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CHAPTER VI.

HEIREi Firel Firei"
Il Marjorie awoke with a start The
westhercock was again sounding the warnings
"Firei Fire! Fre!"
"Where?" she called out, looking up at the ex-
cited weathercock and then down to the deck
Before she received a reply Captain Noah and his
sons appeared. Each armed with a pail
which he threw overheard. When the pail was
filled with water it pulled up by the rope
which was fastened to the handle. The fire evil
IDENTIFY was at the forward part of the Ark, for
Noah and his crew ran in that direction to empty
the pals down the hatchway. It required but a
short time for Marjorie 20 dress On reaching
the deck she met Mr.. Jonah.
"This is poor way TO put out fre!" he ex-
claimed as he tossed the water from his pail down
the hatchway, from which was rising thick cloud
Of smoke; eve need hose and pump"
Hurry up, JONAH" commanded Captain Noah;
"this fire is getting too much Of Roadway to suit
me. I'm afraid the animals will all be roasted II
we don't put it out pretty soon" As he finished
speaking the elephant rushed on deck and, lean
ing over the side Of the Ark, filled his trunk with
water, which he Immediately squirted over him
self. Mrs. Elephant. who also arrived at this mo-
ment, did likewise.
II was never so warm before" she remarked
mot even in India. Had l remained a moment
longer below deck would have been SCARED LOT
life"
BY this time the deck crowded with the ami
mails. some Of whom frightened nearly to
death others were choking from the effects OF
the smoke while still others were filling the air
with noises Of all kinds. 1t was as if pandemo-
mum wero let loose. Those animals who could
climb were soon scrambling to the roof OF the
Ark where they sat on or chung desperately to
the ridgepole The deck now became quite hot
and il was necessary for every one to dance about
in order to keep his feet from bstering.,
"HoIv sufTerin' mackerell" exclaimed Captain
Noah. now realizing the seriousness OF the situS-
tion. "Are we to be burned at sea p
"Cet the elephants TO squirt water down the
bold.p suggested Ham. Noah approached the
c,e,bants. who were now resting for moment
Look here" said Captain Noah. Your trunk
is nearly as good as a FIRE hose Why don't you
help u.s." 80,
what do you say. Ella? ," said the elephant III
We don't we may have 10 swim later" Without
answering she went forward and commenced draw
ing M the salt water in her trunk and then send
ing il in swift stream down into the hold The
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all descended below decks to investigate. It was
indeed distressing spectacle. The stalls and
pens were burned up entirely; the hunks where
some Of the animals slept were also gone, and the
entire place charred and burned. The sick
ening smell of wet ashes filled the air. making
Noah and his companions pause and gasp for
breath.
Wen have to get out Of this said Noah so
they all returned on deck for consultation.
I'VE ought to land somewhere for repairs" said
Japhe.h. 1--WE need timber to build the pens and
stalls With the fresh water supply is very low.
and. altogether. we're in bad shape"
Captain Noah looked serious. The animals, who
we're huddled deck, began moving about rest
lessly. The situation not without its danger
Gus aspect. To house the animals all night on
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70 have been able to return little courtesy. You
see, he added in a low voice. looking about to see
whether Mr.. Jonah enough to hear his
remark. "you see, Jonah never satisfied when
he was my guest In fact, he very disagree
able and was always complaining about the damp
ness of his quarters. So when you came along and
had the chance 20 put him aboard the Ark did
so without the slightest feeling that was acting
discourteously toward him"
In a few moments the Ark began to move along
at a faster rate. and the Whale, blowing beauti-
ful fountain Of water high into the air. dsap-
peared below the surface of the
WED better now devote time to repairs"
said Captain Noah. MANY of the hunks below
deck must be burned up, and where of the
animals will sleep tonight is question They
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have disastrous consequences upon the character
Of the children-after the teacher is done with
them. The mother cannot meet the obligations
of the present by making drafts upon the future
her children will be there tomorrow and will
exact from her heavy toll for every occasion on
which expediency has been substituted for sound
principles
The temptation of the mother, like the tempta-
ton of the teacher is TO solve the immediate
problem of discipline" Mabel's impulses in
terfere with the plans of the adult-whether 1t IS
getting ready for company giving lesson IN
geography And Mabel has TO be suppressed, at
least for the time being 1t is much easier to
suppress the child either by threats or by the use
of superior force than it is to get her interested
in cooperating with you in your plans That IS
why the child is so often suppressed; and that -
why the child, even after having been well dis
cplned, fails to fit into the world Of work and
service that cannot be escaped.
The work of the school is still too largely con-
cerned with the imparting Of information. The
home has to do with information and with char
acter and with score OF things that only parents
think about. II is the fitting into the world OF
men and women in their social relations and in
their common work that comes TO be the parents
chief problem and the one that the school so
easily ignores The need is for better compre-
hension of what our relations require OF US and
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} made upon the

of what direction the child should have the better
to fit him into his complex surroundings
Hopeful resignation does not seem TO meet the
requirements made upon the parent to-day. Nor
is it sufficient to be able 10 dodge the issues raised
by the childs development with ingenious devices
for avoiding friction. We have 20 know something
Of the nature Of the child, something Of the laws
Of his development, and we must watch constantly
for every manifestation OF the new normal trait
as we'll as for the exceptional We have 20 WORK
out definite ideal Of the kind Of men and women
we wish our children to become, within the limits
Of their capacities, and we must work steadily 10
uphold ideals.
If we are to DO more than drift we may have
to reGxamine the very foundations upon which
we have heretofore attempted to erect character
and power We may have 10 recast all our theo-
ries as TO rewards and punishments or as 20 the
best methods for arousing the higher impulses.
We have been assuming, for example, that Johnny
is naturally lazy and that he must either be
scared into industrious habits inspired 20 effort
by the promise Of rewards or through other suit
able incentives. 1t may be, however. that Johnny
needs no more than an opportunity 70 do inter
esting work under favorable conditions. or we
have assumed that seihshness stands in the way
of morality when il may be that Sally needs bet
ter models TO initiate than have been giving
har
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By sDoNIE MATzNER GUTENBERG.

W. HEN something goes wrong it is likely to
w bring the child reproach, and the re-
proach will bring one answer more often
than any other. Whatever the misdeed-tearng
n garment or pushing something Oft the table,
staying out too late or forgetting an Grand
there Is sure to back the plea in mitigation:
Il didn't mean to do it," And it is true enough in
nos. cases. The most that the parent can Say in
rebutta is "You didn't mean not to do it," Which
is also true bat usually far above the head Of the
child.
But the child continues to do things that he
does not mean to 90, and in a few years there is
"a grown man regularly doing things
without meaning to or without meaning not to-
This is the position in which most parents find
themselves doing many things through force OF
habit or in imitation of what others do, doing
some things because an emergency seems to call
for them, but drifting for the most part without
meaning to do anything in particular. We leave
much to chance and we are no doubt fortunate
that things not worse.
However, most of US are not content to continue
this policy of drifting; and just as we have given
up the rule Of thumb in dealing with health and
disease, we are working toward definite plans and
purposes in the training of children. And in the
readjustment of our training of children to what
T. ay be called professional" basis the parents
have in many ways a better opportunity than the
teachers in school, for several reasons. The
parent touches the child in kinds of rea-
tons than does the teacher and the parent
touches the child over longer period The result
is that while the effects of drifting may be more
easily concealed by the parent, definite plan IS
also bound to show richer return.
Thoughtful mothers are rapidly Transforming
their outlook to one in which a comprehensive
purpose takes the place of detail patchwork of
daily adjustment. woman who had had years
Of experience as a successful classroom teacher
found that the problem Of one child at home was
much more perplexng than any the school had
placed before her. at is easier she declared,
"to teach a class Of forty or more pupils than it
is to look after one or two children at home
properly"
The teachers work is usually limited to children
Of a narrow range of ages, and she may, in the
course of few years, become expert in dealing
with the characteristics of the special period.
The mother, on the other hand, is concerned with
the entire development of the child Too fire.
quently the teacher may succeed with the work
expected of her, and still methods that will
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canteloupe, watermelon, peppermintS, ice
cream.
Six to Eight Years, Add:
Eggs, scrambled or omelet; American
cheese Cooked, oysters Cooked, lentils,
dried lima beans raw tomatoes, cress, peanut
butter, marmalade, jam, simple preserves, raw
pears, strawberries, raspberries, simple layer
or loaf cake
FOODS INJURIOUS TO CHILDREN.
Never to be given 10 children under twelve
years OF age; not advised for any sge)
Stmulants:
Coffee, tea, beer, wine. These furnish no
food value, but stimulate the heart and leave
serious posons.
Condiments:
Pepper, mustard catsup, vinegar, pickles,
horseradish These are irritating to the deli
cate lining Of the stomach and overstimulate
the appetite: they have no food value. Excess
of acids extracts needed mineral from the
body.
Meats:
Pork roast or chops; ham, sausages. canned
or dried meats and fish, corned beef, sweet
breads, kidneys, game. All are difficult of
digestion; sweetbreads and kidneys contain a
high percentage of purin bodies whose excess
produces uric acid and allied wastes
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deck was wellnigh impossible. Some would surely
be washed overheard.
81 thought when the fire was put out that we hsd
escaped all danger; but we haven't. What we are
going to do with those animals is awful qaea'
ton" said Captain Noah, rubbing his forehead
"Yes, it's awful question:"
At this moment the weathercock sang out loud
and clear, LAND to starboard!"
"1hank goodness" cried Mrs. Noah, running
over to the port side. followed by Captain NoaA
and the crew.
where away?" called out Jonah. after scanning
the horizon in vain.
Il said the starboard side" cried ne
Weathercock. And he was right. for looming Up
in the dim distance on the opposite side OF Wv
Ark was a mountainous shore line.
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Pastry:
Pie. tarts, dumplings, cream puffs. The COM
bination of fat and starch makes these DIFF
ficult of digestion.
Rich Foods:
Rich cake, buildings, sauces, preserves and
conserves. Excess of sugar or fat oyertaxes
the digestion and spoils the appetite for sim
pie, wholesome foods.
Fried Foods
Fried meat, potatoes, eggs, fritters, dough
nuts. wafies, pancakes, French toast Fat so
combined with starch or protein delays, even
prevents, digestion. Starch requires longer
cooking than is possible in frying.
Fresh Baked:
LESS than twenty-four hours old Bread,
rolls. mullins, cake. Rolls or mullins may be
served warm by relocating in oven Fresh
bread or cake forms a sticky mass, very diff
cult for the digestive juices to dissolve or pen
citrate.
NOT PERMISSIBLE FOR CHILDREN
UNDER SIX YEARS.
Popcorn, soda water, icecream cones, pea
nuts, baked beans, rusks, grocery cookies, Gu
cumbers, cabbage, whole nuts, cherries, ber-
res.
All are difficult of digestion
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By MARY L. READ.
Director. fhe MOfheroraft School,
New York City.
tco,yrish, lqis-T7le Tribune Av'n }

4 CALORIE is the measure OF unit OF
~ heat as an inch is of unit OF space.
L N One calore OF heat is the amount that
will raise the temperature OF pint OF water
a. degrees Fahrenheit The amount OF given
food, as of bread, that would furnish this much
heat when digested in the body is one-calorie
portion Of bread-one-tenth ounce or hall
inch cube The total caloric requirement de-
ponds upon the amount of bodily heat and
muscular energy needed by an individual.
This will depend upon the individuals %
weight, (2) age, (3) sex, % occupation, 90
climate, and will vary from the average IN
individuals in accordance with the amount OF
outdoor life, clothing and personal idiosyn-
crasies.
The following table of average requirements
is widely quoted in American publications at
the present time. 1t is based upon Germanic
standards. which involve a hearty diet, and
may therefore be considered as giving the
maximum quantity advisable:
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DAILY ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
DURING GROWTH.

Part of this energy is needed to carry on
the vital processes, such as circulation, secre-
ton and digestion; during the waking hours
energy is needed for every muscular action,
such as walking, dressing, talking and exer-
cising.
PROPORTIONS OF FOOD ELEMENTS.
To furnish what is termed balanced ra-
ton" the protein, carbohydrate and fat should
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n vow GIVING YOUR CHILD THE FOOD HE NEEDS?

US Department, Of Agriculture Ts'''' oy
Office dtwrlmeHSntns u L'N''"VNn'
AcTr, nr,do t,petn 6srg. Nutrition Ins4 shr'
FUNCTIONS AND USES OF FOOD.
CONSTITUENTS OF FOOD.
rEuelt PORTION r'o's"
Flesh Of meat yok Nutrients c..A,.,
rooo DIP ard white Of eggs ,r .r,..o...,
..or, oo,r,,c wheat flour. etc
'''-' REFUSE
Bones. cntral,
elsbanetc
USE OF FOOD IN THE BODY.
PR0TlN~--------- ssd5a'd reparsts'ue
Wbtetabuneol eggs
curd(cssen)ofnk
lean meat9ute "heute'c
All as fIso,
yield energy nhs form;
MS-''s ""'u % ' cfheat and muscular
"a, dneat.buter oomr
olive OIL OIL, ofcOn
and wheat. ste
CsP80HYORATE S---kre Transformed INTO lat
Sugar starch etc
MINERAL NATTER OR Ash forming Bone
PHOSPHATE; ofhms dqssrOn.e:
potash. soda etc
Food that shch INTO the body but, tissue yields energy
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The eighth article in The T'Tbunes series Of
lessons IN MOtbercrGft.
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Astonishinq tho Chinese,

"When l was in China" fireworks
man said, 81 was astonished to find
how little the people knew about pyro-
techny beyond their own Chinese
crackers They can make these crack
ers much more cheaply than they could
be produced in America. But Of set
pieces. rockets and such like, the Chi
nese know practically nothing, and
their attempts to make them are crude
In the extreme.
"a Chinese cracker maker living near
Hongkong challenged me once to com
pete with him in fireworks display,
and friendly mandarin was called in
to act as judge. My Chinese opponent
set off a lot of gigantic crackers and
made terrifying noise, but the man
DARN had been used to that from in
fancy and wasn't at all impressed. My
show, however, astounded him, al
though it was really a mean exhibit
for I wasn't going to waste my best
pieces on private competition. l got
the award easily enough.-Washington
Star.
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seemed willing to sweat a little to earn
his way. l was to sleep in the barn,
anu soon after 0 o'clock and when
was getting ready to 90 out to my roost
there arrived at the house, headed by
the schoolma'am, a gang Of five or six
FARMERS. Three among them had guns,
two had clubs, and one had coil of
rope in his hand
There is the villain-that's the
man! exclaimed the woman as she
caught sight Of me.
"What is the trOuble? asked.
You ran after me this morningv
she cried. You would have caught hold
OF me If ! had not picked up a stone
and threatened to throw it in your
facev
well, that was nice fix l was in,"
said the tramp. Nothing Of the kind
had taken place, and for a minute l
was dumb with surprise. Then I de.
MED It, but it was no go.
I'm moment or two more something
would have happened to me II had
not thought Of the three children met
dSheu IuaL some one might 60 IOr
them, and my employer was good
enough to hasten on that errand. He
said that | should have fair show.
The children and their father came, and
1t put different light on the story at
once. When the young woman was
asked why she told such yarn, which
might have brought about the death of
man, she carelessly replied:
"'Oh, | was so scared that l really
don't know just what did happen
my employer said to me:
You are an innocent man, but
marked man. You will have to 60
You can't stay in this neighborhoody
"And Weary Willie moved on" was
the conclusion Of the story. He was
threatened with lynching because he
had raised his cap and given good cheer
to woman on the highway! Don't say
We have returned to savagery. Say,
rather. we have never lost it."
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French Army Helmets.

There are sixty-fol1r distinct opera.
lions necessary in turning out one Of
the plain steel helmets worn by French
soldiers. The first step is stamping
out disks from large sheets Of steel. A
special machine is used for this pur-
pose, exerting pressure Of $50 tons
and capable Of cutting out 5000 steel
disks a day. Each disk is placed un-
der a shaping machine, which presses
the disk into the form Of helmet with
broad rim. Polishing and cutting
machines remove all irregularities in
the helmet, after which it has holes
punched in the crown, some for ven
tilation purposes. others for fastening
on the regimental crest. Each helmet
Is cleaned and dipped in a special mix
ture which makes it dull. inconspic-
uous bluish-gray. A lining and leath-
er chin straps are then fastened on.
and the helmet is complete.-Pearson's.
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design. AS a man in Russian uniform
1t would be impossible for him to
make his way through the Turkish
lines, but as woman he would have
every advantage, especially as the face
or Turkish woman IS always hidden
by VEIL Under cover Of the dark
ness he took off his clothes and put
on those Of his wife, then made his
way out Of the bivouac Of guards and
prisoners.
Coming to the road over which he
had been marched during the day, he
walked along it till he came to house
There he took refuge in an clubhouse
till morning, when he raped at the
womens quarters. He was admitted.
made up story Of having been to see
an officer to whom she Chez was mar
ried, and was treated with kindness.
Here he was in double danger, for he
was not only a renegade Mussulman.
but man in the women's quarters, a
place where not even husband may
enter unless his wife is without visit
Ors. However, he insisted on remain
ing yelled and got out as soon as he
could without exciting suspicion.
Following the road back toward the
Russians, he modestly withdrew to one
side on meeting Turkish soldiers who
were hurrying before their conquerors.
At last he met the Russian advance
and, lifting his veil. revealed himself
as man and Russian.
The next meeting between Ivanovitch
and his wife was in hospital within
the Russian lines. He had been taken
Ill and relegated to the quarters Of the
sick. Nine. Ivanovitch had made her
way back toward Erzerum and had
been hoping that he had made good
his escape. She had gone with Red
Cross nurses to help in the hospital,
and one day as she was passing his cot
the two met.
She was free to kneel beside him, and
the two embraced with thanks. the one
to God. the other to Allah.
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Fort Frederick. It is 200 feet high.

Fort Frederick 1t is 200 feet high.
and it's cool shade rests like a bene-
diction over an area Of several acres.
According to local tradition, this tree
marks the exact spot on which the
Wesleys preached. Charles Wesley en-
gagged himself to Oglethorpe as private
secretary before leaving England. But
he afterward took orders and devoted
much of his time to preaching near
Frederick. From time to time John
Wesley came down from Savannah to
join him. This famous oak stands at
the gateway to the churchyard of
Christ church. and several generations
sleep within the Enclosure that it
guards. Moses hang down from its
limbs, and it is solemn and beautiful.
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Self Reliance.

The spirit Of self help Is the root of
all genuine growth in the individual,
and, exhibited in the lives of many, 1t
constitutes the true source of national
vigor and strength. Help from with
out is often cnfeebling in it's effects,
but help from within invariably invig-
crates. Whatever is done for men or
classes to a certain extent takes away
the stimulus and necessity Of doing for
themselves, and where men are sub
jected to overguidance and overgoy-
ernment the inevitable tendency is to
render them comparatively helpless
Samuel Smiles.
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refer to Venezuela. In almost all parts
Of the southern continent the mention
of a country in the northern hemis
phere called United States" Is likely
to suggest Mexico, whose official title
is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. There
are still those who speak Of the repub-
lie Of Colombia as ''the United States"
because during the period when its
federal constitution was in force, from
1861 to 1856, it was called Estados
Unidos de Colombia Louis Globe
Democrat.
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united States,

II you should hear some stranger
mention the United States are you pos
tive that you would know what he
meant? In the eastern part Of South
America the term United States" Is
regarded as an unqualified designation
Of the republic OF Brazil. while little
way to the north the term is taken to
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A Close Connection.

Pm tryin' to get some information
about a friend Of mine named Fox,
who came out here" said the stranger
from the east. '"They tell me he died
Of some throat trouble"
II guess that's about right" said the
cowboy.
what was it? Bronchitis?''
me. but reckon I see the connection.
He stole broncho." - Philadelphia
Press,
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Fuel In Ancient Rome.

The fuel of the ancient Romans was
almost exclusively charcoal. This was
burned in open pans without crate or
hue and gave economical heat for hv-
ing rooms and baths The inconven-
fence Of chimneys was avoided, and
the heat could be easily regulated.
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A Vaerant Thought.

A Vaorant Thought.
Il was just thinking about that
longevity record established by Me
thuselah."
"What about it,"
IF he hadn't set such high mark
maybe more men would go after IT,
Louisville Courier Journal.