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MONTICELLO
By JAMES MGlGAN

all but one of his five children ves
taken from him and after neark
forty years spent in the service q.
the public, at sc he retired from ths
presidency $4,000 in debt. For feu
that some partisan foe might even
Jail him as he left the White house
he borrowed the money to psr
what he owed the Washinstop
storekeepers.
Since he was so, he had neither
practiced law nor been free 10
look after his farm. and in bis
long absences the slaves had eaten
UP the neglected estate. Although
a most systematic person, an effc.
iency expert by nature he could
not make his slender official SAL
aries and his personal expenses
meet at the end of the year His
$4,000 income as president fell
$4,000 short of the outgo in one
year at the White house.
TO keep the roof over his hesi
and home for his always lug
family of grandchildren, gran,
nieces and grand nephews, he sold
his cherished library TO congress-
Soon he was plunged deeper int
debt by the failure OF a frieHt
whose notes he had indorsa
Happily the hearts and purses q
the people were touched by tit
spectacle of the author of the
Declaration Of Independence ii
want and in peril OF losing Mont.
cello. Only few months of life
remained to him. but these were
cheered and freed from anxiety by
all outburst OF public sympathy and
gratitude.
As he lay dying an hour before
midnight OF July 3, 1926, he wis
pered, as this the Fourth To
quiet him, the friend sitting by
his bed nodded, and the sick man
fell asleep with a smile on his face
Though he did not open his WEAR
eyes upon the 50th birthday OF the
nation. his heart still beat wheE
the sunrise guns salutei its dawn
ing and again when the noontine
bells rang out. In a few minute;
more it stopped.
His dust Is mingled with III
I earth that was dearest to him, clos:
by his house at Monticello Hi
burial place was chosen by him j
his boyhood, when he planned al
dreamed in the shade OF a gran.
old oak. There on a simple shi1
. the achievements of his manhcos
are set forth in his own words.
In this self-made tribute he dee
not record that ne was g0vernoI
envoy, vice president and presideni
Of the United States; they wet
only offices he CHANGED to nod
| That he added an empire 70 til
United States by the Louisiana pu''
chase, he ignores as a mere real e.
tate bargain which he happerss
upon. The three things In his LII
| that Jefferson deemed worthy o
remembrance were thai he wio''
the Declaration, was the author .
religious freedom in Virginia ala
the founder of the University o
Virginia.
published by special arrangement
paper Syndicate.
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TlalE DAILY SHORT STORY

and enjoying the fact that she was
the center Of admiration from all
sides, the thought suddenly struck
her that all of this gayety was
surface deep.
How silly it u.s." she thought. ito
see all of these people working so
hard. Just twirling around so
senselessly."
The thought made her conscious
Of her own feet, and then and there,
in the very middle Of the floor,
Betty made a blunder. Rut she was
obliged to Stick it out" 1t seemed
so odd to her to be anxious for
that dance to be over.
What can be the amtter with
me, l wonder?' she asked herself.
I'm actually dying for the dance
to come to an end. Well, I'll have
a good time later on" she prom
ised herself.
After the dance came supper in a
we'll known, fashionable hotel.
Again. Betty, known everywhere
for her perfect manners, and con-
fident poise, became conscious of
herself. This time it seemed SO
foolish to see all of these people
who had already had enough and
plenty to eat mincing over their
food. talking, laughing. gossipping.
Its getting on my nerves." she
thought. II guess I'd better stay
in bed all day tomorrow, SO I can
get good and rested for the 'Kor-
rienes club dance tomorrow
night"
The thought of another night
spent as this one. must have been
too much for poor Betty, and she
thought she would scream If she
remained in this artificial, noisy
place one minute longer. To her
companions surprise. just as the
waiter approached the table with a
familiar greeting, she leaned
! across and whispered: Jack,
want to 60 home this very minute
well, for heavens sake, Betty
you? You don't really mean that
you want to go home! Will won
derS never ceaSe.'
Then, seeing that she was really
in earnest, he added:
Come IN. then, Bettikins. lets
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The Calling Of Nurse.

Nearly every girl turns over in
her mind for time the advisable
ity of becoming a trained nurse.
1t is a stage in the romantic evo-
luton of the sex. She has seen
pictured somewhere a, cozy-corner
magazine type of nurse cooling the
prettily bandaged brow of some
collar advertisement type of youth,
and the profession looks good to
her.
Nursing is nothing like that
Nursing is about the hardest and
most ungrateful occupation a wom-
an can take up. And nursing is
sadly underpaid.
1t requires, first, complete high
school training, and then three
years of gruelling hard study and
hard work under strict discipline
in the hospital training school to
make nurse. There's precious lit
tie pretty-girl-magazine stuff about
it, and a whole lot of discourage
ments which the outside world
knows nothing about.
Yet there is no calling finer or
nobler which healthy and serious
young woman may follow. There
is shortage of nurses now and
therefore this is good time for
girls to take up the calling. Given
the preliminary high school train
ing, good health which will merit
the family physicians certificate,
good teeth and good character, the
young woman who has serious in
tentions may address the superin-
tendent of nurses of the training
school of any hospital where she
may wish to study and ask for in
formation concerning admission to
the training school.
l don't want her to write me
about this, because l am seldom
able to give any information along
this line. Let her write the super
intendent of the training school, as
l have suggested.
The trained nurse today COM
mands position of honor in her
community, the affection of many
of her patients or former patients,
and payment for her services vary
ing from s35 to $50 weekly, accord
ing to local custom and the charac-
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Sadie.
The quaint name of Sadie. lately
spelled Sadye has its origin with
Sarah. 1t comes from Hebrew
verb meaning to fight or rule and
hence came to signify princess.
The first -ord of the use Of Sarah
or Sara belongs to Bible history
where the wife of Abraham was so
called.
Sadie came into existence
through the Irish unless one
cares to believe that she is only an
Americanization of one of Sarah's
many diminutives. But for the
sake of genealogical exactness, it
is nicer to believe that the Irish
Sadhbh was the real forerunner of
Sadie.
But between the time of Abra-
hams wife and the appearance of
the Irish version of her name.
Sarah had been adopted by other
countries and had Won great pop
ularity. In England Sara Beau
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go. You're boss with me tonight,
you know, sweetie."
Jack. please don't start that"
The tired, wistful little note in
her voice appealed to the boy, and
he refrained from further bonn
ment, and led her to a. little door
SO as to avoid the curious glances
which Betty would surely meet if
she left SO early. But they were
interrupted.
mot going to close the show
tonight, Bet? What's the mat
Oh, all right, Jack, if you feel that
way about it, l shan't talk to her.
But remember this, she's not tied
down to you; she's coming with me
tomorrow night. Don't forget, will
you Bet?"
When Betty reached home she
was tired. And as she YEARLY
climed the stairs the thought
struck her that in all that crowd
and gayety that night, she had been
lonesome.
With a little laugh at the alb
surdity OF the thought (for Betty
would not admit, even to herself
that she missed a certain person.
she turned on the light before her
mirror and stood staring at the
pretty face. Her cheeks were
flushed, her eyes flashing, not with
health, but with fever. The fever
OF hurrying, dressing, dancing, eat
ing-everything that had gone to
make up her life within the last
few weeks.
The next morning Betty could
not rise, and at noon she awoke
to hear q deep, heavy voice ringing
in her ears.
REST is what she will have tT
have. She must have overworked
herself to have had such q com.
plete breakdown as this. Donr
let her do anything whatsoever fol
two weeks at least"
Without opening her eyes Betty
listened, and as the voice Of hel
mother entered the conversation
and receded down the hall. two
tears stole out from her closed
lids and Betty was crying as il hel
heart would break.
A. meek ~latEr puzzled doctal
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the night he became irritable. Now
he spends his evenings away from
home, usually in bowling alleys l
woman in the case. He is just tired
of the baby and me- He gives me
money whenever | ask for it and is
good in that way, but he no longer
seems c0ntented in his home. Some
times he asks ME to go to the pic
ture show with him, but of course
that is ridiculous because | cannot
leave baby.
What can | do TO win back my
husband? l get terribly lonely
staying at home alone. MABEL.
You must give more time to your
husband and less to the baby.
Since ne gives you money when you
ask for it, you should be able to
hire someone to come in evenings
to stay with her. Try to give your
husband just as much time in the
evening as possible Stack the
dishes and do not wash them until
the next morning. OF course it is
annoying TO wake up and find dishes
from the night before, but it is bet
ter than to spoil an evening.
Your husband might be interest
ed in some book. Suggest reading
in the evening and he will probably
be willing to stay with you at least
few nights. Probably he misses
your cOmpanionship since the baby
has come. The fact that he invites
you to go to picture shows proves
that he would like your company
if he could have it.
! Dear Mrs. Thompson: | am wor-
rled about my husband. He is very
sensitive and if anything upsets him
| at the table he has to stop eating
and go into another room. Some
times he takes dislike to some food
| am serving and that effects him in
the same way. He is not in excep-
tionally good health and therefore
feel that it is necessary to have
him eat good meals. 1t does no
good to say | am sorry or to urge
{, him to come to the next meal. He
| fasts for two or three meals until
his nerves have quieted enough SO
that he thinks he will digest his
food.
| What can l do to induce him to
eat? FLORENCE
You are spelling your husband
with too much consideration. OF
course care should be taken rot to
bring up unpleasant things during
the meal When he ID irritable and
becomes angry at no fault of yours
let him go and stay away from
meals until he Is SO hungry that he
comes back without any urging
from you. Probably you fiatter
but at the same time irritate him
further when you try to bring about
peace. Ill health is very often the
result of disagreeable disposition
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1sO9-Retired to Monticello.
1s26-July 4, died there,
aged SIS.

1sO9-Retired to Monticello.
IS26July 4, died there,
aged SIS.
Jefferson is the only president
who remained the leader of his
party after leaving the White
house. Indeed, the Democrats never
have ceased to swear allegiance to
his spirit.
Although elected for the first
term only after the bitterest
struggle in American politics, he
was elected virtually without oppo-
sition, and for quarter Of Gen.
fury the destinies of the country
Were intrusted to his guidance.
President for eight years, he was
the mentor of presidents through
16 years more of the Jefersonian
era. Both Madison and Monroe
lived within days ride of his
home. He shaped their studies in
their youth and they were to him
like younger brothers or adopted
sons.
More influential than any other
Of the eX-presidents, this many
sided man was more fortunate than
most of them in the variety OF the
interests and diversions that
crowded his II years OF retirement
from public office. He was surgeon
enough to sew up wound, tie an
artery or set the broken leg Of a
slave, and enough of Il mathema-
tician to calculate an eclipse, He
invented letter-copying press, q
revolving chair and folding chair,
a hemp machine, padometer TO
measure his walks, a plow that won
a gold medal at a French exhibit
ton, and a light. two-wheeled te-
hicle for Virginia's heavy roads.
He knew rot only Greek and
Latin. but also French, Italian,
Spanish and German. He wrote
three books and compiled a bible
of lis own, leaving out of the
scriptures everything except the
precepts of divine love, mercy and
goodness.
His correspondence would daunt
man with a staff of stenographers
and typists today Generally he
had to work from sunrise until past
neon answering by hand the food
of letters than never ceased to flow
in upon him.
In the finer arts, he was must
clan. an architect and a land
scape gardener. Although he
sprained his wrist in Paris so badly
that he could not again play his
favorite instrument. the violin. he
could still sing well. and was tor
ever humming tunes as he rode
horseback, which was his only
sport.
He not only designed his house
/ and laid out the grounds of Monti-
cello. He was also The architect
of the University OF Virginia, and
Goth. century architects agree hf
produced a most beautiful college
group.
Domestic sorrows and poverty
form the shadows in the picture O
his old age. Jefferson's wife ant
Copyright, 1920 by James Morgan:
with The Mcclure New.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

IOuuEhteTS SOTulAAls VCIOVhuoWs
DR.. Brady is always delighted to
receive letters from the little boys
and girls about their troubles or
any old thing. He is mean to EN-.
though, sometimes, criticising their
spellin,' punctuation. grammar n
everything, just as he would II The
letter were from his own little boy
or girl-though, alas, to tell the
truth, he has never had one from
his own little boy. But a letter
from a lii boy or girl wouldn't be
quite so interesting if it didn't con-
tain just a few little mistakes,
would it? Come on, kids. If faith
er, mother, teacher or any one else
is trying to put something over on
you, DR.. Brady stands here to give
you the cue as to whether it is
really good for your health.
Come one. come all. the fur will
fiy from this first base as soon as /.
Father Gets in Bad.
Please settle a dispute in our
family. l am 661s inches tall and
II years old and weigh 147 pounds.
Father thinks l should weigh only
lis, and if he is wrong I'm going
TO handle him rough,
LUCILLE.
Answer-You should weigh from
131 to 40 pounds. Hit him one for
me, Lucille.
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Waste ofWalnut.

Waste Of war included many thousands of
valiant trees which were chopped down to be
used for gunstocks and airplane propellers
Boy Scouts conducted a systematic canvass o.
the country to locate the supply of the timber
and the war department bought great guam
tity Before much of it had been manufac-
tured the war ended. Some of the walnut was
left in the log lying where it was cut or at
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No less than five Investigations of vice con-
ditions in New York city are in progress. The
state legislature, city administration federal
attorneys and Tammany hall are involved.
District Attorney James E. Smith summoned
the regular grand jury and set it at work.
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OH, PLEASE DO!
By Rita Sullivan.
(CODyfight. 1920. nv Wheeler Sy

Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl
No, Lou, I'm not going to make
mp with him at all. I never had
any real good times like I'm having
now. Just think, II hadn't broken
my engagement with him, I'd be
home Just reading or sewing or
some stupid. sensible thing like
that, instead Of having the time of
my young life these few weeks,
with the crowd once moro Once
and for all, Louise. dear, even If
yoa sre his cousin. I refuse to hear
anything about him. If Bob really
and truly loved me, he would be
willing to. give up that night work
and take me around more. Come,
Lou. let's forget it."
With q pretty little pout, and a
coaxing note in her voice, Betty
won her way as usual, and the sub
1ect to all appearances was for
gotten.
well. how shout it, Lour
Trying to make his voice non.
chalant, and putting a don't care
expression ON his face, Bob asked
the question which meant SO much
more to him than he would admit
~ he met his cousin on his return
from work, just as she was leav-
Ing the house.
"Oh, Bob, I'm so sorry, but ]
can't say anything to her. I told
her about the extra money that you
were saving, and all that; but-oh
Bobby, dear, she's right when you
TANK of 1t. Why don't you try to
get job Just as good. for days in
stead OF nights. Betty isn't the
kind that you can tame down. She's
really very popular with the boys
now. since she has broken or with
you"
Then noting the hurt look which
her cousin was vainly trying to
conceal, Lou considerably ignored
Il, and with aJfew conventional re-
marks. passed On.
That evening rs sto was whirl-
Ing In the arms of her partner who
NJ tie best dancer on. the floor.
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with two million and a quarter
Q. What is the geographic cen'
of North America? l.. A, l.
A. The geographic center
North America is in Minnesota
Q. Do canaries know people sI
do they like certain people?
r.. 0. D.
4. There are many we'll aullsn,
ticated instances to prove .a.'
canaries know and care fer cef.a.
people, usually evincing JOY al l'''
presence with bursts OF melody
@. What kinds of airplanes WEI.
used by the United States aai~'
the World war? T. W. . L.,
\. The following makes OF
signs were used: De HaVlliale am
Bregnet, Sopwith, S. Z. ., Saili'''
Spad, and Newport. .,,,,
@. How many sons did Presiu'o 4
rev. ~ ~ W.R
A. Lincoln had four sons ' W.
died III early infancy, and anosr,,
in the White house at the age u ,c-i
Thomas, Tad. died July To- i IA.
in Chicago. Robert Todd, the I'd
est, is still living. but has fe'"
! from active business. .,,s
| Q. What is the present sun.
of the United States army! n. '" a,
A. The estimated strength
March Is, 1920, was 239,22S men ,,.p
@. Who invented the Inv ~
! machine? AS.
A. The linotype, which II ia ar..
pensible in the publishing OF LIZ
papers. is the invention OF o'r srs
/ Mergenthaler of Baltimore, Tue ss.s
one being made in 1888. ~ line
and casts in metal an entils IL
Of type at one operation, neA''
name
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DalQ 70 anout NOUS iettSEhI.
Q. Is there any good farming
land on the Florida Keys? ]. NJ.
4. The larger of the many is
lands which make up this archipel-
ago are fertile and are beginning
to be used for raising truck crops
such as cabbage. potatoes, celery
and asparagus. The conditions
here are especially adapted to poul-
try raising.
@. When was butter first made?
NJ. X. s..
A. Butter has been in use from
early historic days. 1t is first men
toned in the bible in Genesis
XVIII, S. Ii was used as food and
medicine, as an ointment and for
burnings in lamps. The Greeks
probably learned of it from the
Scythians, or Thracians, and the
Romans from the Germans. 1t was
made from the milk of sheep and
goats, and later of cows, the meth
cd of making being to jar the milk
roughly by placing it in skin bags
or pouches hung over the backs
of trotting horses.
Q. Are all children born in the
United States citizens of this coun-
try? NJ. A. c.
A. All children born in the Unit
ed States become citizens by viz
tua Of birth, regardless OF the ma
q of oh,
children are entitled to all the
rights of citizenship without having
to take Que naturalization papers.
@. Which libraries contain the
greatest number Of books? E. p.
A. ZibliotecQue Rationale in
Paris comes first with four million;
British museum. London. second,
with three million, our library of
congress in Washington, third,
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special grand jury was called in another court
to investigate Smith. Presumably subsequent
inquiries will be directed toward finding out
about those who are looking up Smiths record,
Setting investigators on the trail of each other
and getting them all running in circles is a
favorite trick that has long been practiced nv
the beneficiaries of organized vice.
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All Central and South American countries
have Joined the League of Nations, Venezuela
being the last to get in line. And not one
among them submitted any reservations. If
those nations for the protection Of which the
Monroe doctrine was promulgated are satisfied
to take chance on the covenant as it stands
why should the United States worry?
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A wonderful example of micro
scopic writing is the work of a Can
adam, who succeeded in TRANSCRIPT
ing Francois Coppee's novel of
"Henriette," containing over 10000
words. on the back of an ordinary
cabinet photograph.
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Heart 1DHOmQ
14;!!<DrObrQ1n1C
% l.MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a
woman of % years. Two years ago
my husband and l had little trou-
BILE and his folks put him up to get
ting a divorce from me. l cannot
forget him and that makes it hard
for me. He comes to see me, but
l do not know whether Of not he
loves me-. Should l let him come
as he does? BONNIE.
1t seems to ME you VIII be hap
pier if you stop seeing your former
husband. He does not love you
deeply or he would suggest remar-
rage and would find no interest
in other women. You must learn
to be happy without him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: | invited a
school friend who moved out OF
town to come and spend two weeks
with me. We had not seen each
other in two years. She came and
of course l planned everything |
could so that she would have a
good time. | invited my boy friend
to bring another young man the
first night she was with us. We
had a fairly good time, but /
couldn't help noticing that my girl
friend did everything she could to
attract my boy friend and she paid
no attention to the other boy.
The next day We went to church
and during the whole service she
looked at my boy friend. After
church he walked home with us and
scarcely spoke to me because he
was so interested in her. This went
on for about week and then he
got tired of her. She was so devot-
ed that she sickened him and when
he was invited to come to the house
he refused.
OF course l Vas disguised with
my girl friend, too, but when ]
found she lost out with my boy
friend didn't mind her half sc
much.
We were having a party one night
and he refused to come. This made
me so angry that l told him he need
never come again if he didn't that
night. He didn't come. Now my
girl friend has left town and he is
trying to be friendly again. / like
him better than any young man
know. Should l let him come back
IN DOUBT.
| Yes, let him come back. He has
probably learned a lesson and
knows now that you stand the ties,
of time better than some other PEG.
pie. He must feel in ridiculous
position and shows courage to ash
to come back.
| Dear Mrs. Thompson: / have beer
i oil