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4 COMET CATCHER
JUPITER HAS SHARED MANY A SKY wANDERER

polar diameter only about 5000
miles.
This difference Is 80 striking that
you can see It easily II you look at
Jupiter through a telescope. He II
not round like a baseball. but eion-
gated like football, or, rather. fiat
tened like pumpkin. Another con-
sequence Of his mad energy of mo-
ton. which you will see II you in.
spect him with a telescope, is that
his whole surface Is covered with
parallel belts Of clouds drawn out
into bands by the swift rotation.
These clouds vary in color and in
form, and while you are watching
them you will actually see the
planet turning. II you continue
your observations for an hour or
two.
Another thing OF fascinating in
terest which a telescope view Of
Jupiter affords IL the motion of the
four nearby moons. It was Galileo's
discovery Of these moons that upset
the ancient system Of astronomy.
They seem to fly as II terrified at
the possibility Of being drawn down
into the grasp of their relentless
master. In the course of a single
evening you can see them cross
his disk or pass into and out Of his
shadow, and often you can watch
their own little round shadows, as
black as ink drops. moving swiftly
across his broad oval shining face
or disk.
II you have not yet studied as.
tronomy-a subject that every in
telligent human being should know
something about--begin at once
with the planet Jupiter. II you
cannot get a chance to look at him
with a telescope. get q book on
astronomy, and learn from Il all
you can. not only about Jupiter. but
about other things In the sky, and
the result, In the broadening OF
your mind and the tranquiiizing OF
your spirit, will be both q delight
and q surprise to you.
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HOUSEHOLD
SUGGESTIONS

Green peas should be sheiled
just before cooking or they VIII
become hard.
A. clean channels leather wrung
out of cold water IL the best dustor
for. velvet or plush furniture.
II you drop grease on the kitchen
floor scatter soda on II. and then
pour boiling water over II. g..
Anything. fried in boiling Fat Is
puffed up and made very light by
lifting II three or four times out
of the fat during the process.
To test eggs. make a brine by
dissolving two ounces Of salt In a
pint of water. Good eggs will sink,
and bad eggs will float, in this 80.
luton.
To clean leather, use equal parts
OF boiled linseed oil and vinegar.
Shake them well together. and
pour q little on q flannel: rub into
the leather. and polish with . soft
cloth, ..s .- E. s.
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Rhyming Optimist

Cathay. And II the mercury should
climb way up to ninety-eight, Ats
done that same thing many aItime
where tourists congregate. Too many
a fellow mops his face while sitting
on q train and speeding to some
other place, who. signs for home
again. There's many a man who
locks the house and sends away the
cat when starting on q gay carouse
there Is but one spot alone where
man holds perfect sway, and when
he leaves for Torreon he casts his
rights away. For me. choose a
whirling fan beside the ice.box door
instead of jaunts TO Andaman or
summer at the shore. I do not envy
those who stray abroad In hard
boiled shirts, while. I'm at homo In
neeiisee oousurains Tod des-erts
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Robert ". Chambers THE STREETS OF ASCON " Charles Dana
Who's Who in 'The Streets Of Ascalon"

STRELSA LEEDS-A charming young
widow, who comes to New York and is spon-
sored by one of the leaders of society.
RICHARD QUARREN-A gifted young idler,
who falls in love with Strelsa.
sLANGLY SPROWL-A multi-millionaire,
who has determined to marry Strelsa, and.
who has explained his unsavory past to her
by seemingly frank talk.
SIR CHARLES MALLISON-A rich Eng
I lishman, who has long hoped to win
Strelsa's heart.
MARY LEDWITH-Who, betrayed by
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close UP everything and 90 into
this thing permanently" demand
ed ouarren. b.
'It will como to that ultimately.
Don't you want TOT" ..E =.
q From the beginning ouarren had
felt, vaguely. that It would como
. to that--reaiized instinctively that
In such an enterprise he would be
on solid ground--that the idea was
pleasant to him--that his tastes
fitted him for such an occupation.
Experience was lacking. but. some-
how, his ignorance did not dis
may him. -,
All his life he had cared for such
things. been familiar with them.
been curious to learn more. had
read enough to understand some
thing of the fascinating problems
now confronting him. had. in his
hours Of leisure. familiarized him.
self with the best Of art In the
public and private galleries Of
the city.
More than Q natural inclination
and curiosity had Ted him among
dealers. restorers. brokers Of pic.
lures He knew them all from
Fifth avenue to Lexington. the cell
ebrated and the obscure: he had
heard them talk, heard the gossip
and scandal Of their curious world.
watched them buying. selling. re-
storing. refining. reframing: lis
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TvA went over and took the
note up. It was not sealed. not
- even enclosed In an envelope
She wondered II the maid had had
sufficient curiosity to read It
She unfolded the paper and look
ed at her husbands writing. II
came over her with q sort Of shock
that this was the first time he
had ever written to her. and incon-
gruousiy. she remembered the note
she had written TO him that last
night at Highway House.
b Philip had written In pencil--t
made his big. sprawly writing look
particularly schoolboyish, and for
an instant her heart contracted.
There In something % motherly In
the love that all good women bear
to . man. something that-n ap.
pealed to-never fails to respond
with q thrill Of tenderness, some
thing which even now for q mo-
ment brought tears to Eva's eyes.
She brushed them angrily away.
She had done with such weakness.
Nothing mattered any more. She
would not allow anything to hurt
her again as she had been hurt
day after day since her marriage.
There was no beginning to Philips
note, and II was not possible to
guess from its hurried scrawi that
ne had written and and rewritten IL
q dozen times.
' at leave America IN two weeks. I
am sorry to have to ask anything
of you, but IL would be kind, for my
mothers sake, IL you will como
down to the Highway House until
60. I am staying In town, and win
call round In the morning. There Is
a train down at eleven. AZ Tar as
am concerned you viii be as free at
the Highway House as you have
been during the last ten days
Eva laughed. She had laughed be-
fore she was aware Of IL. and she
looked round the silent room with
frightened eyes, almost a. II she sus-
pected that the discordant laughter
had not been her own.
: She tore the note into tiny pieces
and threw them into the crate. AZ
free down there an she had been
herel He had been thinking Of CALI
gan when he wrote that, she sup
posed.
curiously detached and uninterested.
She wondered where fnlnp was, ana
II Faulkner had known all along
that, though her husband was stay.
ing In New York. she had not seen
him.
the floor where Il had fallen frpn
her shoulders and crept into bed.
She lay awake, staring into the dark
ness. Did she mean to GOT She
hardly knew. She felt as II she
stood between two forces-one COM
handing and the other propelling,
between Philip, in whose brief words
she had read command. and CALI
gan. who had pleaded with her and
made her promise.
Did she mean to GOT She moist
ened her dry lips. "If do. II will be
only because I promised you" she
said aloud, as IL In answer to some
spoken question. IL was for CALI
gan's sake that she would 20, II she
went; not for her husbands.
How she had changed! Once she
would have followed Philip to the
ends Of the earth and thought II
happiness; now It would be not for
his sake at all II she went down 70
Highway House to spend his last
few days IN America
Al breakfast next morning Peter
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BY Garrett p. Serviss.
Eminent Astronomer and Authority
on Subjects of Scientific
Interest.

On DuDJeCbS OF bCtentlI1C
Interest.
IF you look toward the Constella.
ton Leo you will see the plant
- Jupiter glowing placidly among
the considerations, like a great
super-star which has no need to
twinkle In order to call attention to
itself.
You will understand at a glance
why the ancients gave to this mag.
nificent planet the name Of the
chief Of their gods. why the Chinese
called 1t the Regulator" and the
Egyptians ''Horus. the Guider Of
the Sphere"
In our scientific way we have
found more accurately descriptive
terms for this big planet, which
exceeds the earth about 300 times
In magnitude. Among other things,
we call Jupiter the Comet Catcher"
It's power Of attraction is so
great tmore than SOC times that of
the earth) and its position In the
solar system Is so commanding
about five times as far from the
sun as the earth is), that II often
draws wandering comets out Of
their paths as they approach the
sun from other space and turns
them into smaller, shorter orbits,
80 that, henceforth, they are unable
TO go very far away, but continue
to revolve around the sun in ellipti-
cal curves, whose form has been
imposed by the interference Of
Jupiter.
Nearly thirty comets are now
known which have thus been cap
tured" by Jupiter.
He IL not powerful enough to
keep them for himself, but Is COM
PEELED to hand them over to the sun.
He Ii like one Of the great feudal
barons Of the Middle Ages who had
TO surrender his prisoners to his
lord the King. Still, he sometimes
interferes with them a second time,
II they venture near him, and sends
them scurrying off in new orbits.
He has also created havoc among
the orbits Of the hundreds Of little
planets, called Asteroids" which
he has trained into groups, and he
Is even suspected Of having turned
some OF them into his own retainers,
in the character Of little moons"
In fact. Jupiter Is so powerful
that he would make the earth re-
volve around him II the sun were
absent. One Of his four principal
moons Is larger than the planet
Mercury, and yet he swings II
around him once every week, max.
ing Il travel In that space Of time
more than 100000 miles. The
nearest Of them, which Is consider
ably larger than our moon, Is
whipped around him at O speed Of
10000 miles per hour.
Everything goes fast about Jupl-
ter. He turns on his own axis 50
rapidly that his day Is only ten
hours long. and II we were situated
on his equator we should find our
s selves whirled around.at the rate Of
more than $1,000 miles per hour.
One consequence of this Is that he
Inns flattened his own poles and
fwelied out his own equator by
centrifugal force to such an extent
that he measures about 5000 miles
lsss through the poles than through
the equator. His equatorial dame
ter n about $1,000 miles. and hts
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Agile Stopper.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX;

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX; ...
Since I was very young !
have been going around with much
the Same people. Among my crowd
was q man whom I like very much
but do not love him.
He graduated from college this
June and his parents sent him on
q trip or West and now they have
great hopes for him when he re-
turns.
A few days ago I received q dss-
perats letter from him. telling me
that II I will not promise to marry
him when he returns he will 60 Off
''the straight and narrow path"
do not love him enough to marry
him. but feel 80 terribly sorry for
his parents, as they have all their
hopes wrapped around him. I am
sure his letter was not impulsive.
because he has always been true and
sincere. What advice can you give
me7 ALICE BLUE.
II. as you are at pains to state
twice In your brief letter. you do
not love this man. do not under any
circumstances, marry him. It IL
most decidedly passe for women to
marry men to reform them or save
them from what they threaten to do
in their youth or college days. II
Il Is so easy and simple for this
young man TO step off ''the straight
and narrow path" because girl
who doesn't love him won't marry
him, what guarantee have you that
he won't do considerable stepping In
that direction even II you did marry
him7 Feel as sorry as you want
to for his doting parents. but II
you don't love the man don't enter
tain any thought Of marrying him.
threats or no threats.
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UTE so!' suffering eager
20 Y <: h., b: won't a., :; On. !, .-';. '.s.
ance. And this month when
I got my advance copy there
quite SOL. suffering eagerly.
he went on. twisting his words out
In his grievance. And this month
when I got my advance copy there
were my two pages in the same
old sepia. And all the satisfaction
this darn-begging your pardon,
ma'am. Miss, Mrs. Harrison. I
mean -. all the satisfaction your
advertising department can give q
customer Of Years. standing IL that
when the proofs went over to my
place. my fool of a publicity man
o. KID them. Now, what do you
make Of that?" >
Make of the fact that your pub.
licity man is a fool?" asked with
still more elaborate innocence.\
AS 1 said 1t, wondered II I'd
gone a bit too far in trying to sim
plify the situation so Max Hoadley
would look at 1t fairly and square
ly and without prejudice or rancor.
But his little eyes met mine with
an expression which changed from
red-lidded suspicion to a sudden
twitching of the lashes, and then q
jelly-like CONFUSION of his whole
face. Suddenly he was laughing
whole-heartetly. I Joined In. After
q moment or two ventured:
I'VE blundered badly In failing to
carry out orders. And your man
Numbered In not keeping track Of
your orders. But isn't II also possi-
BILE that you failed to make sure he
knew Of your change of plan In an
old account he thought he was
handling to your entire satisfac-
tion7"
Now Mr.. Hoadley's smile was
amused-and interested.
go ahead. lady lawyer" he said.
This amt the first time I've seen
how smart you are"
II think we ought to effect q
compromise. We might carry your
account ahead an extra month on
another years contract, and con-
slider one Of your two pages paid
for. That would be about $4,000
loss to us--but it's worth It to keep
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Sprowl, at last sees the good in Chester
Ledwith, the husband she tossed aside.
THE EARL OF DANKMERE-Who brings
over lot of family pictures and incident
ally starts Quarren on the road to useful
ness.
MOLLY WYCHERLY-A great friend of
Strelsa's, who breaks to Quarren the news
that the young widow has lost all her
money
MRS. SPROWL-A Fifth avenue dowager,
who undertakes a matrimonial campaign
for Strelsa, hoping to marry her to Sir
Charles Madison
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THE MEASURE
OF A MAN
by w. A. McKeever-
Widely Known Lecturer and Author
and National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.

"I0SAy hu0Wu LSCtuECE hIiu fhutuOh
and q National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.
r ISTEN. my boy, am out look
ing for a man. Are you the
one? Stop a minute till
search you through.
Old Diogenes went out carrying q
lighted lantern In broad daylight and
said he was looking for q man.
This old philosopher met many In
the street wearing mems clothes,
speaking In mems tones Of. voice,
and physically big enough to be
called men. but morally they fell far
below his standard.
So, I carry a lantern for you, my
boy. II Is o light of discernment,
and with 1t would look you through
for the marks OF manhood. How do
you measure up?
Yesterday you indicated by your
conversation that you Were en-
crossed in ideas about things to
wear, things to eat, things to drink
and some cheap sporting indul-
gences. Do you call that manhood?
Today you staggered by with a
cigarette between your lips, looking
toward the ground seemingly OBJ
livious to the vast dimensions OF the
world you live In. II that your
best7 Is the pavement as far away
from yourself as you can see?
Who made this great city, my
boy3 Whose brain was burnt out to
create this wealth? Whose blood
was sacrificed drop by drop to estab-
lish its splendid institutionsH Who
gave freely Of time and planning and
sacrifice to make II q grand place of
abode for the like Of you? And here
you are, wearing out its pavemehts,
slipping it's sweets, taking every
thing from Il that comes your way.
Now, II one should flash the Ian
tern Of intelligent scrutiny upon
YOU, here II what he would find;
that you are living in the present,
that you are merely consumer,
that you lack far-seeing vision
for your own career, that you man.
ifest no sense Of obligation. that you
do not sympathize with the struggle
and suffering which the masses
must endure in order to carry for
ward the ideals of civilization.
My stupid young friend. how long
will you remain asleep in regard to
your better self Brace UP, and
help me find a man in you. Here
are some places to turn on the light.
Cut down on your eating and
drinking. Il ...
: Cut out your cigarettes for q
month and watch your heart and
brain both return to normal.
Cut out your late hours; 60 10
bed early; get up early; work hard
at your job; cake time 10 think;
spend thirty minutes per day sitting
in silence. f
Now, having become somewha
cieansed Of the things which poison
your body and blur your vision. work
for the qualities of sterling man
hood. Be cheerful; act with de-
cision; read clean literature; associ-
ate with high minded people; get a
vision Of the splendid future for
yourself as fellow and partly q
servant Of the masses; pray daily to
the Most High for guidance as to
how you can do your full part in
making this city n better place for
human habitation, this country a
better light-bearer to the dark
regions Of the world.
Now, ] see the outline Of man
In you.
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"a Spirited and Swiftly Moving Romance Q
\. Hearts and High Society, by the Greatest
Living Master of Fiction.

century--a magnificent Dankmvs
heirloom woven in the golden age
of ancient Eastern art and display
ing amid the soft splendor Of It's
matchless hues the strange and
exquisitely arched cloud-forms
traced in forgotten dyes amid .
wilderness Of delicate flowers and
vines. *
Between these two fabrics. filing
the walls from Dashboard to cell.
Ing. were ranged Dankmere's pic
lures. Few traces Of the real es-
tate office remained-mereiy .
desk. letter file. shelf piled up
with maps and .Quarren's shingie
outside; but this was now over
Swallowed by the severely magnifi-
cent sign: ...
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BY Robert w Chambers.


whose Novels Have Won Him u
ternational Fame.
<< a ND this pretty girl. by.
~ Boucher" z
II tell you, Dankmere, that
! don't know. They all appear to be
genuine. after a superficial exami-
nation. It takes time to be sure
about any picture-and II we're go
ing to be certain It will require con-
TABS with authorities--restorers.
dealers. experts. curators from va
rious museums-all sorts and condi-
tons OF people must be approached
and warily consulted-and paid" he
added smiling. "And that has to be
done with circumspection because
some are not honest and we don't
want anybody to get. the impression
that we arc attempting to bride any
body for a favorable verdict"
A few minutes later we went across
the street and telegraphed to Molly
wycherly:
May remind you that you asked
me to Witch Hollow7
"ouARREN."
The following morning the work
men had departed. He and Dank-
mere stood contemplating the
transformation wrought In the of.
flee. back parlor and extension Of
ouarren's floor In the shabby old
Lexington avenue house.
Tho Magnificent Sign.
The transformation was complete;
all woodwork had been painted
white. gray-green paper hung on
the walls. the floor stained dark
brown and covered with several
antique rugs which had come with
the pictures-a Fereghan, q Ladik,
end an ancient Herez with rose and
sapphire lights in It.
At the end Of the suite hung
another relic of Dankmere Tarns-
q Gobelin tapestry about ten by
twelve. signed by Audran. the sub
ject of which was Boucher's
venus. Mars and Vulcan" from
the picture in the Wallace collec-
ton. Opposite It was suspended on
old Persian carpet OF the sixteenth
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A Dickens Letter.

A characteristic letter from Dick
ems, declining an invitation to din.
ner, was among the collection Of
rare Dickens books and MSS. re-
Gently sold by Sotheby's. The
famous novelist writes: "It IL the
week In every month on which I
never 60 out to dinner. except on
some tremendous provocation, such
as q twin brothers coming home
from China and having appointed
to return next morning, which
does not often happen On
the other side I perceive a clear
head looking forward to the end
OF Chuzzlewit: on the other. blear-
eyed Out amiable and progresses.
ing) youth, drinking soda weter.
and incapable Of any mental Sxer.
ton greater than ording II. - ."
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FOR LOVE By h 1a1s. NJ
Ayres

. was silent. Eva wondered what had
happened; II Philip had said any
thing. or II Peter had! -
Presently she asked:
ibid YOU have q row with Philip
last night?"
The cold tone of her voice sur.
prised her. She tried to shake her
self rid of the feeling that It was
not she at all who spoke. What
was the matter with herr she won
dered helplessly.
Peter raised his eyes and dropped
them Immediately.
mo. He asked where you were.
that II ALL" -'
And what did you say7"
II said I didn't know"
but you did know, she an
Peter did not reply. "pidn.
your" she insisted.
TITS not likely 7 was going to
tell him. am gtoo-ashamed Of
you for that" he said bitterly.
"Ashamedr' The blood flew to
her face. How dare you-Peter
s"' His name was q cry, but
she, checked II. After all, what did
II matter7 What was the use of
explanations? Besides, there was
nothing TO explain; he would not
understand. "
She left him to finish his break
fast and went to her room where
the maid was packing her clothes.
She put on her hat and sat down
to walt for Philip; while she was
waiting the telephone rang; she
called to Peter to answer it-she
heard his voice in the hail, and
knew that II must be Philip who
had rung UP, but she did not even
try to listen: II was of no interest
to her what they said, or what ar
rangements they made for her dis
posaL Her heart and soul felt
dead-she was q Just q mechanical
body that could still move and
speak, and count the days auto
matically that must pass before
the two weeks ended.
Presently Peter came to the door.
Philip has had to 60 down by
an earlier train-he says that he
will send the car to meet YOU, II
you viii catch the IL o'clock"
So he had counted on her com.
ing; counted on her obedience TO
that curt note.
Very WELL" .s
Peter went away, and she heard
MIN speaking again at the phone.
He vent with her to the station:
he hardly spoke Mt all, but once or
twice she knew that he looked at
her distressfuiiy.
IT am bringing Kitty home on
Saturday." he said. 81 shall see you
then. May I stay hero till Satur-
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BY Aline Michaelis.
Vacationing at Home.

n H. let who win pack up his
trunk across the seas to roam.
hold his plan Is pretty punk
IL he could stay at home. For ram
bling over land and sea and hasten
ing here and there when It's as hot
as hot can be would make me tear
my hair. Why scale the Rockies
steep inclines and brave midsummer
chiils, why Journey to the Isle Of
Pines and pay ten dozen bills7
When lazily I Toll at home and
sample cooling draughts Tn happier
than men In Nome or those In for.
eign crafts. As In my easy chair
sit and hum a tuneless law, vacation
hours as swiftly fiit az off In far