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!,; Good Health Is an
Asset Worth While
—and the W ise Man Conserves It
-SAYS DR. COPELAND
Physical Examinations Are Precautions Against Incipi
ent Disease, Says Authority, Urging ft e Utilise
Summers's Sun to ft ard Off ft inter's Dangers,
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, Jfl. D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner of Health, Kevo York City.
£ tT is surprising and encouraging"
I bow much health propaganda
we see and hear these days.
From the newspapers, on the radio,
in the pulpit, go admonitions to all
lor right liv
ing.
Health has
positive quali- i
ties. “Health j
is wealth.” |
Health c e r - |
tainly is wis- I
donj! Health is 1
a condition of
well-being, of i
buoyant 1if e 3
and vitality I/
and no one I
can afford to I
neglect it.
The V81 u« of
proper living
:1ies in promot
DRCOPLLAND
jiik Dvuer ucsun, ana are nu
mere words. We just have to live
riropotly in order to maintain good
’health.
The Summer is an excellent
time to get one's self in good shape
for the Winter, when cold mists
Mow In from the *a. and chill east
winds howl down the chimneys.
Fuiiden changes of temperature in
the Autumn days bring rainy
weather and wet feet after balmy
days when light clothing is the i
vogue. Colds dispose -jo to easy in
fection If we have not built for
health in the meantime.
®H’«ry«Be should build up re
actance to disease, to sudden
weather changes by good, vigorous
exercise every day in the out-of
doors and sushine. You >j*n do it.
hind I can do it, no matter where we
\ are. It just takes perseverance and
stick-to-itiveness.
These preventive measures for
health mean constant habits of right
living. It does not mean too long
a tramp one day, and none the next.
Overlndulgence in food or drink one
night, and none the next. When
we once have health, we must
keep it.
Our doctors will help and do help
Immeasurably. But our fates are
surely in our own hands. No physi
cian can promise to cure every ail
ment we have, but he can help in
preventing it.
Having a thorough physical ex
amination at least once a year is
not an entirely new idea. Thousands
pursue this course every year, with
the result that health promotion and
the prevention of disease are intel
ligently conducted affairs. Your
doctor, consulted In time, prevents
many an ailnjent that you may
never know of. By consulting him
you are conserving your health, and
also you are in line to be cured of
any incipient disease which may be
lurking in the background.
This matter of consulting your
family doctor in order to conserve
your own health and your family's
health does another thing. In the
ease of a patient who finds upon
examination that he has some in
curable physical defect, he is able
to take better care of himself, and
worries less under the guiding hand
of his physician than he poesibly
could when “lurking in the shadows
the morbidly unseen.”
r The moral of this is. see your
family doctor often for his counsel
and a physical examniation, and so
conserve your good health. Make
yourself physically fit by an out-of
door* life during the long Summer
day a The conservation of health is
“up to you.”
Vnwfrs to Hralth Queries
M. J. Q.—What causes a pain on*
my right side Mow th® belt? My
appendix is all right.
2—What can be done for nasal
catarrh?
A.—You may be troubled with con
stipation or gas in the intestines.
Correct your diet and keep th* intes
tinal tract clear.
2—Sp«M*ia! treatment is advisable.
• . .
M. J. Q.—Wl*at Is the cause of
berpee ao-tor or shingles.
A.—Some kind of body poiaon is
responsible for the trouble as a rule,
but the exact cause is uncertain.
Overwork and worry are factors in
most distances. You should have a
thorough physical examination and
follow your doctor's advice as to
treatment.
• • •
MRS S. n. Q— What should a
woman of 38. 5 ft. 1 !n. tall, weigh?
2—What would be a suitable blood
►pressure for a woman of this aj?e.
Would the blood pressure have any
f bearing on severe pains in the back
of the neck and head?
A —You should weifh about 129
pounds.
2—A boat 129 or so. Yes, these
1 symptom* may be indicative of ab
normal blood pressure, although they
I may be caused by other disturbances
hs well. Have your blood pressure
tested so that definite advice may
i be outlined.
• • •
M Q. Q—What causes catarrh
of the ear and what treatment is
advised? *
A—The trouble is probably due to
' a catarrhal condition of the nose and
throat which has . 'fected the ear.
i This must be cleared up first of all.
I For full particulars send a self-ad
I dressed, stamped envelope and re
] peat your question.
I Capjrrlstit. 1930. Kewtpiptr Fatter* Barrie* I at >
IP lHiI_ Who Said Them
' radioes Phrases -\hr ^
h here
-By M. H. TILLITT
“/ Hare Found It—(Eureka)**
OXE day. more than 2 1*0 years^
ago. passers by on a street io
the Sicilian city of Syracuse
Are said to have been startled by the
•ppe&rauce of an old man rushing,
pm. lad, from his bath and shouting
In exultation: "I have found it! 1
lor e found it!" (Eureka! Eureka!)
That startling appearance was not,
*r some might have fancied, a bit
cf i inary or of wild license. It was
the culnunation of a scientific quest.
J'or the o!d man was Archimedes,
great mathematician and scientist
end inventor, and in the process of
bathing be had just discovered the
frinclple of physics which, on sus
pension of bodies in water and cal
culation of weight relative to that of
the liquid displaced, enables the na
ture of suiwtance to be ascertained.
The problem had been submitted
So Archimedes by King Hiero. of
Syracuse, who. having suspicion that
at crown which had been fashioned
Mfor him was not of pure gold, as rep
!*■» rented, but was of an alloy with
Silver—had called on him to deter
1 line the matter. The question
challenged the old scientist and long
jjaffled him. But on entering bis
\The Stars Say—
By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE.
Thursday, June 5.
X Interesting and eventful day
is presaged from the dominant
1'.^. ■ planetary rulership. While
tithe re may be some decided change or
etirring about, at the same time
(tliers may be stubborn obstacles to
overcome. With perseverance and
^Watchfulness against fraud, misrep
resentstion of slander, affairs may
toe directed into more fortunate chan*
Bels. New undertakings are under
(airly favorable prospects for suc
cess. Personal matters ars under a
lively sign.
Those whoso birthday It is may
anticipate a lively year, with some
unforeseen change or Journey. Also
there may be some delays or ob
structions to surmount, but with
patience and persistency affairs may
be turned into fortunate channels.
Tber« is some danger of fraud, mis
representation or slander unions due
vigilance lie exercised. A child born
on this day may be original and In
ventive, leaning toward scientific or
occult research, but it may have
£any obstacles to contend with in
r*.
hath on the day referred to he noted!
the overflow of the water displaced i
by his body and the consequent ap
parent lessening of his weight as he
became immersed—and the problem’s
solution came to him. He concluded
that If bodies of equal weight in air.
but of different substance, were im
mersed in water, then the difference
In the amount of water displaced
would determine such difference of
substance. And that—the principle
which is now expressed in terms of
specific gravity—was what he had
discovered when, disrobed, he rushed
out on the street in Syracuse shout
ing: ’ I have found it! I have found
It!" (Eureka’ Eureka!)
Therein showed the abandon to his
science that marked and character
ized Archimedoa as it necessarily
does th# great del vers in that
realm.
The concentration of thou gin. with
accompanying obliviousness to sur
roundings that was evidenced in his
triumphant shout, (Eureka!) “I have
found it!” was the gift or attainment
that enabled Archimedes to achieve
his greatness. It was by that con
centration that he arrived at the so
lution of baffling mathematical
problems and carried forward his
scientific investigation and research
until he came upon discoveriea in
physics that enriched the world. And
to that same power ere to be cred
ited the invention* in which he ap
plied the principles he had found,
as he did in various devices of levers
and in hydraulic machines and in
obtaining high heat by concentration
of the sun’s rays in mirrors which
could by reflection be directed to dis
tant object* with disastrous effects,
a*, it is said by some writers, was
dons to the destruction of Roman
| ships in attack against Syracuse
And the ared scientist and mathe
matician wa* still ' carrying on”—
pondering over a figure he had
drawn on the sand at hia feet—when
! on the fall of the city a Roman sol
dier, contrary to the orders of his
general, “ran him through
| Through th® centuries that have
since past that cry of Archimedes.
“I have found it!” ha* been repeated
by countless lip# in exultation over
successful quest.
Archimedes, /great mathe
matician. scientist and inven
tor. was born of Greek parent*
in the Sicilian city of Syracuse
about 287 B. C. He was killed
when bis native city was cap
tured by the Romans about
212 B. C.
Hats Are Chic
Headliners
HATS just now are headinera in the realm
of fashion. It has been many seasons since
we have been permitted such a diversity
of millinery modes, and so this season
should see every woman perfectly hatted and
looking her best. For no other article of attire
can make or mar the ensemble as can a hat, and,
by the same token, it is the hat that can add
beauty to a beautiful face and create beauty in
a face that has little pretence to good looks. The
jaunty little berets and turbans that look so at
tractive on a youthful, fresh face should be
avoided by the woman of mature years or lined
face. But the effects of these same years can be
almost obliterated by the right type of hat, with
a flattering brim and a smart line that is capable
of framing the face in fascinating shadow’s. The
large hat of the garden party type is, of course,
hugely becoming to the young girl, the older
woman should see that smartness is the dom
inant charactertistic of her chapeau and avoid
overindulgence in trimming of the beflowered
garland order. Hair braid and straw lace make
delightful mediums for the large hat intended
for the matron, and for models of this type an
exquisite pin or a twist of ribbon should be
sufficient embellishment.
The quintette of hats shown in the ^raw
ing accompanying this article is quite represen
tative of the present trend of millinery. The
first model has a black bakou crown, and a green
brim and is trimmed with black ribbon. The
brim is usually long at the back. The hat im
mediately below is in rose cellophane, its long
sides, with the clever manipulation of the straw
at one side, being of the current mode. Most
suitable to a piquant face is the hat (at the top
right) of ballibuntl edged with straw lace, with
a white velvet ribbon as trimming. The hat in
the center is of horsehair in pale gray with
flowers of velvet in lavender and purple. A pic
ture hat, indeed, that should be assured of suc
cess wherever it may go. The smart little beret
is of cire ribbon with a trimming of grosgrain.
__
Love’s Reawakening
By Adele Garrison
• _ Marine anil Mary Scent a Sinister Move
*rat •
in Phil t eritsen Inviting a Handsome
Movie Star as Mary* Escort.
□T my question concerning^
Philip Veritzen Mary flung
out her hand and caught mine
tightly. That she had caught my
meaning as well I realised when her
words began to tumble out in excite
ment patently tinged with terror.
•*Oh, I see what you mean,” she
said. "You think he’s plotting to
kidnap me. or something like that.”
I was thankful that she had given
my warning this fantastic interpre
tation. instead of the more sinister
one which I had meant. It was not
easy to explain to an unsophisticated
young girl, for Mary is that, despite
her adventure as the masked dancer,
what I believed Philip Veritzen’a in
flamed, almost insane, mind, was
plotting against her.
| Mary Carries 6a 1;
"He might be plotting almost any
thing. I rejoined evasively. "I do
not believe he is quite sane juat now.
But whatever he is planning, noth
ing can touch you if you are always
with me or—with Mrs. Underwood
or Mrs. Bickett. One of us will al
ways be at your service until this
unpleasant activity of Mr. Veritzen'■
has spent itself.”
••Well, fust watch little Mary mak
ing a sticking plaster out of herself
from now on,” she rejoined, and
“her relieved tone told me that my"
assurance of protection had counter
acted her fear of Noel's father, who
was so determined to wreck the ro
mance of the two young lovers.
"But how aball I act tonight?" she
went on. "You know 1 can’t see
that old hyena without wanting to
choke him, and he probably will
highhat me so that It won’t even be
funny."
"I don’t think he will, Mary," I
said, with a conviction born of
knowlegde of my employer’s idiosyn
crasies. "Instead, he probably will
be unusually attentive to you. and I
want you to preserve the same
pretty deference you have always j
given him. I know, d*~ar,” as she '
winced, "it will be a terribly hard.
task for you, but there is no need
to antagonise the man unneces
sarily."
“I’ll be good," she said, "for
Noel’s sakd and for yours, but don’t
trust me near a carving knife."
I laughed, and after an instant she
joined in my mirth. But she was
silent all the rest of the way home,
and I knew she was dreading the
coming hours unspeakably.
But she was beautifully poised
when upon our arrival at the hotel
Mr. Underwood met us as the elev
vator stopped at our floor with the
Home-Making Helps
Bt ELEANOR ROSS
Baby9* Bank Is an Antique!
A BEAUTIFUL clown, red. and
green and yellow, stood tip
toed. on a metal ball gaily
painted to match. He was only three
Inches high and made of something
cold and heavy, and when you stuck
a penny in the little slit of his hat,
he slowly turned round and round
the tiny globe.
That was the savings bank o< a
generation or two ago, and it made
one want to save pennies. Perhaps
today s little boys and girls get a
thrill out of the modern method of
saving—giving money and book to
a man behind a grilled window, and
then receiving back the same book
with a new entry. It's the way
grown-ups save money, and Imitat
ing grown-ups has some kind of kick.
But meanwhile, the old-fashioned
savings banks that were of all kinds
of alluring shapes are having a re
turn vogue in the shape of antiques.
If you've a baby's bank of ancient
►'incage In some attic or remote
closet, it may be in the height of
fashion now.
For among the coveted antiques at
a recent exhibition were many baby's
banks—and offered at antique, not
baby-bank prices. Ail the animals—
pigs and horses, dogs and cats, ele
phants and lions and so on, not to
mention enlarged Insects and bee
hives; household objects too—tea
pots and saltboxee. mailboxes, tiny
houses each a moet lifelike repre
sentation and the penny slot con
cealed somewhere.
Especially Interesting were the
baby banks of the Civil War period,
indicating current fashions. Carica
tures of "carpet-baggers:'* toy sol
diers. negroes strumming banjos and
so on.
These were stationary figurines
The banks that were in the shape of
moving objects are not so much in
evidence. But how attractive it mads
saving when for each penny deposit
ed there was a performance.
“news that Mr. Verltzen already ar
rived.
“I’ve been on the lookout for you,”
he explained. “Gave Purnell the
high sign to flash me when you!
came in the door and to hold the
elevator until I got a chance to
mosey out here. Thought you
wouldn’t like to breeze In on ’la
Royal 'Ighnesa unless you knew he
was there,"
| Why the Extra Man? 1
“That was the time you thought
aplenty, and then some,” Mary- told
him saucily. "But how about it.
Auntie Madge? Can't we go into
your apartment first ard fix up a
bit? I’m a sight."
“You are—for tired eyes.” Mr. Un
derwood assured her. "But you
have something to primp for to
night. Old Phil has brought along
the most be-yew-ti-ful young man
I’ve seen in many a day. He's sim
ply priceless.”
“I’m sure I don’t want to put any
price on him,” she retorted, but
when we were safely inside our own
apartment her insouciant manner
dropped from her like a discarded
cloak add she turned to me with
anxious eye*.
“What do you suppose Mr. Verit
zen means by bringing an extra man
along?” she demanded.
“Probably some Idea of balancing
the party.” I said with apparent
nonchalance, although secretly I was
as troubled as she was. “Otherwise
there would have been three women
and two men.” _
!_A Movie Star._J
“Maybe so, maybe no.” she retort
ed “But I'm getting so I see some
thing sinister in the way that old
coyote laps his soup.”
I laughed, end. crossing to the
dressing table, sat down before it.
“In the meantime, may I remind
you that the old coyote is probably
waiting for his dinner and therefore
in a bad humor."
“He could stare* for all I car*
Mary muttered rebelliouslv, hut she
hurried into her own room and
“primped” with such dispatch that
w» were at the door of the Under
wood apartment within five minutes.
Harry Underwood opened the door
at our knock, and I was conscious
that two men were standing with
their faces turned toward us. And
then Mr. Veritzen, when he had
greeted me warmly, was saying:
“Mrs Ora ham. may I present Mr.
Colin Cameron?”
I came near starting in undignified
surprise. For standing before me
was one #f the movie heroes of
Broadwn v.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
CepyMlfc: ltit. Newspaper Feature fcolte, tee.
The Man Who Had
Something to Say 000
—Just Couldn't Get in a Word
-By WINIFRED BLACK
With the Guests Simply Palpitating for Stories of Far
Off Places, of Strange Adventures, the Hostess
Gushed and Gushed tcith—Gossip!
TIE Traveler «u back from dla-*
tant ahores. He'd been down
to the Islands whert they hunt
heads for pastime.
He had made the acquaintance of
savage chieftains and had sat In the
shade of a cabbage palm for houra
with cannibals.
Ha had lived In a hut with two
pearl divers, who thought no more
of stretching out their brown arms
and diving to the very bottom of the
deepest sea. than you and I think of
putting up an umbrella when it be
gins to rain.
He lived for three months in the
Sahara Desert with a wandering
tube that believes that all white men
are Evil Spirits sent to the world to
punish the brown men for their sins.
In the deep jungles of Africa the
Traveler had seen men—and naked
nen at that—telegraph to each other
tag means of a hollow log held above
a certain spot in a certain running
stream at a certain hour of the day.
And the Traveler had sat In the
ruins of an ancient temple built long
before Columbus ever set sail from
Spain—and he had eaten his tinned
meats there quite as if he were at a
picnic of the Ladies’ Aid Society in
Central Illinois.
We could hardly wait to get to the
dinner to start the Traveler talking.
There wasn't much chance at the
Advice to Girls
By NANCY LEE
Dear nancy lee:
I am in my teens and I’m In
love with a school teacher a few
years my senior. I have asked her
to go out with me several times
and she has refused to go. I wish
to have your opinion on this sub
ject. but please don't tell me to
forget her as I have tried to many
times. She has a lovely person
ality and is liked by everyone.
O. H. C.
GH. C.: Of course the lady
'would not take you or your in
vitations seriously. It would not he
consistent with her position or with
the type of person you describe her
to be. And so I am afraid that there
is no advice I can give you. except
perhaps to ask you to step outside
yourself and Judge the matter as if
you were an entire stranger. I think
that you would be inclined to rate
yourself as a rather foolish young
man and the lady in the case as a
very sensible young woman.
rhEAR NANCY LEE:
I am a boy in my middle teens
and wish your advice. I have been
going with a girl for a long time,
but we have recently had a quar
rel and now do not speak to each
other. So I am going with another
girl and the old one ia trying to
cut me off with the new girl.
Should I keep on trying to win
the girl?
LONESOME BUD.
ONESOME BUD: If you have
1 definitely parted from the other
girl, there Is no reason why she
should Interfere with you now. or
why she should seek to intimidate
you. Certainly, you should main
tain your friendship with the young
lady with whom you are now friend
ly. It is wise, always, to remember
the words of the poet: “It is well to
be off with the old love, before you
are on with the new."
►dinner—the host was busy saying, in
his old-fashioned way. "White meat
or dark—a little
of the dressing
for you, Mary."
and thing* like
that.
And the maid
kept passing
things so you
c o u 1 d n't pay
much attention
to anything but
the food.
"Well wait
till after din
ner," we sig
naled each
other over the
tall glasses—so
we waited.
But after din
ner the wife of
the host wanted
WINIFRED BLACK
to talk about the old wife of the new
young minister of her particular
church.
"Why she’s fixe years older than
he is if she is a day." said the wife
of the host.
"And he's such a good looking
voung man. too," and then we all
said. "Well, well."
•Think of that."
j ~ The Aftermath" 1
And the wife of the host was quite
thrilled by the sensation she was
I making, so she began talking about
the principal of the school where her
two girls were in the fourth and
fifth grades.
We heard all about the principal,
who she was. who her brother mar
ried. why she had never married and
what sort of old-fashioned dresses
she wore to school.
And then we heard all about the
private theatricals the Junior
League was going to give, who was
to play what, the costumes, the
scenery, the stage manager—oh. we
heard a great deal about that stage
manager.
I never saw him in my life, but I
believe I'd know him in the pitch
dark right now.
And the Traveler!
He Just said. "Well, well." and
"You don t say." and "Quite so."
The Traveler has gone on his
travels again and he may never be
able to tell us a single thing we were
all dying to hear.
I do wonder what the host said to
his wife, when we had all gone, and
what the poor thing really thought
of herself when he really said it.
Don't you?
Some Odd Facts
After nearly seven years' work and
at a cost of $400,000,000. Tokio.
Japan, has been rebuilt. Nearly
three-quarters of the city was de
stroyed by earthquake in 1923.
Each year sees fewer candidates
for ordination as clergymen of the
Church of England. The rate of de
crease of clergymen between the
years 1921 and 1928 was 6' 0 a year.
Electlclty provides an extra guard
for the treasures In the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. New York. Imme
diately any exhibit is removed the
museum closes, imprisoning every
person in the place.
Chicago’s record for murder stands
at 4.242 cases in the past ten years,
the yearly figure growing from 202
In 1920 to 429 last year.
A Fashion Model’s Diary
By GRACE THORNCLIFFF
An Invitation to Tea Prompts the Purchase of a “Street”
New Frock.
THEY say that people have to go-<
through a little sorrow now and
then to really appreciate happi
ness. and I guess It’a true. I never
was so blue In my life aa the other
night after I’d happened upon Billy
lunching with a charming girl. I
thought that his love for me was
gone forever and I was a tragedy
queen for fair. Well, now I’ve never
been ao happy—not even In those
first halcyon day* when Billy and I
first became engaged.
Helene, bless her. played little Mra.
Fixit to perfection. Luckily, when
Billy called that evening she an
swered the telephone and let Mm
know what a state I was In. That
saved an awkward situation for me.
A girl never wants to admit to a
man that she is Jealous. At first
Billy laughed and thought It was a
Joke, but when he realized how seri
ous It was to me he came right over
and explained everything. The girl
was the bride of an old friend of
Billy’s who lives in the West. She
had Just arrived In New York on a
shopping trip and didn’t know any
one In town. Her husband had told
her to call Billy. Naturally he asked
her to luncheon as she said she felt
like a “stray lamb “
I felt quite embarrassed for hav
ing acted so badly, but Billy was per
fectly sweet and said he was glad
that I "could be Jealous." that It
“showed I really loved him." Aren’t
men funny? Now he's taking us
both to tea on Saturday afternoon so
that we can get acquainted. Then
I’m to supervise her shopping next
week and help her select her new
wardrobe. It s going to be lots of
fun.
Of course, I want Billy to be proud
of his fiancee, and I*ve gotten the
sweetest drees to w»*r to the tea—
Just the thing for a tea danaant. It
is printed white chiffon patterned
with lovely pink flowers. The dress
is sleeveless and the tittle bolero
Jacket has cunning short sleeves.
Flowered Chiffon Tea Dansant
Frock.
Best of all it ia trimmed in the very
latest manner. Flowers cut out of
the chiffon are appllqued in a deco
rative border around the edge of the
Jacket and the sleeves and the m k
line of the dress.
I wonder what she'll wear? I
really shouldn't worry, though, with
such a frock of my very own!
Good-Night
Stories
By MAX TRELL.
**String for beans
And straw for berries.
What do you think
You need for cherries?*
—Shadow Song.
44 ¥ what do you want this
¥j piece of string for?" Knarf
demanded of ths gnomes.
Master Knarf, the shaiow-boy,
and his shadow-companions—MU,
Flor. Han id and Yam—had gotten
, into a curious adventure. First ol
all, they had gone sailing off on the
wisp of a feather (for, being light as
air, as small as pins, thsy had no M
: trouble being carried by it), and when I
the feather overturned they fell into “
a deep, dark cave. On the way out
they passed a door and. peering In,
they discovered a crowd of gnomes
with long green heard* and green
outfits which made them resemble
green-growing things like cab ha gee
I and heads of lettuce.
Strange to relate, the gnomes were
searching for a piece of string, .is
it happened Knarf had found a piece
the day before and had Just taken it
out of his pocket to show his com
panions when one of the gnomes
-spied 1* and hauled the shadow-boy
inside the room, which had walls and
roof of stone.
It didn't take Knarf long to eg*
plain to the gnomes that he had not
stolen the piece of string from them
but had found it (it was really only
a piece of thread) on his master's
coat. This the gnomes quickly b^
I lieved and set him free st once. They
kept the piece of string, however,
"But what do you want it for?'*
Knarf couldn’t help repeating.
"Yes. what do you want it for?**
the other shadows added.
For a moment the gnomes gazed
at them in astonishment as though
they couldn't understand how any*
one could ask such a question. Then,
pointing to a heap of fruits and veg
etables which were lying in tho
ledges about the room, they replied:
| "The string is for the string-beans,
of course!”
At this one of the gnomes, who
had taken the string, tied up a
bundle of string-beans and gave
! them to another gnome, who prompt*
ly vanished down one of the corridor*
with them.
The shadows now saw that besides
”Wc're Garden-gnomes.”
| the heaps of fruits and vegetables on
; the ledges there was a large heap of
i odd things and creatures standing
against the farthest wall, such as a
spinning-wheel, a goose, a horse, a
I chair, a bucket of water, some bluing,
a crab, a pump, a cot-bed. straw, red
paint, a wall, blacking, a rasp, and
other things which couldn't be mad*
| out.
So Inquisitively did the shadow*
peer at these things that the gnome*
l>egan to chuckle, which made their
long green beards shake as though
the wind were blowing through them.
At length the gnomes explained who
they were and what they were doing.
"Were garden-gnomes." they re
lated. ' and ws take care that all th*
fruits and vegetables get what their
names call for. String-beans must
have string, strawberries must have
straw, the walnuts must have a wall,
the raspberries must have a rasp,
the cot-bed is for the apricots, th*
s* inning-wheel is to spin the spinach,
the blacking is for the blackberries,
the water is for the watermelon, the
goose is for the gooseberrie*. th*
horse is for the horse-radish-”
"And what is the red paint for?”
Tam Interrupted.
"The red is for th* rad:she*.”
Knarf replied.
The gnomes nodded with a smile.
"YouSre a very bright boy.'* they
said. "On you guess what th*
pump Is for?”
"For the pumpkins?”
"And the crab?”
"For the crab-apples?”
"And the chair?" Knarf had to
think very hard at this on* but
finally answered. "For the cherries ’*
Which sms quite right. At this mo
ment a gnome came rushing in with
a bowl of mush.
"Dear me." he exclaimed, “here i*
this bowl of mush and I can’t re
member what it’s for except that I
know it isn’t for the mushroom*-”
This time Knarf didn’t know what
to answer. Nor did the other
shadow-children, nor did the gnome*.
(Tomorrow—The Mysterious Mush)
CoprrJttU. 1*30. Xenripapar Ftatur* Seme*, lac.
Word* of the Wise.
Excess of sorrow laughs, ax
cess of joy weeps. —Blake.
TTit is the most rascally, con
temptible. beggarly thing on the
face of the earth. —Murphy.
No wild enthusiast erer yet
could rast
Till half mankind were like him
self possessed.
—£owper.
Whoever is not too wise is
wise. —Martial.
It is only those who po«sess
firmness who can possess true
gentleness.
—La Rochefoucauld.
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