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ADVICETOTHE
LOVELORN
A Lucky Escape.
v Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAN MISC rAlrtr Al
-OR two years I have been in
love with young lady. an
orphan Of twenty-one years.
six years my junior. During my
courtship / attended evening school
TO obtain an engineering degree.
My studies obliged me to deevote
practically all my time to same.
Upon my return i found that she
IL very friendly with a young man
employed at the same establishment.
have explained that my ambition
and efforts were for her happiness.
She insists that had no time to take
her about for good times and. as he
takes her everywhere, she is happy
with his company
am so broken in spirit that can
interest myself in nothing, not even
my work. NJ. O. #.
Since you are ambitious and think
Of the future rather than of the mere
moment, do you think you'd be very
well mated with a girl who longs for
gayety and excitement? She would
be likely to chafe at your interest In
books and work and you would come
In time to resent her frivolity-if you
didn't call II by harder name. OF
course, you're not happy now.
You're lonely and it's hard to see
ahead to the day when you'll find a
girl far better suited to you. But be
as philosophical as you can and trust
to time and chance to bring you
someone nearer your hearts desire.
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VNdE hall was In darkness when
Eva CROPPED her way across 1t to
- the switch, and she drew
little quick breath of relief. Philip
could not be in that was certain.
She unwound the chiffon scarf
with which she had covered her
head and had raised her hand to
the switch to extinguish the light
again when the study door opened,
and Philip stood there, a big, I'M
compromising figure, in the door
way.
For a moment Eva could think
of nothing to say. She just stood
helplessly staring at him.
Are you-alone?" he asked.
Yes" 1t required an effort for
her to speak. an effort. too, for
her to move on again toward her
room.
Philip came out into the han
II want to speak to you a mo-
ment."
She answered hurriedly; "I am
tired. My head aches. l want to
go to bed ."
IT shall not keep you a moment"
She knew by the sound of his
voice that II would be useless to
refuse. She turned back into the
study with him.
Philip shut the door.
Have you been to the theater?"
he asked.
Yes"
who did you go WITH" His voice
was so quiet and Unconditional that
she was deceived.
81 went with a friend--as I told
you"
"a friendr
ayes ."
then Philip brought his fist crash.
ing down on the table against
which he stood.
you went with Calligan," he said
in passionate fury.
Her eyes met his coldly.
you saw us?" She shrugged her
shoulders. Very well. then, there
is no further need to argue.
Good night" She turned to the door
again.
Philip caught her by the wrist and
swung her round into the room.
"Ill not have you going out with
Calligan, do you hear? I'll not
have you going anywhere with him
I've suspected this all
along. I've kept quiet and said
nothing in case l should be mis-
taken. How many times have you
been out with him since we came
here? How many times7"
She was breathing fast, and there
was an angry spot Of color on either
white cheek.
"If you are trying to insult me-"
she began.
Insult your he raved. Insult
you-when / saw you with my own
cyes--I saw you coming out OF tho
theater with him. ." He
broke off, choking.
There was little silence. them
II saw you-too," said Eva very
quietly.
The hot color rushed to his face
You saw me. Well!
and what II you did. l can explain
what I was doingr-it was the
merest accident.
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FOR LOVE BY R RUBY M
AyreS

The contempt in her eyes stuns
him.
You don't believe me-" he de-
manded, savagely.
She did not answer, but her 81
lence was eloquent.
"It was the merest accident,
Philip said again agitatedly. Il
went to dine with Featherstone,
told you'd no more idea than
the dead that he knew Kitty Ar
lington--it appears they're second
cousins or something. She's stay
ing In town-ahd he'd promised to
take her to theater-there was
a ticket to spare and he asked me
to use II. He never told me his
cousins name-Td no more idea
than the dead who she was till
we met here. / couldn't back out
then-it would have been too absurd
- ." He stopped.
Eva moved a little closer to ths
fire; she was shipering. but not
with cold.
There is no need to offer me
any explanation. have not asked
you for any. I don't-want any"
You mean that you don't believe
me?" he demanded stormily.
Again no answer.
"I've told you the simple truth"
he rushed on. There's no need %
make mystery of it, Ask Feather
stone IL you don't believe me-or
Kitty herself"
I'm not interested"
Ito be continued tomorrow
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BY Garrett p. Serviss
Eminent Astronomer and Writer on
Problems Of Scientific Interest.

Eminent Astronomer and Writer on
Problems Of Scientific Interest.
nv HE world has never stood still.
although 1t would always have
been to the interest of every
flourishing species Of its inhabitants
to make II stand still. or at least
to allow it to advance only In the
direction most pleasing and bene-
fetal to them.
The great beasts of the age of
the giant reptiles would now be
ruling the planet IL they could have
stayed the march OF evolutionary
change. The earth would have re-
manned a globe OF mollusks If the
oysters and clans, the snails and
squids of ancient days had pos
sessed the power to prevent the
rise of higher orders of animals
pushing them from supremacy in
their paradise.
The men of the old stone age
would still be painting rude pic.
lures In the light of torches on the
inner walls Of their gloomy caverns.
completely satisfied to live with
hyenas and cave bears, and con.
tent with their savage selves, II
the spirit Of progression had not
been Unborn and ineradicable In all
nature. For along with that spirit
goes an instructive dread Of
change,
The average thought of every
man and every race is: Things
are good as they are-let them
alone" But this, of course, does
not apply to any change for the bet
ter affecting the particular person
or particular race concerned. II Is
the pure essence of selfishness,
and selfishness is compact of fears
and starts at every unwonted sound
and movement.
These reflections are suggested
by the growing movement in scien-
tific circles for the conservation OF
wild forms of life that existing con.
ditions tend to drive into EXITING
ton. I have before me a paper by
DR., f. Il. Sumner. OF La Jolla.
Cal, on "the responsibility of the
biologist In the matter of preserv-
ing natural conditions" DR.. Sum-
ner remarks that II Is obvious
that both our native fauna" (ani-
mals) "and flora tplants) land our
natural Scenery are disappearing
at an appalling rate"
Appalling" will seem a strong
word to most readers, but there Is
no doubt that II expresses the int
preston Of many naturalists when
they perceive how fast many Of
the organisms that they want TO
observe and study at first hand are
vanishing. They want to keep
them alive because they are not
satisfied with secondhand scquaint-
ance with them.
They are not content with the
observations and experiments of
their predecessors, but they want
10 see and experiment for them
selves. They would have every.
thing present and nothing past
no room or subject for history. II
this could be broadly successful
evolution would ne arrested. Tho
conservstionists call for the set
ting aside in some cases of great
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illustrated; 5; Charles Dana Gibson
Tale of a Young
Girls Great
Sacrifice

silver pencil, but presently he
looked up.
"Tts the cold and uncompli-
mentary truth about Ricky," he
said. THAT set he runs with is
making an utter fool Of him."
THAT set, repeated Lacy, grin
ming. "Why, we all have wealthy
relatives in it--wealthy, charming
and respectable--h'ml"
(Which Is why we're at liberty
TO curse IL out" observed O'Hxra,
complacently. Eve all know what
it is. Karl is right. II q man Is
goin' to make anythin' Of himself
he can't run with that expensive
pack. One may venture TO visit
the kennels now and then, and
look over the new litters--perhaps
do q little huntin' once in while
Just enough--so that the M. F.
H. recognizes your coat tails when
you come o cropper. But nix Tor
wire or water! Ne for the gate,
please. All, do you think a man
can stand what the papers call
the realm of society very long?'
"Rix Is doing we'll"
A Strange Hold.
Westguard said: They've
gradually been getting a stran-
gle-hold on him. Women are
crazy about that sort Of man
with his good looks and good
humor and his internally easy
way Of obliging hundred peo-
pie at once. Look back ?
few years! Before he Joined
that whipper-snapper junior club
he was full of decent ambition,
full of go, unspoiled, fresh from
college and as promising
youngster as anybody ever met.
Where is his ambition now?
What future has he?-except
possibly to marry a million at
forty-fve and settle down with
a comfortable grunt in the
trough. It's coming, tell you.
Look what he was four years
ago boy with clear eyes and
a clear skin, frank, clean set,
clean minded. Look at him now
--sallow, wiry. unprofitably
wise, range, disillusioned-oh,
hell! they've mauled him to .
shadow of a ragw
Lacy lighted another Cigarette
and winked at O'Hara. "Karfs
off again." he said. "Now we're
going to get the Bible and the
Sword for fairW
Te be continued tomorrow
(Copyrisht by Robert w, Chsmbers.)
Published by Arrangement with Interna
tional Feature Service, Inc.
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Robert w. Chambers = TITLE STREETS OF ASCA[0N ""s Cha
A Story of Hearts and High Society by
the Most Gifted Living Writer
of Fiction.

of figures before him. then waved
his guests to seats and lighted d
cigarette.
"Hooray," he remarked to West =
guard; 81 can draw you check,
Karl, and live to tell the tale"
And he rose and gave his place at
the desk to the man addressed,
who seated himself heavily, as
though tired.
Before we 90 over the &C
counts" he began. ~ want say
a word or two"
The Third Time.
Hadn't you better wait till
Quarren comes in?" interrupted
O'Hara, smoking and stretching
out his long legs.
"No; / want to talk to you two
fellows first. And III tell you at
once what's the matter; Quarren's
check came back marked no
funds This is the third time;
and one Of us ought to talk to
him."
"It's only Slip" said Lacy.
"Its the tendency in him that
considers the lilies Of the field
at isn't square," said West
guard doggedly.
Nonsense, Karl, Rix means to
be square--"
That's all right, too, but he
isn't succeeding. It hurts like
hell to have to call This attention
to such oversiQhts."
ooh, he's the gay tra-la-la,"
said O'Hara, indulgently; "do you
think he bothers his elegant
noodle about such trifles as
checks? Besides, he's almost as
Irish as am--God bless his
mother and damn all landlords,
Lester Caldera included.
"What does Quarren do with
all his money then ?" unused Lacy.
Soaking the public in Tappan-
Zee Park and sitting up so close
and snug to the rich and great"
"It's his business" said West
guard, "to see that any check he
draws is properly covered. Over
drafts may be funny In a woman,
and In novels, but once is too
often for any man. And this
makes three times for Rix."
"Ah, thin, lave the poor la-ad
be We cold-blooded Sassenach"
said Lacy, pretending to the
brogue. "Phat the divil its
the cashier we should blame whin
Rix tells him to pay, an he re-
fuses to projuice the long-green
wad"
But Westguard, unsmiling,
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BObbie and
His Pa
BY William F. Kirk

NUR church ladies is having a
littel song contest OF our vary
~ own, sed Ma, d we have rote
sum cute ballids.
bet they are cute, sed Pa.
bet sum Of them are kind Of devil.
ish, huh? sed Pa.
How can you say that? sed Ma.
We wouddent rite no ballid that
cuddent be singed in church, sed
Ma. Here is the chorus of one witch
rote, sed Ma:
Down lifes lane we rome together
You a me,
Thru the fair & stormy wether,
You & me,
Notwith- standing what may cum
No despair can strike us DUNN
For worship you, by gum,
You & me.
That is very stately sed Pa. 1t
sounds like Milton, sed Pa. II that
old raskill wasent ded / wud sware
he rote 1t, espeshully the last line,
sed Pa. BY gum, sed Pa, sounds
awful majestick in that line, sed Pa.
You are always saying things TO
maik my lip quivver. sed Ma.
Yure lip newer quivvers so much
you can't tell me ware to git off
wen L Try 10 neip YOU al anything
you rite, sed Pa. You & the other
affabel daims at yure church mite
as well maik yure minds up that 1t
talks a song ritter to rite a song, sed
Pa, jest as 1t talks a carpenter to
maik a house, sed Pa.
Sum day ! am going to rite q
reel song, sed Ma, a then you will
tell me you like IL. & then / will
KEEL oaver In my tracks, Ma sed,
a thay can sing the song at my
funeril, sed Ma.
Doant weep, my lady, sed Pa,
doant weep. l know you can do
anything you set out to do, sed
Pa. You are the britest wife
ever had, sed Pa, & the only ono.
Then Ma began to smile onst
moar 4 everything was hunkydory
at our house.
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luton.
He then realizes for the first time
that young people marry. settle in a
fixed place and rear families, not
so much because they plan Il, but
more because they connot'help doing
so. There is an eternal craving for
home which ripens at least once
during the career of every normal
young person. a divine urge which
the common individual cannot easily
resist.
Now Is the occasion for assisting
your boy or your girl to know, first,
the elements OF ideal home manage.
ment. Who Of right is In authority
over the home? Who earns the in.
come and how? Who gets The larg-
est share, and who the least, OF its
bsnefits7 Who is the family drudge
and who is the family slacker7
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BY Robert w Chambers.
Whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternatiOnal Fame.

Whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternational Fame.
CHAPTER /.
TT being rent day, and Satur-
day, the staff Of the "Irish
legation" with the exception
of Westguard, began to migrate
uptown for the monthly confer
ence, returning one by one from
that mysterious financial Jungle
popularity known as Downtown"
As for Westguard, he had been
in his apartment all day as usual.
He worked where he resided.
A little before 5 o'clock John
Desmond Lacy, jr.. came in,
went directly to his rooms on the
top floor, fished out check book
and tried to persuade himself that
he had a pleasing balance at the
bank-not because he was likely
to have any balance either there
or in his youthful brain, but be-
cause he had to have one some
where. God being good to the
Irish, he found he had not over
drawn his account.
Roger O'Hara knocked on his
door later, and, receiving no re-
Spouse, called out: "Are you in
there Jack 2"
"No," said Lacy, scratching
away with his pen in passionate
hopes of discovering a still bigger
balance.
"Sportin' your oak old Skee-
xicks?" inquired O'Hara, affec-
tionately. delivering a kick at the
door.
"Let me alone, you wild Irish
mani" shouted Lacy. IF / can't
dig out an extra hundred some
where the State Superintendent is
likely to sport my oak for keeps"
A big, numbering, broad-shoul-
dered young fellow was coming
up the stairs behind O'Hara, a
blank book and some papers tuck
ed under his arm, and O'Hara
nodded to him and opened Mr..
Lacy's door without further par
leying.
Here's Westguard now" he
said, land as we can't shoot land
lords in the close season we'll
have to manage arrangements to
pay for bed and board Jack"
Lacy glanced up from the sheet
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ever hear me screech, Karl?"
And, pointing his nose skyward
and ruffling up his auburn hair
he emitted yell so unedurable
that 1t brought Westguard to his
feet, protesting.
"Shut upv he said. "Do you
want to have this house pinched,
you crazy Milesian?"
One Big Miss.
sect out of my rooms II you
don't like it." said Lacy. "If I'm
going to a masked dance as
Banshee I've got to practice
screaming, haven't II"
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a." said O'Hara, lam goin' as a
bingle.
Whats a bingle?"
Nobody knows. Neither do /:
and it's killing me to think up a
costume. Dick Quarren's
goin' isn't he?"
''Does he ever miss anything?'
said Lacy.
"He's missing most of his hfe,"
said Westguard so sharply that
the others opened their eyes.
A flush settled under West
guards cheek-bones; he was still
jotting down figures with a fiat
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consulted his memoranda, then,
holding up his sheet of figures:
The Roofs Leaking.
There's a quorum here" he
said. erik can read this over
when he comes in, if he likes.
Here's the situation" He read
off the items of liabilities and
assets, showing exactly, and to a
penny, how the house had been
run for the past month.
Everything was there, rent,
servants wages, repairs, pro-
visions, bills for heating and
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The Rhyn,ing
Optimist
BY Aline Michaelis.
Rouqh Heather.


nv HERE'S many ship saIiS
right along when days are
bright and sunny; but IL the
slightest thing goes wrong, she
starts to acting funny. The minute
skies cease shining clear, there's
trouble with her anchor. the jib-
boom gets 70 acting queer, and
also does the spanker. Most any
ship can make her port when she
has easy going; but it requires the
AL sort to sail when gales are
blowing. Too many ships. when
skies grow dark, send s. o. SIS
madly; here's hail to ships that
will embark in any weather gladly,
to ships that sail through thick
and thin, through trails, A to IL.
zard, the valiant ships that stagger
in through hurricane or blizzard.
Some folks I know are much like
ships that love the smiling weather,
i hear sweet speeches from their
lips while sunlight is on the
heather. But let a storm cloud
drift along, and soon you'll hear
them wailing; a trifling trial puts
them wrong like ships unfit for
sailing. They're tickle as the
changing wind, not twice the same
together; for friends or ships /
choose the kind Ia trust in stormy
weather. For life's not all a gala
day with stirring music sounding:
sometimes it's skies and seas are
gray, with pillows sadly pounding.
sight where wind and waves are
shrieking, and all these friends
who love the light for brighter
spots are seeking. But through
the storm my heart Is gay and
lighter than feather; my friends
stand by me all the way, like ships
that brave rough weather
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THE WOMAN
OBSERVER

VTOU have seen a bunch of chick
ems scatter when something
landed in their midst.
The wOMAN'S friend lcphoned
her on Sunday morning asking her
to take q spin throusn ne park.
The morning sunshine en- the trees
and sloping hills was lovely. The
park was practically deserted.
Everybody but we seemed to be in
church We rounded a turn in the
road and came suddenly upon Il
bunch of small boys about eight or
nine years old, about twenty in mum.
Der, walking In the middle of the
road with a young girl about eight
cen. They were about fifty yards
away. But when, those small boys
saw the automobile coming they
scattered on the two sides of the
road lust like a bunch of chickens.
The girl continued to walk in the
middle of the road.
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That's not spendin'; it all
goes inside or outside of him
somewhere" He stretched his
legs, crossed them, sucked his
empty pipe, and looked around
at Westguard, who was still fuss
ing over the figures.
"Are you goin' to the Wycher-
lys', Karl7"
~ think So"
what costume?"
"None of your business" re-
torted Westguard pleasantly.
"I'm going as the family Ban
shee," observed Lacy. "Did you
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lighting, extras, incidentals-all
disbursements and receipts; then,
pausing for comments and hear
ing none, he closed the ledger
with a sharp slap.
"The roofs leakin'," OBJ
served O'Hara without particular
interest.
Write to the landlord" said
Lacy. THE stingy millionaire"
"He won't AK it," returned
the other. "Did you ever hear
of Lester Caldera spendin'
cent?"
ION himself, yes"
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Respect for the Home
DUTIES, RIGHTS IND PRIVILEGES
BY w. A. McKeever.
ID know \ tuition.

WI HAT does your child know
wv about the meaning and the
necessity of the home?
What does he know about the rights,
duties and privileges of the we'll
managed family2 Are you assum-
ing that he will naturally pick up
the proper amount and kind of
knowledge about these matters7 Or
must he not be carefully instructed
thereupon in order that ne may
react helpfully toward them7
You can teach your children re-
spect for the home just as you would
teach them respect for family gar.
den, by helping them to inquire as
to its necessity and better qualities
II is really an epoch of self-discovery
in the life OF youth when he finds
the ordinary life 20 be a solid, per-
mament and heaven-ordained insti.
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Do you know that

The present population of Brazil
is one-fourth that OF the United
States.
Charlotte Bronte's writing was
so small that it appeared 20 have
been traced with a needle.
Elephants never use more Than
ono tooth on zach side of their
jaws at once?
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This Day in Our History

THIS is the anniversary of the taking command Of
West Point, in 1880, by Benedict Arnold. The
trusted lieutenant of Washington soon started nego-
tiations to surrender to the British forces.
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The MOUrd FLOUer,

THE mowra tree, in India yields 200 to 800 pounds
of flowers each year, and experts estimate that
about ninety gallons of 95 per cent alcohol might
be obtained from each ton Of the dried flowers
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nv HERE'S many a ship sails
right along when days are
bright and sunny: but IL the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-06

ears. A lot Of voices were shouting
at once, oh there goes Old Man
Flood" said one.
Jack Frost, why didn't you watch
your turn and get out, too? said
another
Get out, old Sicily Dry-Weather."
retorted Jack Frost. why didn't
YOU go yourself?"
TOO soon, Jack, too soon!" said
old Sicily Weather. Just you
wait til summer"
Gracious exclaimed Nick mop
ping his face with his hanky. NOW
we've done it, Nancy! We got the
wrong house This must be the
place Of the Nuisance Fairies live
that the Fairy queen told US about.
guess that's Mr.. Sprinkle-Blow's
house across the road.
Just then the door of the other
house opened and out came an odd
little fairyman carrying a large UNI
brella.
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright. 1921
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Secrets of the Movies Revealed

ful estate at Hudson in
New York.
Q.-With what famous screen act
or did Dorothy Dalton make her
film debut?
A.-AIiSs Dalton broke into the
movies in a Bill Hart western picture
called The Disciple"
Q.-Can YOU name seven red head
ed movie actresses
A.-Ethel clayton. Olga Petrova.
Mary Thurman. Hope Hampton.
Ruth Roland. Pearl White and Mary
Aston are all genuine red heads.
over what famous film family is
the stOrk now lowering? Every
movie fan viii be intensely interest
ed in the answer to this question
which viii appear in this depart
ment tomorrow. The Movie Screen
Editor Will answer your movie ques-
tions If YOU will address him in care
Of this paper, giving your name and
address.
a.