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ing, except when I'm moulting.
never feel like having my morning
cackle till the egg is properly laid.
and without the chance to cackle 1
would not be happy"
Its strange" said the girl, reflec-
lively: But as I'm not hen / can't
be 'spected to understand that"
Certainly not, my dear"
Then Dorothy fell silent again. The
yellow hen was some company, and q
bit of comfort. too; but 1t was dred-
fully lonely out on the big ocean,
nevertheless.
After a time the hen flew UP and
perched upon the topmost Stat of the
coop, which was a little above Dor
othy's head when she was sitting upon
the bottom, as she had been doing for
some moments past.
why, We are not far from land!"
exclaimed the hen.
Where? Where is it?" cried Dor
othy. jumping up in great excitement.
"Over there a little way" answered
the hen, nodding her head in a GER
tain direction. I'VE seem to be drift
we ought to find ourselves upon dry
land again"
IT shall like THAR" said Dorothy.
with little sigh. for her feet and legs
were still wetted now and then by
the sea-water that came thru the open
Stats.
80 shall l." answered her compan-
ion. There is nothing in the world
SO miserable as a wet hen"
The land. which they seemed to be
rapidly approaching, since it grew
more distinct every minute. was
quite beautiful as viewed by the little
girl in the floating hen-coop. Next
to the water was a broad beach OF
white sand and gravel and farther
back Were several rocky hills, while
beyond these appeared a strip OF
green trees that marked the edge of
a forest. But there were no houses
to be seen, nor any sign of people who
might inhabit this unknown land.
II hope we shall find something
to eat" said Dorothy, looking eagerly
at the pretty beach toward which they
drifted. IT'S long past breakfast time
now"
"rm a trifle hungry. myself" de-
clared the yellow hen.
why don't you eat the egg" ask
ed the child. You don't need to have
your food cooked, as I do"
DO you take me for cannibaI?''
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THE NEXT UPRISING.

Following the general attack on the
high cost OF living the next uprising OF
the public probably will be against
and the consequent crushing taxation
levies. War breeds contempt for econ
omy. Billions are spent without
thought for the pockets of those who
must provide the money. America
was spending more money per day
than any other belligerent when the
war ended. Something akin to pride
sums we poured out. Taxes of I'M
precedented severity were paid by the
public without protest.
But the time has come to call a halt
to reckless expenditure of the peoples
money. Those who have access to the
federal treasury must sober up. The
patriotic fervor created by war has
gray dawn of the morning after. The
cost of living is being found most bur
densome. On top OF this. grievously
heavy taxes must be met.
The politicians. says Forbes Maya
zine. as a rule, have little regard for
saving but a weakness for grandiose
spending. The larger the pork bar
rel" the happier they are. The pub
lie temper is rising to the point where
1t will boil over unless 1t be demon
strated convincingly that those in
charge of our public affairs are striv-
ing to do away with wasteful methods
and to curtail taxation to the lowest
possible minimum.
The necessaries OF life would not be
so impossibly dear as they are today
were the exactions imposed in the form
Of taxes less onerous. Every billion OF
governmental expenditures means the
imposition of an additional cost OF a
billion on the doing OF business OF
some form OF another.
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much. 1t would make our dinner a
little moro lively perhaps than the last
one. That was awfully stupid
ITO you. perhaps, because you are
not yet capable OF joining intelligently
in the conversation. 1t was not stupid
to me-"
This was one of the idiosyncrasies
of Everett's treatment of me. He
would insist upon keeping me young
in all outward ways; then almost find
fault because l was not able to un-
derstand and appreciate men and
women twice and three times my age.
May 1 invite them?" persisted.
You may ask Mr.. and MRS. Sloane.
That will be sufficient. This dinner
is to repay our obligations to those
who have shown you attention; not to
have n gay time"
did not dare to say anything more,
but 1 couldn't help wishing he had
allowed me to ask Barrett Edwards
and Miss Stewart instead of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sloane, altho 1 had liked them
both immensely.
Had known that Barrett Edmonds
also would have liked to come 1t
might have made Everett's refusal
harder to bear.
Thanks to Mrs Cray and the help
Everett sent from the club, my din
ners were both a success. Really all
I had had to do with them was to
agree with the menu Everett decided
upon: and to help the florist with the
table decoration. Everett even Sc
lected the place cards. and decided all
the details without consulting me.
(To be continued.)
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cried the hen, Indignantly. 81 do not
know what have said or done that
leads you to insult mel
II beg your pardon, I'm sure, Mrs.
-Mrs.-by the way. may ! inquire
your name, ma'am?" asked the little
girl.
my name is BILL" said the yellow
hen. somewhat gruffly.
"Billi Why that's a boys name"
What difference does that maker"
YOU'RE lady hen, aren't you ?"
"Of course. But when / was first
Matched out no one could tell whether
p was going to be a hen or a rooster;
so the little boy at the farm where
was born called me Bill, and made
a pet of me because I was the only
yellow chicken in the whole brood.
When 1 grew up, and he found that
didn't crow and fight, as all the
BOOSTERS do, he did not think to
change my name, and every creature
in the barn-yard, as well as the people
in the house, knew me as BILL So
Bill I've always been called, and Bill
is my name"
But IT'S all wrong, you know" de-
clared Dorothy. earnestly; land IL you
don't mind, 1 shall call you 'Billina.'
Putting the 'eena' on the end makes
it a girls name. you see"
"Oh. 1 don't mind it in the least"
returned the yellow hen. 1T doesn't
matter at all what you call me. so long
as know the name means me-"
Very well, Billina. My name is
Dorothy Gale--just Dorothy to my
friends and Miss Gale to strangers.
You may call me Dorothy. IL you like
We're getting very near the shore. Do
you suppose It is too deep for me to
wade the rest of the way?"
Wait few minutes longer. The
sunshine is warm and pleasant, and
We are in no hurry"
But my feet are all wet and soy
gy." said the girl. MY dress is dry
enough. but l won't feel real COM
for'ble till l get my feet dried"
She waited. however. as the hen adj
vised. and before long the big wooden
coop grated gently on the sandy beach
and the dangerous voyage was over.
1t did not take the castaways long
to reach the shore, you may be sure.
The yellow hen flew to the sands at
once, but Dorothy had to climb over
the high Stats. Still. for a country
girl, that was not much of a feat, and
as soon as she was safe ashore Doro-
thy drew off her wet shoes and stock
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If the wholesale grocer can. by law.
eliminate competition at the hands Of
the meat packers. as is the intent OF
pending legislation. says ]. ogden Ar
mour. then there is no logical reason
way stop the sale of clothes at de-
partment stores; or why automobile
distributors could not prevent whole
sale grocers from handling acces-
series; or why cigar stores could not
stop the sale OF tobacco by druggists
Is Mr.. Armour right or is he wrong?
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The Park Ave. News.


Weather. Skool closer every day.
Spoarts: Leroy Shooster amt injoy-
ing the new ice cream freezer as
mulch as wat he thawt he would. on
account OF being too mulch terning
attached to it and him having to do
1t all instead of the rest of the family
taking terms.
Sissiety. Mr.. Sid Hunts name was
in all the papers last Toozday. a man
named Sidney Hunt running away
with some mans dawter insted of Jest
keeping on driving the mans awtomo-
beeI for him. Mr.. Sid Hunt says it
must be sumbody elts.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
More Luck Than Intelligents
OF all the animals with tails on their
reers,s
Inclooding the cat and the otter.
The horse is the ony one OF all
Whose tail Is q natural fly swatter.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Artie Alexander once had 8
teeth pulled out without stopping. say
ing it was a intristing Experience but
he wouldent wunt to have 1t agen.
(Avvertizement.) wy not make
your home bewtifill as well as useful :?
We will go out in the park for you and
pick daisies to order. See Lew Davis
and Ed Wernick.
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I'M so soRRYl

The most human quality that is
given us mortals is---to mistake. And
the greatest opportunity that is given
to any of us is-not to make the same
mistake twice!
But there is another opportunity
that is quite as wonderful in connec-
ton with every mistake and that is
to be sorry.
We may well boast OF our triumphs
but never Of our failures.
With humiliation should come de-
termination to rise above unmeant
mistakes. For to be truly sorry Is the
first step to higher ground.
Every element OF fineness enters
into our desires to do better. How the
clouds seem to evaporate and the sun
TO break thru. just the minutes that
we begin to FEEL sorry All defenses
are then swept away. Life bubbles
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Public clamor against the high cost
Of living finally forced the government
to loosen up on its hoard of food and
prices began to tumble almost imme-
diately. OF course, this could have
been done as we'll months ago at q
saving OF many millions OF dollars
to the consumers. AS further impe-
tus to the decline in prices, recently in
evidence, is a considerable reduction
in export demand. European peoples
are beginning to feed themselves and
it may be confidently expected that
the demands on this country will
steadily grow less, until conditions ex-
listing before the war have been
reached. And again. the worlds ship
ping having been released from war
service is once more being utilized in
carrying food supplies from South
America and Australia, where prod
ucts of many kinds have been accu-
mulating thruout the years of the war.
Administration officials are endeavor-
ing to obtain credit for starting the
downward move OF food prices, but
they have done as little as they could
in that direction.
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of arms, without the faintest sign of
fear. he continued his approach. It
should have worked; with any normal
man 1t would have worked. But Du-
breeze was not a normal man. The
gun roared-both barrels. And big,
rugged Cal Nestor without a sound
crumpled into a heap on the ground.
Amy one else! Come on, the hull
gol-dummed world n git yours!"
yelled the lunatic. ramming home two
more shells Come inside that gate
and go to hell a-flyingi"
OF ten men OF the posse in the
roadway not one moved-toward the
gate. But from across the way, where.
sheltered by some alder growth. she
had been watching in fear and trenb-
ling, a woman rushed, brushing away
restraining hands. AS she tore open
the gate. the mailman threw the gun
to his shoulder, but, needless of him
as of the others. she sped up the path
and threw herself on her knees beside
the fallen man. Then she gathered
him in her arms, and with the strength
of two men carried him away to
safety.
At the end of a feverish half hour
Mary Nestor had beaten fate. When
DR.. Holt. back from a country call,
arrived at last. he said, no one but a
thoroly trained and resourceful nurse
could have saved the sheriff's life.
What happened then? Goodness
me? What question! What could
happen? Did you ever-ever in this
world-know Of woman saving her
husbands life at the imminent hazard
OF her own-and then going away and
leaving him. or having occasion to -?
Indeed, no.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicate.)
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a I am a
girl nineteen years old and am CO.
ing with a boy two years my senior
whom care for very much. Am 1
old enough to know my own heart :?
How old should a person be before
considering seriously the question Of
engagement?
Cd My friends parents do not like
ME. Am I doing right in letting him
come to see me? I think my future
happiness depends on it. P. G.
% You may know your heart at
nineteen, but you are rather young to
take the chance by marrying. 1 think
a girl should be in her twenties and
man past twenty-five before taking
so vital n step as to become engaged
or to marry.
(2) Yes. 1t is all right to let him
come to see you even If his parents
do not approve. He is the one to be
satisfied
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The Rat; Arguments for Its ELM
nation and Methods for Its Destruc-
ton" Is the title OF pamphlet issued
by the United States public health de-
partment. when the state OF public
sentiment toward rats IS taken into
consideration is seems hardly neces-
sary officially to urge their destruc-
ton. But one never knows what to
expect from the occupant OF a swivel
chair who is engaged in an effort to
make showing OF earning his salary.
II may be that the crusade against
rats will be followed by one against
rattlesnakes. The pamphlet sets forth
that there is one rat. at least, for ev-
cry person in the United States. and it
costs the United States $4,000. 900 a
year to support its rat population.
This does not include mice.
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MEETS BARRETT ED
MONDS.
CHAPTER Xxx.

MONDS.
CHAPTER xxx.
We were quite gay after the holi-
days were over. We had tickets for
the opera and went once or twice
week. Then we had many invitations
to dinners and receptions, usually fol-
lowed by a supper dance. Had it not
been for the dancing I should have
hated them all. But 1 love to dance,
and because 1 danced well, and he also
was a good dancer, had some really
good times dancing with Everett.
He never allowed me to go on the
floor when we dined in a public res
taurant, but at private dinners and re-
ceptions he allowed me to dance all
wanted to. That is, If / only had as
partners men of whom he approved.
But as II was the dancing 1 cared for,
and not the men, I was happy If they
were good dancers. That was all that
interested me. In fact, 1 preferred
Everett as a partner to anyone knew.
That is I did until 1 met Barrett Ed
monds.
1t was at a supper dance following
a formal dinner. I had as usual been
bored to death at the dinner, and was
delighted when I saw several young
people come in for the dance.
Not quite so young as 1 was perhaps,
but around twenty-five or thirty.
had noticed Barrett Edmonds be-
cause of his height. He was six feet
two inches tall, and well proportioned.
The hostess presented him to me and
he asked me to dance. 1 felt as If 1
had wings. He danced so wonderfully
that we scarcely seemed to touch the
floor so light was he on his feet. 1t
was heavenly, and 1 told him so. L
expect ''gushed" little but II 1 did
it was pardonable.
Everett knew him and came up to
US when we had finished. He shook
hands and spoke so nicely to him
could have Rugged him. Someway
wanted this Swapping young fellow
to think well Of my husband and
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anew. Happy waves are all about
There is nothing weak about being
sorry In fact, it is at that very point
where real strength begins.
To be sorry is to dig the grave in
which to bury your mistakes and err
rors. But then get away from the
grave as soon as possible. A grave
yard is no place in which to live.
II you have hurt the feelings Of
someone go to that one and tell him
that you are sorry. II you have done
n thing for which you are ashamed,
right it IL you can. Be sorry, anyway
and then pass on
We all pay the price of every mis-
take But the longer we put off be-
ing sorry for 1t, the faster and bigger
the interest and principal become.
Be sorry. But be sorry as deeply as
you know how-and have it over
with
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THE PUTTERERs-ROUND
JUS putterin' round-the rosebed there
Requirin' jus a little care;
The climbers that we love so much
Needin' the little extra touch
That keeps 'em orderly an straight;
Perhaps the hinge upon the gate
Has broken down, or mother asks
Assistance for her heavier tasks
OF needs another pantry shelf.
Which che could never build herself.
No glory or renown IL found
BY one who merely pottera round
An yet how much the old home needs
The doer Of these simple deeds.
JUS putterin' round. from day to dsy
Smoothin' somebody's troubled way:
stoppin' CHEEKY word to sreak;
a friendly hand stretched here an therA
Thinkin' Of people tired with care
An wonderin' what you can do
To start 'em out with hope anew;
Coin, on errands to the store
for thlngs the folks are waitin' for,
70 sum Of wealth or touch Of fame
The helpful putterers round may claim.
An yet wherever they appear
Iney carry gentieness an cheer
supposin' all men sought success
IN IN could not be content with less!
Imagine this world II you can
Where never lived a Kind old man
Who loved his neivhbors an his f1oeern
An spent among them ali his hours:
The roses then would friendlesa be:
There'd be no garden fit to see,
80 gentle hand to .gnard the place
~ all men sought for fame an roId
The wer'd would dismsi he an cold,
Laughter would be an empty sound
without the men WHO putter roma.
Copyright 1910 BY Edgar A. Guest
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Under the Plumb plan net profits
are to be equally divided between the
public and the railroad employees. But
what IL there should be a deficit in
stead OF a surplus. as there is now I'M
der government operation? Would
the employees pay half OF that deficit7
And is there any guarantee that they
would not strike for a larger shLre Of
the profits or for a smaller share Of
tile deficit?
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Has the government operation OF
the railroads. the express companies,
the telephone and telegraph COM
panies been OF a character to convince
anybody OF bureaucratic efficiency E?
Are we. in the face OF these expert
ences. ready to give another bureau a
major hand in the business OF produc-
ing dressed meats? In every instance
government operation has resulted in
impaired efficiency and increased cost.
and politics has left its mark.
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DDS will never suffice for a growing
world. But who will take the risk of
opening up new mines, of developing
new processes II the man who receives
the equivalent of his toll in a weekly
pay snvoloI steps up AMI demands
the profits OF risk as soon as they ap-
pear? II enterprise ever go on strike
the world will be face to lace with its
supreme disaster.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Discoveries.
Egg Yollis Alone-Ma yonnaise and
boiled salad dressing can be made
with the yolks OF eggs alone.
Care OF Hot Water Bottle-when
the water is emptied from the bag.
hang Il to dry. then fill with air by
blowing into the bag, then replace the
stopper but do not fasten it too tightly.
The air holds the sides of the BE- z
apart and prevents them from stick
ing together. The stopper should not
be screwed in too tight as 1t puts un-
necessary pressure on the edges
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10. THE room RAnRoADER.

Labor faces a persistently serious
situation due to the cost OF living and
the impossibility of wages keeping
pace with the depreciation of money"
said the railrcao brotherhoods in their
statement demanding federal manage
ment OF the railroads. mo funda-
mental changes are being advanced to
save workers from q continual defeat
in<the economic struggle of life.'
One would gather from this, says
the Buffalo News. that the members
of the brotherhoods had suffered
perhaps more than other Industrial
workers and more than workers of the
salaried class the pinch OF the high
cost of living. There Is the suggestion
in this that they have been living from
hand to mouth and that it is force OF
untoward circumstances that finds
them urging naturalization OF the
railroads.
Railroad men in fact have Jared far
better than the majority of men in
other lines of industry. Under govern
ment direction OF the roads they have
received generous wage increases
Their every demand up to the present
has been met, in spite OF the fact that
the roads have been oprated at a
heavy deficit. a deficit which has to
be made up out Of the pockets of the
taxpayers.
According to information laid before
the house of representatives by the
general manager of the Pennsylvania
railroad, information that has to do
with railroading in thirteen states
freight engineers now get $4,7O4 a
year, passenger engineers s4.52O.
freight conductors s3.7ss. passenger
conductors 1855. That is about $50
a week for engineers and $40 a week
for conductors. which is not so bad.
Compare the pay of these prosper
Gus railway men v'th the average in
come OF clergymen. physicians, law
yers, college professors" says the
New York Times. These as a rule
have had a long and expensive educa-
ton. collegiate and professional. They
have a certain social convention to
maintain. They must have books.
Some of them must have expensive
professional apparatus. The great
majority OF them would regard the
pay of these gentlemen who complain
OF continual defeat in the economic
struggle as a golden,s impossible
dream"
A man is entitled to as much for his
services as the industry in which he is
engaged can afford to pay him. OF
course. it always should be an amount
sufficiently large to remove him from
fear OF defeat in the economic strug-
gle. 1t was not possible during the
war and It Is not possible in these re-
construction days to determine Just
how much the railroads can afford to
pay in wages. Tho in doubt. the gov
eminent has been generous with the
railroad men. Nor would the public
have It otherwise. But they have lit
tie support in their demand that the
government purchase the roads for
them at an outlay of some $4,000
100000, because such a move would
mean the defeat OF the general public
in the economic struggle.
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The order given to Captain Matiack
to pay over the entire $4,000 prom
Used to the Mexican bandits. after he
had escaped with the captives and
salvagcd $1,000 of the money. should
have been accompanied with an apol-
ogy from Secretary Baker for the
Matlack will be fortunate IL he escape
a courtmartial