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| taxpayer. The envoy cannot be satisfied with
| parior. bedroom and bath. for of the dipIo-
| matte propensities is that Of giving dinners.
and after his exceIlency. the American ambas-
| sador, has partaken of the hospitality OF other
countries he naturally must reciprocste.
| 1t must not be supposed that the housing
shortage exists only in this country. for practi~
csiiy no building has been done in Europe and
prices there are high The owner OF resi-
| dence suitable for ambassador naturally
| expects a pretty penny for it. and IL he learns
that the prospective tenant is the accredited
representative OF country in which every
other man Is supposedly a millionaire. his
terms go soaring to new heights. Ambassador
Herrick. popular in the French capital through
his previous service there. has already been
feted and dined. and if he plans to entertain his
diplomatic colleagues he probably will have to
hire a hail. a rather undiplomatic piece Of
business.
The failure of the American government
properly to house its representatives has long
been humiliation to them personally. and it
has lowered the prestige of the United States
to marked degree in the eyes of other nations.
Congress has made a pretense of remedying the
situation by appropriating $150,000 for COM
bined embassy and chancellory at Paris but
the amount appears ludicrous the spec
tacle of multi millionaire purchasing a sec
ond-hand hivver Not an embassy owned by
the smallest countries is valued at such sum.
The British embassy is worth $1,000, 900 and
has been owned by the government since the
days of the duke of Wellington. The Spanish
embassy is worth at least $250,00O. In this
country Mexico has just bought the former
handsome residence of Breckenridge Long to
house the envoy who some day will represent
that country.
The late Walter Hines Page in the letters
written to President Wilson while serving in
the court of st. James, mentions that various
members of the diplomatic set used to COM
miserate him on being the representative OF a
government too penurious to purchase an EN-
bassy building. America as a world power
must play the game of diplomacy, a game in
which prestige, of the trump cards. is oh
tanned by the practice of keeping up appear
ances. II is all well enough to emulate in this
country the reputed action of Thomas Jefferson
in tying his horse to the White house fence !
In Europe however gold braid and flight of
marble steps mean much. At present the ship
ping board is about the only luxury the country |
can afford, but before another shift of ambas- |
sailors takes place the Harding-Dawe combi- |
nation should be able to segregate few mil |
lions for the purchase of official residences for
our homeless representatives in Europe.
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Historical Shrines.

contribution by John D. Rockefeller has
permitted the Daughters OF the American Rev.
olution to save the birthplace of former Pres
ident Rutherford B. Hayes as memorial The
Standard Oil company had purchased the site
for a gasoline filling station when the women
stepped in to prevent such a move. At Month
cello. Va, the historic home of Thomas Jeffer-
son has been put on the market for sale. All
itSe beautiful furnishings and its land are priced
at 100000 Some time ago a movement 10
raise funds with which to buy the property
and make it shine such as the home of
Washington at Mount Vernon failed for lack
OF interest.
1t is to be regretted that such places of
nationwide interest are not government owned,
that it is necessary to solicit popular subscrip-
tons to rescue them from the auction bloca
We are in too much of hurry to find time
for consideration Of such things. Occasionally.
on our jaunts over the country we like to visit
these shrines-if some one else has provided
them for our inspection.
History would mean more to us if we
would preserve it more graphically than by
The mere printed page.
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DAWN BREAKS FOR JANE.
BY Mary A. MurdOck,
Copyright, 1921. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl


Copyright, 1921. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
James glance triumphantly swept
the long stretch of deserted beach
Not soul in sight. For an hour
at least she might confidently ex-
pect to keep all this wonder to her
self. Gleefully she visioned the
chagr1n OF Tom, not to mention her
half dozen other satellites, when
they should have discovered her to
have already taken her morning
dip, without their ubiquitous minis.
| trations.
1t was o'clock and half an hour
before sunrise. Jane waded out
towards not distant sand bar, and
! her eyes fixed on the eastern sky,
where the gray mist was parting, to
reveal hidden color treasure of or
ange and gold. She felt suddenly
awed. How big everything wasi
How tiny her hands seemed, buoyed
in front of her on the surface of the
water. At that moment she half
wished for chance to snub the
owner of certain steadying if pre-
sumptuous arm, then shaking off
the weakness and determined to
glory in her new found freedom, she
plunged, squealing irrepressibly,
into an oncoming wave and swan
with an even, sure stroke for the
bar.
Once there, she turned to glance
at the hotel, oddly somnolent in the
half light, then with a superior sniff
intended for its lazy inmates. she
stretched luxuriously on the sand
and gave herself up to the eniov-
ment of the spectacle to the east
ward. For a full half hour she
watched and marvelled and dreamed
Hpw trivial now seemed yesterdays
perplexities and intrigues, Her un-
accountably poor showing at the
tennis tournament, that cataclysmic
error which had caused her partner
to view her with stunned SURPRISE
how little such things really mat
tered. She remembered with a GER
tain sense of shame the flirtations
which had marked her STAY at this
most popular of beach resorts. What
poor sport 1t was, after all. Hence
forth she determined to repress the
eternal Eve in her and to save her |
speculation gripped her as to who
He might be.
A cold tongue of water Tapped her
bathing slipper and she jumped up.
The tide had risen. JeaI-
ous waves were already trying TO |
edge her off her perch She fused
with her cap in preparation for the
swim back, pausing for a last look
1t the King OF Day. now well over
he rim of the world.
For a while she stood there. A
charming figure in her modish sea
,uit; eyes agleam with youths love
Of life, curling tendrils of gold
her creamy throat. Sud
lenly she stiffened and a sharp cry
escaped her.
Graded between two of the larger
waves she had espied /,
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Roadside Spooning.

Marion county Qndiana) farmers have so
strenuously objected to the practice of young
folks spooning in autos along the country high
ways that the county prosecutor has consented
TO start war to force lovers to do their court
Ing elsewhere Members OF the Horse Thief
Detective association have been pressed into
service to aid the prosecutor in his campaign
The prosecutor has failed to indicate what
law he is to proceed under in convicting those
found in the act Of cooling on the country road
way, and there ought to be some interesting
developments in the event that there is an at
tempt to bring legal punishment upon the
transgressors. In the oIden days the young
man would hitch up Dobbin and take his
sweetie for buggy ride beneath the country
moonlight. In the event the young folks had
reached that stage in their love affairs when
the girl would consent to a few embraces the
young man would wind the reins around the
whip and Dobbln would proceed leisureIy on
MS way keeping to the middle of the road
But with the auto it is different OF course if
young man has girl who knows how to
drive and will consent to do so, the responsi
bility may be transferred while he circles her
waist with his arm. But in most instances
auto spooners find the wiser course is to park
the car during the love scenes. To this the
Marion county farmers object Lovers will
have their little spooning scenes despite any
protests that the Marion county farmers NAV
see Mt to enter. They have always had them
and always will, and it is silly to seek to pre-
vent them. 1t may not be just the proper thing
for girl to permit young man to kiss her |
wnlie they are riding, that is. until they are |
engaged, but if that rule were strictly lived I'D |
to there would be dropping off of engage |
nents' Leave it to the modern girl to win
Inc husband The man thinks he is winning
Inc GIRL but in nine cases in ten it is the girl
VINO does the winning. She knows the art and
eave 1t to her to work Der charms And one
'f the most effective OF all is the way she can
act IN an automobile under the moonlight. Let +
ne Marion county farmer, the old crab. rave
III ne cares to. We're for the girl, and for the
10Y 'oo' oiess EN-, let them have their fun
mere is no more harm in a kiss in an ante i
mobile than there is in one in the home norch
wing.
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ENJOYS as House Hunters.

The richest nation in the world has been
subjected to humihating experience follow
Ing the arrival OF several representatives an
pointed by President Harding at their posts
in the capitals of Europe. These gentlemen.
bearing the impressive title OF ambassador ex-
traordinary and envoy plenipotentiary, are now
engaged in a task which is serious enough for
the man of common mold. but which is far
more painful to an American envoy-that of
house hunting.
Two of our new ambassadors at least, Mr.
Herrick at Paris and Mr.. Child at Rome are
fguratively perched on top of their baggage on
to station platform while secretaries and
clerks yainly scan the for rent columns or run
down tips offered by friends who appreciate
the embarrassment of our representatives
Provoking as the problem has been in private
life since the beginning of the war, the diff
culties which an ambassadorial house-runner
faces tower high above those of an ordinary
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Criminal Negligence.

When it is considered that the war ended
nearly three years ago 1t seems incredible that
the people and government of this great United
States would continue to be as criminally neg
Hgent as they are in the treatment of sick and
disabled soldiers. AS fact piles on fact, proving
beyond the slightest question that the situation
is unspeakably bad, one can only marvel that
the officers of the American Legion have been
as patient and restrained as they have The
testimony brought out by the senate committee
on soldiers relief since it began its hearings
several weeks ago should bring the blush of
| shame to every government official directly or
indirectly responsible.
Unfortunately the whole matter is in such
chaotic condition that up to now il seems
impossible to place the responsibility The
latest disclosures have to do with the way the
thousands of poor fellows who contracted tp-
oerculoslS while fighting for their country
nave been and are being treated One would
tnink that these helpless sufferers would be
given the same character of treatment which |
private citizens able to pay the highest fees
could obtain But such is not the case Far |
from it. Read what DR.. n. A Pattison. super- |
visor of the medical service OF the National |
tuberculosis association. told the senate COM |
mittee about the way the tubercular soldiers |
are being treated. DR.. Pattison gave his testi- |
nony following visit TO so hospitals in a. |
states The facilities in these hospitals Dr. |
Pattison told tho committee are grossly made |
1uafe Most of the hospitals now available for |
eA-service men suffering with tuberculosis are |
wholly unsuited" for use and wholly I'M |
ADAPTED to the care of tubercular patients.
To large extent the government is utiliz-
ng old base hospitals. made up of himsy in |
iammable structures A particularly bad ex- |
& he al NJ G ~
he doctor described made up of "wretched. |
teteriorated shacks, involving a terrific fire |
'azard. II it caught fire in a high wind the
whole hospital would soon be burned to the
'round. probably with heavy loss OF life"
AT many of the hospitals thare is lack of
physicians to attend to disabid veterans of
be war. Are we. who hav benefited by these
mems sacrifices, honest when We call ourselves
,atriots?
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1t is joy to know that regardless of court
acquittal. Judge X. NJ. Lands, who is the head
OF all professional baseball in this country has
barred for all time, the accused members of
the Chicago White Sox baseball team. These
players are self-confessed. so far as their Of
Tense is concerned, and although acquitted in
the eyes of the law, they still stand convicted
before the American people. and so they will
ever stand. 1t would be ruinous to baseball,
to allow them to be whitewashed. They are
disgrace to baseball the ungrateful, unscrupu-
lous tools of gamblers, who would debauch and
wreck the great national pastime for their
own gain Let them make their bed with the
gang that led them astray. The public that
supports clean baseball will have nj. more of
them.
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HEALTH it'll MS
BY WILLIAM :. BRApN rtp.

the unhappy plebe becomes
cheerful yeariing.
/ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
i Hives.
I am a victim of hives What vii
prevent hives? What will relieve ar
attack? Oh. K. HI
Answer-SUrticaria (hiVes) is g
skin reaction produced by many
different causes in different inii-
viduals such as the use of certain
drugs like quinine, acetylsalicylic
acid ("spiria'0 turpentine, arsenic
SIENNA, cubebs, ETC.: certain foods
to which the individual is sensitiz-
ed. such as Strawberries, mush-
rooms, lobster, honey, cheese. Gu
cumbers, sometimes even eggs; the
presence of intestinal parasites
itch mites; hody lice, and the bites
OF insects in some persons. One
susceptible to any such irritant will
suffer an attack from trifiing ex-
poCure, as from eating a bit of cake
i'll which egg is present, OF. taking a
laxative in which SIENNA is present,
or nibbling at a strawberry. Obvi-
oUsly prevention is a problem for a
study in each individual case For
relief, a brisk cathartic such as a
bottle of solution of citrate of mag
nesium may be taken or a seidlitz
powder mixed with an additional
teaspoonful or two of salts. A short
fast, or a diet limited to bread or
crackers, milk and rice for few
days. A bathing now and then with
tepid water in a basin of which a
handful of saleratus is dissolved;
or a few spoOnfuls of household
ammonia in basin of water, or a
handful of oatmeal in the basin.
Following this, dry the skin by
pressing gently with q towel, and
powder freely with cornstarch pow
ton is grateful:
Powdered calamine III dram
Powdered zinc oxide 2 drains
Glycerln ...........1 ounce
Lime water ......2 ounces
Five per cent phenol solu-
ton .----.-.--.-.-.- ounce
Rose water .........2 ounces
Plain water, enough to
make ounces
Shake this mixture well and ap-
ply as often as desired for itching,
by sopping on with the fingers
without rubbing. Some persons
prefer a powder consisting Of:
Camphor .....2 drains
zinc oxide ...........6 drains
corn starch u ounces
This is. busted over the hives as
often as desired. 1t should be re-
nembered that hives are like
enormous mosquito bites or welts
raised on the skin, coming and go
ing abruptly even while you watch
them.
BuniOn.
Apropos of a cure for bunion, 1 |
have found that soaking the foot
IN basin OF water as hot as en-
iCrable, with enough copperas dis !
solved in the water to give it a cop |
perry color, will take out the in
fiammation better than anything
else. (W. K.)
Acknowledgements is sulphate of !
ron, an astringent 1t may help |
he effect. though the. hot water
tlone is generally a relief.
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The DAILY Short Story

something sinister and white, a
| cleaning mass that moved and
glowed in the long rays of the
morning light. A sort of numbness
| seized her, as through her mind
there flashed all the stories she had
heard recounted of the white bellied
terror which many of the hotel hab-
itues were reputed to have glimpsed
Whereabouts, always from the asy-
| lum of a deck.
Jane viewed despairingly the fast
diminishing strip of sand. Ten
minutes at the most, and she would
have to take her chances with the
thing in the water. On the verge of
fainting, she yet managed to find
her voice. At first thin and weak,
desperation lent it strength. A fav-
oring breeze aided her. and the cry
which reused half a hundred sleepy
vacationists from their beds was
that of TONI"
Tom heard with the rest, and not
one of the wondering watchers saw
anything grotesque in his pajama
clad figure, as it flew to the waters
edge.
Get boat, Tom" Jane screamed
then toppled and fell
But Tom didn't go back A few
minutes and he had in his arms
strangely docile Jane, who could
only whiper family, Tom, darling
Tom" and who chung piteously to
him.
AS he swan back to the beach.
now thronged with half clad people,
his precious burden held close, he
was too deliriously happy to wonder
why Jane, conceded the best swim
mer in the crowd, had not dared
negotiate the short distance Time
eeough for explanations Iater-for
the present life was vsry sweet, with
that soft Tom, darling Tom" in his
ears.
Through a haze of Joy, he was
conscious that one of his vigorous
Strokes brushed away something
which felt like seaweed, but which |
was apparently a white satin petit |
coat and he wondered Idly from |
whose clothesline it was missing.
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(AnhedOnia Series-10)-Brace Upl
and Cheer Up.

(Anhed0nia Series-10)-Brace I'm
and Cheer Up.
This is another of series of Cos
sips on the subject of splanchnic
arhedonia-that incapacity for per-
feet happiness which the victim
of slumped or sagging in'ards,does
his best to enjoy. We have told
nearly everything about splanch-
noptosis or falling of the viscera,
except the symptoms. The symp-
toms are, triehy7and the more
briefly the better-for the victim to
tell his or her own doctor. I'll con-
fess we did print a choice list of
the stigmata or marks of anhe-
donia in an earlier chapter of this
tragedy, but with the utmost pre-
caution against seizure by the
symptom hounds.
The well nigh most hackneyed al
fusion appearing in this depart
ment refers TO the great proportion
OF the total mass of blood in circu-
lation that may remain practically
out of circulation or stagnating in
the vast network of blood vessels
OF the lower chest and abdomen,
the splanchnic reservoir, in persons
afflicted with false dignity, hatred
for or fear of daily exercise, or the
physiological senility which carries
the role of cause and effect in a
vicious circle or eddy that engulfs
those who never do a morning roll
or otherwise raise their heels high
Ell than the seat of a chair. About
thirty per cent OF the blood of the
BODY is thus permitted to shirk in
the splanchuic pool when one Guilt
Yates the futile abdomen. Laugh,
now, and the redder your face
grows; the more physical train
ing you need ufider the diaphragm,
That blood flushing your face when
you involuntarily pump up pres
sure on the splanchnic pool by
laughing is blood temporarily
forced into circulation by the la
bors of your titillated diaphragm,
lumbar. abdominal, and chest
In one of the earlier chapters Of
this sad story l mentioned that it is
possible by voluntary contraction
or the abdomen and elevation Of
the chest to lift the colon or stom-
ach or other organ two or three
A-ShCo N@Aio 10 q pHy SIOIOSlcdI TACT
established by X-ray observations. |
Such abdominal exercise not only
tends to diminish the evils we suf-
Ter from our upright posture; it !
also drives j good deal of Stacker !
blood back into circulation. II
have mentioned, too, that the cor
set gets in its wicked work by in
ducing atrophy and fatty degenera-
ton OF the abdominal and other |
and this decreased abdom- |
iral tone or lessened intra-abdom-
lral tension favors both splanch-
noptosis and the stagnation of |
blood in the splanchnfc vessels
wherefore women outnumber men |
about four TO one as victims of !
splanchnoptosis. and women suffer
about eight times more functional
troubles of the pelvic organs than
10 men. thanks to the stagnant
splanchnic pool.
Brace yourself!" Is the con-
slant admonition dinned in the ears
of the callow plebe at West Point.
After year or SO of self-bracing
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Good Sandwich Filings.
Lettuce and mayonnaise.

lettuce and mayonnaiSe.
cheese. IL . &c
chopped nuts and Neufchatel
Caviar, lemon Juice, grated onion
and paprika. L
Chopped celery, cucumber and
nut meats and mayonnaise.
Cabbage and chives. chonnad
nne, with mayonnaise.
Dates and nuts.
Saroines and boiled eggs.
Sardlnes and sliced mustard
pickles.
mashed peas and mayonnaise.
Shrimp and mayonnaise.
Roquefort cheese, creamed but
Ter, chlVes and paprika worked to
a paste and moistened with gin.
ger ale.
Dill pickles sliced thin and mari
mated in olive oil.
Chopped celery, almonds. mayon-
naise.
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TO A WELL.KNOWN GLOBE.

would not seem to knock our valued planet
(Space, being infinite, may hold worse, D
Nor would l intimate that, If l ran it,
Its vapors would dispense.
Within our solar system or without it,
May be a world less nationally run;
There may be such a fiivver, but doubt it
i can't conceive Of one.<
If from the time our world began revolving
Until the present writing there had been
A glimmer of a promise of resolving
The muddle we are in.
If we could guess at WHITTIER we drifting 90
Or hope TO wallow out of the morass-
might continue boosting and uplifting;
But as it is, l pass.
So on your way, old globe. where'er you're
aiming,
Go blundring down the endless slopes of
space:
AS far removed the prospect of retaining
The so-called human
Gyrate, old Top and let who will be clever;
The mess we're in is much too deep to solve
Me for quiet life while you, ever,
Continue to revolve
BERT LESION TAYLOR.
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Q. What is chedder cheese?
G. NJ. V.
A. This is the most common
American or New York cream
cheese Originally, cheddar was an
English cheese, to which this hard.
yellow American cheese is SINH
lar.
Z. What is the purpose of the
Carnegie hero fund? R.R-
A This fund of $4,000, 900 was
set aside by Andrew Carnegie in
1904 to aid financially persons who
have been injured in heroic efforts
to save human life or to aid the
relatives of persons losing their
lives in attempts to save their fell
low men.
Q. What bird flies the fastest?
A. c. G.
A. The biological survey says
for short distances, the humming
bird is the fastest flying bird, but
some of the larger birds, including
pigeons and ducks, are able to
cover long distances in much less
time.
@. Please tell me how to water
proof the back or an old Brussels
rug. NJ W.
A. In order to waterproof tex
tiles. it is necessary to soak them
in the waterprooflng solution for
several hours. This would prove |
for a carpet. We would |
suggest that, you give the hack of !
your carpet one or two thin coats |
of first class grade of varnish, !
being sure to let the first coat |
thoroughly dry before the second |
Is applied.
O. What are the qualifications |
Tor entry in the United States open |
soIr tournament? P. L. c.
A. This tournament is open to |
professional golf players through |
'ut the world, and to amateurs,