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questioning eyes with a smile that had
q good deal of sadness in It.
You know what to do, Barringer.
II'll slip quietly off the train when she
slows down, Have the car side-track-
ed, 80 to the hotel. engage rooms, and
wait until come"
As John Dalton hurried along the
streets Of his own home town,
bent upon carrying out a new whim
that had suddenly taken hold Of him,
but few familiar sights met his eye.
AS he neared the outskirts of the
town and turned down o pleasantly
shaded street he stopped short, and,
resting his hand on the iron fence sur
rounding spacious welLkept grounds.
his eyes eagerly sought and found the
/ fine red brick house with white pill
Jared yerauda which stood back some
fifty feet from the Sidewalk. The high
picket fence and big white gate he re-
membered so well were gone--re-
placed by a modern iron railing on a
stone coping, but all else was un-
changed.
/ With a tightening Of the thin-lipped
mouth, as he dismissed the sentimen-
tai weakness the sight Of his old home
( had encouraged. John Dalton turned
in at the gate and rang the door bell.
a smart negro maid answered the
ring, and, seeing the seedy individual
tstanding there, would have closed the
door, after telling him TO 20 to the
side entrance, but the steady CLINT Of
those steel gray eyes and the perempt-
ory though quiet command: "Tell
your mistress a gentleman would like
TO see her" caused the young woman
to change her mind, and the door Of
his fathers home-a door he had
sworn never again to darken-once
more swung wide, and John Dalton
Baxter stood in tho wide old hallway
"Who shall say wishes to see Miss
Byrd?"
"Tell her a gentleman who used to
know her mother John Dalton re-
piled briefly. He crossed the room
and stood looking up at a portrait Of
a sweet-faced woman in quaint, old
fashioned dress, which hung above
the white marble mantel.
All the harshness had gone out Of
his face now. The thin lps tWitched
a little, and the gray eyes grew wist
fully tender as he stood looking at the
face in the portrait.
A low voice behind him caused hin
to start. and glance again at the face
lin the portrait as though she had
spoken.
Il am Miss Byrd. Did you wish tC
see me, SIR" the voice said.
He turned quickly and when he saw
the young woman who stood regard
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CoME men who had gone down
=, before him in the realm OF fl
~ nance, said of John Dalton that
he was IAN incarnate devil, emotionless
as granite, and hard as chilled steel" +"
Externally he was harsh, cold man.
The thin lipped-mouth, aggressive chin
and fiinty gray eyes under their shag-
gy thatch, told you be was a fighter.
I The drawn look about his temples and
the haggard lines of his face, when in
repose, told you equally well that the
fight had been hard one. Though Of
! aristocratic southern stock, not so
many years ago John Dalton had been
poor-desperately poor; and Elizabeth
! his young wife, had bravely faced poy.
erty and want at his side-and died
under 1t. When he had buried her out
at "Oakwoods," had he been made OF
weaker stuff he would have gone down
under this last bludgeoning of Fate
But the fighting blood Of his Irish
Huguenot ancestors came to his help
and he only clinched his hands anC
,stubbornly fought on, until finally, by
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ling him questloningly, 1t was all he
lcould do 10 keep from crying oui-so
Ike she was. This girl might have
lsat for her grandmother's portrait had
she been five years older. But in.
slandy he had himself well in hand,
land, carefully choosing his words, in
troduced hims III as an old friend Of
her mothers who had been absent
many years, and had called to inquire
about her
lie began TO dread lest The hope
which was forming in his heart should
be rudel7 shattered when he told her
who he was. When he spoke Of be
mothers brother John, and asked h,g
where he was now, he inyoluntauly
shrank from her answer. Then a tarll
OF relief shot through him as sic re-
piled in low tones:
i never knew my Uncle Jehn, but
have heard mother speak ofteh Of him
lie went away years ago md never
came back We don't even know II hc
is living. But you remind me oi
someone----" She paused.
John Dalton snapped open the small
gold locket lie held. Perhaps this
viii tell you something" he said. Then
he added gently, This is a picture Of
my mother, taken when she was bui
little older than you are now. You
are maryelously ike her.
Mary Byrd bent over the pictured
face in the looket, and looked quickly
up at the portrait over the mantel, d
startled, wondering expression in hei
face. Then her eyes frightened, and
she held out her hands, saying. eager
lily, "You are my Uncle John, know
Iltl Oh. how glad am that you have
come,"
There was no shrinking from his
shabbness, no question Of his WORTH
ness. lie was her Uncle John--thC
brother of whom her mother had talk
ed, and between whom there had come
an arrangement, for which hel
mother took all the blame, and owe
which she had grieved.
A half hour later he arose to 90, bu
when she urged him to stay, he asked
with grim smile, Don't you thinl
Ira be out Of place in these fine sur
roundngs? What would your fathei
say?"
She flushed at his question, and ;
troubled look swept ner face. Toe
well she knew her father and the kinC
of welcome he would give this mal
who said he was her uncle.
John Dalton waited a moment re
garding her through narrowed lids be
fore he came to her rescue. "Neye
mind, my dear he said, soothingly
laying his hand on the girls shoulder
Don't worry about me; I'll get alonl
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A good game to follow this is "Slo-
gans.' For this, the hostess has pre-
yiously gathered a number of familiar
advertising slogans, selecting articles
useful in the household for tho
greater part For example,
Hasn't scratched yetl"-Bon Ami.
"Cbases dirt-Old Dutch Cleanser.
"It Floats'--Iyory Soap.
Cover the Earth"-Sherwin.Wil-
liams Paint.
"a child can use them7-Diamond
Dyes.
There's Reason"-Postum.
"Haye you used?'-Pears Soap.
+ Gathering the players around you
in a circle and read aloud the slogan
which, with the article it advertises.
is written on slip of paper in your
hand, Pass each slip to the one VINO
first euesses it correctly An appro-
pirate prize for the one holding the
most slips al the enc of the game,
would be collection Of sample pack
ages Of some Of the articles enumerat-
led.
After refreshments, let your COM
pany guess Their Wedding Journey
(hll blanks with soap or POWDER.
Under a stately--Q) sat nib
bling her--C2l waters and slipping
her tea, one--(3) afternoon. Her
face Yas--(i) with happiness. In
the background stood an---(5) Inn,
whore wealthy guests were always
-t6l- Over her --(0 was
leaning attentyely. 1T is like a
-CS tale she said, that we are
really welded and sojourning in the
land of the alligator--(9). 1t
seems but yesterday that--(10)
we're throwing yellow
ehrysanthemum petals after us like a
shower Of --(12)."
You were lovely that day." replied
he, in your---(13) satin wedding
gown, but lovelier on board our yacht
arrayed as iolly-----Q4). How
brave you were when the ---Q5)
exploded. You clung with me to the
-(16) not minding in the least
in old ocean,"
Thank you for calling me brave,
Tll endeayor TO keep that--uSI
tut you must be. longing to plunge
again into the--Q9l. Let US
omit our visit to old-te0) and
hasten to the best ending of every
Wedding Journev foA
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By Horace Williston Hendfick

Ian rleht and On glad Of this niue
visit with you. ! cauldnf stop any
way. But yra s.aa hear rom me
again.
The trou led o0k did DO. leave Aef
face and her dps we're quIyeFlns as
She imyllsiyely clached nus s'eeFe'
saving 4Yo, woa feel hurt j ] aoil J
insist on sour staying, Wil you
There wa, Il iiftle cateu in her voice,
lthea she went ou hraqair "D2at ieel
lh.rd TO ard father eilAer Hes DeoD
% woraed over business matters ia.e'
nv. arll ls hardly h.nselt. Aad-l Y W
( franr with yol-l d9ut taiak i "o1il
be pleasant lor either you OF le "
yeu stayed. I'm sorry but ! eaa.L leIp
|if You believe ID. don't yos" ana
She raised her lresb young bps ana
Kissed h,m.
That flss almost cos. John Ua.'2a
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HINTS FOR THE IDEAL HOME

substantial and good. Cheap paints
and stains are as impractical as poor
wood or bricks, and should never be
used.
There cannot be too many conven.
fences for the housekeeper, provided
they are practical, but il is best to 80
slowly on built-in furniture aud try
some before having more. It fre.
quently costs as much as a good piece
Of movable furniture for its place.
aad cannot be taken from one house
TO another, saved IN case Of fire, soiq.
nor be given as heirlooms.
Most important. on the exterior as
we'll as the interior oi a house, arc
tie things that are left out. Avoid use
less and unnecessary ornamentation,
and simplicity, dignity, real beauty.
Win result. An excellent test to al.
ply to everything used inside or out.
side a house is to look at it carefully
and ask yourself, is it useful? Is ii
beautiful? Is it necessary" II 1t Is
one, it can be used, and if it is all
three, 1t ought to be used.
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what seemed like almost an impossi.
bic turn of the wheel, Fortune smiled
and he began to climb. And today he
could write his check for several mil
lions.
Apparently dead to all interest in
life aside from the piling up Of his
fortune, if there was one human being
he trusted and for whom he felt any
personal regard it was his private sec
rotary, Richard Barringer-a clear
eyed, honest faced young fellow OF
twenty-four, who had been with him
three years. But even Of this he gave
little evidence, beyond paying him a
generous salary.
One morning as he sat at his desk
in his private office, his secretary
brought in a letter. He glanced care
lessly at the address, and, but for 6
| tightening of the lines about the wide
thin-lipped mouth, showed no emotion
but went on with his writing. Wher
he had finished, he eaned back in hii
chair, and picking up the envelope
ran his paper cutter through the faI
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John DalfOn'S Redemption

mann local finanoicrr Business com.
a,tone A'D we're given as The cause.
road John Dalton's face went
- ia chalk. 4 wave Of sudden
m of shame, Of infinite regret
swoot over him.- Gone was al desife
49, r.eo,re Death had banished it.
III tseaty years he could not renlenr
-er ,oolag one thrill OF Joy or sorrow
oeer olbor peoples happenings. Mea
tad said he was made Of flint--a deyl
Il Granite but In that brief moment
cod had flashed before his eyes the
,.otrro of his own soul, and he cover
r bafore it FOR one fearful moment
h. saw himself stripped and naked,
voice rang in his ears. Ven
reance belongeth unto me. ! viii re-
rqvn And with q cry Of pain ne stag
cred to bis feet
4 Tbe next few days passed as such
7.res viii, "uncle John" assuming
lfara of everything, and shielding
Der lio'l llu'4l 81. 49, tho funeral
bard. Al lasC "nen an,s snT aTaira
was over ahu lng 'e"a e. as NAV could
had been set'leu do a. 90 o.tato t,, u,o,,id
6a, John paI'on lounu tho ,Ho d9 do,lar Marv
not pay ten cen,S ~ rpv p'. 9Th - th,s sbo
hfrd was peuiNsss' ~ ,'u' 4oa,, " ''a.u onro -
neser knew 1Hcie 'oHH ''0A
tAat =. uoa hr,o,,
Up the autumn w ga "a ~ "a ~
house was asaiH openeu' ~ naonso, aua 'rf -
town ves lTelleu TO a l'ip Ddlt"n nio'"'i ~ =,
gossip lof Joal pei'on ,.,o D4~'u rni,,,nn ~
come 70 Ais ooynooa no,ne "a : ,'t'1ioa ha,.a
Ilre' ana was mus - p',ra ,n aoA h.
#ith his niece MARY n,l,es pylu, pnrr,,n n,u mo
I handsome ago,e'a'S 49,, ,'i.,.''' : - =
er He haa adopted Mary
o,. 49,.
II was eleven O'clock Oulsiue' liie
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left. It Is good plan to have the
matron or other attendant check
these bundles, fee of two or three
cents being charged for the service.
1t is nearly always wise to have one
paid attendant although each Of the
women of the organization supporting
tho room may volunteer to give one
day as often as necessary to the work.
Often the town authorities will CO.
operate, at least to the extent of pro-
yiding a room in one of the town
buildings without charge. A notice
in the paper will secure dona-
tious from various sources of the
furnishings needed. It is wise TO
charge 4 small fec for the use Of fresh
towels in order to pay for the laundry
work, and il is much better to have a
small clean towel fer each visitor
than to have a common towel on the
wall. OF course, soap and water
should be supplied free. Paper towels.
which come in the form Of pads to
hang on the wall, are now on the
market, and are very sanitary. while
they cost so little that it would not be
necessary to charge \ fee ii they were
used
1t is not expected, of course, that
rest room can be made sefsupport.
ing. but the running expenses can be
kept very low, especially if the item
of rent can be eliminated. Store
keepers and other business men may
usually be depended upon for the per.
manent support of the enterprise, for
the presence of such a room for visit.
ing women in the town is obviously
~ fhatr a 1voptoon
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By Dorothy Verrill Yates

ventilation will be found quite gen
orally satisfactory for the average
family. and outdoor sleeping can us
ually be arranged In summer If desir-
ed. 1t is not necessary to fuss or fume
about getting plan which has rooms
sure to receive the right exposure, for
nowadays houses are set as angles, or
side to the road, often with excellent
results.
i is hardly necessary 70 remind
makers of ideal homes that plenty Of
windows ana well arranged rooms
should be sought. The requirements
Of families so vary that 4 house con
veuient for one may be unsuited to an
other, bnt fairly large liying.room.
an adequate diaingroom, a small
compact kitchen, and bed rooms Of
medium size are the average salts
factory dimensions. 0pen fyeplaces
are joys. The liyinG-room and dining.
room should have one II possible.
The best materials are not too good
for the home ideal; it is wise to use
whaievar Is most durable and most
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BY Arthur |. Blessing

a cup Of tea for very small fee, as
well as to answer questions about the
town and It's stores.
The rest room at Charlton, another
town in the same progressive state,
has the Ladies' improvement Asso.
citation TO thank for its existence. II
Is located in the courthouse, and has
been fitted up with an eye solely to
The comfort and convenience of the
many women who visit it. Suitable
toilet rooms, with mirrors and other
accessories, are greatly appreciated,
and there is a home-like atmosphere
about the reception room which makes
il favoritc meeting place for shop
pers.
While these rest rooms seem to
serve especially well the needs of the
wives and daughters of farmers com
ing in from the country they are also
used by local residents. Young wom-
on employed in the shops in particu.
,ar ma them boon, ana seek them
at noon as a place in which to eat
their lunches and spend n pleasant
hour resting and reading. Many peo-
PIE fail to realize the need of rest felt
by a Girl who is obliged TO stand on
her feet all day. All too often she is
compelled to spend the noon hour
walking about. because she is too far
from home 10 go there, and knows Of
no other place in which to pass the
time. No wonder that the room makes
4 strong appeal.
In order to live up to its possibili-
lies of usefulness, rest room should
be provided with an alcoyc supplied
a. 1. -.
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land iintoldqd is rsHtsdts before him
Tho letter ~,s trohlhIs legal corres.
pondent III ID sbutitFit city, informing
IhIm that certain notes, amounting to
thirty thousand dollars, which he had
himself placed In their hands for col.
lection. drawn BY lone James Byrd,
were unpaid. The security, they
wrote, was ample, and Byrd, who was
hard pushed, asked for an extension
Foreclosure meant ruin for the man
and before going to extreme measures
they wrote for instructions.
When he had finished reading, the
man sat very still for several mo
ments, the letter hanging Hstlessly in
his hand. Then slowly folding and
placing 1t in his pocket, he reached
for a telegraph blank and wired his
attorney. Give James Byrd three
days time to pay in full. Then fore
close. Business always before senti
mcnt. John Dalton.
While he was reading the letter
John Dalton had Travelled over a long
road. Because he had dared to marry
to please himself, his own father had
brutally shut the door in his face
When his father died two years later
he had cut him off without a cent, the
entire estate-some fifty thousand
dollars going 70 his sister Edith, who
year previous had married James
Byrd. Thrown upon his own re
sources and without any special bust.
ness training, John Dalton had come
to the city and was having o hard time
of it, Elizabeth, delicately nurtured
land unable to bear the priyations
forced upon her, began to fail, Try
as he might, he could not give her the
comforts she needed, and without
which, he saw her slowly but surely
slipping away. Then, he wrote to his
sister, asking if he might bring Eli
zabeth to her for the summer.
That vislt-though 1t lasted only
twenty-four hours-broke Elizabeth
heart. Three weeks later, Dalton
brought her back 10 town, and within
fortnight he carried her dead body
out to Oakwoods.
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SLEEP

SLEEP
SIT7EN little children, and older
w children as well, do not sleep
quietly and peacefully, something is
Srong; usually mismanagement Of
some kind. Before resorting to modi-
cine, drugs or soothing syrups to
temedy this trouble. the mother
should first mako an earnest effort
to discover the cause of the infant
not sleeping We. and to remove it II
possible. which can usually be done
by simple end less harmful methods
tran tbS use of drugs. In young in
fants /the most common causes Of
fsst{ss ami disturbed sleep, are: ir.
rsgflar meals and overfeeding, which
14Ise painful attacks cf collie; or. un.
}erteeding, which naturally causes
/rectlessness and hunger; bad habits,
the result cf rocking, walking, dancing
AZ and down, ald ether gymnastics
VIA the Tea of inducing sleep; cold
hands arl feet; lack OF worm cloth.
szs snd bed covering; or too much Of
tle cane, and poorly ventilated rooms.
N.th older children, tlcae ever two
years Of age, vto have wakeful nery.
Gus, restless nights, the things to -
Looked for IS possible osuses are: in.
digestion, the result OF too hearty
evening meals; rcmping ard exciting
games Just b fore bedtime; adenoids,
enlarged tonsils, noses that are clog
ged up with mucous, making breathing
through the ncstrls difficult; over
heated rooms, or lack Of fresh cir in
Lhe room.
Al newly born babe should sleep at
least twenty hours out OF the twenty
four. As the ege increases the hours
Of sleep become gradually less, SO that
by the end Of the first year the child
usually sleeps twelve hours, Or nearly
lhaS amount, at night. with two naps
~ a-a.a. A A i q.
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The Care OF Children
Fsmny Superintendent f aen la hl Babies Hospital ND York
BY Mariana Wheeler

during the day from one to one and
one.half hours. The day sleep viii in
dine resolve into one nap Of an hour
or more as the child grows older and
This nap will probably be given up by
the fourth or fifth year. But unless
| 10 interteres with the night sleep II
should be continued as long as pos
sible. From this time on, up to tho
age Of len or twelve years, early hours
should be insisted upon. A simple
six o'clock supper and bed at seven
O'Clock Is a good rule TO follow, and
should not be dcyated from until the
twelfth year is past. Tho habit Of
sleep should be established as early
as possible in tho infants life but
the habit Of regular, healthy sleep is
largely dependent upon the regularity
in feeding. Some babies at first are
inclined to sleep almost unbrolIenly
during the day, lying awake and m
ciden,ally keeping every one else ia
the house awake at night, This order
of things should be reversed imme-
diately, ard it is easily done by insi.
tuting absolutely regular hours for
feeding durirg the day. and not al.
lowing the infant to sleep a minute
past the proper feeding hour. For the
first few weeks after birth a baby
should be fed every two hours during
the day At the end of three weeks
the intervals between feelings should
be heightened to two and onc-half
hours, and by the fifth or sixth week,
three hours. This regularity in feed
'ng establishes regular hours for sleeY
for the gay, as well as furnishing al
most enough nourishment for the
twenty-iour hours. This, with two
feedings during the night, are sum
cient for the FIRST five months, after
this, one night feeding viii suffice,
thus leaving the best part Of the
eisht for undisTreed slee2
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A BUBBLE PARTY
By Elizabeth d. Whiting

A BUBBLE Party" 10 always o sea
"A sonable entertainment and can
be made very amusing. Use the
rainbow colors, red, orange, yel
low, green, blue, and violet for
your decorations and in your re.
freshmeuis the various filings
for sandwiches, colorod ieings on
your cakes, and fruits and candies
will lend themselves happily to the
color scheme,
Give each guest common clay
pipe tied with one Of the sis colors-
an even number Of each-and sus.
pended by every ribbon a pied" quo
tation as, "Eht ulebbb pufcrtainor-
"Tha bubble reputation" Other quota.
tions containing The word bubble
may readily be found, as
The worlds a bubble
Theories are mighty soap bubbes.
Like the bubble on the fountain
Thou art gone and forever
Pleasures are but bright.hued bub.
hles."
THY bubble hath burst
why seek ye empty bubbles?o
Much merriment will be created by
deeiphering the familiar phrases
Nhen the quotations have been duly
translated the guests proceed to tho
taOle' where tiny bowls of soapy wa.
ter await them. Each one sbould
also be provided with miniature
paper fan, folded, schoolgirl stvlo
ana tied with baby ribbon Of tho rain
bow hues. Six hoops of pradpotod
sizes have been previously wound WIN
tissue paper OF the desired shades and
suspended conveniently near the tahlo |
If wooden hoops are not at hand tber
may be easily fashioned Of wire or
pasteboard. ~
After perfocting themselves IN bnb.
ple,oIoving the guests Try to 0oat
lnelr bubbles through the boons IN
turn Those Who fail to blow tbo,r
bubble assisted by the lille nono,.
ian through the largest lred1 bosn
viii meef disasfer, II saeeessfs, 1G3p ,.a,
soon I saars wFaatlgoulsauck. frbe seo. a.
Gnu sue torangel portonds a trin
.o''ss me ocean the third fyellowl +
: desirable new acquaintance, Tho
louf'n lgreenl lucky letter. NJ
.n al.n loluel large legacy; The siytb
violet and smallest. a long life ~ TSn
significance Of the various boons
should be changed to accord wl,b 0tpa na
personalities and desires Of the coO. ,ue
.estants. '"' oon'
olher stunts may be tried. a. ia
'ee who can blow the largest bubblo
he one that lasts longest tho ono
hat floats highest. 'Hs
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u EAT together eight eggs and one
- nound Of brown sugds, then add one
.upi-i Of molasseg and four cupfuls
IL lour sifted with one teaspoonful
Il %ak.ng soda. Now add one teas
boonful each OF powdered cloves. mace
hutneg. cinnamon, grated lemon rind'
lhree win elassfuls Of fruit juice ana
lase hali .aaspoonful VI salt, When all