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four hours after its contamination,
should also be compulsory, according
to the police. New York and Phila-
delphia have recently adopted this
regulation, with good results.
1t has also been suggested that ev-
cry automobile salesman be licensed
by the local police department, and
that the prospective purchaser de-
mand to see the license before buying
a car. 1t is pointed out by Commits
sioher Pullman that the licensing of
cars should be more restricted. He
believes that every licensing bureau
should keep a record Of automobile
motor numbers, which should be con-
suited every time license is issued,
or, if this is impractical, a policeman
should be detailed to examine every
car whose owner applies for license.
Under the present circumstances, a
man can obtain new state tags for a
car that has already been licensed
two OF three times before.
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Using; that all our vaunted accumu-
lation Of advertising knowledge is only
fragmentary, incomplete, disjointed,
and defies definition in concrete, pre-
else, automatic terms. even as our
knowledge of human nature.
1t is well that we understand these
fundamental facts; that we compre-
bend how ideas have changed the
world over; that we sense and study
the new human environment which
exists today and which transcends aca-
demic formulas or doctrinaire notions.
For there is a greater need today than
ever in the past for scientific knowl-
edge of commerce, distribution, trade
conditions, finance, economics. psy-
chology and art-in brief, all human
knowledge-in the advertising pro-
fession.
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MY HUSBAND AND I
BY JANE PHELPS

"If he doesn't come will go to the
station" said aloud. Then: IT won
der if he is at Blanche Orton's." Just
the thought made me so miserable
the tears started. 'Oh, what shall I
do?" felt that never was anyone
so unhappy as 1; that never was a
woman so anxious and worried. IL
I didn't love him so much!" 1 con-
tinued my soliloquy, IF 1 didn't it
wouldn't be so hard to lose faith in
him. I wonder if he does care for
Blanche orion, perhaps Mr.. Freder-
seem as if he would go there so much
if he isn't"
I couldn't read. and finally threw
down the book in disgust. 1t was
growing late. Sho nd I try the club
again? If Neil had not gone to Mrs.
Orton's he might be there now.
us Mr.. Forbes in the house ?" I
asked when they answered. Will
you page him please so that I may
b. sure. will hold the wire" 1t
to the telephone. After waiting an
uncomfortable time voice said:
"Hello-Mr. Forbes is not in the
house"
1 hung up disguised that I had
waited so long. 81 might have known
he wouldn't be there! 1 scolded. I
would wait until a little after eleven,
then I would get ready and go to
meet his aunt if he did not come in
by that time.
I started at every sound. There
was no use fooling myself 1t was
not the anxiety that he meet his
aunt which caused me so much I'M
easiness, it was the feeling that he
was at Blanche Orton's. l was not
at all timid. Even had he been at
home 7 should probably have gone
with him, so 1t was not disinclina-
ton to go out either which made me
lerv- us. 1t wa. the fear tl.at he was
with another woman: a fear which
amounted almost to a sure knowl-
edge.
If he had been with Mr.. Frederick
I shouldn't have cared, I said. After
the clock had struck eleven 1 arose
to prepare for my GRAND. 1t was
strange how in every unhappy mo-
ment my thoughts flew to him.
Was it because knew he loved
me?
(Tomorrow-Barbar angers Neil by
b calling him at Blanche Orton's.)
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Having brought the telephone and
telegraph service of the country to
condition of Generalization and inef-
ficiency hitherto unbelievable and
brought on a strike which threatens
to become nationwide. Postmaster
General Burleson has thrown the
wires back on their owners, leaving
the men to whom management of their
business has been restored to work
out of the difficulties in whatever
way they may. However reprehensi-
BILE Burleson's action may appear it
is not wholly without precedent. Viii
liam G. McAdoO performed a similar
service for the railroads. After get
ting them into a hopeless tangle and
piling up an enormous deficit he quit
the job OF mana ging them, leaving the
work of clearing up the mess to his
successor, to congress or to whomever
might be called upon to undertake it.
Probably no presidential cabinet in the
history Of the country has included
so many incompetents and cutters as
that named by President Wilson. The
opinion seems to be widespread that
there still are other members who
could be spared with benefit to the
country.
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AN OUTSIDERS VIEW

The Importance of advertising in
connection with the successful prose-
cution of the war and the future
progress of the country was ably set
forth by Francis H. Sisson, vice pres
ident of the Guaranty Trust company
Of New York, before the Advertising
council of the Chicago Association of
Commerce, on Tuesday of this week.
Advertising has played a very i'm
portant part in creating for and re-
vealiug to us the new conception Of
our national responsibilities and
duties, said the speaker. America
titanic efforts and achievements dur
ing the war would not have been pos
sible without the aid of publicity
which helped to make the "impossi-
Bile" possible. Advertising was never
before so universally recognized as
one Of the most powerful creative and
constructive forces in the world
But. like every other great basic
element in our existence, he continued.
it, too, has undergone changes and has
caught the spirit of the dawning era
of new peace. 1t has been quick
ened into new life; It has acquired
new potentialities; never before has it
exerted such influence over the minds
and hearts of mankind. It has reached
and stirred our souls to the sublimest
sacrifices.
1t matters not that this power re-
suited from the most intense emotion
al period in the worlds history and
that II was due chiefly to patriotic fer
vor. for advertising was largely instru-
mental in creating the very emotion
and patriotism from which it gained
its greatest strength of appeal Each
reacted upon the others; each devel-
oped the others. And for the first
time, advertising sounded the depths
Of human nature. 1t penetrated to the
elemental in human nature.
That is the paramount lesson. as II
was the paramount achievement. Of
advertising during the war That IS
the foundation upon which advertis-
ing must work in building the business
Of the future. That is the basic truth
OF which we must not lose sight.
We realize as never before. said Mr.
sisson, that advertising Is limited only
by the limitations OF human nature:
that it's laws can no more be codified
than can those of human nature; that
every new discovery about human ma
ture furnishes a new factor in adver-
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during the winter and early
spring. sweeping all before them, over
flowing their banks. and leave beds of
alluvial deposit on either side. When
summer comes their waters fall, and
what had seemed a goodly river is a
tract covered with sand and pebbles.
a stranger coming to build might be
attracted by the level surface of the
sand. 1t would be easy to build there.
On such a house a winter torrent had
swept down in its fury, and the storms
had ragged, and then the whole fabric,
on which time and. money had been
expended, had given way ana fallen
in a heap of ruins.
When Storms Come,
The lesson of the Lord is easy to
grasp. The wise man will hear, and
when he hears, will do, that is, will
translate his impressions into actions.
This will be to build his house upon a
rock.
For rains, winds and floods do come
into every life and make it wise to
build on a good foundation. We are
all liable to Affections, sudden fears
and death; and the man whose hopes
are at loose ends, and on a sandy
foundation. may expect his house to
fall. This is the case of unconverted
sinners. None are safe whose hopes
are not built on the Rock of Ages.
There is something very striking in
the words with which Christ con-
cluded his sermon, at fell, and great
was the fall of it After ALL" men
would say, cit was only the destruc-
ton of one human being But our
Lords saying reminds us that in his
eyes the ruin of one soul is a consid-
Grafton full of unspeakable sorrow.
Jesus, in his closing discourse.
leaves his nearer under the impress
sion of this solemn thought. Each of
them, while listening to this last word.
might think he heard the crash of the
falling house, and say within himself:
This disaster shall be mine if I prove
hypocritical or inconsistent"
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EVENING STORY
Founded ON Fact.
BY PETER HOPE.

To the forty-odd children of Adde'S
cent age Miss Graham, freshman Eng
lish teacher in room 124 of the Pea
body high school, was the embodiment
of wisdom. To their untitled minds.
looking to the nearest pinnacle for a.
desirable goal, Miss Graham's knowl-
edge, ranging from an easy familiar
ity with -Chaucer to unconscious free
dom with dactylic verse, was indeed
the very highest rung on the ladder
of education.
But it was fortunate for the esti-
mable lady that these youthful men,
talities did not demand that so super
ior a being dress in fashions of the
minute nor that even passing good
looks were an accompanying requisite.
For it must be admitted that while
Miss Graham was a most excellent
teacher of English, she was an abom-
Unable dresser, and her straight hair
combed straight back sent Mr.. Strenly.
sole male instructor at the school,
scurrying many a morning to his gym
nasium, where he worked his classes
extra hard in an effort to eradicate
the unpleasant impression.
For tonorrow's assignment" Miss
Graham was saying in her usual dry.
high pitched soprano on this balmy
June afternoon toward the close OF
the summer semester, each pupil viii
bring to class an original composition
founded on fact. 1t need only be an
incident, but it must be true. for any
successful writer will tell you that real
ism is the foundation of all fiction. l
shall impose a penalty of forty lines or
scansion upon those who fail to pro-
duce this evenings home work at to-
morrow's class"
AS was her habit after a long
speech, Miss Graham, crossing her
long, thin arms akimbo over her scant
expanse of bosom and taking in the
entire room with a single glance as if
hidden RlI1nrif asked
"Is there any point not clearly under
stood?"
AS a rule the bulk of her instruction,
couched in bookish language, sailed
above the heads of her pupils who
forebore awaiting themselves OF her
offer to further explain, as they had
| learned their questions resulted only
/ in a repetition of instructions. But
contrary to the usual habit, a miss OF
fourteen, with twentieth century writ
| ten on her face in unsmistakable signs
| of powder shouting defiance to the un-
washed neck below. arose timidly
from her seat.
Miss Graham" came in the self
conscious voice of a child hearing it.
self in a room where whispering was
penal offense, may the incident we
| tell about lover
| Miss Graham's arms sank Imply tC
her side. 1t is not on record that any
one had ever tried to determine JUS
how long ago she was fourteen, but i
is safe to surmise in that day love wa:
not included in the public school cur
| riculum. There was difficulty in an
fswering this precocious pupil, and, OF
course, ignorance even of such sub
| ject must not be admitted.
| at is only necessary for me to re-
peat" was the response in the metal
lie tone of years habit, that the in
-cident upon which your story is found
ed be true"
! And fearing lest she be unable tc
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THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BARBARA is OBLIGED TO GO TO
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.


That afternoon after my return
home felt happy at times because of
my faith in Mr.. Frederick; that he
would influence Neil to end his in
timacy with TearIe and men of his
kind; unhappy at other times when I
dwelt upon the fact that it had be-
come a necessity.
About o'clock the telephone rang.
This is Mr.. Forbes's office. He
wished me to. telephone Mrs. Forbes
that he would not be home to dinner"
rs Mr.. Forbes in the office ?" 1
recognized the blonde stenographer's
voice. -
mo, he went out with Mr.. Tearle
about half an hour ago"
Every well, thank you"
Regardless of what Mr.. Frederick
had told him of Tearle's character
and reputation, Neil had gone out with
him. 1t seemed to be such reckless
thing to do. I, of course, did not rea-
lize that it isn't an easy thing to break
off business relations at any time; that
under certain circumstances it might
be almost impossible to accomplish
any great change in the personnel of
the idea that Neil had decided to pay
no attention to Mr.. Frederick, to me.
or to what he had been told others
were saying. That he had decided to
go along in the same way he had been
going-a law unto himself.
was the more distressed that he
did not come home as his aunt had
telegraphed while we were out to
lunch that she would arrive on the
midnight train. 1 called his club
hoping to catch him there. They had
not seen him. I tried one or two other
places. He should meet his aunt. 1t
would be dreadful for her to find no
one at the station.
Finally I gave up trying to locate
him. 1 ate my dinner, then sat down
with a new magazine and tried to read.
He might come in any minute, 1 said
to myself knowing he would not. OF
late he had remained out the entire
evening and far into the night when
he had not dined at home.
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with the fellow who has done some
thing OF note and worth. / do not
like the Could Have sort Nor do you.
sEaeh of US has within him. hidden
ever so secretly, some inspiring art
able TO make the world little better
each ksingIe day. And that little art
is 10 do something which we feel that
we can do-and then, thrilled at that
act, go ahead to bigger things. So
that We come to be the examples for
those who dare only to state II
COUIsD HAVE done that myself"
lFrYoE never know what you can do
4iIf you do it. Then you Immediately
pass on to other things. still more diff
neult, but which may look all too i'm
possible, Everything is impossible up
to. the moment when you decide that
il isnff
There is work for all. And most
of it can be done-a reasonable part
by YOC-according to your will
and ability.
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GOULD HAVE"

How often you hear the remark:
II could have done that myself.
But, of course, the one who makes
that sort OF remark never does any
thing.
Those-who DO. offer no excuses,
have no hiding places, care for no
pulls" They do the job not mind
ing what the results, and pass along.
Most certainly there are scores OF
things that you could have done
yourself-before somebody else went
ahead and did them-had you simply
gone ahead and done them.
Also, those who do, never boast
about what they do. What they do,
does that for them.
The idle days never return. Wasted
hours die harder than do the dead
leaves that fall at autumn.
like that phrase about coming into
Port-grandly! like to associate
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Postmaster General Burleson, who
has made so miserable a failure of
operation Of the wire systems under
one head, advocates the coordination
of the systems in operation when re-
turned to their owners. The public
will appreciate the fact that some saw
ing could be accomplished in expense
of operation by that plan, but there is
also a general feeling that competition
results in better service. And the peo-
pie at all times are willing to pay for
satisfactory service. They are now
more than ever willing to do so after
their experience with the other kind
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Ma was sewing in her room, this
aftirnoon and 1 went in, saying, Ma,
please give me a stamp. please?
I don't know weather I have one
wat do you wunt it for? sed ma.
wunt to win a so doller prize. me
US if we get a stamp, I sed.
Very intristing but not very prob
bable, I don't bleeve 1 have one, sed
ma. Meenirrg stamp, and sed,. Aw
gosh, ma, G, look and see we'll give
it to you back wen we get the prize,
We'll give you as meny stamps as you
wunt, G, gosh. ma, wont you?
7 o well, sed ma, its werth a stamp
to get rid of you, you'll find one in
the top draw of my desk. Meening a
stamp and 1 looked and found it,
saying, G, ma, thanks, do. YOU wunt
to know how we're going to get the
so dollar prize?
How? sed ma, and sed, Its a prize
for a original cooking recipeey, you
haff to make up a recipeey how to
cook something and send it to the
lers for a prize, and me and Artie
made up recipeey and called it
Benny and Artie pudding
Well, sutch a ideer, sed ma, and !
sed, Yes mann, got it all rote down,
III reed it to you. WITCH 1 did, reed
ing How to make Benny and Artie
pudding-Take a quart of wet dough
and add a pound of cinnamon, 2
pounds of raisins and Is eggs chop
ped up fine. Then add Is cups OF
melted chocklit, s pounds of chopped
up coconut, a gallon of Wiped GREEN
pounds of sugar and a half of a
nutmeg and leeveft bake till its reddy
Benny Potts. that's absilootly terri
flying, You put that stamp back, sed
ma. f. sf.E
Aw, ma, aw g, gosh, ma aw please
how can you tell wat its ffke wen
you never tried it. 1 sed, and ma sed
o, go ahed and send it and get it OFF
your mind. .-sss
WITCH 1 send it, lit amt sem Ylsz
mind yet on account OR stili wait.
ing for the so dollers.f 4J.sssSsi
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OLD-FAsHIONED FLOWERS,

Old-fashioned flowers are like the folks of
old that used to love EN-.
They seem contented just TO live an have
Gods sky above 'em.
They battle with the wind an rain an
brave the winters snow.
But just. soon spring returns they
start right in to grow.
They're not like temperamental flowers
that call for special care
They give their blooms from day to day to
all who wander there.
They'll keep the ugliest corners of the yard
an make them bright,
They'll grow in any sort o. soil an give
the weeds q fight.
They're Just like kindly people in their
habits an their ways,
Who do their best for all mankind without
a word of praise. 49,
You never have to coax an plead with them
for blossoms sweet,
They're nodding at you all the time an
dancin' round your feet.
Snapdragons never make a fuss. nor pinks
nor hollyhocks,
You never have to pamper the petunias
an phlOX,
They're waitin' for you in the yard just like
old friends an true,
Ready at any time o. day to give their
charms TO you.
So while the fancy blooms are fine, by
every mortal test
I hold the good old-fashioned flowers are
after all the best
Copyright 1918 by Edgar A. Guest)
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Discoveries.

To remove strong odor from cook
ing utensils, there is nothing better
than just pure cold water.
When boiling cauliflower, use half
milk and half water. This will give
1t fine flavor and keep IL white.
Cooked in plain water. 1t takes on .
graytsh color.
When cooking peas throw pods and
all in boiling water. When done the
pods will rise to top. peas stay below.
This makes them have a better flavor
and the water can be used for a good
pea soup.
Skillful mending of wool garments
Is another means of prolongIng their
period of usefulness The success Of
a mend depends on maintaining the
soft appearance of the surface. dupli-
eating the weave. and using colors to
match those in. the garment.
When Poaching Eggs. IL you viii
add half teaspoon of vinegar to the
water before dropping In the eggs. you
will find the eggs will hold their shape
better and you won't waste 50 much
Of the white which would otherwise
fall to pieces.
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT

BY ROY K. MOULTON

A Weird Error
Kruger misjudged Riggert's high
infield fly and it went for base hit
From an evening papers account of
the game between the Braves and the
Dodgers.
This was probably one of the worst,
if not the worst, of all errors ever
made in a baseball game. We have
been going to ball games for years,
but have never seen a misplay that
could compare with this one. Just
what Kruger did to that fly we don't
know. He should have swatted it.
But it is evident that he didn't. With
one of the members of its team doing
what Kruger did we can't for the
life of us understand how Brooklyn
managed to win the game.-Louis
Weslyn.
The New York police have no COM
plants to make of unnecessary noise
at Sunday ball games, which causes
the revered Boston Transcript to ask
How much noise is necessary at a
ball game, anyhow"
The best diplomacy: ATTEND to
your own business"
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High prices do not seem to be in
terfering with the progress of Akron
o., which from January to May /,
1919. made record of 951 building
permits for houses. In addition, bond
issues were carried March s: For
sewers. 100000; schools, $1,000, 900;
viaduct, 100000; children's< home,
100000. The total value for all pro-
jected building operations is s5,01t,-
472
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DINNER STORIES

When Stephen Crane was reporting
the Greco-Turkish war he had oc-
casion to write of a battle in which
the Turks turned and fled before the
enemy. Crane watched with disgust
the Turkish censor toning down his
manuscript, and finally that worthy
came to the word routed"
This won't do" he said: 1--WE must
have a euphemism here. What would
you suggest?"
IF l were you said Crane. sar-
castically, "Pd simply say that the
indomitable Turks changed front and
advanced
Sometimes truly innocent remark
is so unfortunate as to incur instant
resentment and positively invite re-
fusal. Take the case of the diminu-
tive man of kindly appearance who
was accosted by a seedy purist with
the words:
Sir. 1 am looking for little sue
cor"
well" snorted the wearer Of the
size 13z collar. do look like one ?"
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United States marines have been
landed in Costa Rica to settle fam
lily row among the inhabitants of that
country. But similar conditions in
Mexico right at our door are permit
ted to exist undisturbed. We long
have been exercising mandatory pow
ers in Santo Domingo. It would be in
teresting to know what is the power
that withholds Uncle Sans hand from
Mexico.
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The Great War dwarfed all other
military struggles in history by COM
parison, but it produced no superior
military genius like Napoleon. Foch
stands out as the most prominent fig
ure but like our own General Grant
he arose to supreme command after
the bulk of the work had been done.
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The marketing of stolen cars is
greatly facilitated by the fact that
there are many persons who are only
too willing, when the article is Of
fered at a low price, not to make any
embarrassing inquiries. This is also
true in regard to automobile Access
series, such as tires. tools and small
partsH The police recently arrested a
man here, who had naVer attempted
to steal a car, but specialized in tire
stealing. He had stolen hundreds of
tires, and his latest haul had been
sold to the manager of a tire concern
for one-fourth its value.
In recovering lost automobiles, the
police are handicapped, first, by the
incredible carelessness of the automo-
bile owning public, which leaves its
property unlocked or uses the street
or the nearest vacant lot for a garage,
and second, by the lack of effective
laws One of the most immediate
requirements is a law-now in opera
ton in one or two states-permitting
the police authorities to confiscate
every machine with an altered num-
Der, and hold it until ownership is
proved. The reporting of every auto
mobile and tire sale, within twenty