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antee of a crop.
Last night the temperature fell as
low dand in several instances lower)
in this valley as it did the night be-
fore.
Great Bulk of Crop Safe.
over 100000 smudge pots burned
through the greater portion of the
night and as a result 80 per cent of
the total acreage smudged has its
crop safe and sound today and a
larger portion of the remaining 10
per cent has at least half of its crop
safe. 1t is also believed that at least
20 per cent of the orchards of the
valley were smudged last night,
therefore. it is no exaggeration to
state that at least Go per cent of the
$2,000.000 fruit crop that this valley
would have harvested this year If
there had been no damage whatever,
is safe today and of the other 35 per
cent of large proportion is still
safe.
Tonight promises to be clear and
1t may be pretty cool 1t will not get
as cold as on last night but it may be
necessary to smudge again tonight
a Day of Hard Work.
Today, in spite of the fact that
they are tired and worn out, the
growers in every section of the val
ley. are refilling their oil or coal
pots and getting ready for a battle
tonigh; Il it should be necessary.
There has to-day been a great demand
on Secretary Mahoney, of the Cham
Der of Commerce. for men to assist
in refilling the pots. In spite of the
fact that several hundred town people
worked in the orchards the past two
nights, the response has been gem
eral and scores of men from town
nave labored in the orchards today.
a great many of the fruit growers,
owing to the necessity of smudging
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GRFA HTK 0F Valleys CROP IS STILL SAFE OWING To SMUgGG
OUT
ON A GREAT
STRIKE
rBv Associated Press ]

Chicago, May 1.-The strike OF the
labor unions on the Great Lakes
against the Lake Carriers association
or more correctly their formal re-
fusal to ship on boats controiied Dy
the association. was put into full
operation today at all ports 1t is
estimated that probably 1900 sea
men of all classes are involved in the
great struggle. The next movement
OF the leaders will be to request the
general officers of the international
Seamens' union TO come to the lake
district and endorse the strike
Thousands of men are idle today
in Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo
and other centers- About four hun
dred boats controlled by the Lake
Carriers association
W. II. Gaskili of Red Cliff is visit
ing in the city today.
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for two nights in succession, had to
secure additional fuel or oil today
and the hauling of this fuel and oil
out to the orchards from town or
from neighboring mines has caused
much additional work for the tired
but neryy growers. Let every man
who possibly can do so, volunteer to
work in the orchards tonight il
needed.
The day has been clear and quite
warm in Grand Junction today. 1t
is generally believed that the night
will be much warmer than either last
night or the night before but ii is
hard TO tell.
The Forecast For Tonight.
Today's- weather map. issued by
Observer Hardinge. gives the fore
cast and general conditions as fol-
lows:
Forecast till 6 p. m. Sunday is
sued at Denver)-
For Colorado: Tonight and Sum
day fair with rising temperature;
local frost tonight
Weather Conditions.
The Lakes storm has moved slowly
east OF Lake Superior. having caused
general rains east of the Mississippi
heavy in the mountain regions
This morning it is raining from PEN
nsylvania north and east. Temper
aturesT3re low. and continue to fall.
in the mississippi and Ohio valleys
and in the Lake regions.
High pressure with clear and un-
usually cool weather covers the coun-
try west of the Mississippi. Freezing
temperatures prevail in the Rocky
mountain regions as far south as the
Texas Panhandle. Killing frosts have
been general in Utah. Colorado, and
on the East and South slopes.
Conditions indicate fair weather
with rising temperature tonight and
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Had not the smudging system been

Had not the smudging system been
adopted by a large majority Of the
fruit growers of the Grand valley
there would not be to exceed 251ner
cent of the great fruit crop of ,his
valley alive and intact today.
me above statement is made after
The Sentinel has made thorough in
vestigations in every fruit growing
district of the valley. .
1t has been demonstrated beyond
the shadow of doubt that smudgine
VIII save the fruit from frost and
freeze damage and that the orchardist
In ANY section of Colorado who tries
70 get along without a system OF
smuoge pots Is making a grave mis-
take. SmudgiDg is an absolute pnar-
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Sunday. There will be local frosts in
the valley tonight. The temperature
will probably be 4 to q degrees warm
er than last night
Cold Throughout Country.
The lowest temperature recorded
this morning at the local weather
station, in Grand Junction, was 29
degrees. 1t was 22 in Denver: % in
Durango; Des Moines, 90; Amarillo.
26; Chicago, "a; Kansas City, 30;
Duluth, 20; North Platte. Neb-, 49,;
Oklahoma City, 32; ST. Louis, SO;
Salt Lake, 80; Baker City. 32; Ell
Paso, "A; Santa Fe, 90. Thus Ii Will
be seen that even in New Mexico and
Texas il was colder than in Grand
Junction. Y&
What They Think There
Some very interesting statements
are made in today's PaIisade Tribune
by Editor Sherman concerning the
fruit conditions existing there In
part the Tribune says:
1t must be confessed that the strain
on the fruit growers in all portions
OF the Grand valley during the past
IS hours has been severe, but there
is every reason to believe that the
acute symptoms of freezing weather
has passed, and as usual Grand val
ley is winner Such a winter of ex-
treme cold has probably. not been
known since the development of the
western slope fruit industry. These
conditions. however, tended to keen
the buds dormant and they developed
gradually until within the past week
or two when there came violent
changes in the weather. These con-
ultions have been general and we in
the Grand valley have felt the effects
of them to some extent.
The writer has talked with several
OF the most experienced men in the
ulstrIct VINO eanvassed the situation
thoroughly yesterday from the pump
ing piants to Clifton. examining buds
In orchards all over the valley. The
concensus of opinions is that almost
the entire fruit crop of the valley is
still practically intact. From pail
sade east and in Vineland. the FL
Dertas viii yield considerably more
.nan haif a crop, while the other
varieties are safe Including Pali-
sade and all west down the valley fbe
who're crop anticipated is still an as
sured fact '''i
While there is stin a difference of
,p!nion as TO the merits of smudge
pots' yet 1t cannot be gainsaid thai
heir use under conditions lil<e tboso
d thursday night has been highly
oeneficial. Several experiences
'anchers. however, did not use tban
ana claim their fruit is in splendid
Ihe general result. of Palisada,s
Top Tor the season has not been ma
,erialiy affected. and any further re-
'urrences. OF past conditions would he
almost miraculous. iu oe
Ine climatic conditions of this die
.liet nave been put to a severe toe,
ma we can but be grateful for ne
'uccessful outcome. 'ne
1900 Pots Burning There.
Az the Western Slope orchard 5sj
.c,es In all. one of the biggest in ,he
,aIley, $500 oil pots were liehtad |
as. nignt and although the temnera-
ure iell to "a outside the orcbard r
vas Kept above 80 in the orchard
orchard Mesa Off Easily,
every orchardist that smnJgsa
:. !, ~ chara Mesa last night has his cron
si1 g To-Day From all reports 25 WAS was
q 10" as II got on the Mesa isss rs
A Clear. Cold Night
Last night was different fron, -.
tcontinued on Page Seven ,
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T0DAY'S REPORTS INCREASE
HORROR Of TORNAD0'S WORK.
At LEAST TWO HUNDRED DEAD
lBy Assoeia ted Press. l

fEMPHIs, Tenn, May 1-whle some sections in the n.h
o ne storm are still to be the information so far
received from Arkansas Tennessee and norths
ng the total number people killed by the tornado m
nght up to 100 and the injured to twice that nnuh
nue. an accurate estimate monetary loss is not vet no
sue eacn dispatch describes the most derc
swept over this section country 1t was also o
as TO the extent of territory that was affected
Ik number OF dead and injured reported from Horn
~ MISS lhere IL bodies already been recovered from A.
U aIm dwellings, and of number are those of
p Inc number Of injured placed at So many of whom ~
000 r' ' Al 'na' vicinity Is estimated at $780,
and many wounded. ai NUMBER OF dead
by Associated
chicago, May 1.-The storm which baa TN,
nos approxmates 200 persons the states Of MI;
and Pennsvvn; ma Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Msonr;
.L. sania, look on the of a mild blizzard r. ~
today including Chicago where moderate WINE ns upper
W;nn W. superior Wis, today there is enough snow for .,;
the Storm Man. reports that many cattle have bee pims
from the southwest today come many stories Of b..a
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Fruit Killed Near Denver.

Denver. May lit is apparent
that the orchardists and gardeners
in and near Denver have lost heavily
as result of last nights freeze and
the one OF the night before. Apples.
peaches and pears. smaller fruits.
and much early garden stuff seem TO
be completely killed.
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BANKER !!!!Il IS GUILTY..
MUST GO TO PRISON
TBy Associated p-essr,

seattle, WASH, May In. r.
;e,. NJ Siurst, ., formerly assistant cash
ed with enbezzIement Of sSn naS
rom that institution, was rovnS,
Sml.y by jury in the federal co.,,
ne hsi1 To-Day. His peculations as shoss,.
ehe evidence extended throuph f;s-
,', men years and were covered nm h.,
in puiaeion S. OF the banks baIancs,s
YorI francisco, Chicago and New
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Della Pcnches suffer.

Delta, May 1.=Some peach or,
chards in Delta county Jared badly
from frosts last night and the night
before The temperature was down
TO 20 degrees for an hour or more
this morning and was below "a for
at least two hours. However. as
most of the fruit is retarded in
growth it is not believed that the
damage is very heavy. Little smudg-
ing was done.
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N MISSOURI BIG
STRIKE THREATENS
tBy Associated Press. ]

Bonne Terre, Mo-, May 1.-The
strike of the lead miners at Lead
wood spread to this place today when
all underground employees of the st.
Joc Lead Co. quit work. The big
Mills Co. here was forced to close
and seventeen hundred men are now
idle. About 1000 other Norkmen
are threatening to join the strikers
who are asking for the partial re-
establishment of the wage scsle pre-
vaiiing before the panic of 19oS.
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CompIet., Ruin Thero.

Rocky Ford, May Down to IS
degrees dropped the temperature last
night in this district and IL is stated
that the entire fruit crop has been
destroyed. What little smudging
was done failed to bring the tempera-
ture up high enough to save the
fruit, ii was not done very systemat-
ically
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Big Cherry ORCHARD Safe.

Denver. May 1.-The famous
koontze cherry orchard, containing
10000 cherry trees, located at Har,
ris, northwest of Denver. is believed
to be not seriously. damaged as re-
suit Of the freezing temperature. The
fruit was very little advanced and a
thorough examination indicates thar
the great majority of the trees are
uninjured.
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Much Damage In utah.

salt Lake City, May 1.-Reports
from Utah fruit districts indicate
that much damage was done last
night by freezing temperatures.
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Canon city Badly Hurt.

Canon City, May down to II
degrees went the temperature in the
Canon City fruit district last night
and great damage has been done.
All peaches, cherries, berries and
plums are believed 20 nave been kill
ed. Owing to the retarded growth it
is believed that a portion of the ap-
pie crop is still safe. Last night was
colder by several degrees than the
night before.
About 25 per cent of the growers
smudged and thereby kept the tenn
perature up TO 25 to % degrees and
these growers saved their apple crops.
Canon City has suffered three con-
secutive fruit losses and desperate
efforts are, being made to prevent a
complete loss this year but il looks
as If the fight will prove losing one.
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AMERICANS WELCOME
THE JAPANESE
SQUADRON
[By Assoeiated Press. j

San Francisco. May For the
first time in many years San Fran
cisco IS extended the hospitality of
her harbor to visiting squadron of
Japanese warships. Representatives
OF the city, state and nation united
today in memorable greeting to
Admiral Ijichi and officers and men
from the cruisers Aso and Soyo
which arrived this morning from San
Pedro after an easy cruise of two
days.
Several miles beyond the harbor
entrance the Japanese training
squadron was met by the cutter Nc
Culloch of the revenue service by the
FEDERAL authorities as an escort. The
cutter Golden Gate with the official
reception committee as passengers.
met the Japanese warships in the
strait while excursion boats. MANY
OF them gaily decorated with jan
anese and American flags. followed
the larger vessels to anchorage.
Admiral Swinburne and General
weston. accompanied by their respec-
i've starts, headed the committee
which made the first official cali
upon Admiral Ijichi.
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Donn To ~ AT Paonia.

Paonia, Colo, May Down 10 22
went the temperature last night. 1t
is not believed serious damage was
ing was done.
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STEAMER GOES DOWN
rRv Assoo,.-

:. por. Hssuciated Press.
; Tho huron, Mich. May IL
: sans passenger steamer Russia .
i. nieht IN Lake Superior last .
r saved ere" We're
: of the season. nrst trip !
+ = = + + + = = =
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BACK WITH MILLIONS
10 FINISH THE ROAD
I Special 10 ,rna s .

xSpecial to The Sentinel
len Err, MAY 1.-nISrsnI,<.,s.
YoR1 ATmERNOON FROM NEyT
~ oA GiTY STATE THAT ns1rn w
ntsN MOnEAT is REPURNfNfs ~, ~
TO n., ss WITH 1000. 900 IN Cas4
NIoFEa1Ts 1sED Ed IN CONFLICTING TfM
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Hotoiakiss Feels Good.

Hotchkiss- Colo. May lin the
Hotchkiss and the North Fork coun-
try the temperature fell to 25 de-
grees last night. Much smudging
was done and no serious damage re-
suited.
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IBy Associated P-ess. !

TOXIC, May 1.-The cordial recep-
eion rendered the Japanese trainins
ssquadron by the people of California
newspapers unite in saving thar =,
proves that the best class of Amer
icans are friendly to Japan.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-01
BARNETT SAYS ITS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Especial to The Sentinel. /

Especial to The Sentinel
DENVER, MAY 1.-ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARNETT TODAY IN
FORMED GOV SHAFROTH THAT
HE FINDS THE MEASURE PASSED
BY THE LEGISLATURE CONCERN-
INC HlGH-GRADING Is UNCON-
STITUTIONAL.
Sentinel want ads bring results.
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Sentinel want ads bring results.
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CECOND With King Wqged With kgo5 Ihet Brought
~ City Loses 7edny HocRy Fo
Completely RunedDehd Suffers.

Sunday. There will be local frosts il
the valley tonight The Temperature
will probably be 4 to O degrees warm
er than last night
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D FAD NATIONAL AND
~ AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALL SCORES THE DAY
GAMES ARE PLAYED,
EITHER ON SENTINEL
BULLETIN OR IN THE
PAPER.
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ORE LOCAL, STATE
m AND TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS PUBLISHED Ev-
ERY DAY THAN ALL
OTHER PAPERS IN THE
CITY OF GRAND JUNG
TON COMBINED.
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and it Is expected that his observa-
lions win he reflected III the future
policy If the great organization Of
which he has So long been the head.
For all that Mr.. Gompers, 10y reason
If his official activities, has of lat<
years been occupying an increasingly
conspicuous place in the public eye,
Singularly Iittl, has been disclosed re-
sardng the home. family and private
life ri this remarkable organizer and
labor field marshal. Yet, Mr.. Gompers
H. by Instinct and essentially home
man, and he In home man in
practice To as great an extent az his
public duties will permit. No man
was ever more cngrossed with his life
work than is Samuel Gompers, and
the one note of regret in the cnthns-
iasm he yeicas IL due to the fact that,
t%ke it the year through, he spends
almost nne-thlrd of his time OH rail-
road trains, and is absent from home
considerably more than half OF the
time. There il no doubt that, on the
basis of miles Travelled. Samuel Com
pers il one of the most-traseled of
American public men. In this respect
he is "a worthy rival of President Taft
and William Jennings Bryan.
The house which Sampel GomFors
calls home is modest. but comfor-
table. three-story brick structure
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missionary work" in benalf OF organ
ized tatcr She and Mr.. Campers were
married when they were both very
Young. ana when the young man was
working at his trade rs a cigarmaker,
but she had opuoit unity from the ont
set To take a sympathetic interest in
hoi husbands devotion tn the cause
# labor. In tribute To- the comradc-
ship with his wife which he has en-
inyod all those years, Mr.. GCmpers
said: 4 cannot remember the time
when | was not married" He might
have remarked with equal truth that
me could not recall the time when he
was not active IN behalf Of his fellow
Workmen. for since his 18th year he
las he N an advocate of the rights of
labor and has been connected with
The efforts To organize the working
people.
1mpelled ty ~ special ambition be
vord their own CIRCLE of chosen
friends. the women nf the GCmrers
household have been singularly rcso-
Tut in remaining in the background
an1 avoiding publicity during the
years mat the husband and father has
been occupying niche in the cnntem-
0orary hall of fame. with one mem
Der If the family. however. Miss
Sadie Pulia GomBers. youngest daugh-
ter Of the labor leader. the public haf
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within sight of the national capitol
building ut Washington. II. &. Mar
riage and the forming at new tics in
new environments has resulted in Il
scattering of the Gompcrs clan. nat
urally a most united family. or late
years the household OF the foremost
figure of laburdom has consisted OF
Mrs. Gompcrs. an unmarried daughter,
the eldest son and the luttpr's daugh-
ter. The son, Samuel ]. Eompgrs+
does not live at home, but his dwelling
is not far distant from that OF his
father, and during the latter's fire.
quent absences III" younger man acts
As the man 81 the family The grand
daughter. Miss Florence N. Ganpefs
who Is President Gnmpers' especial
favoritc, likewise spends much of her
time at the home stead. and recently
n . became proficient In SIenography
and typeNritins in order that sho may
he ri practical assistance t. her
grandfather in the very considerable
amount of work that he performs at
homo.
Mrs. Ciompers. wife of The labor
chieftain, is a woman Of pleasing per
snnality. who has not been deferred
by her fondnoss for her home or the
res possibilities of rearing large fam
lily, from taking a very active and in
telligeht interest In her husbands
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Pre51aaaf 0asgoarsS aoaAs oaAc7e<

lands remark, MIR. Gampers is So s,-
ftah1e That do not believe that he
would be satisfied 10 sit dcwn for q
cup Of coffee If there he not s,ne per-
son t. converse with meanwhile"
The grand marshal Of the American
army of organized labor IL mighty un-
conventional in his working methods.
We have it in his own words. above
quoted. that lie loves solitude for
work, and II OBTAIN the luietuie con-
duciye to the best effort he has ac-
quired the habit # doing his most Inn
rortant work at night. Yet in seeming
contradiction If this characteristic II
the TACT that Samuel Gompers il one
of the few men in America who can
work on trains and actually accomplish
Snr ethtEg- This is highly important
in the case Of President Gompers. for
he has averaged $4,000 miles Of rail-
road travel every year for the past
30 years. n total Of 500, 100 miles. being
equivalent to more than seven years
of continuous travelling. When Mr..
Gompers becomes thoroughly Immersed
IN his work he IL largely obiivious to
surroundings even When travelling and
there vas one memorable occasion
when the president OF the A. r. OF L.
dashed ous ut a waysdc station to dis
atch n telegram and turn "a from tha
operators desk just i'm time to see
the train move off, carrying imps rtant
papers which he had spread out around
him in his section of the sleeper. and,
worse yet, bearing away his hat. coat
and vest and gold watch.
When President Gompers is at home
he spends most III the daylight hours
ut large office building where the
general offices of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor occupy several floors.
and where he has a private office and
the assistance of a young woman who
In widely known as one of the most
capable private secretaries In Amer
lea. At night the head Of the labor
host isoIates himself on the top floor
II his residence, where he has fitted up
a combination Of workroom and IL
hrary ttat he calls his den" II Is
nothing unusual for him to be busy
here. reading and writing. until 3 O'Clock
In the morning. Most of the writing.
aside from correspondents. II may be
explained. II for the various official
publications of the American Fedora
tion. President G1mrers seldom ever
writes cut any Of the numerous public
addresses he delivers. The nearest he
comes In 1t Is to jot down on small
slips "f paper which may be held In
the palm Of he hand quotations or
statistics which he may desire To EN-
body in his remarks, and which II Is
essential Shall no characterized hy ali
sol1te accuracy In the smallest detail.
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recently had an Il portunity to become
acquainted. for Miss Gompcrs, follow
ing the example of the daughters of
Senator In Toilette, Tom l.. Johns"h
and other public men. has lately
adopted II stage career. Miss Gompcrs,
who il n strilingls beautiful brunette,
displayed marked musical ability in
early childhood, and vas educated I'M
der the best masters for the concert
Stage. but hCr ultimate ambition Is In
Inc field OF light opera.
As Samuel GonrtrS is unique in tis
working methods and in his policy Of
Welding workers of all classes In a
cluse-knit organization. So likewise rs
he distintitc. as well as distinguished
in appearance. Nest persons VINO. for
the first time. attend an assembiage
where he IL to speak are sumeH hat
taken by surprise by his short stature
but this IL quickly forgotten when the
labor chieftain begins his address. for
he has penetrating but meil-modu-
lated voice. and his delivery, from
long experience in speaking In the
ortn air. is OK sellent Samuel Com
pcrs. who is now in his 5sth year. is
an Englishman by birth. but he has
few Of the characteristics usually as
sociated with that nationality Prob
ably the dominant distinguishing fea-
lures of his personal appearance II
the mas sive head, sparsely covered
with irCngray hair. which is usually
hidden by "A black silk skriicap. Mr.,
GCmpers IL smooth shaver and wears
glasses. and in the course Of his trav-
els has been repeatedly mistaken for
college professor.
Any person who has the slightest
appreciation of how absorbed rresi-
dent Gomrers is in his work can read
lily believe his declaimer that he has
any other fads or hobbies. His work
which embraces everything from eii-
toriai work tn public speaking, has tho
merit of variety, and II Is doubtless
this circumstance which enables Mr..
.;omrcrs tn maintain himself physi-
cally fit, though taking almost no ex-
ereise in tho ordinary acceptance or
the term. He says frankly that he
has never felt that he could afford the
luxury cf 4 saddle horse, and he Is
manifestly not of temperament for
golf. Walking IL +, rm OF exercise
that The labor leader thoroughly en-
joys II he can have the company Of a
ccngenlat companion. but walking
alone. merely for the sake of muscle
building, has M charms Of this men
tally active individual. In speaking of
the matter some time ago, Mr.. Com
pers said: Il like 10 have solitude for
work. hut NJ Ill other times | love
comranionship. Yes" commented
Mrs. Gamners. who had heard her hns-