Wm I Her Daughter and His Son
A Great Married Life Story by
IDAH McGLONE GIBSON
KENNETH IS ILL
I I could hardly resist an exclamation
I when I entered the living room and s;i w
I Kenneth's father.
I His fare wa? allien, lie seemed to have
I grown went years older since i had
I seen him last and Instead of his usual
I paternal air his whole attitude was one
of mufe appeal.
I "Ann." he said. "I am BO clad tO see
I 3ov Of ell the people on earth you are
I the one I would like most to have near
! me today."
I felt his hands tremble as they clasped
mine and for a moment I looked at him
In consternation
"Won't you sit down, Mr. Ha 1st)'?"
"We haven't time.' he said.
"Haven t lime? What do you mean '
"I have promised to pet hark to Ken
li inu then 1 felt my knees grow weag
and 1 reached out and put my hand
on the table to support myself.
"What Is the matter with Ken''' I
asked. "I saw him late last night and
he deemed to he having the time of hr
life "
"That's just the trouble." and then lie
S hesitated so Ions I thought It Impossible
- for him to speak more. Inexperienced
and not knowing how to meet the sltua- j
tion. I prompted him:
'I rannot help you antes jrpu tell me"
"My dear. I am afraid that Ken la
dying:"."
I sank down unon a nearhy divan
"Why, why . was It an a U temp i
accident'' V. .k anuini' else hurt ."
"It was not an automobile aocldt tii and
I am not sure that anyone else was hurt.
although ' could not ItaVl grieved greatl-
had something happened t. one of the
party."
' whj what do you niean Mr. Halsej T
"Weill vnu see. my dear. Kenneth iha
been drinking ii gr.i-. deal Intel) i have
upbraid. -d nr self a hundred times f.r(
putting liquor In my cellar. I thought at
first that Kenneth'! drinking was just .i
little spurt of human nature and that In
would get over it very soon But he had
so manv hilarious parties at the house
that I fmallv r mnnsi ra ted with him. He
did no' 'nl.e it In c"v' ran. e-.pc Iall
.is I made the mistake of fludlng fault
with Urace Cameron, who seemed to en
courage Mm in his tlrmking proclivities 1
Wc had a quarrel and i forbade him to
invite an Of the OllqUC that he had
g.iihend around him to the house anj
more." i
But I said. "I don't understand yei
What has happenrd to Ken I saw him
last night. - I repented, "and he toll me
both YOU and he would he here this after
noon I hurried heme from another en
g.irement to meet you.
Yes. that what Jimmy Callahan told
' me this morning "
"Didn't Ken tell you himself?'
M dear, he couldn't."
"What Is the matter - Tell me. tell me
quickly. I oan! Mand any thing Where
Is Ken. yon haven't even told me thut?"
lie's In St. .lames hospital "
"Let's go to him at once
"No. my dear, he wouldn't know you
if you did.
It aim dv seemed to me that I should j
scream if Mr Halsey kept me waiting ,
longer, and I walked oer to him qulchly.
Why do you keep It front me?' I
asked.
Mr Malsev looked al me in utter sur
prise "I am not keeping It from you
mv child. I have already told you thai
Ken Is In the hospital unCOnSClQUS, while I
the I. est dor-tors In the . it are working .
over him So far they have given me
HO hope."
"But you haven't vet told me what
made him unconscious '
"No one seems to know as yet He
Is suffering from some kind of poison- ;
ing. "
Tomorrow Mr Halsey Taixs
! BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
I UNCLE WIGCILY AND THE WOOD
RAT
Copyright. 1920. by McClurC Newspaper
Syndicate.
Once upon a time, as I 'm le Wlgglly
was hopping through the woods on his
Wy home to his hollow stump bunga
low, he chanced to pass a large heap
of sticks of wood, all piled up together.
"Well. I never noticed this before." said
the hunnv gentleman to himself as he
looked through his classes at the heap of
sticks "Perhaps mv friend. Chltter,
chatter, the woodchuck gentleman, has
been chucking w ivl around hen ' mi.
Wlggllv said, out loud. 1
But. as he thus spoke, he heard a
sort of sad lit t lr voice s.-lng
"Oh. how hungry 1 am"
. "Dear me" ' thought the bunny gentle- j
man Pome one Is always hungry in
the wood? I hope this Isn't the FUSS)
Vox or the Woosle Wolf hungry aft r
"'But. as he was about to hop awes
Uncle Wlggllv saw some little rt Chil
dren playing around the hot t cm of the
pile of wood. The) were nol like regular
rats, or mice clilldren. but very pretty to
look at. . Ui.
"I am eorry. children. anl an ol.br
and motherly sort of voice " B Ut I JM
nol Klve you anything to ea until yom
father comes home. Ho has. gone out lo
hunt food. ' . .
-Oh. hut we are Ro hungrt rledj he
little rat children, and then I ncle Wigeib
put his paw In Ms OOCke and he found ,
iome peanuts he had bought to take home
".SX Mrs I .ad- r..-.
Incle Wlggllv with a ' nd I'O "le bow
of his tall silk hat "But will your rat
Children cat peanut-" if '
"Oh Just give us the i hance and see It
wc won t:" cried the rat boys and girts,
so rjncle w Igd J - 1 tl,,m : 1 lho ' 0 i
- i.uts he had knowing he could get more)
f-T""r'nrr kind ' said the Uht rW j
as she. too. nibbled a nut May I not
offer vou a sthk of wood?" beMked.
"Well vou seem to have plen'y of It.
hut 1 have. also. In my hollow stump
buiurntow." Uncle Wlgnll) said
-Yes wc have plenty of wood, because
v.e are Wool lints suoke the mother of
the little animals who were eating pea
nut,. -We are called Wood Rats be, a is
we gather sllek- .f wood foi our ne.M
We nlso gather other things that I it-pos-
you would call f ash but it la all
rood 'to us Sometimes we are called
TWhyla,thatr' Baked the bunnj gen
Wall. we often g In empty boiisi .
or cabins or camps, and carry off thing? 1
we want for our nests " was the nnawar.
"And w lenve sticks of woo,! In trade
-Oh 1 see' ' laughed 1 ncle W Iggll)
"Well" vou don't need to trade me anv
pieces of wood for these peanuts. 1 am
glad I happened to have them f. r your ,
hungry children." ,,,
"We ate glad. in., squaked the little
Trade Bats. The) hod fluffy tails, almost
as large as those of Johnnie and untie
Bushvtail th- squirrels, and the HIT Of. .
these Trade FUif" was niu h softer. liner
and more prettilv colored than the fni
of the rats thai nibble the crackers In
your house. ,
"Well I must be hopping on, said
I ncle Wiggll) . , , . .
"Thank vou for being s 1 1 I Inil to m) ,
little ones." soke the mother Trade Rat.
a'-, as she waved her Daw ai the hunny gen-
tleman. who tipped his tail silk hat most
politely. . , . , , i
Then Uncle Wlgglly hopped to his hol-
sWTl low stump bungalow stopnlng on the wy ,
Ji-, to gel more peanuts for Murse Jane Hi
HB told her about the Wood Rats. i
ttH serv funnv habit they have Of
bringing In all the wood they sec." said
j tPe bunnv. as he sat down to bis lupper
of fricasseed carrots with turnlo gravv.
3IH The next niorning I 'm b- Wiggllv heard j
StM Nurse Jane 4-alllng to him very early In ;
iflB the hollow stumn bungalow. i
' "Oh. Uncle Wlgglly! Can "i up -
f M and make the breakfast?4 asked Miss - ,
1 Pussy Wussy 'i have such a dreadful..
I I headache thai i can hardl: tlr v cup
. J of corn coffee will mak better
TrftM "Til get right up." said the hunny. Rut
cjjl when he sat up in bed his rheumatism
afnl hurt pirn o that he could hardly stir
JvjH "However I mvtst not lei Nurse lane i
DjH know this " said I'm le Wlgcily to Mm-
cBB self, holding hi raw over his pink nof '
B so he wouldn't grunt with pain "I ;
must do the best I can." I
So. b) moving slowly and by leaning
on ins red. white nd blue striped rheu- i
fToM matlsm crutch, the hunny gentleman '
l;8M managed to grt oi ; In the kitchen. ,
"H Rut this room, to hLs surprise, was i
'-old and bleak, and not warm as It us- I
PfH ually was q
UW "Oh. dear me' The fire Is out'" said
Uncle Wlgglly i must build a fresh
DANDERINE
1 iSaJpE'
Stops Hair Coming Out;
a few cenua buys ' Danderine." After
i Tew applications you cannot find a
jL"- 'alien hair or any dandrutf, bepidog
n ery hair shows new life, vigor, bright
i ii, morf color anil abundance - Ad-re-rt
liement
I
Hsst'
. one to heat the corn coffee for Nurse
Jane."
But when the hunny looked In the
wood box It was empty: He had for
gotten to bring in anv wood the night
befon and now he inurt go out in the
cold, to the woodshed, and carry In a
1 awful of sticks.
Uncle Wlgglly looked from the window.
It was snowing, and cold and bleak out
side , "Mi rheumatism will hurt dreadfull)
If I go out." thought the bunny, with a
'shiver. "Rut still It must he done!"
He was about to go out when he saw.
l-,-mlng up to the back h r. a whole pro
cession of rals. hlg ones and little ones.
And each rat carried a .-mall stick of
Wood lii Its paws l'n le Wlgglly could
hardly I ell-vc his e e.
Then i-ume a knock on the door, and
when the bunny opened ll Lhore stood
the mother of the rat children whom
he had given peanuts the day iwore.
Vou said y ou did nni need wood veater
day " said the Rat Lady "but as It is
snowing you may need some now.
"Indeed 1 do; ' ciicd I'm le Wigglly,
"The fire is out. Nurse Jane has a head
a he, I have the rheumatism anl I didn't
knr.w what I was going to do. Vou came
just in lime!"
"I m g.'ad e were able to pay back
your kindness, said the Wood Bal lady .
So she brought In her stick, and all her
rat children, her husband ami their
frieriiis brought in sticks until their were
enough f. r half a dozen fires. Then Mr
lngears started n warm blaze, gave the
Wood bats something to eat. took Nurse
.Irtne up her coffee land everybody was
happy.
so. if the gold fish doesn't try to jump
through the key ring und spill the beans
In the molasses jug. I II tell vou next
about I 'ncle Wiggll) and the pins
sr i.
Sister Mary
4
(Cooyrioht. 192?. N E. A i
It Is well to remember certain meats
ami vegetables are always subjected if.
n particular treatment before the final
preparation for serving.
Sweetbreads' for Instam.e are always
tak. n care of In the follow ing manner on
their Immediate arrival from the market,
l-ef sweethresMn stand an hour in cold
mfer. Drain. Pul Into lolling wafer
which has been salted and acidulated
Lei COOk slowly, minutes for calves
breads and abottl 10 minutes for beef
bread Drain again and plunge Into
told eatei to blanch and keep firm The
Hweetbreflds can now he kept on Ice till
ready to use
MENU FOR TOMORROW
BRUAKFAfjT Raked apple, cooked
cereal with top milk toast, orange mar
malade, toffee.
LUNCHEON Cream titled beef.
baked pot a: mixed pl kles. ginger
cookle tea
D1VNKR Fried rabbit, sweet potato
rie currant jelly. app1 -now. cup cakes,
coffee
MY OWN RECIPES '
With till game season open, one finds
dink and lahtlt in the market. The poor!
little bunnies afford a delicious meal, and
sin. . they've lost their live. It's up to
the cook lo make the most of their sacrl
PICS Before cooking rat hit see that the
little kernels jusi I ack of the thigh are1
removed These gDe the rather strong
taste disliked by mnnv People
FRIED RABBIT
Soak rabbit In salt water over night. I
When ready to cook cul In pieces for'
serving. Parboil In lolling water to rover
with n medium-sized onion. Drain. Roll
In flour .sifted with salt and pepper 1
Brown quickly In hot lard and butter 1
mixed. Half cover with boiling water I
nd cook slowly for an hour. Remore
from gravy and brown In hot open .Make
?;ra y of hrntTi remaining In frving pan.!
SWEKT POTATO Pit;
medium sized sweet potatoes
Z tabletipoons butter
'z cup sugar
Yt te.tspoon salt
Pare potatoes and cut In slices ahouU
'i Inch thick. Boll 15 minutes. Drain
PUl a layer of potatoes In the hottom of I
buttered baking dish. Dot with hut-!
Lcr and sprinkle with sugar ami salt
dl tWO more layers of potatoes each!
ayer buttered and sugared Cook In hot
nd cook slowly for an hour Remove '
over and brOwn
Salads are said to contain beauty-olv.
no properties. Of course they are be
oved of women
127 VIOLATIONS IN N J.
I JERSEY CITY, N. J Warrants!
for the arrest of 172 persons charged
with violaiiortK of the Volstead act
in Newark and othei sections' of Es
sex Cgunty have been isstied
. ' : l
Try This Really New Idea in Making Christmas Gifts
Embroider Glossy Black Oilcloth With Bright Yarn
i . 1 I
Bnslcci imx. einbrolderj hoop lifts;, "Blaliop's Bonnet" bag and bathroom -lippcr nil niadt of durable oil
t lot h at minimum coal
i CLEVKI.AM " . Dec 6 Hen I
'brand now. unusually effective and
happily Inexpensive idea In the way of
making Christinas gifts.
Buy a yard of shiny black oilcloth,
and two L0-yard bolts of one-half Inch
black cotton binding brnld. Dig out
of your scrap bag all the odds and
ends of btight colored yarn left from
hying 'comforts.1 silk, dresa. patches,
land bits of creioniu . The silk and
; cretonne is to be used for lining, and
ithe yarn for embroidering the oilcloth
in nothing more complicated than the
! long and short buttonhole stitch
tattgbl In ever) kindergarten
GKXEKAl DIRf I I ln
In chousing your oilcloth, which or
dinarily cumes in 45-Inch width, the
thinner and levy expensive is best for
this purpose as it chips leas eagily
when a needle la thruat through it
In nnklnK "11 oilcloth articles cut
your pattern first front paper Then
: ut the oilcloth outside and the lining
Next em hi "older the oilcloth as shown
in the illustration and explained later.
If a bag is in constriictiou ami an)
little pockets or needlework are to be
attached to the lining put them in
Then lay outside and lining togethel
and haste the binding braid on evenly,
being careful that a fiction more of
the braid laps on the wrong or linins?
--side This latter precaution will aa
sure the braid's being caught when
the whole is stitched 1 1 ihe right sld
I On the sewing machine. Next the parts
jof the bag. or article being made,
which Join are whipped together over
and over hv hand.
I UBROID1 R1 P. (.
The round bag -86 Illustration '
for embroidery hoop and work I- i
Dr. James L Vance
1
I God never meant us to ko through life
crushed and broken and deffoted 111.
promises arr not to cowards who s I
srnred and flee tlie flehl Mir imiosltlon
Is to the man who fnces ihe red Imiile line
nd flRhls His piiaranlee to a courage
ou soul tiist der lines dafeat and marches
face forward into the thick of conflict is
that he shall come off o conqueror
A whipped man la Md .-iehi His
very countenance g stained with lbs
shnme of defeat fll. iietid bungs low und
his hectored mid intimidated and vacll
latinc soul skulks to the rear Yet this Is
the creatine ineanl frjr lordship over the
world !
Man was nol mads to fa . rcature of
drouniatancea He was tnadi to be the
creator of clrcunistsncei The may uf-
fei i him. lull the should n hi ol
him. They are the things around him.
hilt he hj to rise above them It is a
pitiful spectacle lo see one who cannot
make that . limb who Is down In the mire
lo stay It Is pathetic and humiliating to
he pestered, badgered, bruised, kicked
about, knocked down and walked 0YC1 bj
the things around you.
Why should you be? You have self
determination. Decline defeat You hftve
will power. Tbiow the switch and turn
on the current In votir own soul Is the
secret of emancipation. In the might of
an unlet rifled and unyielding w ill .--tund
up. and iefu6e lo he run o". I i I)) insolent
clrcumstonces
Next to omnipotent s Itself, the might
iest force on Barth, when It functions
aright, is the human will Nothing is
weaker when it functions wrong.
This Is where real monhood irsides
not In circumstances, not In possessions,
not In how much money one owns, not
In position, not In the office be holds,
hut In will power. When one's will la In
chains, no external liberty can make him
B free man onti when the will Is free,
no fetters can enslave.
oo
Pipt smoklng is increasing in popu
Las-It among women.
good thing to start with becaust it K
exceedingly simple io make. The bai k
and front arc two seven -Inch circles.
A deiscrl plate was tfscfl as the orig.
nn pattern. 'I he Interlinking Clrplei
Which form lb.- conventional tlowei
ib'siKii all- the size n a silver loll.ii
The are "worked" hi all the varying
colors and shades possible, seven at
i in- ii i st . while the edg bom hack dhd
front s finished in tt drop stitch of
scvctal different colors. The set-In
Strip Which form the bottom and
sides of this bug Is l'i Inches wide
ami goes threa-fourths round the cir
cle, leaving one fourth open .it the top.
The handle is otic inch wide and 1
tii. lies lng each . ml svwd to the
center top of t he back and front of
ih. bag. thus making a comfortahl)
large loop for openings and carrying,
It SKIT II (.
Next is a "banket" i;,g. the dimen
sions of which are 9i Inc hes at the
bottom "'Hi iii Ins ,it the lop.
with a -Ms inch width and 10-Inch
depth Th. handle is made 2 inches
wide, and to give the proper propor
tion to th.- bag should be long enough
to make the entire depth of bag and
ha ndle i . .
The Interesting thing ahum these
bags is the combination of bright
black wool yarn against the shiny
black material. in the basket bag
only three large conventional flowers
are used, circles r water si ivs lze.
with a scattering of gre. n leaves about
them Around the edges 01 Mils bag.
ilr-o. .ui outlining drop stitch of gay
colors Is run.
BISHOP'S BOXXET"
Then there s a more pretentious hag
of the "Bishop's bonnet" design, to
which the shimmer of oilcloth lends
ilself beautifully. Tin three piCOCS of
i
Little Benny
I
Mrs. Hews came to see mn yestldda)
aftlrnoon, br ing n big round ludy . and
I they started to lawk about dlffrent sub
leeks. Mrs. m.ws saying; ( by the wa)
Mrs. Potts. I'm taking Xi w Thawt and li:i
the grandesl thing. Youve herd of New
Thnwt of COUI
'ell ony in a genre) way. cd mn. ;ind
( Mrs Hews scd, Well it the gram
; thing, all you haft to do Is hclorvo it
,dont make the slightest dlffrents wat
I happlns and as soon as you get yourself
I werkod up in that frame of mind you
'rdop worrying und p-ltlng lxclted. and
i you know if you donl worry or get ix
Idled about a thing wat dlffrents docs ll
make?
No dlffrents said ma. and Mr Hews
sed. Ixackly. and mail sad, 1 think III have
to try that. Is sounds mel sensible and I
think 111 begin rite now und rofUSQ to
let enythtng ixelte me lor a day or 2 and
i see wat hrp n
Me thinking. G I bet I can malts' her
lxclted H Hie. And as soon as Mrs.
I lews w ent I -ed Hay tun , hay ma.
Wat? sed mn. nd I sed. Aint you going
to get lxclted I! lay today?
No scd ma. And In a minnit 1 sed Huy
ma 1
Wat wat' sed mn. and 1 sed, Alnt you
gotnr to get lxclted tomorro .-ithei ma?
No. no. sed ma- And prltty soon I
sed, Hay ma, ma, hay ma.
For goodniss sakea wat? Fed ma and I
sed. Aint you even going to git Ixi
I the day after tomorro. nnd ma sed. No
for pity Bakes no. and in ahottt a mlnnil
I scd. Hay ma.
Anothci hay out of you nnd voull feci
something harder than buy. scd ma, und I
scd G mn w-nt goods New Thtiwt, yourc
lxclted as i nythlng.
Well then misery loves enmpinny and
heers something foi you to get Ixcited
about, sed ma. And she gave me
fearso crack. proVlhg the ixperlnient was
a success.
00
Dresses In Japan are frequently .-obi
by weigh i.
I oilcloth which majte the "bonnet"
proper are each inches wide at the
top. and 10 inches long. The three
pieces which form tahe handles are
I '.i'a lunhes long and l'i Inches wide.
Th i:'l"'i part of the bag. which Is
tnMe ..f soil silk, and draws togethsl
with ribbon draw strings. Is iVs-ihch
, heading.
( 1111 hid A S vl 1 l'1'l Its
Most cunning of all nre the kiddies
1 mules. No youngster could resist the
hire "f Bpme.thlng "shiny" nnd
' bright" al Onoe. Buy ordinary soles
at a rive and ten-cent storyline them
With SOme pretty silk out of th rag
bag, and cut the tops front oilcloth.
The proportions for these are deter
mined by the size Of the sole. The lop
from the toe upward should i, two
thuds the length of Ihe stile; the width
of the top should be Iwice the width
of the sole.
Another gill that Can't very well!
help being Appreciated is a gayly
Stenciled oilcloth cover for a telephone
book. A telephone screen decorated
to match the book cover will make a
perfect remerriUranee.
w n i mi i t osi
Some six or eight really artistic and
useful gifts may be constructed from
the above outlay at an exceedingly
moderate cost P.lack oilcloth of the
grade required costs from "5 cents to
$1 a yard. Slipper soles arc 10 cents
a pair. Binding braid Is about 30 cents
a bolt Ten-yard skeins of yarn (quite
. nough ol one color) can 1.0 purchased!
: nt 10 cents each. If you have to buy
.yarn select the brightest primary col
ors Seven or eight shndea WllJ give
ample chance for all overlapping clr
; clcs to be of a different color. Work
purple next to pink, pink followed by
blue, by red. by yellow, etc.
I
1
Walt Mason
4- a .
HUMAN NATURE
The ClimatS here Is lusdoUS very, and
even winter days an- warm, but my old
heart is so contrary t sometimes long
to see a storm. V here 1 abide the
I weather wizard provides the smoothest
1 goods he owns; and yet I long to hear
a blizzard whoop past the house, with
, maudlin tones. The tourists come, a
cheerful legion, and visit me a while and
f.iv. "This Is tl, e nnei, grandest rig ion
here every day's a perfect day" The
. dnm mound, the loyou Irlskers. er.ft.'i
tie over things they see: and 1 remark.
"'ou bet jour whiskers, tills country's
i good enough for inc." But when the
I tourists leave my shanty, in genial pairs I
'or blocks of five, 1 say to .lane, my j
lousier auntie. "1 wish a cyclone would
nive' Oh, for a good old Kansas twls- I
ter. destroying barns, uprooting trees! I
On, for a hoi wind that would blister.
I oh. for a cold wind that, would freeze!"
I And were 1 back where winds are blowing,
land winter's white with snow and rime
some gTevlous fits 1 WOUld be throwing.
denouncing such a beastly clime There
Is no bliss for any mortal until he quits
this 'vale of woe. anil enters, through the
Shining portal, the land where all the
righteous go. And that bright land
perhaps he'll scan it, ami mutter to his
saintly guide, "This pluce looks .heap
beside the planet where I grew up and'
loved and died."'
JUST FOLKS
By Edgar A. Ooeat
1
SYMPATHY
It wouldn't he much ol a world down here '
If nobody cured when we. shod a tear;
With all of its roses and dimpled cheeks.
And its mountnns high and Its rippling
creeks,
With nil of Its sunshine and skies of blue. ,
i Dorothy Dix Talks I I
DOMESTIC HUMOR I
. -U. POHOTilY DiX. the Worldg Hiffu h i JSJSSSiSSL, I I
A voting, wife- Is very much hurt and
bewildered -8he la married to a man'
whom sh' loven yvlth all hei heart, and!
v ho a pjies r.' to he vety rond of her He1
praises her management f their little I
home He hands her bouqqets about hei
Hirlit nnd economy He smacks hr. lips'
ovei hei .ookinr. nnd when they, an
rlone together, or Jusl with members of
I' i espeet i e tiunllics, registers ever
narmarh oi being n happy ni contented
lujsband who thinks that ho has drawn
' :iplt)il m ir.e In ihe mat i" mnnlH I lottery.
Le-t Strangers come In. however, or let
thei . be out ui nonie party, and It's i
le,ent stary, Then the hushund gioans
I -i Ihe expense of l,alnK lo .op
port ii ramliy. and represents himself as
i 1 ieeked creature w ho has to
ii-.- - time .-lock on the minute
He srarns .ill the unmarried men nol to
BS uolisl; . Ire as, and sli their
necks Into the domestic ha I tat nnii he
boosts that If he wrir frae ii" womiRn
would ever he smart enough lo catch
him
The wife cannot understand Why her
husband acts so differently hi home .mil
!.:oa.l She is hurt slid mortified i tl,e
SttltUde he puts lieT in antl she wonders
If he really Is sorry that lie married her,
and would hka to be rid of hoi. whv he
doexl.'l coma .nit and tell her privately.
Instead ol proclaiming 11 public!)
i ne ,,o,.i nine nr uoen t Know, as
whe will know when ahe has Clll hei mat-
rlmefiial wfsdom teeth, that her husband
doesn't mesn a thing b his flings at
marriage, and hla sspersfon ol her char
acter. lie is merely trying lo be Witty,
and ll ii sking his little Joke aftei thl
time honored forrnula of husbands
The oldest wheeze in the world I- th.
mother-in-law Joke. The second oldest la
i - i tan who ia ai i he-man led j. k
Both of them dale hack about four thou .
sand years Fl. but they are still in.
cood working order, and every man who'
gets married takes them off the shelf
dusts them off. and starts them gofnn
a y iln.
Why a man houll want lo make thl
woman he leveaa fiR-n- ol fun, and hold
hei up to ridicule before a lot of guff
iMWing fools, nobody knows There is no
oihei torture u exquisite as being laugh ,
I .it siid yet many a husband tuthleaslv
subjects hla shrinking, and sensitiv e w if.
10 this cr.iel Ordeal, for the sake of being
. i unit) .
Ml of u know men who.-e best stones
center around some pWullarlt) in their
wives. All of us hare aat al dlnnei
t.-.lie .ml listened fo some coarse uli. i..l
triple-chinned husband, with a hide like a,
rhlnOCerOUS relate some nlleged episode
iboul his wife w hich show ed her up In j
hu idiotic light, while his poor victim j
looked at him with the eyes of a hurl
rabbit, and tried to smile to hide tin-1
trembling 6f hei Hps. ami we have slshsd
thai we could get up und take the en i I n vc
knife to hhu. instead of having to DOlltClj I
Sppl "id the torture srene.
ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS I
DY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I
'the TRAP .
Off Went Nick and Nancy lo see whvi
Blld Beaver had not showed up ilia'.'
morning at Meadow OrOvc school, their
little feet rankling amongst the frost
leaves like devil chase the tailors on the
Konrth f Juh
Soon they came to mound of earth
hesldl Ihe blfc' rlam In the woods, whei.
ihev knew ihm Bud lived with his fathei
nnd mother and aunts and uncles and
and the laughter of children that cheer
us through.
A sorrowful place would this old world he
If it Weren't for the leaven ofsympalh.
Life would grow barren and cold and
drear.
Though the roses blossomed year after
J ear.
And the sun iam- out with the birth of
day.
And the children tomped in the yard at
play.
If in times of trial and hurt and woe
Wo could get no help from Ihe friends are
know .
We should hate the world and the Joy
wc own
If we had to stand our grief alone
The rose ktows lovely because It lends
Its lendei otianhs lo the love oi friends;
The Pieclous Jewel of great or wise
Is the power tney have to sympathize.
To feel the sorrow that others hear.
To sense the touch of another's cur
F'or there's never a man whoe'er he he.
Who could get along without sympnthv
It's the halm we need when our hurts
are sore.
It's the one sweet touch that w- hunger
for:
Without It life were n struggle vain
And few would master their hours of
pain.
Kor we're all sustained in our times of
care
B tin- gentle hands of the friends who
Men accuse Women of having no sense
of humor. Perhaps the reason of it Is
that women arc so often called upon to
furnish the point of in. n a Jokes The- Wmt
are not many ..f us who have inch an
abnormsll) developed lunnybone thut w bjH
tickled to death when the merry h.i H
saw
oi course, women ire funnv; so are .IH
men. The sardonic Jest of creation Is
human nature. There is not one of uv
whose eccentricities would not make h L
screaming cartoon, especially with a little UmM
touching up here and there L
Thai Whj "r who Is cruel K I HI
nough lo pb'k out the mental nt phvsieal UmM
defects Of oth.-l people , ,IJ them up
to ridicule can always gel thi reputation H
oi being amusing, and raise a laugh. But f
, It Is ihe cheapest form ot wit, and the
most cowardly H
Perhaps If nun realized how deeplv
thej stabbed into their wives' hearts with FB
their domeslii Jokes, they would fon- H
beat to use the deadly weapon, even if
it dhl make Homan holiday for friend- H
Appnentlv it does not occur lo the avei H
age husband that it does not amuse his
'wife to hear him say that she la a burden. L
and m killjoy to him. and that he regards
himself as nothing less than a red Ian
tern to-'varn oth.-r men against matri SBBBBBsl
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Xor does a msn seem to think thnt his
wit. win io anything hut chortle with 1
mirth over lln side splitting account he H
glvoi oi hi i ado '-villi the iag man 01 jfl
run-ln With th Janitor, though hi
.vould nevfi forgive her If she harhed Wt
nei ii with his weaknesses, or set corn
pai 'Ti .- i vviih thi verai loui account
of ihe tltn In bOllght a gold brh k and
fought a
Humor always depends upon whose ox
is gored, and tlc ine(t ol a loke depend UW
upon whom It Is on.
It a woman has the 111 lurk to be mar
i ied to a man v ho thinks he is funnv. and
wit irnsjsjjp be . laugh getter, she has I
LW0 Bgleces; one is. that when L
nun jokes his wife. It In realbj a sign that LH
he is loud of her und upproves o her.
little It would appeal to null' at. The Vsfl
man who is really Irritated by hla wife's lH
shortcomings never laughs over them In fl
public He swears at them In private, and
no man w ho Is actually henpe ked ever
mentions the fact The man who pre
to afraid ol his wife nnd to be
bossed by her. is the one who la per
fectly sure that he H the unrUesttonet
In , ill of his own house.
Phe other consols le for the wife of the
i domestic Joker Is to cultivate her sent
of Tiumor and while she can probahlf
seen how funny she Is herself, sha
mi get most amusing vision of hov H
ridiculous her husband Is, Irving lo he a I
Bl1 is a mailer of fact, ajolc in Ihe I
taioil circle I as dariKerouflsVa a bomb.
W h ii ii explodes., it shatters the peace, U
and somebody always gets hurt H
. "It's no use." said N'hk finally shak-
Ling his head "Let's go and look at tin UWm
am Bud lold me that ihe family birill ffl
it- Isn t il curious the way it's made ot B
logs I wigs Hid mud! It's strong, loo,
to hold all that water back." -B
Tli j looked at the dam for nwhlle. at H
as I all they could see of it from the top FJJ
and wen1 Jusl about to turn i J
v . i id back, when snap! Suddenlj H
two big. bright things came together on tH
one of Nr u i (eel like the strong jawa H
"Oh! Oh!" cried the little boy, hopping around on his free foot. "It a 'trap, )H
nd I'm caught"
Where's the front door'."' asked .Vmrv
CUriOUSl Walking all around Ihe lillle
hill
'Don't see any." answered Nick, "but
I'm suie thnt there is whore Pud lives.
Hn showed me one time."
."Let's hammer anyway 1 suggested
I :ancy. So ihey both knocked as loudly
as they could on the hard ground, and
even stamped a bit. but nary S sign was
theie of anyone within ten miles It was
as pilet and atlll ns Sunday night!
on: oir: erica tin- lime ooy noppinj bsbsj
around on his free k-oi. and trying to get
loose It's a trap, und I'm caught.' Oh.
oh. goodness' ii hurts!" BSbl
began to hop around, loo. and JM
;rream lor dear life when she saw what
had happened. "Kick's killed' Oh, Nick a WW
killed' she cried. MM
W hat - all tins ' asked a gruff voa . M
luddenly. and turning ihe twins beheld mW
U (Copyright, n2". N E Al mw
I care;
I It's Ihe kindlv word and the tender smile mmi
Anvl th.- hearts 'hat feel that make life mm
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To make a dainty otpourrl bag cover
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' amcter. With villi To this shirr some
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I top of it Is trimmed with ribbon ends and 1
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A pretty pincushion Is barrel shaped.
The cover ia made of a large piece of H
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III Is trimmed with satin fruit and i ibbon H
.it each end A narrow ribbon is used H
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I sticks of sealing wax and a seal. The mmmm
wax should be of varying color. A dainty H
box should he usel for It. The slicks are
tied together to end of which the seal Is H
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