klgjrled when he thought of
the ii.klinp leg! of the tiny red ants.
"What have you there'" asked N'urso
Jane as she saw I'ncle Wigglly with
something In his paws, hopping out
toward the ant's home In the said.
--., ")h. I Just have some carrot bread
crumbs th-it were left on the dinner
-, L v Labi i tho bunny gentleman
"I rr. going to feed them to the red ants.
To them a crumb of bread Is as blgl
, aa large loaf to ui '
fPiB "Dear me!" laughed Nurse Jane "It
fi ! srems to nie Wigglly, that you take 1
iflHI lot of trouble about just some little!
Hf red ants. They'll never put themselves
,Pal to any trouble on your account."
glB 'Vou never can tell." spoke fhe
jHJI bunny "and we do not need the bread .
R3C crumbs."
M-TL So he fed the- ants, and one of the,
Kl red Insects said.
3lr "Thank you very much, Uncle Wip-i
tM f pily. If ever we can do you a favor,
,? we win "
V "Don't let Nurse Jane hear you eay
f that." spoke tlir bunny "Shed onlyj
m laugn at me lor thinking i little red
? could do me a favor."
' " But you Just wall and see. children,
M wh.i t Is going tu h.i pi ,4 n
I A . The summer days went by and the
, I ants kept on la in QOt far from I'ncle
Wlgcllys bungalow Now and then the
f''lP'au rabbit gentleman would take them
wjB crumbs of bread anil cake and they
JjsH were very thankful
"But the ants have not done you a
favor yet," said Nurse Jane.
tfwm There is no hurry," xpoke I'ncle
Wigglly Besides. I don't feed them to
, j have them lo me a fiwor. I feed them
snE j because I like to "
afmm tiOM It happened, one day, that Un
ele Wigglly went to the store for Nurse
1 Jane to get some sugar with which the
8Jk muskrat lady bungalow keeper wanted
ZI to make a cake
"And I will not be home when you
come back from the store," siid Miss
Fussy Wuzsy as I'ncle Wlggily started
off "I'm going over to see Mrs Wibble-
' wobble, the duck lady, for the nfter
nooh, but I'll be home In time to get
i your supper
"Ob. all right. ' spoke the bunny, and
1 then he went to the store for the sugar.
While he was on his way back, and
almost at the bungalow, all of a sudden
out from behind a sassafras bush
Jumped the bad old Plpslsewah. grab
, blng the bunny gentleman
"Ah, ha! Now I have you! Now I II
get what I want!" snickered the bad
chop.
I " Is If sugar vou want?' asked Nucle
Wigglly. "If It Is. l..ke this whole bag
ful I can get more for Nurse Jane.
Tak the sugar and let me go. It Is
very sweet."
"It is not sweet rugar I want, hut
sweet souse from your ears!" cried tho
Plpleewah, OTn at king his lips Souse
r Nvaat and souse I will hae!"
Then he Just started to nibble some
I off I'ncle Wlgglly's left ear. the I'ip
: 4J when, all of a sudden, he began to1
laugh. '.
''What's the matter? asked the
bunny.
"Oh, something tickled me on my
left hlnl leg, " was the answer
The Pip gave himself a scratch, and
I then he once more started to nibble
souse when, all at once, he laughed
again
"Now What's the matter? ' asked tho
bunny.
Oh. something tickled me on mv
right front lg," was the answer. The
Pip Itched himself there and once
again he started to get the bunny's
souse when, all at a suddenness, the
bad chap laughed
'Ha' Un' Ho! Ho' He! He"
V hat's the matter now?' asked the
bunny
"Oh, I'm being tickled all over on
my four legs and my paws and my
nose and my horns and every place!
Oh I have to itch myself with all four
paws," cried the Pip, and to do this
he h nl to let go of Uncle Wigglly
"Now's your chance' Run'" cried
some, tiny voices, and there were about
fourt'-cn minion, seventeen hundred
and ninety. six tnous-ann eignt mineire'i
and forty-two red ants. "We'll tickle'
I the Pip and keep on tickling him, by
crawling on him. until you get away, ' J
said the head red ants, and they did. i
Thi'.v tickled the rip all over by craw
ling on him so the bunny easily got
j away and safely hack home with the,
Isugar.
I "Ha! You see the ants did me a fa-1
Ivor" after all," said Mr I.ongears. j
when N'urse J .ne heurd what had hap
I pened, anel then the muskrat lady her
self red the ants some sugar. She '
I always liked them after that. And. If
, the peach pudding doesn't fall down
cellar when It's trying to climb out of
the Ice box to piny t-ig with the. cocoa
nut cooklo. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wigglly and the pie.
1 ADVENTURES OF TEE TWINS
M BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I
1 MR. FROG COMES BACK,
t. nfl Nancy and Nlrk sat Quietly while
m Mr. Tingallng, the falryman landlord,
'" i ed around Philip Prog's house, as
Era it Said, for repairs, but really hunting
' 1 ;e-r Phil himself. He'd a ptetty good
yW Idea that Philip's vacation hadn't tak-
K? en him either so far as Atlantic City
jWc or Niagara Falls, or even so far asj
Hippie creek.
Anel he wasn't far wrong, for down'
'tj under the mud Philip was waiting pa-1
- Vp he popped as quick as a wink.
f.ently for the "Ker-chunk" (three
times) that was to be his wife s signal
that the falryman had gone
Tingallng looked first In the clip
board, examining It carefully "Emp
ty!' he exclaimed coming out quite
M crestfallen.
HB "What's that?" asked Mrs. Frog
y suppicloualy.
' I mean it's aJl right. ' explained
Tingallng "Bocks all In fine shape,
hooks and knobs, too' Now for the
jB chimney!"
And he poked up as far is he could
ti'aoh with a cat-tail which grew In
Mrs. Frog's gnrden "Erupt v, too!"
he declared in dismay
Why of course'" answered Mrs
Frog lndignantlv "Why shouldn't it
be ?"
' Now for the' pantry," said Tinga
llng quietly, pretending not to hear
'I'll have to see If the sugar barrel
anel flour bin are In gooel repa'r." And
h- poked Into each one of them de
termined to find Mrs Frogs missing
husband.
But for all Tingallng was so smart,
Mr. Frog would have fooled him com-;
P'.etely, had it not been for an acci
dent The falryman tripped and upset the,
pe-pper And Mrs Frog had to sneeze, j
"Korchoo. kerchoo, kerchoo!" she
went loudly, and it sounded exactly
like three "Ker-chunks" under the
rr.uel where Phil was
Up he popped quick as a wink, ami
'hen he saw vhat had happened it,
was too late to go back.
"My." he said, trying to hide his
chagrin. "I see I've Ju6t returned In
time Here's mi rent, Mr. Tingallng "
And he meekly handed It oyer.
I Sister Mary's Kitchen
J (Copyright, 1920, N E A )
If one doc3 much deep fat frying ft
is advisable to keep a email pall of
fi . ,, b:,nd In the Kitchen near the stove
Kyriflf There is danger oi the- fat being
HpijW o erheated. When cold or a bit damp
articles of food are dropped Into It,
overheated fat wll bubble and may go
over the kettle
H Many fires hae been started and
housekeepers badly burned by Just this
t sort of thing.
Sand Is a sure and Quick extin
guisher. Nothing else will smother
the flames and smothering Is the only
means of putting out a fire of burning
H grease.
MEN!' FOR TOMORROW.
Breakfast Melons, cookod cereal
with top milk, toast, coffee.
1 Luncheon Corn, mock oysters, slic
ed tomatoes; huckleberry pie, tea.
Dinner Lamb chops, baked pota
! toes, string beans creamed, endive sal
ad with bacon dressing, sliced
peaches, Spanish bun, coffee.
MY OWN RJICIPESS.
fA If string beans arc of th strlng-
M loss variety, and very tender, they are
I i most delectable If a rich cream Bauco
' poured over them. Tho beans
f 1 uhould be cooked In as Utile water as
possible until perfectly tender, tlraln
H id and reheated In the sauce
CORN MOCK OYSTERS
C ears sweet corn,
ftas"" eggf.
Tkf M; up milk
j r 1 teaspoon salt,
jfij' 4 teaspoon pepper
Rolled cracker crumbs.
II Orate corn. Beat eggs with milk.
Add corn. Add salt and pepper and
II .
m
F
enough cracker crumbs to make stiff
enough to drop from a spoon Fry
In hot lard
SPANISH BUN.
1 cup brown sugar.
hi cup butter.
'? cup milk.
j HUNTING THE 'LOST CHORD' I
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CHICAGO. In this picture tho kiddies of the Children's Quintet are hunting the "Lost Chord" to
the delight of hundreds of tots at the weekly matinee of the Children's Civie theater at the Chicago mu
nicipal pier. But this quintet of kiddies can really sing as well at; be funny. Left to rght Jean Storek
fish, (Catherine Adams, Thelmas Shaonak, Lisa Storckfish and Virginia Keller They form one of the
most popular features of the matinee.
DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE
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It 19 a tragedy to miss your calling I
It means going through life dragging j
a ball and chain There Is no bigger j
question that comes our way than that j
which has to do with selecting the j
business In which we are to spend a
life-time
To make a mistake means failure
and worse. It means prison. It means
Irksome conflncnu-nt instead of con
genial occupation.
I had stepped Into a cobbler's shop
for a trifling purchase. A man was
working at a machine for halfsollngl
shoes. He attracted my attention.
"Do you like your work?" I asked j
"I hate It," he cald with a tone that
was lemded with disgust "Suppose you
could do th- thing you lovo best what
would it be?" Instantly his face was.
transfigured "Music'" he said "Mu
sic' I worship It'"
Poor fellow: With the soul of a
musician, he was wearing out life men-i
ding shoes. Me probably would not i
have distinguished himself as a IQUSl-l
clan. He was stamped for mediocrity. I
7 '
Rippling'
Rhymes
By WALT MASON
Z 3
l lll H VI 1 1 1 N BF.U'H
I view the heaving ocean, that sighs
of sailors' graves, anel have no foolish I
notion of splashing In its waves. For!
men In bathing garme-nts. when they j
are old or fat, are silly looking ar-
mints, there is no doubt of that The
human form's a winner when It Is
neatly drest. when all around one's
dinner there is an ample vest, when
ants have tailored cre-ises. and coats
are trim and net, men loom up to the-irj
nieces as something eute and sweet. I
tut man s no more a dandy, when from I
his garments free, on scrawny legs
and bandy, he limps to the sea I see !
fine men and Stately go by my punk
abode and 1 admire them greatly, and'
frame them in an ode Their linen's
nicely laundered, their duds inspire
the muse, and money they have squan-l
dered for shining of their shoes. I say. i
Their sons and daughters must view
such dads with pride." and then Into1
the waters, I see the fine men slide. I
They splash among the billows with
Idiotic glee, and look Uko cheap gorll-l
lows escapeil from some musee I
watch fat men, denuded, go frisking
to the sea. and my old tub, secluded.
Is good enough for me.
oo I
or ten aerage farmhouses In the
United States, according to govern
ment figures, eight have no bath
rooms.
" I
lVfe cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder.
14 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves)
and nutmeg.
2 eggs (save white of one for
frosting)
FROSTING
1 cup granulateil sugar.
3 tablespoons water.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
White 1 c-gg.
Cream butter and sugar. Add one I
Whole egg and tho yolk of one egg!
well beaten. Mix and sift dry lngre-1
ellents Add alternately with milk. I
I Bake In one sheet Cook sugar and!
'water til) a soft ball Is formed In cobl
water. Pour slowly on the white of,
one ppc beat I'll till stiff and dry j
Spread over cake
It's a notable fact that the Prodigal 1
Son didn't come home till he got hun-'
cry. 1
But life Is not a chase after fame. He
would at least have been able to spend
his life doing th- thing he loved.
Life Is too short to do anything else
One should think of something be
sides wages in deciding his calling
Big wages can be no compensation for
stifling the best that is in you. Tho
world Is full of people who have mis
sed their calling.
Ordinarily the thins: one loves to do
Is the thing he is likely to do best.
Nature does not He. An appetite that
has not yet been perverted is a good
guide Of course one cannot always
Control circumstances, but usually it
Is not circumstances, but the lure of
quick success, that bribes us to play
false to the best.
One has sold his birthright for a
mess of pottage who sacrifices self
expression for a living. One must live,
but existence Is not living
Give tho music a chance. Anything
Is drudgery that you hate but drud
gery becomes dllne when one loves
his work.
JUST FOLKS
By Edcsr A. GMt
Till: ROAD TO LAUGHTER.
This Is the road to laughter
Hands clan from the grime of
shame.
No sin that may follow after,
No smudge on an honored name.
Kindness and open denllng.
And though you may weep awhile,
Iti days when the laughter's peallnn
You shall be free to mile.
This is the road to gladness
Courage in time of test.
Faith in the hours of sadnes.
Believing that all Is best,
With never a wrong behind ou
And none who may doubt jour
worth.
When the glorious Joys shall find you
Vou may give up yourself to mirth.
For laughter and Joy arc treasures
Whlejh those who are false must lose.
Shame offers men tawdry pleasures
But better the hurts which bruise,
And better the failures burning
Which pass In a little while
If down where the road is turning
They leave us the right to smile.
Por this is the road to laughter
Honor and truth, my boy,
Por never, if shame comes after,
Can man know an hour of Joy,
Sorrow shall st ycu weeping.
And burdens shall fret awhile,
But In the name you're keeping
Lies ever your right to smile
oo
j JUST JOKING
I . . i
HADN'T TRIED THAT
Father That young roller comes
here too often. I want It stopepd
Daughter I'm sure, father. I do all
I can tu discouiage his visits.
Fa the r Nonsense' I haven't heard
you sing for him once. Boston Tran
script.
HO, HUM'
First Liar "Pretty warm today."
Second Liar "Warm? Say, boy. It
was warm ih.a awlnl. I av. a
dog charing a cat and they were both
walking."
Fir3t Liar ' That's funn, I saw the
same dog and cat awhile later, only
thoy both had sat down awhile to
rest." American Legiun Weekly.
WASHINGTON Mr Harding has
I announced that in case of. his election
he will invite the vice president into
I his cabinet and take counsel with him
i on all public questions.
That reminds us that President Wll-
son made exactly the same promise
I when he was running for president
the first time It also reminds us that
one of the first speeches made b tne
vice president after President Wilson
' was Inaugurated a speech turned
loose in Si-attle got a sharp rap on
the knuckles,
Vic- President Marshall was dlecus
! sing possible ways for curbing great
fortunes and mentioned the fact that
I It was always possible for congress to
pass a law restricting th amount of
I prope-m which might be left by will
'or inherited under a statute. He re
ceded public reproof from the White
House and neer since ha sniel any
thing that a tame cat could not purr
over.
One is also reminded that Presi
dent Wilson once upon a time invent
ed the terms "pitiless publicity" and
"open diplomacy." Just now it takes
a mattock to pry loose any ordinary
news story and nothing short of ,T. N.
T. will Jar a trifling fact of a diplo
matic nature out of the State Depart
ment. The Bureau of Printing and En
gralng Is now turning out money
and iredlts at the rate of 20 million
ilol'ars a day. This Includes Liberty
Loan iertif lcates which will replace
tho?4 whose coupons have been used
up The bureau destroys worn-out and
soiled paper money at the rate of 4
million dollars a day
Mr Harding announces his intention
to strengthen the office of presidency,
when elected, by surrounding the of
fice with Mrong. abl advisors. A criti
cal person sends us a suggestion for
a Harding emblem, namely, a dough
nut. He explains the hole will stand
for Harding and the dough around It
Is the rest.
FISHING BY WIUKLKSS.
BOSTON Local fi9hing firms look
for a big crop of mackerel prices
coincident with the activities of the
: United States Fisheries steamer Halc
, yon. which has been assigned to the
prospective mackerel grounds off this
coast. Equipped with wireless, the
Halcyon goer, on patrol duty. When a
j school is sighted word Is flashed to
: the fisheries and the'y start out of
Gloucester at full speed.
More mackerel vessels arc equipped
with motor power this year than ever
before, according to figures obtained
at Gloucester, the city made world
famous by Kipling s "Captains Coura
geous." "Wind and tide wait for no man," runs
the old saying, but the Up-to-date
Gloucester fishermen of 1920 waits for
neth r wind nor tide he waits only
for gasoline
I oo
WALKS IN SLEEP, FALLS
FBOM MILL TO DEATH
BURLINGTON la. R. A. Graves,
sixty, wealthy Henry county farmer,
has walked the last time In his sleep.
He received fatal Injuries when he fell
from the top of a windmill, to whloh
he climbed In the middle of the night.
LOVE and MARRIED LIFEI I
kj, the noted author I
i Idah HGlone Gibson
KARL'S LETTER.
Helen s glance was franklly curious)
as I held the letter In my hand, but:
I could not read the letter while she;
was there and so -we talked in a de-;
sultor way, as women do who have
something of more importance on
their minds.
Just then Alice entered and Helen
explained my prophecy of a letter1
from Karl Shi p.i rrl Alice was quite
as surprised an Helen, but no more so
than I myself, at mj Involuntary fore
cast. At last Alice asked. "Is that letter'
really from Karl Shepard'' And
haven't you heard from him in
months, Kotherlnc"' It Is such a
Weird thing that, you should be so sure
that you would get a letter from hlrh
today, if you were not In a habit of
getting one on this day of the week
or month "
"It Is very truo. Alice," I said, " that
I haven't received a letter from Karl
In months. And it is also true and
r,uite as surprising to me as to you to
realise that what I said to you lnvol-l
untaiilly about knowing that I should
receive a letter from htm soon ha?
been confirmed by this, 1 and I held
up the envelope that had been given to j
tpe h Miss Parker.
A.rr- vou sure it Is from him?"
Yes.' I answered. ' It Is addressed
In Karl s handwriting and has com to
mo from Cairo, Egypt. Til read It to!
you. If you wish," I said, tearing the
envelope open.
"'Are ou sure vou want to?" asked
I Alice.
I knew that she was very anxioas
to know what Was In the letter and
I also knew that, knowing this much,
tmii nnuin na e i,ic enei oi tne oiory
as f :r as I could glvo It to her Be
sides, I had in my soul a feeling that
there was something in that letter that
Alice should know. Something that
would, perhaps at some future time,
Iput my case in the right Tay befon
her Again, I remembered, with a
little shudder, my exclamation in re
gard to John. I told myself that It
must have been another woman speak
ing, for certainly I did not Wish that
John was dead. I could not be so
brutal as all that Howeve- I slowb
unfolded the letter and read
"I am sitting here, my dear Kath
erine, moved much against ttv- will to
write to you- I had determined never
to write you again, and I think I men
tioned this In my last letter. But
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LITTLE BENNY'S
Note Book
y LEE PAPE
m '4
Puds. Slmklns and Leroy Shoostcr
i pritty neer had a fist file this aftlr
noon, l'uds saying. Walt till I sec Le
mv Shoostcr. Im going to nock his
block off, Jest wait till I see him, thata
all
Wy, Tuds? Wat did he do, wats the
matter .' us follows sed, and 1'udu Sim
kins eed, I herd he made a insulting
remark about me and Im going to
make him prove it. Jest wait till I see
him thata all, I herd he sed I was a
Sawed off peece of cheose and Im
going to make him prove It. I dont
take insulting remarks off of enybody,
I dont.
I wouldent either, neither would I.
us fellows eed.
Wich pritty soon who came up but
Leroy Shoostcr looking innocent, and
us fellows sed, Hello Leroy, and we all
got In a ring erround him and Puds
I and Puds sed. Hay ou, wats you meen
by making a insulting remark about
me
About who' Wat insulting rv Tiark"
You dont know wat your t.wklng
i about, sed Leroy Shooster.
0 I dont, dont I, well I herd you
I sed I was a sawed off peece of cheese
J and you got to prove It, sed Puds.
1 dldnt say cnythlng of tho kind,
i sod Leroy Shooster. if you wunt to
know wat I sed, I sed you was a ham
; mered down hunk of mush, thats all I
sed, wats you going to do about It?
I accept your ipolog, sed Puds.
Aw heck, sed all us fellows. And we
got up a game of prlzners base.
RUMANIA PUTS EMBARGO
ON WOOL; STRIKES AT
PROFITEERS
(By International News Service)
BUCHAREST, Aug It is learn
ed hero that the Rumanian govern
ment has placed an airtight embargo
un all wool exports The restriction
lis aimed at cloth and clothing prof
iteers who have taken advantage of the
i r. Ity of w ool In tho country to
boost prices far beyond a reasonable
1 cl It Is the Intention of the gov
'oriimont to control tho entire wool
Industry; fixing tho price of raw ma
terials, standardizing the grades of
cloth, and setting rock bottom prices
,on all men's and women's clothing
Merchants and tailors selling woolen
oommodltiea above the government
fixed iate w-111 bo liable to orosecutlon
The scarcity of wool In llumanla,
'which is responsible for the govern
ment's drastic action, Is the result of
war conditions During the enemy
occupation of the country the lndus
trj was crippled by tho requisition of
nearly all tho sheep In Rumania
Moreover. the Industry was never
large The poorer classes In Rumania
wear, as a rule, little or no woven
iwool clothing, preferring. In the coun
try districts, to dress in cured sheep
skins prepared at home
The mobilization of the army cro
jatod a huge demand for woolen uni
forms, which took up all the available
raw wool on hnnd With the dlsap
I Pearance of sheep from the Rumanian
something is saying oor and over
again to me "You must go home, f
Catherine needs sou.' it is probable f
when i read this, you will laugh be- I 6"
cause my sane common sense tells :fT
me that you will be very apt to be ,
sitting in your new home, perhaps
with that blessed baby In your arms, X
perfectly content, if not wonderfully f
happy. k
"However this may be, I am com- f
ing home, for someway you seem call- p
lug, calling, calling to me, or rather k
something seems to be calling to me,
or I would not presume to even dream c
that you would ask me to help you P
In any circumstances or your life My I
only Joy la that I know you realize j
that I would le ready to give you this I
help even if '.on do not ask It. and IH
because of this I am coming ho. ic I
shall gall for England as soori as pos- ' r
stble and, notwithstanding treat same KH
common sense of which I have told C
you. 1 know that I ehall be with you
when you need me and I know you t
are going to need me more than you f-
have ever needed anvone in our life. H
KARL."
"What do you suppose the letter I 1
means'" said Alice In a mystified f
T haven't the slightest Idea," I ans-
wei d But a little lnvoluntarv shud- t
der shook me from head to foot as F
l tried to picture what my gr t need
might be.
' How wo will laugh st him when he
comes." said Alice. And then she f
stopped for a moment and then went l
on musing. T never dreamed that v
Karl Shepard was such a tempera-
mental sort of a man. It's strange. t
Isn t it. that you can think you know
la person perfectly and then something jtM
nappens, which makes you understand I H
I that as far as his real character Is
concerned, you have not known him at 1
"Yes, Alice, I think we are all more H
or less hvpocrltes. even to ourselves.
jlj Is very probable that Karl Shepard H
: has never shown this side of his na- !
;turo to anyone but mo. I have fell I
that I was a kind of a safety valve
through which he had allowed him If
self to give out his Innermost feel
inc-- "
"Where are the other letters?'1 !
asked Alice, "I should love to read
them."
"J gave them to John " j
"What! w 111 wonders never cease ,'1
TOMORROW "SUall I Surrender I
to Elizabeth?"
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HEALTH ' I
BY UNCLE SAM, M. D.
Health Questions Will Be An-
werod If Sent to Information i !
Bureau, U. 8. Publio Heaith 6erv-
Ice, Washington, O. C
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The high cost of board and lodging
for Mr Rat is one of tho big problems I
in economics for the United States to- jf
da I
Yi ars ago. when even a rat could get IH
j his rations and a place to sleep at a f
nominal sum, a careful survey was
made of the situation. It developed 1
that the rat population kept pace with j
the human population. There was a j
I rat for every person in the United II
! States Investigations In feed store?. 'l
poultry stores, the farm, etc. estab
lished the further fact that each ra'. IH
cost each person in the United States I
one-half of one cent each day
Estimates today by experts of the ,
United States public health service ij
place the daily cost of the rat at one !;
cent for each person In the United I
States, or f 3.65 a year, just double the I
pre-war cost, a conservative figure if
the increased value of food stuffs since j
1910 are taken Into consideration. I
A produce dealer stored 100 dozen
eggs' In his warehouse for two eekd. I
On opening the tub In which they had H
been placed he found rats had gnawed j!
a hole through the bottom and re- j'
moved 71 V2 dozen eggs. Similar dep j
redatlons happen throughout the Unit
ed States, to growing crops of grain. II
the stored grain, fruit, vegetables, i
young poultry, pigeons and merchan I
dise in general, which It destroys
Then to add insult to Injury' the rata
now and then transmit to man through
their fleas the dread bubonic plague.
This disease has made its appearance , fl
In a number of gulf ports this sum
mer While the public health service
feels that its experts have been able j
to control the plague and prevent Its
spreading, state and city boards of
health throughout the United States
have been asked to begin an active
war against the rat, not only as a
health precaution but as an Important
economic measure. Already a number
of seaport cities and even communi
ties widely removed from plague ports,
have determined to get rid of the rat. I
Of all measures tho most effective, H
according to the United States pub
lic health service, is starvation This
'As accomplished principally by con jl
Istructing buildings so that rata cannot I
i get to tlie food in them.
pasture lands the peasants have been mH
deprived of the source of their primi-
tiVi sheepskin garments and a demand
I has grown up for woven, wool clothes. j
oo
The only unprcventablo source of I
forest fires, lightning, caused 2437
such fires in tho United States in 1918. j
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