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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

FTER Helen and Clinton had made fudge
- looked their stamp collection and
read stories, they moPed disconsoately,
wondering what to do next They
sitting on the wndow-seat the library, and
looking out into the orchard
This is the horridest time Of the year" said
Clinton The last week OF February and the first
half of March have nothing pleasant about them
and there mud and slush everywhere
"And it's ugly-looking out of doors, too, added
Helen. with patches OF snow here and there.
Even the sky is dull much OF the time There isn't
ANYTHING pretty anywhere.
silence followed, made dreary by the m 70 n
tek-tock of the great clock Presently Helen
and big knife l wonder what he's going to do?
Il heard grandpa tell him answered Clinton :
ITO trim the in the orchard. See, that's what
William placed the ladder against hoary old
rherry-tree climbed up, and sawed off branch
that divided into three smaller branches each about
three feet long. And so he went from tree to tree.
cutting off small branches here larger ones there.
hey'd Just had their hair cut Clinton. said.
Suddenly Clintons listless air vanished
"Oh, / say, Helenl I've an idea! read some
where once upon timeIcant say when or s where,
trees late in February or early IN March. and
brought in the house and into water, will bios
DO you believe it?" asked Helen
at might be true Anyhow, suppose we get
'Al right agreed Helen. Let's put them in
that empty room on the third floor It's warm s and
and then if the branches do blossom how we can
astonish everybody"
the orchard. Underneath pear-tree Helen found
two very graceful branches, each nearly four feet
long. Clinton picked up the large cherry branch
William had off first of all Then they gath
cred apple boughs and smaller cherry and pear
branches and large twigs.
Helen looked doubtiuly upon the bare brown
branches
at doesn't seem possible that flowers will ever
grow on these dead-looknP things, she said.
That's So" answered Clinton But anyway.
we'll experiment II you'll carry them upstairs II
run down. cellar and get some empty jam-jars"
You II want something bigger than iam7iars for
GONG OF the hranchest" exclaimed Helen. she
struggled press together the s2TawllaS branches
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

third floor to watch the wonderful transformation
Soon the fairest tenderest minute leaves covered
the pear branches. The faments the cherry
branches long and at first. very curly. and
then they grew larger, round and straighter, and
showed plainly that they were stems for the bios
and the cherries. Finally a day came when
THAT pleasant dream" said mother.
"But it wasn't dream, and Helen isn't joking"
broke in Clinton. Il We seen them, too.
two three greenish-whitc buds showed the
pear branches. Very rapidly the buds grew now.
branches. The flowers we'll opened, and there
quantities of them. They as large as if
they had blosscmed of doors in the natural way
The air sweet with their delicious perfume.
The children turned from the blossoms and looked
of the window the trees, whose naked
branches still shock against the cold" How
ing the indoor contrast
well have the surprise tomorrow morning"
said Clinton; and the children tiptoed downstairs
whispering about their plan.
The next morning, when mother behind the
bubbling coffee-urn, and father cutting the
omelet, and Norah passing the mullins, Helen
said:
81 have seen p ar-blossoms this morning"
an a picture book" asked her father, smiling
mo; have seen real pear-blossoms. They grew
on the branches of the pear-trees that in the
orchard"
golden hearts. Helen vas beside herself with de-
light She put the blossoming pear branches
where the morning would shine upon them.
Five days afterward. Helen and Clinton just
home from school, stood in the flower room, as
they called it. locking in wonder the pear
thckly clustered the pear branches and
seeming like huge pearls hanging among the green
pear leaves. Buds appeared the ends of the fla
ments, stems, of the cherry bough but there
no leaves; and the apple branches
little green spears. Finally a half dozen pear
blossoms Enclosed their milky petals, showing their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

Father, mother, and Norah looked out of the
windows. 1t was raw, clustering March day. and
Norah couldn't help smiling the idea of
pear blossoms in the orchard in such weather.
What do you mean, children?" asked father.
please excuse me minute and II show YOU"
said Clinton jumping up from the table and run
ming upstairs. He returned shortly, carrying in
each hand a pear branch covered with white sweet
scented blossoms.
Explanations of delight and questions and
plantations in such tumble that breakfast
was forgotten. Nora sent for the big Japanese
and mother arranged the pear branches in it.
Then, after finishing breakfast-it little cold.
but nobody minded-Helen and Clinton led the
way to the fower-room and showed their parents
the cherry branches covered with buds, the other
pear branches in blossom, and the green points
the apple boughs.
The twigs and small branches of pear-bIossoms
given friends and carried to school; and.
after enjoying the big pear branches at home for
three four days, they taken to the chdren's
hospital All who saw the flowers were delighted
and amazed.
The cherry-blossoms came to their full perfection
about FIVE days after the ear-blossoms had reached
their prime. The large cherry bough was by far
the most beautiful of all the branches The flowers
were very large, and their perfume filed not only
the they in, but the whole house was
permcated with their sweetness For two weeks the
branch kept its perfect and transcendent loneliness
The apple-blossoms were disappointing They were
but little half their normal size. and had not
tnge of pink
Helen and Clinton photographed the pear and
cherry branches of DOORS "for," said they, eff
take the photographs indoors nobody will
believe these branches blossomed early in March
It's the only way to prove that we got ahead of
-h~ -@aenn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

of the big cherry bough so that she could put 1t
through the kitchen door. ITS lucky Norah is in
her own room and mother out making calls, for
they'd know right off what we were doing.
By the time Helen had carried the branches and
twigs upstairs, Clinton had brought up from the
cellar two large pickle-jars and several 5amjars;
and, after filling them with water, he them in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

very WE'LL" said Hans and he took up his stick and
started for the field
The sun was very hot when he got there, and
seeing row of FIVE shady trees he lay down under
meath them and fell asleep in two seconds He
snored with his mouth open. Cowslip had been
watching him and when she his eyes close. she
said Now here's my chance!" and, jumping over
the fence she away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

~ nee upon time there woman called
81 "a Mrs -Stockchen and she had named
w. Hans They lived together in little cot
tage and they had hen and
One morning Mrs. Stockchen said to her son,
"Hans, my dear, will you take Cowslip. the COW
to pasture and remember to be late for supper"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

you lazy, careless, naughty, careless naughty.
lazy Boyr cried Mrs. Stockchen. You have left
my poor wandering all alone. She will lose
her way in the dark. Just you go and find her this
instant. You will get supper till you bring her
back, my name is not Matilda Maria"
Mrs. Stockchen had grown quite scarlet with rage,
and she shook the soup-ladle at her to make him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

who stopped them, and asked what they were doing
out so late. Were just going home" said Hans
"Why," said the soldiers, you ought to have been
there two hours ago" well I couldn't help it,"
said Hans, this COW ran away and had to fetch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

go faster. 1t was getting quite dark by the time
Hans reached the field again and nowhere did he
see any trace of the COW. He did not know in what
direction she had gone, he walked round and
round the field. feeling very miserable
Just 10 o'clock striking, Cowslp stepped
out from behind tree, and kneelng at Hans's feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

o, we were almost there,
And we would have been rich no doubt,
But the wind came by with 4 dreadful cry,
And the Beautiful Bow went out
When we turned to look about
The great black dart had come
We ran so fast that Dot was lost
And the dog was the first one home
(And the rainbows and the rainbows go,
But Dot and the dog and I've krO1o)!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

Hans stopped snoring and awoke at supper-tirne
He looked for Cowslip, but she had disappeared; he
about calling for her. but she did not come;
and at last he went home to his mother with a very
sad face and said: ooh. mother, Cowslip away
while I was asleep I have looked for her and can
not find her any, here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

We followed the Rainbow Road
When the storm had grumbled by.
The rainbow stood by the big east wood
With its top against the sky.
Dot and the dog and |,
The dog with the curly tail
And a spade to dig for our treasure Big
A spade and new tin pail.
(She was the company, | in command,
And the dog went along to guard the band).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

her before going home to supper"
boyF said the soldiers, you are not speaking the
truth, you have stolen the COW, and you are very
impertinent as we'll We will take you to prison
They tied rope around Hanss neck and mn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

out of the window. When she saw who It was she
fairly jumped for joy and she rushed once to
meet them.
Hans fell a.o. his ruothers And they I'll
lived hannily ever aftersaTd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05
By Nancy Byrd Turner.

The colors came down to the ground,
Somebody told US So
And somebody told how a pot of gold
Was hid at the end of the bow.
We hurried along. arrow,
Ready to seek and find;
led the lot and next came Dot
With the curly-tailed dog behind.
(She was a girl and so, in case
OF danger, l gave her the safest place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

the empty third-foor room where the sun would
not shine directly them, for Helen had suggested
that "as it isn't good for slips from plants to be
put right in the sunshine, perhaps it's the same
with tree cuttings"
The large cherry and pear branches were placed
in the pickle-jars, the twgs and small branches in
the jan-jars.
81 wonder if anything really will happen" said
Clinton.
81 wonder!" echoed Helen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

said in choking voice al am really very sorry,
Hans" Well" said Hans, Il am sorry too, but
let get home now" So they set out tired and
rather cross
But when they within sight of the light in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

A week passed and little brown buds sweiled
twirs and branches. Three four days later tiny
green points broke through the brown buds on the
pear branches and twigs, and the cherry curious
pale-grccn hlarnents came out. The apple branches
still had only brown buds
Helen and Clinton kept their secret we'll and
I,aanu the stealthy trims the raona o. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

another round the cows, and took them to prison
They put Hans into dungeon full of horrid crea-
lures, but they let poor Cowslip wander about in
the fields outside
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05
Ahran nj tlR 5euan1t~
By FLORENCE PELTIER.
FLORENCE PELTIER.

j. Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

Hans 1t was rather hard work for Cowslip but at
last she made big enough hole and Hans leaped
out He knocked off his hat in doing So but then
Hans didn't about little thing like that. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

jumped her back. and away they went. fallen
trees. stones. bitches, hedges, everything. They
in sight of the cottage last, and the sound
of their approach caused Mrs Stockehen to look
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

One morning when Hans was crying because the
door was locked and because the window bars
looked SO strong, Cowslip heard him. She came up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

n FTER Helen and Clinton had made fudge.
y looked over their stamp collection, and
read stories they moped disConsolately,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-05

beside the window, and standing her hind-legs
she peeped in and said, Hans, my dear master do
you think that if tried TO knock down the wall with
my horns, you could get out% Il will try" said
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16

America 1t was almost unknown. It
was thought to be beneath the dig
nifty of any person, man or woman,
who had attained the age of maturity
to be seen eating candies or anything
of the sort
The children had all the candy to
themselves, and at that there was
not much to have. The big candy fac
tory was as much unknown as the
steel rolling mill There was no de-
mand for the product and there was
no attempt made to create one.
In 1850 all the candy that was made
in this country would have sold for
the paltry sum of $3.04o.671 No one
paid much attention to the candy bust
ness. 1t was being produced in small
shops and by a few workmen only.
People were entirely too busy with
sterner things during the days of the
war between the states to pay any at
tention to the amount or the value of
the candy that was being eaten by
the waiting wives. mothers and sweet
hearts of the soldier boys at the front.
Statistics are lacking for the few
years when bullets were more popular
than bonbons and the caisson was of
more importance than the CONNECTION
cry. When the piping times of peace
returned the candy maker went back
to his kettles and pans. In 1870 the
candy shops of the United States
turned out $15.s22.643 in taffies, cream
candles. barber-pole stick and brown
fat pieces Of the well-remembered
"hearhound." Miss America was be-
ginning to sit up and nibte gently at
the candy situation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16

The boarding schools have attempt
ed to cut down the candy allowance
of the young ladies under their charge,
with very Indifferent success The
fact that it is forbidden seems to
make the candied Jumps all the more
alluring. 1t adds a spice to the taste
from the very fact that it is forbid
den Candy smuggling has become
one of the recognized sports In these
institutions and it is a game that
never grows stale and wearisome.
Mothers clubs everywhere are listen
ing to the reading of instructive pa
pers on the spread and the menace of
the candy habit, but so far the con-
fectionery and the department stores
have noticed no decrease in the
amount disposed Of
All Through Life.
Miss America never arrives at an
age when a box of candy is not an
effective bride. When she was very.
very small a box of candies would
heal the most stubborn case of heart
ache. For few bonbons she would
consent to swallow most any sort of
nauseating medicines. When she be-
gan to fare forth into the world it
did not take her long to find her way
to the nearest soda fountain and
candy store. 1t soothed the heart
burnings of her maidenhood and con-
soled her for many a shattered hope.
Later on in life she received the daily
or weekly Offering of a glorious box
of subtle f1avors as a merited tribute
to her charms. Still later on a box of
candy presented to her by an errinG
spouse always softened her heart and
took away any just bitterness that
she might have felt over his pecca-
dilloes.
Candy eating is rather a modern
growth. 1t has become one of the
luxuries that we are sure we are un-
able to do without 1t Is one of our
latest necessities.
When our great grandparents felt
the craving for solid Jumps of sweet
ness the only way the desire could be
satisfied was to MUNICH a cake of ma
pie sugar or buy a few pounds of the
old-fashioned, dark sugar from the
Louisiana cane fields. In western
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l[AEyg11ES OF EM
/. ia sI6r11@N .R

Both box and plated skirts are seen,
but they are rarely without a strap
or bias to enliven the monotony.
The chiffon motor bonnet is finding
a new use. The traveller dons it on
the train on removing her own hat.
Many dresses of serge or cloth are
made with round gathered blouses and
are worn with a patent leather belt.
A new thing in trimming is tai
lored costumes of wool, taffeta or wolfe
embroidered in beads or dull coloring.
While most of the coat sleeves are
long, one sees elbow sleeves and no
sleeves at all, the sleeves of the blouse
supplying suficiency.
The vogue of black and white ex-
tends to chic little trotting frocks of
black and white printed foulard, chif
fon, etc., trimmed in black silk with
coats of black silk.
Real Irish lace in the narrow inser-
tions and narrowest edges will remain
a favorite in the realm of lingerie
neckwear, but it is often softened by
combining it with valenciennes, and
valenciennes and Cluny are much used
without the Irish
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16

amodnt of candy eaten by Miss Amer
icas OF all ages. The statfsticians
realize that any figures obtained are
hound to be far below the real facts
In the case. A few dozen of the great
er factories turn out millions and mill
lions of pounds of candies annually,
but the most pryins of the men with
the government blanks are unable to
get at the amount OF sweetmeats that
are turned out annually In boarding
school dormitories, home kitchens
and over the flame of the alcohol
lamp that runs the chaf1ng dish
If Miss Americas annual candy sup
ply were loaded on one train of cars
of the fullest capacity there would be
something over 5000 cars full OF
boxes. buckets and glass jars. This
load of sweetmeats for the sweet tooth
of the American girl costs the con-
sumers about S125. 100000 every twelve
months.
OF these loaded cars of candy, it
may be said that they contain fully
as much nourishment as a similar
train of beef or wheat No one dis
putes the food value of the candy,
the sugar and the creams, and the
fruit juices that compose it are all
supposedly pure But the doctors and
the authorities ON dietetics are get
ing a little worried over the future
effects on the figures and the general
health of our confirmed candy hends.''
They are of the opinion that q little
temperance agitation along the lines
of checking the consumption of bon
hons, marshmallows and fudge would
not be amiss.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16
Get AFTER the Flies.

With the warm days flies multiply
amazingly. Now is the time to at
tack them and prevent the breeding
of millions from the few hundreds that
already exist.
Perhaps the most effective method
of destroying flies is by burning
pyrethrum in each room. This stuns
the flies and they can be swept up and
burned
Flies are dangerous carriers of dis
ease and an enemy of humankind Do
your part toward keeping down the
pest and improving the health of your
community.
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lace hats the fluffy ones have no place
on the downtown streets. Parasols
must repeat some note in the dress
and harmonic with the character of
it. There are all kinds of oddities in
handles, hats and chandeliers and
flowers and handles of woven rafia
are among the newest and prettiest.
The raffia parasol in the cut and that
with Paisley design are among the
latest fads, and the rafiia bag is
novelty which has many good points
to recommend 1t.
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!
Au0I1Cdn SlIl Oh ALI
ages, from seven to sew
enty. is the original and
the real Candy Kid. From
morning till very late in
the evening she constant
-es3 ly munches sweetstuffs of
M8SH thousand different varie-
e IL ties and favors. Strong
men have ransacked the world to find
a new flavor, subtle tang that will
appeal to her taste in her next and
latest box of candies. Somewhere be-
tween sunrise and sunrise of every
twenty-fOur hours over twenty-four
big carloads of candy are eaten with
in the boundary lines of the United
States.
When Miss America is a very little
girl she is contented to eat the sim
pier kinds of confectionery. But as
she gets little older her tastes grow
more esthetic and her sense of
f1avors gets more subtle. She carries
her box of sweets across the lawn to
a chum's house and the two sit de-
Iightedly building up day dreams aid
ed by the delicious f1avors of their
favorite brand. When she enters the
schoolroom she must have a small
box at least tucked away handily.
Otherwise she would never be able to
get through the strenuous duties of
school day. If she goes out driving
or motoring a box of candy is as
much part of the equipment as the
gloves or the gasoline. And the habit
grows on her as she gets older. She
must keep a few pounds of her favor
lite CONNECTION in her room when at
home in her bag when travelling and
In the hampers when starting out for
a motor tour.
One of the commonest and possibly
rne of the most beautiful of the maya
zine covers of the future will be a
drawing of a beautiful young woman
at the steering wheel of a swift aero
plane, one hand on the wheel and the
other posing a piece of divinity fudge
q few inches from a pair of divinely
scarlet lips
Government Collects Statistics.
The government has gone to some
trouble to collect statistics ON the
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TN ALL manner of designs and all
4 kinds and sizes the summer parasol
= has arrived. Many of them have
already appeared on the streets and
certainly with hats of upturned brim
one needs them to keep from squint-
ing and scowling atrociously in the
bright sunlight They are pretty
enough this year for one to want to
show them at the earliest possible
moment The practical ones for gen.
eral wear are naturally of the plain
ons-tone effeots- Like the lingerie and
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In the Way.

you haven't much of memory for
dates said the conversational board
err
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel-
II used to have. But 1t interferes with
business when you're sellin' spring
chickens
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16
The Game of Nations.


l. The nation from which we grow
(Germination).
2 The nation for pupils differentiation.
3. The nation for teachers (Explana-
tom.
4. The nation for actors Qmpersona-
tion).
s. The nation for a popular prince Cor
onation).
g. The nation for theological students
(Ordination)-
I. The nation for an unpopular Official
(Resignation).
8. A nation for a contagious disease
Vaccination).
9. A nation for pests DISCRIMINATORY
10. A nation for sinners Condemnation.
IL. A nation which monopolists desire
(Combination).
Il. A nation which indicates a class
Denomination.
10. A nation for the irreso1ute Oeterm-
ination)-
IA. A nation on a crusade Carrie Ma
tion).
Suitable prizes can be provided for
the successful guesser of nations in
the Is minutes allotted. A cabbage
followed out, lined with paper and
filled with bonbons, tying the top on
with pink ribbon makes a charming
consolation prize. A large tin horn
can be filed with candy and tied with
ribbon for another consolation prize.
MADAME MERRL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-16
The Secret.

The Secret.
Miss Bright whispered Miss
Gaussip, "can you keep a secret?'
YES" replied Miss Bright, also
whispering, 81 can keep one as well as
you can
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He who commits injustice is ever
made more wretched than he who
suffers it-Plato.