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water in abundance and putting a
little soda in IL. scrub the kettles brisk
ly with the wire brush that comes for
that purpose, or with mop, dish cloth
or chain dish cloth Wipe dry with a
heavy towel
Meanwhile the other worker is coll
Iecfing. scraping and classifying the
other dishes Before beginning to
wash. have ali the dishes assorted ac-
cordfng to kinds and sizes and placed
convenient TO hand When putting
away remnants of food it is well TO
have for the purpose a series Of
pitchers ranging from three inches to
about nine in height. This gives sizes
suited TO any quantity which may be
left over of soups. milk. liquid, vege-
tables, etc They take less room than
bowls and the graduated series orna-
ments the shelves
wire strainer should be kept in the
sink 10 prevent the larger particles Of
waste. indissolubIe parings coffee
grains. etc. from going down the drain.
This saves plumbers bills.
When ready for the washing, begin
with the glasses and wash quickly IN
hot water, either clear or soapy as
preferred. Have at nano a s-cos.- dish
pan in which is placed a wire rack.
Put the glasses in the rack. rinse with
hot water and dry rapidly while still
wet and hot 1t may be necessary to
keep them in the water a moment or
two 10 get them really heated through.
In washing glass pitchers put a silver
spoon in them before placing in the
hot water This prevents breakage-
Treat canning jars in the same way.
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- OW many boys and girls stop TO
ii think occasionally how tired
mother must be and wonder how
they can help her TO have the rest she
so much needs2 Now dish washing is
something that many thousands of
mothers do every day, not once. but
three times. and with al the other
Things that mother has 10 do il would
be & tremendous help to her If her
little boy or girl or both would do the
dishes Dish washing is very pleasant
weEk II il is done properly and one
takes an interest in Il. and especially
If there are two people working to-
gether.
FIRST. OF course. there must be a
dishpan and plenty OF hot water, also
wire tray. drainer. washing soda.
SOAP. dish mop. wash cloth and plenty
OF towels. both coarse and fine.
II two people work together. let one
coflect the dishes and dispose of the
left over food. while the other washes
the kettles and sauce pans. Get these
heavy cookfng utensils out OF the way
fhe first thing. then the drudgery part
IS over before the workers are tired
lo1t.
Dishes in which potatoes cereals or
eggs have been cooked should be put
10 soak not in hot but in cold or tepid
water. they are then readily cleaned.
FIN with water as soon as emptied.
Keep a little washing soda on hand,
dissolved in water in canning Jar.
for cleansing greasy dishes. Have hot
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By ARTHUR II. DUTToN

- NOTING and splicing are the
n rudiments OF the sailors educa-
tion. They are among the FIRST
things learned by the apprentice sea-
man when ne first goes on board ship.
for they are the things with which
ne must be familiar in his everyday
after life. whether he be a deckhand
or 2 shipmaster. His efficiency depends
largely upon his skill IL these two
fundamental marine arts
Nor IS this efficiency desirable for
ne sailor alone. Many OF the knots,
. lends bitches and the like used at sea
often become very useful for the lands
man. who may at times be called upon
10 tie up a bundle. hoist a weight or
make a line fast in the most efficient
manner. A clumsy knot often makes
trouble where proper one viii save
time labor and annoyance
One OF the most common of all knots.
both siost and ashore, is the square
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key. attracted by the new object. came
down from the top OF the cage and
fused over the box. He pushed the
box about and tipped it up and down
He played with the nail and finally
pulled it out. When he happened to
pull the door again it of course opened.
He reached in and got the food in
side. It had taken him 3s minutes TO
get il. Another piece of food being
put in and the door closed. the occur
rences of the first trial were repeated.
but there was less of the prolitless
pulling and tipping He got in this
time in two minutes and 90 seconds
With repeated trials the animal finally
came to drop entirely the profitless
acts and to take the nail out and open
the door as soon as the box was put
in his cage. He had, we would say.
learned to get in
From the lowest animals of which
we can affirm Intelligence up to man
this type of intellect is found. With
IT there are in the animals obscure
traces of the ideas which come in the
mental life of a man to outweigh and
hide it. But 1t is the basal fact. As
we follow the development of animals
in time we find the capacity to select
impulses growing. We find the ssso-
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fixed size, and can not slip. on account
of the little loop through which the
end is rove or passed. 1t does not take
much practice TO make this knot dex-
terously. So. too, the bowline on a
blight, which is really double bowlfne,
is very useful, as it will give two
strong, permanent bights, in which,
for instance. a person may sit COM
fortably or a weight be evenly slung.
The Glove hitch IL a simple but strong
and reliable method OF fastening a line
to rod, spar or larger line, without
danger OF slipping. for the harder you
pull upon it the tighter it becomes. The
same is true of the timber hitch. the
blackwal hitch and the bale sling.
In making these knots and bitches
he standing part. as it is called, is
Xeld in the left hand, and the end, or
hauling part, Is then passed. as re-
quired, around, under or below 1T.
Take, for example. the blackwell
hitch Hold the standing part IN the
left hand: with the right hand pass
the end UP on one side Of the hook.
then around the shank and back under
the standing part; then haul tant on
the standing part and the hitch IL
made The harder you pull on the
standing part the more tightly IL the
end jammed under it.
A sheepshank Is q curious affair, as
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Like a Flash a Little
Figure Dartcd Into the
Crowd a nd Threw
Itself Upon Franks
Captors

The movements of the ball were
made by the operators other hand,
which also held long, thin black
pole with a smaller white disk to rep
resent the ball fastened permanently to
its end, as shown.
The field OPERATOR listening to the
rea ding OF the innings report through
stable, would move the ball down the
line, from the pitchers box to the
catcher thus indicating the pitchers
delivery. If the batter made strike
the listening flash" operator would in
dicate il to the spectators by showing
the figure in the hole labeled
strikes" Two strikes he would show
-" ETC.. the same process being en-
ployed with the balls, fouls. etc.
If the Timing reporter reported a
fly knocked into left field the Held
operator would push the ball I'D into
left field and touch the left felder's
figure to show he caught 1t. The same
plan applied to other players.
Wooden benches served for the swell
cent crowd, while "standfng room"
back of them could be had for 1 cent.
The audience came in through a door
already cut in the front fence. a promi-
nent sign over it announcing the attrac-
tions of the Baseball bulletin COM
pany.
BY the time the great undertaking
was finished it had engaged the atten-
ton of the entire Juvenile neighbor-
hood. and opening day more than jus
tilted the young promoters hopes.
Everything worked very well. True.
the telephone reporting was rather de-
layed, as the report of each inning had
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DO animals Think?

OUR estimation OF animals has under
" g6le eozssidefabfs afteration dur
ipx ihaslast decade. and many scientists
have even, gone so far as to endow
them 'ssltn thes rsssspafbk 9artrs OF
men This question was recently dis
cussed in the. New York. Times by Pro-
fessor Thorndike Of Columbia univer-
sity. Experiments. he says, have been
made on fish. reptiles. birds and various
animals, notably dogs. cats, mice and
monkeys, to see how they learned to
do certain simple things in order TO
get food. All these animals manifest
fundamentally. the same sort of intel
lectual life. Their learning is after the
same general type. What that type IS
can be seen best from a concrete in
stance.
A monkey was kept in large. cage.
Into the cage was put box. the door
of which was held closed by u wire
fastened to a nail, which was inserted
in a hole in the top of the box. II
the nail was pulled up out of the hole
the door could be pulled open. In this
box was a piece OF banana. The mon
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Citations thus made between situation
and act growing in number. being
formed n6re quickly. lasting longer
and becoming more complex and more
delicate
The fish can learn % go TO certain
places. TO take certain paths. 70 bite
at certain things ard refuse others.
but not much more. 1t is an srdUous
proceeding for him TO learn TO get out
of small pen BY swimming up
through hole in a screen. The mon
key can learn to do all sorts OF things
1t is a comparatively short and easy
task for him to learn 10 get into
box by unlocking a hook. pushing a
bar around and pulling out a plug
He learns quickly to climb down a
certain place when he sees letter t
on card and 20 stay still when hs
sees ak. He performs the proper act
nearly as well after so days as he did
when they were fresh in his mind.
In man this sort of learning develops
into the selection OF ideas as we'll as
of acts. and into the control OF conduct
by general and abstract ideas as we'll
as by particular experiences. but ie
can be shown. says, Professor Thorn
dixie. that his mind is an evolution from
the animal mind.
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IN more by two boys than the one
4 " Frank and Bin watched that
afternoon.
One point was. they saw il free; an
other. they occupied luxurious easy
chairs. much more comfortable than
oueerest part was they weren't even
inside the grounds. They saw the game
through Joe Fishers pull with Ben
Jordan
Ben Jordan was a mighty important
boy in Joe Fishers neighborhood- This
summer Joe Fisher invited Frank and
Bill TO visit him in the city. Joe lived
Only a block from the league baseball
grounds. but Ben Jordan's home backed
right upon the great green e1panse of
Grass with the shining yellow diamond
laid out upon il. You had a perfect
view from Ben's window-which ae-
counts for Ben's great Importance
Bella Oakley. who lived next door.
Ben's sister Cara. and Tikey, Bella s
little dog, completed the party won't
describe the exciting game they saw.
as il doesn't concern this story But
something did happen that had great
bearing on later events. Bella's dog
fell out OF the window
Bella had set the little toy spaniel
careiessiy on the window ledge while
she appla uded a brilliant play No one
saw Tikey fall. but the next moment
there he lav yeiping but unhurt in the
half closed awning directly underneath
their window on the floor below.
r Ben refused 10 rescue the poor little
cog He was too interested in the
game Frank wasn't. however. He
shinnied down a big water pipe that
ran close TO the awning and picked
Tikey OF the awning. continuing the
downward slide 70 the roof of the back
piazza II looked hard. but was really
easy FOR 2 boy OF Franks active
strength. Bella was tearfuIly grateful
and said she hoped she might repay
him for his kindness.
Frank witnessed several more ball
games before the great scheme dawned
on his fertile brain There was only
one drawback. He did not like Ben
Jordan Ever since Ben had selhshly
refused 10 make any attempt 10 save
Tikey. Frank had been discovering new
traits of mesnness. But without Ben
Franks colossal idea was no good.
And this IS what Frank proposed 10
DO; Ben had 4 telephone. Joe had a
telephone JOe's father owned the lot
next 70 Joes house. This was inclosed
by a high fence in front On either
side rose the walls Of the adjoining
houses Nnlie toward the oack was the
side wall OF the old wooden stable in
the rear Of Joe's house.
Frank had once seen a game reported
on & mechanical baseball score board,
by which every play was clearly shown
on g large diamond representing the
BAH field. or course. he could not copy
il exactly. bat lie felt sure he could
get up a pretty good imitation. The
game he Witnessed was telegraphed: his
games would be telephoned. His score
board-there il stOod-tlle smooth
wooden side Of the old stable,
Ia other words Frank intended TO re-
port the games By telephone and trans
Ter the plays 10 the scoreboard in re-
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report of that game. Two clubs were
tied for first place. the home team
known as the Reds" and the "Greys-
The Reds played the -Greys" and a
close contest was expected. as the
teams were most evenly matched
1t is one thing to see game and
share in its excitement and quite an
other to watch a lot of cold figures
flashed in little holes and see nine little
round colored disks representing play
ers chase themselves over painted
diamond. But these fans were keyed
to such a high pitch by the closeness
of the race that every winning play
for the home team was cheered. and
they couldn't have rooted harder had
they been at the game.
Frank noticed that much unneces-
sary noise was made by a crowd of
boys he disapproved Of These boys
were nicknamed the Back Street gang
and were friends OF Ben Jordan's. Some
of them were much older, and little
better than young toughs-
The Greys went to the bat first and
then things began to happen. much to
the spectators sorrow The Reds
four runs crossed the plate
1t looked bad for the Reds A four
run lead was mighty big. until. with
three men on bases and two out the
Reds star siugger- knocked a home
run, tying the score ina jiffv, while the
crowd went wild with joy, Another
run through errors closed the first in
ming, to in favor of the Reds,
The following score up to the sixth
inning will give a better description
of the strange peculiarities of that
terrible game as reported than any
words. Here 1t is, including eight more
home runs
Greys 49, "A 4 go
ReQS "A 81 u U U u D
The Reds were swamped by that
renar rkable procession OF fours, while
the poor field operators arms nearly
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Sweet and Low

Sweet and low, sweet and low. -
Wind OF the western sea.
Low. low, breathe and blow. =
Wind OF the western sea,
Over the rolling waters so.
Come from the dropping moon and
blow
Blow him again to me:
While my little one, while my pretty
one sleeps.
Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
Father will come to thee soon;
Rest, rest, on mothers breast.
Father will come to thee soon:
Father will come to his babe In the
nest.
Silver sails Ill out OF the west
Under the silver moon;
Sleep. my little one, SLEEP, my pretty
one, sleep. Tennyson.
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dropped off showing that awful process
sion of disks around the bases. The
crowd was disgusted. but most of il
remained TO see how big the score
would be.
The scorers were just about TO start
the next inning when something hap
pened at the entrance gate in the front
fence Frank. from his perch as the
run manipulation. leaned out TO see
Bill. the gateman, showed out of the
way by yelling crowd. whom he rec
ognized as the remainder of the Back
Street gang
They were yelling Fake. fake. the
bulletin lies,N That scores cooked.
Let's duck Frank Williams for it.
There he is up there: come on, nail
himr' And reinforced by those already
toward Franks booth. overturning
benches and setting the place in an
uproar.
The better element of the crowd far
outnumbered the Back Street gang
But the gang swore that the score on
the bulletin was false, that it was
really to in favor OF the Reds,
This enraged the others. who, joining
the gang, surged around Franks
booth, demanding their money back.
and would listen to no explanation.
Finally a youth who knew Frank
made himself heard:
I'VE want to be fair. Send somez
body out to verify what these fellows
charge If the scores false we'll help
duck him. too, for playing such a
trickr
In the meantime Frank at bay in
the booth. was afflicted with horrible
misgiving that things might be all
wrong, too Had Bed Jordan betrayed
him? The returns of the boy sent to
find out the true score answered the
question. A minute later Frank was
fighting as he had never fought be-
fore,
But it was no use. They upset the
booth finally in spite of his using the
long indicator poles like fails. Down
went Frank with a crash. and before
he could scramble out OF the booth he
was seized and dragged out of the lot
by the jeering crowd 1t certainly
looked as If poor Frank was booked
for a swim in the horse trough on the
corner,
They had nearly reached the trough
when a scream was heard. and like a
lash a little figure darted into the
crowd and threw itself upon Franks
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to be taken in long hand and then
rushed to- the stable, but the operators
made very few mistakes, as Frank and
Joe had drilled carefully beforehand.
And the receipts were wonderfuI-$347!
The 'B. B. c." as it was called for
short. continued to prosper. 1t hap
pened to be close pennant race, and
several teams. including the home
team. were neck and neck for the lead
AS the merits of the "B. B. c." became
better known 1t came to be patronized
by older people, TOO, and some idle
hangers on that never seemed to have
a quarter to admit them to the bleach
ers'' to see a real game. Frank did not
like to let them In, but the busi-
ness policy as laid Gown by Ben Jor-
dan forced him to-
IL ever a man made. himself lit" Ben
did His demands became more and
more outrageous as the days passed.
He compelled his unwilling associates
20 grant him a further 10 per cent of
the profits or close up shop The
pennant race grew in excitement:
business increased pfoportionately. and
with 1t Ben's greed. Ben came out in
a fat demand for Is per cent more
OF the profits. This would make his
total share 10 per cent, while the others
would divide but 25 per cent among
them A wordy row followed. which
almost ended in blows, and the other
members refused Ben's demands and
also told Ben what they thought OF
him, and Ben finally left the meeting
almost speechless with anger. with.
drawing from the corporation and
vowing all kinds of revenge. Evidently
the "B. B. c." had gone to smash.
But only over night The next day
Frank received a sulkH note from Ben
saying he had changed his mind and
would continue on the same basis as
before So business went on as usual
for tho week that led up to what was
known afterward as the decisive game
of the season.
A big crowd attended the "B B. C.'s"
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the illustration shows. 1t is used to
shorten rope: virtually, to reef rope
To make it, lay your rope down, or
hold a part OF 1t up, then make first
one and then another blight, or loop, in
it, OF length corresponding to the de-
sired degree of shortening. Take each
blight and make half hitch around 1t
with the part OF the rope nearest to it.
In popular language, a half hitch is
really nothing else than a s'kink' in
a rope, yet. combined With another part
OF the same or another rope. or g spar
or a rod, it Is very useful in variety
OF ways. IL a landlubber is told to
sling cask or barrel, head up. he is
apt to make pretty mess of it. yet,
like Columbus egg, it Is an easy thing
when you know how. Simply take one
end of your rope half way down the
cask, then bend it around half way,
holding 1t IN place: then carry 1t down
under the bottom and up over its own
part, then around the other half Of
the cask and under Its own part on the
other side. thence up. Make the end
fast to It's standing part and the thing
Is done.
Boys can dnd both amusement and
proft In praeticing the making of
these and other knots and bitches. It
IL Interesting. and dexterity at it will
come in handy times without number.
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HONE OCCUPATIONS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Next wash the silver, having the
water soapy and piping hot, in order
20 get a good polish. Keep spoons,
knives and forks in separate groups
and all pointing in the same direction.
The smaller, less greasy dishes fol-
low the silver, and then the heavy
china. Here, again, let dishes that have
held eggs or starchy foods soak a while
in cold or tepid water. Rinse greasy
dishes well.
Conclude by scrubbing table and sink
with cloth, brush. soap and sapo1io as
needed. Put the scrapings in the gar
bage pail and pour hot water and soda
down the pipe to remove the last yes
tige Of grease. Hang up the shining
dishpans after washing out the towels
and dishcloth in soap and water
BED MAKING
How many boys and girls know how
to make up their own beds? Bed max
ing is q simple process. and every child
should know how it is done. First sup
pose you have two sheets, a. blanket,
a comforter and a cover
Put the lower sheet on with the right
side up. Tuck it in neatly at the
corners much as one would fold in
the corners when wrapping up box
in paper. Place the upper sheet upon
this with the right side down. This
brings the two sides together. Let the
broad hem in each case be at the head
OF the bed. That of the upper sheet
should just reach the head OF the mat
trese.
Place the blanket with its upper end
about six inches from the head Of the
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bed. Then comes the comforter. placed
in the same way. Fold the sheet down
from the top just where the blanket
ends Tuck all in neatly at the sides
and the foot Now put the spread
smoothly over al. 1t may be tucked
the pillows with the closed ends OF
the cases together.
II an extra coveriet is to be placed
at the foot of the bed, fold it In thirds
so that the sleeper may reach down
and draw it up over himself without
rising to the floor.
To put on the bolster case easily.
turn it wrong side out and then roll
1t up over the bolster.
Beds should be aired every morning
by shaking up bedc1othing and extend
ing 1t over footboard and chair.
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eaptors. fghting and scratching and
kicking them
The astonished Frank recognized It
as Bella Oakley,
One of Franks captOrs happened TO
be the youth who had suggested veri-
fying the score. He was a friend OF
Bella's and that accounts in great
measure why she was so readily heard
s@He isn't to bIameI He didn't do IL.
Ben Jordan did it.r she cried Finally
Bella was Quieted enough 10 tell her
story. and although she was interrupted
by the jeers OF the Back Street gang
the rest Of the crowd insisted on hear
ing her out and by the time she had
finished there were no more jeeTs.
Bella had been in with Ben's sister 70
watch the game. and heard Ben give
the false report over the phone As
quickly as she dared she had left 70
warn Frank and had been almost too
late.
But not quito. Her story set him free
from bathing in the horse trough And
then the erawd started 10 look for the
Back street gang. who must have been
in league with Ben's plot. but every one
had sneaked away 1t turned out after-
ward that Ben intended TO wreck
Franks company and form a new Ona
of his own. Ben was very careful TO
stay in the house or with his gang for
the next few weeks 7 can tell you,
But the "B. B. c. was not wrecked.
Bella then showed further what httls
brick she was when she announced:
Il live next door TO Ben JOrdan's and
il YOU will go back to the Bulletin !
will arrange to have Frank report the
rest of the game over my fathers
phone"
Three cheers were given spunky Bella
and the crowd ran back 10 the Bulletin
grounds. carrying Frank on their
shoulders in triumph. so great was
their revulsion of feeling So muck
time had passed it was found that only
one inning remained to be reported
and here is the true. complete score.
by which IL will be seen the Reds really
won in the first and only truthful IN
ming of Bens fake" report:
Greys ......4 0 0 o 0 o.
Reds ...-.....s- 5 0 0 0-5
Bella took Ben's place in the ~B. 3
c." which ran out a most prosperous
season All OF which shows that a
kindness pays sometimes. even Il It -
to rescue a good for nothing little dor.
For the saving OF Tikey was what
really saved the ''B- B. c.
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MORGAN LANGWoRTHY

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