The record., 1914-03-12
G0YS ARE THE LIMIT
Sy CLARA STACY.

vitation card with dcspairing eyes
Yes" said Iimmys father. will
. grstanding Then h. added
Toys certainly are the limit"
'Jimmys nearly fifteen" pursued
iimmys mother. Il don't see why
/ he isn't old enough not to act like 4
/ youaS savage Whenever make hin,
I 80 10 a party you would thinl, | was
casting him into a den of man eating
tigers, To hear him protest. lie says
girls are ninnies aad he'd rather play
football"
Seems Ia me, said Jimmy's ia.
th'r. that | used To like to 40 To par.
ties when ! vas fifteen. | can't under
stand him"
II | didn't stand oyef him." sand
jimmy's mother, every single minute.
he'd get in his old clothes. with ten
mis- shoes and a negligee shirt, and
wouldn't care, It's just awful, I'm
sure don't know what my friends
think of me. They must have the idea
that don't care n,thing about Jim
my's social progress and it's just as
important To a boys future as il is to
girls! The friends that he is max
ing now"
Make him so to this" advised jim
my's father The Miklesons will be
offended if YOU don't. and it's the right
sort Of crowd for him. It's what he
needs"
Il won't say anything about ii to
him, decided Jimnys mother, dip!o-
matically, until the day before. Then
he won't have so long time TO OBJ
jcct ard make life miserable for
me-
Jlmmy'a mother had occasion many
times in th ten days that followed 10
be thankful .or this decision, for jim
nay proved suddenly very difficult to
deal With, in spite OF his ignorance
of the fate that was impending.
The hoy stared gioomiiy GU; of the
window and he poured rs gloomily
over the contents of his desk.
Once, TO her great alarm, his moth
er found his sorting out his necktie
drawer.
"Aw, nothin'!" ne growled, when she
demanded TO know the reason for
this unheard-of interest in his attire.
Cant fellow do anything without
the whole family buzzing about his
cars? Wish't l had The money dad
put in that dress suit OF mine, |
don't get any use out of it, l could
buy two or three dandy football
suits"
Jimmy did not ask for a second
piece of chocolate pie when it came
on for dessert thai night, which in it,
self was serious symptom Of some
thing wrong. He scorned griddle cakes
the next morning and he said he did
not want any lunch.
His mother iclt his pulse, and in
sisted on looking at his tongue.
Il hope said Jimmy's mother to
Jimmy's father, that he won't do any
thing rash when tell him about the
.iikleson party. He's in such
dreadful humor these days that
don't know in the least how to ham
die HIM. He's likely to say he won't
so. And he's SO big that suppose he
won't-he just won't, that's all, Oh
dear, wish he was a girl"
When Jimmy caught his mother sew
ing loose button on his dress coat
she quailed. He eyed the work sus-
piciously. but asked no questions.
Rather, he retired to a chair in a cor
ner and moped.
Finally, the night before the party,
mother mustered up her cour-
age and told him. very fast, so he
could not interrupt Then she waited
to hear the worst.
Her son was staring at her disbe-
lievingiy. The Mikleson party" ne
repeated. Me going to the Mike
sons!"
That was all before he abruptly
bolted IRON the room. She heard him
whistling in bis bedroom
and held her head wildly. Jimmy was
young to so ins,ne, but she had heard
Of cases
Mother" Jimmy called down.
Don't my dress trousers need press
ing?"
He's going to be ill.," declared his
mother TO his father later. Il
know he's coming down with some
hing awful"
All the next day Jimmy whistled and
sang and beamed and shed sunshine.
lie went like a Lamb to get dressed
Tor the party, and he threw away four
lies before he got one to suit him:
He asked his mothers advice as to
he part in his nair and surreptitious-
y used her manicure set. By that time
jimmys father, too, was impressed
and worried. His family followed
limmy's glittering progress to IL
ront door at exactly eight o'clock with
oreathless anxiety.
Never had seen anything like il.
"Gee!' said Jimmy, as he folded !
ieck scarf with painful precision
got into his overcoat. Nv
swfully sore all week, | thougl
wasn't asked TO the Mikleson's Ds
md everyone else ras tau,
;cing! I'm going to take Ethel" he
ldded hastily and somewhat defantly.
sam was going To, but when | found
could so, too. she ditched him. Shed
'ather go with met
He dashed out OF The door triumph
Intly
An! said Jimmy's father, l.
nearingly at Jimmy's mother.
"O-o-o-o-oh!" b~eathed jill m-
MOTHER gazing wide eyed at jim
atber.
Il believe your troubles are over
aid Jimmy's father Jimmy has g..
rirl ~ The hurizoni4