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Famous Astrsnomer and writer I
ON scfentfnc Subjects Of
Popular Interest

III principle i like the idea OF
the Boston University profess
= sor who advocates giving TO
ALI children at least one whole
year on a farm. The practicability
of the plan s another question,
but. at any rate, 1t could be car
rfed out in part, and Its appiicar
ton might grow with time
People say IT Is good for the
health to live in the country. But
when they say that they are think
ing only of bodily health. They DO
not note that country life ana
country work are Just as good, ana
possibly even better, for mental
health. I mean real country nfe'
not life in a little country city or
\ village that shabbily initiates an
emporium.
Man cannst separate himself
from nature and set up an inde-
nendent system of his own. He
is in nature and a part OF nature.
He must study 1T to get inspiIa-
ton. Natures forces and natures
ways of using its forces are the
basis of all that man does. HIS
improvements are simply adapta-
lions intended for his special needs
%
. force of nature he simply nnds
out something about the way 1t
works and turns 1t more i'll his
direction. Man IL a greater beaver;
he makes better dams than those
of the four-iegEed beaver.
IL we are going to save orr CIV
p,xstion or make II endure longer
man preceding civilizations have
aope. we must seriously think
.ho,,t keeping up the hold Of c1un-
trv influences on the people Can
Won and In history a single cxan'-
MA OF q powerful nation tnat has
not trod the primrose way of the
ritv TO It's downfallr About the
.illtest of all sneers Is the sneer
! of the sophisticated townsman at
rural life. and manners and occnpa-
tons
! people talk about higher aud
sower forms Of intellectual peas
Ire. There are no higher 'rorfps
than those inspired by country i've
} and scenes. Tho test of the auaiity
~ any Measure is to be found In
its after effects. IL IT leaV@s
! had taste in the mouth" IL is low
nIcasure. no matter how speciously
= NAV be dressed out with eazzi
ing ana gllttciihs
the measures of country life do
not leave a bad taste In the mouth
rhey are not over-spiced and tolls
onously seasoned.
A farm is a school In which all
the branches of natural science
each themselves. From selling the
auSmaIs the child gets the-basis or
zoology. and, in proportion to his
observing powers, knows already
when he comes to books the dis
tinction between cattle, sheep. pigs,
ducks. geese. hens and other kinds
of fowls and poultry,
So, too. the farm Will ground the
,obeervant child in botany. teaching
him In the most delightful manner
Ito know the elms, the hickories.
the walnuts, the butternuts, the
many apple trees. the cherries,
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am just coming. Go down. will
your i won't be a moment"
The girl hesitated. "But you
look so iIl--so 80
@-There is nothing the matter
Please go and leave me-"
The girl departed reluctantly. and
Eva went back to her own room
and shut the door and locked II.
Her wedding dress still lay on the
bed She looked at IL with dull
eyes. A long glass opposite re-
fiected her figure. A tragic figure
enough she looked as she stood
there, leaning against the locked
door, all the life and happiness
wiped from her face.
He married me just 10 save him
seif-just for-moneyi"
She thought she spoke the words
aloud. but they did not pass her
lips.
Presently someone came to the
door. and knocked. Eva! Eva!"
I'm just coming"
She had only a moment 20 herself
IA moment in which to fight her
battle and grasp at her courage.
Downstairs a crowd of people
waited to see the happy pair start
away on their married life. She be-
gan to laugh at the thought-wild.
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him to dinner at the apartment
and arterward they would go to .
show or just sit and talk. Manners
had received this announcement
with an outward show of tranquil
ity. But he hadn't refrained from
saying: -All right dear: but that's
not my idea OF seeing each other
once In a while"
It's because just at first she
said. there's SO much we have to
talk over"
She was standing In bright
light with her hands raised to her
hat.
In common with most OF the
young women of her generation
Diana carried about with her in
what is called vanity bag a stick
Of red grease with which she now
and then Intensified the color of
her lips. In common with the other
young women she did this not for
the effect. but to keep her lips from
becoming too dry. And in common
with the other young women she
could never satisfactorily explain
why q stick of coloriess grease
would not have served as well.
II was a habit to which Manners
had strongly objected again and
again. Diana's lips needed no en-
bellishment- They were sweet lips
and they were not pale
She finished putting on her hat.
and then she put on her veil And
Manners noted that the finishing
touch of the red grease-stick which
usually intervened between the two
maneuvers had been omitted. She
was going to town. then, with her
lips as God made them.
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mirthless laughter that frightened
her. She pressed her hands to her
lips to check It
A thousand little incidents that
had vaguely hurt her, though she
had never known why. came rush
ing back to her now with stunning
force.
No wonder Philip had seemed
cold and Indifferent How could a
man force himself 10 love a woman
for whom he cared nothing? Each
thought was fresh knife plunged
into her bleeding heart
She had been sold at price. No!
not even that Her father had paid
Philip TO take her and marry heri
For a moment she went mad She
tore the white wedding frock of
which she had been so proud from
the bed and trampled II underfoot
She rent the beautiful veil from end
to end. She flung the sheaf of lilies
which Philip had sent her across
the room, breaking their heads and
crushing their fragrance. and then
she stood quite still in the midst of
the ruin. and disorder, staring at
herself in the long glass with wild
eyes.
CTe BE Continued TcssorrowD
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.ADVICETOTHE|
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
LET HIM GO.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX; So
~ HAVE known a young man for
two years. We became very good
n pals Later he went North. We
corresponded at least three times a
week. sometimes more. and during
the last year he came back TO see
me three times. Each time he told
me how much he thought of me and
asked me to care more for him.
which l thought was impossible, as
/ loved him very much and told him
So
Last week the young man who is
away came back very unexpectedly
to see me. At the time we had
quite a little trouble at my home
and I did not entertain him SO
cheerfully as might have been.
when evening came he said ne was
going out for while to see his
father and would be back in an
hour or so, but he did not return.
Now, Miss Fairfax, as he came
unawares to visit me. and / had so
much on my mind, was II right
that he should become offended "
was rather cool and leave without
saving good-by, or do you think !
am in the wrong and should write
TO him7
like both of these men and I am
undecided Just what steps to take.
Do YOU think 1 should let good
cnouRh alone and not write. but in
stead keep on going with my sec
ond friend7 RUTH.
would let we'll enough alone.
The first young man was most un-
svmpathetic and l would let him go
his. way. Do not write to him
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Cornerstone of LOUe
DAILY LIFE MAY BE A CALLING CHAIN
By Beatrice Fairfax
By Beatrice Fairfax,

And sympathy-who doesn't rec
ognfze his own crying need to give
II and to get IL in turn? Nothing
sttains it's full beauty unless there
10 someone to enjoy IL with you.
No sorrow is uncomfortable IL there
10 someone to care. No task Is
too great II there, Is someone TO
believe you can achieve.
There's = -sense of peace--a feel
ing OF coming .home'--ir being
with someone who vs. agreeable TO
your very nature. Think % an
the folks who rasp you, who set
on your nerves. who iFTitats you
so that you arc either ~ ~ ease
or actually mot yourselFs wnen
they are around. You'd go miles
to avoid them. Then think of the
few whose presence Is n benedic-
tfon. Remember how the mother
you adored scanned to cool your
anger and increase your happiness
just by smiling at you with love
and understanding.
When love Is based on congo
ialty, IL lasts. After all. two who
have tastes and desires and smbi-
tfons in common are bound to
grow together instead of apart In
growing they avoid the ennui and
boredom that can't help coming to
the best of US when life slips into
a groove and offers no chance and
no stimulation And in growing to-
gether they avoid the tragedy of
developing away from what was
once love and interests In common.
When we look for love, we think
of the life companion. And the life
companion Is either congenial or the
double harness of daily living is a
chafing. CALLING chain.
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MODERN WAY
TO SAVE BOY
BY DR.. w. A. McKeever

By DR.. w. A. McKeever
Professor In the Univer.tty Of Ka.-
sas and a well-Known Educatsr.
Salvation Through Athletics
"HE four leading churches of
Mitchell. Ind. have leased
five-acre tract of land on the
edge of the city and are busy lay
ing IT out as follows.
A grandstand.
A basketball court.
A baseball diamond.
A double tennis court.
A double cro1uet court.
Here. operating under the name
CT the Mitchell Athletic Associa-
tion' these religious bodies propose
TO save the soul of the boy via the
tasebsll route. 1t is the most
hopeful plan OF boy redemption
through church management that
has ever come to my attention.
Very probably II will be proved
here that healthy athletics and
healthy religion are both deep
seated interests In the heart of
young humanity and therefore be-
long In a combined program.
This Mitchell plan is being un-
dertaken in a very systematic and
businesslike manner. Ample funds
are being subscribed for the equip
ment and management of the af-
fair. and the league is divided into
junior and senior departments.
Each of the four churches has
elected two of it's members on
board of management and each
will furnish teams to represent
them in the league games. There
will be match contests aplenty
and quite enough excitement to
satisfy the needs of the young
American mind.
But the Significance OF the Mitch
ell plans OF Juvenile athletics is
that II is a project Of church people
and that II will be supported and
participated in by thosee Of the
same class. The idea is N YOU want
TO get the boys into the church take
their, athletic field in with them.
Play reyerently with these happy
young fans and they wlil pray rev.
erentlv with Won.
Church people must get into the
true spirit Of the game. with the
happy abandon the noise of ruddy
boyhood and girlhood. they must
We elders must admit a condition
of undevelopment. We, are retsrd-
ed, not knowing the true language
cf the happy sport. SO we must ac-
tuaily go to school to our children.
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other. He answered her almost
mechanically: HE seemed to be
genuinely nice fellow. / really
liked him. He talked very sensibly.
am sure he puts your happiness
ahead of his own"
Diana agreed emphaticaiiy. And
by the terms of her agreement she
showed. with a naivete, uncon-
sciously humorous. the road by
which she imagined that her hap
piness could best be reached
YES" she said devotedly. he
will do anything 1 want"
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time would be sweetness itself
about her meetings with Fem. She
believed that IL she could only tell
him about Fem. explain Fem,
make him see how wonderful Fem
was. the thought of how much hap
piness she must inevitably find with
such paragon would be a real
comfort to him and make his own
personal sacrifices seem easy.
They elected to walk from the
station to their house and she did
indeed talk to him about Fem; but
not at great length. For she made
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have gofyen In about this ana
that"
He could not be sure whether his
failure to oppose Diana in decisions
which in the end hurt them both
had been due to weakness or to his
love for her. He wished to put
the whole. blame on love; for no
man likes to confess even to him
self that his will is really weak
AS matter of fact. his will had
strengths and weaknesses. His
will to work was extraordinarily
strong. But when Il came to op-
posing Diana his win was so weak
that he had to call TO its aid logic
and argument. Then into a defeat
rapidly turning into a rout he
would throw his last reserve, sar-
casm and anger. and see them COM
pletely annihifated. He had never
been able to give Diana a No that
meant No. And that undoubtedly
was the real reason why their mar
ried life had for some time been
shaping itself toward disaster and
tragedy.
Manners was TO blame. Diana
had splendid qualities In her. and
her husband had failed to bring
them out. He had spoiled her.
Diana Goes to See Fem.
Diana spent the next day and
night in town, and the day and
night following. Manners had stip-
ulated that he be told when she
was going to see Fenn and where,
and she told him. She was TO see
Fem on the afternoon of the first
day and she was to dine with him,
and afterward he was to come TO
the apartment because there's SO
much to talk over
The next night she was to have
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the writing World n an .AutAsrtty
On the ProAleMs Of Girls.

On the PreAie1s Of Girls.
<<~ oNGENIAL," Gays the die
tionary-"having similar
- or sympathetic dispose
tion or temperament; kindred; in
harmony: being agreeable to the
nature; having affinity"
/ wonder IL any other word en-
braces SO many of the qualities on
which a lasting relationship be-
tween man and woman can be built1
I wonder IL any other quality can
equal congeniality as founda-
ton for love.
Let's look into the matter.
Suppose beauty attracts. Beauty
can't be counted on. Time Is bound
to steal II and sickness. worry or
even accident may wipe 1t out In
moment Beauty decent offer any
love is no better than the mating
instinct of the animal. And even IL
we pride ourselves on being good
animals" we have to deal with the
fact that we are something more
and have spent thousands of years
developing that something more"
But harmony-who doesn't long
for that7 Who hasn't ached over
and over again with the desire for
someone whose presence would
give new meaning to life and
whose tenderness would compen-
sate for WEAKNESS and disappoint-
ment?
thing beyond the Joy OF beholding
an the pride of possessing.
Take the magnetic pull known
as physical attraction, Without 1t
love is colorless and unalluring
thing. But with II and nothing else,
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the discovery that the wonderful
ness of Fem was more easily felt
by instinct that explained in words.
She could not begin by saying how
strong and handsome he was; for he
was neither. She could not tell OF
snowy sacrifices which he had made.
for he had made none. She could
letters of the alphabet 10 work with,
not, in short. with nothing but the
make a mountain out of a molehiIL
Manners listened with gentleness
and gravity. Her words went In at
one OF his ears and out at the
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Dramatic Story of a Devoted Hus-
band Who Discovers His Wife Is
In Love With Another Man

the present circumstances relied
upon them. He believed aiYo that
his affair with Diana was not the
usual thing at all: but Inspired AMI
God-given. What IL Diana had come
little more than half way to meet
him? The beautiful thing must
have happened in any case. II was
predestined.
Fem had been desperately In love
three times. He had thought each
of these passions beautiful. predcs-
tined and everlasting. But now he
told himself: They weren't at all
like this. This is different. This is
the real thing"
And he truly believed that IL was
the real thing and that IL would last
until he died. He might force him
self to give up Diana, for his own
good; but the deed would kill him.
Turn and twist as he would ne could
see nothing but her dear face. sad
and adoring.
pou, hoW si6uiy ho WVoAu biS
for her!
Diana's Beliefs.
All the way out in the train Diana
sat with her hand linked In her
husbands arm. He had made his
peace with her. He had taken back
all his harsh. bitter words. He had
chewed them fine and swallowed
them. And he had told her again
and again that his only thought was
for her happiness. And since Diana's
idea OF happiness was to have both
Fem and Tam, she felt toward her
husband an immense tenderness and
gratitude.
She believed that he would at
once begin to make arrangements
+ for being quietly and respectfully
divorced. and that he in the mean
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THE RHYMING|
OPTIMIST
BY Aline MichaeIis

-E predicts a backward sum
mer and will raise but scanty
crops, so will lay of many a
drummer and they'll close UP
scores of shops. These and other
woes are due us and there is no
room for doubt that the chaps who
tell 1t to us have the matter all
worked out Oh. It sounds indeed
alarming, and we wonder what
we'll do when there is no hope In
farming and all trade has fallen
through. So we hasten to the
kicker and we ask him: Tell us,
pray, while the clouds are getting
thicker. no VITO make our get-a-
wsyT Future days have his at
tention and he views them with
alarm, hut you never hear him
mention living simply on a farm.
While he talks about the worry
that is headed for this scene. he is
not in any hurry to give up his
limousine.
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Children As Farmers
COUNTRY LIFE AN AID TO MENTAL HEALTH
Ry Garrett p Seryiss
By Garrett p. Serviss

peaches, splums. apricots, won
derfui variety of berries, the pines,
the hemlocks, the spruces. the but
tontalls. the tulip trees. and so on,
and SO on, a glorious procession.
1t will start him, too, in the fun
damental things of geography and
geology. while filling his mind with
pictures of beauty and sublimity
that will be like fountains of
thought for him all his life long.
But I could write all day about the
country and yet> hardly make a
start on the subject.
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aado
nIHN GMn

At her side walked a husband who
from the day of their marriage had
for some years freely given her
her own way In everything. 1t was
not until she had stopped loving
him that he had ever offered any
serious opposition to her inclina-
tions. 81 ought" he now thought,
ito have opposed some of them
very firmly while she still loved
me. II had done that she might
love me still. ought never to have
given In about going to Newport
that first summer. / ought never TO
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The Story So Far

Frank Manners. an artist Of
reputation. is doing some work
Tor a rich woman In California
He has always been devotedly
attached to his wife. Diana. He
reads over her letters of the last
few months and feels that she 10
neglecting their small daughter.
He decides to go East without
letting Diana know beforehand.
On train he meets hunter who
tells him q tale OF q wild goose.
When Manners arrives homo he
meets Ogden Fem, the man with
whom Diana Is In love. He II
keenly disappointed in Diana's
conduct and in ner coldness to-
ward him. but finds much Joy in
the love of his daughter. Tam. He
tries to find out what " troublins
Diana. and she f1nally tells him
she is in love with Ogden Fem.
Manners then tries to persuade
her to give up Fem. Failing in
this, he tells Fem he must give
up Diana
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BY G0uverneur Morris
Aathor Of "His Daughter." "When
My ship Comes In." "The Seven
Dnrlin9s," and Other
Notahle Fiction.

TN his heart and soul, Fem be-
iieved that he pever would. His
good sense seemed to have aban-
doned him. When a woman isn't
happy with one man she ought to
live with another. He had lived
most of his own life in the West.
In some of whose States the d.
vorce laws amount to no more than
q bad smell.
He believed In such laws. and In
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Thfs stsry has been made late .
oetfon picture by Cosmopolitan
Productions under the masterly d.
sectioa Of Albert CaDelDani and y
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More Prize Cake
Recipes

WHITE CAKE.
" cup butter.
2 cups powdered sugar.
1 cup milk,
81 cups flour.
teaspoons baking powder.
s whites of eggs
Flavor with almond extract
FRoSTING.
cup sugar.
White of one egg.
" cup fresh cocoanut.-Mrs. q.
w. Jones. 1921 Otis street north
east.
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CHOCOLATE CAKE.
. tablespoons butter.
I u ID. sugar.
3 eggs.
l pint sour milk
Y teaspoon salt.
] teaspoon vanilla
y lb. four.
I teaspoon Saking powder.
Y ID. chocolate.
/ cup Of sugar and white of
eEg. for frosting--Mrs. c. w.
Jones. l071 Otis street northeast
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BY NELL BRINKLEY.
Copyright 1891 by international Service.

~ RACE beauty the rbythm Of music her every
motion steps lightly to the pipes of
" her dainty slippers happen
under Oh mol She
the lifting melody and the Spring of youth IN her
somewhere Of fancy It's
dance does leave a trail Of crushed hearts
NELL BRINKLEY
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This Day in History

This the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in
1916, when the patriots showed they could stand
the onslaught of British regulars. monument marks
the historic battle ground oft visited spot nowadays
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Latin inscription explains that
Mary is adoring Her Son." and
grouped about the Christ Child we
see the shepherds and the Magi
who have come so far to offer their
gifts, while the patient beasts of
burden. the OK and the ass, look on
with a kindly expression. as though
they. too, loved the Christ Child
and felt the blessed spirit of ION
Earth Peace. Good Will to Men,"
more than 1900 years ago.
TRANSFORMATIONS"
Perhaps the most interesting pic
ture is an immense canvas, which
hangs alone on one of the end walls.
Raphael's Transformation" the
Saviour elevated, transfigured be-
fore His disciples eyes, while they
sojourn on the Mount, where Jesus
talks with Moses and Elias. Rising
above the earth he appears to the
eyes of the bewildered disciples.
And below in the valley we see PEG.
pie gathered, and the demoniac boy.
possessed by the demon, while his
parents beseech others Of the dis
ciples to heal their son, but in vain.
for they point upward to the Sa-
viour, indicating that only his di.
vine power can heel. This great pic
ture was Raphael's last, and it was
left unfinished at the artists early
death, when he was but thirty
seven, the work being afterward
. completed by another painter. Julio
Romano. At Raphael's funeral this
canvass was borne through the
streets as a banner, that the public
might see the final achievement Of
their favorite, who had penetrated
too far, perhaps. in his effort to ex.
press the mystery OF life. At all