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San Francisco. Cal., 318 Kohl Building.
Misguided Courtesy
Press agents told of how two women who had per
mitted two strange “hitch-hiker” men to ride in their
car across a sparsely settled section of Colorado and
Kansas were found beaten and abandoned in a Kan
sas pasture.
Frailty of the human mind, rather than conditions
brought by the advent of the automobile, is responsi
ble for the opportunities criminals have in such cases
as that described in the Kansas press report. Why
two women would permit strangers to enter their
automobile cn a lonely prairie is a question we pass
along to psychologists.
Thousands of persons are picked up daily on high
ways, and in most instances no harm results. Yet.
the risk is too great. Crimes committed by persons
who have accepted the courtesy of motorists are fre
quent, and some of them are of the most atrocious
type.
It was not many years ago that the principal of
a high school in a southern state was clubbed to death
by three young men to whom he had given a ride in a
sparsely settled district. The foot-sore travelers re
paid the man who had extended the misguided
courtesy by taking his life. True, two of the young
men paid for their crime with their lives, and the
third was given a life sentence, escaping death be
cause he turned state's evidence.
But that did not end the hazardous habit of giv
ing rides to strangers, nor did the punishment of the
criminals end attacks made upon motorists.
Thousands of unfortunate persons walk along the
highways every day. many of them forced to walk
because they hnven't the price of bus or train fare.
Most of these pedestrians are honest, honorable per
sons. but there Is nothing to distinguish them from
the thug, the crook and the dead-beat. .
So. the only safe plan Is to ignore those who at
tempt to bum their way along the highways. Mis
guided courtesy has cast numerous men and women
their lives. If motorists will learn the lesson of re
fusing ride* to all persons to whom they would not
lend bus or train fare, the highways soon will be
cleared of deadbeats and criminals who depend upon
sympathy for their transportation.
Indicting Jimmfe
Politics must be in a bad way in the city of New
York. A democratic official of that democratic city
charges Jimmy Walker, Its democratic mayor, with
high crimes and misdemeanors, including: Prodigious
waste of public monev. municipal neglect, personal in
efficiency, broken pledges, false official publicity,
tardiness and delay In municipal business, overtaxing,
misspending, illegal assessing, surrender to graft and
wholesale violations of the law. The indictment could
hardly have been more sweeping if Jimmy Walker had
been a republican.
Pecans
The pecan crop in Central Texas is a money crop
Cf importance.
Pecan condition reports for August of the federal
government, indicate a crop slightly over fiO per cent
of the normal yield. Texas ranks slightly ahead of
the national average, and Central and West Central
Texas promises the best Texas yields.
The government report in reiterated comments,
points a way to increasing the returns from pecans.
"Improved trees show much better fruit than na
tives,” the report says. Budded tree* have bigger
fruit clusters,” is another statement. Improved pecans
have resisted unfavorable weather and attacks of In
sect pests better than native trees. Budded tree* have
averaged out their yield in successive years better
than others which have a tendency of barrenness ev
ery other year.
This government report shows that the man who
would make money from pecans will have a much
better prospect of doing so by improving hi* groves,
topping and budding his trees, and by developing the
better types of pecans.
Elementary, perhaps, but it was elementary that
dairying would add cash to the rural pocketbook long
before Central Texas farmers found the golden result
remaking rural life for them and paying off the mort
gages.
Tk® Oirac® Over
By E 1 PHILLIPS
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THE GOLF ADDICTS AT HOME
She: Have a hard day at the office?
He: Pretty difficult. I was in trouble moat of the
time.
She: What seemed to be wrong?
He: I dunno. I Just couldn't get the feel of it.
Everything I did I foozled.
She: You Just had an off day, that's all.
He: I don't seem to be consistent any more. When
I go to the office now I never know what 111 do. I may
be good or I may be awful.
She: Perhaps you're Just over-worked.
He: Perhaps. What's new at home, dear?
She: Nothing much. I played bridge at the Ped
gett's this afternoon.
He: Did you win?
She: No I Just couldn't get going. I couldn’t seem
to coordinate.
He: You were probably pressing.
She: I'm afraid so. Every time the hand was
dealt I made up my mind to relax, but I tightened up
the minute I began to play.
He: Oh. well, you'll do better next time Well, let's
sit down to dinner. What are we having?
She: A lovely roast. You carve, dear.
He: (As they sit down) What knife is this?
She: That's a No. 4.
Ke: Do you think I can do it with a No. 4?
She: I ought to if you play it right.
He (hesitatingly): No. I think I'd better use my
No. 5. I tried my No. 4 the last time and got into
trouble.
She (obstinately): On a short roast like that a No.
4 is the right knife.
He (after carving): Pretty terrible, isn't it? What
did I do?
She! I told you you shouldn't have used a No. 5.
(After dinner).
He: Well, what are we doing tonight, hon?
She: Were going over to the Meevishes for cards.
He: Are the Meevishes difficult?
She: I never played them before.
He: I'm never any good on a strange course. Have
we got to dress?
She: I'm wearing my No. 6 gown.
He: I suppose I'll have to crawl into that darned
No. 8 suit.
She: If I were you I'd try your No. 9. You did
very well with that the last time.
(They summon a taxicab).
He: How far is it to the Meevishes. Lydia?
She: About 8.000 yards.
He: Straight ahead?
She: No; it's a dog-leg.
He: You give him the direction.
She (to the driver': See that tall chimney down
there?
Driver: Uhuh.
She: And see those trees to the right?
Driver: Yessum.
She: Well, drive straight between ’em.
(They go).
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• Russians who drift into Chinasays an observer,
"are quickly absorbed by the older race " We shall
have to say something presently about the Bear that
Walks Like a Mandarin.—Detroit News.
The French have reluctantly ratified the debt
agreement. This does not mean, however, that they
will ever forgive us for lending them the money —
New* Yorker.
It's only be a matter of time until refuleing-flight
contestants will have to make a seasonal change of
clothes a part of their preparation —Washington Post.
Professor Nunston declares that people in Chicago
do not take life seriously. This may be; but what is
fun to them is a very serious matte rfor their victims.
—Punch.
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READ THIS Fir.ST:
Charlotte Chatterton, nicknamed
Chatty, is a born gossip. She loses
her Job In a hat shop because she
talks too much. Her mother, a wid
owed dressmaker, has one wealthy
customer, Mrs. Van Nuys, an old
friend. Through her Chatty gets r
position at the telephone switch
board in Mr. Van Nuys' bond house.
There she meets Lave Jordan, a
young bond salesman, and falls in
love with him.
Billie Langenau. who works in the
office, and her sister, Sara, come tc
live in the flat across the hall from
the flat where Chatty lives with her
mother and her brother, Pud. Pud
attends high school, and works eve
nings in Ben Tomlinson's drug
store Chatty learns that he sells
gin for Ben, and that one of his
customers is Winnie Talcott, a ste
nographer in Mr. “Vans' ” office
She begs Tud to leave Tomlinson
but he refuses to.
Dave Jordan falls in love with
Chatty, and the two have several
pleasant parties and picnics with
Billie and George Mayhcw. another
bond salesman. Then Sara tell'
Chatty that Billie has been married
to a man named Brewster, but never
divorced from him. Billie has not
told this to George because she in
sists that they are matter-of-fact
friends and that there is no need
to bare her past life to him. But
when Chatty secs George with an
other girl, and tells her about it
Billie bursts into tears, admits she
is in love with him. and stops see
ing him.
One day Chatty sees Dave hand a
note to Agnes Herford, Mr. “Vans' ”
secretary’. Jealous, she goes through
Agnes' desk that night to find the
note. It is a harmless message
afiout some bonds, but Chatty also
finds Agnes' diary’, which tells the
whole story of Agnes' love for Mr.
"Van." She sends some of the pages
of it to Mrs. “Tan.” and later ad
vises Mrs. “Van" to make her hus
band discharge Agnes. He does, and
Agnes is given two weeks' notice
Her job is promised to Winnie Tal
cott. who is Jubilant over it. Dave
Jordan is the only person in the
office who knows why Agnes was
fired, for he found the torn diary
in Chatty's handbag when she left
It in his car one night. He tells
her what he thinks of her, and
throws her ever. Chatty is heart
broken, and one morning, when
Winnie tells hei that a handsome
new bond salesman is starting tc
work that day, she is not even mild
ly interested.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
* • •
"Many a heart is caught on the
rebound." says the old proverb.
And something like that happen
ed to Chatty's sore and aching
heart on that warm, sunny Monday
morning in June, when she stepped
into the big main office.
She stood still, just outside the
door of the cloak room, for a mo
ment, looking around the room for
Dave Jordan. For weeks and weeks
he had been the first person she
had looked for when she set foot
in the office in the morning and it
was second nature for hrr to do
it now. even though she knew that
he was through with her forever.’
He was nowhere in sight, and an
other man was sitting in his desk
chair, looking over the morning pa
per.
As Chatty stood, looking at him
he turned his head. His eyes met
hers and held them fas'.
"This must be the man W..inle
was Just telling me about.” she
thought, and she :.new that no
matter how much Winnie had raved
over him and his good looks, she
had not said le half of it.
For this man was be er looking
than any ohter man Chatty ever
had seen in life. He was hand
** You’re going to be the cat’s party dress, all right!*’
somer than c. * of the professional
man beauties on the moving pl.ture
screen. He was even better looking
than Dave Jordan. Chatty confessed
to herself ... He was better look
ing than any man has a right to be
His deep-set eyes were blue, and
in all the time she was to know
him Chatty was seldom to see them
when there was not a twinkle in
them. The minute she looked into
them she understood what Winnie
had meant when she said he was
“More darned fun.”
He was very blond, and above his
carved mouth was a little tooth
brush of a mustache. He smiled
suddenly, showing teeth that were
as white as new ivory
Hardly a girl in the world would
have been proof against that smile
—and Chatty found that she was
smiling back at him. in spite of her
self.
Her heart, that had felt like a
wound in her breast for days and
days, began to stir ever such a little
once more. She felt herself blush
ing violently as she looked away
and hurried across the room to her
chair at the switchboard.
As soon as she saw Winnie van
ish into her office she got her on
the office telephone.
"Oh, my Aunt Abigail!” she said
In an excited whisper. "That man
is a wow and a knockout, Winnie!
What did you say his name was?”
"Bryant Dunning.’ answered Win
nie: “I told you he was a zizzer! 1
used to go ’round with him some,
and oh, boy! how he can spend
money on a girl when he likes her!
His dollars just gallop—”
"Tune out!” <-ried Chatty, her eye
on the door. "Here comes your boss!
See you later!” She hung up.
Mr. Van did not say "Good morn
ing” as he passed her.
He did not speak to anyone, as
he usually did. He walked straight
across the room, looking very grim
and bad tempered, and disappeared
into his own office.
"He knows someone in the office
has been carrying tales about him
and Agnes to hi wife—and so he’s
sore at the whole bunch of us.”
Chatty told Billie Langenau later In
the morning, when she went into
the filing room for a two-minute
chat. "If he ever finds out that
Mrs. Van sent for me that night to
ask me questions about them he'll
probably show me the outside of the
door, won’t he?”
Billie groaned. "I wish you hadn't
told Winnie Talcott about her send
ing for you.” she said thoughtfully.
"If Winnie ever is angry with you
about anything, it would be just like
her to tell Mr. Van about it.’
Chatty laughed. "Winnie and I
are very good friends, though.” she
answered, light-heartedly. “We're
getting to be what you might call
’clubby.’ almost!”
“Well, be as clubby as you want
to be with her—here in the office."
advised Billie. "But please don't
run around with her and her gang
after hours. She goes with a migh
ty fast-stepping crowd. I know*—
George and I used to see her with
them in roadhouses and places like
that—”
“That w-ould suit me fine!” Chat
ty broke in upon her words. “I'm
sick and tired of hanging around
like a bed-ridden oyster, never going
anywhere or having any fun! I’ve
never had any fun! Never!”
“You had lots of fun with Dave
and George and me. when we four
went ’round together,” the other
girl reminded her, gravely. “And It
was decent fun. too. But if y-?u
start going out with Winnie’s crowd
you’ll have a very different kind of
good time. The yall drink and raise
Cain generally. They’re—they're
tough! They're wild. They’re Just
no good!”
Chatty stared at her in astonish
ment. It was so unlike Billie to
say unkind things about anyone,
that she could hardly believe her
own ears now.
"Well, they haven't asked me to
go anywhere with them yet—and
the chances are they never will."
she replied, after a minute or two.
“So save your breath, Billie, to cool
your soup!”
• • #
Oddly enough, late that very aft
ernoon Chatty had her first Invi
tation to go out with W’innie's
crowd.
She had closed her switchboard
for the night, and was just getting
up from her chair to get ready o
go home when Winnie came flying
across the office to her, all noise
4*
Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND. M. D.
Former CommiMiooer of Health
Somewhere I saw this quotation .
from Southey:
"I marvel not, O Sun that unto thee
In adoration, man should bow the
knee.
And pour the prayer of mingled
awe and love.
For like a God thou art, and on the
way.
Of glory sheddest, with benignant
ray,
Beauty and life and Joyousness
from above."
Nothing that poet, madman or
doctor can say in praise of the sun
light is too extravagant to be true.
To the sun we owe everything for
the health we enjoy.
You cannot be well, strong, vigor
ous. alert and magnetic without ab
sorbing what sunlight can give.
There are qualities In light that
stimulate the circulation, enrich the
blood and add to length of days.
I never see a white-livered, putty
comp’exioned person without being
forced to restrain myself. I Just long
to read him a lecture about the im
portance of light.
Not everybody can have sunshine
!n the home. Many city houses nev
er get a ray. But. fortunately for us.
“skyshine" carries the ultra-violet
rays. From the sky and the clouds,
even though there Is no sunshine,
will come the helpful and health
giving rays.
I fear that the average person
fails to appreciate the lmoortant
nart the skin plays In the battle of
life. Unless the covering of the body
is kept clean. Is thoroughly aired
and exposed to light. Its wearer Is
robbed of one of the chief agencies
of health promotion.
When cold weather comes many
r.f us will shiver and complain o!
the temperature. If the skin be given
daily exposure, as It should be, it
will grow strong and resistant. It
will be less violently affected by
extremes of weather.
There is a fad just now for sun
baths. It is the most sensible fad of
recent years. It is to be hoped It
will not be short-lived.
Take advantage of the summer ,
and fall months to accumulate a
good coat of tan. Then do not let It j
fade out as winter comes. You will'
be better now and all through the
year if your skin is burned.
ANSWERS TO HEAV.TH QUERIES
Mrs. W. R. S. Q — How old should
a baby be before being permitted to
look at moving pictures? Also what
month docs a baby begin to sit up
unaided?
A.—Babies should not be taken to
see moving pictures—a child should
be at least six years before indulg
ing in this recreation. Depends up
on the strength of the baby—some
babies sit up about the sixtl* month
but there is no hard and fast rule
governing this.
• • •
R A. F. Q.—What causes ringing
in the ears? What can be done to
stop It?
A.—Ringing in the ears is often
due to nasal catarrh which has ex
tendded into the middel car. Special
treatment is advisable.
• « •
A. Y. Z. Q.—What will make my
eyelashes grow ?
2—What do you advise for de
veloping the calf of the leg?
A —You might apply 1 per cent
vellow? oxide of mercury ointment to
the lashes every night.
.
and excitement as . ual.
“Darling, a miracle has come into
your life!” she announced so loudly
that Dave Jordan, who was the only
other person in ihe room, could not
have helped hearing what she said
“The best looking man in the whole
world has fallen for you like Ni
agara! He’3 dying to meet you and
bring you to mv birthday party on
Fridav night. How s that .'or fast
work?”
“You mean Bryant Dunning?" ;
faltered Chatty, flashing a look at
Dave Jordan, vho was pretending
not to hear.
But it was perfectly clear that
he had heard, for he w3s scowling
down at his desk and his ears were
very red. He slammed a drawer
shut, got up. and went hurrying out
of the office, '.'he door closed after
him with a bang.
“Your ex-boy friend didn't care
so much for what I said about
Bryant Dunning falling for you. did
| he?” asked Winnie, when he was
I gone. “Go t;.c’ put on your hat.
and a lot of face powder. Chat, and
make It snappy. Bryant's dowr.
stairs waiting fo*- us.”
He was. He was standing in the
big white lobby o.' the building,
looking for all the world like a
Greek statute of an athlete, dressed
In the clothes of l.-P
“Miss Chatterton—Mr. Dunning,”
said Winnie, introducing them. “I
hope you'll both forgive me If I run
along. I have a eighty date for
dinner and I'm late for it now. Pee
you all of a sudden!” And she was
' gone leaving Chatty feeling as help,
as a baby abandoned on a doorstep,
doorstep.
She raked her brains for some
thing to say to this perfect anger
But she could think of nothing Her
mind was a blank.
*Tm going to take you home," the
mn named Bryant Dunning said
solemnly, and for Just a second the
twinkle went out of his eyes, leav
(Contlnued On Page Five)
2—Walking, dancing, climbing.^
and skating are all good exercise for ^
developing the calf of the leg.
V. F. Q.—What causes a cracking
sound in my left knee every time I
bend? The joint is not swollen and
there is no pain or soreness.
A.—Lack of synovial fluid and
poor circulation are probably re
sponsible for this condition.
Girafe Bag
s . jr r
Who am I? How am I addressed?
When did I first come to Labrador?
What heroine of Greek mytholo
gy forced her suitors to run a foot
race to win her?
Where w’as the famous jail called
"Old Bailey?"
"If ye abide in me, and my word*r
abide in you. ye shall ask what
will, and it shall be done unti you.”
Where is this passage found in the
Bible?
Star Lore
WHEN ONE NIGHT CHANGED
FROM FRIDAY
By Aithur DcV. Carpenter
Did you ever have the experience
of retiring on Friday right, to arise
the very next morning and find it
was Sunday? The writer was out in
the Pacific ocean voyaging from
America to New Zealand one Friday
night. But Saturday had started on
the 180th meridian a few hundred
miles in front of his ship* swept
westward around the world, overtook
the ship from the rear while he
slumbered, hurried on in advance
of the ship, reaching Date Line
ahead of him. Before morning the
ship had also arrived at the Date
Line where Saturday had ended
and Sundav had begun. The ship
had no Saturdav that week.
(More Tomorrow)
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Dr Wilfred Gr-nfell; Sir. Wil
fred: 1892.
2. Atalanta.
3. London.
4. St. John xv. 7.
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