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,bicb made the yosemite famous and

which made the Yosemite famous and
gained it the protection of the gov
eminent The Ribbon Falls. for ex-
ample. has a sheer drop of 1872 feet,
which is ten times as great as that OF
Niagara, and converts the stream into
a breeze tossed lacey veil of foam.
California has also the Sequoia and
General Grant parks. which were set
aside to preserve for the delight Of all
men the giant Sequoia trees-those
Incredible plants that are as mighty
as the mountains themselves. Wis
ualize. IL you can, tree thirty-s1x
feet in diameter and $50 feet high. That
is the General Sherman tree. You can
make a crate for the Lusitania out of
the lumber it would yield. There is
nothing alive on the earth as old as
these wonderful trees.
Then there is Mt. Rainier. one of the
most remarkable peaks in the world,
and crater Lake, a deep body of water
on top of high mountain, a place of
mystery and legend. In Colorado there
is Mesa Verde Park. where the habi-
tations of a people that vanished thou
sands of years ago are almost perfectly
preserved; and the Rocky Mountain
National Park. where the big horn
mountain sheep still bounds. All of
them afford splendid opportunities to
camp and explore, and though you are
not allowed to hunt. you can enjoy
some of the finest trout fishing in the
world.
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And the best part of IL is that you
can take just as stiff or just as mild
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feeding the pigs. Everything else she
liked-cooking. outdoor work. and all,
even the old people.
But they were older than she had
thought-too old to be of much help
in the house or outside. BY spring
they had grown to depend on her al
most entirely. and went to her for ad-
vice.
one day the old man looked at her
wistfully. I'm sorry. Jennie. but I
guess we'll have to let you CO." he
said
why? Don't I suit" Real distress
was in Jennie's voice.
Yes No daughter could have been
nicer to US. But we're pretty old.
an our son over in the next state
wants us to go an live with him
We've talked it over an made up our
minds twill be best. Well sell the
place or rent. Moneys scarce now. so
likely we'll have to sell on long time,
or rent low"
How much will you sell for or rent?"
an eager note coming into her voice
Well slowly. there's only five
acres-enough for a horse an cow an
small market gardenin'. In good
times twould be worth 1928 an acre,
but I'll say 500 now. An the house,
though comfortable. amt much. I'll
sell all, with furniture, for $500. or
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head shook negative to the next ma
chine girl. who was watching sympa-
thetically- Only ten minutes remained
to quitting time, and the eyes drifted
indinerently over to other columns.
Suddenly they stopped, and with quick
| smile pencil was taken from the type
writer stand and its sharp point used
to cut out a want"
Twenty minutes after she reached her
boarding place Miss Compton was again
at the street entrance to intercept the
postman. In return for a letter she
gave him one. Back in her room she
read the one received. 1t ran:
Dear Jennie: It's awful nice of you
to suggest that We get married on
what you are making. and that my tai
ents will soon command a better posi-
ton. But you know me too well to
think j could consent, badly as l want
you. It's all right for you to save what
you can for home extras, If you wish.
but ! must rent the house and furnish
and meet expenses. That's the mans
part. AS to talents, the city is flooded
with such as mine. searching for some
thing to fasten on. But that doesn't
dishearten me. | shall soon earn the
right to claim you. If l were only
| little stronger I'd try for stevedore or
coal HEAVIER, or street gang job-any-
| thing until better one offered. l will
| not touch cent of the $500 I've saved,
! even IL have to sell matches on the
street. JACK"
| Miss Compton nodded approval as she
| finished. That's the real spirit" she
| said. Not many young men Of Jacks
| talents would think of coal heaving as
| a .fll in And I'm glad ] accepted the
| idea before reading his letter She
laughed. We'll. I wrote him I'd lost
my job also, but had pretty sure one
| in view. But l didn't write what, nor
| that 1 was getting only three and
| board. Now let's see"
| She took the slip from her pocket
| book and spread ii on the table. 1t
read:
| "wanted-A cook--not an expert, for
! we pay only 50 a week. Must know
| something about good, plain cooking,
and be willing to learn. and be willing
TO do any kind OF general housework.
No gadabout wanted. Three miles from
p o. and store Good home for steady
girl Only two old people in family
| Must know how or learn to milk COW
nd feed hens and pigs and horse Also
| in spring to help some in garden APP
| ply promptly in person
| Miss Compton laughed. Does read
sort of general" she thought. but I've
an idea ! shall like it. I did learn to
milk when visiting Uncle Johns. and
ing to learn. ia love to feed the
poultry and horse. and am pretty sure
I'll like the garden part. 1t will be
so outdoors Jack would like it.
afford farm. But the pfgs-I don't
know Still. OF course. everything can't
be pleasant. l wonder what the girls
would say at my doing housework
keep me from spending. | wouldn't
wonder IL SO would be more than /
could save in the city in winter from
my salary. And I'd be in home
she exclaimed. ITS only fifteen miles
out. and not 8 o'clock yet ri slip OF,
heavy shoes and cloak. rush for q
Trolley and then hire . rig over. I
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Now living out Of doors is at once
habit and achievement. John Mui
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The biggest fish are caught with hook
and lynn.
The we'll man often forgets the sick
mans promise.
If a woman's face is a poem it should
be a lineless one.
Paradox-To become round eat plenty
Of square meals.
Marrying man to reform him Is like
drinking whisky to destroy it.
The world is a prison from which no
man need hope to escape alive.
Silence may be golden, but 1t won't
pay the expenses of the drummer.
A few good misses in the chorus are
apt to help an opera to make hit
It's sometimes easier to step into an
other mans shoes than it is to walk in
them.
If too proud to beg and too honest
to steal-get trusted.
The early fly that falls into board
ing house milk pitcher is reasonably
sure of q watery grave.
Every man intends to have his own
way after marriage. but his wife is
likely to overrule his intentions.
When you see lovesick couple COO
ing like a pair of turtle doves the
chances are that marriage will change
it to mock turtle.
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THE EVENING STORY
Through the "Want"
Column.
Copyright. 1915. by W. werner.)


The foreman stopped beside Miss
Compton's stool, waited few minutes
for the flying fingers to strike the keys
to line finish, then said:
You're not looking very we'll. Miss
Compton"
The girl raised her eyes quickly. a
startled look on her face. Which
longer" she queried.
II wouldn't put it quite that way"
deprecated the foreman. But works a
little slack just now, and
Tonight or at the end of the week?
We'll. you'll better call at the cashier 5
window tonight, think. WORKS.
You've said that before 1 don't
mean to be rude, but you've used the
same formula in Diminishing a dozen or
more girls ahead of me. I'm fired.
That's all there is to it
But we might be willing to take you
on again when times get better" re-
proved the foreman Il would suggest
nice long vacation to get strong in.
BE more practical and suggest how
I'm to pay for it
Again the fingers flew back and forth
over the keys. drowning anything the
foreman might nave ADDED, and he
turned away with slight frown to
carry the words of dismissal to some
other girl .
When she finished the piece of work
upon which she was engaged, Miss
Compton went across to the foreman's
desk and picked up a newspaper With
this she returned to her stool and be-
gan to study the want" column. Soon
the foreman noticed and came hurrying
back.
1T lacks twenty minutes of quitting
time" he reminded sharply. Haven't
you any work."
Plenty" She looked at him coldIy
over the top of the paper. I've worked
for you for over two years. she said,
and you dismiss me at an hours notice.
Now I'm examining the want column in
hope of finding something to commence
upon tomorrow. You may go and tell
the bookkeeper to cut the twenty min
utes from my pay"
Twice over the wants for stenogra-
pliers the anxious eyes went when the
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ought to be there by 8. or maybe 3.
That will be promptly in person. 1t
was an evening paper. and not many
will look over the wants till after sup
per. can 60 hungry this once. and
If I get the place they'll let me stay
over night Then I'll come back for
my trunk tomorrow. Maybe l can be
the very first to apply"
She was. and got the place. After
few weeks she did not much mind
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TAKE A HIKE WEST.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

You can't run at high gear unless you
keep your machine in perfect repair,
and even then you can't run at high
gear all of the time That is the
rationale of the need of modern man
for vacation He does more in year
than his forefathers did in FIVE, and he
therefore has pressing need to knock
of once year and do nothing, or
something else. for at least two or
three weeks. All of the more impor-
tant business organizations of the
country are making vacation regular
and important institution. They are
organizing camps and Fairgrounds.
They realize that human efficiency is
the deciding factor in the success of
any business. and that efficiency is
matter of health.
The individual faces exactly the same
problem. His success depends upon the
amount of zest that he puts into his
work. and the zest depends upon health.
Many of us never do catch up with the
modern pace. We are tagged laggards
all the way through the struggle. Only
few Of US are as much as, hve-elghths
alive most of our waking time. We
drink buttermilk to live long. but are
only half alive while living. And so few
of US ever realize that the way to
achieve is not to try harder, but to
quit trying for a while. to give our
nerves the tonic of freedom from re-
sponsibility and our lungs a breath of
fresh air.
Change is the prime essential of
vacation. If you live in the country
and raise cucumbers. the proper thing
for you to do is to have your whiskers
curled and go to New York. But most
of us live in the city and therefore the
thing we need is to go outdoors
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East Has Something
to Learn of the West.

to Learn of the West. - ,..oh
Through the Department of the In
terror. ably and enthusiastically abetted
by several large railroads, the west is
inviting the east to come out and take
a look at its great national parks.
There is room for hundreds of thou
sands without any crowdins. Scattered
from the Canadian border to southern
California. these national parks con-
tain the most wonderful variety of
scenery and wild life to be found any
where In the world. Yet until recently
they have been almost entirely neglect
ed -except by people living within a few
hundred miles of them. and occasional
adventurous globe trotters. who have
looked and proclaimed them far more
striking than the Alps and wondered
that they were not better known.
Now the United States government
has determined to make the American
people aware that they possess these
wonderful Fairgrounds. Robert T Ma
tner, wealthy westerner. has been
placed in charge of the work, and is
pushing 1t with all the energy and ex-
ecutive ability of a successful business
man. And the east is already needing
the invitation More persons visited the
parks last summer than ever before
and this summer will see their numbers
grow still further. The west is show
ing the east how to go back to the
woods.
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Methods of Living
in the Out of Doors.

ZONE because we all came from the
woods To many a westerner this is
very true. The east has somewhat to
learn from the west along that line.
In western towns everybody is off for
4 hike every few weeks or months
Most of the men hunt and most of the
women ride. and throwing squaw
hitch over a pack is as common an
accomplishment as playing golf is in
the east.
When your real westerner gets vaca
ton, he has no doubts about what to do.
Only 125 miles away there is A trout
stream that he has been intending to
try for several years. He puts the
grub box and bed in the blackboard
bitches up his team of native cayuses,
and arrives at his desired trout stream
in two days without fatigue. He knows
how to take care of himself and have
good time out of doors. And to that
familiarity of his with the mountains
and mesa you may trace much of what
is best and most typical in him-his
breadth of thought. his physical
stamina. his resolute love of freedom.
Now there is no denying that there
are many good amateur woodsmen in
the east. but numerically they are the
merest handful The typical easterner
is about submerged in his own urban
existence. Turn him loose in the woods
and he is lost and miserable. Give him
freedom and he does not know what to
do with ii. He falls heavily back upon
women and children and invalds. but
surely reveals a lack of ali imagination
and spirit of adventure in youth and
manhood.
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So the east has something to learn
from the west, and-this is the nub of
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The Yosemite National Park in mid
die eastern California win attract you
more than any other
Summers Ideal. II 1t Ii a pleasant cli-
py;.. MA mate that you seek.
The summers are
ideal and the winters mild. This Is
Q country of towering forests. great
sweeps Of grassy open. and deep gorses
where mountain streams take the
rpest Incredible leaps. ItAokhsso fa1ls
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Each Has Liberty
to Choose for Self

course as you
Each Has Liberty wish. You may
L.. Cur get a pack horse
SS A"- and saddle
horse and take to the wilds to look out
for yourself. or you can hire guide
to bear the responsibility and do the
work, or you can set up your tent by
stream, and stay right there. or you
can rent little chalet and keep house,
or you can stay at carefully organized
and conducted camp. or you can get a
hrst-class room at a frst-class hotel
and look at the scenery through the
window
The whole thing has been planned
SO that any taste and any amount of
Initiative and imagination or any lack
thereof can be exactly accommodated
And summering in these parks Ia, for
the most part. pleasantly free of the
hold-up elements which mar vacations
In some--in fact in many-places. No
millionaire colonies can get mo-
nopoly OF these parks. because Uncle
Sam owns them. and though all may
camp on equal terms, there is no land
for sale. Likewise the hotel and camp
people lease the right to conduct their
establishments from the government
and the government is there to see
that they are properly conducted
~ iot ihe phFhs themselves. II Is
impossible In limited space TO do much
more than enumerate them. Yellow
stone is. of course. the most famous
the only one OF the collection that has
been well and favorably known for
many years. Its geysers and tame
bears are among the wonders that
every one has heard Of. II undou bt edly
affords wonderful opportunity to
study wild life in an undisturbed and
yet natural state. AS for scenery
however IL cannot comnare with the
great Glacier park to the north-a
land of sheer. snow covered mountains
clear lakes. great glaciers and forests
Thia Is one of the largest and prob
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So spent most Of my noon hour rustlin'
through florist shops to get the particular
kind of red roses I'd been tipped off to
find, | located 'em, though, and bought
up the whole stock, sendin' part to the
house and luggin' the rest to the head
waiter While was at the hotel, too, l
got next to the orchestra leader and gave
him the names. of some pieces he was to
spring durin' dinner.
After all, though, it was Auntie who
turned the cleverest trick. She'd got
real enthusiastic by Wednesday mornin',
and what does she do but dash down to
the Maison Felice, pick out a two-hundred-
dollar evenin gown, and have. it sent
up with filter. Wee says Myra simply
wouldn't open the box for half an hour;
but then she softened up, and after she'd
been buckled into this pink creation with
the rosebud shoulder-straps she consents
to take one squint at the glass. Then it
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develops that Myra is still human. From
that to allowin' a hair-dresser to be called
in was only step, which explains the
whole miracle of how Myra blossomed out.
AND say, for late bloomin' it was
wonder Honest, when gets my first
glimpse of her standin' under the hall
light with Hilda hodin' her opera wrap,
lets out a gurgle. Had | wandered into
the wrong apartment? Was | disturbin'
some leadin' lady just goin' on for the
first act? No, there was Cousin Myra
thin nose and pointed chin. But, with
her hair loosened up and her cheeks tinted
bit from excitement she looks like diff
ferent party. Almost stunnin', you know.
Wee nudges me to quit the gawp act.
"Gosh!' | whispers. who'd have
thought it?'
"S-s-s-sh!' says Wee. 1--WE don't want
her to suspect thing
| don't know whether she did or not,
but when we're lowed into the dnin'-
room she spots the table decorations right
off, and whirls on me.
Here's plotting, young man. says she.
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says |. "She's the one that planned most
of this
But what is it?" demands Cousin
Myra. what do you call it?"
why, says I,grinnin' more or less fool
ish, "we'rejust givin' aMyra day ,that'sall. '
Splendid" says she. "And the fact
that don't in the least deserve it makes
it seem all the nicer. suppose your being
here, Lester, is part of the plot, too?'
Il hope so, says the Professor.
"Do you know says Myra, liftin' her
glass and glancin kittenish over the brim
at him, Il mean to try to live up to this
day. don't mind saying though, that
for while it's going to be an awful strain.
ANYWAY" says | to Wee, after it's
all over and the Professor has finally
said good night, she's got good start.
"Yes,' says Wee, "and perhaps Lester
will help some. | didn't quite look for
that, It's been fun, though, hasn't it?7
For an indoor sport, says l, "givin' a
Myra day is lot merrier than it sounds.
1t beats bein' good to yourself nine up and
six to 60
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says Wee, "if you'll promise to help
"If it's plan to put anything over on
Miss Burr" says l, you can count on
me-"
Suppose it sounds sily?' says Wee.
Comm from you, says |, at couldn't"
"Blarney!" says Wee. But you've said
you'd help, so listen; We'll give Myra
day."
"A which," says |.
Come here while | whisper" says she.
expect that's why it don't sound
more'n half nutty too, delivered that way.
For with Wees chin on my shoulder and
some of that silky, straw-colored hair
brushin' my face, and a slim, smooth arm
hooked chummy through one of mine
WE'LL say; she could make tabulated
bank statement listen like one of Grant
land Rice's baseball lyrics. Do fall for
her proposition? It's almost jump.
"All right" says |. Not that | can
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Ahit AAS'Ns 1e~y NNON
figure how it's goin' to work
out, but if that's your idea
of THROWN the switch on her,
I'm right behind you. Just
give me the proper cues,
that's all"
"Wait until l hear from
my telegram" says Wee. IN
let you know"
7 DIDN'T get the word until
Tuesday afternoon, when
she phones down.
"He's coming" says Wee.
"Isn't he the dear, though?
So we'll make it tomorrow.
Everything you can possibly
think of, remember
As a starter I'd spotted the
elevator-boy up at Auntie's.
Andrew link is his full name,
and he's a STRAIGHTFORWARD
smoke from the West Indies.
We'd exchanged a few con-
fidential comments on Miss
Burr, and I'd discovered she
was just about as popular
with him as she was with
the rest of us.
But for tomorrow,
Andy" says l, slippin' him a
whole half dollar, "we're
goin' to forget it. See? It'll
be, oh, yes, Miss Burr and
Certainly, Miss Burr all
day long, not emitting the
little posie you're goin' to
offer her first thing in the
mornin'.'
Andy tucks away the half
and grins.
"Very well, sir says he.
9TH be quite Il lark, sir.
Next l fixed it up with
Mike, the door-man. He'd
had a little run-in with Myra
about not gettin' a taxi quite
quick enough for her, so | had
to double the ante and en-
plain how this was a scheme
Wee was workin'.
"Sure!' says he. ANY
thing Miss Verona says goes
with me. I'll do my best"
The hard part came, thou
has to invite Myra to this Ii
party I'm supposed to be givi
it's Auntie's blow, but she's
by Wee to insist that | do
First off, was goin' to rul
lunch hour and pass 1t to Cou
person; but about eleven o
cides it would be safer to use
"Oh!' says she. Il am to
as a chaperon, am II"
"Couldn't think of anybod
it better" says |; "but, as
fact, that amt the idea. Au
you see, and | thought maybe
duce you to come along too.
But | detest hotel dinners
"Ah, come on! Be a spo
"Lemme show you what | ca
the menu. For one item, the
d la mode de Cden.'
"Then I'll come says N
how ON earth, young man, di
that"
Just wait!" says |. "You
guessin' besides that. I'll cal
seven sharp"
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MAGAZINE SECTION for July 2, 1915

4But if you will tell me how you discov-
cred was so fond Of Louis Philippe roses
I'll forgive YOU
Looks like was good guesser, don't
it?" says l.
you're good at something, anyway
says Cousin Myra; "but-but why five
places?"
She's noticed the extra plate and is
glancin' around inquirin'.
"Oh!" says 1, offhand, "odd numbers
for luck, so | took chance on askin' in
an old friend of yours. He ought to be in
the cloak-room by now. III go fetch him..
YOU should have seen the look on her
face, too, when | shows up with Pro-
fessor Hinckley. He's a perfectly good
highbrow, understand pointed face whis-
kers, shaggy forelock, wide black ribbon
on his eyeglasses, and all-sort of mild
eyed, modest appearin gent, but kind of