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from a small town: but she knew much OF
the ways of the city. She knew its loneli
ness, too, and she had been so lonely that,
even if Harry had not come along so oppor-
tunely. she might have been glad to meet
Dick, or even Tom.
Name had no hstory-iust the usual sor-
did little story of a younger sister and
stepmother who wrote that now, since Name
had a nice position in a big business, she
ought to remember her younger sister and
send home dollar or two week toward
the younger sisters support. And poor, fool
ish, ignorant Name tried to do this.
She got off the car near her lodging house.
The warm, rosy dream of Harry had chilled
during the ride. Perhaps it was not Harry
after ALL
In her cramped room she took from be-
tween the pages of book a bit of frill or
ruching, or whatever it is called, drew it
tightly around her neck, and pinned it neatly
behind. She smoothed out her gloves be-
tween her hands, exactly as Miss De Sickem
Smythe does the same thing, and put them
on. Name was dressed for dinner.
I" 1t must be Harry" she thought. And,
o, Harry, I've been so lonely waiting, and
you can help me so much. When we're mar
ried I'll work so hard for you, and my little
sister can live with u.s." She smiled wist
fully.
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OF MAlMlE
by Thomas 7. 4oyne

of four for dinner and the theater. But
perhaps it was just as well she was alone.
After she knew him better he could drop into
the store some day and invite Claire and
George, just as she had predicted. Claire
would understand why Name thought SO
much of Harry then
Tonight she could go to dinner with him
and to the theater. Why, besides the fun
Of it, the dinner would save her--let us see,
sophisticated reader. how much would that
dinner save her? Room rent was 81, car
fare 60 cents. This left $3.40 for twenty
one meals which, at an average of 10 cents
meal, still left % cents a week for her
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He Had Planned a Surprise.

Why don't you make him drop into the
store some day?" persisted Claire.
Name was putting on her jacket, for the
hour had come to go home.
"That's just what I'm going to do" said
Name. told Harry about you, and he's
awful anxious to meet you. We was going
to frame it up as a surprise-him to walk
in here some day and invite you and George
to go to eat with us and then go to a
show
." He may not be such bad fellow after
ALL said Claire. But you oughtn't to let
him know you care so much for him. 1t don't
do you no good to let fellow think you're
stuck on him., she added, out of her SUI
perior wisdom.
Name hurriedly put on her hat and was
swirled through the doors with her friend
At the corner they parted, for their ways
lay in different directions.
Name waited for a south bound car. Her
mind still glowed with the imagined gen.
erosity of the imagined Harry. She was
brought out of her revery by jocular voice.
Hello, little fellow it said. Didn't
he show up?"
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Sdtd Itdue lndnied Clara, 6y the 6ye.J
berg's dance hall at l a. m on any day.
In the front row we're several politicians,
insisting that some angelic policeman take
their names in to the Almighty. A number
of women, whose incomes during life had been
derived from property put to purposes not
pretty, concealed their impatience under weI
bred Indifference. Here was the noble
founder of hospital, in which a room could
be had for less than room at the Blackstone;
the hospital was a monument to the wonder
full earning power of little children. Here
also was a man who was dearly loved by
Chinese backsliders from the teachings of
Confucius, and by perfectly muscles Igorrotes
who had quit the faith of their fathers; for
he furnished to them civilized food, learn
ing, and religion produced by-product of
sweat shop that paid young girls So, or
even much as 81, week for working
nine, ten, eleven hours a day.
The glittering gate swung open; it opened
outwardly, it may be observed. st. Peter.
with stern mien, stepped forth. The crowd
was awed Protestatons and claims for pre-
ferment stuck in mute throats. St. Peter
looked over the crowd and beckoned to a
miserable, disheveed drab. She was such
a thing as one sees in certain parts of cities
at night-one of the fragments jettisoned
from public progress TO assure the safe ar
rival in port of that good ship which has
many more valuable souls in cargo.
st. Peter helped the woman, who was not
so old she looked, across the threshold.
She was sodden, hopeessy vulgar, disgust
ing. When, 10, as she stepped within the
gate her distinguishing identity fell from her
like rotten rags. Oblivion kissed her lips,
and she walked joyously forward toward tho
great courtroom.
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cotles, doctor bills, newspapers, postage
stamps for letters home, magazines, char
ities, self-education, art, and the hundred
and one things so important to the mind
which co0rdinates with the well fed stomach
Furthermore the meal Harry would buy
might make breakfast unnecessary the fol-
lowing day. And she really was hungry, for
she had missed several meals that week in
order to load herself with such foolish ex-
travagances as a 10 cent veil and pair of
marked down gloves.
"Ill tell you what I'll do, kid" said
Harry. -" l got to go home myself for a lit
tie while, but I'll meet you right here at
sharp
While Name was still thinking that she
ought not to accept the invitation she heard
herself say:
" All right. AT sharp"
Then IN huttery, rosy dream she got
aboard Name had made her first
date.
Name was not country girl. She came
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only tools necessary are gasoline torch such
as is used by plumbers and painters, an ordi-
nary steel wire brush, and small scrubbing
brush.
The torch should have as large and as hot
blue flame as possible, since speed in burning
tho wocd is important. If the surface can be
charred so quickly that the heat does not 90
through the board the result will be much
better.
The wood must not be burned too deeply or
the charring will go straight through the soft
grain to the harder streak below. After the
burning comes the brushing, --hich is the
most important process as far as the ultimate
color effect is concerned. The more the soft
grain is rubbed the lighter in color will be the
general tone. A good plan is to go over the
board lengthwise in order to remove the black
charcoal and then rub across the grain.
The work of the wire brush leaves the board
completely covered with a fine brown powder,
which should be removed by the small scrub
bing brush. This is the end of the process if
ali you want is a dull soft toned finish But
ordinary floor wax will bring out the full value
Of the grain and should be polished with
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81
dividing seven times one days wants by SO.
Yes, it was Harry.
Had you been there, O sophisticated
reader, you would have seen only a bold
eyed, coarsely good looking young man,
overdressed in cheap clothes, with blue
silk handkerchief faring from his breast
pocket, to which he lifted a hand now and
then-a stub fingered, cruel hand, slightly
bent like the talon of some huge bird. But
Name thought this was Harry
$ got to go home,' she said coyly. "I
can't stand here talking to you"
Sure you have" said he, easily. so
have |. But l want you to eat with me to-
night, and We'll go to a show afterward. l
know swell joint-orehestra playing all
the time while you're eating the best chop
suey you ever tasted"
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Il Sugl Sz7per chesz
~ NE of the newest, loveiest, and most
Effective of interior decorative schemes
Ns4 is the art of burning cypress wood
With gasoline flame SO that it re-
SENT g the japanese sugi wood which for
iAfHg years has brought so much money
Is eosunercal Japan.
apanese guarded their secret carefully,
e vas only through the intuitive clever
ness iid reasoning of John s. Bradstreet an
aFisn 81 scholar of Minneapolis Mimi, that
Tbs cx of burning wood Lecame known to
cqantry.
& WIS found that cypress wood here in
al erica answered the same purpose as the
sui %ood of Japan. Not only is it free
fi,'ic resin and pitch, condition necessary
success, but on account of the difference in
lie caality of the wood--a hard growth of the
- ing nd soft of the surcmer-the necessary
atlas of the darkly charred soft wood and
tn disc ored hard wood IS obtained.
he sugi process is rapidly coming into
Earor aa means of producing one If the most
noYrl naa easily attained effects ever obtained
g. 1Ag wood for interior decoration. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

Of England So that makes Peter Pan
prince, and we always knew THAT any
way. The Princess Mary can't grow up. Her
mamma won't let her. And when a queen says
no, there's certain subtle authority which
mere mortals cannot override.
Mary is now almost II and tall and large
framed her mother When you are a prin-
cess royal, II is marrying time and means
palace or two of your own and a hundred
servants or Nevertheless, this only dangh-
ter of the king and queen of England is kept
in short skirts, with her heavy hair hanging
down her back, and in styles which would be
more becoming to a girl of a. or even II.
The queen is SO afraid that some royal
somebody will want TO marry her only daugh-
ter, and she makes her play with dolls,
read children's books, and play ehildrens
games. Nothing so brainy and mature as
cards. even as chess, is allowed this child
she must play tddedy-winks and go riding
ON roller coasters, just like the other "kids."
and, truth to tell, she enjoys it just the way
they do She ,oesn't seem to want to grow
up.
Just little while ago she and her younger
brothers made bet to the amount of
candy" Sweets" as they call it--they could
deyour, and Mary beat both brothers to a
standstill. So even her appetite remains child
ish still.
The queen won't allow Mary to be present
where the dresses are lower than one inch
from the collar in front, or where there are
slit skirts At he wedding of the Duchess of
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just begun to adopt it. They call the suits
the pajama tea suits, and at some of the ex.
clusyely feminine tango teas they have also
been seen. They are made either of the
heavy materials and smoking jacket and
straight cut trousers much like the coat aud
trousers of the Chinese women. or they are
fashioned of delicately embroidered silks and
satins for the boudoir.
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THE CASE

duction? I amt going to try and steal him.
Me and George will help you make him
loosen up some, too
faint blush crept up from Names
pretty throat into her petty cheeks. She
cast down her eyes and said in low voice:
" I'm going to some time, Claire
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| died and went to heaven-say, 1
just cried all over the place.
didn't care if George did see me. I'll bet
that play makes big hit in New York.
Name looked at her friend with sympa-
thetic interest
g amt been to nothing but moving pic
ture shows since 1 been in Chicago" said
she, as she folded a pair of silk stockings
and returned them to the box in which they
belonged
g l don't go out much nights. Harry's try
ing to save money something, so l only
get to a movie show now and then"
That Harry must be one cheap skate"
said Claire (named Clara, by the bye, con-
vincingly. why don't you dig up a live
one? A girl as good looking as you are!
Huh! You should worry about them Har-
ries."
Claire poked pencil into her magnificent
hair that, rising like tower from the back
of her head, gave the impression that it had
been nodded by an inverted pail. She deftly
patted the nape of her neck once or twice
and then turned suddenly ON Name
Say, Name, why don't you ever bring
that Harry around and give me an intro
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Fife to Prince Arthur of Connaught Mary was
TO be a bridesmaid only ON this condition.
and the poor duchess, who had planned on
gracefully low cut gowns, was forced to com
ply with the queens mandates and make all
the other gowns as childish as Mary's own
Is it poor little Mary, or lucky little Mary?
She probably will have years enough of re-
sponsbility, so let her be Peter Pans big
sister Wendy as lorg as she can
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Her First Dale.

Name wished that Claire was there. This
must surely be Harry, and he would have
invited Claire and George to make a party
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TEA TROUSERS FASHION FOR WOMEN WHO SMOKE.

//"T HEN we smoke, by all means
\A/ let us be as masculine in our
w dress as we are in our habits"
say the London women, and
already the tea trousers aud
smoking coats are replacing the negligees
and tea gowns of ordinary afternoon wear.
The custom has been in vogue in Paris fo.
some time, but the English women have only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
1t Was Harry.

Name turned haughtily. She was not un-
accustomed to fighting off freely proffered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
4 Thought of Mother.

She thought of her real mother and shiv.
cred just little. 1t isn't always pleasant for
girls and boys and women aud men to think
of their mothers Sometimes it is quite
tragic
But Name was courageous. She took her
latchkey and went downstairs She did not
have to tell any one that she would not be
back until late. In 50 n week lodging houses
the landladies care little what their lodgers
do with their time so long they do nothing
with their money that prevents prompt pay
ment OF rent.
But this story isn't getting anywhere at
all. 1t lacks the peremptory and parturient
punch of which editors seeking moral litera-
ture prate so much. 1t simply moves in A
circular curve, like the stars and time. But
you sophisticated reader, can unroll in
imagination the strip that joins the end to
the beginning and completes its orbit, for
there is little more that can be told about the
heroine
can relate only that she closed the street
door carefully, almost as if she were steal
ing out, and with her poor, foolish ignorant
soft, little heart futterng in way abso-
luteIy unDeneNaDle TO cultlStS, philosophers,
and reformers, who know all about the in
sides of the Koran. of saoons, of politics,
and of shop girls, Name went to meet he"
Harry.
Without entering into discussion of rich
men. camels, or eyes Of needles. | take it I.
that the difficulty of entering into heaven
is sufficiently understood by all except cult
lists, philosophers, and reformers. These,
like the Harvard man, you can always tell;
but you can't tell them much. Therefore
this story is not written for them. But for
the others-well, they can easily believe that
on the second con of infnity an enormous
crowd of souls stood outside the golden en-
trance, hoping to gain admission
Hope was of the human attributes
that still remaned-hope and form and fea-
ture also. In everything. except corporal
effectiveness, the crowd was quite like
crowd outside of the Auditorium on an opera
night, or at a church ON Sunday, or at Sly
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PRINCESS AT IL STILL A CHILD

~ ETER PAN has big sister in England
- and the whole of her name is Victoria
Alexandra Alice Mary, princess royal
Of England. So that makes Peter Pan
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L was swell, Name. 1 never seen
- better show, and when Little Eva
| died and went to heaven-say, l
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-27
.BRIToNs FIRST TO. USE SOAP
Roman conquerors Said to Have
Transferred Custom to italy,
SAT From Whence It Spread. G$.s

One OF the few Inventions that are
not ,ascribed to foreign ingenuity is
that common Household article soap.
4 It is said that the ancient Britons
were the first makers Of soap, and
that the Romans, when they con-
quered that island took the invention
back with them to Italy.
Most Of what we wash with is made
from fat, but ID foreign lands there
are natural soaps. The Is the soap
root 81 Spain, the soap-berry Of Chill;
and the bark or the Peruvian soap
tree. At i little town il Mexico soap
actually takes the place Of copper
!coinagei IN another part Of the same
iSoutn American republic the inhabi.
,tants eat soap, finding much nourish.
ment therein 3.5s { .4 s-s \.
The French term for soap. "sayon, Z
s.Iby the way, owes it's origin to the
town of SaYona, in France, where
5jyast quantities Of the material were
formerly manufactured. 45 z55s !.
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BURGLAR POSED AS DOCTOR
Surgeons Case Contained a Set Of
Thieves Tools, Of Which He Had
Made Use. r.. ,s5 4. L.

E Two detectives in East New York,
searching a neighborhood from which
had come a report of burglars, en-
countered distinguished looking
man with Van Dyke beard, a profess
pional air and a black surgeons bag
with gold letters on it. "Good morn
ing, gentlemen said he, offering an
engraved card. II II am DR.. Leo Brew
ster, and am unable to find a house on
this street from which I received a
telephone call to attend an urgent
case. Gould ! ask you to direct me?"
The detectives replied that they
were sorry not to oblige, but were too
busy hunting burglars to look for sick
people. The doctor walked briskly
on his way. Before he got far the
detectives saw a man look out of his
front door, as if he might have been
expecting a doctor. They shouted af-
ter Doctor Brewster. In stead of stop
ping he began to run away. After a
vigorous chase the detectives cap
tured him and found that his sur
igeon's case held a fine outfit of burg.
lars tools. y. il 55.s
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spelIIna Didn't /, Count.

"a Southern negro put up a sign on
his place, For Sail" He was ridi.
scu1ed, and changed It to SELL" and
finally tried a third time, his sign read,
ing '.sall.
IT had not been mp an hour when an
old colofed man came along and que.
sried: Does You mean dat dis place
am fur Sally What yer gwine to Civ
de place to Sally fur??' ,5S
Am you fndin' fault Wild dat sign?'
asked the other. s3y43 II
'tWell, I doan' quite cotch on to de
spellin.. y: lsis5 I. s55S
You doan. Ell? Has yous got seben
hundred dollahs TO pay cash down fol-
dis placer 5.s5ssj
40. sab,
Den YOU pass on, AM shet up! May.
be I doan' spell lust the same as you
do. but re prospects, of handlin'
seven hundred dollahs, while you got
boat knees out to- de- weddah. Go
LONG. ole man; yo' too fy on iogerfy :
he Argonaut. .5}s
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-27
GOOD AND BAD IN klIxTuE:
World Not Growing Worse Becausa
Chronicle OF Recent Events May
.a Sem Little Depressing.

In your survey of your paper yc-,t
will probably find the story Of a mu.,s
der, suicide, a divorce, a defalcation.
a bit Of political trickery, a business
failure and many other major am.
minor evidences Of the seamy side q.
life. 4. 5a; & iG@;. rs s.l Mn 43 n I9
The recital Of these things ma
seem such a ,twice-told tale of miser.:
that you may be tempted to throw
down the paper in disgust as q
chronicle Of depressing disaster. YoS
may jump to the conclusion that, i
the world is not growing worse, a..
least it is not growing much better.
This will be a very natural conclu.
sion, but it will also be a very one;
sided one. The same issue will prob
ably tell you Of a deed of persona!
heroism, Of great public benefaction,
Of piece Of remedial legislation, OF
a brave effort at self-improvement, OF
notable dedication Of a life to some
high purpose, of the fulfllment OF
some unseltish ideal, of a conspicuous
example of conquest over grievous
handicap, Of some release from some
bad habit. f5;,; Il, f s..e5lJ 4. d ms
All these items are news, the legit
mate record OF humanity's doing
Cultivate sense of proportion il
reading about them. Examine thei1
relative Importance and effects before
you jump to any conclusion. Z
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-27


u egardless Of the kind OF floor, bed
ding of straw or litter is an absolute
necessity: it ,kesps the COW clean and
sabsorbs the valua BILE liquid manure.
Ifa the help can not be depended on to
bed the cows prope it. is advisable
to- use "a rel BILE wooden grating or
platform Cork bricks also give salts
factory results, but are somewhat ex-
3pensiYe. They are set in a Pinch de
preston in the floor and are hald in
position on all sides by the concrete
acting as a curb i.s3 a \. III i!
& With the proportions and thickness
given above, 4 bags a barely of ce.
men. Q cubic feet $ofs sand (say
rs cubic yard) viii lay 45 to 80 square
feet.of floor. The usual cost Of this
much ll,lc i aterial y alone is $780, The
floor 90 :. soon pays for itself many times
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|tamping the concrete around creased
|tapering wooden cores, which are
Withdrawn as soon as the concrete
stiffens. a wooden tioat IS best for
finishing the floor. "a steel troWel
yields a surface entirely too smooth,
land such a finish should always be
}roughened by brushing with$a stable
broom. s5 4 81 $;;. 3 s55 81 d. IL )
| While the / concrete Of the three
stalls is still soft, mold the stanchion
setting &C: inches thick upon it. As
forms use the projecting Finch height
Iof the p by 10 piece already in place
Land two 1 by #6-inch boards toe-nailed
together so as to provide another Z.
incl height and a bearing plate to rest
on the green concrete. These forms
may be made dish shaped for swing.
ling stanchions. Fill the forms with
mushy wet concrete, trowel the sur.
| face, round the corners, and set the
stanchion holders. Repeat the opera
ton until all stall floors are complet
LED. The feed alleys and driveway are
.Ieasily built they are merely rough
4 finished sideWal ks. Place the waste
water lets. il the managers at inter
walls Of 4 228. feet and give the bottom
] IA slope of g inch toward each Quite
d for a distance Of IA feet On each side
IS 'of ~. The drop cutters may be drain
I, ed in like manner or can be slopet
slightly ia one direction for their full
y length. For ease il cleaning, round al
angles and corners except at the bot
tom Of the drop cutters BY applyin,
S:as nh. Il to- sSeemen t-sand mortar immedi
nat lysa fer reno forms. RI
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-27
FIELD INSPECTION OF BRO hlEE 60 60:
GRASS, FLAX AND OTHER
d 54 GRAINS. t5; Y i
BY II. E. Bolley...

%35.s'5 wish to aid the seed dealers ARA
55ffairs ers of the state in securing as,s.
sIsticl high quality home grown seea
ss 5ise need. 81 ..5l
* Upon application of any grower
nstr any railroad station, T will, IT,,
.g3as.bla, send a competent inspe tor
70 examine any crop with regard tosaa
ats Ennits freedom from other kinds
..sI f grain, diseases, weeds, etc. This,
!syy ok: il done when the grain is. head
ed out. il, il. nov. tttriae. for inspection
of Prone gFass feiGs tc determine the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-27
PRIMROSE LoNG Al FAV0RlTE
Many Poets Have Written of the Flow
q er, But Only Shakespeare Really
h. 4; ~ Their Subject.

gtf tE., u
IS The poets quoted in the Office Win
dow writes q correspondent, should
not mean that the primrose is deli
cate, but merely that its time of flow
,ering iss a cold time, and that it can
never possess the fullness Of the later
sunshine. But unlike these easily SEN
ttimental poets Milton, forgive mel
Shakespeare alone is quite explicit.
Shakespeare alone has the natural
fact at heart and Identifies natural
fact with divine poetry. Spencer's
3'"untimely tempest" and Hilton's for.
saken' are both false, for tempest is
not untimely but timely during the
primrose's life; and the primrose is
not "forsaken"" any more than young
virgin is forsaken. Shakespeare ev-
cry time. Shakespeare forever.
ii The primrose Of old was credited
with medicinal as well as super
stitious value. Even now in some
country parts decoction Of primrose
leaves is supposed to restore a fail
ing memory, and In 1854, when Cul-
pepper wrote his London DISPENSE
tory, the primrose was regarded as
an almost universal panacea, curing
{ commissions, falling sickness, palsies,
etc., and strengthening "the brain,
senses and memory exceedingly" And
even the healthy did not disdain te
eat it, for primrose pasty was once 9
popular Lancashire delicacy. After
this one wonders II It is not q waste
to wear 1t In ones buttonhole.- Lon
don Chronicle. M 5 .=<. I.